Tea leaf drying equipment

By combining a cylindrical drying drum with a heating shell, along with power and lifting components, the problem of uneven tea drying is solved, achieving uniform heating and smooth feeding and discharging of tea, thus improving tea quality and processing efficiency.

CN224065796UActive Publication Date: 2026-03-31HUANGSHAN XINANYUAN ORGANIC TEA DEV CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-21
Publication Date
2026-03-31

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Technical Problem

Existing tea drying equipment results in uneven drying of the tea leaves at the top and bottom, leading to inconsistent tea quality.

Method used

The product adopts a cylindrical drying drum design, combined with a heating shell and power components. The heating shell conducts heat evenly, and the lifting components adjust the angle of the bottom plate to control the feeding and discharging of tea leaves, ensuring that the tea leaves are heated evenly and move in and out smoothly during the drying process.

Benefits of technology

This method achieves uniform drying of tea leaves, improves the consistency of tea quality, simplifies the feeding and discharging process, and increases processing efficiency.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses tea leaf drying equipment, which belongs to the technical field of drying equipment, and comprises a feed pipe and a discharge pipe arranged on one side of the feed pipe, a drying barrel is communicated between the feed pipe and the discharge pipe, the drying barrel is cylindrical, a partition plate is arranged in the middle of the drying barrel, a heating shell is wrapped on the outer side of the drying barrel, and the partition plate is arranged in the heating shell. A heating base is fixed to the lower side of the heating wire, a bottom plate is fixed to the bottom of the heating base, a power component is further connected to the outer wall of the feeding pipe, the outer wall of the feeding pipe and the outer wall of the discharging pipe are each rotationally sleeved with a support perpendicularly and fixedly connected with the bottom plate, and a bearing is arranged in the inner wall of each support; through the arrangement of the heating shell and the drying barrel, the power component can control rotation of the feeding pipe, the discharging pipe and the drying barrel, the heating base can heat the heating shell, the heating shell heats the drying barrel through air transmission heat, tea leaves continuously move in the feeding pipe and can be evenly heated, and it is guaranteed that the quality of the tea leaves is uniform.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to drying equipment technical field, concretely relates to a tea drying equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] Tea needs to be picked by planting personnel at a specific time, dried or baked, and then brewed. The purpose of drying tea is to destroy enzymes by high temperature, prevent enzyme oxidation, evaporate moisture, shrink tea, dry the rough tea, prevent non-enzyme oxidation, and maintain quality. During the drying process, thermalization plays a dominant role.

[0003] An existing full-automatic tea dryer places tea on a drying plate, and then stacks the drying plate in the dryer. The heating device at the upper and lower ends of the dryer heats the tea. During the tea drying process, the upper and lower parts of the tea are dried, but the middle part of the tea is not dried, which leads to different quality of the dried tea and affects the processing. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] The utility model aims at providing a tea drying equipment to solve the problems in the background.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a feeding pipe and a discharge pipe arranged on one side of the feeding pipe are provided, a drying barrel is in communication between the feeding pipe and the discharge pipe, the drying barrel is in a cylindrical shape, a partition is arranged in the middle of the drying barrel, a heating shell is wrapped outside the drying barrel, a heating base is fixed to the lower side of the heating shell, a bottom plate is fixed to the bottom of the heating base, a power component is further connected to the outer wall of the feeding pipe, a support vertically fixed to the bottom plate is rotatably arranged on the outer wall of the feeding pipe and the discharge pipe, and a bearing is arranged in the inner wall of the support.

[0006] It should be noted in the scheme that the power component includes a motor installed on the top surface of the bottom plate and a gear installed on the output end of the motor, and a belt is in transmission connection between the gear and the feeding pipe.

[0007] It should be noted in the scheme that the bottom of the bottom plate is provided with a lifting component.

[0008] The lifting component includes a rotating rod fixedly arranged in the inner wall of one end of the bottom plate and a base wrapped outside the bottom plate, the two ends of the rotating rod are rotatably connected to the inner walls on both sides of the base, the bottom surface of the other end of the bottom plate is provided with a mounting seat, a telescopic cylinder is installed on the inner wall of the base, a connecting rod is hingedly connected to the telescopic end of the telescopic cylinder, and the end of the connecting rod is hingedly connected to the mounting seat.

[0009] It should be noted in the solution that motors are installed on the inner walls of both the feed pipe and the discharge pipe.

[0010] It should be noted in the solution that the heating shell is provided with several evenly distributed heating wires.

[0011] Compared with the prior art, the tea drying equipment provided by this utility model has at least the following beneficial effects:

[0012] (1) After the installation of the heating shell and drying barrel, the tea leaves are fed into the drying barrel through the feed pipe. The power unit and heating base are started so that the tea leaves enter the two chambers inside the drying barrel. The power unit can control the rotation of the feed pipe, the discharge pipe and the drying barrel. The heating base can heat the heating shell. The heating shell heats the drying barrel by transferring heat through the air. The tea leaves move continuously in the feed pipe and can be heated evenly to ensure uniform tea quality.

[0013] (2) By setting up the lifting component, and after the connecting rod and the telescopic end of the telescopic cylinder are hinged and installed, the telescopic cylinder can be turned on to control the tilt angle of the bottom plate. When the tea leaves enter and exit the drying barrel, the bottom plate can be adjusted to different angles, making it easier for the tea leaves to be fed and discharged. When feeding, the bottom plate is adjusted to a certain angle to make feeding easier. When discharging, the bottom plate is adjusted to a certain angle and the power component is started, so that the tea leaves can be automatically discharged from the drying barrel, which is convenient and quick. Attached Figure Description

[0014] Fig. 1 This is a front view structural diagram of the product of this utility model;

[0015] Fig. 2 This is a front view cross-sectional structural diagram of the product of this utility model.

[0016] In the diagram: 1. Feed pipe; 2. Discharge pipe; 3. Heating shell; 4. Heating base; 5. Support; 6. Base; 7. Belt; 8. Motor; 9. Switch; 10. Heating wire; 11. Drying drum; 12. Partition; 13. Telescopic cylinder; 15. Base plate; 16. Gear; 17. Bearing; 18. Rotating rod; 19. Mounting base; 20. Connecting rod. Detailed Implementation

[0017] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0018] Please see Figs. 1-2 A tea drying device includes a feed pipe 1 and a discharge pipe 2 disposed on one side of the feed pipe 1. A drying barrel 11 is connected between the feed pipe 1 and the discharge pipe 2. The drying barrel 11 is cylindrical and has a partition 12 in the middle. A heating shell 3 is wrapped around the outside of the drying barrel 11. A heating base 4 is fixed to the lower side of the drying barrel 11. A base plate 15 is fixed to the bottom of the heating base 4. A power component is also connected to the outer wall of the feed pipe 1. A bracket 5 is rotatably sleeved on the outer wall of both the feed pipe 1 and the discharge pipe 2 and is perpendicularly fixed to the base plate 15. A bearing 17 is disposed in the inner wall of the bracket 5.

[0019] With the heating shell 3 and drying barrel 11 in place, in actual use, the heating shell 3 is fitted onto the outside of the drying barrel 11 without contacting it. The heating base 4 is then used to fix the heating shell 3 to the base plate 15. The feed pipe 1 and discharge pipe 2 are then fixed to both ends of the drying barrel 11. Bearings 17 are fitted onto the outer walls of the feed pipe 1 and discharge pipe 2 respectively. The bracket 5 is then installed on the outside of the bearings 17, and the bottom of the bracket 5 is fixed to the base plate 15. The power unit is then installed on the base plate 15. The partition 12 divides the drying barrel 11 into two chambers. After installation, tea leaves are fed into the drying barrel 11 through the feed pipe 1. The power unit and heating base 4 are then activated, allowing the tea leaves to enter the two chambers of the drying barrel 11. The power unit controls the rotation of the feed pipe 1, discharge pipe 2, and drying barrel 11. The heating base 4 can rotate the heating shell 3. Heating is achieved by the heating shell 3, which heats the drying drum 11 through air transfer. The tea leaves move continuously inside the feed pipe 1, ensuring uniform heating and consistent tea quality.

[0020] Furthermore, referring to Figs. 1-2 As shown, it is worth noting that the power component includes a motor 8 mounted on the top surface of the base plate 15 and a gear 16 mounted on the output end of the motor 8. The gear 16 is connected to the feed pipe 1 by a belt 7.

[0021] By setting up the power components, during the actual installation process, the belt 7 is connected between the feed pipe 1 and the gear 16, and the motor 8 is started to control the rotation of the drying drum 11, which can simply and effectively provide power to the drying drum 11.

[0022] Furthermore, referring to Figs. 1-2As shown, it is worth noting that the bottom of the base plate 15 is provided with a lifting component. The lifting component includes a rotating rod 18 fixedly inserted into the inner wall of one end of the base plate 15 and a base 6 wrapped around the outside of the base plate 15. The two ends of the rotating rod 18 are rotatably connected to the inner walls of the two sides of the base 6, respectively. The bottom surface of the other end of the base plate 15 is provided with a mounting seat 19. A telescopic cylinder 13 is installed on the inner wall of the base 6. A connecting rod 20 is hinged to the telescopic end of the telescopic cylinder 13. The end of the connecting rod 20 is hinged to the mounting seat 19.

[0023] By setting up the lifting components, during installation, the telescopic cylinder 13 is installed inside the base 6, and the base plate 15 is installed into the opening of the base 6. The mounting base 19 is hinged to the connecting rod 20, and the connecting rod 20 is hinged to the telescopic end of the telescopic cylinder 13. After installation, opening the telescopic cylinder 13 can control the tilt angle of the base plate 15. When tea leaves enter and exit the drying barrel 11, the base plate 15 can be adjusted to different angles, making it easier for the tea leaves to be fed and discharged. When feeding, adjusting the base plate 15 to a certain angle makes feeding easier. When discharging, adjusting the base plate 15 to a certain angle activates the power components, allowing the tea leaves to be automatically discharged from the drying barrel 11, which is convenient and quick.

[0024] Furthermore, referring to Figs. 1-2 As shown, it is worth noting that both the feed pipe 1 and the discharge pipe 2 are equipped with switches 9 on their inner walls, and the heating shell 3 is equipped with several evenly distributed heating wires 11.

[0025] With the setting of switch 9 and heating wire 11, switch 9 can control the opening and closing of feed pipe 1 and discharge pipe 2, which facilitates the feeding and discharging of tea leaves and prevents tea leaves from spilling during processing. Heating wire 11 is a heat-conducting device that works with heating base 4 to effectively heat drying barrel 11.

[0026] The above describes a tea drying device provided by this utility model. Specific preferred embodiments have been used to illustrate the principle and implementation of this utility model. These embodiments are only used to help understand the principle and core idea of ​​this utility model. It should be noted that for those skilled in the art, the implementation schemes in the above embodiments can be further combined or replaced without departing from the design concept of this utility model, and several improvements and modifications can be made to this utility model. These improvements and modifications also fall within the protection scope of the claims of this utility model.

Claims

1. A tea leaf drying apparatus, characterized by: The utility model provides a drying device, including feed pipe (1) and the discharge pipe (2) of setting in feed pipe (1) one side, the drying barrel (11) of intercommunication between feed pipe (1) and discharge pipe (2), drying barrel (11) is cylindrical, the middle part of drying barrel (11) is equipped with the baffle (12), the outside of drying barrel (11) is wrapped with heating shell (3), heating shell (3) lower side is fixed with heating base (4), the bottom of heating base (4) is fixed with bottom plate (15), the outer wall of feed pipe (1) is connected with power component still, the outer wall of feed pipe (1) and discharge pipe (2) is rotatably provided with the support (5) of vertical solid connection with bottom plate (15), the inner wall of support (5) is provided with bearing (17).

2. The tea drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The power component includes a motor (8) mounted on the top surface of the bottom plate (15) and a gear (16) mounted on the output end of the motor (8), and the gear (16) is drivingly connected with the feed pipe (1) by a belt (7).

3. The tea drying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: The bottom of the bottom plate (15) is provided with a lifting component; The lifting component includes a rotating rod (18) fixedly penetrating the inner wall of one end of the bottom plate (15) and a base (6) wrapped outside the bottom plate (15), both ends of the rotating rod (18) are rotatably connected with the inner walls of both sides of the base (6), the bottom surface of the other end of the bottom plate (15) is provided with a mounting seat (19), a telescopic cylinder (13) is mounted on the inner wall of the base (6), a connecting rod (20) is hingedly connected to the telescopic end of the telescopic cylinder (13), and the end of the connecting rod (20) is hingedly connected with the mounting seat (19).

4. The tea drying apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: The inner walls of the feed pipe (1) and the discharge pipe (2) are both provided with a switch (9).

5. The tea drying apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: The heating shell (3) is provided with a plurality of evenly distributed heating wires (10).