JP2001106298A - Carbonated drink feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a carbonated drink feeder provided with a BIB filled with a drink concentrate liquid, a tube pump extruding the drink concentrated liquid in the tube exposed out of the BIB and a carbonated water jet nozzle connected with a carbonated water feed source, used for feeding the carbonated drink into a cup placed under the end of the tube exposed from the BIB and the carbonated water nozzle and pouring the carbonated drink formed of a carbonated water and the drink concentrated liquid mixed together uniformly and not yet gone flat. SOLUTION: A carbonated water jet nozzle is set facing obliquely downward so that jetted carbonated water hits the inner face of a cup side wall from the tangential direction of a cup transverse section to form a swirl flow along the inner face of the cup side wall, and the end of a tube exposed from a BIB is formed facing obliquely downward so that the jetted drink concentrated liquid hits the inner face of the cup side on a downstream zone in the vicinity of the start point of the swirl flow of carbonated water to form a flow in the same direction of the swirl flow of carbonated water.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a carbonated beverage supply device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 1, a BIB (Bag In Box) 1 filled with a beverage concentrate, a tube pump 3 for pushing out a beverage concentrate in a tube 2 derived from the BIB 1 from a tube, A carbonated water discharge nozzle 4 connected to a water supply source, discharges the beverage concentrate and carbonated water, and is placed below the tip of the tube 2 derived from the BIB 1 and the carbonated water discharge nozzle 4 A carbonated beverage supply device that supplies a carbonated beverage to the cup A is conventionally used. Conventionally, in order to uniformly mix the beverage concentrate and the carbonated water, as shown in FIG. 1, the beverage concentrate discharged from the tip of the tube 2 directed vertically downward and the carbonated solution directed obliquely downward. The carbonated water discharged from the water discharge nozzle 4 collided in the air.

[0003]

In the conventional carbonated beverage supply device, when the beverage concentrate discharged from the BIB tube and the carbonated water discharged from the carbonated water discharge nozzle collide in the air, the impact of the collision is applied. There has been a problem that carbon dioxide gas is separated from carbonated water and diffuses into the air, and the deflated carbonated beverage is poured into the cup. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has a BIB filled with a beverage concentrate and a BIB
A tube pump for pushing out the beverage concentrate in the tube derived from the tube, and a carbonated water discharge nozzle connected to a carbonated water supply source, discharges the beverage concentrate and carbonated water, and is derived from the BIB. A carbonated beverage supply apparatus for supplying a carbonated beverage to a cup placed below a tip of a tube and a carbonated water discharge nozzle, wherein the carbonated water and the beverage concentrate are uniformly mixed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a carbonated beverage supply device capable of pouring a carbonated beverage into which a carbonated beverage has not been removed.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a BIB filled with a beverage concentrate.
(Bag In Box), a tube pump for pushing out the beverage concentrate in the tube derived from the BIB, and a carbonated water discharge nozzle connected to a carbonated water supply source. A carbonated beverage supply device that discharges and supplies a carbonated beverage to a cup placed below a distal end of a tube derived from the BIB and a carbonated water discharge nozzle, wherein the carbonated water discharged by the carbonated water discharge nozzle is The tip of the tube drawn out of the BIB is directed obliquely downward so as to form a swirling flow along the inner surface of the cup side wall from the tangential direction of the cross section of the cup and form a swirling flow. It is characterized by being directed obliquely downward so as to hit the inner surface of the cup side wall in the downstream area near the starting point of the swirling flow and to form a flow in the same direction as the swirling flow of carbonated water. That provides a carbonated beverage supplying apparatus.

[0005] In the carbonated beverage supply device according to the present invention, the beverage concentrate discharged from the tip of the tube drawn out of the BIB and the carbonated water discharged from the carbonated water discharge nozzle are both connected to the cup placed below. The swirl flow is formed on the inner surface of the side wall and along the inner surface of the side wall of the cup. Since the swirling direction of the carbonated water and the direction of the flow of the beverage concentrate are the same, a swirling flow of the mixture of the carbonated water and the beverage concentrate is formed in the cup,
The beverage concentrate and the carbonated water are uniformly mixed. In the downstream region near the starting point of the swirling flow of the carbonated water, the carbonated water hitting the inner surface of the cup side wall flows while diffusing along the inner surface of the cup side wall. By combining the beverage concentrate with the spreading carbonated water stream, the beverage concentrate is widely diffused into the carbonated water. As a result, uniform mixing of the carbonated water and the beverage concentrate is promoted.

Since the beverage concentrate discharged from the tip of the tube and the carbonated water discharged from the carbonated water discharge nozzle do not collide in the air, carbon dioxide gas separated from the carbonated water and diffused into the air before being poured into the cup. The amount is small. Since the carbonated water discharged from the carbonated water discharge nozzle hits the inner surface of the cup side wall from the tangential direction of the cup cross section, the impact when the carbonated water hits the inner surface of the cup side wall is small, and the carbon dioxide gas separated from the carbonated water and diffused into the air. The amount is small. The beverage concentrate discharged from the tip of the tube led out of the BIB is directed in the same direction as the swirling flow of the carbonated water and hits the inner surface of the cup side wall, so that a frontal collision between the flow of the beverage concentrate and the swirling flow of the carbonated water is performed. Does not occur, no large impact occurs, and the amount of carbon dioxide gas separated from the carbonated water and diffused into the air is small. Therefore, the carbonated beverage supply device according to the present invention can pour a carbonated beverage that has not gone mad into a cup.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A carbonated beverage supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, BIB (BagIn Box) filled with syrup as a beverage concentrate
From 5, a tube 6 made of a flexible material such as silicon rubber is led out and extends downward. The tube pump 7 is provided immediately below the BIB 5. The tube pump 7 includes a disc 7a attached to an output shaft of a motor (not shown), three rollers 7b rotatably attached to the disc 7a, and an arc-shaped guide 7c for holding the tube 6 in cooperation with the rollers 7b. And a pinch solenoid 7d that presses a downstream portion of the tube 6 to open and close a flow path in the tube 6.

A carbonated water discharge nozzle 8 is disposed below the tube pump 7 at the side thereof. Pressurized carbonated water is supplied to a carbonated water discharge nozzle 8 from a carbonated water supply source (not shown). As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the carbonated water discharged from the carbonated water discharge nozzle 8 is moved from the tangential direction of the cross section of the cup A placed below the carbonated water discharge nozzle 8 to the cup A. And is directed obliquely downward so as to form a swirling flow along the inner surface of the side wall of the cup A.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the distal end of the tube 6 derived from the BIB has a syrup discharged from the distal end of the tube 6 in the downstream area near the starting point of the swirling flow of carbonated water.
It hits the inner surface of the side wall of the cup A placed below the tip of the tube 6, and is directed obliquely downward so as to form a flow in the same direction as the swirling flow of the carbonated water.

The operation of the carbonated beverage supply device according to this embodiment will be described. When the operation of the carbonated beverage supply device is stopped, the tube pump 7 is stopped. The pinch solenoid 7d presses the downstream portion of the tube 6, and the flow path in the downstream portion of the tube 6 is closed.

When the carbonated beverage supply device operates, the tube pump 7 operates. The pressing of the downstream portion of the tube 6 by the pinch solenoid 7d is released, and the flow path in the downstream portion of the tube 6 is opened. The disk 7a rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 2, and the three rollers 7b rotate accompanying the disk 7a to sequentially press the tube 6 and extend between the two adjacent rollers 7b. The syrup is sequentially taken in from the BIB 5 into the tube 6 to be made, and the taken-in syrup is sequentially fed in a downstream direction of the tube 6. BIB5 by the tube pump 7
The syrup pressure-fed to the downstream portion of the tube 6 reaches the distal end of the tube 6 through an open flow path in the downstream portion of the tube 6, and is discharged from the distal end of the tube 6 as shown in FIGS. . Carbonated water is pressure-fed from a carbonated water supply source (not shown) to the carbonated water discharge nozzle 8, and as shown in FIGS.
Carbonated water is discharged from the carbonated water discharge nozzle 8.

The syrup discharged from the tip of the tube 6 and the carbonated water discharged from the carbonated water discharge nozzle 8 both hit the inner surface of the side wall of the cup A placed below, and as shown by arrows in FIG. A swirling flow is formed along the inner surface of the side wall. Since the turning direction of the carbonated water and the direction of the flow of the syrup are the same, a swirling flow of the mixture of the carbonated water and the syrup is formed in the cup A, and the syrup and the carbonated water are uniformly mixed. In the downstream area near the starting point of the swirling flow of carbonated water, cup A
The carbonated water hitting the inner surface of the side wall flows while diffusing along the inner surface of the side wall of the cup A. By joining the syrup to the spreading carbonated water stream, the syrup diffuses widely into the carbonated water. As a result, uniform mixing of carbonated water and syrup is promoted.

Since the syrup discharged from the distal end of the tube 6 and the carbonated water discharged from the carbonated water discharge nozzle 8 do not collide in the air, the carbonic acid separated from the carbonated water and diffused into the air before being poured into the cup A. The amount of gas is small. Since the carbonated water discharged from the carbonated water discharge nozzle 8 hits the inner surface of the side wall of the cup A from the tangential direction of the cross section of the cup A, the shock generated when the carbonated water hits the inner surface of the side wall of the cup A is small and separated from the carbonated water. And the amount of carbon dioxide that diffuses into the air is small. The syrup discharged from the tip of the tube 6
Cup A that is directed in the same direction as the carbonated water
Therefore, the swirling flow of the carbonated water and the flow of the syrup do not collide head-on, do not generate a large impact, and the amount of carbon dioxide gas separated from the carbonated water and diffused into the air is small.
Therefore, the carbonated beverage supply device according to the present embodiment can pour a carbonated beverage that has not gone mad into the cup A.

In the above description, a carbonated beverage is prepared by diluting syrup with carbonated water. However, even in the case of preparing a beverage by diluting a beverage concentrate containing no sugar with carbonated water instead of syrup. When the apparatus according to the present invention is used, the beverage concentrate does not accumulate at the bottom of the cup, and uniform mixing of the beverage concentrate and carbonated water is promoted.

[0015]

As described above, in the carbonated beverage supply device according to the present invention, the syrup discharged from the tip of the tube drawn out of the BIB and the carbonated water discharged from the carbonated water discharge nozzle are both downward. The swirling flow is formed along the inner surface of the side wall of the placed cup. Since the turning direction of the carbonated water and the direction of the flow of the beverage concentrate are the same, a swirling flow of the mixture of the carbonated water and the beverage concentrate is formed in the cup, and the beverage concentrate and the carbonated water are uniformly mixed. . In the downstream region near the starting point of the swirling flow of the carbonated water, the carbonated water hitting the inner surface of the cup side wall flows while diffusing along the inner surface of the cup side wall. By joining the syrup to the spreading carbonated water stream, the syrup diffuses widely into the carbonated water. As a result, uniform mixing of carbonated water and syrup is promoted.

Since the beverage concentrate discharged from the distal end of the tube and the carbonated water discharged from the carbonated water discharge nozzle do not collide in the air, the carbon dioxide gas separated from the carbonated water and diffused into the air before being poured into the cup. The amount is small. Since the carbonated water discharged from the carbonated water discharge nozzle hits the inner surface of the cup side wall from the tangential direction of the cup cross section, the impact when the carbonated water hits the inner surface of the cup side wall is small, and the carbon dioxide gas separated from the carbonated water and diffused into the air. The amount is small. The beverage concentrate discharged from the tip of the tube drawn out of the BIB is directed to the same direction as the swirling flow of carbonated water and impinges on the inner surface of the cup side wall, so that a frontal collision between the flow of the beverage concentrate and the swirling flow of carbonated water is performed. Does not occur, no large impact occurs, and the amount of carbon dioxide gas separated from the carbonated water and diffused into the air is small. Therefore, the carbonated beverage supply device according to the present invention can pour a carbonated beverage that has not gone mad into a cup.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a conventional carbonated beverage supply device.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the carbonated beverage supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a discharge state of syrup and a discharge state of carbonated water from the carbonated beverage supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a view in which a cup is looked down from above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,5 BIB 2,6 tube 3,7 tube pump 4,8 carbonated water discharge nozzle A cup

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. BIB (Bag) filled with a beverage concentrate
In Box), a tube pump for pushing out the beverage concentrate in the tube derived from the BIB from the tube, and a carbonated water discharge nozzle connected to a carbonated water supply source, and discharges the beverage concentrate and carbonated water. A carbonated beverage supply device for supplying a carbonated beverage to a cup placed below a tip of a tube derived from the BIB and a carbonated water discharge nozzle, wherein the carbonated water discharge nozzle causes the discharged carbonated water to cross the cup. The tip of the tube directed obliquely downward and drawn out of the BIB so as to hit the inner surface of the cup side wall from the tangential direction of the surface and form a swirling flow along the inner surface of the cup side wall,
The discharged beverage concentrate is directed obliquely downward so as to hit the inner surface of the cup side wall in a downstream region near the starting point of the swirling flow of carbonated water and to form a flow in the same direction as the swirling flow of carbonated water. Carbonated beverage supply device.