Tea-bruising machine and method of bruising tea

A tea-bruising machine comprising a rack, a tossing cage, a rotating door, a locking assembly and a drive and control mechanism;

• the rotatable tossing cage is disposed on the rack, and the tossing cage has an inlet and outlet port and a receiving chamber connected with the inlet and outlet port;
• the rotating door is disposed on the outside of the tossing cage, and the rotating door is provided with a limiting hole, and the tossing cage is capable of rotating relative to the rotating door to seal the rotating door or open the inlet and outlet port;
• the locking assembly comprises an elastic bead lock and an electromagnetic switch, the elastic bead lock comprises an elastic lock body and a bead body which are disposed on the tossing cage and the rotating door respectively and coordinate with each other for locking the tossing cage with the rotating door, and the electromagnetic switch has a locking column for inserting into the limiting hole;
• the drive and control mechanism comprises a rotation driving device and a controller, the rotation driving device is connected with the tossing cage for driving the tossing cage to rotate, and the controller is electrically connected with the rotation driving device and the electromagnetic switch, respectively;
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• the controller is capable of controlling insertion of the locking column of the electromagnetic switch into the limiting hole, and of controlling the rotation driving device to drive the tossing cage to rotate in different directions to lock or unlock the tossing cage with the rotating door;
• after the tossing cage is locked with the rotating door, the controller is capable of controlling the locking column to release from the limiting hole, and of controlling the rotation driving device to drive the tossing cage to rotate with the rotating door together.