Traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room

Abstract

This utility model discloses a drying room for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) decoction pieces, relating to the field of TCM decoction piece processing technology. It includes: a drying room assembly for mounting a drive mechanism and a TCM decoction piece carrying mechanism; two sets of parallel drive mechanisms, each set used to drive multiple adjacent movable supports to rotate; and two sets of parallel TCM decoction piece carrying mechanisms, each set including an L-shaped movable frame slidably fitted onto the outside of adjacent T-shaped slide rails. When discharging dried TCM decoction pieces, this utility model allows the pieces to be moved from the relatively high-temperature drying room to the relatively low-temperature outside, reducing the difficulty of discharging. Furthermore, discharging can be done by removing the TCM decoction piece trays and then directly tilting them, resulting in faster discharging speed, shortening loading and unloading time, and improving overall drying efficiency.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece processing technology, and in particular to a traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room. Background Technology

[0002] Traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces are Chinese medicinal materials that have undergone processing and can be directly used in clinical practice. They are characterized by being convenient to take, easy to store and use. A traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room is a device or room specifically used for drying traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces.

[0003] A search revealed that utility model patent CN221882066U discloses a drying room for Chinese herbal medicine slices. A motor drives a rotating shaft, causing a first cam to rotate. This, in turn, causes a first roller to slide on the cam, resulting in a connecting frame moving up and down. This, in turn, causes a swing frame to swing up and down, allowing hot air to quickly and evenly fill the drying room. This ensures the hot air is more evenly distributed within the drying room, thus uniformly drying the Chinese herbal medicine slices, improving the drying effect, saving drying time, and increasing drying efficiency.

[0004] Although the aforementioned Chinese herbal medicine drying room can complete the drying operation of Chinese herbal medicine slices, in the actual drying process, the relevant operators need to first place the Chinese herbal medicine slices into multiple racks, and then gradually remove the Chinese herbal medicine slices from multiple racks after drying. The operation is too cumbersome and the loading and unloading takes a long time, which has a significant impact on the overall drying efficiency.

[0005] Therefore, it is necessary to invent a drying room for Chinese herbal medicine slices to solve the above problems. Utility Model Content

[0006] The purpose of this invention is to provide a drying room for Chinese herbal medicine slices. When unloading dried Chinese herbal medicine slices, the slices can be moved from the relatively high-temperature interior of the drying room to the relatively low-temperature exterior, thus reducing the difficulty of unloading. Furthermore, unloading can be done by removing the trays of Chinese herbal medicine slices and then directly pouring them out, resulting in faster unloading speed, shorter loading and unloading time, and improved overall drying efficiency. This addresses the problem mentioned in the background art, where in the actual drying process, operators need to place the Chinese herbal medicine slices into multiple racks, and then gradually remove them from the racks after drying, which is cumbersome and time-consuming, significantly impacting overall drying efficiency.

[0007] According to one aspect of this disclosure, the following technical solution is provided: a drying room for traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, comprising:

[0008] A drying chamber assembly, which is used to install the drive mechanism and the traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece carrying mechanism;

[0009] Two sets of parallel drive mechanisms, each set of which drives multiple adjacent movable brackets to rotate; and

[0010] Two sets of parallel Chinese herbal medicine carrying mechanisms are provided. Each set of Chinese herbal medicine carrying mechanisms includes an L-shaped movable frame that is slidably sleeved on the outside of an adjacent T-shaped slide rail. The front of the L-shaped movable frame abuts against the closed sealing door. The bottom of the L-shaped movable frame has a T-shaped groove that matches the T-shaped slide rail. The inner side of the L-shaped movable frame has multiple annular support frames that are fixedly sleeved from top to bottom. The inner side of the annular support frames has a movable bracket that is rotatably mounted on a bearing. Both sides of the top of the movable bracket have hand clearance grooves. The inner side of the movable bracket holds a Chinese herbal medicine tray. The bottom of the Chinese herbal medicine tray has multiple air holes.

[0011] According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a drying room for Chinese herbal medicine slices includes a drying room with an open front, and two sealing doors are movably connected to the front sides of the drying room via hinges, with a lock provided on both sealing doors.

[0012] According to at least one embodiment of the traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room of the present disclosure, an exhaust pipe is fixedly installed through the rear side of the top of the drying room, and the exhaust pipe is connected to a tail gas treatment device. T-shaped slide rails are fixedly installed on both sides of the bottom of the inner cavity of the drying room. A limit groove is opened on the top plate of the T-shaped slide rail, and a limit block is slidably installed inside the limit groove. The limit block is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the T-shaped slide groove.

[0013] According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a drying room for Chinese herbal medicine pieces is provided, wherein multiple sets of drying components are evenly arranged inside the drying room from top to bottom. Each set of drying components includes a crossbeam fixedly installed inside the drying room. Multiple air inlet branch pipes are fixedly installed through the top plate of the crossbeam. The top ends of the multiple air inlet branch pipes are connected to a main air inlet pipe. The main air inlet pipe extends to the outside of the drying room and is connected to a hot air blower.

[0014] According to at least one embodiment of the Chinese herbal medicine drying room disclosed herein, any one of the drive mechanisms includes a rotating shaft nested inside the drying room via a bearing and a motor fixedly mounted on the top of the drying room. The motor is connected to the rotating shaft in a transmission manner. Multiple drive wheels are fixedly sleeved on the outside of the rotating shaft. Any one of the drive wheels is in contact with an adjacent movable bracket and drives the adjacent movable bracket to rotate through friction.

[0015] The technical effects and advantages of this utility model are as follows:

[0016] This invention features a herbal medicine slice carrying mechanism. After drying, the sealed door is opened, and the L-shaped moving frame is pulled outward along the T-shaped slide rail. This causes the L-shaped moving frame to move multiple movable brackets out of the drying chamber via multiple annular support frames. The herbal medicine slice tray is then removed from the inside of the movable brackets, and the dried herbal medicine slices are poured out. New herbal medicine slices are then added back to the tray. The tray is then placed back into the movable brackets, and the L-shaped moving frame is pushed back to its original position. Finally, the sealed door is closed, and the drying process can be repeated. Compared to existing technologies, this invention allows the dried herbal medicine slices to be moved from the relatively high-temperature drying chamber to the relatively low-temperature outside, reducing the difficulty of unloading. Furthermore, unloading can be done by removing the tray and directly pouring the slices, resulting in faster unloading speed, shorter loading and unloading time, and improved overall drying efficiency. Attached Figure Description

[0017] The accompanying drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and, together with the description thereof, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure. These drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification.

[0018] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the drying chamber components of a traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the drive mechanism and the traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece carrying mechanism of a drying room according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] The specific labels in the attached figures are as follows:

[0022] 1. Drying oven components; 11. Drying room; 12. Sealed door; 13. Exhaust pipe; 14. T-shaped slide rail; 15. Crossbeam; 16. Air inlet branch pipe; 17. Main air inlet pipe;

[0023] 2. Drive mechanism; 21. Rotary shaft; 22. Motor; 23. Drive wheel;

[0024] 3. Traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece carrying mechanism; 31. L-shaped moving frame; 32. T-shaped slide; 33. Ring support frame; 34. Movable bracket; 35. Hand clearance groove; 36. Traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece tray; 37. Air hole. Detailed Implementation

[0025] For descriptive purposes, this disclosure may use spatial relative terms such as “below,” “under,” “below,” “down,” “above,” “above,” “higher,” and “side (e.g., in a “sidewall”)” to describe the relationship between one component and another component as shown in the accompanying drawings. In addition to the orientations depicted in the drawings, the spatial relative terms are also intended to encompass different orientations of the device during use, operation, and / or manufacture. For example, if the device in the drawings is flipped, a component described as “below” or “under” other components or features would subsequently be positioned “above” said other components or features. Thus, the exemplary term “below” can encompass both “above” and “below” orientations. Furthermore, the device may be otherwise positioned (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or in other orientations), thus interpreting the spatial relative descriptive terms used herein accordingly.

[0026] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0027] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the drying chamber component 1 of a traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0028] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the drive mechanism 2 and the traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece carrying mechanism 3 of a drying room according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0029] like Figures 1-3 As shown, the traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room disclosed herein may include: drying room assembly 1, two sets of drive mechanisms 2 and two sets of traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece carrying mechanisms 3, etc.

[0030] like Figure 2 As shown in this disclosure, the drying chamber assembly 1 includes a drying chamber 11 with a front opening. Both sides of the front of the drying chamber 11 are movably connected to a sealing door 12 via hinges. Both sealing doors 12 are equipped with locks. An exhaust pipe 13 is fixedly installed through the rear top of the drying chamber 11. The exhaust pipe 13 is connected to a tail gas treatment device at its output end. T-shaped slide rails 14 are fixedly installed on both sides of the bottom of the inner cavity of the drying chamber 11. A limit groove is opened on the top plate of the T-shaped slide rail 14. A limit block is slidably installed inside the limit groove. The limit block is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the T-shaped slide rail 32. Multiple drying components are evenly arranged inside the drying chamber 11 from top to bottom. Each drying component includes a crossbeam 15 fixedly installed inside the drying chamber 11. Multiple air inlet branch pipes 16 are fixedly installed through the top plate of the crossbeam 15. The top ends of the multiple air inlet branch pipes 16 are connected to a main air inlet pipe 17. The main air inlet pipe 17 extends to the outside of the drying chamber 11 and is connected to a hot air blower.

[0031] Thus, when drying begins, the hot air blower connected to the end of the main air inlet pipe 17 inputs hot air into the interior of multiple air inlet branch pipes 16 through the main air inlet pipe 17, and then blows the hot air onto the Chinese herbal medicine pieces through the multiple air inlet branch pipes 16 for heating. The exhaust gas generated during the drying process is input into the exhaust gas treatment equipment through the exhaust pipe 13 for treatment.

[0032] like Figure 3 As shown, in a preferred embodiment, any set of drive mechanisms 2 includes a rotating shaft 21 that is rotatably nested inside the drying chamber 11 via bearings and a motor 22 that is fixedly installed on the top of the drying chamber 11. The motor 22 is connected to the rotating shaft 21 in a transmission manner. Multiple drive wheels 23 are fixedly sleeved on the outside of the rotating shaft 21. Any drive wheel 23 is in contact with the adjacent movable bracket 34 and drives the adjacent movable bracket 34 to rotate through friction.

[0033] Therefore, after the sealing door 12 is closed, the sealing door 12 limits the L-shaped moving frame 31. At this time, multiple drive wheels 23 are respectively in contact with multiple movable brackets 34. During the drying process, the motor 22 drives the drive wheels 23 to rotate through the rotating shaft 21. When the drive wheels 23 rotate, they drive the adjacent movable brackets 34 to rotate through friction. This causes the movable brackets 34 to drive the Chinese herbal medicine slice tray 36 to rotate below multiple air inlet branch pipes 16, so as to ensure that the hot airflow can be blown evenly to the Chinese herbal medicine slices inside the Chinese herbal medicine slice tray 36.

[0034] like Figure 3 As shown in this disclosure, any set of Chinese herbal medicine slice carrying mechanisms 3 includes an L-shaped movable frame 31 that is slidably sleeved on the outside of an adjacent T-shaped slide rail 14. The front of the L-shaped movable frame 31 abuts against the closed sealing door 12. The bottom of the L-shaped movable frame 31 is provided with a T-shaped slide groove 32 that is adapted to the T-shaped slide rail 14. The inner side of the L-shaped movable frame 31 has multiple annular support frames 33 that are fixedly sleeved from top to bottom. The inner side of the annular support frame 33 is provided with a movable bracket 34 that is rotatably provided through a bearing. The top two sides of the movable bracket 34 are provided with hand clearance grooves 35. The inner side of the movable bracket 34 is provided with a Chinese herbal medicine slice tray 36. The bottom of the Chinese herbal medicine slice tray 36 is provided with multiple air holes 37.

[0035] Therefore, after drying, the sealed door 12 can be opened, and the L-shaped movable frame 31 can be pulled outward along the T-shaped slide rail 14. This allows the L-shaped movable frame 31 to move out of the drying chamber 11 via multiple annular support frames 33 and multiple movable brackets 34. Then, the Chinese herbal medicine slice tray 36 can be removed from the inside of the movable brackets 34. The dried Chinese herbal medicine slices inside the Chinese herbal medicine slice tray 36 can be poured out, and then the Chinese herbal medicine slices to be dried can be added back into the Chinese herbal medicine slice tray 36. Finally, the Chinese herbal medicine slice tray 36 can be placed on the movable brackets 34. The L-shaped moving frame 31 is pushed to reset inside, and the sealing door 12 is closed. The drying operation of Chinese herbal medicine slices can then be carried out again. Compared with the existing technology, when unloading the dried Chinese herbal medicine slices, the Chinese herbal medicine slices can first be moved from the inside of the drying room 11 with a relatively high temperature to the outside of the drying room 11 with a relatively low temperature, thereby reducing the difficulty of unloading. At the same time, the Chinese herbal medicine slice tray 36 can be removed and then directly poured out, which makes the unloading speed faster, thereby shortening the loading and unloading time and improving the overall drying efficiency.

[0036] It should also be noted that any content not described in detail in this specification is prior art known to those skilled in the art.

[0037] Those skilled in the art should understand that the above embodiments are merely for illustrating the present disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Those skilled in the art can make other changes or modifications based on the above disclosure, and these changes or modifications still fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room, characterized in that, include: A drying chamber assembly, which is used to install the drive mechanism and the traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece carrying mechanism; Two sets of parallel drive mechanisms, each set of which drives multiple adjacent movable brackets to rotate; and Two sets of parallel Chinese herbal medicine carrying mechanisms are provided. Each set of Chinese herbal medicine carrying mechanisms includes an L-shaped movable frame that is slidably sleeved on the outside of an adjacent T-shaped slide rail. The front of the L-shaped movable frame abuts against the closed sealing door. The bottom of the L-shaped movable frame has a T-shaped groove that matches the T-shaped slide rail. The inner side of the L-shaped movable frame has multiple annular support frames that are fixedly sleeved from top to bottom. The inner side of the annular support frames has a movable bracket that is rotatably mounted on a bearing. Both sides of the top of the movable bracket have hand clearance grooves. The inner side of the movable bracket holds a Chinese herbal medicine tray. The bottom of the Chinese herbal medicine tray has multiple air holes.

2. The traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room according to claim 1, characterized in that: The drying chamber assembly includes a drying chamber with an opening at the front. Both sides of the front of the drying chamber are movably connected to sealed doors via hinges, and both sealed doors are equipped with locks.

3. The traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room according to claim 2, characterized in that: An exhaust pipe is fixedly installed through the rear top of the drying chamber. The exhaust pipe is connected to a tail gas treatment device at its output end. T-shaped slide rails are fixedly installed on both sides of the bottom of the drying chamber. A limit groove is opened on the top plate of the T-shaped slide rail. A limit block is slidably installed inside the limit groove. The limit block is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the T-shaped slide groove.

4. The traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room according to claim 3, characterized in that: The drying chamber is equipped with multiple drying components evenly arranged from top to bottom. Each drying component includes a crossbeam fixedly installed inside the drying chamber. Multiple air inlet branch pipes are fixedly installed through the top plate of the crossbeam. The top of the multiple air inlet branch pipes are connected to a main air inlet pipe. The main air inlet pipe extends to the outside of the drying chamber and is connected to a hot air blower.

5. The traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece drying room according to claim 4, characterized in that: Each of the aforementioned drive mechanisms includes a rotating shaft nested inside the drying chamber via bearings and a motor fixedly mounted on the top of the drying chamber. The motor is connected to the rotating shaft via transmission. Multiple drive wheels are fixedly sleeved on the outside of the rotating shaft. Each drive wheel is in contact with an adjacent movable bracket and drives the adjacent movable bracket to rotate through friction.

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