CN217367236U - Traditional chinese medicine draws uses high-efficient solid-liquid separation machine - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to the technical field of pharmaceutical chemical industry, in particular to a high-efficiency solid-liquid separator for extracting traditional Chinese medicines, which comprises a separation box, wherein a control button is fixed on the surface of the separation box, an opening is formed on one side of the surface of the separation box, a collecting box is placed on the surface of the separation box, one end of the collecting box extends into the opening, a large filter screen is fixed at the top position of the inner wall of the separation box, the large filter screen is in an inclined state, and fixing seats are fixed on the inner walls of the two sides of the separation box; the surface of collecting box is provided with gets puts the mechanism, and the top of fixing base is provided with scrapes the material mechanism, and the inside of fixing base is provided with the material mechanism that shakes. The utility model discloses not only improved the degree of convenience when solid-liquid separation machine uses, improved the work efficiency when solid-liquid separation machine separates, the phenomenon of taking place little filter screen jam when having avoided the solid-liquid separation machine to use moreover.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a pharmaceutical chemical engineering technical field specifically is a high-efficient solid-liquid separation machine is used in traditional chinese medicine extraction.
Background
The traditional Chinese medicine is mainly derived from natural medicines and processed products thereof, including plant medicines, animal medicines, mineral medicines and partial chemical and biological medicines, and liquid in the traditional Chinese medicine is generally extracted by a solid-liquid separator for better and convenient absorption.
Through search, the utility model is named as a solid-liquid separator with patent number 201620986509.2, and comprises a base, a front mounting rack, a rear mounting rack and a solid-liquid separation barrel, the base is provided with a front mounting rack and a rear mounting rack, the front mounting rack and the rear mounting rack are provided with solid-liquid separation cylinders, a feed inlet is arranged on the outer wall of one end of the solid-liquid separation barrel body close to the front mounting rack, a pressing shaft is arranged inside the solid-liquid separation barrel body, the pressing shaft is provided with a pushing blade, one side of the solid-liquid separation cylinder body close to the front mounting rack is provided with a separation motor, and research and analysis show that, although the solid-liquid separator has the advantages of reasonable structure, convenient operation and the like, the solid-liquid separator has some defects to a certain extent, firstly, the solid-liquid separator is complicated when solid medicines are collected, so that the convenience degree of the solid-liquid separator during use is seriously influenced; secondly, the solid-liquid separator is slow in solid-liquid separation, so that the working efficiency of the solid-liquid separator is reduced; and thirdly, the solid-liquid separator is not provided with a material scraping function when in use, so that the phenomenon of filter screen blockage is easily caused when the solid-liquid separator is used.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a traditional chinese medicine draws uses high-efficient solid-liquid separation machine to the degree of convenience when proposing solid-liquid separation machine use among the above-mentioned background art of solution is low, and the practicality is low, and takes place the problem of the phenomenon of filter screen jam.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: a high-efficiency solid-liquid separator for extracting traditional Chinese medicines comprises a separation box, wherein a control button is fixed on the surface of the separation box, a through hole is formed in one side of the surface of the separation box, a collection box is placed on the surface of the separation box, one end of the collection box extends into the through hole, a large filter screen is fixed at the top position of the inner wall of the separation box, the large filter screen is in an inclined state, and fixing seats are fixed on the inner walls of the two sides of the separation box; the surface of collecting box is provided with gets puts the mechanism, and the top of fixing base is provided with scrapes the material mechanism, and the inside of fixing base is provided with the material mechanism that shakes.
Preferably, the guide mouth has all been seted up on the surface of separator box and collecting box, and is linked together between the guide mouth to the guide mouth is located one side of big filter screen bottom, and the fixed surface of separator box has the sealing washer, and the sealing washer contacts with the collecting box, avoids the water seepage, and the bottom of collecting box is inlayed and is had the filter screen, and the inside log raft of collecting box of being convenient for discharges, is provided with little filter screen between the fixing base, and little filter screen is located the below of big filter screen.
Preferably, the pick-and-place mechanism is internally provided with a concave block, an installation sheet, a positioning column and a convex block, the installation sheet is respectively welded on two sides of the top of the collection box, the positioning column is fixed on one side of the top of the separation box and is matched with the installation sheet, the convex block is fixed on the corner of the bottom of the collection box, the concave block is fixed on the surface of the separation box, and the concave block is matched with the convex block in a clamping manner.
Preferably, the inside of scraping the material mechanism is provided with adjusting screw, the guide post, fixed frame, the regulating plate, sticis spring and scraper blade, the guide post passes through the support frame to be fixed in one side of fixing base, one side on separator box surface is connected with adjusting screw through the bearing, and adjusting screw's one end run through the separator box and with the mutual normal running fit of inner wall of separator box, adjusting screw overlaps with the surface of guide post and is equipped with the regulating plate, and regulating plate and the mutual screw-thread fit of adjusting screw, and regulating plate and the mutual sliding fit of guide post.
Preferably, the bottom of the adjusting plate is fixed with a fixing frame, the inner wall of the fixing frame is fixed with a pressing spring, the bottom of the pressing spring is fixed with a scraper, and the scraper and the fixing frame are in sliding fit with each other and used for scraping materials.
Preferably, the material mechanism that shakes is by the slide, the spout, extend spring and electric putter and constitute, the spout is seted up in one side of fixing base, and the inside of spout is provided with the slide, and slide and the mutual sliding fit of spout, and simultaneously, the surface of slide and the surperficial looks fixed connection of little filter screen, the fixed surface of slide has the extension spring, and the one end of extending the spring and the inner wall looks fixed connection of spout, electric putter installs the inside at the fixing base, and electric putter's input and control button's output electric connection, and electric putter's output and the bottom fixed connection of slide.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that: the high-efficiency solid-liquid separator for extracting the traditional Chinese medicine not only improves the convenience degree of the solid-liquid separator during use and improves the working efficiency of the solid-liquid separator during separation, but also avoids the phenomenon that a small filter screen is blocked when the solid-liquid separator is used;
1. the collecting box is placed on one side of the separating box through the taking and placing mechanism, the mounting pieces are sleeved on the surfaces of the positioning columns, then the collecting box is pressed, and the convex blocks are clamped on the surfaces of the concave blocks, so that the collecting box is fixed, the function that the collecting box is conveniently taken and placed by the solid-liquid separator is realized, and the convenience degree of the solid-liquid separator in use is improved;
2. the material vibrating mechanism is arranged to control the electric push rod to work, the sliding plate is driven to move up and down under the action of the electric push rod and the extension spring, the through holes are driven to move synchronously, so that the liquid medicine is rapidly subjected to solid-liquid separation, and the sliding plate can be guided under the action of the sliding groove, so that the material vibrating function of the solid-liquid separator is realized, and the working efficiency of the solid-liquid separator during separation is improved;
3. through being provided with scraping mechanism, rotatory adjusting screw, make adjusting screw drive the regulating plate and remove, and lead to the regulating plate under the effect of guide post, at this moment, the scraper blade contacts with little filter screen surface all the time under compression spring's thrust effect, drive scraper blade synchronous motion when the regulating plate motion, make the medicine that the scraper blade will little filter screen surface push away to the opening below, and the accessible opening takes out the medicine, the material function of scraping of solid-liquid separation machine has been realized, thereby the phenomenon of little filter screen jam has taken place when having avoided solid-liquid separation machine to use.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional appearance structure of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of the front view cross-sectional structure of the present invention;
fig. 3 is an enlarged structural schematic diagram of the material vibrating mechanism of the present invention;
fig. 4 is an enlarged schematic structural view of the scraping mechanism of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a separation tank; 101. a collection box; 102. a control button; 103. a fixed seat; 104. a large filter screen; 105. a material guide port; 106. a filter screen; 107. a port; 108. a small filter screen; 2. a pick and place mechanism; 201. a concave block; 202. mounting a sheet; 203. a positioning column; 204. a bump; 3. a scraping mechanism; 301. adjusting the screw rod; 302. a guide post; 303. a fixing frame; 304. an adjusting plate; 305. a compression spring; 306. a squeegee; 4. a material vibrating mechanism; 401. a slide plate; 402. a chute; 403. an extension spring; 404. an electric push rod.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all embodiments, and furthermore, the terms "first", "second", "third", "upper, lower, left, right", and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. Meanwhile, in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "connected" and "connected" should be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; the connection can be mechanical connection or electrical connection; can be directly connected with each other, also can be indirectly connected with each other through the intermediary, based on the embodiment in the utility model, all other embodiments that ordinary skilled in the art obtained under the prerequisite of not making creative work all belong to the scope of protection of the utility model.
The structure of the high-efficiency solid-liquid separator for extracting traditional Chinese medicine provided by the utility model is shown in figure 1 and figure 2, which comprises a separation box 1, a control button 102 is fixed on the surface of the separation box 1, the model of the control button 102 can be LA series, a port 107 is arranged on one side of the surface of the separation box 1, a collection box 101 is arranged on the surface of the separation box 1, one end of the collection box 101 extends to the inside of the port 107, a large filter screen 104 is fixed at the top position of the inner wall of the separation box 1, the large filter screen 104 is in an inclined state, fixing seats 103 are fixed on the inner walls of two sides of the separation box 1, a small filter screen 108 is arranged between the fixing seats 103, the small filter screen 108 is positioned below the large filter screen 104, material guide ports 105 are arranged on the surfaces of the separation box 1 and the collection box 101, the material guide ports 105 are communicated, the material guide ports 105 are positioned on one side of the bottom of the large filter screen 104, a sealing ring is fixed on the surface of the separation box 1, and the sealing washer contacts with collecting box 101, avoids the water seepage, and the bottom of collecting box 101 is inlayed and is had filter screen 106, the inside water discharge of collecting box 101 of being convenient for.
Further, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the surface of the collection box 101 is provided with a pick-and-place mechanism 2, the pick-and-place mechanism 2 includes a concave block 201, a mounting plate 202, a positioning column 203 and a convex block 204 inside, the mounting plate 202 is respectively welded on two sides of the top of the collection box 101, the positioning column 203 is fixed on one side of the top of the separation box 1, the positioning column 203 and the mounting plate 202 are mutually matched, the convex block 204 is fixed on the corner of the bottom of the collection box 101, the concave block 201 is fixed on the surface of the separation box 1, and the concave block 201 and the convex block 204 are mutually clamped and matched.
When the collecting box 101 is used, the collecting box 101 is placed on one side of the separation box 1, the mounting piece 202 is sleeved on the surface of the positioning column 203, then the collecting box 101 is pressed, the convex block 204 is clamped on the surface of the concave block 201, and therefore the collecting box 101 is fixed, and the function that the collecting box 101 is convenient to take and place by the solid-liquid separator is achieved.
Further, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, a scraping mechanism 3 is disposed above the fixing base 103, and an adjusting screw 301, a guiding post 302, a fixing frame 303, an adjusting plate 304, a pressing spring 305 and a scraper 306 are disposed inside the scraping mechanism 3, the guiding post 302 is fixed on one side of the fixing base 103 through a supporting frame, one side of the surface of the separation box 1 is connected with the adjusting screw 301 through a bearing, one end of the adjusting screw 301 penetrates through the separation box 1 and is rotatably matched with the inner wall of the separation box 1, the adjusting plate 304 is sleeved on the surfaces of the adjusting screw 301 and the guiding post 302, the adjusting plate 304 is in threaded fit with the adjusting screw 301, the adjusting plate 304 is in sliding fit with the guiding post 302, the fixing frame 303 is fixed at the bottom of the adjusting plate 304, the pressing spring 305 is fixed on the inner wall of the fixing frame 303, the scraper 306 is fixed at the bottom of the pressing spring 305, and the scraper 306 is in sliding fit with the fixing frame 303, used for scraping.
When the material scraping device is used, the adjusting screw 301 is rotated, the adjusting screw 301 drives the adjusting plate 304 to move under the threaded fit with the adjusting plate 304, the adjusting plate 304 is guided under the action of the guide column 302, at the moment, the scraper 306 is always contacted with the surface of the small filter screen 108 under the thrust action of the compression spring 305, the scraper 306 is driven to synchronously move when the adjusting plate 304 moves, the scraper 306 pushes the medicine on the surface of the small filter screen 108 to the lower part of the through hole 107, and the medicine can be taken out through the through hole 107, so that the material scraping function of the solid-liquid separator is realized.
Further, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, a material vibrating mechanism 4 is disposed inside the fixing base 103, and the material vibrating mechanism 4 is composed of a sliding plate 401, a sliding groove 402, an extension spring 403 and an electric push rod 404, the sliding groove 402 is disposed on one side of the fixing base 103, the sliding plate 401 is disposed inside the sliding groove 402, the sliding plate 401 and the sliding groove 402 are in sliding fit with each other, meanwhile, the surface of the sliding plate 401 is fixedly connected with the surface of the small filter screen 108, the extension spring 403 is fixed on the surface of the sliding plate 401, one end of the extension spring 403 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the sliding groove 402, the electric push rod 404 is mounted inside the fixing base 103, the model of the electric push rod 404 can be TA series, the input end of the electric push rod 404 is electrically connected with the output end of the control button 102, and the output end of the electric push rod 404 is fixedly connected with the bottom of the sliding plate 401.
When the device is used, the control button 102 is operated, the control button 102 controls the electric push rod 404 to work, the electric push rod 404 and the extension spring 403 drive the sliding plate 401 to move up and down to drive the through hole 107 to move synchronously, so that liquid medicine can be rapidly separated from solid and liquid medicine, and the sliding plate 401 can be guided under the action of the sliding groove 402, so that the material vibrating function of the solid-liquid separator is realized.
The working principle is as follows: when the collecting box 101 is used, the collecting box 101 is firstly placed on one side of the separation box 1, the mounting piece 202 is sleeved on the surface of the positioning column 203, then the collecting box 101 is pressed, the convex block 204 is clamped on the surface of the concave block 201, the collecting box 101 is fixed, the function that the collecting box 101 is convenient to take and place by the solid-liquid separator is achieved, and the convenience degree of the solid-liquid separator in use is improved.
The liquid medicine of will waiting to separate later pours into separator box 1 inside to carry out the primary separation under the effect of big filter screen 104, make large granule medicine get into inside collecting box 101 through guide opening 105, avoid the seepage under the effect of separator box 1 one side sealing washer, and discharge the inside water of collecting box 101 back to separator box 1 inside through port 107 under the effect of filter screen 106, can carry out the secondary separation to the liquid medicine afterwards under the effect of little filter screen 108.
Then, the control button 102 is operated, so that the control button 102 controls the electric push rod 404 to work, the sliding plate 401 is driven to move up and down under the action of the electric push rod 404 and the extension spring 403, the through hole 107 is driven to move synchronously, the liquid medicine is rapidly subjected to solid-liquid separation, and the sliding plate 401 can be guided under the action of the sliding groove 402, so that the material vibrating function of the solid-liquid separator is realized, and the working efficiency of the solid-liquid separator during separation is improved.
After the liquid medicine is separated, the collecting box 101 can be taken away from the surface of the separation box 1, the liquid can be discharged through a liquid discharge pipe at the bottom of the separation box 1, meanwhile, the adjusting screw 301 can be rotated, the adjusting screw 301 is matched with the adjusting plate 304 through threads, the adjusting plate 304 is driven to move, the adjusting plate 304 is guided under the action of the guide column 302, at the moment, the scraper 306 is always contacted with the surface of the small filter screen 108 under the thrust action of the pressing spring 305, the scraper 306 is driven to synchronously move when the adjusting plate 304 moves, the medicine on the surface of the small filter screen 108 is pushed to the lower side of the through opening 107 through the scraper 306, the medicine can be taken out through the through opening 107, the material scraping function of the solid-liquid separator is realized, the phenomenon that the small filter screen 108 is blocked when the solid-liquid separator is used is avoided, and the use work of the solid-liquid separator is finally completed.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that the invention is not restricted to details of the above-described exemplary embodiments, but that it can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
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1. The utility model provides a traditional chinese medicine draws uses high-efficient solid-liquid separation machine, includes separator box (1), its characterized in that: a control button (102) is fixed on the surface of the separation box (1), a through hole (107) is formed in one side of the surface of the separation box (1), a collection box (101) is placed on the surface of the separation box (1), one end of the collection box (101) extends into the through hole (107), a large filter screen (104) is fixed at the top of the inner wall of the separation box (1), the large filter screen (104) is in an inclined state, and fixing seats (103) are fixed on the inner walls of two sides of the separation box (1); the surface of the collecting box (101) is provided with a taking and placing mechanism (2), a scraping mechanism (3) is arranged above the fixed seat (103), and a vibrating mechanism (4) is arranged inside the fixed seat (103).
2. The efficient solid-liquid separator for extracting traditional Chinese medicine according to claim 1, characterized in that: guide mouth (105) have all been seted up on the surface of separator box (1) and collecting box (101), and are linked together between guide mouth (105) to guide mouth (105) are located one side of big filter screen (104) bottom, the fixed surface of separator box (1) has the sealing washer, and the sealing washer contacts with collecting box (101), avoids the water seepage, the bottom of collecting box (101) is inlayed and is had filter screen (106), is convenient for the inside water discharge of collecting box (101), be provided with little filter screen (108) between fixing base (103), and little filter screen (108) are located the below of big filter screen (104).
3. The efficient solid-liquid separator for extracting traditional Chinese medicine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the inside of the pick-and-place mechanism (2) comprises concave blocks (201), installation sheets (202), positioning columns (203) and convex blocks (204), the installation sheets (202) are respectively welded on two sides of the top of the collection box (101), the positioning columns (203) are fixed on one sides of the top of the separation box (1), the positioning columns (203) are matched with the installation sheets (202), the convex blocks (204) are fixed on the corner positions of the bottom of the collection box (101), the concave blocks (201) are fixed on the surface of the separation box (1), and the concave blocks (201) are in clamping fit with the convex blocks (204).
4. The efficient solid-liquid separator for extracting traditional Chinese medicine according to claim 1, characterized in that: scrape the inside of material mechanism (3) and be provided with adjusting screw (301), guide post (302), fixed frame (303), regulating plate (304), sticis spring (305) and scraper blade (306), one side at fixing base (103) is fixed through the support frame in guide post (302), one side on separator box (1) surface is connected with adjusting screw (301) through the bearing, and the one end of adjusting screw (301) run through separator box (1) and with the inner wall rotation fit each other of separator box (1), adjusting screw (301) and the surperficial cover of guide post (302) are equipped with regulating plate (304), and regulating plate (304) and the mutual screw-thread fit of adjusting screw (301) to regulating plate (304) and guide post (302) sliding fit each other.
5. The efficient solid-liquid separator for extracting traditional Chinese medicine according to claim 4, characterized in that: the bottom of regulating plate (304) is fixed with fixed frame (303), and the inner wall of fixed frame (303) is fixed with sticiss spring (305), the bottom that sticiss spring (305) is fixed with scraper blade (306), and scraper blade (306) and fixed frame (303) sliding fit each other for scrape the material.
6. The efficient solid-liquid separator for extracting traditional Chinese medicine according to claim 1, characterized in that: shake material mechanism (4) and constitute by slide (401), spout (402), extension spring (403) and electric putter (404), spout (402) are seted up in one side of fixing base (103), and the inside of spout (402) is provided with slide (401), and slide (401) and spout (402) sliding fit each other, simultaneously, the surface of slide (401) and the surface looks fixed connection of little filter screen (108), the fixed surface of slide (401) has extension spring (403), and the one end of extending spring (403) and the inner wall looks fixed connection of spout (402), electric putter (404) are installed in the inside of fixing base (103), and the input of electric putter (404) and the output electric connection of control button (102) to the output of electric putter (404) and the bottom fixed connection of slide (401).
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