CN115554727A

CN115554727A - Licorice extraction device and extraction method thereof

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Publication number: CN115554727A
Application number: CN202211264995.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 曹丽娟; 李刚; 姜恒丽; 王双双; 马向慧; 康亚娟; 严桂林; 刘烨; 杨林勇; 张旭; 安妮
Original assignee: China Medico Corp
Current assignee: China Medico Corp
Priority date: 2022-07-13
Filing date: 2022-10-17
Publication date: 2023-01-03
Also published as: CN115193094A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a licorice extraction device and an extraction method thereof, which comprises two groups of extraction tanks for preparing licorice extracts, wherein the extraction tanks are movably connected with a plastic discharging mechanism for storing licorice; draw the outside activity of jar and cup jointed through magnetic force absorption plastics drop feed mechanism's annular magnet, lie in on the mounting bracket draw jar top open-ended upper end and install and be used for control gliding drive mechanism about the annular magnet sets up two sets of relative filter screen subassembly centre gripping licorice through drawing jar inboard, and two sets of filter screen subassemblies can slide a little about jar activity intraductal side, along with the licorice is drawing the in-process inflation that absorbs water after, the interval of two sets of filter screen subassemblies is strutted by the licorice for thereby the licorice after the inflation that absorbs water is difficult for receiving great squeezing pressure degree and leads to the damage, has reduced the content of dregs of a decoction in the licorice extract.

Description

Licorice extraction device and extraction method thereof

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of liquorice extraction, and particularly relates to a liquorice extraction device and a liquorice extraction method.

Background

The licorice extract is a medicinal component extracted from licorice, is yellow to brown yellow powder, has the effects of tonifying spleen and qi, clearing heat and detoxicating, eliminating phlegm and stopping cough, relieving spasm and pain and harmonizing the drugs, and is used for treating diseases such as weakness of spleen and stomach, fatigue and hypodynamia, palpitation and shortness of breath, cough and excessive phlegm, abdominal and limb spasm and pain and the like.

In the prior art, for example, the publication numbers are: CN110354529A is an ultra-high temperature continuous countercurrent industrial extraction device and an extraction method for liquorice, and is characterized in that water in an extraction tank is driven to rapidly wash the liquorice by rotating the extraction tank, so that the efficiency of extracting the liquorice is improved.

However, the following disadvantages still exist in the prior art:

(1) In the process that liquorice is soaked, foamed and expanded in ultrahigh-temperature water, the water content in the liquorice is increased, so that the surface of the expanded liquorice is easily influenced by external force to be damaged, the liquorice is not limited in an extraction tank in the prior art, and the expanded liquorice is driven to collide with the extraction tank along with the rotation of the extraction tank to cause the damage of the liquorice, so that the impurity content of a liquorice extracting solution is possibly high;

(2) Because draw the whole round can structure that is of jar, consequently along with draw the rotatory in-process of jar, the internal velocity of water flow of jar is inhomogeneous, probably leads to drawing when jar is rotatory to a certain section angle, draws jar interior velocity of water flow too big to the surface that may lead to the inflation licorice root is taken place the damage by the water impulsive force of flowing through fast, and then probably leads to the impurity content of licorice root extract higher.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the embodiment of the invention provides a licorice extraction device and an extraction method thereof, which aim to solve the problems that in the prior art, licorice is easy to be damaged in the process of overturning in an extraction tank, and the licorice is easy to be damaged by the impact of rapid water flow in the extraction tank.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides the following:

a licorice extraction device and its extraction method, including two sets of extraction pots used for preparing licorice extract, and the mounting bracket installed on the periphery of the said extraction pot, the top opening of the said extraction pot is movably installed with a pot cover used for sealing, and the inside of the said extraction pot is movably connected with a plastic discharging mechanism used for storing licorice;

the outside activity of drawing the jar is cup jointed through magnetic force absorption plastics drop feed mechanism's annular magnet, lie in on the mounting bracket draw jar top open-ended upper end to install and be used for control annular magnet gliding drive mechanism from top to bottom.

As a preferable scheme of the invention, the plastic discharging mechanism comprises an in-tank movable pipe with a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the extraction tank, two groups of symmetrically distributed filter screen assemblies are mounted inside the in-tank movable pipe, and liquorice is stored between the two groups of telescopic filter screen assemblies.

As a preferable scheme of the present invention, the filter screen assembly includes a movable connection pipe moving up and down along an inner side of the movable pipe in the tank, and the inner side of the movable connection pipe is provided with three inner filter screens, a middle filter screen and an outer filter screen which are distributed at equal intervals, the inner filter screens, the middle filter screens and the outer filter screens are distributed in sequence from inside to outside, two sets of the filter screen assemblies extrude the licorice through the inner filter screens which are opposite to each other, and meshes on the inner filter screens, the middle filter screens and the outer filter screens are reduced in sequence.

As a preferable scheme of the present invention, the top end opening and the bottom end opening of the movable pipe in the tank are both provided with a distance for limiting the movable connecting pipe to move up and down, the outer side of the movable connecting pipe is connected with the inner side of the limiting ring through a thread, and the movable connecting pipe is positioned on the inner side of the movable pipe in the tank after passing through the limiting ring through rotation.

As a preferable scheme of the present invention, the inner diameter of the movable pipe in the tank is larger than the outer diameter of the movable connecting pipe, and the height of the inner side of the movable pipe in the tank is larger than twice the height of the movable connecting pipe, and the two sets of movable connecting pipes move up and down along the inner side of the movable pipe in the tank and are restricted by the two sets of telescopic limiting rings so as not to automatically separate from the movable pipe in the tank.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of universal wheels are disposed at the upper and lower ends of the outside of the in-tank movable tube and at the upper and lower ends of the inside of the ring magnet, the in-tank movable tube slides up and down along the inside of the extraction tank via the plurality of universal wheels, and the ring magnet slides up and down along the outside of the extraction tank via the plurality of universal wheels.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of magnetic sheets are fixedly connected to the lateral central axis of the inner movable tube, and the plurality of magnetic sheets are attracted to the inner side of the ring magnet, and the thickness of the magnetic sheets is smaller than that of the universal wheel.

As a preferable scheme of the present invention, the transmission mechanism includes a motor mounted on the mounting frame, and a screw rod rotatably connected to the mounting frame and driven to rotate by the motor, the screw rod is connected to a transmission block through a thread, and the transmission block is fixedly connected to the ring magnet.

As a preferable scheme of the present invention, the water inlet of the extraction tank is disposed at a position above a side surface of the extraction tank, the annular magnet is provided with a notch through which the water inlet pipe passes, the height of the water inlet of the extraction tank is lower than the height of the annular magnet in the highest state, and the water outlet of the extraction tank is disposed right below the annular magnet.

As a preferable scheme of the invention, the method comprises the following steps:

100, communicating two groups of extraction tanks in an extraction device, so that water outlets of the two groups of extraction tanks are connected with a water inlet of the other group of extraction tank in parallel through a pipeline;

200, controlling the transmission mechanism to drive the annular magnet to move upwards along the outer side of the extraction tank, and driving the plastic discharging mechanism to move towards the upper opening along the inner wall of the extraction tank through the annular magnet;

step 300, opening the tank cover, reversely screwing one group of filter screen assemblies into the movable pipe in the tank, flatly paving the thin strip-shaped liquorice on the filter screen assemblies in the movable pipe in the tank, and positively screwing the other group of filter screen assemblies into the movable pipe in the tank, so that the flatly paved liquorice is positioned between the two groups of filter screen assemblies;

step 400, closing the tank cover, and injecting ultrahigh-temperature water into the extraction tank until the liquorice is soaked in the ultrahigh-temperature water to be extracted;

500, in the process of extracting liquorice at ultrahigh temperature, controlling the transmission mechanism to drive the annular magnet and the plastic discharging mechanism to move up and down periodically so as to enhance the efficiency of extracting liquorice;

and step 600, after extraction is finished, opening a water outlet at the bottom end of the extraction tank, and discharging the liquorice extracting solution into a storage device.

The embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:

(1) According to the invention, two sets of opposite filter screen assemblies are arranged on the inner side of the extraction tank to clamp the liquorice, and the two sets of filter screen assemblies can slide up and down slightly on the inner side of the movable pipe in the tank, and the distance between the two sets of filter screen assemblies is propped open by the liquorice after the liquorice absorbs water and expands in the extraction process, so that the liquorice after absorbing water and expanding is not easy to damage due to larger squeezing pressure, and the content of dregs in the liquorice extracting solution is reduced;

(2) According to the invention, the plastic discharging mechanism for storing the liquorice is arranged to be adsorbed to be suspended by the annular magnet, and then the annular magnet on the outer side of the extraction tank is controlled to move up and down to drive the plastic discharging mechanism in the extraction tank to move up and down, so that the flow velocity of water flow for washing the liquorice is more uniform, and the extraction efficiency of the liquorice is improved.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below. It should be apparent that the drawings in the following description are merely exemplary, and that other embodiments can be derived from the drawings provided by those of ordinary skill in the art without inventive effort.

The structures, ratios, sizes, and the like shown in the present specification are only used for matching with the contents disclosed in the specification, so as to be understood and read by those skilled in the art, and are not used to limit the conditions that the present invention can be implemented, so that the present invention has no technical significance, and any structural modifications, changes in the ratio relationship, or adjustments of the sizes, without affecting the effects and the achievable by the present invention, should still fall within the range that the technical contents disclosed in the present invention can cover.

FIG. 1 is an overall elevation view of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a plastic drop feed mechanism in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a top view of a ring magnet in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view illustrating the installation of the magnetic sheet according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure: 1-an extraction tank; 2-a mounting rack; 3-can cover; 4-a plastic discharging mechanism; 5-a ring magnet; 6-a transmission mechanism;

401-movable tube in tank; 4011-stop collar; 4012-universal wheels; 4013-magnetic disk; 402-a screen assembly; 4021-Movable connection pipe; 4022-inner strainer; 4023-middle filter screen; 4024-outer strainer;

601-a motor; 602-a screw mandrel; 603-drive block.

Detailed Description

The present invention is described in terms of specific embodiments, and other advantages and benefits of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following disclosure. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present invention provides a licorice extraction device, which specifically comprises two sets of extraction tanks 1 for preparing licorice extract, and a mounting rack 2 mounted on the periphery of the extraction tanks 1, wherein a tank cover 3 for sealing is movably mounted on the top opening of the extraction tanks 1, and a plastic discharge mechanism 4 for storing licorice is movably connected inside the extraction tanks 1.

An annular magnet 5 for adsorbing a plastic discharging mechanism 4 through magnetic force is movably sleeved on the outer side of the extracting tank 1, and a transmission mechanism 6 for controlling the annular magnet 5 to slide up and down is installed at the upper end of an opening in the top end of the extracting tank 1 on the mounting frame 2.

Plastics drop feed mechanism 4 includes that the diameter is less than the jar interior movable tube 401 of 1 internal diameter of jar of drawing, and the internally mounted of jar interior movable tube 401 has the filter screen subassembly 402 of two sets of symmetric distributions to through depositing the licorice root between two sets of telescopic filter screen subassemblies 402.

The filter screen assemblies 402 comprise movable connecting pipes 4021 moving up and down along the inner sides of the movable pipes 401 in the tanks, the inner sides of the movable connecting pipes 4021 are provided with three inner filter screens 4022, middle filter screens 4023 and outer filter screens 4024 which are distributed at equal intervals, the inner filter screens 4022, the middle filter screens 4023 and the outer filter screens 4024 are distributed in sequence from inside to outside, the two sets of filter screen assemblies 402 extrude the liquorice through the opposite inner filter screens 4022, and the meshes on the inner filter screens 4022, the middle filter screens 4023 and the outer filter screens 4024 are reduced in sequence.

The top end opening and the bottom end opening of jar interior activity pipe 401 all are equipped with the distance that restriction swing joint pipe 4021 reciprocated, and threaded connection is passed through with spacing ring 4011's the inboard in the outside of swing joint pipe 4021, and swing joint pipe 4021 is in jar interior activity pipe 401 inboard after passing spacing ring 4011 through the rotation.

The internal diameter of jar interior movable tube 401 is greater than swing joint pipe 4021's external diameter to the inboard height of jar interior movable tube 401 is greater than the twice of swing joint pipe 4021 height, and two sets of swing joint pipe 4021 reciprocate and receive two sets of telescopic spacing rings 4011 restriction unable automatic jar interior movable tube 401 of breaking away from along the inboard of jar interior movable tube 401.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, a plurality of universal wheels 4012 are provided at the upper and lower ends of the outer side of the in-tank movable tube 401 and the upper and lower ends of the inner side of the ring magnet 5, and the in-tank movable tube 401 slides up and down along the inner side of the extracting tank 1 via the plurality of universal wheels 4012, and the ring magnet 5 slides up and down along the outer side of the extracting tank 1 via the plurality of universal wheels 4012.

Fixedly connected with a plurality of equidistance magnetic sheet 4013 that distribute on jar interior movable tube 401's the horizontal central axis in outside to a plurality of magnetic sheets 4013 all are adsorbed by 5 inboards of ring magnet, and magnetic sheet 4013's thickness is less than universal wheel 4012's thickness.

The transmission mechanism 6 comprises a motor 601 installed on the installation frame 2 and a lead screw 602 which is rotatably connected with the installation frame 2 and driven to rotate by the motor 601, a transmission block 603 is connected to the lead screw 602 through threads, and the transmission block 603 is fixedly connected with the annular magnet 5.

Draw jar 1's water inlet setting and draw jar 1 side position on the upper side, be equipped with the breach that supplies the inlet tube to pass on annular magnet 5, and draw the water inlet of jar 1 highly be less than the height when the 5 highest states of annular magnet, draw jar 1's delivery port setting under.

The embodiment has the following beneficial effects:

(1) Through set up two sets of relative filter screen subassemblies 402 centre gripping licorice in extracting jar 1 inboard, and two sets of filter screen subassemblies 402 can slide by a small margin about the jar interior movable tube 401 inboard, along with the licorice is drawing the in-process water swelling back, and the interval of two sets of filter screen subassemblies 402 is strutted by the licorice for thereby the licorice after the water swelling is difficult for receiving great extrusion pressure degree and leads to the damage, has reduced the content of dregs of a decoction in the licorice extract.

(2) Set up to be adsorbed to unsettled by ring magnet 5 through the plastics drop feed mechanism 4 that will deposit the licorice root, later draw jar 1 outside ring magnet 5 through the control and reciprocate and can drive and draw jar 1 inside plastics drop feed mechanism 4 and reciprocate for the velocity of flow that rivers erodeed the licorice root is more even, has promoted the extraction efficiency of licorice root from this.

The invention also provides a licorice extraction method, which comprises the following steps:

step 100, two groups of extraction tanks 1 in the extraction device are communicated, so that water outlets of the two groups of extraction tanks 1 are connected with a water inlet of the other group of extraction tank 1 in parallel through a pipeline.

Step 200, controlling the transmission mechanism 6 to drive the annular magnet 5 to move upwards along the outer side of the extraction tank 1, and then driving the plastic discharging mechanism 4 to move upwards along the inner wall of the extraction tank 1 towards the upper opening through the annular magnet 5.

Step 300, opening the tank cover 3, screwing a group of filter screen assemblies 402 into the movable pipe 401 in the tank in an inverted manner, flatly spreading the thin strip-shaped liquorice on the filter screen assemblies 402 in the movable pipe 401 in the tank, and then screwing the other group of filter screen assemblies 402 into the movable pipe 401 in the tank in an upright manner, so that the flatly spread liquorice is positioned between the two groups of filter screen assemblies 402.

Step 400, closing the tank cover 3, and injecting ultrahigh-temperature water into the extraction tank 1 until the liquorice is soaked in the ultrahigh-temperature water for extraction.

In step 400, because the surface of the licorice is easily damaged by external force in the process of soaking and expanding in the ultra-high temperature water, after the ultra-high temperature water is injected into the extraction tank 1, the expanded licorice jacks up the second group of filter screen assemblies 402 at the top end a small amount along with the expansion of the spread licorice after being soaked in the ultra-high temperature water, so that the spread licorice cannot be subjected to the gradually increased extrusion force of the top filter screen assemblies 402 in the expansion process, thereby reducing the damage probability of the expanded licorice in the extraction process, and further reducing the content of herb residue in the licorice extract.

Step 500, in the process of extracting the liquorice at the ultrahigh temperature, controlling the transmission mechanism 6 to drive the annular magnet 5 and the plastic discharging mechanism 4 to move up and down periodically so as to enhance the efficiency of extracting the liquorice.

In step 500, by starting the motor 601 of the transmission mechanism 6, the lead screw 602 is controlled to start rotating so as to drive the transmission block 603 and the annular magnet 5 to slide up and down along the outer side of the extraction tank 1, because the in-tank movable tube 401 of the plastic discharging mechanism 4 is adsorbed on the inner side of the annular magnet 5 through the plurality of magnetic sheets 4013 on the outer side of the movable tube and is in a suspended state, in the process of sliding up and down along with the annular magnet 5, the movable tube 401 in the extraction tank 1 simultaneously slides up and down along with the annular magnet 5, in the process of moving up and down along with the liquorice in the extraction tank 1, the ultrahigh-temperature water sequentially flows through the outer filter screen 4024, the middle filter screen 4023 and the inner filter screen 4022 and then washes the liquorice, and therefore the efficiency of extracting the liquorice is enhanced.

Step 600, after extraction is finished, a water outlet at the bottom end of the extraction tank 1 is opened, and the liquorice extracting solution is discharged into a storage device.

The liquorice extracting solution is prepared through the steps, at the moment, the extracted liquorice can still be extracted continuously, and when the liquorice in the extracting tank 1 is extracted for multiple times to cause lower concentration of the extracting solution, the extracting solution can be transmitted into another group of extracting tanks 1, so that the low-concentration extracting solution and new liquorice are extracted.

When the liquorice needs to be replaced, the tank cover 3 at the top end of the extraction tank 1 is opened, the transmission mechanism 6 is controlled to drive the plastic discharging mechanism 4 to ascend to the opening of the extraction tank 1, an operator can conveniently rotate the second group of filter screen assemblies 402 at the top end and the first group of filter screen assemblies 402 at the bottom end in sequence, then the completely extracted liquorice is cleaned and paved with new liquorice, and finally the liquorice is reinstalled into the extraction tank 1 according to the method so as to be convenient for extraction again.

Although the invention has been described in detail with respect to the general description and the specific embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and improvements may be made based on the invention. Accordingly, such modifications and improvements are intended to be within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Claims

1. The licorice extraction device comprises two groups of extraction tanks (1) for preparing licorice extracts and an installation rack (2) arranged on the periphery of the extraction tanks (1), and is characterized in that a tank cover (3) for sealing is movably installed at the top opening of the extraction tank (1), and a plastic discharging mechanism (4) for storing licorice is movably connected inside the extraction tank (1);

the outside activity of drawing jar (1) is cup jointed through magnetic force absorption annular magnet (5) of plastics drop feed mechanism (4), lie in on mounting bracket (2) draw jar (1) top open-ended upper end and install and be used for control gliding drive mechanism (6) about annular magnet (5).

2. A licorice extraction device according to claim 1, wherein the plastic discharging mechanism (4) comprises an in-tank movable tube (401) with a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the extraction tank (1), two sets of symmetrically distributed sieve assemblies (402) are mounted inside the in-tank movable tube (401), and licorice is stored between the two sets of telescopic sieve assemblies (402).

3. A licorice extraction device according to claim 2, wherein said strainer assembly (402) comprises a movable connection pipe (4021) moving up and down along the inside of said movable pipe (401) in said tank, and the inside of said movable connection pipe (4021) is provided with three inner strainers (4022), middle strainers (4023) and outer strainers (4024) distributed at equal intervals, said inner strainers (4022), said middle strainers (4023) and said outer strainers (4024) are distributed in sequence from inside to outside, two sets of said strainer assemblies (402) squeeze licorice through said inner strainers (4022) facing each other, and the meshes of said inner strainers (4022), said middle strainers (4023) and said outer strainers (4024) are reduced in sequence.

4. The licorice extraction device according to claim 3, wherein the top end opening and the bottom end opening of the movable tube (401) in the tank are both provided with a distance for limiting the movable connection tube (4021) to move up and down, the outer side of the movable connection tube (4021) is in threaded connection with the inner side of the limit ring (4011), and the movable connection tube (4021) is located on the inner side of the movable tube (401) in the tank after passing through the limit ring (4011) in a rotating manner.

5. A licorice extraction device according to claim 4, wherein the inner diameter of the movable tube (401) in the tank is larger than the outer diameter of the movable connecting tube (4021), and the height of the inner side of the movable tube (401) in the tank is larger than twice the height of the movable connecting tube (4021), and two sets of the movable connecting tubes (4021) move up and down along the inner side of the movable tube (401) in the tank and cannot automatically separate from the movable tube (401) under the limitation of two sets of telescopic limiting rings (4011).

6. A licorice root extraction device according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of universal wheels (4012) are provided at the upper and lower outer ends of the movable tube (401) and the upper and lower inner ends of the ring-shaped magnet (5), and the movable tube (401) slides up and down along the inner side of the extraction pot (1) via the plurality of universal wheels (4012), and the ring-shaped magnet (5) slides up and down along the outer side of the extraction pot (1) via the plurality of universal wheels (4012).

7. The licorice extraction device according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of magnetic sheets (4013) are fixedly connected to the lateral central axis of the outer side of the movable tube (401) inside the tank, and are distributed at equal intervals, and the plurality of magnetic sheets (4013) are adsorbed by the inner side of the ring magnet (5), and the thickness of the magnetic sheet (4013) is smaller than that of the universal wheel (4012).

8. A licorice extraction device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission mechanism (6) comprises a motor (601) mounted on the mounting frame (2), and a lead screw (602) rotatably connected to the mounting frame (2) and driven by the motor (601) to rotate, wherein a transmission block (603) is connected to the lead screw (602) through a thread, and the transmission block (603) is fixedly connected to the ring magnet (5).

9. A licorice root extraction device according to claim 1, wherein the water inlet of said extraction tank (1) is disposed at a position above the side of said extraction tank (1), said ring magnet (5) is provided with a notch for the water inlet pipe to pass through, and the height of the water inlet of said extraction tank (1) is lower than the height of said ring magnet (5) at the highest state, and the water outlet of said extraction tank (1) is disposed right below.

10. A licorice extraction method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, comprising the steps of:

100, communicating two groups of extraction tanks (1) in an extraction device, so that water outlets of the two groups of extraction tanks (1) are connected with a water inlet of the other group of extraction tank (1) in parallel through a pipeline;

200, controlling the transmission mechanism (6) to drive the annular magnet (5) to move upwards along the outer side of the extraction tank (1), and driving the plastic discharging mechanism (4) to move towards an upper opening along the inner wall of the extraction tank (1) through the annular magnet (5);

step 300, opening the tank cover (3), reversely screwing one group of filter screen assemblies (402) into the movable pipe (401) in the tank, flatly spreading the strip-shaped liquorice on the filter screen assemblies (402) in the movable pipe (401) in the tank, and then positively screwing the other group of filter screen assemblies (402) into the movable pipe (401) in the tank, so that the flatly spread liquorice is positioned between the two groups of filter screen assemblies (402);

step 400, closing the tank cover (3), and injecting ultrahigh-temperature water into the extraction tank (1) until the liquorice is soaked in the ultrahigh-temperature water to be extracted;

500, in the process of extracting the liquorice at the ultrahigh temperature, controlling the transmission mechanism (6) to drive the annular magnet (5) and the plastic discharging mechanism (4) to move up and down periodically so as to enhance the efficiency of extracting the liquorice;

step 600, after extraction is finished, opening a water outlet at the bottom end of the extraction tank (1), and discharging the liquorice extracting solution into a storage device.