Traditional Chinese medicine decocting and extracting mechanism

Abstract

This utility model relates to a traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism, comprising: a controller; an outer cylinder with a bottom plate and an open top; a mounting plate detachably connected to the upper end of the outer cylinder; a container cylinder with an open top and a liquid outlet hole at the lower end; a medicine container placed in the container cylinder and equipped with a liquid outlet solenoid valve located in the liquid outlet hole at the lower end; universal ball joints with both ends corresponding to the lower end of the container cylinder and the bottom plate; multiple springs distributed along the circumference of the container cylinder and with both ends corresponding to the inner and outer sides of the outer cylinder; a cover plate with a central hole and detachably connected to the upper end of the container cylinder; a filtering and extraction device installed at the lower end of the outer cylinder; a swinging and stirring device for swinging the medicine container and stirring and cutting the Chinese medicinal materials; and a steam heating and vibration device; the liquid outlet solenoid valve is electrically connected to the controller. This traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism has high extraction efficiency, and the composition of the medicinal liquid in the decoction tank is relatively stable and uniform.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of traditional Chinese medicine detection technology, and in particular to a traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism. Background Technology

[0002] In the processing and preparation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), extracting and testing the components of TCM herbs can improve the quality of TCM. The traditional method of extracting TCM components involves boiling the herbs in a decoction pot to obtain a liquid for extraction. This simple boiling method has the disadvantages of low extraction efficiency and unstable and uneven composition of the liquid in the decoction pot. Therefore, designing a TCM decoction extraction mechanism with higher extraction efficiency and more stable and uniform composition of the liquid in the decoction pot has become an urgent problem to be solved. Utility Model Content

[0003] The purpose of this invention is to overcome the shortcomings of current methods for decocting and extracting Chinese medicinal materials, such as low extraction efficiency and unstable and uneven composition of the decoction in the decoction pot. This invention provides a Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism with higher extraction efficiency and more stable and uniform composition of the decoction in the decoction pot.

[0004] The specific technical solution of this utility model is as follows:

[0005] A traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism includes: a controller; an outer cylinder with a bottom plate and an open top; a mounting plate detachably connected to the upper end of the outer cylinder; a container cylinder with an open top and a liquid outlet hole at the lower end; a medicine container placed in the container cylinder and equipped with a liquid outlet solenoid valve located in the liquid outlet hole at the lower end; universal ball joints with both ends corresponding to the lower end of the container cylinder and the bottom plate; multiple springs distributed along the circumference of the container cylinder and with both ends corresponding to the inner side and outer side of the outer cylinder; a cover plate with a central hole and detachably connected to the upper end of the container cylinder; a filtering and extraction device installed at the lower end of the outer cylinder; a swinging and stirring device for swinging the medicine container and stirring and cutting the traditional Chinese medicine; and a steam heating and vibration device; the liquid outlet solenoid valve is electrically connected to the controller.

[0006] Preferably, the container is equipped with an electric heater; the cover plate is equipped with a temperature controller whose measuring end is inserted into the medicine container; the electric heater and the temperature controller are electrically connected to the controller.

[0007] Preferably, the oscillating stirring and cutting device includes: a speed-regulating motor mounted on the upper end of the mounting plate; a rotating shaft whose upper end is pivotally connected to the mounting plate and connected to the output shaft of the speed-regulating motor; a pressure plate mounted on the rotating shaft; a long pressure head pressing down on the upper end of the cover plate and connected to one end of the pressure plate; a short pressure head pressing down on the upper end of the cover plate and connected to the other end of the pressure plate; several vertically arranged cutting blade groups located in the medicine container; and stirring rod groups, the same number as the number of cutting blade groups and corresponding one-to-one located below the cutting blade groups; the cutting blade groups include multiple cutting blades distributed along the circumference of the rotating shaft and whose inner ends are respectively connected to the rotating shaft; the stirring rod groups include multiple stirring rods distributed along the circumference of the rotating shaft and whose inner ends are respectively connected to the rotating shaft; the speed-regulating motor is electrically connected to the controller.

[0008] Preferably, the steam heating and vibration device includes: a plurality of steam inlet solenoid valves located on the lower part of the side wall of the accommodating cylinder and equipped with solenoid valve timers; a connecting hose of the same number as the number of steam inlet solenoid valves; a steam inlet connector installed on the side wall of the outer cylinder; and a steam inlet hole located on the lower part of the side wall of the outer cylinder and connected to the outlet of the steam inlet solenoid valve in a corresponding manner; the two ends of the connecting hose are connected to the steam inlet connector and the inlet of the steam inlet solenoid valve in a corresponding manner; the steam inlet solenoid valve and the solenoid valve timer are electrically connected to the controller respectively.

[0009] Preferably, the filtration and extraction device includes: a filter cylinder equipped with an extraction solenoid valve and detachably connected to the lower end of the outer cylinder; a filter screen installed in the filter cylinder; a conical liquid receiving hopper with its large end located below the liquid outlet solenoid valve and its small end connected to the bottom plate; and a liquid passage hole provided on the bottom plate with its upper end communicating with the small end of the conical liquid receiving hopper; the extraction solenoid valve is electrically connected to the controller.

[0010] Preferably, the medicine container is provided with an elastic washer at the upper end; the cover plate presses down on the upper end of the elastic washer.

[0011] Preferably, the cover plate is equipped with a concentration transmitter whose measuring end is inserted into the medicine container; the concentration transmitter is electrically connected to the controller.

[0012] Preferably, the lower end of the base plate is equipped with a mounting box and a vibration generator installed in the mounting box; the vibration generator is electrically connected to the controller.

[0013] Compared with existing technologies, the beneficial effects of this utility model are as follows: This utility model heats water and Chinese medicinal materials to a set temperature using an electric heater, and keeps the Chinese medicinal materials warm and soaking. Steam enters the medicine container through several steam inlet valves equipped with timers and opened and closed sequentially, heating and decocting the herbs. This process also vibrates the water and Chinese medicinal materials in the container. During the soaking and decocting, a speed-regulating motor drives a cutter and stirring rod via a rotating shaft to stir and chop the herbs. The rotating shaft drives a pressure plate to rotate, with long and short pressure heads pressing against the cover plate and making circular motions. Under the combined action of springs, the medicine container swings around the universal ball joint, activating the vibration generator, improving the decocting effect and efficiency, increasing the uniformity of the medicinal liquid components, resulting in higher extraction efficiency, and a more stable and uniform composition of the medicinal liquid in the decoction tank. A concentration transmitter facilitates the measurement of the medicinal liquid concentration. Elastic washers help prevent the medicine container from colliding with the cover plate and the container cylinder. The filter screen in the filter cylinder of the filtration extraction device helps to remove impurities from the medicine solution. Attached Figure Description

[0014] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of this utility model.

[0015] In the diagram: Controller 1, Base plate 2, Outer cylinder 3, Mounting plate 4, Liquid outlet 5, Container cylinder 6, Liquid outlet solenoid valve 7, Medicine container 8, Universal ball joint 9, Spring 10, Central hole 11, Cover plate 12, Electric heater 13, Temperature controller 14, Speed ​​regulating motor 15, Rotating shaft 16, Pressure plate 17, Long pressure head 18, Short pressure head 19, Cutter 20, Stirring rod 21, Solenoid valve timer 22, Steam inlet solenoid valve 23, Connecting hose 24, Steam inlet connector 25, Steam inlet hole 26, Extraction solenoid valve 27, Filter cylinder 28, Filter screen 29, Conical liquid receiving hopper 30, Liquid passage hole 31, Elastic gasket 32, Concentration transmitter 33; Concentration transmitter 33, Mounting box 34, Vibration generator 35. Detailed Implementation

[0016] The present invention will now be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0017] As attached Figure 1As shown: A traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism includes: a controller 1, an outer cylinder 3 with a base plate 2 and an open upper end, a mounting plate 4 screwed to the upper end of the outer cylinder 3, a container 6 with an open upper end and a liquid outlet hole 5 at the lower end, a medicine tank 8 placed in the container 6 and equipped with a liquid outlet solenoid valve 7 located in the liquid outlet hole 5 at the lower end, universal ball joints 9 screwed to the lower end of the container 6 and the base plate 2 at both ends respectively, multiple springs 10 evenly distributed along the circumference of the container 6 and welded to the inner side of the outer cylinder 3 and the outer side of the container 6 at both ends respectively, a cover plate 12 with a central hole 11 and screwed to the upper end of the container 6, a filtering and extraction device installed at the lower end of the outer cylinder 3, a swinging and stirring device for swinging the medicine tank 8 and stirring and cutting the traditional Chinese medicine, and a steam heating and vibration device; the liquid outlet solenoid valve 7 is electrically connected to the controller 1.

[0018] The container 6 is equipped with an electric heater 13; the cover plate 12 is equipped with a temperature controller 14 whose measuring end is inserted into the medicine container 8; the electric heater 13 and the temperature controller 14 are electrically connected to the controller 1 respectively.

[0019] The swinging and stirring cutting device includes: a speed-regulating motor 15 mounted on the upper end of the mounting plate 4; a rotating shaft 16 whose upper end is pivotally connected to the mounting plate 4 via a bearing and keyed to the output shaft of the speed-regulating motor 15; a pressure plate 17 mounted on the rotating shaft 16 and located on the upper side of the cover plate 12; a long pressure head 18 pressing down on the upper end of the cover plate 12 and screwed to one end of the pressure plate 17; a short pressure head 19 pressing down on the upper end of the cover plate 12 and screwed to the other end of the pressure plate 17; two cutting blade groups arranged vertically and located in the medicine container 8; and stirring rod groups, the same number as the number of cutting blade groups and corresponding one-to-one located on the lower side of the cutting blade groups; the cutting blade groups include multiple cutting blades 20 evenly distributed along the circumference of the rotating shaft 16 and whose inner ends are screwed to the rotating shaft 16; the stirring rod groups include multiple stirring rods 21 evenly distributed along the circumference of the rotating shaft 16 and whose inner ends are welded to the rotating shaft 16; the speed-regulating motor 15 is electrically connected to the controller 1. The distances between the outer end of the cutter 20, the outer end of the stirring rod 21, and the axis of the rotating shaft 16 are all less than the radius of the central hole 11.

[0020] The steam heating and vibration device includes: four steam inlet solenoid valves 23 located on the lower side of the accommodating cylinder 6 and equipped with solenoid valve timers 22; a number of connecting hoses 24 equal to the number of steam inlet solenoid valves 23; a steam inlet connector 25 installed on the side of the outer cylinder 3; and steam inlets 26 located on the lower side of the outer cylinder 3 and connected to the outlets of the steam inlet solenoid valves 23 respectively; both ends of the connecting hoses 24 are connected to the steam inlet connectors 25 and the inlets of the steam inlet solenoid valves 23 respectively; the steam inlet solenoid valves 23 and the solenoid valve timers 22 are electrically connected to the controller 1 respectively.

[0021] The filtration and extraction device includes: a filter cylinder 28 equipped with an extraction solenoid valve 27 and screwed to the lower end of the outer cylinder 3; a filter screen 29 installed in the filter cylinder 28; a conical liquid receiving hopper 30 with its large end located below the liquid outlet solenoid valve 7 and its small end welded to the bottom plate 2; and a liquid passage hole 31 located on the bottom plate 2 with its upper end communicating with the small end of the conical liquid receiving hopper 30; the extraction solenoid valve 27 is electrically connected to the controller 1.

[0022] The medicine container 8 is provided with an elastic washer 32 at its upper end; the cover plate 12 presses down on the upper end of the elastic washer 32. The elastic washer 32 is made of rubber.

[0023] The cover plate 12 is equipped with a concentration transmitter 33 whose measuring end is inserted into the medicine container 8; the concentration transmitter 33 is electrically connected to the controller 1.

[0024] The lower end of the base plate 2 is equipped with a mounting box 34 and a vibration generator 35 installed in the mounting box 34; the vibration generator 35 is electrically connected to the controller 1. The vibration generator 35 is an electromagnetic vibration generator.

[0025] The process of detecting, boiling and extracting Chinese medicinal materials using this utility model is as follows: (1) Place the medicine container 8 containing Chinese medicinal materials into the container 6. After adding water to the medicine container 8, screw the cover plate 12 to the upper end of the container 6. Insert the lower end of the rotating shaft 16, the cutter 20 and the stirring rod 21 into the medicine container 8. Screw the mounting plate 4 to the upper end of the outer cylinder 3. Press the long pressure head 18 and the short pressure head 19 on the upper end of the cover plate 12 respectively. (2) Turn on the electric heater 13 to heat the water and Chinese medicinal materials to the set temperature and keep the Chinese medicinal materials warm and soaked for a set time. (3) The controller 1 controls the four steam inlet solenoid valves 23 equipped with solenoid valve timers 22 to open and close one by one. Steam enters the medicine container 8 from the steam inlet 26 for heating and boiling, and agitates the water and Chinese medicinal materials in the medicine container 8 to improve the temperature. (4) When the Chinese medicinal materials are kept warm and soaked and heated for decoction, the speed-regulating motor 15 drives the cutter 20 and the stirring rod 21 to rotate via the rotating shaft 16 to stir and chop the Chinese medicinal materials. The rotating shaft 16 drives the pressure plate 17 to rotate. The long pressure head 18 and the short pressure head 19 press the cover plate 12 and make a circular motion. Under the joint action of the spring 10, the medicine container 8 swings around the universal ball joint 9 as the center, which improves the decoction effect and efficiency and improves the uniformity of the medicinal liquid composition. (5) When the Chinese medicinal materials are kept warm and soaked and heated for decoction, the vibration generator 35 is turned on to further improve the decoction effect and efficiency. (6) The liquid discharge solenoid valve is turned on. The concentration of the medicine liquid that has reached the set value is detected by the concentration transmitter 33 and falls into the filter cylinder 28. The extraction solenoid valve 27 is turned on to extract the medicine liquid filtered by the filter screen 29.

[0026] In addition to the above embodiments, within the scope disclosed in the claims and specification of this utility model, the technical features or technical data of this utility model can be reselected and combined to form new embodiments. These can be achieved by those skilled in the art without creative effort. Therefore, these embodiments not described in detail in this utility model should also be regarded as specific embodiments of this utility model and within the protection scope of this utility model.

Claims

1. A traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism, comprising: The controller comprises an outer cylinder with a base plate and an open top, and a mounting plate detachably connected to the upper end of the outer cylinder. The traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism further includes: a container cylinder with an open top and a liquid outlet hole at the lower end; a medicine container placed in the container cylinder and equipped with a liquid outlet solenoid valve located in the liquid outlet hole at the lower end; universal ball joints with both ends corresponding to the lower end of the container cylinder and the base plate; multiple springs distributed along the circumference of the container cylinder and with both ends corresponding to the inner and outer sides of the outer cylinder; a cover plate with a central hole and detachably connected to the upper end of the container cylinder; a filtering and extraction device installed at the lower end of the outer cylinder; a swinging and cutting device for swinging the medicine container and cutting the traditional Chinese medicine; and a steam-heated vibration device. The liquid outlet solenoid valve is electrically connected to the controller.

2. The herbal decoction and extraction mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that, The container is equipped with an electric heater; the cover plate is equipped with a temperature controller whose measuring end is inserted into the medicine container; the electric heater and the temperature controller are electrically connected to the controller.

3. A traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The swinging and stirring cutting device includes: a speed-regulating motor mounted on the upper end of a mounting plate; a rotating shaft whose upper end is pivotally connected to the mounting plate and connected to the output shaft of the speed-regulating motor; a pressure plate mounted on the rotating shaft; a long pressure head that presses down on the upper end of the cover plate and is connected to one end of the pressure plate; a short pressure head that presses down on the upper end of the cover plate and is connected to the other end of the pressure plate; several cutting blade groups arranged vertically and located in the medicine container; and stirring rod groups located below the cutting blade groups, with the same number of cutting blade groups and corresponding to each other. The cutting blade groups include multiple cutting blades distributed along the circumference of the rotating shaft and whose inner ends are respectively connected to the rotating shaft. The stirring rod groups include multiple stirring rods distributed along the circumference of the rotating shaft and whose inner ends are respectively connected to the rotating shaft. The speed-regulating motor is electrically connected to the controller.

4. A traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The steam heating and vibration device includes: several steam inlet solenoid valves located on the lower part of the side wall of the container cylinder and equipped with solenoid valve timers; a number of connecting hoses the same as the number of steam inlet solenoid valves; a steam inlet connector installed on the side wall of the outer cylinder; and steam inlets located on the lower part of the side wall of the outer cylinder and connected to the outlets of the steam inlet solenoid valves in a one-to-one manner; the two ends of the connecting hoses are connected to the steam inlet connectors and the inlets of the steam inlet solenoid valves in a one-to-one manner; the steam inlet solenoid valves and the solenoid valve timers are electrically connected to the controller.

5. A traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The filtration and extraction device includes: a filter cylinder equipped with an extraction solenoid valve and detachably connected to the lower end of the outer cylinder; a filter screen installed in the filter cylinder; a conical liquid receiving hopper with its large end located below the liquid outlet solenoid valve and its small end connected to the bottom plate; and a liquid passage hole located on the bottom plate with its upper end connected to the small end of the conical liquid receiving hopper; the extraction solenoid valve is electrically connected to the controller.

6. A traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The medicine container is equipped with an elastic washer at the top; the cover plate presses down on the top of the elastic washer.

7. A traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The cover plate is equipped with a concentration transmitter whose measuring end is inserted into the medicine container; the concentration transmitter is electrically connected to the controller.

8. A traditional Chinese medicine decoction and extraction mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The lower end of the base plate is equipped with a mounting box and a vibration generator installed in the mounting box; the vibration generator is electrically connected to the controller.

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