Automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials
By designing an automatic feeding mechanism for Chinese medicinal materials, mechanized feeding of Chinese medicinal materials has been realized, solving the problems of low feeding efficiency and harsh environment in the industrial production of Chinese patent medicines, reducing costs and occupational disease risks, and ensuring the continuity of production.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520275773.4
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-20
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-23
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-02-20
AI Technical Summary
In the industrial production of traditional Chinese medicine, the feeding of medicinal materials mainly relies on manual operation, which leads to low efficiency, harsh environment, high cost and high risk of occupational diseases.
Design an automatic feeding mechanism for Chinese medicinal materials, including a dust cover, an automatic lifting door, a tilting frame, and a tilting mechanism. It achieves efficient feeding of Chinese medicinal materials through mechanization, and is equipped with a manual feeding door to deal with equipment failure. Combined with a dust removal system, it improves the production environment.
It improved material feeding efficiency, reduced personnel requirements, lowered labor intensity and costs, improved the production environment, reduced occupational disease risks, and ensured production continuity.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to a traditional Chinese medicinal material automatic feeding mechanism and belongs to the technical field of medicine production. BACKGROUND
[0002] Chinese patent medicine is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine preparation that is processed into a certain dosage form under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine theory, using traditional Chinese medicinal materials as raw materials, for the need of preventing and treating diseases according to the prescribed prescription and preparation process. It is a commercialized traditional Chinese medicine preparation approved by the state drug supervision and management department. With the continuous development of Chinese patent medicine industry, the proportion of industrialized production of Chinese patent medicine increases.
[0003] The current technology does not consider comprehensively, and has the following disadvantages: most of the industrialized production of Chinese patent medicine is manually fed with traditional Chinese medicinal materials, which is labor-intensive, and the dust flies seriously. This method has low feeding efficiency, poor production environment, high personnel cost and low production efficiency.
[0004] To solve one of the above problems, an automatic traditional Chinese medicinal material feeding mechanism is urgently needed. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT
[0005] According to the above deficiencies in the prior art, the technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide an automatic traditional Chinese medicinal material feeding mechanism to promote the development of automatic production of Chinese patent medicine industry, solve the problems of poor environment and low feeding efficiency, reduce the incidence of occupational diseases, reduce costs, and improve efficiency.
[0006] The utility model discloses a traditional Chinese medicinal material automatic feeding mechanism, including the hopper, the bottom of the hopper has the discharge gate, characterized in that: still including the dust cover of covering in the hopper outside, the automatic lifting door is installed on the feeding port of the dust cover front side, the artificial feeding door is installed on the feeding port of the dust cover rear side, the front side of the hopper is provided with the turnover frame, the turnover frame side is installed with the dumping mechanism of driving turnover frame overturning, the dumping mechanism drives the turnover frame to overturn to dump traditional Chinese medicinal materials.
[0007] The replaceable material frame is installed on the material frame seat, the material frame seat is transferred to the turnover frame together with the replaceable material frame by using a forklift, the automatic lifting door is opened, the turnover frame is driven to turn over by using the dumping mechanism, the turnover frame carries the material frame seat and the replaceable material frame to turn over, so that the traditional Chinese medicinal materials in the replaceable material frame are dumped into the discharge hopper, the dumping mechanism and the stirring mechanism are operated at the same time, the turnover frame starts to act to perform the first one-third material feeding, the second one-half material feeding, and the third full material feeding, the multiple dumping avoids the discharge hopper from being blocked, after the material feeding is completed, the dumping mechanism returns to the original position, the automatic lifting door is closed, and the material feeding is completed, compared with manual material feeding, the automatic material feeding has high material feeding efficiency, requires less number of personnel, reduces labor intensity of personnel, improves production efficiency, and reduces labor cost.
[0008] When the equipment fails or the material feeding system has a problem, manual material feeding can be performed through the manual material feeding door to ensure production progress.
[0009] Preferably, the turnover frame comprises a rectangular main frame, a horizontal bottom support is arranged at the bottom of the rectangular main frame, first and second horizontal limiting side bars are symmetrically arranged at the two sides of the rectangular main frame, first and second reinforcing bottom bars are arranged at the two sides of the bottom of the rectangular main frame, the first reinforcing bottom bar and the first horizontal limiting side bar are both vertically connected with the left vertical connecting rod, the second reinforcing bottom bar and the second horizontal limiting side bar are both vertically connected with the right vertical connecting rod, and the top ends of the left and right vertical connecting rods are both vertically fixedly connected with the top blocking rod.
[0010] Preferably, the dumping mechanism comprises a speed reducer motor, the dumping mechanism is installed on the dustproof cover through a driver mounting seat, the power output shaft of the speed reducer motor is fixedly connected with the upper cross beam of the rectangular main frame, the power output shaft of the speed reducer motor is coaxially arranged with the upper cross beam of the rectangular main frame, the speed reducer motor drives the turnover frame to turn over around the center line of the upper cross beam to dump the traditional Chinese medicinal materials, and the discharge hopper is arranged at the same height as the upper part of the rectangular main frame.
[0011] Preferably, the bottom supports are arranged in two groups and are both in strip-shaped plate structures, and the lower surfaces of the strip-shaped plate structures are provided with reinforcing ribs.
[0012] Preferably, a material frame seat matched with the turnover frame is further included, a material frame is installed on the material frame seat, the material frame seat comprises an upper layer annular fixed frame, a middle layer annular fixed frame and a bottom layer annular fixed frame which are arranged in a spaced-apart manner from top to bottom, the upper layer annular fixed frame, the middle layer annular fixed frame and the bottom layer annular fixed frame are connected through vertical frame-interconnecting plate columns, the bottom of the bottom layer annular fixed frame is provided with a supporting leg, and the replaceable material frame is fixed in an accommodating space enclosed by the upper layer annular fixed frame, the middle layer annular fixed frame, the bottom layer annular fixed frame and the frame-interconnecting plate columns.
[0013] When the material frame seat is transferred to the turnover frame by the forklift, the turnover frame is driven to turn over by the dumping mechanism, the turnover frame carries the material frame seat and the replaceable material frame to turn over together, the bottom support is used for supporting the bottom of the bottom layer annular fixed frame, and the two side edges of the middle layer annular fixed frame are respectively abutted and matched with the lower surfaces of the first horizontal limiting edge and the second horizontal limiting edge, so as to limit the movement of each material frame seat along the length direction of the left vertical connecting rod.
[0014] Preferably, the lower hopper is provided with a stirring mechanism.
[0015] Preferably, a dust removal pipe is fixed on the dust cover, and a dust remover is connected to the rear of the dust removal pipe.
[0016] Preferably, a proximity sensor for detecting the material frame seat is installed on the rectangular main frame body, an existing controller can be used, and a conventional electrical control mode is used, so that the dumping mechanism is automatically started when the proximity sensor detects that the material frame seat is in place.
[0017] Preferably, the upper layer annular fixed frame, the middle layer annular fixed frame and the bottom layer annular fixed frame are all rectangular frame structures.
[0018] Compared with the prior art, the automatic material feeding mechanism has the following beneficial effects:
[0019] Compared with manual feeding, the automatic material feeding mechanism has the advantages of high feeding efficiency, less required personnel, reduced labor intensity, improved production efficiency and reduced labor cost.
[0020] When the equipment fails or the feeding system has a problem, the manual feeding door can be used for manual feeding, so that the production progress is ensured.
[0021] The automatic material feeding mechanism has the advantages of good dust removal effect, improved production environment and reduced risk of pneumoconiosis and other occupational diseases.
[0022] The automatic feeding mechanism for Chinese medicinal materials described in this utility model solves industry problems and promotes the application of automatic feeding technology in the industrial production of Chinese patent medicines. Attached Figure Description
[0023] To more clearly illustrate the specific embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the specific embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. In all the drawings, similar elements or parts are generally identified by similar reference numerals. In the drawings, the elements or parts are not necessarily drawn to scale.
[0024] Figure 1 This is a perspective view of the present utility model;
[0025] Figure 2 This is the front view of the present invention;
[0026] Figure 3 This is a side view of the present invention;
[0027] Figure 4 This is a rear view of the present invention;
[0028] Figure 5 This is a diagram showing the usage state of this utility model;
[0029] Figure 6 This is a structural diagram of the material frame base and the replaceable material frame.
[0030] In the diagram: 1. Feed hopper; 2. Mixing mechanism; 3. Dust cover; 4. Automatic lifting door; 5. Manual feeding door; 6. Tilting frame; 6.1. Rectangular main frame; 6.2. Base support; 6.3. First horizontal limiting side beam; 6.4. Second horizontal limiting side beam; 7. Tilting mechanism; 8. First reinforcing bottom rod; 9. Second reinforcing bottom rod; 10. Left vertical connecting rod; 11. Right vertical connecting rod; 12. Top stop bar; 13. Driver mounting base; 14. Material frame seat; 15. Replaceable material frame; 16. Feed port; 17. Dust exhaust pipe; 18. Proximity sensor. Detailed Implementation
[0031] The present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings: The present invention will be further described below through specific embodiments, but it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included within the protection scope of the present invention.
[0032] Example 1, such as Figure 1As shown, the automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials comprises a hopper 1, the bottom of the hopper 1 is provided with a discharge port 16, further comprises a dust cover 3 covering the outside of the hopper 1, an automatic lifting door 4 is installed on the feeding port of the front side of the dust cover 3, a manual feeding door 5 is installed on the feeding port of the rear side of the dust cover 3, a turnover frame 6 is arranged on the front side of the hopper 1, a dumping mechanism 7 driving the turnover frame 6 to turn over is installed on one side of the turnover frame 6, the dumping mechanism 7 drives the turnover frame 6 to turn over to dump the traditional Chinese medicinal materials.
[0033] Referring to Figure 5 The replaceable material frame 15 containing the traditional Chinese medicinal materials to be fed is installed on the material frame seat 14, the material frame seat 14 together with the replaceable material frame 15 is transferred to the turnover frame 6 by a forklift, the automatic lifting door 4 is opened, the turnover frame 6 carrying the material frame seat 14 and the replaceable material frame 15 is driven to turn over by the dumping mechanism 7, so that the traditional Chinese medicinal materials in the replaceable material frame 15 are dumped into the hopper 1, the dumping mechanism 7 and the stirring mechanism 2 operate simultaneously, the turnover frame 6 starts to act to perform the first one-third material feeding, the second one-half material feeding, and the third full material feeding, after the feeding is completed, the dumping mechanism 7 returns to the original position, the automatic lifting door 4 is closed, and the feeding is completed. Compared with manual feeding, the automatic feeding has high feeding efficiency, requires fewer personnel, reduces the labor intensity of personnel, improves production efficiency, and reduces labor costs.
[0034] When the equipment fails or the feeding system has problems, manual feeding can be performed through the manual feeding door to ensure production progress.
[0035] Embodiment 2, as Figures 1-4 shown, the automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials comprises a hopper 1, the bottom of the hopper 1 is provided with a discharge port 16, further comprises a dust cover 3 covering the outside of the hopper 1, an automatic lifting door 4 is installed on the feeding port of the front side of the dust cover 3, a manual feeding door 5 is installed on the feeding port of the rear side of the dust cover 3, a turnover frame 6 is arranged on the front side of the hopper 1, a dumping mechanism 7 driving the turnover frame 6 to turn over is installed on one side of the turnover frame 6, the dumping mechanism 7 drives the turnover frame 6 to turn over to dump the traditional Chinese medicinal materials.
[0036] Further, referring to Figure 6The turnover frame 6 comprises a rectangular main frame 6.1, the bottom of the rectangular main frame 6.1 is provided with a horizontal bottom support 6.2, two sides of the rectangular main frame 6.1 are symmetrically provided with a first horizontal limiting edge bar 6.3 and a second horizontal limiting edge bar 6.4, and the bottom of the rectangular main frame 6.1 is provided with a first reinforcing bottom bar 8 and a second reinforcing bottom bar 9 on both sides, respectively, the first reinforcing bottom bar 8 is vertically connected with the left vertical connecting rod 10, the second reinforcing bottom bar 9 is vertically connected with the right vertical connecting rod 11, and the top ends of the left vertical connecting rod 10 and the right vertical connecting rod 11 are vertically and fixedly connected with the top blocking rod 12.
[0037] Further, the pouring mechanism 7 comprises a speed reducer motor, the pouring mechanism 7 is installed on the dust cover 3 through a driver mounting seat 13, the power output shaft of the speed reducer motor is fixedly connected with the upper cross beam of the rectangular main frame 6.1, and the power output shaft of the speed reducer motor is coaxially arranged with the upper cross beam of the rectangular main frame 6.1, the speed reducer motor drives the turnover frame 6 to turn around the center line of the upper cross beam to pour the traditional Chinese medicinal materials, and the discharge hopper 1 is arranged at the same height as the upper part of the rectangular main frame 6.1.
[0038] Further, the bottom supports 6.2 are arranged in two groups and are in strip-shaped plate structures, and the lower surfaces of the strip-shaped plate structures are provided with reinforcing ribs.
[0039] Further, the material frame seat 14 cooperating with the turnover frame 6 is further provided, the replaceable material frame 15 is installed on the material frame seat, the material frame seat comprises an upper ring-shaped fixed frame 14.1, a middle ring-shaped fixed frame 14.2 and a bottom ring-shaped fixed frame 14.3 arranged in sequence from top to bottom, the upper ring-shaped fixed frame 14.1, the middle ring-shaped fixed frame 14.2 and the bottom ring-shaped fixed frame 14.3 are connected through vertical frame-interconnecting plate columns 14.5, the bottom of the bottom ring-shaped fixed frame 14.3 is provided with supporting legs 14.4, and the replaceable material frame 15 is fixed in the containing space enclosed by the upper ring-shaped fixed frame 14.1, the middle ring-shaped fixed frame 14.2, the bottom ring-shaped fixed frame 14.3 and the frame-interconnecting plate columns 14.5.
[0040] When the material frame seat 14 is transferred to the turnover frame 6 by the forklift, the turnover frame 6 is driven to turn by the pouring mechanism 7, the turnover frame 6 carries the material frame seat 14 and the replaceable material frame 15 to turn together, the bottom supports 6.2 are used to support the bottom of the bottom ring-shaped fixed frame 14.3, and the two side edges of the middle ring-shaped fixed frame 14.2 are respectively abutted and matched with the lower surfaces of the first horizontal limiting edge bar 6.3 and the second horizontal limiting edge bar 6.4, so as to limit the movement of each material frame seat 14 along the length direction of the left vertical connecting rod 10.
[0041] Further, the lower hopper 1 is provided with a stirring mechanism 2.
[0042] Further, the dust cover 3 is fixed with a dust exhaust pipe 17, which is connected with an existing dust remover, such as a bag-type dust remover.
[0043] Further, the rectangular main frame 6.1 is provided with a proximity sensor 18 for detecting the material frame seat 14.
[0044] Further, the upper, middle and bottom layer annular fixed frames 14.1, 14.2 and 14.3 are all rectangular frame structures.
[0045] Compared with manual feeding, the automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials has high feeding efficiency, requires less personnel, reduces labor intensity, improves production efficiency and reduces labor cost.
[0046] When the equipment fails or the feeding system has problems, the manual feeding door can be used for manual feeding, thereby ensuring production progress.
[0047] The automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials has good dust removal effect, improves production environment and reduces the risk of pneumoconiosis and other occupational diseases.
[0048] The automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials solves the industry problem and promotes the application of automatic feeding technology in the industrialized production of Chinese patent medicines.
[0049] The above shows and describes the basic principles, main features and advantages of the present application. Those skilled in the art should understand that the present application is not limited to the above embodiments, and the above embodiments and descriptions in the specification are only to illustrate the principles of the present application. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application, various changes and improvements can be made to the present application, and these changes and improvements all fall within the scope of the present application. The scope of protection of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
[0050] The details not described in the present application are well-known to those skilled in the art.
Claims
1. An automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials, comprising a hopper (1), the bottom of the hopper (1) being provided with a discharge opening (16), characterized in that: It also includes the dust cover (3) which is arranged outside the lower hopper (1), the automatic lifting door (4) is installed on the feeding port of the front side of the dust cover (3), the manual feeding door (5) is installed on the feeding port of the rear side of the dust cover (3), the front side of the lower hopper (1) is provided with the turnover frame (6), one side of the turnover frame (6) is provided with the dumping mechanism (7) which drives the turnover frame (6) to turn over, and the turnover frame (6) is driven by the dumping mechanism (7) to dump the traditional Chinese medicinal materials.
2. The automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 1, characterized in that, The turnover frame (6) comprises a rectangular main frame (6.1), the bottom of the rectangular main frame (6.1) is provided with a horizontal bottom support (6.2), the two sides of the rectangular main frame (6.1) are symmetrically provided with a first horizontal limiting edge bar (6.3) and a second horizontal limiting edge bar (6.4), the two sides of the bottom of the rectangular main frame (6.1) are respectively provided with a first reinforcing bottom rod (8) and a second reinforcing bottom rod (9), the first reinforcing bottom rod (8) and the first horizontal limiting edge bar (6.3) are both connected with a left vertical connecting rod (10) perpendicularly, the second reinforcing bottom rod (9) and the second horizontal limiting edge bar (6.4) are both connected with a right vertical connecting rod (11) perpendicularly, and the top ends of the left vertical connecting rod (10) and the right vertical connecting rod (11) are fixedly connected with a top blocking rod (12) perpendicularly.
3. The automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 2, characterized in that, The dumping mechanism (7) comprises a speed reducer motor, the dumping mechanism (7) is installed on the dust cover (3) through a driver mounting seat (13), the power output shaft of the speed reducer motor is fixedly connected with the upper cross beam of the rectangular main frame (6.1), the power output shaft of the speed reducer motor is coaxially arranged with the upper cross beam of the rectangular main frame (6.1), the speed reducer motor drives the turnover frame (6) to turn around the center line of the upper cross beam to dump the traditional Chinese medicinal materials, and the lower hopper (1) is arranged at the same height as the upper part of the rectangular main frame (6.1).
4. The automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 3, characterized in that, The bottom supports (6.2) are arranged in two groups and are both in strip-shaped plate structures, and the lower surfaces of the strip-shaped plate structures are provided with reinforcing ribs.
5. The automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 4, characterized in that, It also comprises a material frame seat (14) matched with the turnover frame (6), the material frame seat is provided with a replaceable material frame (15), the material frame seat comprises an upper ring-shaped fixed frame (14.1), a middle ring-shaped fixed frame (14.2) and a bottom ring-shaped fixed frame (14.3) which are arranged in sequence from top to bottom, the upper ring-shaped fixed frame (14.1), the middle ring-shaped fixed frame (14.2) and the bottom ring-shaped fixed frame (14.3) are connected through vertical frame-interconnecting plate columns (14.5), the bottom of the bottom ring-shaped fixed frame (14.3) is provided with a supporting leg (14.4), and the replaceable material frame (15) is fixed in the containing space enclosed by the upper ring-shaped fixed frame (14.1), the middle ring-shaped fixed frame (14.2), the bottom ring-shaped fixed frame (14.3) and the frame-interconnecting plate columns (14.5).
6. The automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 5, characterized in that, The lower hopper (1) is provided with a stirring mechanism (2).
7. The automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 6, characterized in that, The dust cover (3) is fixedly provided with a dust exhaust pipe (17), and the dust exhaust pipe (17) is connected with a dust remover.
8. The automatic feeding mechanism for traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 7, characterized in that, The rectangular main body frame (6.1) is provided with a proximity sensor (18) for detecting the approach of the material frame seat (14).