Medicinal material sorting shovel

By designing a medicinal herb sorting shovel, the problem of low efficiency in traditional manual sorting was solved, enabling efficient grading and impurity separation of small batches of medicinal herbs, and improving the efficiency and purity of medicinal herb sorting.

CN224057933UActive Publication Date: 2026-03-31SICHUAN THRIVING SOURCE PHARM CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
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Filing Date
2025-04-24
Publication Date
2026-03-31

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Technical Problem

Traditional manual sorting of Chinese medicinal materials is inefficient and prone to errors, making it difficult to achieve efficient grading and impurity separation for small batches of medicinal materials.

Method used

Design a medicinal herb sorting shovel, including a sorting frame, a discharge control component and a sorting screen. The shovel and discharge port structure enable the classification of medicinal herbs and the separation of impurities. The sorting screen can adjust the aperture to meet the sorting needs of medicinal herbs of different specifications.

Benefits of technology

It enables efficient sorting of small batches of medicinal materials, improves sorting efficiency, reduces human fatigue and error rate, and enhances the purity of medicinal materials and the stability of sorting.

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Abstract

A medicinal material sorting shovel comprises a sorting frame, a plurality of discharging control assemblies and a plurality of sorting sieve trays. The upper end and the lower end of the sorting frame are open, the open end of the upper end of the sorting frame extends outwards to form a bucket, the other end of the sorting frame is provided with a handle, the sorting frame is further provided with a plurality of discharging ports located below the bucket on the end face where the bucket is located, and the other end of the sorting frame is provided with a plurality of C-shaped grooves. Each discharging control assembly is arranged at one end of the sorting frame and comprises a material door arranged at the corresponding discharging port, limiting blocks are arranged on the two end faces of each material door respectively, and semicircular arc faces are arranged on the outer side faces of the limiting blocks. The sorting sieve trays slide through the C-shaped grooves and are assembled in the sorting frame, and transverse plates penetrating through the parallel edges of the C-shaped grooves are arranged on the two sides of the sorting sieve trays respectively. The medicinal material sorting shovel can be used for conveniently sorting small-batch medicinal materials, and the sorting size of each stage can be adjusted.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicine production, and in particular to a medicinal material sorting shovel. Background Technology

[0002] After harvesting or initial processing, raw materials for traditional Chinese medicine often exhibit a mixture of sizes and shapes. Failure to grade according to specifications can sometimes affect the stability of subsequent processing, extraction, or formulation techniques. Furthermore, raw materials often contain mud, debris, non-medicinal parts (such as the fibrous roots of rhizomes), or foreign matter. Sorting can efficiently separate impurities from the effective components, improving the purity of the medicinal materials.

[0003] In some cases, large-scale mechanical screening systems are used for sorting during production. However, in other cases, such as the rapid sorting of small batches of authentic medicinal materials or the pre-screening of raw materials before experimental processing, it is not convenient to use large equipment for sorting. Manual sorting of medicinal materials is required. However, traditional manual sorting relies on visual judgment and manual picking, which is inefficient and prone to fatigue and errors. Utility Model Content

[0004] To address the aforementioned shortcomings, this utility model provides a medicinal herb sorting shovel, which can conveniently sort small batches of medicinal herbs and allows for adjustment of the sorting size at each level.

[0005] In order to achieve the purpose of this utility model, the following technology is proposed to be adopted:

[0006] A medicinal herb sorting shovel, comprising:

[0007] The sorting frame has openings at both the top and bottom. One end of the upper opening of the sorting frame extends outward to a bucket, and the other end is equipped with a handle. The sorting frame also has several discharge ports located below the bucket on the end face where the bucket is located. The other end of the sorting frame has several C-shaped grooves.

[0008] Several discharge control components are located at one end of the sorting frame. The discharge control components include a material gate located at the discharge port. Limiting blocks are provided on both ends of the material gate. Semi-circular arc surfaces are provided on the outer side of the limiting blocks.

[0009] Several sorting screens are slidably mounted in the sorting frame via C-shaped grooves, and horizontal plates passing through the parallel sides of the C-shaped grooves are provided on both sides of the sorting screens.

[0010] Furthermore, grooves are provided at both the upper and lower ends of the inner side of the discharge port, and sliders that slide in the grooves are formed on the upper and lower sides of the material gate.

[0011] Furthermore, each discharge port is provided with a pair of locking components on both sides. The locking components include a locking sleeve fixed to the side of the sorting frame and two locking block groups. Each locking block group includes two locking blocks. The discharge control component also includes a pair of cylindrical locks. The two cylindrical locks are slidably engaged with the locking sleeves on both sides of the discharge port corresponding to the material gate. One end of the outer periphery of the cylindrical lock is provided with a locking post. When the material gate closes the discharge port, the two cylindrical locks abut against the semi-circular arc surfaces of the outer ends of the two limit blocks, and the locking post is locked in the locking block group near the lock sleeve. When the material gate opens to one side, the cylindrical lock on that side slides a predetermined distance, and the locking post is locked in the locking block group at the far end of the lock sleeve.

[0012] Furthermore, the two sides of the sorting frame are provided with several sets of mounting holes. Each set of mounting holes is located at one end of a parallel side of the C-shaped groove. A vertical block is provided at one end of the horizontal plate. One side of the vertical block abuts against the side of the sorting frame. The side of the vertical block has multiple through holes that match the mounting holes, which are used to fix the sorting screen by screwing.

[0013] Furthermore, when there are multiple sorting screens, the aperture of each sorting screen gradually decreases from top to bottom.

[0014] The beneficial effects of this technical solution are as follows:

[0015] 1. This herbal sorting shovel can be used to scoop out herbs from bags or piles, and then sort them by size by shaking. It can also be used to separate impurities. By opening the discharge control components in sequence and discharging the herbs at the top through the shovel bucket, herbs of each grade can be poured into designated containers.

[0016] 2. The sorting screen can be easily disassembled and replaced with sorting screens of different apertures to adjust the sorting size of each stage. Attached Figure Description

[0017] Figure 1 An overall perspective view of an embodiment of this application is shown.

[0018] Figure 2 An exploded view of the sorting box and each discharge control component in an embodiment of this application is shown.

[0019] Figure 3 An embodiment of this application is shown. Figure 2 Enlarged view of part A.

[0020] Figure 4 A perspective view of each sorting screen in an embodiment of this application is shown. Detailed Implementation

[0021] To enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present application, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are merely some embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0022] like Figures 1-4 The medicinal material sorting shovel shown includes a sorting frame 1, several discharge control components, and several sorting screens 4.

[0023] The sorting frame 1 has openings at both the top and bottom. One end of the upper opening of the sorting frame 1 extends outward to a bucket 11, and the other end extends upward to a protruding plate 12. A handle 13 is provided at the outer end of the protruding plate 12. The sorting frame 1 also has several discharge ports 14 located below the bucket 11 on the end face of the bucket 11. The upper and lower ends of the inner side of the discharge port 14 are provided with sliding grooves 15. Each discharge port 14 has a pair of locking components on both sides. The locking components include a locking sleeve 16 fixed to the side of the sorting frame 1 and two locking block groups 17. Each locking block group 17 includes two locking blocks. Several C-shaped grooves 18 are provided at the other end of the sorting frame 1. Several sets of mounting holes 19 are also provided on both sides of the sorting frame 1. Each set of mounting holes 19 is located at one end of a parallel side of the C-shaped groove 18. In this embodiment, the number of mounting holes 19 in a single set is two.

[0024] The discharge control component is located at one end of the sorting frame 1. The discharge control component includes a material gate 3 located at the discharge port 14. The material gate 3 has sliders 31 that slide and fit into the slide groove 15 on its upper and lower surfaces respectively. Limiting blocks 32 are provided on both ends of the material gate 3. The outer side of the limiting blocks 32 has a semi-circular arc surface. The discharge control component also includes a pair of cylindrical locks 2. The two cylindrical locks 2 slide and fit into the locking sleeves 16 on both sides of the discharge port 14 corresponding to the material gate 3. A locking post 21 is provided at one end of the outer periphery of the cylindrical lock 2. When the material gate 3 closes the discharge port 14, the two cylindrical locks 2 abut against the semi-circular arc surface at the outer end of the two limiting blocks 32 respectively. The locking post 21 is locked in the locking block group 17 near the end of the locking sleeve 16. When the material gate 3 opens to one side, the cylindrical lock 2 on the side slides a predetermined distance, and the locking post 21 is locked in the locking block group 17 at the far end of the locking sleeve 16.

[0025] Each sorting screen 4 slides through the C-groove 18 and is assembled in the sorting frame 1. When there are multiple sorting screens 4, the aperture of each sorting screen 4 gradually decreases from top to bottom. The sorting screen 4 is provided with horizontal plates 41 that pass through the parallel sides of the C-groove 18 on both sides. One end of the horizontal plate 41 is provided with a vertical block 42. One side of the vertical block 42 abuts against the side of the sorting frame 1. The side of the vertical block 42 is provided with multiple through holes 43 that match the mounting holes 19, which are used to fix the sorting screen 4 by screwing.

[0026] The above are only some of the embodiments listed in this application and are not intended to limit this application.

Claims

1. A medicinal material sorting shovel, characterized in that, The utility model relates to a kind of sorting frame and sorting screen plate, including: Sorting frame (1), its upper and lower ends are open, the one end of sorting frame (1) is extended with shovel (11) to the outside in upper end opening, the other end is equipped with handle (13), sorting frame (1) is also opened in the end face of shovel (11) with a plurality of discharge ports (14) located below shovel (11), sorting frame (1) other end is opened with a plurality of C-shaped grooves (18); A plurality of discharge control components are arranged at one end of the sorting frame (1), and the discharge control component includes a gate (3) arranged at the discharge port (14), the gate (3) is provided with a limiting block (32) at both end faces, and a semicircular surface is formed on the outer side surface of the limiting block (32); A plurality of sorting screen plates (4) are respectively slidably arranged in the sorting frame (1) through the C-shaped grooves (18) and are assembled in the sorting frame (1), and the sorting screen plate (4) is provided with a horizontal plate (41) penetrating the parallel edges of the C-shaped grooves (18) on both sides.

2. The herbal medicine sorting spoon according to claim 1, wherein, The upper and lower ends of the inner side end of the discharge port (14) are respectively provided with a sliding groove (15), and the upper and lower surfaces of the gate (3) are respectively formed with a sliding block (31) slidably matched with the sliding groove (15).

3. The herbal sorting spade according to claim 1, wherein, Each discharge port (14) is respectively provided with a pair of locking components, and the locking component includes a lock sleeve (16) fixed to the side surface of the sorting frame (1) and two clamping block groups (17), the clamping block group (17) includes two clamping blocks, and the discharge control component further includes a pair of cylindrical locks (2), the two cylindrical locks (2) are respectively slidably matched with the lock sleeves (16) on both sides of the discharge port (14) corresponding to the gate (3), one end of the outer circumferential side of the cylindrical lock (2) is provided with a clamping column (21), when the gate (3) closes the discharge port (14), the two cylindrical locks (2) are respectively abutted on the semicircular surface of the outer end of the two limiting blocks (32), and the clamping column (21) is clamped in the clamping block group (17) close to the end of the lock sleeve (16), when the gate (3) is opened to one side, the cylindrical lock (2) on the side slides a predetermined distance, and the clamping column (21) is clamped in the clamping block group (17) far away from the end of the lock sleeve (16).

4. The herbal medicine sorting spoon according to claim 1, wherein The side surfaces of the sorting frame (1) are also respectively provided with a plurality of groups of mounting holes (19), each group of mounting holes (19) is arranged at one end of a parallel edge of the C-shaped groove (18), one end of the horizontal plate (41) is provided with a vertical block (42), the side surface of the vertical block (42) is abutted on the side surface of the sorting frame (1), a plurality of through holes (43) matched with the mounting holes (19) are formed on the side surface of the vertical block (42), and the sorting screen plate (4) is fixed by screwing.

5. The herbal sorting spade according to claim 1, wherein, When the number of sorting screen plates (4) is multiple, the hole diameter of each sorting screen plate (4) from top to bottom gradually decreases.