阅读说明：本技术 一种中药精粹方法及其专用精粹装置 (Traditional Chinese medicine essence method and special essence device thereof ) 是由 李乔 于 2021-07-09 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种中药精粹方法及专用精粹装置,使得在中药材料的研磨过程中,使得中药材料始终处于冷却状态,这样充分避免了中药材料丧失药效的问题出现,其充分研磨后,确保中药材料充分溶解在纯净水内,并且可通过压榨精粹装置将药渣与药液充分分离。本发明减少了设备的投入,实现了清洗、烘干及研磨一体化作业,并且在对中药材料研磨的过程中,使得中药材料处于较冷的环境中,进而避免了药效丧失的情况发生。本发明适用于中药处理及提纯浓缩的技术领域。(The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine essence method and a special essence device, which can ensure that the traditional Chinese medicine materials are always in a cooling state in the grinding process of the traditional Chinese medicine materials, thus fully avoiding the problem of the loss of the efficacy of the traditional Chinese medicine materials, ensure that the traditional Chinese medicine materials are fully dissolved in purified water after being fully ground, and fully separate the dregs from the liquid medicine by a squeezing and essence device. The invention reduces the investment of equipment, realizes the integrated operation of cleaning, drying and grinding, and enables the traditional Chinese medicine materials to be in a cooler environment in the process of grinding the traditional Chinese medicine materials, thereby avoiding the situation of medicine effect loss. The invention is suitable for the technical field of traditional Chinese medicine treatment, purification and concentration.)

1. The method for refining the traditional Chinese medicine is characterized by comprising the following steps of:

s1, putting the traditional Chinese medicine material into a charging barrel of the traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device, driving the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to move oppositely until the traditional Chinese medicine material is positioned at the middle sealing barrel position of the charging barrel, and then installing an end cover at the upper end of the charging barrel;

s2, performing cold grinding on the traditional Chinese medicine material in the middle sealing cylinder, namely, enabling a cooling medium to enter a space between the cylindrical shell and the charging cylinder through the inlet pipe joint, and discharging the cooling medium through the outlet pipe joint after the cooling medium passes through the lower hole cylinder and the upper hole cylinder; starting the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to grind the traditional Chinese medicine material;

s3, controlling the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to gradually approach each other along with the grinding, so that the traditional Chinese medicine material is ground into powder;

s4, stopping supplying the cooling medium after finishing grinding, and discharging the cooling medium in the charging barrel and the cylindrical shell;

s5, purified water enters a space between the cylindrical shell and the charging barrel through the inlet pipe joint, the inlet pipe joint is connected with the outlet pipe joint through a pipeline provided with a circulating pump, and the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism are controlled to move to the lower end of the lower hole barrel and the upper end of the upper hole barrel respectively;

s6, dissolving the traditional Chinese medicine material powder, namely, starting a circulating pump to forcibly circulate the liquid in the traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device;

s7, after the traditional Chinese medicine material powder is fully dissolved, closing the circulating pump, connecting the outlet pipe joint with the inlet of the special crushing device, injecting the liquid medicine into a squeezing filter bag of the squeezing crushing device, and then closing the inlet of the squeezing crushing device;

s8, starting a squeezing motor, driving the squeezing filter bag to rotate and gradually twist the squeezing filter bag, gradually squeezing the inside of the squeezing filter bag out of the squeezing filter bag, and leaving the dregs in the squeezing filter bag;

s9, repeatedly squeezing the liquid medicine or dregs of a decoction in the squeezing filter bag for multiple times;

and S10, after squeezing is finished, cleaning the squeezing filter bag for the next use.

2. The method for refining traditional Chinese medicine according to claim 1, which is characterized in that: in step S5, an electric heater is installed on the pipe connecting the inlet pipe joint and the outlet pipe joint.

3. The method for refining traditional Chinese medicine according to claim 1, which is characterized in that: in step S6, the upper polishing mechanism is controlled to rotate continuously or intermittently and move up and down during the forced circulation of the liquid in the apparatus for purifying and concentrating the traditional Chinese medicine.

4. The method for refining traditional Chinese medicine according to claim 1, which is characterized in that: in step S7, a plurality of different chemical solutions are injected into the squeeze filter bag at a predetermined ratio, and the squeezed chemical solutions are sufficiently mixed during the squeezing of the chemical solutions.

5. A special essence device for traditional Chinese medicine essence is characterized in that: comprises a traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device and a squeezing and refining device, wherein the inlet of the squeezing and refining device is connected with the outlet of the traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device.

6. The special essence device for traditional Chinese medicine essence of claim 5, wherein: the squeezing and refining device comprises a plurality of squeezing filter bags arranged in a squeezing kettle, the upper end of each squeezing filter bag is rotatably connected with the top cover of the squeezing kettle, the lower ends of the squeezing filter bags are detachably connected onto a bottom cover, the bottom cover is movably connected to the lower portion of the squeezing kettle and is driven by a lifting mechanism to move vertically, the upper ends of the squeezing filter bags are in transmission connection with a squeezing motor through a transmission mechanism, and the squeezing motor is arranged on the top cover.

7. The special crushing device for crushing traditional Chinese medicines according to claim 6, which is characterized in that: the transmission mechanism comprises a plurality of transmission gears which are rotatably arranged on the top cover, the upper ends of the squeezing filter bags are detachably connected to the corresponding transmission gears, driving gears are coaxially arranged on output shafts of squeezing motors, and the transmission gears are meshed with the driving gears.

8. The special crushing device for crushing traditional Chinese medicines according to claim 6, which is characterized in that: the squeezing filter bag comprises an upper connecting part and a lower connecting part, a middle squeezing part is constructed between the upper connecting part and the lower connecting part, and the radial length of the middle squeezing part gradually increases from two ends to the middle of the middle squeezing part.

9. The special crushing device for crushing traditional Chinese medicines according to claim 6, which is characterized in that: and an assembly concave cavity is formed on the bottom cover and corresponds to the lower end of each filter press bag, the lower end of each filter press bag is fixedly connected into the assembly concave cavity, and the lower end of the assembly concave cavity is communicated with a residue discharge pipe provided with a residue discharge valve.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicine treatment and purification concentration, and particularly relates to a traditional Chinese medicine crushing method and a special crushing device thereof.

Background

At present, when impurities and dirt on the surfaces of traditional Chinese medicines are treated, the traditional Chinese medicine materials need to be placed in a cleaning tank for washing, and the cleaned traditional Chinese medicine materials need to be dried through a dryer. The dried traditional Chinese medicine materials generally need to be stored, or the drug effect is purified and concentrated according to specific requirements. When the traditional Chinese medicine materials need to be purified and concentrated, the conventional means is to crush the traditional Chinese medicine materials into small pieces or grind the traditional Chinese medicine materials into powder, and extract the effective components in the traditional Chinese medicine materials by soaking or decocting. Therefore, the dregs of a decoction need to be removed, and the method generally adopted is to use a filtering device to separate the dregs of a decoction from the liquid medicine, so that on one hand, the filtering effect is poor, and on the other hand, because the filtered dregs of a decoction are in a wet state and contain a large amount of liquid medicine, the part of liquid medicine is difficult to separate, and further waste is caused. Therefore, the prior art adopts more equipment for processing, purifying and concentrating the traditional Chinese medicine materials, and in the process of crushing the traditional Chinese medicine materials, because the traditional Chinese medicine materials are ground by adopting equipment such as a grinder, a large amount of heat is generated in the grinding process, and the drug effect of part of the traditional Chinese medicine materials is ineffective.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a traditional Chinese medicine refining method and a special refining device thereof, which are used for reducing the investment of equipment, realizing the integrated operation of cleaning, drying and grinding, and enabling traditional Chinese medicine materials to be in a cooler environment in the process of grinding the traditional Chinese medicine materials so as to avoid the situation of medicine effect loss.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:

a method for refining traditional Chinese medicines comprises the following steps:

s1, putting the traditional Chinese medicine material into a charging barrel of the traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device, driving the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to move oppositely until the traditional Chinese medicine material is positioned at the middle sealing barrel position of the charging barrel, and then installing an end cover at the upper end of the charging barrel;

s2, performing cold grinding on the traditional Chinese medicine material in the middle sealing cylinder, namely, enabling a cooling medium to enter a space between the cylindrical shell and the charging cylinder through the inlet pipe joint, and discharging the cooling medium through the outlet pipe joint after the cooling medium passes through the lower hole cylinder and the upper hole cylinder; starting the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to grind the traditional Chinese medicine material;

s3, controlling the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to gradually approach each other along with the grinding, so that the traditional Chinese medicine material is ground into powder;

s4, stopping supplying the cooling medium after finishing grinding, and discharging the cooling medium in the charging barrel and the cylindrical shell;

s5, purified water enters a space between the cylindrical shell and the charging barrel through the inlet pipe joint, the inlet pipe joint is connected with the outlet pipe joint through a pipeline provided with a circulating pump, and the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism are controlled to move to the lower end of the lower hole barrel and the upper end of the upper hole barrel respectively;

s6, dissolving the traditional Chinese medicine material powder, namely, starting a circulating pump to forcibly circulate the liquid in the traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device;

s7, after the traditional Chinese medicine material powder is fully dissolved, closing the circulating pump, connecting the outlet pipe joint with the inlet of the special crushing device, injecting the liquid medicine into a squeezing filter bag of the squeezing crushing device, and then closing the inlet of the squeezing crushing device;

s8, starting a squeezing motor, driving the squeezing filter bag to rotate and gradually twist the squeezing filter bag, gradually squeezing the inside of the squeezing filter bag out of the squeezing filter bag, and leaving the dregs in the squeezing filter bag;

s9, repeatedly squeezing the liquid medicine or dregs of a decoction in the squeezing filter bag for multiple times;

and S10, after squeezing is finished, cleaning the squeezing filter bag for the next use.

Further, in step S5, an electric heater is installed on the pipe connecting the inlet pipe joint and the outlet pipe joint.

Further, in step S6, the upper polishing mechanism is controlled to rotate continuously or intermittently and move up and down during the forced circulation of the liquid in the traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device.

Further, in step S7, a plurality of different chemical solutions are injected into the squeeze filter bag in a predetermined ratio, and the squeezed chemical solutions are sufficiently mixed during the squeezing of the chemical solutions.

The invention also discloses a special Chinese medicine refining device which comprises a Chinese medicine purifying and concentrating device and a squeezing and refining device, wherein the inlet of the squeezing and refining device is connected with the outlet of the Chinese medicine purifying and concentrating device.

Furthermore, the squeezing and refining device comprises a plurality of squeezing filter bags arranged in a squeezing kettle, the upper end of each squeezing filter bag is rotatably connected with a top cover of the squeezing kettle, the lower end of each squeezing filter bag is detachably connected to a bottom cover, the bottom cover is movably connected to the lower part of the squeezing kettle and is driven by a lifting mechanism to move vertically, the upper ends of the squeezing filter bags are in transmission connection with a squeezing motor through a transmission mechanism, and the squeezing motor is arranged on the top cover.

Furthermore, the transmission mechanism comprises a plurality of transmission gears which are rotatably arranged on the top cover, the upper ends of the squeezing filter bags are detachably connected to the corresponding transmission gears, driving gears are coaxially arranged on output shafts of the squeezing motors, and the transmission gears are meshed with the driving gears.

Furthermore, the squeezing filter bag comprises an upper connecting part and a lower connecting part, a middle squeezing part is constructed between the upper connecting part and the lower connecting part, and the radial length of the middle squeezing part gradually increases from two ends to the middle of the middle squeezing part.

Furthermore, an assembly concave cavity is formed in the position, corresponding to the lower end of each squeezing filter bag, on the bottom cover, the lower end of each squeezing filter bag is fixedly connected into the assembly concave cavity, and the lower end of the assembly concave cavity is communicated with a residue discharge pipe provided with a residue discharge valve.

Due to the adoption of the structure, compared with the prior art, the invention has the technical progress that: in the grinding process of the traditional Chinese medicine materials, the traditional Chinese medicine materials are always in a cooling state, so that the problem that the traditional Chinese medicine materials lose efficacy is fully avoided, the traditional Chinese medicine materials are fully dissolved in purified water after being fully ground, and the medicine residues and the liquid medicine can be fully separated by a squeezing and smashing device; the traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device can be divided into three functions, and the three functions can be mutually independent or mutually combined; the first function is cleaning, namely, the traditional Chinese medicine material with soil or dust is put into the charging barrel, then the inlet pipe joint is connected with cleaning water, the charging barrel is controlled to rotate, the cleaning water cleans the traditional Chinese medicine material in the charging barrel, in order to improve the cleaning efficiency, the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism can be controlled to move vertically in a clearance mode and rotate reversely, the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism are controlled to change and turn after a period of time, and after the change and turn, the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism are still in a reverse rotation state, so that impurities such as soil and the like attached to the traditional Chinese medicine material are fully removed and discharged through the outlet pipe joint; the second function is drying, namely, putting wet traditional Chinese medicine materials into the charging barrel, or emptying the cleaning water of the cylindrical shell and the charging barrel after cleaning, then communicating the cleaning water with hot air through an inlet pipe joint, and controlling the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to act according to the mode in the first function, so that the traditional Chinese medicine materials in the charging barrel can act at 360 degrees without dead angles, and can be fully dried; the third function is grinding, the grinding is divided into three grinding precisions, namely corresponding coarse grinding, fine grinding and fine grinding, wherein the coarse grinding and the fine grinding are respectively finished in the lower hole cylinder and the upper hole cylinder, when the two grinding are finished, the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism are required to be controlled to be simultaneously positioned in the lower hole cylinder or the upper hole cylinder, the two grinding modes generate less heat, the cooling is generally realized by adopting an air cooling mode, namely, cold air enters through an inlet pipe joint and is discharged through an outlet pipe joint, and the traditional Chinese medicine powder taken away by the cold air is collected by a bag-type dust collector, so that the waste is avoided; the fine grinding needs to control the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to be positioned in the middle sealing cylinder and finely grind the traditional Chinese medicine materials, the heat generated by the fine grinding is large, and the generated heat needs to be replaced in a water cooling mode, so that cooling water needs to enter from an inlet pipe joint and be discharged from an outlet pipe joint, and the traditional Chinese medicine components are positioned in the middle sealing cylinder and are isolated from the outside through the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism, so that in the process of being fully cooled, the contact with the cooling water is avoided, the grinding efficiency is improved, and the pollution of the traditional Chinese medicine powder is avoided; in conclusion, the invention reduces the investment of equipment, realizes the integrated operation of cleaning, drying and grinding, and enables the traditional Chinese medicine materials to be in a cooler environment in the process of grinding the traditional Chinese medicine materials, thereby avoiding the situation of drug effect loss.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for purifying and concentrating a drug in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the apparatus for purifying and concentrating a drug in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the axial structure of the apparatus for purifying and concentrating a drug in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the portion A in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional axial view of the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism of the apparatus for purifying and concentrating crude drug according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view of the structure of the vertical rod connected to the lower grinding member of the apparatus for purifying and concentrating a drug in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a lower grinding mechanism of the apparatus for purifying and concentrating traditional Chinese medicine according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the lower grinding mechanism of the apparatus for purifying and concentrating crude drug according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 8 at another angle;

fig. 10 is a sectional view showing an axial structure of another drug purifying and concentrating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of an upper grinding body of the apparatus for purifying and concentrating a drug in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 11 from another angle;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the cartridge of the apparatus for purifying and concentrating a drug in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing the radial structure of the apparatus for purifying and concentrating a drug in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a press refiner apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 15 from another angle;

fig. 17 is an axial structural sectional view of a press refiner in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 18 is a schematic structural view of the press refiner apparatus without the lifting mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 19 is a schematic structural view illustrating a bottom cover and a pressing kettle of the crushing and refining device after a lifting mechanism is removed;

FIG. 20 is a schematic structural diagram of the connection of the squeezing filter bag, the transmission gear and the bottom cover in the squeezing and crushing device in the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view of the axial structure of FIG. 20;

FIG. 22 is an enlarged view of the portion B of FIG. 21;

FIG. 23 is an enlarged view of the structure of the portion C in FIG. 21;

FIG. 24 is an exploded view of the structure of FIG. 20;

fig. 25 is a schematic structural view of a press filter bag in the press refiner apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Labeling components: 100-first half cartridge housing, 101-second half cartridge housing, 102-blocking flange, 103-second drive rod, 104-parting bead, 105-lower bore cartridge, 106-middle seal cartridge, 107-upper bore cartridge, 108-lower bore, 109-middle bore, 110-upper bore, 111-medium inlet lower bore, 112-medium inlet middle bore, 113-medium inlet upper bore, 114-medium outlet lower bore, 115-medium outlet middle bore, 116-medium outlet upper bore, 117-inlet coupling, 118-outlet coupling, 119-end cap, 120-external gear ring, 121-upper grinding body, 122-stirring bar, 123-first rib, 124-first drive rod, 125-first forward/reverse inverter motor, 126-first motor mount, 127-a first guide rail, 128-a lower grinding body, 129-a second convex strip, 130-a guide sealing sleeve, 131-a guide hole, 132-a mounting disc, 133-a channel, 134-a vertical rod, 135-a through hole, 136-a limiting groove, 137-a limiting bulge, 138-a first plug socket, 139-a guide pipe, 140-a first plug connector, 141-a connecting flange, 142-a second plug connector, 143-a second forward and reverse rotation variable frequency motor, 144-a motor shaft, 145-a second plug socket, 146-a second motor base, 147-a second guide rail, 148-a 149-a switching sleeve, 150-a conducting hole uniform distribution cavity, 151-a liquid inlet connector, 152-a gas inlet connector, 200-a squeezing kettle, 201-a transmission gear, 202-a connecting sleeve and 203-an assembly groove, 204-a gland, 205-a feed inlet joint, 206-a sealing cap, 207-a middle pressing part, 208-an upper connecting part, 209-an upper fixing edge, 210-a lower connecting part, 211-an inner lining ring, 212-a bottom cover, 213-an assembly cavity, 214-a residue discharge pipe, 215-a residue discharge valve, 216-a top cover, 217-a pressing motor, 218-a driving gear, 219-a fixing flange, 220-a converging bucket, 221-a discharge pipe, 222-a discharge valve, 223-a guide sealing edge, 224-a guide notch, 225-a guide strip, 226-a lifting rod, 227-a support plate and 228-a connecting rod.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the preferred embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration and explanation only and are not intended to limit the present invention.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device, which comprises a cylindrical shell, a charging barrel, an upper grinding mechanism and a lower grinding mechanism, wherein the charging barrel is arranged in the cylindrical shell, the axes of the charging barrel and the charging barrel are superposed, the charging barrel can be driven by power equipment to rotate in the cylindrical shell, the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism are respectively assembled in the charging barrel, the upper grinding mechanism is positioned right above the lower grinding mechanism, and the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism can move along the vertical direction. As shown in fig. 13, the cartridge includes a lower hole tube 105, a middle sealing tube 106 and an upper hole tube 107, the lower hole tube 105, the middle sealing tube 106 and the upper hole tube 107 are sequentially and fixedly connected together from bottom to top, the interiors of the lower hole tube 105, the middle sealing tube 106 and the upper hole tube 107 are respectively a lower inner cavity 108, a middle inner cavity 109 and an upper inner cavity 110, and the traditional Chinese medicine material can be located in at least one of the lower inner cavity 108, the middle inner cavity 109 and the upper inner cavity 110. Further, the upper end of the upper hole cylinder 107 is closed by an end cap 119, and an inlet pipe joint 117 and an outlet pipe joint 118 are formed on the peripheral wall of the cylindrical casing, the inlet pipe joint 117 and the outlet pipe joint 118 being disposed opposite to each other. The working principle and the advantages of the invention are as follows: the invention can be divided into three functions, and the three functions can be mutually independent or mutually combined; the first function is cleaning, namely, putting the traditional Chinese medicine material with soil or dust into the charging barrel, connecting an inlet pipe joint 117 with cleaning water, controlling the charging barrel to rotate, and cleaning the traditional Chinese medicine material in the charging barrel by the cleaning water, in order to improve the cleaning efficiency, controlling the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to move vertically in a clearance manner and to rotate reversely, controlling the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to change the direction after a period of time, and after changing the direction, keeping the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism in a reverse rotation state, so that impurities such as soil and the like attached to the traditional Chinese medicine material are fully removed and discharged through an outlet pipe joint 118; the second function is drying, namely putting wet traditional Chinese medicine materials into the charging barrel, or emptying the cleaning water of the cylindrical shell and the charging barrel after cleaning, then communicating the cleaning water with hot air through an inlet pipe joint 117, and controlling the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to act according to the mode in the first function, so that the traditional Chinese medicine materials in the charging barrel do not have dead angles in 360 degrees, and are fully dried; the third function is grinding, the grinding is divided into three grinding precisions, namely corresponding coarse grinding, fine grinding and fine grinding, wherein the coarse grinding and the fine grinding are respectively finished in the lower hole cylinder 105 and the upper hole cylinder 107, when the two grinding are finished, the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism are required to be controlled to be simultaneously positioned in the lower hole cylinder 105 or the upper hole cylinder 107, the two grinding modes generate less heat, the cooling is generally realized by adopting an air cooling mode, namely, cold air enters through an inlet pipe joint 117 and is discharged through an outlet pipe joint 118, and the traditional Chinese medicine powder taken away by the cold air is collected by a bag-type dust collector, so that the waste is avoided; the fine grinding needs to control the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to be positioned in the middle sealing cylinder 106 and finely grind the traditional Chinese medicine materials, the heat generated by the fine grinding is large, the generated heat needs to be replaced in a water cooling mode, so that cooling water needs to enter from the inlet pipe joint 117 and be discharged from the outlet pipe joint 118, and the traditional Chinese medicine components are positioned in the middle sealing cylinder 106 and are isolated from the outside through the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism, so that the traditional Chinese medicine components are prevented from contacting with the cooling water in the process of being fully cooled, the grinding efficiency is improved, and the traditional Chinese medicine powder is prevented from being polluted; in conclusion, the invention reduces the investment of equipment, realizes the integrated operation of cleaning, drying and grinding, and enables the traditional Chinese medicine materials to be in a cooler environment in the process of grinding the traditional Chinese medicine materials, thereby avoiding the situation of drug effect loss.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, an outer gear ring 120 is fixedly sleeved on the lower portion of the lower hole cylinder 105, a driving gear meshed with the outer gear ring 120 is mounted on an output shaft of the power motor, and the rotation of the cylinder is realized by driving the driving gear to rotate the outer gear ring 120 through the driving of the power motor.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in order to facilitate the disassembly and assembly maintenance, as shown in fig. 2, the cylindrical casing includes a first half cylinder casing 100 and a second half cylinder casing 101 which are engaged with each other, and the above-mentioned inlet pipe joint 117 and outlet pipe joint 118 are respectively configured on the first half cylinder casing 100 and the second half cylinder casing 101. In order to facilitate cleaning and effectively discharge cleaned impurities, two partition bars 104 extending from one end of the second half cylinder shell 101 to the other end of the second half cylinder shell 101 are arranged on the second half cylinder shell 101 at intervals, as shown in fig. 14, an included angle formed by the two partition bars 104 to the axis of the cylinder is smaller than 70 degrees, the two partition bars 104 divide the space between the cylinder shell and the cylinder into a medium inlet cavity and a medium outlet cavity, and the cleaning water inlet area is large, so that the cleaning is more sufficient, the cleaning water outlet has a certain pressure boosting effect, and the impurities are conveniently carried and discharged, thereby avoiding the impurities from depositing at the bottom of the cylinder shell.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2-3 and 10, two barrier flanges 102 are configured on the inner wall of the cylindrical shell, each barrier flange 102 extends inward to the outer wall of the barrel along the radial direction of the cylindrical shell, and the two barrier flanges 102 are arranged at intervals along the vertical direction, wherein the two barrier flanges 102 correspond to the upper part and the lower part of the middle sealing barrel 106 respectively. The medium inlet cavity is divided into a medium inlet lower cavity 111, a medium inlet middle cavity 112 and a medium inlet upper cavity 113 by the two parting strips 104, and the medium outlet cavity is divided into a medium outlet lower cavity 114, a medium outlet middle cavity 115 and a medium outlet upper cavity 116 by the two parting strips 104. The number of the inlet pipe joints 117 and the outlet pipe joints 118 is three, and each of the inlet pipe joints 117 and each of the outlet pipe joints 118 are respectively communicated with the corresponding medium inlet lower cavity 111, medium inlet middle cavity 112, medium inlet upper cavity 113, medium outlet lower cavity 114, medium outlet middle cavity 115 and medium outlet upper cavity 116. Thus, during the refining process, since the cooling cavities at the upper end and the lower end of the middle sealing cylinder 106 are separated from each other, the upper and lower cooling temperatures of the middle sealing cylinder 106 can be adjusted according to specific conditions. Moreover, when the same traditional Chinese medicine material is ground, the grinding precision can be different by adjusting the lower hole cylinder 105, the middle sealing cylinder 106 or the upper hole cylinder 107 where the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism are positioned; or different traditional Chinese medicine materials can be ground into different cavities respectively, namely, the grinding is carried out until the medium enters the lower cavity 111 and the medium discharge lower cavity 114, or the medium enters the middle cavity 112 and the medium discharge middle cavity 115, or the medium enters the upper cavity 113 and the medium discharge upper cavity 116, so that the situation that different traditional Chinese medicine materials are mixed is avoided.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 11 to 12, the upper grinding mechanism includes an upper grinding body 121, the upper grinding body 121 is assembled in the barrel, the edge of the upper grinding body 121 is attached to the inner wall of the barrel, an output shaft of a first forward/reverse rotation variable frequency motor 125 is coaxially assembled with a first driving rod 124, the first driving rod 124 is vertically disposed, and the lower end of the first driving rod is fixedly connected to the center of the upper grinding body 121, the first forward/reverse rotation variable frequency motor 125 is installed on a first motor base 126, the first motor base 126 is slidably connected to a first guide rail 127, the first guide rail 127 extends in the vertical direction, the first motor base 126 is driven to drive the first forward/reverse rotation variable frequency motor 125 to vertically slide, generally, a linear motor is used to drive the first motor base 126 to vertically move, or an air cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder may also be implemented. The first positive and negative rotation variable frequency motor 125 is used for driving the upper grinding body 121 to rotate so as to grind the traditional Chinese medicine materials; the first motor base 126 is driven to drive the first forward/reverse rotation variable frequency motor 125 to vertically slide, so as to change the position of the upper grinding body 121, realize grinding at different positions of the charging barrel, and also realize adjustment of the distance between the upper grinding body 121 and the lower grinding body 128, and realize adjustment of different grinding precisions.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2-10, the lower grinding mechanism comprises a lower grinding body 128, the lower grinding body 128 is fitted in the cartridge, and the rim of the lower grinding body 128 is fitted to the inner wall of the cartridge. The second forward and reverse rotation variable frequency motor 143 directly or indirectly drives the lower grinding body 128 to rotate, the second forward and reverse rotation variable frequency motor 143 is mounted on a second motor base 146, the second motor base 146 is slidably connected with a second guide rail 147, the second guide rail 147 extends vertically, the second motor base 146 is driven to drive the second forward and reverse rotation variable frequency motor 143 to vertically slide, and the driven mode of the second motor base 146 is the same as the driving mode of the first motor base 126. The second forward and reverse rotation variable frequency motor 143 is used for driving the lower grinding body 128 to rotate, and grinding the traditional Chinese medicine materials by matching with the action of the upper grinding body 121; the second motor base 146 is driven to drive the second forward-reverse rotation variable frequency motor 143 to vertically slide, so that the position of the lower grinding body 128 changes, grinding is realized at different positions of the charging barrel, and adjustment of the distance between the upper grinding body 121 and the lower grinding body 128 can also be realized, and adjustment of different grinding precisions is realized. In the embodiment, the second reversible variable frequency motor 143 directly drives the lower grinding body 128 to rotate, as shown in fig. 10, the output shaft of the second reversible variable frequency motor 143 is coaxially connected with a second driving rod 103, the second driving rod 103 is vertically arranged, and the upper end of the second driving rod 103 is fixedly connected at the center of the lower grinding body 128. In this embodiment, the second forward/reverse rotation variable frequency motor 143 indirectly drives the lower grinding body 128 to rotate in a manner that, as shown in fig. 3-9, an output shaft of the second forward/reverse rotation variable frequency motor 143 is coaxially connected with the conduit 139, specifically, a motor shaft 144 of the second forward/reverse rotation variable frequency motor 143 is an output shaft thereof, the motor shaft 144 is configured with a second socket 145, a second plug-in connector 142 is configured at the lower end of the conduit 139, and the second socket 145 and the second plug-in connector 142 are mutually plugged and fastened by a locking bolt; the upper end of the conduit 139 is detachably connected with the mounting disc 132, that is, a first plug socket 138 is configured at the center position of the lower end of the mounting disc 132, a first plug connector 140 is configured at the upper end of the conduit 139, a connecting flange 141 is configured at the lower end of the first plug connector 140, the first plug connector 140 is inserted into the first plug socket 138, the end surface of the connecting flange 141 abuts against the corresponding end surface of the first plug socket 138, and the connecting flange 141 is fixedly connected with the first plug socket 138 through a plurality of fixing screws; in this embodiment, a plurality of vertical rods 134 are fixed at the upper end of the mounting plate 132, the lower grinding body 128 is provided with a guide hole 131 corresponding to each vertical rod 134, the upper end of each vertical rod 134 can movably extend to the upper side of the lower grinding body 128 through the corresponding guide hole 131, a plurality of channels 133 are formed in the mounting plate 132, the lower end of each vertical rod 134 is provided with a through hole 135 communicated with the corresponding channel 133, and when the lower end of the lower grinding body 128 contacts with the mounting plate 132, the through hole 135 is located between the lower grinding body 128 and the mounting plate 132. In this embodiment, the duct 139 is rotatably provided with an adapter sleeve 149 communicated with the hollow portion of the duct 139, the adapter sleeve 149 is configured with a liquid inlet connector 151 and a gas inlet connector 152, that is, the duct 139 is provided with a plurality of via holes 148, the adapter sleeve 149 is provided with an evenly distributed cavity 150 communicated with the via holes 148, liquid or gas enters the evenly distributed cavity 150 through the corresponding liquid inlet connector 151 or gas inlet connector 152, then passes through the via holes 148, the duct 139 and the channel 133 from the evenly distributed cavity 150, and finally is discharged between the lower grinding body 128 and the mounting plate 132 through the through hole 135, so that the lower grinding body 128 moves in a vertical pulse manner, thereby promoting the traditional Chinese medicine materials positioned between the lower grinding body 128 and the upper grinding body 121 to turn up and down, so that the cleaning is more sufficient, media entering between the lower grinding body 128 and the mounting plate 132 through the liquid inlet connector 151 and the gas inlet connector 152 serve to support the lower grinding body 128 and the mounting plate 132, so that the distance between the two changes, further, the distance between the lower polishing body 128 and the upper polishing body 121 is changed, thereby achieving the adjustment of the cleaning sufficiency and the polishing precision. In the present embodiment, in order to improve the guidance of the lower grinding body 128 and the sufficiency of contact with the cartridge, a guide seal 130 is formed on the edge of the lower grinding body 128. In this embodiment, in order to prevent the vertical rod 134 from separating from the lower grinding body 128, as shown in fig. 6, a limiting groove 136 is formed at the upper end of the lower grinding body 128 and at the upper end of each guiding hole 131, the caliber of the limiting groove 136 is greater than the caliber of the guiding hole 131, a limiting protrusion 137 is fixedly mounted at the upper end of each vertical rod 134, and the limiting protrusion 137 is fitted into the limiting groove 136.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, 5 and 10, the upper abrasive body 121 and the lower abrasive body 128 are both of an umbrella structure with a diameter gradually increasing downward along the vertical direction, and the taper of the upper abrasive body 121 is smaller than that of the lower abrasive body 128. In this embodiment, the taper of the upper grinding body 121 is smaller than the taper of the lower grinding body 128, so that the gap between the two middle parts is larger than the gap between the edges after the two parts are matched with each other, and thus the grinding is gradual from thick to thin, and the grinding efficiency is greatly improved while the grinding is fully performed. In order to enhance the strength of the upper grinding body 121 and the lower grinding body 128 and facilitate crushing of the traditional Chinese medicine material, as shown in fig. 8 and 12, a plurality of first ribs 123 are uniformly configured on the lower end surface of the upper grinding body 121 along the circumferential direction thereof, the first ribs 123 are radially arranged from the center of the upper grinding body 121 outward in the radial direction thereof, a plurality of second ribs 129 are uniformly configured on the upper end surface of the lower grinding body 128 along the circumferential direction thereof, and the second ribs 129 are radially arranged from the center of the lower grinding body 128 outward in the radial direction thereof. In order to sufficiently clean the traditional Chinese medicine material in the upper chamber of the upper grinding body 121, as shown in fig. 11, a plurality of vertically extending stirring bars 122 are configured on the upper end surface of the upper grinding body 121.

The invention also discloses a squeezing and refining device, as shown in fig. 15-25, wherein the inlet of the squeezing and refining device is connected with the outlet of the traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device. The squeezing and refining device comprises a squeezing kettle 200 and a plurality of squeezing filter bags, the squeezing filter bags are arranged in the squeezing kettle 200, the upper end of each squeezing filter bag is rotatably connected with a top cover 216 of the squeezing kettle 200, the lower end of each squeezing filter bag is detachably connected to a bottom cover 212, the bottom cover 212 is movably connected to the lower part of the squeezing kettle 200, the bottom cover 212 is driven by a lifting mechanism to move in the vertical direction, the upper ends of the squeezing filter bags are in transmission connection with a squeezing motor 217 through a transmission mechanism, and the squeezing motor 217 is arranged on the top cover 216. The working principle and the advantages of the invention are as follows: the liquid medicine extracted by the traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device enters each squeezing filter bag of the squeezing and concentration device, then the squeezing motor 217 is controlled to act, the upper end of each squeezing filter bag is rotated through the transmission of the transmission mechanism, the lower end of each squeezing filter bag is fixedly connected with the bottom cover 212, and the lower end of each squeezing filter bag does not rotate, so that each squeezing filter bag is twisted, the liquid medicine in each squeezing filter bag is filtered out by each squeezing filter bag, impurities such as medicine residues are isolated in each squeezing filter bag, the bottom cover 212 can be controlled to move downwards, the twisted squeezing filter bags are gradually stretched, and the liquid medicine in the medicine residues is gradually extruded out in the stretching process of each squeezing filter bag; according to the above-mentioned action, the medicinal liquor or medicinal dregs in the press filter bag can be repeatedly pressed several times, and after the press is finished, the press filter bag can be cleaned for next use. Therefore, the filtered medicine dregs are fully squeezed for a plurality of times, and the medicine liquid contained in the medicine dregs is fully separated, so that the waste is avoided. The press kettle 200 according to the invention is generally fixed to a machine frame, and a fastening flange 219 extending radially outward is formed on the outer wall of the press kettle 200, which fastening flange 219 is fixedly connected to the machine frame.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 15, the transmission mechanism includes a plurality of transmission gears 201 rotatably mounted on a top cover 216, the upper end of each filter press bag is detachably connected to the corresponding transmission gear 201, a driving gear 218 is coaxially mounted on an output shaft of a press motor 217, and each transmission gear 201 is engaged with the driving gear 218. The squeezing motor 217 drives the driving gear 218 to rotate, so that each transmission gear 201 drives the upper end of the corresponding squeezing filter bag to rotate, and the separation of liquid medicine in the squeezing filter bags and squeezing is realized. The preferred connection mode of the transmission gear 201 and the top cover 216 and the filter press bag in this embodiment is, as shown in fig. 20-22 and fig. 24, a connection sleeve 202 is configured at the lower end of the transmission gear 201 and is coincident with the axis thereof, the connection sleeve 202 is assembled on the top cover 216 and is rotatably connected with the top cover 216 through a bearing, an assembly groove 203 which is recessed downwards and is communicated with the connection sleeve 202 is configured at the upper end of the transmission gear 201, an upper fixing edge 209 is configured at the upper end of the filter press bag, the upper fixing edge 209 is assembled in the assembly groove 203, a gland 204 is assembled in the assembly groove 203 and is fixedly connected with the transmission gear 201 through a plurality of fixing screws, and further the upper end of the filter press bag is fixed with the transmission gear 201. In the embodiment, a feed inlet joint 205 is formed on the pressing cover 204, the feed inlet joint 205 is communicated with the squeezing filter bag and is used for supplying liquid medicine to the squeezing filter bag, a sealing cap 206 is detachably connected to the upper end of the feed inlet joint 205, and the sealing cap 206 seals the feed inlet joint 205 in the squeezing process.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in order to fix the filter press pockets to the bottom cover 212, as shown in fig. 20 to 24, a fitting cavity 213 is formed in the bottom cover 212 at a position corresponding to a lower end of each filter press pocket, the lower ends of the filter press pockets extend into the fitting cavity 213, an inner liner 211 is lined inside the lower portion of the filter press pockets, and a protrusion at the fitting cavity 213 of the bottom cover 212 is fixed to the inner liner 211 via the filter press pockets by a plurality of fixing screws, thereby fixing the filter press pockets to the bottom plate. In order to facilitate the cleaning of the filter press bag, a residue discharge pipe 214 is formed at the lower end of the protrusion at the fitting cavity 213, the residue discharge pipe 214 is communicated with the filter press bag, a residue discharge valve 215 is installed on the residue discharge pipe 214, and cleaning water is introduced into the filter press bag through the feed inlet joint 205 and discharged through the residue discharge pipe 214, thereby cleaning the residue in the filter press bag. In order to facilitate the discharge of the chemical solution after the squeezing, the present embodiment is configured with a confluence funnel 220 at the center of the bottom cover 212, a drain pipe 221 at the lower end (small diameter end) of the confluence funnel 220, and a drain valve 222 is mounted on the drain pipe 221.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 25, the filter bag includes an upper connection portion 208 and a lower connection portion 210, and a middle pressing portion 207 is configured between the upper connection portion 208 and the lower connection portion 210, and the radial length of the middle pressing portion 207 gradually increases from two ends thereof to the middle thereof, so that a large amount of liquid medicine can be contained conveniently, and sufficient deformation is provided during pressing to adapt to the twisted condition thereof, thereby improving pressing efficiency and strength thereof.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in order to improve the sealing performance of the bottom cover 212 and the autoclave 200, as shown in fig. 17, a guide sealing edge 223 is formed at an edge of the bottom cover 212, and the contact area of the guide sealing edge 223 and the inner wall of the autoclave 200 is large. In order to improve the accuracy of the vertical movement of the bottom cover 212, as shown in fig. 18, a plurality of guide slits 224 are formed in the outer wall of the guide sealing edge 223, the guide slits 224 are uniformly arranged along the circumferential direction of the outer wall, a guide strip 225 is formed on the inner wall of the autoclave 200 at a position corresponding to each guide slit 224, each guide strip 225 extends in the vertical direction, and the guide strip 225 is fitted in the corresponding guide slit 224.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 16, the lifting mechanism includes a lifting rod 226 disposed right below the press kettle 200, the lifting rod 226 is generally driven by an air cylinder to lift in a vertical direction, a supporting plate 227 is fixedly mounted on an upper end of the lifting rod 226, a plurality of connecting rods 228 are uniformly mounted on the supporting plate 227, and an upper end of each connecting rod 228 is fixedly connected to the bottom cover 212. The lifting rod 226 of the lifting mechanism is driven to move in the vertical direction, so that the lifting rod drives the bottom cover 212 to lift through the transmission of the supporting disk 227 and the connecting rod 228, the squeezing filter bag is stretched, secondary squeezing is performed on squeezing in the squeezing filter bag, and liquid medicine in medicine dregs is fully separated.

The invention also discloses a method for refining the traditional Chinese medicine, which comprises the following steps:

s1, putting the traditional Chinese medicine material into a charging barrel of the traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device, driving the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to move oppositely until the traditional Chinese medicine material is positioned at the position of a middle sealing barrel 106 of the charging barrel, and then installing an end cover 119 at the upper end of the charging barrel;

s2, cold grinding the traditional Chinese medicine material in the middle sealing cylinder 106, namely, the cooling medium enters the space between the cylindrical shell and the cylinder through the inlet pipe joint 117, and the cooling medium is discharged through the outlet pipe joint 118 after passing through the lower hole cylinder 105 and the upper hole cylinder 107; starting the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to grind the traditional Chinese medicine material;

s3, controlling the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism to gradually approach each other along with the grinding, so that the traditional Chinese medicine material is ground into powder;

s4, stopping supplying the cooling medium after finishing grinding, and discharging the cooling medium in the charging barrel and the cylindrical shell;

s5, purified water enters a space between the cylindrical shell and the charging barrel through the inlet pipe joint 117, the inlet pipe joint 117 is connected with the outlet pipe joint 118 through a pipeline provided with a circulating pump, and the upper grinding mechanism and the lower grinding mechanism are controlled to move to the lower end of the lower hole barrel 105 and the upper end of the upper hole barrel 107 respectively;

s6, dissolving the traditional Chinese medicine material powder, namely, starting a circulating pump to forcibly circulate the liquid in the traditional Chinese medicine purification and concentration device;

s7, after the traditional Chinese medicine material powder is fully dissolved, closing the circulating pump, connecting the outlet pipe joint 118 with the inlet of the special crushing device, injecting the liquid medicine into a pressing filter bag of the pressing crushing device, and then closing the inlet of the pressing crushing device;

s8, starting the squeezing motor 217, driving the squeezing filter bag to rotate by the squeezing motor 217, gradually twisting the squeezing filter bag, gradually squeezing the residue in the squeezing filter bag out of the squeezing filter bag, and keeping the residue in the squeezing filter bag;

s9, repeatedly squeezing the liquid medicine or dregs of a decoction in the squeezing filter bag for multiple times;

and S10, after squeezing is finished, cleaning the squeezing filter bag for the next use.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in order to improve the fusion of the chinese medicine powder with the purified water, an electric heater is installed on a pipe connecting the inlet pipe joint 117 and the outlet pipe joint 118 in step S5; meanwhile, in step S6, during the forced circulation of the liquid in the apparatus for purifying and concentrating the traditional Chinese medicine, the upper grinding mechanism is controlled to rotate continuously or intermittently and move up and down, so that the traditional Chinese medicine material is fully turned over and the dissolution of the traditional Chinese medicine material is promoted.

In order to improve the mixing efficiency, in step S7, a plurality of different chemical solutions are injected into the filter bag at a predetermined ratio, and the pressed chemical solutions are sufficiently mixed during the pressing of the chemical solutions.

Finally, it should be noted that: although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that changes may be made in the embodiments and/or equivalents thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.