Traditional Chinese medicine active ingredient extraction device
By using a stirring motor and a closed-loop system with precise temperature control, the problems of uneven material mixing and inaccurate temperature control in the extraction of Chinese medicinal materials have been solved, achieving efficient and stable extraction of active ingredients from Chinese medicinal materials.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SHENZHEN JIONGJIONGYOUSHEN TECH CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-07-25
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-26
AI Technical Summary
In the extraction process of traditional Chinese medicine, uneven mixing of materials and solvents, large local concentration differences, long extraction time, and low temperature control precision can easily damage heat-sensitive active ingredients.
The closed-loop control system, consisting of a stirring motor, heating element, temperature sensor, and solenoid valve drive, ensures uniform mixing of medicinal materials and solvents through high-speed stirring and precise temperature control, with the temperature controlled within ±2℃, thus achieving an automated extraction process.
It increases the extraction rate by 20%-30%, ensures uniform dispersion and stable extraction of medicinal ingredients, avoids damage to heat-sensitive components by high temperature, reduces human intervention, and improves extraction efficiency and component dissolution rate.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of Chinese medicinal material extraction technology, specifically a device for extracting active ingredients from Chinese medicinal materials. Background Technology
[0002] Extraction of active ingredients from traditional Chinese medicinal materials is a crucial step in the modern production of TCM. However, the extraction process is often hampered by uneven mixing of materials and solvents, large local concentration differences, and long extraction times. Furthermore, low temperature control precision can easily damage heat-sensitive active ingredients due to high temperatures. Therefore, those skilled in the art have developed an extraction device for active ingredients from traditional Chinese medicinal materials to address the problems mentioned in the background section. Utility Model Content
[0003] The purpose of this invention is to provide an extraction device for active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine to solve the problems mentioned in the background art.
[0004] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides the following technical solution:
[0005] A device for extracting active ingredients from traditional Chinese medicine includes a crushing and grinding frame, a crushing and grinding motor housing, a vibrating frame, an ingredient extraction frame, and a stirring motor housing. The crushing and grinding motor housing is bolted to the top periphery of the crushing and grinding frame. A feeding hopper for traditional Chinese medicine is welded and fixed to the middle of the top of the crushing and grinding frame. The vibrating frame is engaged and fixed to the middle of the bottom of the crushing and grinding frame. The ingredient extraction frame is engaged and fixed to the middle of the bottom of the vibrating frame. The stirring motor housing is engaged and fixed to the middle of the bottom of the ingredient extraction frame. A stirring motor is bolted to the right side of the bottom of the stirring motor housing. The inner wall surface output shaft is rotatably connected to the stirring drive shaft. The lower side of the outer wall surface of the stirring drive shaft is engaged and fixedly connected to the first chain drive component. The left inner wall surface of the first chain drive component is engaged and fixedly connected to the stirring driven shaft. The ball bearing of the driven shaft is welded and fixedly connected to the lower side of the outer wall surface of the stirring driven shaft on the left side of the inner bottom of the stirring motor box. Stirring blades are welded and fixedly connected to both the upper and lower sides of the outer wall surfaces of the stirring drive shaft and the stirring driven shaft. Heating elements are electrically fixedly connected to both the upper and lower sides of the outer wall surfaces of the stirring drive shaft and the stirring driven shaft directly below the stirring blades. A temperature sensor is electrically fixedly connected to the upper side of the left end of the inner part of the component extraction frame.
[0006] As a further embodiment of this utility model: the bottom of the component extraction frame is locked and fixedly connected to the feeding inclined plate, and the lower right side of the component extraction frame is welded and fixedly connected to the Chinese medicine discharge pipe.
[0007] As a further embodiment of this utility model: a discharge solenoid valve is bolted to the left through-hole of the outer wall surface of the Chinese medicine discharge pipe, and a solenoid valve drive component is bolted to the middle through-hole of the top of the discharge solenoid valve.
[0008] As a further embodiment of this utility model: the vibration motor of the vibration frame is bolted to the middle of the front end of the vibration frame, and the output shaft of the vibration motor is coupled to the vibrating screen.
[0009] As a further embodiment of this utility model: the crushing and grinding motor is fixedly connected to the upper right rear side of the inner top of the crushing and grinding motor box by bolts, and the output shaft of the inner wall surface of the crushing and grinding motor is rotatably connected to the crushing and grinding main shaft.
[0010] As a further embodiment of this utility model: a second chain drive component is engaged with the upper side of the outer wall surface of the crushing and grinding main shaft, and the inner wall surface of the second chain drive component is provided with a plurality of crushing and grinding slave shafts.
[0011] As a further embodiment of this utility model: crushing blades are welded and fixed to the outer wall surfaces of both the crushing and grinding main shaft and the crushing and grinding slave shaft, and grinding balls are welded and fixed to the left and right sides of the outer wall surfaces of both the crushing and grinding main shaft and the crushing and grinding slave shaft.
[0012] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this utility model are:
[0013] 1. Start the stirring motor, heating element, temperature sensor, and solenoid valve drive. The output shaft of the stirring motor drives the stirring drive shaft to rotate at high speed via a coupling. The components of the first chain drive are the same as those of the second chain drive, synchronizing the power of the stirring drive shaft with the stirring driven shaft. The ball bearings on the driven shaft reduce frictional resistance during rotation, ensuring smooth rotation. The stirring blades are installed on the upper and lower sides of the outer wall surfaces of the stirring drive and driven shafts, and rotate with the driven shaft. Simultaneously, the operator injects the solvent mixture through the injection pipe welded to the upper left end of the component extraction frame, causing the medicinal materials and solvent mixture to agitate, breaking up local concentration differences, and ensuring that the medicinal material particles are evenly dispersed. In the solvent, the active ingredients are dissolved more quickly. The heating element is energized and heats up, raising the temperature inside the extraction container to 50-80℃ through heat conduction. The temperature is adjusted according to the stability of the components, accelerating molecular motion and diffusion rates. The heating element and temperature sensor form a closed-loop control system, achieving a temperature control accuracy of ±2℃. The optimal temperature can be set according to the characteristics of different medicinal materials. From crushing and feeding to extraction stirring, temperature adjustment, and discharge control, the entire process can be automatically operated by setting parameters through the control system, reducing manual intervention. In particular, the precise control of the discharge solenoid valve effectively solves the problems of uneven mixing of materials and solvents, large local concentration differences, long extraction times, low temperature control accuracy, and easy damage to heat-sensitive active ingredients due to high temperatures.
[0014] 2. The medicinal herbs are fed into the crushing and grinding machine frame through the feeding hopper. The crushing and grinding motor is started. The output shaft on the inner wall surface of the motor drives the main crushing and grinding shaft to rotate at high speed via a coupling. The second chain drive component includes four chain saw gears and a drive chain, causing the three sets of crushing and grinding driven shafts to rotate simultaneously with the main crushing and grinding shaft. Crushing blades are installed on the outer wall surfaces of the main crushing and grinding shaft and the crushing and grinding driven shaft. The crushing blades on the main crushing and grinding shaft and the crushing and grinding driven shaft rotate alternately, shearing and impacting the medicinal herbs, crushing 2-5mm particles into 1-2mm. The sharp edges of the crushing blades can cut the xylem fibers of medicinal herbs such as licorice and ephedra. Synchronous rotation is achieved through chain drive, and the stirring blades shear and grind the mixture. The ball bearings on the driven shaft reduce mechanical friction, ensure stable stirring speed, and avoid component residue caused by insufficient local stirring, increasing the extraction rate by 20%-30%. Attached Figure Description
[0015] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of a device for extracting active ingredients from traditional Chinese medicine.
[0016] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a vibrating frame in an extraction device for active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine.
[0017] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the crushing and grinding frame in an extraction device for active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine.
[0018] Figure 4 This is a plan view of the internal structure of the component extraction frame in a device for extracting active ingredients from traditional Chinese medicine.
[0019] In the diagram: 1-Crushing and grinding frame, 2-Crushing and grinding motor box, 3-Medicinal herb feeding hopper, 4-Vibrating frame, 5-Component extraction frame, 6-Stirring motor box, 7-Stirring motor, 8-Stirring drive shaft, 9-First chain drive component, 10-Stirring driven shaft, 11-Driven shaft ball bearing, 12-Stirring blade, 13-Heating element, 14-Temperature sensor, 15-Discharge inclined plate, 16-Medicinal herb discharge pipe, 17-Discharge solenoid valve, 18-Solenoid valve drive component, 19-Vibrating frame vibrating motor, 20-Vibrating screen, 21-Crushing and grinding motor, 22-Crushing and grinding main shaft, 23-Second chain drive component, 24-Crushing and grinding driven shaft, 25-Crushing blade, 26-Grinding ball. Detailed Implementation
[0020] Please see Figures 1-4In this embodiment of the present invention, a device for extracting active ingredients from traditional Chinese medicine includes a crushing and grinding frame 1, a crushing and grinding motor housing 2, a traditional Chinese medicine feeding hopper 3, a vibrating frame 4, an ingredient extraction frame 5, a stirring motor housing 6, a stirring motor 7, a stirring drive shaft 8, a first chain drive component 9, a stirring driven shaft 10, a driven shaft ball bearing 11, a stirring blade 12, a heating element 13, a temperature sensor 14, a feeding inclined plate 15, a traditional Chinese medicine discharge pipe 16, a discharge solenoid valve 17, a solenoid valve drive component 18, a vibrating frame vibration motor 19, a vibrating screen 20, a crushing and grinding motor 21, a crushing and grinding main shaft 22, a second chain drive component 23, a crushing and grinding driven shaft 24, crushing blades 25, and grinding balls 26. The top of the crushing and grinding frame 1... The crushing and grinding motor housing 2 is fixedly connected to the outer perimeter by bolts. The Chinese herbal medicine feeding hopper 3 is welded and fixedly connected to the middle through-hole at the top of the crushing and grinding frame 1. The vibrating frame 4 is snapped and fixedly connected to the middle through-hole at the bottom of the crushing and grinding frame 1. The component extraction frame 5 is snapped and fixedly connected to the middle through-hole at the bottom of the vibrating frame 4. The stirring motor housing 6 is snapped and fixedly connected to the middle of the bottom of the component extraction frame 5. The stirring motor 7 is fixedly connected to the stirring motor 7 by bolts on the right side of the bottom of the stirring motor housing 6. The stirring motor 7 is rotatably connected to the stirring drive shaft 8 by the output shaft coupling on the inner wall surface of the stirring motor 7. The first chain drive component 9 is snapped and fixedly connected to the lower side of the outer wall surface of the stirring drive shaft 8. The stirring driven shaft 10 is snapped and fixedly connected to the left inner wall surface of the first chain drive component 9. The stirring motor housing 6 is located at the bottom of the inner perimeter of the stirring motor housing 6. A ball bearing 11 is welded and fixedly connected to the lower side of the outer wall surface of the driven shaft 10 on the left side. Stirring blades 12 are welded and fixedly connected to both the upper and lower sides of the outer wall surfaces of the driving shaft 8 and the driven shaft 10. Heating elements 13 are electrically fixedly connected to both the upper and lower sides of the outer wall surfaces of the driving shaft 8 and the driven shaft 10 directly below the stirring blades 12. A temperature sensor 14 is electrically fixedly connected to the upper left side of the interior of the component extraction frame 5. A feeding tilting plate 15 is snapped and fixedly connected to the bottom of the interior of the component extraction frame 5. A Chinese medicine discharge pipe 16 is welded and fixedly connected to the lower right side of the component extraction frame 5. A discharge solenoid valve 17 is bolted and fixedly connected to the left side of the outer wall surface of the Chinese medicine discharge pipe 16. The top center of the discharge solenoid valve 17... A solenoid valve drive component 18 is bolted through the vibrating frame 4. A vibrating motor 19 is bolted through the front end of the vibrating frame 4. The output shaft of the vibrating motor 19 is coupled to the vibrating screen 20. A crushing and grinding motor 21 is bolted to the upper right rear side of the inside top of the crushing and grinding motor housing 2. The output shaft of the crushing and grinding motor 21 is coupled to the crushing and grinding main shaft 22. A second chain drive component 23 is engaged around the upper side of the outer wall surface of the crushing and grinding main shaft 22. Several crushing and grinding driven shafts 24 are provided on the inner wall surface of the second chain drive component 23. Crushing blades 25 are welded to the outer wall surfaces of the crushing and grinding main shaft 22 and the crushing and grinding driven shafts 24.Grinding balls 26 are welded and fixedly connected to both the left and right sides of the outer wall surface of the crushing and grinding spindle 22 and the crushing and grinding slave shaft 24.
[0021] The working principle of this utility model is as follows: In use, firstly, the medicinal herbs are placed into the crushing and grinding machine frame 1 through the medicinal herb feeding hopper 3. Then, the crushing and grinding motor 21 is started. The output shaft on the inner wall surface of the crushing and grinding motor 21 drives the crushing and grinding main shaft 22 to rotate at high speed via a coupling. The second chain transmission component 23 includes four chain saw gears and a transmission chain, causing the three sets of crushing and grinding driven shafts 24 to rotate simultaneously with the crushing and grinding main shaft 22. Crushing blades 25 are installed on the outer wall surfaces of the crushing and grinding main shaft 22 and the crushing and grinding driven shafts 24. The crushing blades 25 on the crushing and grinding main shaft 22 and the crushing and grinding driven shafts 24 rotate alternately, shearing and impacting the medicinal herbs, crushing 2-5mm particles into 1-2mm. The sharp edge of the crushing blade 25 can cut the xylem fibers of medicinal materials such as licorice and ephedra. The coarsely crushed medicinal material particles fall into the bottom of the crushing and grinding frame 1. With the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the crushing and grinding main shaft 22 and the crushing and grinding auxiliary shaft 24, they are thrown against the cavity wall and collide with the grinding balls 26 at high frequency. Under the action of rotational force and gravity, the grinding balls 26 roll and impact the medicinal material particles, further grinding the 1-2mm coarse powder into fine powder with a particle size as low as 100-300μm, realizing the integration of crushing and grinding, and greatly increasing the specific surface area of the medicinal materials. The vibration motor 19 of the vibrating frame is started. The output shaft of the vibration motor 19 drives the vibrating rod to vibrate through the coupling. The vibrating screen 20 is installed on the surface of the vibrating rod, so that the fine powder falls onto the vibrating screen. When the powder is sieved onto the screen 20, the qualified fine powder passes through the vibrating screen 20, while the unqualified fine powder is thrown up again and crushed and ground again. The qualified fine powder falls into the component extraction frame 5. The stirring motor 7, heating element 13, temperature sensor 14, and solenoid valve drive 18 are started. The output shaft of the stirring motor 7 drives the stirring drive shaft 8 to rotate at high speed through the coupling. The components of the first chain drive 9 are the same as those of the second chain drive 23, synchronizing the power of the stirring drive shaft 8 with the stirring driven shaft 10. The ball bearing 11 of the driven shaft reduces the frictional resistance when the stirring driven shaft 10 rotates, ensuring smooth rotation. The stirring blades 12 are installed on the upper and lower sides of the outer wall surface of the stirring drive shaft 8 and the stirring driven shaft 10. The rotating shaft rotates; simultaneously, the operator injects the solvent mixture through the injection pipe welded to the upper left side of the component extraction frame 5, causing the medicinal materials and solvent mixture to agitate, breaking up local concentration differences, and ensuring that the medicinal material particles are evenly dispersed in the solvent, accelerating the dissolution of active ingredients. The heating element 13 is energized and heats up, raising the temperature inside the extraction container to 50-80℃ through heat conduction, which is adjusted according to the stability of the components, accelerating molecular motion and diffusion rate. The temperature sensor 14 monitors the temperature of the mixture in real time and feeds the electrical signal back to the control system. When the temperature exceeds the set value, the control system cuts off the power to the heating element 13, and restarts it when it falls below the set value, achieving precise temperature control, keeping the temperature difference ≤±2℃, and avoiding high temperature damage to heat-sensitive components such as volatile oils and polysaccharides.When the set time or component dissolution threshold is reached, extraction is complete. The control system sends a signal to the solenoid valve actuator 18, which outputs current to actuate the valve core of the discharge solenoid valve, opening the valve channel. The extracted mixture enters the herbal medicine discharge pipe 16 along the feeding inclined plate 15. When discharge is complete, the control system sends a shutdown signal, the solenoid valve actuator 18 is de-energized, the valve core resets, and the valve closes, achieving precise start and stop of discharge and avoiding material residue or premature discharge.
[0022] Furthermore, it should be understood that although this specification describes embodiments, not every embodiment contains only one independent technical solution. This narrative style is merely for clarity. Those skilled in the art should consider the specification as a whole, and the technical solutions in each embodiment can also be appropriately combined to form other embodiments that can be understood by those skilled in the art.
Claims
1. A device for extracting active ingredients from traditional Chinese medicinal materials, comprising a crushing and grinding frame (1), a crushing and grinding motor housing (2), a vibrating frame (4), an ingredient extraction frame (5), and a stirring motor housing (6), characterized in that, The crushing and grinding frame (1) is bolted to the outer periphery of the top of the crushing and grinding motor box (2). The Chinese herbal medicine feeding hopper (3) is welded and fixed to the middle of the top of the crushing and grinding frame (1). The vibrating frame (4) is snapped and fixed to the middle of the bottom of the crushing and grinding frame (1). The component extraction frame (5) is snapped and fixed to the middle of the bottom of the vibrating frame (4). The stirring motor box (6) is snapped and fixed to the middle of the bottom of the component extraction frame (5). The stirring motor (7) is bolted to the right side of the bottom of the stirring motor box (6). The inner wall surface of the stirring motor (7) is connected to the stirring drive shaft (8) by a coupling. The outer wall surface of the stirring drive shaft (8) is connected to the stirring drive shaft. The lower side is engaged and fixedly connected to the first chain drive component (9). The left inner wall surface of the first chain drive component (9) is engaged and fixedly connected to the stirring driven shaft (10). The inner bottom left side of the stirring motor box (6) is welded and fixedly connected to the ball bearing (11) of the driven shaft on the lower side of the outer wall surface of the stirring driven shaft (10). The stirring drive shaft (8) and the stirring driven shaft (10) are both welded and fixedly connected to the stirring blades (12) on both sides of the outer wall surface of the stirring drive shaft (8) and the stirring driven shaft (10). The heating element (13) is electrically fixedly connected to the upper side of the left end of the component extraction frame (5).
2. The extraction device for active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 1, characterized in that, The bottom of the component extraction frame (5) is fixedly connected to the feeding inclined plate (15), and the Chinese medicine discharge pipe (16) is welded and fixedly connected to the lower right side of the component extraction frame (5).
3. The extraction device for active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 2, characterized in that, The discharge solenoid valve (17) is bolted to the left through-hole of the outer wall surface of the Chinese medicine discharge pipe (16), and the solenoid valve drive component (18) is bolted to the middle through-hole of the top of the discharge solenoid valve (17).
4. The extraction device for active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 1, characterized in that, The vibrating frame (4) is bolted to the middle of the front end of the vibrating frame, and the vibrating motor (19) of the vibrating frame is connected to the vibrating screen (20) by the output shaft of the vibrating motor (19) on the inner wall surface of the vibrating frame.
5. The extraction device for active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 1, characterized in that, The crushing and grinding motor (21) is fixedly connected to the crushing and grinding motor (21) by bolts on the upper right rear side of the inner top of the crushing and grinding motor (21), and the output shaft of the inner wall surface of the crushing and grinding motor (21) is rotatably connected to the crushing and grinding main shaft (22).
6. The extraction device for active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 5, characterized in that, The outer wall surface of the crushing and grinding main shaft (22) is surrounded and engaged with the second chain drive component (23), and the inner wall surface of the second chain drive component (23) is provided with a plurality of crushing and grinding slave shafts (24).
7. The extraction device for active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to claim 5, characterized in that, Crushing blades (25) are welded and fixed to the outer wall surfaces of the crushing and grinding main shaft (22) and the crushing and grinding slave shaft (24). Grinding balls (26) are welded and fixed to the left and right sides of the outer wall surfaces of the crushing and grinding main shaft (22) and the crushing and grinding slave shaft (24).