CN117426983A

CN117426983A - Intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method

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Publication number: CN117426983A
Application number: CN202311444012.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郝明; 冼业荣; 杨楚歆; 梁华轩; 沈大财; 蒋强威; 刘坤
Original assignee: Guangzhou Cyiae Automation Equipment Co ltd; Guangdong Machinery Research Institute Co ltd
Current assignee: Guangzhou Cyiae Automation Equipment Co ltd; Guangdong Machinery Research Institute Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-11-01
Filing date: 2023-11-01
Publication date: 2024-01-23

Abstract

The intelligent decocting system generates a decocting process scheme according to prescription information, assembles a decocting pot and an outer barrel pot according to the decocting process scheme, puts medicinal materials dispensed by a dispensing device or medicinal materials manually dispensed into the decocting pot or the outer barrel pot, adds water through an automatic water adding device, conveys the decocting pot or the outer barrel pot to a decocting area by a soaking conveying line or a quick conveying line according to the decocting process, and a transferring mechanism transfers the decocting pot to a heating position for decoction of the corresponding decocting process; after the decoction is finished, separating and weighing the dregs, packaging the finished medicine liquid, and cleaning, drying and decocting the combined pot and the outer barrel pot of the medicinal materials. In this application, intelligent decoction device can compatible three prescription technology's decoct, and the commonality is strong, carries the efficiency that improves the transportation through the differentiation of two kinds of transfer lines simultaneously, and then promotes the efficiency of traditional chinese medicine decoct.

Description

Intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of traditional Chinese medicine production, in particular to an intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method.

Background

In the process of decocting the traditional Chinese medicine, different decoction processes are adopted according to different prescriptions, and the existing traditional Chinese medicine prescription processes comprise 'one-time group decoction', 'first decoction and then second decoction'.

The 'disposable group decoction' is to put all the medicinal materials into a frying pan at one time and decoct; the medicine is decocted first and then is put into the medicine to be decocted first and then the medicine to be decocted later are put into the medicine to be decocted first after a period of time, so that the medicine effect can be better exerted; the second decoction is that the first decoction is carried out, the liquid medicine is filtered, the residue is reserved, and then a certain amount of water is added, and the second decoction is carried out. Thus, there are differences in the specific operational procedures among the three decocting processes.

The traditional Chinese medicine decoction system can only perform single decoction process operation, is difficult to be compatible with three decoction processes, has poor universality and cannot be suitable for various prescriptions.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve at least one of the technical problems, the application provides an intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decocting method, which adopts the following technical scheme:

the application provides an intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method, is applied to the intelligent decoction device including equipment district, dispensing district, water adding district, conveying district, decoct district, packing district and washing district, intelligent decoction device has intelligent decoction system, just the equipment district includes composite set, dispensing district includes dispensing device, water adding district includes automatic water adding device, conveying district includes quick transfer chain and soaking transfer chain, the decoct district includes a plurality of heating positions and transfer waiting positions, the packing district includes packing device, includes:

The intelligent decocting system receives prescription information from the hospital information management system, generates a decocting process scheme according to the prescription information, and performs scheduling according to production conditions;

in the assembling area, the combining device can assemble the outer barrel pot, the inner barrel pot and the barrel cover into a combined pot according to the decoction process scheme, and the conveying line conveys the combined pot or the independent outer barrel pot to the dispensing area; the decoction process is one-time group decoction, and the combination pot is conveyed; the decocting process is that the decoction is carried out firstly and then the decoction is carried out, and a combined pot and two outer barrel pots are conveyed; the decocting process is two-decoction, and a combined pot and an outer barrel pot are conveyed;

in the dispensing area, the dispensing device dispenses medicinal materials according to prescription information, the medicinal materials of the dispensing device and the medicinal materials dispensed manually are conveyed to a manual rechecking position, and manual rechecking is carried out at the manual rechecking position; the decoction process is one-time group decoction, and the medicinal materials are put into a combination pot; the decoction process is that the first decoction is carried out and then the second decoction is carried out, the first decoction is put into a combination pot, the medicinal materials needing group decoction are put into one outer barrel pot, and the later lower medicinal materials are put into the other outer barrel pot; the decocting process is two decocting, the medicinal materials are put into a combined pot, and the medicinal materials are not put into an outer pot temporarily; the conveying line conveys the combined pot and the outer barrel pot which pass through the dispensing area to a water adding area;

In the water adding area, an automatic water adding device sets total water quantity according to prescription information, sets water quantity required to be added into each combined pot and each outer barrel pot, and adds water into the corresponding combined pot and outer barrel pot according to the set water quantity; the conveying line conveys the combined pot and the outer barrel pot after water addition to a conveying area;

in the conveying area, the decoction process is one-time group decoction, and the combined pot enters a soaking conveying line; the decoction process is that the combination pot enters a rapid conveying line, an outer barrel pot filled with medicinal materials needing group decoction enters a soaking conveying line, and the outer barrel pot filled with medicinal materials to be decocted later enters the soaking conveying line or the rapid conveying line according to the production scheduling information; the decocting process is two decocting, the combined pot enters a soaking conveying line, the outer barrel pot enters a soaking conveying line or a quick conveying line, and each combined pot and each outer barrel pot are conveyed to a decocting area by the quick conveying line or the soaking conveying line according to the decocting process;

in the decocting area, the decocting process is one-time group decoction, and the transfer mechanism conveys the combined pot to a heating position for decoction;

in the decocting area, the decocting process is that the combination pot is delivered to a heating position by a transferring mechanism to be decocted first, when an outer barrel pot filled with medicinal materials to be decocted in groups is delivered to the decocting area and the first decocting process of the combination pot is completed, the medicinal materials and water in the outer barrel pot are poured into the combination pot to be decocted again;

When the first decocting process of the combined pot is completed, pouring the medicinal materials and water in the outer barrel pot into the combined pot, and decocting again;

after the outer barrel pot filled with the rear lower medicinal materials reaches the decocting area, the transferring mechanism moves the outer barrel pot to a transferring waiting position, and when the medicinal materials in the combined pot are decocted in place, the transferring mechanism pours the rear lower medicinal materials in the outer barrel pot into the combined pot for decoction again;

in the decocting area, the decocting process is two-time decoction, the transfer mechanism moves the combined pot as a first decocting pot to the decocting area for decocting medicinal materials, the outer barrel pot as the second decocting pot is moved to a transferring waiting position, after the first decoction is finished, the inner barrel pot of the first decocting pot and the residues which are subjected to the first decoction in the inner barrel pot are placed into the second decocting pot for performing the second decoction, and after the second decoction is finished, the medicinal liquid in the first decocting pot is poured into the second decocting pot;

after the decoction process of each decoction process is finished, the transfer mechanism moves the combined pot to a medicine residue separating and weighing device, the medicine residue separating and weighing device separates medicine liquid from medicine residues, and the medicine liquid and the outer barrel pot are weighed; when the amount of the liquid medicine is less than the requirement of prescription information, supplementing water into the combined pot, and turning over and frying until the amount of the liquid medicine reaches the requirement; the conveying line conveys the outer barrel pot and the combined pot for containing the liquid medicine to a packaging area;

In the packaging area, the liquid medicine is filtered and then added into a medicine charging barrel of a packaging device, the packaging device injects the liquid medicine into a corresponding container to form a finished product, and corresponding information labels are sprayed or attached; the conveying line conveys the combined pot and the outer barrel pot to the cleaning area;

in the cleaning area, the mechanical arm disassembles the combined pot, the cleaning and drying equipment cleans and dries the inner barrel, the barrel cover and the outer barrel respectively, and the conveying line transfers the inner barrel, the barrel cover and the outer barrel to the combined device.

In some embodiments of the present application, the intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decocting method further includes:

in the decocting area, each heating position can carry out three decocting processes of 'one-time group decocting', 'two decocting' and 'first decocting and then lower', and the specific process is determined by an intelligent decocting system according to the production scheduling information.

In certain embodiments of the present application, pouring medicinal materials and water in an outer barrel pot into a combination pot comprises:

the intelligent decoction system decides whether to clean the materials in the pot according to the characteristics of the medicinal materials when the medicinal materials are discharged after the medicinal materials and water in the outer pot are poured into the combined pot, if the materials need to be cleaned, the residue pressing and cleaning device washes the residue in the outer pot, the residue in the outer pot and the water are poured into the combined pot again for decoction, and the combined pot is transferred to the residue separating and weighing device after the decoction is completed.

In some embodiments of the present application, the placing the inner tub of the first frying pan together with the residues of the first decoction inside into the second frying pan comprises:

the decoction process is that the second decoction is carried out, the slag pressing and cleaning device lifts the inner barrel pot of the first decoction pot, the medicinal slag in the inner barrel pot is extruded, and the medicinal liquid remained in the medicinal slag flows back to the outer barrel pot of the first decoction pot; the transfer mechanism puts the squeezed medicine residues and the inner barrel pot into a second frying pan, moves the second frying pan to a heating position for second time of decoction, and after the decoction is completed, pours the medicine liquid of the first frying pan into the second frying pan, the second frying pan moves to a medicine residue separating and weighing device, and the first frying pan moves to a conveying line.

at least one set of transfer mechanism with a dumping structure is arranged in the decoction area;

in the process of one-time group decoction, the transfer mechanism conveys the combined pot to a heating position, and after decoction is finished, the transfer mechanism conveys the combined pot to a dreg separation weighing device;

in the process of decocting before discharging, the transfer mechanism conveys the combination pot and the outer barrel pot among the heating position, the transfer waiting position and the slag pressing cleaning device, the dumping structure drives the outer barrel pot to pour the medicinal materials and water in the outer barrel pot into the combination pot, and after the decoction is finished, the transfer mechanism conveys the combination pot to the slag separating and weighing device;

In the process of 'second decoction', the transfer mechanism transfers the first decoction pot and the second decoction pot among the heating position, the transfer waiting position and the slag pressing cleaning device, the pouring structure pours the liquid medicine in the first decoction pot into the second decoction pot, and after the decoction is finished, the transfer mechanism conveys the second decoction pot to the slag separating and weighing device.

In some embodiments of the present application, the intelligent decocting system generates a decocting process scheme according to prescription information, and performs scheduling according to production conditions, including:

and setting a man-machine interaction device, and displaying at least the generated prescription information, scheduling information and productivity information on the man-machine interaction device by the intelligent decoction system.

an RFID label is attached to the outer wall of the outer barrel pot;

an RFID read-write head is arranged in each functional area;

the RFID read-write head reads and writes prescription process and production scheduling information to the RFID tag.

In some embodiments of the present application, the performing the manual check at the manual rechecking site includes:

in the dispensing area, the RFID read-write head reads information, the intelligent decocting system displays the information to a worker who carries out manual rechecks, medicinal materials are poured into a corresponding combination pot and an outer barrel pot after the manual rechecks, the RFID read-write head writes the information into an RFID tag, and the information is stored in the intelligent decocting system.

In some embodiments of the present application, the automatic water adding device sets a total water amount according to prescription information, and sets a water amount to be added to each combination pot and each outer tub pot, including:

in the water adding area, the decoction process is one-time group decoction, and the automatic water adding device adds the water required by the prescription into a combined pot filled with all medicinal materials;

the decocting process is that a proper amount of water set by the system is added into a combined pot filled with medicinal materials to be decocted first by an automatic water adding device, the proper amount of water set by the system is added into an outer barrel pot filled with medicinal materials to be decocted in groups by the automatic water adding device, if the residual medicinal materials in the outer barrel pot need to be cleaned, the system sets the proper amount of water for cleaning the outer barrel pot when the total water adding amount is set, and the cleaning water is poured into the combined pot;

the decocting process is that a second decocting is adopted, a preset amount of water is added into the combined pot by an automatic water adding device, and the preset amount of water is added into a second decocting outer barrel pot by the automatic water adding device;

after the water is added, the system information is written into the RFID tag through the RFID read-write head, and the added water quantity is uploaded to the intelligent decocting system.

when the amount of the liquid medicine is less than the requirement of prescription information, the medicine residue separating and weighing device reassembles the inner barrel pot, the barrel cover and the outer barrel pot of the decocting pot, the transfer mechanism transfers the combined pot to a transfer waiting position, a quantifying device is arranged in the transfer waiting area, and a proper amount of water is added into the combined pot by the quantifying device;

The transfer mechanism conveys the combined pot to a heating position for turning over and frying, and conveys the turned-over combined pot to a medicine dreg separating and weighing device for re-extrusion and weighing until the weight meets the requirement of prescription information.

In certain embodiments of the present application, each combination pot, each outer tub pot is transported to the decocting zone by a rapid transport line or a soaking transport line according to a decocting process, comprising:

in the conveying area, the intelligent decocting system reads information in the RFID tag through the RFID read-write head, and distributes the combined pot and the outer barrel pot to a soaking conveying line or a quick conveying line for conveying according to the read-write information.

in the decocting area, an RFID label is arranged at each heating position, and in the transfer waiting positions, the RFID label is arranged at each transfer waiting position;

when the combined pot or the outer barrel pot reaches and leaves the heating position, the intelligent decocting system reads information in the RFID tag of the heating position through the RFID read-write head and stores the information into the intelligent decocting system;

when the combined pot or the outer pot arrives at or leaves the transfer waiting position, the intelligent decocting system reads information in the RFID tag of the transfer waiting position through the RFID read-write head and stores the information into the intelligent decocting system.

the outer barrel pot is provided with two supporting positions with different heights, and the inner barrel pot is placed at the supporting position at the relatively lower part of the outer barrel pot during decoction; when the slag is pressed, the slag pressing mechanism grabs and lifts the inner barrel pot and extrudes the slag, and the inner barrel pot is placed at a relatively high supporting position of the outer barrel pot after extrusion is completed;

the medicine residue separating and weighing mechanism grabs and lifts the inner barrel pot, and after the actions of residue-liquid separation, residue pressing and weighing are carried out, the medicine residue separating and weighing mechanism places the inner barrel pot at a relatively high supporting position of the outer barrel.

Embodiments of the present application have at least the following beneficial effects: in the application, the combination device adopts a combination pot and an outer barrel pot according to the decoction process scheme, and corresponding medicinal materials are put into a dispensing area, when 'one-time group decoction' is adopted, all medicinal materials are put into one combination pot, when 'first decoction and then lower decoction' are adopted, medicinal materials which need to be subjected to group decoction are put into the combination pot, the medicinal materials which are required to be subjected to group decoction are put into one outer barrel pot, the medicinal materials which are lower are put into the other outer barrel pot, and when 'two decoction' is adopted, all medicinal materials are put into the combination pot, and the outer barrel pot temporarily does not put medicinal materials; when the combined pot and the outer barrel pot are conveyed to the decocting area, each heating position of the decocting area can be used for decocting in three prescription processes: in the process of 'one-time group decoction', the medicinal materials in the combined pot are directly decocted; when 'first decocting and then descending', firstly decocting the first decocted medicinal materials in the combination pot, after 'first decocting', putting the group decocted medicinal materials into the combination pot for further decoction, and after 'group decocting', putting the next medicinal materials into the combination pot for further decoction; in the second decoction, the medicinal materials in the combination pot are decocted for the first time, and after the first decoction is completed, the medicinal residues are put into an outer barrel pot for the second decoction. The intelligent decocting device can be compatible with all three prescription processes, and has strong universality; the combination pot in dispensing district, outer bucket pot are transferred to the decoct district through quick transfer chain, soak the transfer chain, and there is the difference in the path length, the conveying speed of quick transfer chain and soaking the transfer chain, guarantees that soaking of medicinal material and "first decoct" process of medicinal material can go on in step, promotes the efficiency of traditional chinese medicine decoct.

Additional aspects and advantages of the application will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the application.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

fig. 1 is an automated traditional Chinese medicine decoction system of the present application.

Reference numerals:

an assembly area 100; a combining device 101;

a dispensing zone 200; a conveying section 300; a rapid transport line 301; a soak conveyor line 302;

a decoction zone 400; a heating station 401; slag pressing and cleaning device 402;

a water addition zone 500; a packaging area 600; cleaning zone 700.

Detailed Description

This section will describe in detail embodiments of the present application with reference to fig. 1, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, it should be understood that, if the terms "center," "middle," "longitudinal," "transverse," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships are based on the orientations or positional relationships illustrated in the drawings, it is merely for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, and it does not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present application. Features defining "first", "second" are used to distinguish feature names from special meanings, and furthermore, features defining "first", "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such features. In the description of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the terms in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art in a specific context.

The embodiment of the application provides an intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method, which is applied to an intelligent decoction device shown in fig. 1, wherein the intelligent decoction device comprises an assembly area 100, a dispensing area 200, a water adding area 500, a conveying area 300, a decoction area 400, a packaging area 600 and a cleaning area 700.

Wherein, the assembly area 100 comprises a combination device 101 for providing a combination pot for loading medicinal materials and an outer barrel pot, wherein the outer barrel pot can be assembled together with the inner barrel pot and the barrel cover to form the combination pot, and the outer barrel pot can also be independently used. The dispensing area 200 comprises a dispensing device, the water adding area 500 comprises an automatic water adding device, the conveying area 300 comprises a rapid conveying line 301 and a soaking conveying line 302, the decocting area 400 comprises a plurality of heating positions 401 and transfer waiting positions, the packaging area 600 comprises a packaging device, and the cleaning area 700 comprises a cleaning device and a drying device.

The intelligent decocting system receives prescription information from the hospital information management system, generates a decocting process scheme according to the prescription information, and performs scheduling according to production conditions.

The intelligent decocting system is connected with the hospital information management system, prescriptions issued by doctors firstly enter the hospital information management system and are synchronized to the intelligent decocting system by the hospital information management system, and the transmission efficiency of prescription information is improved.

Further, the intelligent decocting system automatically generates a corresponding decocting process scheme according to prescription information, and the commercially available decocting process scheme comprises 'one-time group decoction', 'first decoction and then decoction', and 'later decoction'. The 'disposable group decoction' is to put all the medicinal materials into a frying pan at one time and decoct; the medicine is decocted first and then is put into the medicine to be decocted first and then the medicine to be decocted later are put into the medicine to be decocted first after a period of time, so that the medicine effect can be better exerted; the second decoction is a pair of traditional Chinese medicines, the medicine liquid is filtered after the first decoction, and the medicine residue is reserved and then the second decoction is carried out.

Meanwhile, after the decoction process scheme is generated, scheduling is performed according to the current production condition of the intelligent decoction device, so that the utilization rate of resources is improved, and the decoction efficiency of medicinal materials is also improved.

In the assembling area, the combining device can assemble the outer barrel pot, the inner barrel pot and the barrel cover into a combined pot according to the decoction process scheme, and the conveying line conveys the combined pot or the independent outer barrel pot to the dispensing area; the decoction process is one-time group decoction, and the combination pot is conveyed; the decocting process is that the decoction is carried out firstly and then the decoction is carried out, and a combined pot and two outer barrel pots are conveyed; the decocting process is two-decoction, and the two-decoction is carried into a combined pot and an outer barrel pot.

The assembly area 100 is provided with a combination device 101 and a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt receives instructions of the intelligent decocting system, and the outer barrel pan, the inner barrel pan and the barrel cover after being cleaned and dried are transferred to the combination device 101 according to a decocting process.

Further, since the combination cooker includes three parts, three conveyor belts are arranged in parallel, the three conveyor belts are respectively used for conveying the inner barrel cooker, the outer barrel cooker and the barrel cover, and the combination device 101 is positioned at the tail ends of the three conveyor belts. When the outer barrel pot is needed, the combination device 101 moves the outer barrel pot to the dispensing area 200; when the combination pot is needed, the combination device 101 inserts the inner barrel pot into the outer barrel pot to form a whole, the barrel cover is covered on the tops of the inner barrel pot and the outer barrel pot, and when the combination pot is assembled, the combination device 101 moves the combination pot to the dispensing area 200.

Specifically, the decoction process is "disposable group decoction", and the combination device 101 conveys a combination pot; the decocting process is that the combination device 101 is used for conveying a combination pot and two outer barrel pots; the decocting process is "two-decocting", and the combination device 101 conveys one combination pot and one outer barrel pot.

In the dispensing area, the dispensing device dispenses medicinal materials according to prescription information, the medicinal materials of the dispensing device and the medicinal materials dispensed manually are conveyed to a manual rechecking position, and manual rechecking is carried out at the manual rechecking position; the decoction process is one-time group decoction, and the medicinal materials are put into a combination pot; the decoction process is that the first decoction is carried out and then the second decoction is carried out, the first decoction is put into a combination pot, the medicinal materials needing group decoction are put into one outer barrel pot, and the later lower medicinal materials are put into the other outer barrel pot; the decocting process is two decocting, the medicinal materials are put into a combined pot, and the medicinal materials are not put into an outer pot temporarily; the conveying line conveys the combined pot and the outer barrel pot which pass through the dispensing area to the water adding area.

Wherein, the dispensing device in the dispensing area 200 dispenses corresponding medicinal materials according to the current prescription information, and the medicinal materials are manually put into the corresponding combination pot and the outer barrel pot for standby. After the preparation of the medicinal materials is completed, each combined pot and the outer barrel pot are moved to a water adding area 500.

Further, the dispensing area 200 is also provided with a conveying belt, the decocting process is one-time group decocting, and the dispensing device divides all medicinal materials into the same group; the decoction process is that the decoction is carried out firstly and then the decoction is carried out, the dispensing device divides the medicinal materials which are needed to be decocted firstly into a group, the medicinal materials which are needed to be decocted in groups, and the medicinal materials which are needed to be carried out later are also divided into a group; the prescription process is "two decocting", and the dispensing device divides all the medicinal materials into the same group. The dispensing device moves each group of medicinal materials to the conveying belt respectively on the basis of medicinal material grouping.

Meanwhile, the conveying belt in the dispensing area 200 comprises a main conveying part and a branch conveying part, wherein the main conveying part is used for transferring medicinal materials to the water adding area 500, and the main conveying part is provided with a manual rechecking position. The branch conveying parts are arranged in parallel with the main conveying part, and the branch conveying parts are arranged in a plurality of numbers, specifically, the number of the branch conveying parts is equal to the number of the manual review bits. The group of medicinal materials are firstly transferred to the branch conveying part, a worker performs manual review at the branch conveying part to ensure the prescription to be correct, and then the worker puts the medicinal materials into the combination pot or the outer barrel pot.

Specifically, the decoction process is one-time group decoction, and all medicinal materials are put into a combination pot; the decoction process is that the decoction is carried out firstly and then the decoction is carried out, the first decoction is put into a combination pot, the decoction is put into one outer pot, and the next decoction is put into the other outer pot; the decoction process is "two-decoction", all the medicinal materials are put into the combination pot, and the other outer pot is temporarily free of medicinal materials.

In addition, under specific conditions, the medicinal materials can be dispensed manually, or the medicinal materials are dispensed manually by combining a dispensing device, and after the medicinal materials are dispensed, manual check is performed at a manual check position and the medicinal materials are put into a combination pot or an outer barrel pot.

In the water adding area, an automatic water adding device sets total water quantity according to prescription information, sets water quantity required to be added into each combined pot and each outer barrel pot, and adds water into the corresponding combined pot and outer barrel pot according to the set water quantity; and the conveying line conveys the combined pot and the outer barrel pot after water is added to a conveying area.

Wherein the water addition zone 500 is located between the dispensing zone 200 and the delivery zone 300. It can be understood that water is required to be added in the process of decocting the traditional Chinese medicine, and the water amount added into the combined pot and the outer barrel pot in the three decoction processes is different. The water adding area 500 is provided with an automatic water adding device, and each prescription information has a required total water amount, which is set by the automatic water adding device. It can be understood that the decoction process is one-time group decoction, and the water added into the combination pot is the total water quantity; the decocting process is that the water is added into the combination pot and the two outer barrel pots after decoction, and the sum of the water added into the combination pot and the two outer barrel pots is the total water quantity; the decocting process is two decocting, and the total amount of water added into the combined pot and the outer barrel pot is the total water amount.

Meanwhile, the automatic water adding device further sets the water quantity required to be added into each combined pot and each outer barrel pot, and adds the set water quantity into the combined pot and the outer barrel pot. After the water adding work is completed, the conveying line moves the combined pot and the outer barrel pot after water adding to a conveying area.

In the conveying area, the decoction process is one-time group decoction, and the combined pot enters a soaking conveying line; the decoction process is that the combination pot enters a rapid conveying line, an outer barrel pot filled with medicinal materials needing group decoction enters a soaking conveying line, and the outer barrel pot filled with medicinal materials to be decocted later enters the soaking conveying line or the rapid conveying line according to the production scheduling information; the decoction process is two decoction, the combined pot enters a soaking conveying line, the outer barrel pot enters a soaking conveying line or a quick conveying line, and each combined pot and each outer barrel pot are conveyed to a decoction area by the quick conveying line or the soaking conveying line according to the decoction process.

The conveying area 300 comprises two conveying lines, namely a rapid conveying line 301 and a soaking conveying line 302. The quick conveying line 301 and the soaking conveying line 302 are both arranged as conveying belts, and the conveying belts are used for conveying the combination pot and the outer barrel pot to the decoction area. The conveying speed of the rapid conveying line 301 is greater than that of the soak conveying line 302, and the path length of the rapid conveying line 301 is smaller than that of the soak conveying line 302. When the combined pot and the outer barrel pot are conveyed along the rapid conveying line 301, the tail end of the conveying area 300 can be rapidly reached, so that the combined pot and the outer barrel pot are transferred to the decocting area 400 for decoction in advance; when the combined pot and the outer barrel pot are conveyed along the soaking conveying line 302, the time can be reserved for soaking the medicinal materials, and in the prescription process of decocting before soaking, the decocting and soaking processes of the medicinal materials are mutually independent and are simultaneously carried out, so that the efficiency of decocting the Chinese medicaments is improved. The intelligent decocting device can be compatible with common decocting processes such as disposable group decocting, first decocting and then decocting, second decocting and the like, and has strong universality.

Specifically, the decoction process is "one-time group decoction", and the combined pot enters a soaking conveying line 302; the decoction process is that the combination pot enters a rapid conveying line 301 after decoction, an outer barrel pot filled with medicinal materials to be decocted in groups enters a soaking conveying line 302, and the outer barrel pot filled with medicinal materials to be decocted in groups enters the soaking conveying line 302 or the rapid conveying line 301; the decoction process is two decoction, the combined pot enters a soaking conveying line 302, and the outer barrel pot enters the soaking conveying line 302 or a quick conveying line 301.

wherein, the decocting area 400 is provided with a plurality of heating positions 401, a transfer waiting position and a transfer mechanism.

Further, the heating positions 401 are used for heating the medicinal materials in a combination pot, and it is noted that each heating position 401 can perform the decocting process of three decocting processes. What kind of decocting process is performed by each heating station 401 is determined by the intelligent decocting system according to the type and quantity of prescription information in real time. It will be appreciated that when no combination boiler is present at a particular heating station 401, the intelligent decoction system is able to schedule combination boilers in any of the decoction processes to that heating station 401. Compared with the specific heating position serving only one decocting process, the utilization rate of the heating position 401 of the intelligent decocting device is improved, and the flexibility of the intelligent decocting device is obviously improved.

Meanwhile, the transfer mechanism has the functions of clamping the combined pot, clamping the outer barrel pot, loading and unloading the barrel cover, dumping the outer barrel pot, RFID reading and writing and the like. The multifunctional device has the advantages that multiple functions are integrated in the transfer mechanism, the number of equipment can be effectively reduced, the utilization rate of space is improved, and the intelligent level of the intelligent decocting device is also improved. Specifically, the transfer mechanism can move the combination pan and the outer barrel pan at the tail end of the conveying area 300 to the decocting area 400, and the transfer mechanism can move the combination pan and the outer barrel pan to the slag pressing and cleaning device 402, and the transfer mechanism can also move the combination pan and the outer barrel pan to the slag separating and weighing device.

In addition, the transfer waiting position can be arranged at the positions of a plurality of heating positions 401, or can be arranged at any position which can be reached by the transfer mechanism, the specific position is set according to the house space where the system is positioned, and the outer barrel pot and the content of the transfer waiting position are in a standby state. In the decocting process of 'first decocting and then descending', when an outer barrel pot filled with medicinal materials to be decocted in groups moves to a decocting area and the first decocting process of a combined pot is not completed, a transferring mechanism moves the outer barrel pot to a transferring waiting position, and medicinal materials to be decocted in groups are added when the first decocting process is completed; in the decocting process of 'first decocting and then descending', when the outer barrel pot filled with the medicinal materials at the back is moved to a decocting area and the decocting process of the combined pot is not finished, the transferring mechanism moves the outer barrel pot to a transferring waiting position, and the medicinal materials at the back are added when the decocting process is finished. In the second-frying process, the outer barrel pot serving as the second-frying pot reaches a frying area and is moved to a transferring waiting position first, and when the first-frying process is completed, the dregs after the first-time frying are put into the second-frying pot.

The prescription process is one-time group decoction, after a combined pot filled with medicinal materials and water reaches a decoction area 400 through a soaking conveying line 302, a transfer mechanism clamps the combined pot onto a heating position 401 distributed by an intelligent decoction system, and the heating position 401 is used for decocting medicinal materials according to the corresponding decoction process. After the decoction is completed, the transfer mechanism clamps the combined pot to the medicine residue separating and weighing device.

The prescription process is 'first decocting and then discharging', a combined pot filled with first decocting materials and water reaches a decocting area 400 through a rapid conveying line 301, a transferring mechanism clamps the combined pot onto a heating position 401 distributed by an intelligent decocting system, and the heating position 401 is used for decocting the medicinal materials according to the decocting process set by the system. After the outer barrel pot filled with the medicinal materials to be decocted in groups reaches the decocting area 400 through the soaking conveying line 302, if the corresponding combined pot is decocted in place according to the requirements, the transferring mechanism opens the pot cover and clamps the outer barrel pot to the combined pot, the medicinal materials and water are poured into the combined pot from the outer barrel pot, the pot cover is covered on the combined pot, and the transferring mechanism moves the outer barrel pot to the decocting area 400 to the conveying belt of the packaging area 600. If the medicinal materials in the combination pot are not decocted in place, the transferring mechanism clamps the outer barrel pot to a transferring waiting position distributed by the intelligent decocting system, and when the combination pot is decocted in place, the transferring mechanism performs actions such as pouring medicines, removing residues and the like, and then moves the outer barrel pot to a conveying belt of the decocting area 400 to the packaging area 600.

After the outer barrel pot filled with the lower medicinal materials reaches the decocting area 400, the transferring mechanism clamps the outer barrel pot to a transfer waiting position allocated by the system. When the combined pot is decocted in place and the rear lower medicinal materials need to be put in, the transferring mechanism opens the pot cover, clamps the outer barrel pot on the combined pot, pours the rear lower medicinal materials into the combined pot, and transfers the outer barrel pot onto the conveying belt of the decocting area 400 to the packaging area 600. After the whole process of decoction before lower is completed, the transfer mechanism clamps the combined pot to the medicine residue separating and weighing device.

The prescription process is "two-frying", namely a frying pan, which is a combined pan filled with medicinal materials and water, and after the medicinal materials reach the decocting area 400 through the soaking conveying line 302, the transferring mechanism clamps the one frying pan onto a heating position 401 allocated by the system, and the heating position 401 is used for decocting the medicinal materials according to the decocting process set by the intelligent decocting system. When the outer tub pan filled with water, namely the secondary frying pan, reaches the frying area 400 through the soaking conveying line 302 or the quick conveying line 301, the transfer mechanism clamps the secondary frying pan to the slag pressing cleaning device 402. The slag pressing and cleaning device 402 lifts the inner barrel pot and the barrel cover of the first frying pot, separates from the first frying pot, and puts the first frying pot into the second frying pot, and the transfer mechanism moves the second frying pot onto the heating position 401 of the frying area 400 for a second frying process. In addition, the transfer mechanism transfers a frying pan to a transfer waiting position distributed by the intelligent decocting system.

Further, when the second decoction is completed as required, the transfer mechanism moves the second decoction pot to a transfer waiting position distributed by the intelligent decoction system, then moves the corresponding first decoction pot to the second decoction pot, and then pours the liquid medicine in the first decoction pot into the second decoction pot. At the same time, an empty frying pan is moved onto the conveyor of the cooking zone 400 to the packaging zone 600. The transfer mechanism clamps the two frying pans to the medicine residue separating and weighing device.

After the decoction process of each decoction process is finished, the transfer mechanism moves the combined pot to a dreg separation weighing device, the dreg separation weighing device separates the liquid medicine from the dreg, the liquid medicine and the outer barrel pot are weighed, when the amount of the liquid medicine is less than the requirement of prescription information, water is supplemented into the combined pot, and the combined pot is turned over and decocted until the amount of the liquid medicine reaches the requirement; the transfer line transfers the outer tub pan and the combination pan containing the liquid medicine to the packing area 600.

Wherein, the decoction area 400 is provided with a dreg separation weighing device, when the medicinal materials are decocted, the combination pot is conveyed to the dreg separation weighing device, and the dreg separation weighing device enables medicinal liquid to fully enter an outer barrel pot of the combination pot by extruding the dreg in an inner barrel pot of the combination pot, and weighs the outer barrel pot together with the medicinal liquid to determine whether the amount of the medicinal liquid meets the requirement of prescription information. If the amount of the liquid medicine is less than the requirement, supplementing a proper amount of water into the combination pot, turning over the medicinal materials, and repeating the process until the amount of the liquid medicine reaches the requirement. It will be appreciated that the drug residue separation weighing means is connected to a conveyor belt which extends to the packaging area 600.

In the packaging area, the liquid medicine is filtered and then added into a medicine charging barrel of a packaging device, the packaging device injects the liquid medicine into a corresponding container to form a finished product, and corresponding information labels are sprayed or attached; the conveying line conveys the combination pot and the outer barrel pot to the cleaning area.

The packaging area 600 is provided with a packaging device, and the packaging device fills the liquid medicine with required weight into corresponding containers, specifically, the corresponding containers can be packaging bags, packaging bottles and the like. Some medicinal liquid and medicinal residues still remain on the empty combination pot and outer barrel pot, and the combination pot and outer barrel pot also need to be conveyed to the cleaning area 700 for cleaning.

A conveyor belt is arranged between the cleaning area 700 and the packaging area 600, and transfers the combination pot and the outer barrel pot to the cleaning area 700 for cleaning. In the cleaning area, the mechanical arm disassembles the combined pot, the cleaning and drying equipment cleans and dries the inner barrel, the barrel cover and the outer barrel respectively, and the conveying line transfers the inner barrel, the barrel cover and the outer barrel to the combined device.

The cleaning area 700 is provided with a manipulator, a cleaning device and a drying device, the manipulator disassembles the combined pot into an inner barrel, an outer barrel and a barrel cover, the inner barrel, the outer barrel and the barrel cover are respectively transferred to the cleaning device for cleaning, and after the cleaning is finished, the manipulator moves the inner barrel, the outer barrel and the barrel cover to the drying device for drying.

Further, the cleaning area 700 is provided with a conveyor belt reaching the assembly area 100, and the cleaned outer tub pan, inner tub pan and tub cover are conveyed to the assembly area 100 again for standby.

In one embodiment, the intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method can comprise, but is not limited to:

In one embodiment, the ballast cleaning may include, but is not limited to:

the intelligent decoction system decides whether to clean the materials in the inner barrel pot according to the characteristics of the medicinal materials when the medicinal materials are discharged after the medicinal materials and the water in the outer barrel pot are poured into the combination pot, if the materials need to be cleaned, the residue cleaning device washes the residue in the outer barrel pot, the residue in the outer barrel pot and the water are poured into the combination pot again for decoction, and the combination pot is transferred to the residue separating and weighing device after the decoction is completed.

Wherein, the decoction zone 400 is provided with a slag pressing and cleaning device 402, and the slag pressing and cleaning device 402 can perform two works: on the one hand, in the process of 'two-decoction', the slag pressing and cleaning device 402 can squeeze the residues in the inner barrel pot after the first-time decoction process is completed, so that the liquid medicine remained in the residues flows back to the first-time decoction pot; on the other hand, in the process of decocting before discharging, the slag pressing and cleaning device 402 can clean the medicinal materials remained in the outer barrel pot, so that the medicinal materials to be decocted in groups and the medicinal materials to be discharged later all enter the combined pot, and the waste of the medicinal materials is avoided.

It will be appreciated that the water used in the cleaning process will drive the ingredients into the combination boiler, and the amount of water used in the cleaning process will also be taken into account in the total amount of water required for the decoction process.

Specifically, the medicinal material types in the prescription information are different. If medicinal materials which are easy to adhere to the inner wall exist in the prescription information, the intelligent decocting system sets that a cleaning process needs to be carried out during production scheduling; if no medicinal materials which are easy to adhere to the inner wall exist in the prescription information, the intelligent decocting system is set to be unnecessary to carry out a cleaning process during production scheduling.

The steps are used for respectively describing the operation modes of the three decocting processes, and the steps actually decocted Cheng Zhongshang can be parallel or the sequence can be changed regardless of the sequence.

Wherein, the working processes of the transferring mechanisms in different decocting processes are different, when the number of heating positions 401 in the decocting area 400 is large, more than one transferring mechanism can be arranged, and the specific number is set according to the scale of the decocting area 400.

Further, the decocting area 400 is further provided with a sliding rail, and the transfer mechanism is arranged on the sliding rail and can slide on the sliding rail, so that the intelligent decocting system can move to a distributed working position.

In an embodiment, the intelligent decoction system may include, but is not limited to:

The man-machine interaction device can adopt a touch screen, and the intelligent decoction system displays information such as prescription information, scheduling information, productivity and the like on the touch screen to guide staff to perform related operations.

an RFID label is attached to the outer wall of the outer barrel pot;

an RFID read-write head is arranged in each functional area;

The intelligent decocting device comprises an RFID tag attached to the outer wall of the outer barrel pot and RFID read-write heads in the functional areas. When the combined pot and the outer pot reach each functional area, the RFID read-write head can identify corresponding prescription information, decoction process and other information by reading the RFID tag, so that corresponding process steps are accurately implemented on the current combined pot and outer pot. Meanwhile, the read-write head can write the process steps and process details of the operation completion into the RFID tag so as to facilitate the identification of the subsequent functional areas and improve the efficiency of traditional Chinese medicine decoction and the qualification rate of finished products.

Specifically, when the transfer mechanism reaches any heating position 401 according to the instruction of the intelligent decocting system, the RFID tag needs to be read and written, so as to ensure the working accuracy of the intelligent decocting device. The intelligent decocting system reads and writes information through the RFID read/write head when reaching the decocting area 400, whether through the quick transfer line 301 or the soak transfer line 302, whether in combination with a pot or an outer tub pot.

In one embodiment, the manual review may include, but is not limited to:

And the staff performs checking by referring to the information read by the RFID read-write head in the manual checking position, and puts medicinal materials into the corresponding combined pot or the outer barrel pot after the checking content is correct. And the staff writes the information into the RFID tag through the RFID read-write head, so that the information is uploaded to the intelligent decocting system.

In one embodiment, automatic water addition may include, but is not limited to:

The water adding area 500 is connected with the dispensing area 200, and when the automatic water adding device of the water adding area 500 receives the instruction of the intelligent decocting system, a set amount of water is automatically added into the corresponding combined pot or the outer barrel pot. When the combined pot and the outer barrel pot reach the water adding area 500, the system reads information through the RFID read-write head, and after water is added, the information is written into the RFID tag through the RFID read-write head.

In one embodiment, the intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method can comprise the following steps:

In the process of decoction, the evaporation condition of the liquid medicine is difficult to quantitatively control, the amount of the liquid medicine is possibly less than the requirement, the amount of the liquid medicine is detected through a medicine residue separation weighing device, and when the amount of the liquid medicine is less than the requirement, a proper amount of water is added through a quantifying device, so that the medicinal materials are turned over and decocted. It will be appreciated that the evaporation of the liquid medicine still occurs during the frying process, and that the amount of water added by the dosing device needs to be greater than the amount of the missing liquid medicine.

In one embodiment, the delivery of the rapid or dip delivery line may include, but is not limited to:

Additionally, in an embodiment, the intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method can comprise, but is not limited to, the following steps:

Wherein, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the slag pressing process, the slag and the liquid medicine need to be separated in the slag pressing process. The medicine residue is in the inner barrel pot, and the inner barrel pot separates the medicine residue from the medicine liquid in a lifting height mode.

Further, two supporting positions with different heights exist on the outer barrel pot, the inner barrel pot is respectively positioned at a supporting position at a relatively low position and a supporting position at a relatively high position in the process of decoction and slag pressing, the switching of the supporting positions of the inner barrel pot is realized by grabbing the inner barrel pot through the slag pressing mechanism, and the process of pressing the dregs is also realized through the slag pressing mechanism.

In the description of the present specification, if a description appears with reference to the term "one embodiment," "some examples," "some embodiments," "an exemplary embodiment," "an example," "a particular example," or "some examples," etc., it is intended that the particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example be included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The embodiments of the present application have been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application.

Claims

1. The intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decocting method is applied to an intelligent decocting device comprising an assembling area, a dispensing area, a water adding area, a conveying area, a decocting area, a packaging area and a cleaning area, wherein the intelligent decocting device is provided with an intelligent decocting system, the assembling area comprises a combination device, the dispensing area comprises a dispensing device, the water adding area comprises an automatic water adding device, the conveying area comprises a rapid conveying line and a soaking conveying line, the decocting area comprises a plurality of heating positions and a transferring waiting position, and the packaging area comprises a packaging device and is characterized in that:

2. The intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method further comprises:

3. The intelligent Chinese medicine decoction method according to claim 1, wherein,

medicinal materials and water in the outer barrel pot are poured into the combined pot, and the combined pot comprises:

4. The intelligent Chinese medicine decoction method according to claim 3, wherein,

the inner barrel pot of the first frying pan and the dregs of the first decoction are put into the second frying pan, and the method comprises the following steps:

5. The intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method according to claim 4, further comprising:

6. The intelligent Chinese medicine decoction method according to claim 1, wherein,

the intelligent decocting system generates a decocting process scheme according to prescription information and performs scheduling according to production conditions, and the intelligent decocting system comprises:

7. The intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method according to claim 4, further comprising:

an RFID label is attached to the outer wall of the outer barrel pot;

an RFID read-write head is arranged in each functional area;

8. The intelligent Chinese medicine decoction method according to claim 7, wherein,

the manual check is performed at the manual rechecking position, and the method comprises the following steps:

9. The intelligent Chinese medicine decoction method according to claim 7, wherein,

the automatic water adding device sets total water quantity according to prescription information and sets the water quantity needed to be added into each combined pot and each outer barrel pot, and the automatic water adding device comprises:

10. The intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method further comprises:

11. The intelligent Chinese medicine decoction method according to claim 7, wherein,

each combination pot, each outer bucket pot are carried to the decoction area by quick transfer chain or soaking transfer chain according to the decoction technology, include:

12. The intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method according to claim 7, further comprising:

13. The intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent traditional Chinese medicine decoction method further comprises: