Drying and disinfecting device for traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces

By designing a drying and disinfection device for Chinese herbal medicine slices, a shaft tube and mesh cylinder structure is used to achieve uniform hot air drying and disinfection, which solves the problem of Chinese herbal medicine slices being fragile during the stirring process and ensures the integrity of the slices and the disinfection effect.

CN223755717UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-02BEIJING YITONG BAIRUI PHARM TECH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202423301095.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-31
Publication Date
2026-01-02
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-31

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Technical Problem

Existing Chinese herbal medicine slices are easily crushed by stirring tools during the drying and sterilization process, which affects their quality.

Method used

A drying and disinfection device for traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces was designed. It adopts a structure including a shaft tube, a drive component, a hot air blower, a support rod, a mesh cylinder, and an ultraviolet disinfection component. The rotation of the shaft tube drives the mesh cylinder to rotate, thereby achieving uniform hot air drying and disinfection, and avoiding the use of a stirring component.

Benefits of technology

While ensuring the drying effect, the integrity of the Chinese herbal medicine pieces is protected to prevent crushing, and external dust is isolated by the cover plate to improve drying efficiency and disinfection effect.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying and disinfecting device which comprises a drying cylinder, a support is arranged on the outer side of the drying cylinder, a shaft pipe is rotationally connected to the middle of the drying cylinder, a feeding hopper is fixedly connected to the top of the shaft pipe, and a driving assembly for driving the shaft pipe to rotate is arranged on the drying cylinder. And the bottom surface of the drying cylinder is fixedly connected with an air heater for blowing air into the shaft pipe. The traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying device has the advantages that the air heater is started to blow hot air into the shaft pipe, and the hot air acts on traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces in the mesh cylinder through the air outlet to dry the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces. The driving assembly is started to drive the shaft pipe to rotate, the shaft pipe drives the supporting rods and the mesh cylinder to rotate, and the mesh cylinder synchronously rotates under the action of the inner gear ring and the outer gear ring, so that the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces at different positions in the mesh cylinder are dried under the action of hot air, and the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces do not need to be driven by the stirring assembly to move on the premise that the drying effect is guaranteed. The completeness of the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces is ensured.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece processing technology, and in particular to a device for drying and disinfecting traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces. Background Technology

[0002] Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) decoction pieces are TCM herbs that have undergone processing according to TCM theories and methods, and can be directly used in TCM clinical practice. TCM decoction pieces include some sliced ​​herbs processed at their place of origin, whole medicinal herbs, and decoction pieces that have been cut or processed.

[0003] Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) decoction pieces require drying and sterilization during processing. Current methods often utilize stirring tools to agitate the herbs, ensuring thorough contact with hot air and accelerating the drying process. However, TCM decoction pieces are often thin, and agitation can easily bend and crush them, affecting their quality. Therefore, this paper proposes an improved drying and sterilization device for TCM decoction pieces. Utility Model Content

[0004] The purpose of this invention is to at least solve one of the aforementioned technical defects.

[0005] Therefore, one objective of this utility model is to provide a drying and disinfection device for traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, so as to solve the problems mentioned in the background art and overcome the shortcomings of the existing technology.

[0006] To achieve the above objectives, one embodiment of the present invention provides a drying and disinfection device for traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, including a drying cylinder, a support provided on the outer side of the drying cylinder, a shaft tube rotatably connected to the middle of the drying cylinder, a feed hopper fixedly connected to the top of the shaft tube, and a drive assembly for driving the shaft tube to rotate on the drying cylinder.

[0007] A hot air blower is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the drying cylinder, blowing air into the shaft tube. Several air outlets are opened on the side of the shaft tube. A support rod is fixedly connected to the side of the shaft tube. A mesh cylinder is rotatably connected to the end of the support rod. A guide pipe facing the mesh cylinder is fixedly connected to the side of the shaft tube. A sealing plate is rotatably connected to the bottom surface of the mesh cylinder. A feeding motor that drives the sealing plate to rotate is set at the bottom of the mesh cylinder. An internal toothed ring is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the drying cylinder. An external toothed ring that meshes with the internal toothed ring is fixedly connected to the outer side of the mesh cylinder. An ultraviolet disinfection component is set on the inner wall of the drying cylinder.

[0008] Preferably, in any of the above embodiments, the bottom surface of the drying cylinder is open and the shaft tube is supported by a connecting plate, and the top of the feed hopper is rotatably connected to a cover plate.

[0009] Preferably, the cover plate at the top of the feeding hopper is provided with a push block, and the driving assembly comprises a motor and a transmission gear.

[0010] The drying cylinder provides a drying space for the traditional Chinese medicine pieces, and the bottom surface is open to facilitate the discharge of the dried traditional Chinese medicine pieces. The support is arranged outside the drying cylinder to provide support for the drying cylinder and to obtain a certain height to facilitate the discharge work. The shaft pipe provides a flow channel for the traditional Chinese medicine pieces and provides an installation platform for the support rod and other structures. The feeding hopper is arranged at the top of the shaft pipe to facilitate the placement of the traditional Chinese medicine pieces to be dried into the shaft pipe. The cover plate is arranged at the top of the feeding hopper to isolate external dust and prevent external dust from falling into the feeding hopper to contaminate the traditional Chinese medicine pieces. The driving assembly drives the shaft pipe to rotate, thereby driving the related components on the shaft pipe to rotate.

[0011] Preferably, the shaft pipe is provided with a guide block at the guide pipe, and a plurality of air outlets are uniformly arranged along the circumference and height of the shaft pipe.

[0012] Preferably, the support rod has a plurality of roots and is uniformly arranged along the circumference of the shaft pipe, and the bottom end of the mesh cylinder adopts an inverted conical structure.

[0013] The hot air machine is used to input hot air into the shaft pipe, and the hot air is blown out through the air outlets to act on the traditional Chinese medicine pieces to dry them. The plurality of air outlets are uniformly arranged on the shaft pipe to facilitate the blowing of hot air from different directions. The support rod provides an installation platform for the mesh cylinder to ensure the stability of the mesh cylinder. The plurality of support rods are uniformly arranged around the shaft pipe to facilitate the installation of multiple mesh cylinders around the shaft pipe. The mesh cylinder provides a placement space for the traditional Chinese medicine pieces, which adopts a cylindrical structure to allow a large number of traditional Chinese medicine pieces to be vertically placed in the mesh cylinder for drying work.

[0014] Preferably, the guide pipe is arranged obliquely, and the sealing plate adopts a circular structure.

[0015] Preferably, the outer gear ring is arranged at the middle position of the mesh cylinder, and the ultraviolet disinfection assembly adopts a ring structure.

[0016] The guide pipe is used to guide the traditional Chinese medicine pieces in the shaft pipe into the mesh cylinder. The sealing plate is arranged at the bottom of the mesh cylinder to block the bottom surface of the mesh cylinder to prevent the traditional Chinese medicine pieces from flowing out automatically. The discharging motor can drive the sealing plate to rotate to open the mesh cylinder for discharge work when needed. The inner gear ring is arranged on the inner wall of the drying cylinder, and the outer gear ring is arranged outside the mesh cylinder. The two cooperate to make the mesh cylinder rotate synchronously when it revolves with the shaft pipe, which facilitates the drying of the traditional Chinese medicine pieces at different positions in the mesh cylinder by hot air. The ultraviolet disinfection assembly can disinfect the traditional Chinese medicine pieces.

[0017] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages and beneficial effects that

[0018] 1、 this traditional chinese medicine piece drying and disinfecting device, through setting up shaft pipe, drive assembly, hot -blast machine, support, net cylinder, material pipe, inner tooth ring, outer tooth ring and so on structure, when drying work is carried out, the traditional chinese medicine piece to be dried is placed into feed hopper, and the traditional chinese medicine piece enters net cylinder through shaft pipe, material pipe. Start hot -blast machine and blow into hot air in shaft pipe, and the hot air acts on the traditional chinese medicine piece in net cylinder through air outlet, and the traditional chinese medicine piece is dried. Start drive assembly and drive shaft pipe to rotate, and the shaft pipe drives support and net cylinder to rotate, and under the action of inner tooth ring and outer tooth ring, net cylinder rotates synchronously, so that the traditional chinese medicine piece in different positions in net cylinder is dried by hot air, and under the premise of guaranteeing drying effect, the traditional chinese medicine piece does not need to be moved by stirring assembly, and the integrity of the traditional chinese medicine piece is guaranteed.

[0019] 2、 this traditional chinese medicine piece drying and disinfecting device, drying cylinder provides drying space for traditional chinese medicine piece, and the bottom surface is open, facilitating the discharge of the dried traditional chinese medicine piece. The top of the feed hopper is provided with a cover plate, which can isolate external dust and prevent external dust from falling into the feed hopper and polluting the traditional chinese medicine piece. The push block provided on the cover plate can facilitate the staff to push the cover plate. The air outlets are uniformly arranged on the shaft pipe, facilitating the blowing of hot air from different directions.

[0020] Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be partially given in the following description, some will become obvious from the following description, or be understood through the practice of the utility model. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0021] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, with reference to the following drawings, wherein:

[0022] Fig. 1 It is the first perspective structure schematic drawing of the utility model;

[0023] Fig. 2 It is the second perspective structure schematic drawing of the utility model;

[0024] Fig. 3 It is the cut structure schematic drawing of the utility model;

[0025] Fig. 4 It is the structure schematic drawing of the sealing plate of the utility model.

[0026] In the drawing: 1-drying cylinder, 2-support, 3-shaft pipe, 4-feed hopper, 5-drive assembly, 6-hot -blast machine, 7-air outlet, 8-support, 9-net cylinder, 10-material pipe, 11-sealing plate, 12-discharge motor, 13-inner tooth ring, 14-outer tooth ring, 15-ultraviolet disinfection assembly. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments shown in the drawings are examples for explaining the present application and should not be construed as limiting the present application.

[0028] In the present application, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connecting", "connecting", "fixing" and the like should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be fixedly connected, or it can be detachably connected, or it can be integrally connected; it can be mechanically connected, or it can be electrically connected; it can be directly connected, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; it can be the communication between two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above-mentioned terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0029] As shown in Figs. 1-4 The present application comprises a drying cylinder 1, a support 2 is arranged on the outer side of the drying cylinder 1, a shaft pipe 3 is rotatably connected to the middle part of the drying cylinder 1, a feed hopper 4 is fixedly connected to the top of the shaft pipe 3, and a driving assembly 5 is arranged on the drying cylinder 1 to drive the shaft pipe 3 to rotate.

[0030] A hot air blower 6 is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the drying cylinder 1 to blow air into the shaft pipe 3, a plurality of air outlets 7 are formed in the side surface of the shaft pipe 3, a support rod 8 is fixedly connected to the side surface of the shaft pipe 3, a mesh cylinder 9 is rotatably connected to the end of the support rod 8, a material guide pipe 10 is fixedly connected to the side surface of the shaft pipe 3 and faces the mesh cylinder 9, a sealing plate 11 is rotatably connected to the bottom surface of the mesh cylinder 9, a discharging motor 12 is arranged at the bottom of the mesh cylinder 9 to drive the sealing plate 11 to rotate, an inner tooth ring 13 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the drying cylinder 1, an outer tooth ring 14 is fixedly connected to the outer side of the mesh cylinder 9 and meshes with the inner tooth ring 13, and an ultraviolet disinfection assembly 15 is arranged on the inner wall of the drying cylinder 1.

[0031] The bottom of the drying cylinder 1 is open and supported by the connecting plate, and the top of the feeding hopper 4 is rotatably connected with a cover plate. A pushing block is arranged on the cover plate at the top of the feeding hopper 4, and the driving assembly 5 comprises a motor and a transmission gear. The drying cylinder 1 provides a drying space for traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, and the bottom is open, which facilitates the discharge of the dried traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces. Supports 2 are arranged on the outer side of the drying cylinder 1 to provide support for the drying cylinder 1 and obtain a certain height, which facilitates the discharge work. The shaft pipe 3 provides a flow channel for the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces and provides a mounting platform for structures such as the supporting rod 8. The feeding hopper 4 is arranged at the top of the shaft pipe 3, which facilitates the placement of the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces to be dried into the shaft pipe 3. A cover plate is arranged at the top of the feeding hopper 4, which can isolate external dust to prevent external dust from falling into the feeding hopper 4 and polluting the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces. The driving assembly 5 is used to drive the shaft pipe 3 to rotate, thereby driving the related components on the shaft pipe 3 to rotate.

[0032] In the shaft pipe 3, the guide block is arranged at the guide pipe 10, and a plurality of air outlets 7 are uniformly arranged along the circumference and height direction of the shaft pipe 3. The supporting rod 8 has a plurality of roots and is uniformly arranged along the circumference of the shaft pipe 3, and the bottom end of the mesh cylinder 9 adopts an inverted conical structure. The air heater 6 is used to input hot air into the shaft pipe 3, and the hot air is blown out through the air outlet 7 and acts on the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, so as to dry the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces. A plurality of air outlets 7 are uniformly arranged on the shaft pipe 3, which facilitates the blowing out of hot air from different directions. The supporting rod 8 provides a mounting platform for the mesh cylinder 9 to ensure the stability of the mesh cylinder 9. A plurality of supporting rods 8 are uniformly arranged around the shaft pipe 3, which facilitates the installation of a plurality of mesh cylinders 9 around the shaft pipe 3. The mesh cylinder 9 provides a placement space for the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, which adopts a cylindrical structure, so that a large number of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces can be vertically placed in the mesh cylinder 9 for drying work.

[0033] The guide pipe 10 is arranged obliquely, and the sealing plate 11 adopts a circular structure. The outer gear ring 14 is arranged at the middle position of the mesh cylinder 9, and the ultraviolet disinfection assembly 15 adopts a ring structure. The guide pipe 10 is used to guide the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces in the shaft pipe 3 into the mesh cylinder 9. The sealing plate 11 is arranged at the bottom of the mesh cylinder 9, which can block the bottom surface of the mesh cylinder 9 to prevent the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces from flowing out automatically. The unloading motor 12 can drive the sealing plate 11 to rotate, so as to open the mesh cylinder 9 for discharge work when needed. The inner gear ring 13 is arranged on the inner wall of the drying cylinder 1, and the outer gear ring 14 is arranged on the outer side of the mesh cylinder 9, which can make the mesh cylinder 9 rotate synchronously when it revolves with the shaft pipe 3, so as to facilitate the drying of the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces at different positions in the mesh cylinder 9 by hot air. The ultraviolet disinfection assembly 15 can disinfect the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces.

[0034] The working principle of the utility model is as follows:

[0035] S1, the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces to be dried are placed into the feeding hopper 4, and the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces enter the mesh cylinder 9 through the shaft pipe 3 and the guide pipe 10;

[0036] S2, start the hot air blower 6 to blow into the shaft pipe 3 hot air, hot air through the air outlet 7 to the network pipe 9 in the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces drying. Ultraviolet disinfection assembly 15 to the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces disinfection work;

[0037] S3, start driving assembly 5 driven shaft pipe 3 rotation, shaft pipe 3 driven strut 8, network pipe 9 rotation, under the action of the inner tooth ring 13, outer tooth ring 14, network pipe 9 synchronous rotation, so that the network pipe 9 in different positions of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces by hot air drying work.

[0038] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects relative to the prior art:

[0039] 1、 the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces drying disinfection device, through setting up shaft pipe 3, driving assembly 5, hot air blower 6, strut 8, network pipe 9, material pipe 10, inner tooth ring 13, outer tooth ring 14 and so on structure, when drying work, the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces to be dried are placed into the feed hopper 4, and the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces enter the network pipe 9 through the shaft pipe 3 and the material pipe 10. Start the hot air blower 6 to blow into the shaft pipe 3 hot air, hot air through the air outlet 7 to the network pipe 9 in the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces drying. Start driving assembly 5 driven shaft pipe 3 rotation, shaft pipe 3 driven strut 8, network pipe 9 rotation, under the action of the inner tooth ring 13, outer tooth ring 14, network pipe 9 synchronous rotation, so that the network pipe 9 in different positions of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces by hot air drying work, in the premise of guaranteeing drying effect, without using stirring assembly to drive the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces to move, it is favorable to guarantee the integrity of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces.

[0040] 2、 the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces drying disinfection device, drying cylinder 1 provides drying space for traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, and the bottom surface is open, which facilitates the discharge of the dried traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces. The cover plate is arranged on the top of the feed hopper 4, and the cover plate can isolate external dust to avoid external dust from falling into the feed hopper 4 and polluting the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces. The push block arranged on the cover plate can facilitate the staff to push the cover plate. The air outlets 7 are evenly arranged on the shaft pipe 3, which facilitates the hot air to blow out from different directions.

Claims

1. A traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying and disinfecting device, comprising a drying cylinder (1); characterized in that, The outer side of the drying cylinder (1) is provided with a support (2), the middle part of the drying cylinder (1) is rotatably connected with a shaft tube (3), the top of the shaft tube (3) is fixedly connected with a feeding hopper (4), the drying cylinder (1) is provided with a driving assembly (5) for driving the shaft tube (3) to rotate; The bottom surface of the drying cylinder (1) is fixedly connected with a hot air blower (6) for blowing air into the shaft tube (3), the side surface of the shaft tube (3) is provided with a plurality of air outlets (7), the side surface of the shaft tube (3) is fixedly connected with a support rod (8), the end of the support rod (8) is rotatably connected with a mesh cylinder (9), the side surface of the shaft tube (3) is fixedly connected with a material guide pipe (10) facing the mesh cylinder (9), the bottom surface of the mesh cylinder (9) is rotatably connected with a sealing plate (11), the bottom of the mesh cylinder (9) is provided with a discharging motor (12) for driving the sealing plate (11) to rotate, the inner wall of the drying cylinder (1) is fixedly connected with an inner gear ring (13), the outer side of the mesh cylinder (9) is fixedly connected with an outer gear ring (14) engaged with the inner gear ring (13), the inner wall of the drying cylinder (1) is provided with an ultraviolet disinfection assembly (15).

2. The traditional Chinese medicine slice drying and disinfecting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bottom surface of the drying cylinder (1) is open and the shaft tube (3) is supported by a connecting plate, the top of the feeding hopper (4) is rotatably connected with a cover plate.

3. The traditional Chinese medicine slice drying and disinfecting device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The cover plate on the top of the feeding hopper (4) is provided with a push block, the driving assembly (5) includes a motor and a transmission gear.

4. The traditional Chinese medicine slice drying and disinfecting device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The shaft tube (3) is provided with a material guide block at the material guide pipe (10), and a plurality of air outlets (7) are uniformly arranged along the circumference and height direction of the shaft tube (3).

5. The traditional Chinese medicine slice drying and disinfecting device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The support rod (8) has a plurality of rods and is uniformly arranged along the circumference of the shaft tube (3), and the bottom end of the mesh cylinder (9) adopts an inverted conical structure.

6. The traditional Chinese medicine slice drying and disinfecting device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The material guide pipe (10) is obliquely arranged, and the sealing plate (11) adopts a circular structure.

7. The traditional Chinese medicine slice drying and disinfecting device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The outer gear ring (14) is arranged at the middle position of the mesh cylinder (9), and the ultraviolet disinfection assembly (15) adopts an annular structure.