Locking mechanism of edible mushroom sterilization cabinet

The locking mechanism, designed with a saw-shaped locking structure and lever principle, solves the stability and sealing problems of the edible fungi sterilization cabinet, achieving efficient high-pressure sealing and easy operation, and improving the sterilization effect.

CN223824789UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-23HUBEI FUXING AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520170504.1
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-25
Publication Date
2026-01-23
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-25

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Technical Problem

The locking mechanism of existing edible fungus sterilization cabinets has problems such as poor equipment stability, poor sealing, and complicated operation. In particular, it is prone to deformation and air leakage under high pressure, which affects the sterilization effect.

Method used

It adopts a saw-shaped locking structure, including a central shaft, a saw-shaped movable locking buckle and a fixed locking buckle. It is designed with the lever principle to achieve uniform force distribution and simple operation. The saw-shaped locking buckle covers the entire edge of the cabinet door and is combined with silicone strips for sealing to prevent deformation and air leakage.

Benefits of technology

It improves the equipment stability and sealing of the sterilizer, ensures the sealing effect under high pressure, simplifies the operation process, and reduces the mechanical failure rate.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a locking mechanism. The lock catch is of a saw-shaped lock catch structure; the locking mechanism comprises a middle shaft, a saw-shaped movable lock catch, a latch handle, a saw-shaped fixed lock catch, a latch movable clamping block and a latch fixed clamping block; the intermediate shaft is mounted on the cabinet door; the saw-shaped movable lock catch is mounted on the intermediate shaft; the saw-shaped fixed lock catch is mounted on the cabinet body; the saw-shaped fixing lock catch is of a saw-tooth-shaped structure. A groove is formed in the saw-shaped movable lock catch; the groove is matched and connected with sawteeth of the saw-shaped fixing lock catch, and the bottom of the groove abuts against the outer side of the sawteeth of the saw-shaped fixing lock catch; the latch handle is arranged on the saw-shaped movable lock catch and is movably connected with the saw-shaped movable lock catch; the movable latch clamping block is connected with the latch handle; the latch fixing clamping block is installed on the saw-shaped fixing lock catch. And the movable latch clamping block is matched and connected with the fixed latch clamping block. The device has the advantages of being good in stability, good in sealing performance and convenient to operate. The utility model further discloses an edible mushroom sterilization cabinet.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a locking mechanism of edible mushroom sterilization cabinet, and the utility model also relates to an edible mushroom sterilization cabinet. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the edible mushroom production process, the produced mushroom sticks need to be subjected to high-temperature sterilization treatment to remove the miscellaneous bacteria in the mushroom sticks, otherwise the miscellaneous bacteria will affect the growth of the edible mushroom strains, thereby affecting the mushroom yield and mushroom quality. In the traditional edible mushroom production process, there are usually two sterilization methods: one is to use the Mongolian yurt type sterilization, that is, to pile up the mushroom sticks and cover them with waterproof cloth, and then to pour steam into them, but this sterilization method is insufficient in temperature and steam pressure, and has low energy utilization rate, serious resource waste and high sterilization cost, and since the mushroom bags are piled up, there are also a large number of sterilization dead angles, which are difficult to completely kill the miscellaneous bacteria, resulting in low mushroom yield and poor mushroom quality; the other is to rely on a large edible mushroom sterilization cabinet to kill the miscellaneous bacteria, the sterilization cabinet can maintain a high-temperature and high-pressure environment for a long time, and the mushroom sticks are placed on the sterilization racks in the cabinet without piling up the mushroom sticks, so that the sterilization can be achieved without dead angles; the difficulty of the edible mushroom sterilization cabinet lies in that the locking mechanism is difficult to meet the use requirements, and the locking mechanism of the edible mushroom sterilization cabinet on the market has the following deficiencies: (1) the structure is complex, the equipment stability is poor, and the mechanical failure rate is high; (2) the sealing performance is poor, the cabinet door is unevenly stressed when bearing high pressure, and is prone to deformation and air leakage; (3) the operation is complex, and the sealing door cannot be conveniently and quickly opened and closed.

[0003] Therefore, it is necessary to develop a locking mechanism of an edible mushroom sterilization cabinet which has good equipment stability, good sealing performance and is convenient to operate. SUMMARY

[0004] The first object of the utility model is to provide a locking mechanism of an edible mushroom sterilization cabinet which has good equipment stability, good sealing performance and is convenient to operate.

[0005] The second object of the utility model is to provide an edible mushroom sterilization cabinet which has good equipment stability, good sealing performance and is convenient to operate, can effectively prevent the cabinet door from being bent and deformed in the middle, and can avoid air leakage due to deformation of the two sides of the cabinet door.

[0006] In order to achieve the above-mentioned first object of the utility model, the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows: a locking mechanism, characterized by: a saw-shaped lock catch structure; the locking mechanism comprises a middle shaft, a saw-shaped movable lock catch, a door latch handle, a saw-shaped fixed lock catch, a door latch movable clamping block and a door latch fixed clamping block;

[0007] The middle shaft is installed on the cabinet door; the saw-shaped movable lock catch is installed on the middle shaft;

[0008] The saw-shaped fixed lock catch is installed on the cabinet body; the saw-shaped movable lock catch is detachably connected with the saw-shaped fixed lock catch;

[0009] The saw-shaped locking buckle has a sawtooth structure;

[0010] The saw-shaped movable latch has a groove; the groove is connected to the saw teeth of the saw-shaped fixed latch, and the bottom of the groove abuts against the outside of the saw teeth of the saw-shaped fixed latch; the saw-shaped fixed latch and the saw-shaped movable latch are connected by a latch, and the bottom of the latch groove on the saw-shaped movable latch abuts against the outside of the saw teeth of the saw-shaped fixed latch, so that the door frame is subjected to more even force and is less likely to deform and leak air.

[0011] The latch handle is mounted on and movably connected to the saw-shaped movable latch; the latch movable block is connected to the latch handle;

[0012] The latch fixing block is installed on the saw-shaped fixing latch; the latch movable block is connected to the latch fixing block; when the latch handle is locked, the latch handle rotates downward, causing the latch movable block to rotate downward, so that the latch fixing block is located between the latch movable block and the latch handle; when the latch handle is opened, the latch handle rotates upward, causing the latch movable block to rotate upward, so that the latch movable block and the latch handle move away from the latch fixing block. Utilizing the lever principle, the cabinet door can be easily opened and closed by simply lifting and pulling the latch handle.

[0013] In the above technical solution, the saw-shaped fixing latch includes a first saw-shaped fixing latch structure and a second fixing latch structure;

[0014] The first saw-shaped fixing latch structure is installed on the side of the cabinet;

[0015] The second fixed locking structure is vertically installed on the first saw-shaped fixed locking structure;

[0016] There are multiple second fixing latch structures, which are distributed at intervals on the first saw-shaped fixing latch structure.

[0017] In the above technical solution, the saw-shaped movable latch includes a first latch structure, a second latch structure, and a third latch structure;

[0018] The first locking structure is fitted onto the intermediate shaft;

[0019] The second locking structure is connected at one end to the first locking structure and at the other end to the third locking structure perpendicularly; the third locking structure is located away from the intermediate axis.

[0020] There are multiple first locking structures, and these multiple first locking structures are arranged at intervals;

[0021] There are multiple second locking structures, which are arranged at intervals.

[0022] The grooves are located between the spaced-apart second locking structures.

[0023] In the above technical solution, the bushing is sleeved on the intermediate shaft and located between the spaced-apart first locking structures;

[0024] The bushing is located above the opening end of the groove; the bottom of the groove is located outside the second fixing latch structure.

[0025] There are multiple grooves, which are spaced apart.

[0026] To achieve the second objective of this utility model, the technical solution of this utility model is: an edible fungus sterilization cabinet, characterized in that it includes the aforementioned locking mechanism, sterilization cabinet body and cabinet door;

[0027] The main body of the sterilization cabinet is a hollow rectangular box-shaped cabinet structure with an opening on one side;

[0028] The cabinet doors are square in shape;

[0029] One side of the cabinet door is movably connected to the main body of the sterilizer, and the other side is detachably connected to the main body of the sterilizer via a locking mechanism.

[0030] The saw-shaped movable latch of the locking mechanism is movably installed on the frame of the sterilizer body via an intermediate shaft;

[0031] The saw-shaped fixed latch of the locking mechanism is fixed to the frame of the cabinet door; the saw-shaped movable latch is connected with the saw-shaped fixed latch.

[0032] In the above technical solution, the length of the saw-shaped fixing buckle is equal to the length of the frame of the sterilizer body;

[0033] The saw-shaped movable latch is the same length as the cabinet door frame; the saw-shaped latch covers the entire edge of the cabinet door, which can ensure that the cabinet door is evenly stressed from top to bottom, and the three hinges are also evenly arranged from top to bottom to prevent deformation and air leakage on both sides of the cabinet door.

[0034] In the above technical solution, one side of the cabinet door is movably connected to the main body of the sterilizer via cabinet door hinges; the cabinet door hinges are evenly distributed at the top, middle and bottom of the main body of the sterilizer;

[0035] A hinge includes a hinge shaft head, a hinge retaining block, a short shaft sleeve, a long shaft sleeve, a pad, a thrust ball bearing, and a hinge shaft;

[0036] The hinge shaft passes through four spaced-apart hinge fixing blocks and is fixed to the outer hinge fixing block by the hinge shaft head;

[0037] The short shaft sleeve is fitted onto the hinge shaft and is located between two adjacent hinge fixing blocks;

[0038] The long shaft sleeve is fitted onto the hinge shaft and is located between two hinge fixing blocks that are far apart from each other;

[0039] The pad is located on the side wall of the long bushing;

[0040] The thrust ball bearing is located between the long shaft sleeve and the hinge retaining block;

[0041] Each hinge has four hinge fixing blocks that are fixed to the main frame of the sterilizer, the pad is fixed to the frame of the cabinet door, and the thrust ball bearing plays the role of bearing weight and rotation.

[0042] In the above technical solution, the horizontal frame of the cabinet door is an H-shaped channel steel, which has a stronger load-bearing capacity and can prevent the cabinet door from bending and deforming in the middle.

[0043] The inside of the cabinet door is a pressure-bearing inner panel. A groove for a silicone rubber strip is set on the outer periphery of the inner panel. The groove serves to install and fix the silicone rubber strip and to limit its expansion to both sides.

[0044] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:

[0045] (1) Optimize the structural design and reduce mechanical failures. The cabinet door locking mechanism has only a simple saw-shaped latch and no other unnecessary mechanical structure. The structure is simplified and optimized, and the overall locking mechanism is more stable.

[0046] (2) Optimize the door frame structure of the sterilizer. The door frame is made of H-beams as the horizontal frame. This structure has a stronger load-bearing capacity and can effectively prevent the door from bending and deforming in the middle.

[0047] (3) The saw-shaped latch covers the entire edge of the cabinet door, which can ensure that the cabinet door is evenly stressed from top to bottom. The three hinges are also evenly arranged from top to bottom, which prevents the cabinet door from deforming and leaking air on both sides. The saw-shaped fixed latch and the saw-shaped movable latch are connected by a latch, and the bottom of the latch groove on the saw-shaped movable latch abuts against the outside of the saw teeth of the saw-shaped fixed latch, which makes the door frame more evenly stressed and less prone to deformation and leakage.

[0048] (4) The locking mechanism of the cabinet door is optimized. By using the lever principle, the cabinet door can be easily opened and closed by simply lifting and pulling the door latch handle. The operation is simple. Attached Figure Description

[0049] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram showing the position and structure of the locking mechanism of this utility model on the edible fungus sterilization cabinet;

[0050] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the cabinet door structure of this utility model;

[0051] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the saw-shaped locking device of this utility model;

[0052] Figure 4 This is a structural schematic diagram of the cabinet door hinge of this utility model;

[0053] Figure 5 This is a cross-sectional structural diagram of the cabinet door hinge of this utility model.

[0054] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the locking mechanism of this utility model.

[0055] In the figure: 1. Saw-shaped locking device; 10. Intermediate shaft; 11. Saw-shaped movable locking; 11.1. First locking structure; 11.2. Second locking structure; 11.3. Third locking structure; 11.4. Groove; 12. Bushing; 13. Door latch handle; 14. Door latch shaft; 15. Saw-shaped fixed locking; 15.1. First saw-shaped fixed locking structure; 15.2. Second fixed locking structure; 16. Door latch movable block; 17. Door latch fixed block; 2. Cabinet door hinge; 20. Hinge shaft head; 21. Hinge fixing block; 22. Short bushing; 23. Long bushing; 24. Pad; 25. Thrust ball bearing; 26. Hinge shaft; 3. Door handle; 4. Sterilization cabinet body; 5. Cabinet door; 50. Cabinet door inner panel; 51. Leather strip groove; 52. Silicone leather strip. Detailed Implementation

[0056] The following detailed description, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, illustrates the implementation of this utility model. However, these descriptions do not constitute a limitation of the present utility model and are merely illustrative. Furthermore, the advantages of this utility model will become clearer and easier to understand through this description.

[0057] This utility model relates to a sterilization cabinet for edible fungi with a locking mechanism. It achieves high-pressure sealing by fastening the cabinet body and door together, and then filling the silicone rubber strip ring within the rubber strip groove with high-pressure gas to form a high-pressure sealing ring. This mechanism is simple in structure, stable and reliable, provides excellent high-pressure sealing, and is easy to operate.

[0058] like Figure 1 As shown, the locking mechanism of this edible mushroom sterilization cabinet is adapted to a rectangular box-type cabinet structure with a square door 5. The door hinges 2 and the saw-shaped locking device 1 connect the door 5 to both sides of the sterilization cabinet body 4, representing a traditional door opening and closing combination. The door hinges 2 are evenly distributed at the top, middle, and bottom; see [details omitted for brevity]. Figure 4 and Figure 5 Each hinge has four hinge fixing blocks 21 fixed to the frame of the sterilizer body 4, and the pad 24 fixed to the frame of the cabinet door 5. The thrust ball bearing 25 serves to bear weight and rotate. The saw-shaped locking device 1 covers the entire edge of the cabinet door opening, with 12 bushings 12 fixed to the frame of the sterilizer body 4, the saw-shaped fixed locking buckle 15 fixed to the frame of the cabinet door 5, and the saw-shaped movable locking buckle 11 being a rotatable component.

[0059] like Figure 2As shown, the inner side of the cabinet door 5 is a pressure-bearing inner panel 50, and a groove 51 around it serves to install and fix the silicone strip 52, and can limit the expansion of the silicone strip 52 to both sides.

[0060] like Figure 3 As shown, simply lift the latch handle 13 along with the latch movable block 16 upwards, and then pull the latch handle 13 along with the saw-shaped movable latch 11 outwards to unlock the saw-shaped movable latch 11 from the saw-shaped fixed latch 15, allowing the cabinet door 5 to open. To close the door, simply push the cabinet door 5 closed, then rotate the latch handle 13 along with the saw-shaped movable latch 11 inwards to engage the saw-shaped movable latch 11 with the saw-shaped fixed latch 15. Then lower the latch handle 13, locking the latch movable block 16 inside the latch fixed block 17 to close the door.

[0061] The cut edge of the saw-shaped fixed locking buckle 15 is rounded, which can easily achieve the tight locking operation between the saw-shaped movable locking buckle 11 and the saw-shaped fixed locking buckle 15.

[0062] The specific operation process of this utility model is as follows:

[0063] Closing the door: After pushing the sterilization rack containing the sterilization sticks into the sterilization cabinet, push the cabinet door 5 to close the cabinet door 5 and the main body of the sterilization cabinet 4 as much as possible. Turn the door latch handle 13 inward to lock the saw-shaped movable lock 11 and the saw-shaped fixed lock 15 tightly. Then, lower the door latch handle 13 to lock the door latch movable block 16 inside the door latch fixed block 17 to complete closing the door.

[0064] Sterilization: After closing the door, turn on the air and power to the sterilizer, adjust the pressure regulating filter to make the output air pressure 0.4-0.5 MPa, and then turn on the inflation switch of the silicone rubber strip 52. After the silicone rubber strip 52 inflates, the gap between the door 5 and the main body 4 of the sterilizer will be sealed by the expanded silicone rubber strip 52. Then, steam is introduced to start the sterilization process.

[0065] Pressure Relief and Door Opening: After sterilization, the steam outlet pipe remains open to release steam and condensate from the main body 4 of the sterilizer. After the pressure inside the cabinet is released, open the exhaust switch of the silicone rubber strip 52 to release the gas inside the silicone rubber strip 52. Once the steam temperature inside the cabinet has dropped to a suitable level, lift the door latch handle 13 along with the door latch movable block 16 upwards, and then pull the door latch handle 13 along with the saw-shaped movable lock 11 outwards. This will release the tight fastening between the saw-shaped movable lock 11 and the saw-shaped fixed lock 15, allowing the cabinet door 5 to be opened.

[0066] All other unspecified parts belong to the prior art.

Claims

1. A locking mechanism, characterized in that: It has a saw-shaped locking structure; the locking mechanism includes an intermediate shaft (10), a saw-shaped movable locking buckle (11), a door latch handle (13), a saw-shaped fixed locking buckle (15), a door latch movable block (16), and a door latch fixed block (17); The intermediate shaft (10) is installed on the cabinet door (5); the saw-shaped movable latch (11) is installed on the intermediate shaft (10); A saw-shaped fixing buckle (15) is installed on the cabinet; The saw-shaped locking buckle (15) has a sawtooth structure; A groove (11.4) is provided on the saw-shaped movable latch (11); the groove (11.4) is connected to the saw teeth of the saw-shaped fixed latch (15), and the bottom of the groove (11.4) abuts against the outside of the saw teeth of the saw-shaped fixed latch (15); The latch handle (13) is mounted on the saw-shaped movable latch (11) and is movably connected to the saw-shaped movable latch (11); the latch movable block (16) is connected to the latch handle (13); The latch fixing block (17) is installed on the saw-shaped fixing latch (15); the latch movable block (16) is connected to the latch fixing block (17).

2. The locking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The saw-shaped locking buckle (15) includes a first saw-shaped locking buckle structure (15.1) and a second locking buckle structure (15.2); The first saw-shaped fixing latch structure (15.1) is installed on the side of the cabinet; The second fixed locking structure (15.2) is vertically mounted on the first saw-shaped fixed locking structure (15.1); There are multiple second fixed locking structures (15.2), and these multiple second fixed locking structures (15.2) are distributed at intervals on the first saw-shaped fixed locking structure (15.1).

3. The locking mechanism according to claim 2, characterized in that: The saw-shaped movable latch (11) includes a first latch structure (11.1), a second latch structure (11.2), and a third latch structure (11.3); The first locking structure (11.1) is fitted onto the intermediate shaft (10); The second locking structure (11.2) is connected at one end to the first locking structure (11.1) and at the other end to the third locking structure (11.3) perpendicularly; the third locking structure (11.3) is located away from the intermediate shaft (10); There are multiple first locking structures (11.1), and the multiple first locking structures (11.1) are arranged at intervals; There are multiple second locking structures (11.2), and the multiple second locking structures (11.2) are arranged at intervals; The groove (11.4) is located between the spaced-apart second latching structures (11.2).

4. The locking mechanism according to claim 3, characterized in that: The bushing (12) is sleeved on the intermediate shaft (10) and located between the spaced-apart first locking structures (11.1); The bushing (12) is located above the opening end of the groove (11.4); the bottom of the groove (11.4) is located outside the second fixing latch structure (15.2); There are multiple grooves (11.4), and the multiple grooves (11.4) are arranged at intervals.

5. A sterilization cabinet for edible fungi, characterized in that: Includes the locking mechanism (1), sterilizer body (4), and cabinet door (5) as described in any one of claims 1-4; The main body of the sterilizer (4) is a hollow box-type cabinet structure with one end open; The cabinet door (5) has a square structure; The cabinet door (5) is movably connected to one side of the opening end of the sterilizer body (4) on one side, and detachably connected to the other side of the opening end of the sterilizer body (4) on the other side through the locking mechanism (1); The saw-shaped movable latch (11) of the locking mechanism (1) is movably mounted on the frame of the cabinet door (5) via the intermediate shaft (10); The saw-shaped fixed latch (15) of the locking mechanism (1) is fixed on the frame of the sterilizer body (4); the saw-shaped movable latch (11) is connected with the saw-shaped fixed latch (15).

6. The edible fungus sterilization cabinet according to claim 5, characterized in that: The length of the saw-shaped fixing buckle (15) is equal to the length of the frame of the sterilizer body (4); The length of the saw-shaped movable latch (11) is equal to the length of the frame of the cabinet door (5).

7. The edible fungi sterilization cabinet according to claim 6, characterized in that: The cabinet door (5) is connected to the sterilizer body (4) by a door hinge (2); the door hinge (2) is evenly distributed at the top, middle and bottom of the sterilizer body (4); The hinge (2) includes a hinge shaft head (20), a hinge fixing block (21), a short bushing (22), a long bushing (23), a pad (24), a thrust ball bearing (25), and a hinge shaft (26); The hinge shaft (26) passes through four spaced-apart hinge fixing blocks (21) and is fixed to the outer hinge fixing block (21) by the hinge shaft head (20); The short shaft sleeve (22) is fitted onto the hinge shaft (26) and is located between two adjacent hinge fixing blocks (21); The long shaft sleeve (23) is fitted onto the hinge shaft (26) and is located between the two hinge fixing blocks (21) that are far apart from each other; The pad (24) is located on the side wall of the long bushing (23); The thrust ball bearing (25) is located between the long shaft sleeve (23) and the hinge fixing block (21); The four hinge fixing blocks (21) of each hinge are fixed to the frame of the sterilizer body (4), and the pad (24) is fixed to the frame of the cabinet door (5).

8. The edible fungus sterilization cabinet according to claim 7, characterized in that: The horizontal frame of the cabinet door (5) is an H-shaped channel steel. The inner side of the cabinet door (5) is a pressure-bearing inner panel (50), and a leather strip groove (51) is provided on the outer periphery of the inner panel (50), with a silicone leather strip (52) located in the leather strip groove (51).