CN111700502A

CN111700502A - Beverage supply device

Info

Publication number: CN111700502A
Application number: CN202010129603.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 野田真一; 伊藤修一; 强瀬俊祐
Original assignee: Fuji Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Fuji Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-18
Filing date: 2020-02-28
Publication date: 2020-09-25

Abstract

The invention provides a beverage supply device. Convenience is improved by providing one supply position of the beverage to the cup. The beverage supply device includes: a tube pump (40) which is attached to a tube (33a) connected to a BIB (33) in which a bag-shaped container in which a slurry is sealed is housed in a box-shaped container, and which ejects the slurry from an open end (33b) of the tube (33a) when the tube pump (40) is driven; and a beverage nozzle (24) for ejecting the supplied diluent, wherein the beverage supply device supplies a beverage obtained by mixing the slurry and the diluent to the cup (1) placed on the supply table (20), the beverage nozzle (24) ejects the diluent in a downward vertical direction, and the tube pump (40) ejects the slurry in a form in which the slurry is mixed with the diluent ejected from the beverage nozzle (24) and is put into the cup (1).

Description

Beverage supply device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a beverage supply device, and more particularly, to a beverage supply device for supplying a beverage obtained by mixing a slurry and a diluent to a cup.

Background

Conventionally, a bag-in-box (hereinafter referred to as BIB) has been used in a beverage supply device that supplies a beverage obtained by mixing a slurry (stock beverage) and a diluent water (diluent) to a cup placed on a supply table.

The BIB is configured by housing a bag-shaped container in which a slurry is sealed in a box-shaped container, and is connected to a tube having a closed tip end. The BIB is cooled by being housed in a cold storage of a beverage supply apparatus, an open end is formed by cutting off a closed portion of a tube, and a quantitative discharge of the slurry from the open end is performed by driving a tube pump attached to the tube.

Since the slurry is discharged vertically downward, a diluent nozzle for discharging a diluent mixed with the slurry is provided in the vicinity of the open end, and the diluent nozzle and the tube pump constitute one beverage supply unit.

In the beverage supply device, a plurality of BIBs are housed in the refrigerator, and a plurality of beverage supply units are provided according to the number of BIBs (see, for example, patent document 1).

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2015-117041

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, in the above beverage supply device, there is a fear that: since a plurality of beverage supply units are provided, a plurality of cup placement portions are provided on the supply table in accordance with the number of beverage supply units, and the user may confuse the cup placement portion on the supply table and miss the cup placement portion. If the place where the cup is placed is mistaken, the beverage cannot be supplied to the cup, which causes inconvenience to the user.

In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a beverage supply device capable of improving convenience by providing one supply portion for a beverage to a cup.

Means for solving the problems

In order to achieve the above object, a beverage supply device according to the present invention includes: a tube pump attached to a tube connected to a bag-in-box formed by housing a bag-shaped container in which a slurry is sealed in a box-shaped container, and configured to discharge the slurry from an open end of the tube when the tube pump is driven; and a beverage nozzle that discharges the supplied diluent, wherein the beverage supply device supplies a beverage in which the slurry and the diluent are mixed to a cup placed on a supply table, and the beverage supply device is characterized in that the beverage nozzle discharges the diluent downward in a vertical direction, and the tube pump discharges the slurry in a state in which the slurry is mixed with the diluent discharged from the beverage nozzle and is put into the cup.

In the beverage supply device, the present invention may further include a flow rate increasing unit that increases a flow rate of the slurry discharged by the tube pump.

In the beverage supply device, the flow rate increasing means may intermittently drive the tube pump while increasing the rotational speed of the tube pump.

In the beverage supply device, the tube pump is provided in an inclined manner such that an open end of the tube gradually approaches the beverage nozzle as it goes downward.

In the beverage supply device, the open end of the pipe is disposed in a region directly above the opening of the upper surface of the cup together with the beverage nozzle.

In the beverage supply device according to the present invention, the beverage supply device includes a cooling box that accommodates the bag-in-box in a pair of right and left so as to sandwich a supply line that supplies the diluent to the beverage nozzle, and a heat exchanger that cools the bag-in-box is provided behind the bag-in-box on one side, and the cooling box has a flow path for air that cools the bag-in-box formed in a lower region of the bag-in-box.

In the beverage supply device according to the present invention, the tube pump is provided in a pair of right and left with the beverage nozzle interposed therebetween.

In the beverage supply device, the tube pump may be attached to the tube in such a manner that the tube extends along the outside and the lower side of the tube pump itself.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to the present invention, since the beverage nozzle discharges the diluent in the downward vertical direction and the tube pump discharges the slurry in a state of being mixed with the diluent discharged from the beverage nozzle and being put into the cup, it is possible to achieve an effect of improving convenience by sharing a supply portion of the beverage and providing one supply portion of the beverage to the cup.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a beverage supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram schematically showing a characteristic control system of the beverage supply device shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the internal structure of the apparatus body shown in fig. 1, as viewed from the front.

Fig. 4 is a sectional side view schematically showing the internal structure of the cooling equipment shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a front view schematically showing a lower region of the bag-in-box of the refrigeration storage shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is an explanatory view schematically showing a main part of the supply table shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is an explanatory view schematically showing a main part of the supply table shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is a front view of the internal structure of the apparatus main body of a modification of the beverage supply apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, as viewed from the front.

Fig. 9 is a front view showing an internal configuration of the tube pump shown in fig. 8.

Description of the reference numerals

1. A cup; 1a, an upper surface is opened; 10. a device main body; 12. a front surface door; 13. a display unit; 13a, an input unit; 20. a supply table; 21. a carrying plate; 21a, a carrying surface; 21b, a cup guide; 22. a rear wall; 23. a top wall; 24. a beverage nozzle; 24a, a nozzle body; 30. a cold storage; 31. a supply line; 32. a valve block; 33. bagging in a box; 33a, a tube; 33b, open end; 34. a heat exchanger; 35. a wind tunnel; 36. a blower fan; 38. an air flow path; 40. a tube pump; 41. a motor; 50. a control unit; 51. a storage section.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the beverage supply device according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a beverage supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 2 is a schematic view schematically showing a characteristic control system of the beverage supply device shown in fig. 1. The beverage supply device exemplified here is a beverage dispenser provided in facilities such as restaurants and food squares, and includes a device main body 10 and a control unit 50.

As shown in fig. 3, the apparatus body 10 is a box having an opening (hereinafter, also referred to as a front opening) 10a on the front surface, and a plurality of adjustment legs 11 for height adjustment are provided on the bottom of the apparatus body 10. The front surface opening 10a of the apparatus main body 10 is opened and closed by a front surface door 12. The front door 12 is a door body having a heat insulating structure of a size sufficient to cover not only the front opening 10a but also a region below the front opening 10a, and is provided at a front side edge portion of the apparatus main body 10 so as to be swingable around a central axis of a shaft portion, not shown, extending in the vertical direction.

The front surface of the front surface door 12 constitutes a passenger receiving surface, and is provided with a display unit 13. The display unit 13 is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal touch panel, displays various information, and has an input unit 13a capable of performing input operations such as touch operations.

The apparatus main body 10 includes a supply table 20, a cooling chamber 30, and a tube pump 40. The supply table 20 is configured by providing a recess in a lower portion of the front surface of the apparatus main body 10, that is, in a region below the front surface opening 10 a. The supply table 20 includes: a mounting plate 21 having a mounting surface 21a on which the cup 1 is mounted; a rear wall 22 covering the rear surface of the carriage plate 21; and a ceiling wall 23 covering the mounting surface 21a of the mounting plate 21. A cup guide 21b as a positioning member for placing the cup 1 is provided on the placement surface 21a of the placement plate 21, and a drip tray 21c for collecting splashed beverage and the like is provided. The rear wall 22 is formed such that an upper portion 22b protrudes forward from a lower portion 22a which is the rear side of the cup guide 21 b.

The supply table 20 is provided with a beverage nozzle 24. The beverage nozzle 24 is provided on the top wall 23 so as to be provided in a region directly above the cup 1 placed and guided by the cup guide 21 b.

The drink nozzle 24 is a conventionally known drink nozzle, and is configured by attaching a stock solution nozzle, a dilution water nozzle, a dilution carbonated water nozzle, and the like, which are not shown, to the nozzle body 24 a. The stock solution nozzle is used for ejecting the slurry (for example, sugar-containing slurry) supplied from a slurry tank (not shown), the dilution water nozzle is used for ejecting the cooled dilution water, and the dilute carbonated water nozzle is used for ejecting the cooled dilute carbonated water. Here, the diluted water and the diluted carbonated water constitute a diluent for diluting the slurry.

The beverage nozzle 24 is used to discharge the dilution water or the like discharged from the dilution water nozzle or the like vertically downward through a common discharge port.

The cooling equipment 30 is a container having a heat insulating structure formed to have an opening 10a facing the front surface. A supply line 31 for supplying dilution water or the like to the beverage nozzle 24 and a valve block 32 provided in the supply line 31 are disposed in the central portion of the bottom surface of the cold storage 30. The cooling equipment 30 accommodates two bag-in-box (hereinafter also referred to as BIB)33 in a pair on the left and right so as to sandwich the supply line 31.

The BIB33 is configured by further storing a bag-shaped container in which a slurry is sealed in a box-shaped container, and is configured by further storing a plastic bag container in which a slurry is sealed in a box-shaped container made of corrugated paper, for example. When the slurry sealed in BIB33 is discharged, the bag container contracts inside the box container, so that air is prevented from entering the bag container, and oxidation of the slurry is prevented.

The cooling equipment 30 is provided with a heat exchanger 34. Although not explicitly shown in the drawings, the heat exchanger 34 cools the air by exchanging heat between the water and the air passing around itself by supplying the water to the cooling water tank provided on the rear side of the cooling equipment 30 in the apparatus main body 10. The cooling water tank is used for cooling the dilution water and the like supplied to the supply line 31.

However, as described above, since the two BIBs 33 are accommodated in a pair on the left and right so as to sandwich the supply line 31 and the like, the heat exchanger 34 can only be disposed on the rear side of one BIB33 due to the volume of the cooling equipment 30. Therefore, it is difficult to cool BIB33 on the other side farther from heat exchanger 34. In the present embodiment, the heat exchanger 34 is disposed behind the right BIB33, and a part of the valve block 32 is disposed behind the left BIB 33.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the heat exchanger 34 is surrounded by an air tunnel 35 having

openings

35a and 35b on the upper and lower surfaces, and a blower fan 36 is provided so as to close the upper surface opening 35b of the air tunnel 35. As shown in fig. 5, BIB33 is placed on the upper surface of metal plate 39 disposed so as to straddle a plurality of projections 37, and air flow path 38 communicating with lower surface opening 35a of air tunnel 35 is formed in the lower region of BIB 33.

Thus, the air cooled by the heat exchanger 34 by the driving of the blower fan 36 circulates inside the heat storage 30 as follows: blown out upward, and the BIB33 is cooled not only by the periphery of the right BIB33 but also by the periphery of the left BIB33, and after cooling the BIB33, sucked in from the lower surface opening 35a through the air flow path 38. That is, the cooled air is rectified by the air flow path 38, and the slurry sealed in the BIB33 and the supply line 31 is cooled.

The tube pump 40 is provided on the supply table 20. The tube pump 40 is for drawing the slurry enclosed in the BIB33, and is provided for each BIB 33. The tube pump 40 is attached to the tube 33a connected to the corresponding BIB33, and is driven by the built-in motor 41 to suck the slurry from the BIB33 by the flat tubes 33a such as a plurality of rollers (not shown), and to discharge the slurry from the open end 33b (see fig. 6) of the tube 33 a.

As shown in fig. 6, the tube pump 40 is provided obliquely in a pair of left and right at the upper portion 22b of the rear wall 22 so that the open end 33b of the tube 33a gradually approaches the beverage nozzle 24 as it goes downward. In the tube pump 40, the open end 33b of the tube 33a is disposed in a region directly above the upper surface opening 1a of the cup 1, which is disposed so as to be guided by the cup guide 21b, together with the beverage nozzle 24. The open end 33b of the tube 33a is fixed and supported by the support member 42.

The control unit 50 is electrically connected to the display unit 13, the valve group 32, and the tube pump 40, and controls the operations of these units in a lump according to programs and data stored in the storage unit 51 which are also electrically connected. The control Unit 50 may be realized by executing a program by a Processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), that is, by software, or may be realized by hardware such as an IC (Integrated Circuit), or may be realized by a combination of software and hardware.

The beverage supply device having the above-described configuration supplies a beverage to the cup 1 placed on the supply table 20 as described below.

When the input portion 13a of the beverage using the slurry sealed in the BIB33 is touched among the beverage input portions 13a that can be supplied and displayed on the display portion 13, the control portion 50 opens the dilution water valve 32a constituting the valve block 32 and drives the motor 41 of the tube pump 40 corresponding to the BIB 33. At this time, the control unit 50 intermittently drives the tube pump 40 while increasing the rotation speed of the tube pump 40. As a result, as shown in fig. 7, while a predetermined amount of dilution water is discharged from the beverage nozzle 24 in the vertical direction downward, a predetermined amount of slurry scooped up from the BIB33 is discharged from the open end 33b of the pipe 33a, and the dilution water and the slurry are put into the cup 1 in a mixed state, whereby a beverage can be supplied to the cup 1.

Further, when the input portion 13a of the beverage using the slurry sealed in the slurry tank is touched among the input portions 13a of the beverage that can be supplied displayed on the display portion 13, the control portion 50 opens the dilution water valve 32a and the slurry valve (not shown) that constitute the valve block 32. As a result, a predetermined amount of the diluted water and a predetermined amount of the slurry are discharged from the beverage nozzle 24 in the vertical direction downward, and the diluted water and the slurry are put into the cup 1 in a mixed state, whereby the beverage can be supplied to the cup 1.

As described above, according to the beverage supply device of the embodiment of the present invention, since the beverage nozzle 24 discharges the dilution water vertically downward and the tube pump 40 discharges the slurry in a state of being mixed with the dilution water discharged from the beverage nozzle 24 and being put into the cup 1, it is possible to share the supply portion of the beverage and to provide one supply portion of the beverage with respect to the cup 1, thereby improving convenience.

According to the beverage supply device, since the control unit 50 intermittently drives the tube pump 40 while increasing the rotational speed of the tube pump 40, the flight distance of the slurry from the open end 33b of the tube 33a can be sufficiently ensured while increasing the flow rate of the slurry discharged from the open end 33b, and the dilution ratio can be made good by matching the timing of discharging the dilution water. In particular, since the pipe 33a is not provided with a member through which the slurry discharged from the open end 33b passes, it is possible to provide excellent hygiene.

According to the above-described beverage supply device, since the tube pump 40 is provided in such a manner that the open end 33b of the tube 33a is disposed in the region directly above the upper surface opening 1a of the cup 1 together with the beverage nozzle 24, the slurry dropped from the open end 33b is guided to the cup 1, and the mounting plate 21 and the like can be prevented from being soiled.

In addition, according to the beverage supply device, since the air flow path 38 through which the air that has cooled the BIB33 passes is formed in the cooling equipment 30 in the region below the BIB33, the air cooled in the heat exchanger 34 can be circulated well in the cooling equipment 30, and the BIB33 and the like can be cooled well.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications can be made.

In the above-described embodiment, the control unit 50 is configured to increase the flow rate of the slurry discharged by the tube pump 40 by intermittently driving the tube pump 40 while increasing the rotation speed of the tube pump 40, but may be provided as follows in the present invention.

That is, a nozzle having a hole shape with an inner diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the tube may be provided as the flow velocity increasing member at the open end of the tube. This makes it possible to sufficiently secure a flight distance while increasing the flow velocity of the slurry, and to mix the slurry and the diluent well.

Further, the shape of the tip portion including the open end of the tube may be deformed so that the inner diameter of the tip portion is smaller than the inner diameter of the portion other than the tip portion. This also increases the flow velocity of the slurry and sufficiently ensures the flight distance, thereby enabling the slurry and the diluent to be mixed well.

In the above-described embodiment, the tube pump 40 is provided with the tube pump 40 having the same configuration in such a manner that the open end 33b of the tube 33a gradually approaches the beverage nozzle 24 as going downward and is inclined in a pair of left and right directions in the upper portion 22b of the rear wall 22.

That is, as shown in fig. 8, the tube pump 43 may be provided with the tube pumps 43 having a structure of being inverted right and left in a manner that the open end 33b of the tube 33a gradually approaches the beverage nozzle 24 as going downward and the tube pumps 43 are inclined in a pair of right and left in the upper portion 22b of the rear wall 22. In this case, as shown in fig. 9, the tube pump 43 is attached to the tube 33a in such a manner that the tube 33a extends along the outside and the lower side of the tube pump 43 itself. In the tube pump 43, the open end 33b of the tube 33a is disposed in a region directly above the upper surface opening 1a of the cup 1 placed so as to be guided by the cup guide 21b, together with the beverage nozzle 24. The open end 33b of the tube 33a is fixed and supported by the support member 44.

With such a configuration, the pipe pump 43 does not need to bend the pipe 33a excessively, and can discharge the slurry from the BIB33 to the cup 1 satisfactorily without splashing the slurry from the BIB33 from the open end 33 b.

In the above embodiment, the slurry enclosed in BIB33 was mixed with the dilution water, but in the present invention, the slurry enclosed in BIB may be mixed with the diluted carbonated water.

Claims

1. A beverage supply device, comprising:

a tube pump attached to a tube connected to a bag-in-box formed by housing a bag-shaped container in which a slurry is sealed in a box-shaped container, and configured to discharge the slurry from an open end of the tube when the tube pump is driven; and

a beverage nozzle for spraying the supplied diluent,

the beverage supply device supplies a beverage obtained by mixing the slurry and the diluent to a cup placed on a supply table,

the beverage nozzle ejects the diluent downwards in the vertical direction,

the tube pump discharges the slurry in a form of being mixed with the diluent discharged from the beverage nozzle and being put into the cup.

2. The beverage supplying apparatus according to claim 1,

the beverage supply device is provided with a flow rate increasing component for increasing the flow rate of the slurry sprayed by the tube pump.

3. The beverage supplying apparatus according to claim 2,

the flow rate increasing means intermittently drives the tube pump while increasing the rotational speed of the tube pump.

4. The beverage supply apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the tube pump is provided in a tilted manner such that an open end of the tube gradually approaches the beverage nozzle as it goes downward.

5. The beverage supplying apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the tube pump is provided in a form in which an open end of the tube is disposed in a region directly above an upper surface opening of the cup together with the beverage nozzle.

6. The beverage supplying apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,

the beverage supply device comprises a refrigerator for accommodating the bag-in-box in a left-right pair mode in a mode of clamping a supply pipeline for supplying the diluent to the beverage nozzle, and a heat exchanger for cooling the bag-in-box is arranged at the rear of one bag-in-box,

the cooling equipment has a flow path for air that cools the bag-in-box formed in a region below the bag-in-box.

7. The beverage supplying apparatus according to claim 5,

the tube pump is provided in a pair of right and left with the beverage nozzle interposed therebetween.

8. The beverage supplying apparatus according to claim 7,

the tube pump is attached to the tube in such a manner that the tube extends along the outer side and the lower side of the tube pump itself.