CN1384873A - Beverage - Google Patents

Abstract

A draught beverage which may be alcoholic or non-alcoholic, for example a lager or cider in an open-topped drinking vessel or glass. The beverage comprises a water content and dissolved gas content. The draught beverage is dispensed from a font at a cooled temperature below the freezing point of water at ambient atmospheric pressure. The dispense temperature may be in the rang of -1 deg.C to -12 deg.C. The beverage in the glass may or may not be subjected to external excitement energy, for example ultra-sound, to encourage formation of nucleation sites in the beverage. Either way dissolved gas bubbles out of the beverage causing occurrence of nucleation sites at which ice from the water content forms. At least in part the ice has a slushy character. A head also forms on the dispensed draught beverage and below the head the ice locates and develops downwards into the beverage.

Description

A kind of beverage

The present invention relates to beverage, the method for beverage is provided, visible demonstration is provided in beverage and supplies (barreled, draught) device of beverage in bulk.

This beverage contains water content and dissolved air content.

This beverage can be alcoholic beverage or non-alcoholic beverages.For example, this beverage can be the alcoholic beverage of beer, hard cider, seasoning, for example the beverage of alcohol lemonade or other the alcoholic type of beverage that steams or so-called low alcoholic beverage.Term " beer " comprises old storage beer, ale, stout and stout, also comprises the beverage that contains hops food flavouring, the spirituosity amount from Fructus Hordei Germinatus and fermentation, water content and dissolved air content.

A purpose is to provide the cool beverage that utilizes ice cube in the more satisfied mode of human consumer (owing to the dilution of beverage can not occur).

Another purpose provides the sustainable beverage that has cool ice, so this beverage can keep cold conditions in long-time.

The foam layer that another purpose provides above it can persistent beverage (if this beverage has foam layer).

Another purpose provides ice and can be used as the beverage that interesting visible demonstration develops therein.

A first aspect of the present invention is provided at the beverage in the open-top container, and described beverage contains water content and dissolved air content, and this beverage has foam layer on ice in described container, and the water of described ice from described water content forms in beverage.

This container can be any proper container, for example drinking container, for example glass cylinder.

Preferred ice sheet is adjacent with foam layer and contact with foam layer.The protuberance of preferred ice sheet extends downwards and away from foam layer, and is positioned at foam layer.The protuberance of ice sheet can be directly sagging or sagging from the ice sheet of foam layer below from foam layer.

Preferably should form rather than single solid piece by the small-crystalline of many ice by ice.Preferred this ice cube has snow melt (slush, pulpous state) characteristic rather than solid piece.In beverage, there is more than one ice structure (ice formation) to form.Can be tiny Powdered ice.Can be 1 or the laminar ice of 2mm or 3mm or 4mm or bigger progression, according to the longest dimension meter of laminar ice.

This beverage has the color of white of can being different from or colourless water, and has belt or striped at various height, and this belt may be the brilliant white layer in this formation of nuclear, the brilliant formation of the rare nuclear of the colored drink layer between white layer.The ultrasonic wave that utilization is applied on the beverage container (for example glass cylinder) can reach this effect.The colored drink belt of white belt and insertion has identical thickness basically.

The white band that scatters through the colored drink band can exist about several seconds, rather than several minutes, had 1～10 second usually, preferred about 3～6 seconds.The time that the colored drink band of white band/distribution exists is identical with the time that ultrasonic wave is applied on the beverage container basically.

The formation of foam layer in formation that many forming core methods impel ice crystal and/or the beverage in the container can be provided.The forming core method is preferably used ultrasonic wave, preferably ultrasonic wave is applied to the bottom of beverage container, but the nucleation inducement that it can other form.For example, forming core (such as the surface of sintered surface, etched surfaces or the material that ground, for example glass) is impelled on the surface that container and/or dispensing water tap/nozzle (or insert in the beverage container object) can have uneven surface/high surface area; Or provide apace and forming core is induced in suitably big pressure drop; Or provide mechanical stirring; Or make this beverage have turbulent flow to promote forming core; Or introduce or inject can highly oversaturated amount of liquid with gas; Or introduce in addition or injecting gas, or glass cylinder is vibrated (for example, be exposed to sound wave or with some other mode come vibration container) in some mode; Or introduce chemical substance (for example tablet) or produce the equipment (but for example chemical particle effervesce or dissolving and can discharge bubble) of bubble.

Provide according to a second aspect of the invention the beverage in the open-top container has been kept the refrigerative method, described beverage contains water content and dissolved air content, described method comprises that the ice that forms in the interior beverage of open-top container has cooling performance to this beverage, and described ice is formed in beverage by the water in the described water content.

The 3rd aspect of the present invention provides the method for keeping cool ice in the beverage in open-top container, described beverage contains water content and dissolved air content, wherein said ice is formed in beverage by the water in the described water content, described method is included in foam layer is provided on the beverage, therefore covered by foam layer at the ice described in the container, the foam layer thermal insulation layer that it serves as on ice prevents that heat is delivered on ice from the foam layer top.

The 4th aspect of the present invention provides the method for keeping foam layer on the beverage in open-top container, described beverage contains water content and dissolved air content, described method is included in to be provided foam layer and forms ice by the water in the described water content in beverage on the beverage, below foam layer top foam layer is had cooling performance at the ice described in the described container.

The 5th aspect of the present invention provides the open-top container of beverage, this beverage contains water content and dissolved air content and can produce foam layer when being assigned to beverage in the container, this beverage container has the top foam layer that covers the ice structure of being made up of many ice crystals, and this ice structure is that the formation of icing in by beverage after beverage carries out the branch timing or is assigned in the container produces.

Preferred this container has transparent or translucent wall or have window transparent or translucent material at least.

The ice structure that is preferably formed extends to the width of vessel port basically or passes completely through the width of vessel port.It comprises basically ice crystal uniformly in foam layer contact area or layer.Perhaps, the ice crystal that contacts with foam layer can not be uniform basically.

Ice structure has the protuberance that extends from foam layer.This protuberance can contain greater than the laminar ice at ice-foam layer boundary.

Ice-foam layer ice at the interface formed before laminar ice projection.

This beverage can be subjected to the influence of ultrasonic signal and can be the bulk beverage that is transported in the container.Before being transported to bulk beverage in the container, preferably at once before, this beverage is cooled to the temperature of the freezing point that is lower than water under normal pressure.

The 6th aspect of the present invention provides the method that bulk beverage (draught beverage) is provided in open-top container, described beverage contains water content and dissolved air content, described method comprises beverage is cooled to the temperature that is lower than the freezing point of water under normal pressure, the refrigerative beverage is transported in the described container, and described cooled beverage is subjected to the influence of ultrasonic signal or the influence of other ice cube and/or gas bubbling forming core method.

The outside of ultrasonic signal from described container applied, and/or the outside of ultrasonic signal from described container is applied on the refrigerative beverage.Under the kind situation of back, provide or be arranged in the beverage of container with probe bonded ultrasonic transmitter.If desired, beverage is transported to distribution openings in the container or nozzle by it and can be suitable for serving as the described beverage of ultrasonic transmitter in container above-mentioned ultrasonic signal is provided.This signal is applied to through on the beverage of this distribution openings, and/or is applied on the interior beverage of container.

Not only after beverage is transported in the container, ultrasonic signal is applied on the beverage, and, or method also can apply when carrying beverage as an alternative.For example, at beverage from distribution openings or the effusive process of nozzle and/or afterwards ultrasonic wave is applied on the beverage flow.

The frequency of this ultrasonic signal is 20kHz～70kHz.For example, the frequency of ultrasonic signal is essentially 30kHz.

Above-mentioned ice cube is in development downwards in beverage below the foam layer.

Preferably before being transported to beverage in the container, earlier container is cooled off.This container is cooled to be essentially 4 ℃ maybe this container is cooled to be lower than 4 ℃ temperature.For example, this container can be cooled to be essentially 0 ℃.

Before carrying, preferably only before conveying, bulk beverage is cooled to be essentially-1 ℃～-12 ℃, and in this temperature range, flows to container basically.If desired, beverage can be cooled to be essentially-4 ℃～-6 ℃.The volumetric concentration of alcohol (abv) is big more, and it is low more that alcoholic beverage is carried out the refrigerative temperature.For the old storage beer (or other beverage) with about 4.5%abv (or being cooled to be essentially-4 ℃ or-6 ℃), we plan to obtain-5 ℃ dispense temperature approximately.

Preferred this container has enough transparent wall part, thus the inclusion that partly can see container by described wall.Therefore, this container is the drinking container of glass.

Preferred this beverage is light, for example the color of undertint beer.If desired, this beverage can be old storage beer or hard cider.

Above-mentioned dissolved gases can comprise carbonic acid gas and/or comprise nitrogen.(for example alcoholic beverage) dissolved a nitrogen content is essentially 0ppm～100ppm in the beverage.For some beverages, for example some old storage beer can be essentially 40ppm.Carbon dioxide dissolved content can be essentially 0vol.% or higher.Described carbonic acid gas can be essentially in any defined scope of any of following level or level below: 0vols/vol, 0.5vols/vol, 1vols/vol, 1.4 or 1.5vols/vol, 2.0vols/vol, 2.2 or 2.4vols/vol, 3vols/vol, 4vols/vols or 5vols/vol or higher.

If desired, ultrasonic signal can follow performance of listening and/or visible light that machinery produces or that electricity produces to show.The performance that can listen is a sound harmonious or music.Visible light shows can comprise the visible flash of light.

If desired, beverage is subjected to hyperacoustic influence in the enclosure, thus with this container at least from visually hiding a side of described shell.

The 7th aspect of the present invention provides the beverage that contains water content and dissolved air content, wherein before beverage, described beverage is cooled to be lower than the temperature of the freezing point of water under normal pressure and be transported in the container, thereby beverage under normal pressure wherein comes out and the described water content of at least a portion becomes ice at the gas bubbling from beverage described in the described container.

The 8th aspect of the present invention provides bulk beverage (instant getting), it contains the beverage of water content and dissolved air content, wherein bulk beverage temperature in the freezing point that is lower than water under normal pressure enters the container that communicates with normal pressure from the outlet outflow before drinking, so above-mentioned gas bubbling from beverage comes out and the described water content of at least a portion becomes ice.

If desired, preferably the container of drinking container can have shape or the structure of impelling ice to form.For example, this container has the internal surface that is provided as nuclear location, thereby impels the formation of ice.Described surface has coarse surface portion at least.At least the wall of container partly can change color automatically along with variation of temperature.Described wall part can contain thermochromic material.

Wish that this gas is non-oxidized gas.Can avoid like this or at least slow beverage rotten.Gas comprises carbonic acid gas and/or nitrogen.By cooled beverage therein with form ice cube, this seem (initial at least) reduced the rate of release of dissolved gases in the beverage (for example old storage beer), and seems to have improved and drink sensation, taste, fragrance or strong fragrance (bite).We believe that this is the combined result of more substantial reservation gas in lower consumption temperature (keeping by ice cube) and the beverage.

The existence of ice can provide interesting and attracting feature, with container be full of the back ice cube with conspicuous speed when beverage expands everywhere, this feature is especially attractive.In order to increase interest, can comprise one or more stripeds or the zone of one or more colors that the color with ice and/or beverage presents a contrast in the ice.

Above-mentioned ice cube maybe can have the snow melt characteristic.

The 9th aspect of the present invention provides the method for the bulk beverage that contains water content and dissolved air content, described method comprises that bulk beverage enters the container from the outlet outflow, before described outflow, store or handle beverage in the mode that stops above-mentioned gas dissolved from beverage, to lose, under normal pressure, described beverage is cooled to be lower than the temperature of the freezing point of water, in described container, above-mentioned gas bubbling from beverage comes out and the described water of at least a portion becomes ice.

The of the present invention ten aspect provides the method that visible demonstration or effect are provided in the container that has a part of transparent wall at least, described method comprises provides the bulk beverage that contains water content and dissolved air content, bulk beverage flows out from outlet and enters described container, before described outflow, store or handle this beverage in the mode that stops above-mentioned gas dissolved from beverage, to lose, under described normal pressure, described beverage is cooled to be lower than and forms visible in the temperature of freezing point of water and the beverage in container and show or effect, the formation that described visible demonstration or effect comprise that above-mentioned gas bubbling from beverage comes out and become the ice that ice occurs because of the described water of at least a portion.

The ice that forms develops in container, and therefore being passed down through beverage from the last liquid level of beverage has roughly increased the quantity and the scope of icing.

At least container wall part can change color automatically along with variation of temperature.Described wall part can contain thermochromic material.

Utensil is inserted the formation that impels described ice cube in the beverage in the container.For example, this utensil can be thermometer or swizzle stick (swizzle-stick).

Coloured material or dyestuff can be provided and form a kind of coloured striped or zone at least in beverage and/or ice cube, the color of the color of described material and dyestuff and ice cube and/or beverage presents a contrast, and is visible therefore.

Above-mentioned utensil can be used for adding coloured material and dyestuff to beverage and/or ice cube.

In one approach, beverage flows in the container in the temperature that is essentially-4 ℃, and the temperature of the beverage in the container almost rises immediately and is essentially-3 ℃ at least then.

The 11 aspect of the present invention provides beverage dispensing apparatus, this device comprises the beverage dispensing line that is suitable for that beverage is cooled to cooling apparatus below 0 ℃, dispensing water tap and is suitable for beverage is sent to the dispensing water tap, therefore the layout of this device is suitable for distributing and is cooled to be lower than the beverage of selecting the temperature that should normally form ice (if if this beverage is leaving standstill and providing the forming core method in the beverage that this leaves standstill under the normal pressure) in beverage at this, and unappropriated beverage can not freeze yet in the device.

Preferred this device comprises pumping unit, and the beverage dispensing line comprises when closing the dispensing water tap that with the part of beverage cycle through the dispensing water tap, the fact is that the unappropriated beverage of refrigerative keeps flowing, thereby stops the formation of ice blockage in the dispensing water tap.

This beverage can should form ice at this temperature ice cube at its maintenance whenever that is in following temperature dispensing water tap (or flowing through the dispensing water tap when it is opened) of flowing through in dispensing water tap or beverage dispensing line.

The cooling circuit that has at least a cooling apparatus and be connected with the dispensing water tap preferably is provided, and beverage keeps cooling by cooling apparatus in circulation loop, and utilizes the pumping unit that provides in the circulation loop to keep circulation.In circulation loop, can have many cooling apparatuss (for example interchanger).Can have many dispensing water taps that link with circulation loop.

The beverage of circulation loop upstream can be cooled to certain temperature, under the temperature and pressure condition that beverage experienced near the pipeline upstream at circulation loop this temperature, in beverage, form ice.

The 12 aspect of the present invention provides the device of supply bulk beverage, and this device comprises that beverage heat-exchange equipment, cool beverage carry out round-robin beverage cycle equipment from described heat-exchange equipment from valve arrangement and the beverage that exports effusive beverage outlet, control beverage supplying and can close to opening of described outlet described loop.

When valve closes, beverage can circulate in the loop.Preferred this loop is contained pumping unit described beverage is circulated.

It is to reduce or the beverage avoiding freezing stops up the path of beverage supply to outlet that beverage is carried out the round-robin purpose.Described loop comprises the beverage stream in the described heat-exchange equipment.

In preferred embodiments, this device comprises the parts or the divider that can be installed on the saloon counter, also comprises interchanger and outlet.

The beverage stream can be connected to the basin of bulk beverage on the heat-exchange equipment.Stream comprises a part of loop at least.

Stream can be divided into many beverage routes and the loop comprises one or more route.

At basin with between the heat-exchange equipment of mentioning for the first time, beverage can be subjected to the effect of beverage cooling heat exchanger for the second time.

Basin is cooled off.

If desired, second heat-exchange equipment can act at least a portion loop.

The common refrigerant of first and second heat-exchange equipments can circulate therein.

The beverage cooling heat exchanger can act on the beverage between described basin and loop.

An advantage of specific embodiments of the present invention is that it makes us can utilize ice cube wherein to provide cool beverage in the more satisfied mode of human consumer (because the dilution of beverage can not occur).Another advantage is that we can provide wherein the cool ice that exists can persistent beverage, so beverage can keep cooling for a long time.

Another advantage is that we can provide a kind of beverage, and wherein the foam layer above it is than being essentially 6 ℃ or be essentially the sustainable longer time of foam layer that 4 ℃ of identical beer that utilize similar or identical distribution device to distribute obtain.Another advantage of a kind of embodiment of the present invention is that it can make us provide ice as the interesting beer that develops in the beer that as seen is presented at.

(draught) the in bulk hard cider that (serve) is provided one glass has foam layer (the sustainable any reasonable time of this foam layer) is unusual difficulty.Although can by from the spring body (font) that contains bubbler (sparkler) thus distribute hard cider to produce foam layer, this foam layer is very fast to have disappeared.The transfer rate of hard cider because the use of spout has been slowed down, therefore transmit quantitative volume with not using bubbler to compare to spend the longer time, in any case and because the very fast disappearance of foam layer, therefore some think that the use bubbler is nonsensical, just remove from the spring body without permission sometimes.

Therefore another purpose provides the method that the hard cider in bulk that contains the dissolved air content is provided, and the foam layer on the hard cider that provides with known method up to now of the more stable and Billy of the foam layer on (for example drinking glass) hard cider in bulk in the container in conveying can be kept the longer time.

The 13 aspect of the present invention provides the method that hard cider in bulk is provided in open-top container, wherein said hard cider contains water content and dissolved air content, described method is included in the temperature that under the normal pressure hard cider is cooled to the freezing point that is lower than water and the refrigerative hard cider is transported in the described container, and described refrigerative hard cider is subjected to the effect of ultrasonic signal.

Hard cider is cooled to be essentially-1 ℃～-12 ℃.For example, hard cider can be cooled to be essentially-6 ℃.The volumetric concentration of alcohol is big more, and it is low more that hard cider carries out the refrigerative temperature.

If desired, the refrigerative hard cider can flow out from distributing outlet by bubbler.But the refrigerative hard cider can be through hard cider from the interior orifice plate of its effusive distribution outlet.

Preferably before receiving hard cider, carry out open-top container freezing.This container is freezing to being essentially 4 ℃ or be refrigerated to and be lower than 4 ℃ temperature.For example this container is refrigerated to and is essentially 0 ℃.

The frequency of described ultrasonic signal is essentially 20kHz～70kHz.For example the frequency of ultrasonic signal can be essentially 30kHz.

The outside of ultrasonic signal from described container is applied on the described container.

The inside of ultrasonic signal from described container is applied on the refrigerative hard cider.Therefore the ultrasonic signal emitters of sending ultrasonic signal of the hard cider in container is arranged in the hard cider of container.

The refrigerative hard cider flows to distribution outlet in the described container from it and is suitable for use as ultrasonic signal emitters above-mentioned ultrasonic signal is provided.Above-mentioned ultrasonic signal can be applied on the above-mentioned hard cider of this distribution outlet of flowing through.

The dissolved air content can comprise carbonic acid gas and/or nitrogen.Carbonic acid gas can be essentially 0vol.% or higher and/or a nitrogen content can be essentially 0ppm or higher, and for example, carbon dioxide content can be essentially 1.8vol.% and/or a nitrogen content can be essentially 18ppm.

The 14 aspect of the present invention provides the hard cider in open-top container, and wherein said hard cider has dissolved air content and water content, and wherein said hard cider has foam layer on ice, and described ice is formed by the water in the described water content.Aspect the 14 of the present invention in the described hard cider, described foam layer and ice that the 13 the described method in aspect form by implementing to small part.

The 15 aspect of the present invention provides the method for keeping foam layer on the hard cider in open-top container, wherein said hard cider contains water content and dissolved air content, described method is included in foam layer is provided on the hard cider, in hard cider, form described ice by the water in the described water content, in described container, described ice forms the one deck that is covered by described foam layer.Aspect the 15 of the present invention in the described method, described foam layer and ice that the 13 the described method in aspect form by implementing to small part.

The 16 aspect of the present invention provides the method that beverage is provided in open-top container, this method comprises provides the beverage with water content, this beverage is cooled to the temperature that is lower than the freezing point of water under normal pressure, be transported to the refrigerative beverage in the open-top container and impel in the beverage in container and be formed into nuclear location, form in beverage by above-mentioned water content at this each position ice.

This beverage comprises the dissolved air content that bubbling comes out in the interior beverage of calm device and produce above-mentioned nucleation site in above-mentioned bubble.

This beverage is subjected to the formation that action of ultrasonic waves promotes nucleation site.

This beverage can contain the solid matter that is used as or promotes above-mentioned nucleation site formation.

The 17 aspect of the present invention provides the device of supply bulk beverage, this device comprises that beverage cooling heat exchanger, cool beverage carry out round-robin beverage cycle loop from described heat-exchange equipment from valve arrangement and the beverage that exports effusive beverage outlet, control beverage supply can be closed to opening of described outlet described loop, and described heat-exchange equipment comprises the water cooler or the cooling bath of cooling off described beverage.

But but heat-exchange equipment comprises the also interchanger of round-robin beverage in the heating circuit of cooled beverage.

Therefore interchanger can utilize Pa Er card (peltier) effect, by its oppositely can the causing of electric current of flowing through heated beverage.

The present invention is further described by embodiment with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a device synoptic diagram of carrying the refrigerative bulk beverage;

Fig. 2 to 4 is full of continuous transformation or the change that the back takes place with the bulk beverage that front view schematically illustrates the device conveying that utilizes among Fig. 1 with drinking container in beverage;

Fig. 5 to 7 represents respectively to be provided at the side-view that the mode in the drinking container changes with the beverage after carrying;

After Fig. 8 represented by the beverage that the device among Fig. 1 is carried drinking container to be full of with front view, this container stood in ultrasonic signal is applied to synoptic diagram on the device of this beverage;

Fig. 9 to 15 represents the continuous variation of the development during beverage is subjected to the development that changes in the foam layer on the beverage after the effect of ultrasonic signal and ice forms in beverage with front view;

Figure 16 is the synoptic diagram that ultrasonic signal is applied to the another kind of method on the beverage;

Figure 17 is the synoptic diagram that ultrasonic signal is applied to the another kind of method on the beverage;

Figure 18 represents 1 pint of old storage beer by ultrasonic exciting;

Figure 19 represents to leave standstill after the old storage beer of 1 pint among Figure 18 is encouraged 3 minutes situation;

Figure 20 is the schematic representation of apparatus of carrying refrigerative hard cider in bulk;

Figure 21 is full of synoptic diagram after the hard cider that the device among Figure 20 carries with the drinking container that front view is represented, this container stands in ultrasonic signal just and is applied on the device that schematically illustrates on the hard cider (being similar to the device among Fig. 8);

Figure 22 and 23 usefulness front views schematically illustrate the development that changes in the foam layer on the hard cider after the effect that hard cider is subjected to ultrasonic signal and the continuous variation of the development that forms at the hard cider medium floe;

Figure 24 is the synoptic diagram that ultrasonic signal is applied to the another kind of method on the hard cider;

Figure 25 is the synoptic diagram that ultrasonic signal is applied to the another kind of method on the hard cider;

Figure 26 is the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of carrying the device of refrigerative bulk beverage;

Figure 27 carries out improved fragment figure to the device among Figure 26; With

Figure 28 to 30 is synoptic diagram of another embodiment of carrying the device of refrigerative bulk beverage.

With reference to Fig. 1, bulk beverage is housed in the keg or bucket 4 that is made of metal.Bucket 4 can be stored in bar/social hall in the known cold house, if desired, and/or in freezing or refrigerative shell 6 more specifically, for example contains the groove of the frozen mixture of water and ethylene glycol.According to top description, this beverage has water content and dissolved air content.This gas is any suitable non-oxidized gas, for example carbonic acid gas and/or nitrogen.The dissolved gases amount can be in the generally well-known scope of beverage in the beverage, and pressure in the bucket 4 and the rest part in the feeding mechanism (below be described) also can be drunk promptly in the well known range that gets (on draught) beverage supply shortly.

This beverage can be the beer that comprises old storage beer, malt liquor, stout or stout, or hard cider.Carbon dioxide dissolved content can be essentially 2.2vols/vol, and/or dissolved a nitrogen content can be roughly 25ppm～35ppm greater than roughly 1vols/vol or 2vols/vol.If desired, roughly 4vols/vol or 5vols/vol of carbon dioxide content.Ethanol content is 2.5%abv to 6 or 7%abv, preferred 4-5%abv ± 1%abv.

This beverage can be the alcoholic beverage of seasoning.

Provide the pump 8 that only when but manual operation valve 10 is opened, just moves basically that beverage 12 is pumped into valve 10 at last and enters thus and distribute outlet 14 from bucket 4 along pipe.In known manner, utilize suitable supply 16 in bucket 4, to provide the tectum of non-oxide/gas under pressure or atmosphere (for example carbonic acid gas and/or nitrogen) and the latter to help pump 8 that beverage is extracted out.

Usually represent the beverage allocation units and have the lid that long and short dash line 20 is pointed out with 18.Allocation units can be installed near the bar or the bar in, for example be installed in saloon counter the top or with it is incorporated into saloon counter.

At approaching lid 20 places, pipe 12 is divided into two streams 22 and 24 that all lead to valve 10.Wherein a stream is formed by the passage 26 in pipeline 22a, 22b, 22c and interchanger 28a and the 28b, and another is formed by the passage 26 in pipeline 24a, 24b, 24c and interchanger 28c and the 28d.

Chilling facility 30 circulates refrigerant in interchanger 28 by the system that comprises refrigerant outflow pipe 34 and refrigerant return tube 36 through placed in-line passage 32.Can be in known manner beverage pipe 22a and 24a and refrigerant pipe 34 and 36 be tied together and form tube bank 38.This interchanger 28 can be a plate-type heat exchanger.

The recycle pump 40 of continuous operation extend to and pipe 12 and stream between the adjacent stream 22 and 24 of contact between.Therefore, stream 22,24 and pump 40 formation beverage when valve 10 is closed can carry out continuous round-robin circulation loop 22,24,40 therein.

As shown in Figure 1, in beverage allocation units 18 interchanger 28 in lid 20, though valve 10 and outlet 14 can be at it outside and a part of circulation loop of part of comprising pump 40 and pipe 22a and 24a also in the outside of lid, it can be positioned under the room temperature in bar.

If desired, can in known manner pipe 12 be incorporated into and comprise and flow out and return in another cooling tube bundle 42 of pipe 44 and 46, it transmits refrigerant and flows out and turn back to chilling device 48 from chilling device.

In a word, this beverage very ice-cold (especially providing through interchanger 28 by allocation units 18) therefore is lower than the freezing point of water under normal pressure from the temperature that exports 14 effusive beverages when valve 10 is opened.For example the beverage temperature that flows to drinking container or drinking glass can be essentially-1 ℃～-12 ℃.This scope can be essentially-4 ℃～-6 ℃.Ethanol content as fruit beverage is about 4.5%abv, and then target temperature is-5 ℃.

When valve 10 was closed, beverage circulated in loop 22,24,40 automatically, so beverage can not stagnate, can not freeze and can not stop up the supply passageway that leads to valve 10 yet.

Under the situation of bulk beverage, for example have the beer of foam layer traditionally, outlet 14 can comprise that known orifice plate or other equipment promote foaming.

With reference to Fig. 2, when bulk beverage 50 was transported to the drinking container 52 (for example glass cylinder) from exporting 14 (Fig. 1), beverage was under normal pressure and the envrionment temperature, and beverage temperature begins to raise, and for example rises to-3 ℃.Almost be at once, ice cube 54a is liquid level formation on beverage near the top of container 50, and this ice cube is (we believe) that is caused by the nucleation site that the bubble in the dissolved gases produces.Has foam layer 56 as fruit beverage 50, then just formation below foam layer of ice cube.The ice cube of major part has the snow melt characteristic, and is formed by the water that forms beverage.Represent the growth of ice cube to take container 52 basically with 54b among Fig. 3 and the 54c among Fig. 4 up to ice cube.The growth of ice cube (for example in 1 pint glass) can be finished in one minute or two minutes, and it is very attracting observing such phenomenon, and had produced the interesting visual effects based on the bubbling of the growth of ice cube and gas.Another kind of interesting visual effects is that the cooled beverage that the device from Fig. 1 is transported to the drinking container does not have longer swirling the time than also carrying out the refrigerative beverage in container.

Not only the formation of ice cube has produced interesting visual effects, and ice cube have help beverage in the longer time, keep the cooling.Similarly form by the water in the beverage, so beverage need not be diluted with ice owing to ice cube.In fact, for alcoholic beverage, the alcohol total amount when ice cube forms in the container is identical, but because water has formed ice, the ethanol concn of remaining liquid drink had increased before ice dissolves.

Container 52 is carried out the formation that moulding (determining shape) impels ice.In Fig. 5, provide zone 58 (having uneven surface) to impel the formation of nucleation site, thereby impelled more ice cube 54d to form, it increases the ice cube 54 that forms from the top of container 52 according to rising shown in the arrow A.

In Fig. 6, impel by in beverage, inserting elongated utensil or bar 60 that more ice cube 54e forms in the beverage 50, this bar is used in the swizzle stick that its low side and shank have structure 62 and 64 respectively and represents that it further impels the formation of nucleation site in Fig. 6.In another example, bar 60 can be the thermometer that is used to measure beverage temperature, thereby knows whether beverage has been raised to sufficiently high safe consumption temperature.This utensil can be used for promoting ice cube everywhere.

Coloured zone or striped in ice cube 54 and the beverage 50 in Fig. 7, have been represented.These coloured structures form by nontoxic, edible, coloured material or dyestuff are discharged in the beverage 56.But the coloured material or the dyestuff of the visible shape of outstanding ice cube and beverage can be injected in the beverage, perhaps introduce in the beverage by above-mentioned utensil.

Preferred container 52 has enough transparent wall, therefore can be observed the formation of beverage 50 medium floes 54 and can appreciate its visible qualitative change.

Drinking container 52 is formed by the material that changes color along with temperature variation automatically (for example thermochromic material) or has an internal surface that is formed by the material that changes color along with temperature variation automatically.Except this more interesting visual effects, when a kind of special color occurring, can indicate the optimal temperature of drinking this beverage.

Though can use any beverage that contains water and dissolved air content, we believe that old storage beer has illustrated visible character of the present invention or characteristic.

With reference to Fig. 8, bulk beverage 70 (it can be a beer, for example old storage beer) is transported to the drinking container 72 from exporting 14 (Fig. 1), for example preferred higher or preferably have clearly or the glass cylinder of transparent wall.

Preferably before receiving beverage, carry out container 72 freezing.Container 72 is cooled to be essentially 4 ℃ or lower temperature.For example utilize bottle formula chiller that container 72 is cooled to be essentially 4 ℃, known glass frost device (froster) can be cooled to container to be essentially 0 ℃ simultaneously.Represent foam layer with 74, preferably when container contained the volume (for example 1 pint of beer) of whole measurements, foam layer will be lower than the top of container 72.

Pour cool beverage into refrigerative container 72 backs (or after a few second), at once container is placed in the shallow water of the water 76 in the disc-shaped part 78 of ultrasonic wave generation device 80, wherein plate 78 is installed securely or is fixed on the base portion 82 that contains ultrasonic transmitter 84.The frequency of the ultrasonic signal that projector 84 sends is essentially 20kHz～70kHz.For example this beverage is subjected to the effect of the ultrasonic signal of some other frequencies of being essentially 30kHz or being selected from above-mentioned scope, water layer 76 provides ultrasonic wave in any required time, although short period of time in several seconds normally, for example be essentially for 1～5 second, more particularly about 3 seconds or 4 seconds.The user can change and applies hyperacoustic time span, for example by suppressing switch or changing the setting of control.

Fig. 9 represents result's (the chances are several seconds to ten second magnitude) at short notice, wherein is in to have promoted in the ultrasonic wave that dissolved gases forms quite intensive a large amount of bubbles 86 suddenly in the whole liquid beverage.This height that causes foam layer 74 increases.As shown in figure 10, foam layer 74 flows out from container 72.Bubble formation nucleation site, this nucleation site are impelled and just form ice cube 88A fast below foam layers.This ice cube 88A has the snow melt characteristic.Snow melt piece 88A begins growth a little while, and foam layer 74 rises as shown in figure 11, but bubble no longer is so much.Yet they can serve as the nucleation site that the ice 88B that impels in the beverage main body forms, and this ice 88B is the feature of thinner foliated ice, the foliated ice of snowflake type for example, and its rising also accumulates in formation sheet ice cube 88C on the lower end of defrost ice cube 88A.Shown in Figure 12 and 13, foliated ice continues to form in for some time, rises and ice cube 88C is extended downwards by beverage 70.

Only need one minute or two minutes from the stage shown in Figure 8 to the stage shown in Figure 14, therefore bubble increase and the formation and the visible development spot of ice cube quite rapid, this be interesting, by glass cylinder 72 observable quite amazing phenomenons.

For the drama that increases incident or the effect of miracle, the running of device 80 can be attended by (or manually) of carrying out automatically and can come audibility energy that machinery produces or the electricity generation by adopting the stereo set that produces lively, music or harmonious sound for the human consumer in bar.In addition, perhaps select as another kind of, the operation of device 80 can be carried out automatically, and shows with visible light, for example visible flash of light.These can simulate the flicker of light.The performance that can listen can comprise the noise that is similar to thunder in this case.

If desired, being subjected to hyperacoustic container 72 can be away from the sight line of the human consumer in the bar.For example, it can be hidden on the sales counter or near the side in the shell of sales counter or many sides, this shell can be used as " magic " or magus's box or chest.

Preferred this beverage is a light color.For example this beverage can be the beer of light color, for example old storage beer.

Except the ice cube that forms in beverage 70 is the attracting view, it also helps to show that to the human consumer this beverage is cold, and the ice that not have adding to be formed by water the water in beverage dilutes beverage.

Good foam layer 74 provides the thermal insulation layer of ice cube, and especially from the heat at top, it helps ice cube is kept the longer time, has therefore continued the time of its cooling performance.Similarly the ice cube below foam layer 74 helps to keep the existence of foam layer, its sustainable 10 minutes, 15 minutes or most preferably about 20 minutes.

In Figure 15, although after a time, for example about 15 minutes, foam layer 74 begins to collapse (heart and leave the wall of container) therein, and it is still keeping tenaciously, makes ice cube isolated, and makes the beverages in the container 72 have attracting outward appearance.

Figure 16 represents to apply the another kind of method of ultrasonic signal, has wherein distributed the container or the glass cylinder 72 of beverage 70 after the device among Fig. 12, and the ultrasonic probe 90 that is provided with energy by cable 92 is immersed in beverage as projector 84A generation ultrasonic signal.Probe 90 before supplying in the container, whole measurement volumes is inserted in the beverage.

In Figure 12, distribute outlet 14 as ultrasonic probe, for example by ultrasonic transmitter 88B is provided.

Ultrasonic probe 14 among Figure 12 can send ultrasonic signal beer arrives container 72 through it when, and/or as shown this probe portion immerse in beverage and when the beverage volume of measuring is still being supplied with or after supply the beverage 70 in container 72 send ultrasonic signal.

Figure 18 represents another glass cylinder 172 (for example 1 pint) of beverage 170 (being old storage beer in the case), beverage only is subjected to excitation (X represents as arrow) by ultrasonic transmitter in the bottom under this kind situation, for example the beverage in the glass cylinder is erected in the couplant shown in Fig. 8 (water).Figure 18 represents to be subjected to the excitation of ultrasonic wave about about 3 seconds glass cylinder 172 afterwards, and this glass cylinder still is subjected to hyperacoustic excitation simultaneously, and foam layer 174 begins to form.This shows, except the big activity increase of locating " the white belt " of a series of levels about the height upper middle of glass cylinder 172 in the whole volume of beverage 170, occurs the common bubble with relatively low level.Interspersing among between the white belt 120 is belt 122, and it is lower color white, the color of just more beverage or old storage beer.It is visible that the belt 120 of 2 to 4 whites is arranged usually, but the bubble formation that increases can come across the top of " belt-like zone " 120,122 and below.

The formation of belt 120,122 makes the glass cylinder that fills beverage have the attracting scene in sustainable several seconds.Should believe that it is relevant with the standing wave that produces because of hyperacoustic excitation and may represent to vibrate the zone (although this explanation is not being restricted of predictive) of the most violent glass cylinder in glass cylinder 172.Belt 120,122 forms in the centre-heights of glass cylinder usually, but in the middle of they can not just in time be positioned at, for example according to from top to bottom mode, they may be positioned at 1/3rd to 2/5ths places (or from bottom to top) of cup.

The glass cylinder 172 that it should further be appreciated that Figure 18 has the mouth 124 narrower than housing 126.Should believe the foam layer that to have had restrictive interruption-forming darker and the time length is longer.This may or not contain relevant with the following fact, promptly compares with the foam layer of the beverage of the container that is positioned at straight line or horn-like limit, has the exposed surface area that beer volume that the glass cylinder of restricted entry contains has littler foam layer.

That our test shows that several pintas can obtain than half pint beverage is best/result preferably.This may have bigger thermal capacity relevant than half pint beverage beverage with 1 pinta, is exposed to that the effect of environment is less to have littler effect for the heat that is delivered to surrounding environment, and when the beverage volume: the ratio on the surface of exposure is big more.

Figure 19 illustrates that the old storage beer of 1 pint among Figure 18 is in the situation after about 3 minutes (or regarding another kind of mode as after about 10 minutes, almost not changing in appearance at the glass cylinder of old storage beer between 3 minutes and 10 minutes).Foam layer 14 is more or less darker than desired, stretches out glass cylinder 172 slightly.The ice sheet 188A of relative thin (half millimeter to several millimeters progression) extends to the foam layer below and passes completely through the diameter of glass cylinder 172, and the protuberance that is hanging of thin ice 188B extends possibility downwards and enters clarifying beer for 2～5 centimetres.Extending at least 3 centimetres of protuberance 188B, 5 centimetres may not be the upper limit of its length.Protuberance 188B is usually located at the center, but can be to compare with the central shaft of glass cylinder to have departed from axially.It has the tip narrower than the bottom (bottom is the part adjacent with foam layer 174).

Should be appreciated that it is exactly new generating the beverage itself with this ice cube formation, and it has produced the required product of human consumer with observable difference alone.

And, carrying out in the process of ultrasonic exciting at glass cylinder beverage, the belt of generation or striped have also produced the product of vision uniqueness, and supply product in distinguishing mode to the human consumer.

With reference to Figure 20, the device of supply hard cider is with 202 expressions.

Hard cider in bulk is housed in keg or the bucket 204.As mentioned above, hard cider in bulk has water content and dissolved air content.

This gas can be any suitable non-oxidized gas, for example carbonic acid gas and/or nitrogen.The dissolved gases amount can be the known range commonly used of hard cider in the hard cider.

Carbon dioxide dissolved content is essentially 1.8vol.%, and/or dissolved a nitrogen content is essentially 18ppm.

Provide pump 206 that the pump hard cider is transmitted along the pipe 208 itself known cooling tube bundle (not shown) by check valve 207 from bucket 204; Pipe comprises the heat exchange coil 210 in the known long-range cooling system.The groove that pipe 208 leads to chiller 216 is bathed the spiral coil cooling tubes 212 in 214, and pipe 208A leads to the distribution outlet that can be positioned on the bar or the manual valve 218 (known) of nozzle 220 from this coil pipe.Groove bath 214 contains the cooling mixture 222 of ethylene glycol and water, for example 50% ethylene glycol and 50% water.The vaporizer 224 of the refrigeration plant 226 of cooling mixture 222 by comprising condenser 228, refrigerant pump 230 and widening parts 232 cools off.Pump 234 circulates by 236 pairs of cold mixts 222 of pipe arrangement, and pipe 236 forms another tube bank 238 with pipe 208A.

In known manner, from the tectum of the non-oxidized gas (for example carbonic acid gas and/or nitrogen) of suitable supply 240 (by pressure-regulator 242) or atmosphere forms top pressure in bucket 204 and help pump 206 that hard cider is extracted out.

Top gas pressure in the bucket 204 can be essentially 206.84kN/m ²(30lbs/in ²).

Pump 206 produces in pipe 208,208A can be essentially 517.12kN/m ²～551.58kN/m ²(75～80lbs/in ²) pressure.Under normal circumstances, pump 206 does not turn round, therefore when valve 218 is opened, being stored in pumping pressure in the pipe 208,208A drops to and is lower than predetermined desirable value, this value can be observed by the pressure switch 244 of pump controller (not shown), and this pump controller makes the running of pump 206 to provide and is essentially 75～80lbs/in ²The pump output pressure.Chiller 216 will be cooled to be essentially-1 ℃～-12 ℃ preset temperature through its hard cider that arrives nozzle 220, for example-6 ℃.Hard cider flows in open-top container 46 (Fig. 2) in preset temperature arrival nozzle 220 and by it, and this container can be drinking container, for example drinking glass.In Figure 20, pass bubbler 247 (known) from the effusive hard cider of the outlet of outlet nozzle 220.Except described bubbler 247, on nozzle 220, known orifice plate can be installed.But if desired, orifice plate can be installed neither bubbler is not installed yet.

When valve 218 was closed, pressure switch 244 showed the accumulation of pressure in pipe 208, the 208A and is higher than preset value that this controller will cut out pump 206.

With reference to Figure 21, hard cider 248 in bulk is transported to the drinking container 246 from exporting 220 (Figure 20), and is for example preferred higher and preferably have clearly a glass cylinder with transparent wall.Preferably this container 246 was cooled off before receiving hard cider.This container 246 is cooled to be essentially 4 ℃ or lower temperature.For example can adopt known bottle formula chiller that this container is cooled to be essentially 4 ℃, known glass frost device can be cooled to this container to be essentially 0 ℃ simultaneously.When this container fills whole measurement volumes, 1 pint of hard cider for example, foam layer is represented with 250.

At once refrigerative hard cider 250 is poured in the refrigerative container 246, this container is placed the shallow water of water 252 of the disc-shaped part 254 of ultrasonic wave generation device 256, wherein plate 254 is fixedly mounted in or is fixed on the base portion 258 that comprises ultrasound reflector 260.The frequency of the ultrasonic signal that projector 260 sends is essentially 20kHz～70kHz.Hard cider is subjected to the influence of ultrasonic signal that frequency is essentially 30kHz or is selected from some other frequencies of above-mentioned scope, and water layer 252 provides ultrasonic propagation path or coupling.Hard cider 250 can be subjected to hyperacoustic influence in any required time, but short period of time in several seconds normally for example was essentially for 1～5 second, about more specifically 5 seconds.

Figure 22 has represented result at short notice, wherein being arranged in ultrasonic signal has promoted the bubble of dissolved gases to form suddenly at whole liquid hard cider 248, some bubble 252A are relatively large, yet other bubble 252B is less relatively and be tending towards being gathered into wire with the form of circuitous wavy line upwards.Foam layer 250 rises and has increased its height or degree of depth simultaneously.The formation of bubble impels the ice cube in the hard cider 250 to be formed into nuclear location fast, and the ice cube in this hard cider 250 is formed by the water in the water content in the hard cider.Ice cube rises.This ice cube has the snow melt characteristic and is tending towards snow melt ice cube 262 in formation such as Figure 23 represents below lower curtate and foam layer 250 the hard cider.

The time that only needs 1 minute or 2 minutes from the stage shown in Figure 21 to the stage shown in Figure 23, so the formation of bubble and ice cube and visible development spot is quite fast and can be observed interesting phenomenon by glass cylinder 246.

Except the formation of hard cider 248 medium floes is the interesting view, it also helps to show that to the human consumer hard cider is a refrigerative, and does not add ice cube except form ice with the water that has existed in the hard cider hard cider is diluted.

Feature the most interesting is the 250 sustainable considerable times of foam layer on the hard cider glass cylinder, promptly is several times according to time length of the hard cider foam layer of currently known methods preparation.Foam layer 250 sustainable about 20 minutes.Its long lifetime may be since (i) ice agglomerate 262 served as sealed strip that the gas attempt leaves liquid hard cider wine body or barrier and/or (ii) ice cube 262 make foam layer 250 keep the refrigerative facts.

Figure 24 represents to apply the another kind of method of ultrasonic signal, wherein the device among Figure 20 202 has distributed after the hard cider 248 for container or glass cylinder 246, sends ultrasonic signal thereby will immerse hard cider projector 260A by the ultrasonic probe 264 that cable 266 is provided with energy.Probe 264 is inserted in the hard cider before can being fed to container 246 in whole measurement volumes.

In Figure 25, distribute outlet 220 to serve as ultrasonic probe, for example by ultrasonic transmitter 260B is provided to it.Ultrasonic probe 220 among Figure 25 passes at hard cider and sends ultrasonic signal when it arrives container 246, and/or according to shown in ultrasonic probe 220 parts are immersed in the hard cider, and when the hard cider of measurement volumes still is supplied or supply finish after hard cider 248 in container 246 send ultrasonic signal.

With reference to Figure 26, has water content by installing 302 refrigerative beverages.It also can have the dissolved air content, so that in container (for example glass cylinder), provide in the process of beverage, but the gas bubbling comes out and is formed into nuclear location, thereby impel the formation of ice, for example as mentioned above, with or provide other means (method) to impel the formation of nuclear or this nucleation site is provided, for example in the process of beverage being distributed or providing, ultrasonic wave is applied on the beverage, and/or provide nucleogenesis to impel material to beverage, the tiny solia particle material of size for example, before providing or distributing, be contained in the beverage, and/or when point that provides or distribute is provided for it, join in the beverage flow, and/or flow to described container or soon afterwards at beverage, join in the beverage that is provided.This beverage can be alcoholic or NA.Under the kind situation of back, this beverage can be a fruit juice.Nucleation in the fruit juice impels material to can be the fragment of fruit; For example nucleation impels material can comprise oranges and tangerines pulp sheet in orange juice.If this beverage is alcoholic, it can have the dissolved air content and can be beer or hard cider, for example according to top disclosing, maybe can have seldom or not have the dissolved air content, for example ardent spirits, sweet wine, Still wine (still wine) etc.

In device 302, beverage (known) from suitable supply is supplied along inlet circuit 304 that surrounds with suitable thermal insulation layer 306 and the known measurement utilities 308 that comprises by known puopulsion equipment under suitable cooling temperature, when when distributing place or outlet nozzle to require the conveying of beverage, the beverage of required known volume is transported to the beverage dispenser 310 that contains outlet nozzle 312.This beverage or product inlet circuit 304 lead to product streamline 314, the stream 320 that it comprises spiral coil cooling tube 316, pump 318 and passes through water cooler 322, and for example Pa Er card water cooler leads to divider 310.Water cooler 322 can be a flash cooler.When not needing divider 310 to arrive beverage supply in the drinking container (for example glass cylinder 324), beverage can pass the paths in the divider 310 and continue thus and partly arrive pipe 326 in center circuit or the tube bank or the pipe in the tubular heat exchanger 328 along another successive of product streamline 314, and this interchanger comprises thermal insulation layer 330 and round the pipe 332 of product pipe 326.At the outlet end 334 that links to each other with product pipe 326, product stream 314 continues to arrive the contact 338 that enters the mouth between circuit 304 and the streamline 314 by check valve 336.

Product spiral coil cooling tube 316 is arranged in water cooler or water-bath 340, this water-bath 340 comprise insulation groove 342, for example the water 344 under being essentially 0 ℃ low temperature, known coil pipe 346 transmit the refrigerant of cooling baths and cover in the cover 348 of ice cube, driving water whipping device 350 and water cooling coil pipe 352.

The water inlet that is used for heat passage purpose is supplied by being installed in the suitable equipment on the 356 suitable adiabatic water inlet circuits 354.Inlet circuit 354 links to each other with water cycle circuit 358 by contact 360, and circuit 358 comprises water cooling coil pipe 352, water is fed to the driving water pump 362 of path 364 by Pa Er card water cooler 322.Waterline 314 continues to turn back to contact 360 from path 364 by check valve 366 and the exterior tube 332 of restraining 302.Waterline 314 is divided into two-way at contact 368 and enters another adiabatics 370 that comprises electrically operated valve 372 between pump 362 and Pa Er card water cooler 322, for example electromagnetic valve is controlled chilled(cooling) water supply (CWS) to the U-shaped manifold 374 with inside jet orifice or nozzle 376, thereby refrigerative water spray is cooled to stand in the outside of the glass cylinder 324 on collector under the fluid drips or the tray 378, and the liquid of collection (water) leaves and discharges by outlet 380 from this collector tray.

Device 302 comprises the electric controller (not shown), when this device is ready to dispensing beverage, but pump 318 and 362 continuous operation.Beverage from suitable supply can be supplied with under the first required predetermined cooling temperature by inlet circuit 304.For example can make distribution requirements by the button of pressing on the divider 310 381.This controller can make valve 372 open, thereby refrigerative water spray cools off on glass cylinder 324 and with glass cylinder.Electric valves (for example electromagnetic valve) after several seconds in the divider 310 are opened, thereby divider is carried by metering facility 308 and determined and the beverage of the measurement volumes that pumped into by pump valve closes after conveying finishes.Sometimes divider begins to carry beverage or before or after beginning, controller valve-off 372 stops chilled(cooling) water supply (CWS) to nozzle 376.The beverage that leaves coil pipe 316 has been cooled to be lower than the second predetermined temperature required of described first preset temperature.Just before arriving divider 310, beverage is cooled to even lower the 3rd predetermined temperature by Pa Er card water cooler 322, beverage flows in the glass cylinder 324 under this temperature basically.This beverage packets is moisture and be lower than described the 3rd preset temperature of the freezing point of water.Roughly when divider 310 stops to flow out more beverages automatically or soon afterwards (owing to having distributed required measured quantity), controller will be opened more than 372 seconds of valve once more, for example a second or two seconds, to rinse out the mist pearl of any condensation in the outside of glass cylinder spraying cooling water once more, thereby the phenomenon that takes place in the glass cylinder will be had the visual field more clearly.Beverage from the 310 effusive whiles of divider or should be in the time length only the running of Pa Er card water cooler 322 beverage is cooled to be essentially described the 3rd preset temperature.

Beverage in the glass cylinder is induced and is caused or produces the nucleation site that ice cube can form, thereby produces visible demonstration or above-mentioned phenomenon.This is induced can be but dissolved air content that bubbling comes out to be provided and/or beverage is subjected to hyperacoustic influence and/or supplies with in beverage or add some nucleation promoting materials to beverage, for example solid matter (preferred harmless with edible).Frequency of ultrasonic 20～the 40kHz that applies.Divider 310 is parts of the spring body that provides on the sales counter in bar.In any case, but this spring body side direction mounting face to the human consumer, thereby allow the human consumer better watch the filling of glass cylinder 324 and development wherein.Side direction is meant that the pedestal of spring body or important actor part may not be between human consumer and glass cylinderes.The maximum of the ice cube that forms can be 25% of beverage volume at most approximately, but we believe that maximum about 10% is gratifying.

If desired, the description according to the front makes effusive beverage be subjected to action of ultrasonic waves.In one embodiment, ultrasonic transmitter 382 is installed on the nozzle 312.Similarly this nozzle can be crooked, curvilinear or other shape, so the internal surface on close glass cylinder 324 tops of its exit end, and therefore effusive beverage directly faces toward the internal surface of glass cylinder.

In Figure 27, ultrasonic transmitter 382A is positioned at the outside of the exit end 312A of nozzle 312, thereby ultrasonic wave is applied on the effusive beverage.Projector 382A can be positioned at effusive beverage flow axially around, it is a cyclic in this embodiment, torus for example, at least a portion beverage is through this ring-type projector.For example projector 382A for example can be installed on the sway brace 383, does not therefore have or only have minimum solid on the ultrasonic propagation path between projector and the nozzle 312.

If desired, then beverage streamline 314 can comprise the valve 384 of electricity operation, electromagnetic valve for example, and when divider 310 was carried beverages, this valve was closed by controller.

If desired, harmless and edible coloured material are joined from nozzle 376 sprays water on the glass cylinder 324, so charming color and/or fluorescence can appear in the glass cylinder water coolant.

When beverage not when divider 310 flows out, for beverage being in the preparation distribution state, beverage can in streamline 314, circulate continuously in dormant state (beverage flows out from nozzle 312 through divider 310), therefore when beverage returns coil pipe 316, water in the tube bank 332 heats beverage to beverage transmission heat and from above-mentioned the 3rd preset temperature that is produced by water cooler 322, thereby stops beverage to freeze.When beverage carries out circulation time in dormant state, if desired, the speed running that pump 362 can be different can be lower speed when divider 310 is being carried beverage for example.

If desired, in dormant state, controller can be automatically make reversal of current in Pa Er card water cooler 322, so the reversible circulation heating beverage of flowing through serially or off and on, thereby has reduced the chance that beverage freezes.If desired, beverage streamline 314 can comprise flow detection equipment and/or temperature sensing device, therefore if the condition that beverage freezes occurred, then the controller running makes Pa Er card water cooler 322 antikinesises and with the beverage heating of flowing through, thereby stops and reduce the chance that beverage freezes.

Water in the streamline 358 of leaving water spiral coil cooling tube 352 can be essentially described second preset temperature.Therefore, under dormant state, the water coolant in beverage and the tube bank 328 is equality of temperature basically.

As an example, beverage (for example from storage pool) is supplied by inlet circuit 304 at described first preset temperature that is essentially 6～8 ℃.In case leave coil pipe 316, second preset temperature of this beverage can be essentially 0～1 ℃ (for example 0.5 ℃ ± 0.5 ℃).Also can be essentially 0 ℃～1 ℃ from the temperature of coil pipe 352 effusive water, but because heat absorption is essentially 2 ℃ from nozzle 376 effusive temperature.When device 302 was in beverage flow and does well, the beverage that Pa Er card water cooler 322 will be fed to and be assigned to distribution nozzle 312 was cooled to be essentially the 3rd preset temperature of-5.0 ℃ (promptly-4.5 ℃ ± 0.5 ℃).When beverage was supplied with by divider 310, the temperature of leaving the water of tube bank 328 pipe 332 was essentially 2.0 ℃.Under dormant state, water cooler 322 to cut out, beverage circulates in circuit 314 being essentially under 0～1 ℃ the temperature.When this beverage is a beer, during for example old storage beer, the temperature that illustrates in this example is suitable.

Preferably in bar for example, water-bath 340 and water cooler 322 are positioned near the divider 310, so that the streamline 314 between water-bath and the divider is short relatively.

Glass cylinder 324 can be the goblet that has spherical or bowl-shape widened section in the top, for example the turmeric shape.If the glass cylinder of some type is placed on the below of nozzle 312, this device of side can only be used for dispensing beverage, otherwise, the beverage supplying operation of system's holdout device of forbidding.

For dispensing beverage, 1 pint of beer for example, for example old storage beer, can carry out according to the following steps:

(1) presses the button 382 to initial distribution state;

(2) enter the outside of glass cylinder 324 and spray several seconds from nozzle 376 spray cold water, for example about five seconds, then

(3) begin to fill glass cylinder and proceed longer a few times in second of cold water spray with the beverage filling;

(4) close cold water spray but continue with beverage filling glass cup to required amount;

(5) in the process of the very last seconds clock of filling, ultrasonic wave is applied on the beverage and

(6) when filling stops, carrying out cold water again and sprayed for one or two second.

In dormant state, the volume of round-robin beverage can be set to this device from nozzle 312 dispensing beverage greater than predetermined fixed volume in circuit 314.

With reference to Figure 28～30, has water content by installing 402,502 or 602 refrigerative beverages.It also can have the dissolved air content, therefore in container, provide in the process of beverage, glass cylinder for example, but the gas bubbling comes out and is formed into the formation that nuclear location impels ice, for example, as mentioned above and or provide other method to impel the formation of nucleation site or this position is provided, for example in the process of distributing or providing, ultrasonic wave is applied on the beverage, and/or in beverage, provides forming core to promote for example above-mentioned solid or the particulate matter of material.Under the ultrasonic wave situation, its frequency can be recited above, and it applies mode and time according to the above-described step that provides.For example install 402,502 or 602 and have the divider that respectively has outlet nozzle 312 described below, for example with reference to Figure 26 according to top description, it comprises the described ultrasonic transmitter 382 with reference to Figure 26, or the nozzle among Figure 28 to 30 312 can comprise coupled, described and be designated as the ultrasonic transmitter of 382A with reference to Figure 27.

Each device 402,502 and 602 has the operation that beverage measurement, valve and pump were adjusted and controlled to electric controller respectively.

With reference to Figure 28, water-bath is in 404 expressions, and it remains on for example about 0 ℃ by the spiral coil cooling tube 406 that wraps in the ice cover 408 with sample.Water-bath also comprises the driving water pump 412 that drives agitator 410 and needing when.Ethylene glycol bath 414 (groove that contains the mixture of water and ethylene glycol is bathed) keeps chilled at by spiral coil cooling tube 416, for example is essentially-4.5 ℃, and comprises driving agitator 418 and beverage pump 420.Supply at arrival line 422 under required low temperature by the bulk beverage that any suitable currently known methods will have the dissolved air content, and cool off in the beverage spiral coil cooling tube 424 in water-bath 404.This beverage can be a beer, for example old storage beer.The refrigerative beverage is transferred to through circuits 426 in another beverage spiral coil cooling tube 428 ethylene glycol bath 414 from coil pipe 424.Beverage passes circuit 430 and 432 from coil pipe 428 and arrives beverage pump 420, it delivers to beverage in the spring body divider 436 with outlet nozzle 312 through circuit 434, thereby with beverage supply to drinking container 438 on the water droplet collector 378 that has the outlet 380 that is used for discharge opeing, for example glass cylinder.

In the time need carrying to the beverage of measurement volumes, come operation commutator by pressing the button 440 controls that cause, thereby by nozzle 312 in the measured volume of temperature required conveying that is lower than the freezing point of water under normal pressure.When not needing beverage to divide timing (shutting down dormant state); highway device in divider 436 circulates pump 420; preferably carry out circuit 434 and the circuit 442 beverage coil pipe 446 that arrive in ethylene glycol baths 414 of this beverage by containing check valve 444 continuously.Beverage turns back to pump 420 by circuit 448 from coil pipe 446.If desired, beverage lines 434 can comprise water cooler 450, flash cooler for example, and it can be a Pa Er card water cooler.Water cooler 450 can guarantee that beverage arrives divider 436 in required temperature, and if Pa Er card water cooler, its available reverse electric current is operated and guaranteed can not freeze in circuit 434 and 442 at stopped status round-robin beverage.When needs are transported to glass cylinder 438 with beverage, will be fed in the manifold 374 by circuit 452 from the water of water pump 412 by opening by-pass valve control 372, can will spray the glass cylinder outside from the cold water of nozzle 376 time of wanting of what is the need in office.Pump 412 continuously-runnings.When valve-off 372, water turns back to cooling tube 458 in the water-bath by circuit 454 and check valve 456; Provide the water of filling it up with to the top for appropriate sources by inlet circuit 460.Refrigerative water can circulate around circuit 452,454 by pump 412, and this circuit is connected (if providing under the latter's the situation) 456 with 458 places with water cooler 450.

With reference to Figure 29, in device 502, valve 372 comprises, when stoping cold feed to arrive nozzle 376 when valve closes, is arranged to and will transfers to the path of circuit 454 from the water of circuit 452, thereby if desired, can circulate continuously by water pump 412.Can be that roughly-4.5 ℃ ethylene glycol bath 414 comprises and drives eg pump 504 once more.Beverage dispenser 506 has outlet nozzle 312 and the beverage batch operation button 440 that is connected on the controller.Spring body (font) part that divider 506 forms, this spring body comprises jar or compartment 510, contain the beer spiral coil cooling tube 512 that is connected with beverage coil pipe 428 in the ethylene glycol bath 414 by circuit 514, this coil pipe is linked divider 508 by circuit 516, when the operation of its response button 440 is opened, advance beverage in the temperature required required measurement volumes of automatically distributing of the freezing point that is lower than water thereby will flow out by suitable currently known methods.Beverage coil pipe 428 keeps cooling by the ethylene glycol that charges into compartment 510, and ethylene glycol pumps into along circuit 518 from ethylene glycol jar 414 by pump 504 and turns back to the ethylene glycol jar by circuit 520.Electric heater or heating coil 522 when needing in the compartment 510 can heat wherein ethylene glycol.

In the preferred compartment 510 minimum ethylene glycol is arranged.In beverage coil pipe 512, can have the pressure facilities for observation.The formation of icing in the beverage can detect by the rising of the pressure of beverage in the coil pipe 512, the speed of the set rate that for example is higher than preset value and/or raises greater than pressure, and the controller of operation response stops glycol circulation pump 504, well heater 522 is opened, thus the beverage in ethylene glycol in the heating compartment 510 and the coil pipe 512.When temperature raises, observe beverage pressure and descend, so the controller response restarts pump 504, well heater 522 cuts out.

If desired, can provide on circuit 514 can be the water cooler 524 of Pa Er card water cooler, and for example flash cooler can guarantee that beverage arrives divider 508 in the temperature of the required freezing point that is lower than water thereby beverage ought be carried out the branch timing.If water cooler 524 is Pa Er card water coolers, then can when required, turns round by the standby reversible circulation, thereby guarantee that beverage can not freeze and stop up coil pipe 512.Water cooler 524 is connected on water line 452 and 454 by water line 526 and 528.

With reference to Figure 30, transfer to the beverage coil pipe 608 of for example being essentially in the ethylene glycol bath 414-4.5 ℃ from the beverage of the beverage coil pipe 424 in the water-bath 404 by circuit 604 and beverage pump 606 in the temperature that for example is essentially 0 ℃, be fed to beverage dispenser 614 from this coil pipe beverage by the circuit 610 that contains water cooler 612, this divider forms a spring body part and carries out serving beverage by outlet nozzle 312.Water cooler 612 can be a flash cooler.Water cooler 612 can be to utilize the Pa Er card water cooler of eg pump 618 by circuit 616 supply ethylene glycol, and ethylene glycol returns the water-bath 414 from circuit 620.At first the beverage of in water-bath 404 circuit 422 being supplied is cooled to and for example is essentially 0 ℃, for example is cooled in ethylene glycol bath 414 then and is essentially-4.5 ℃.To be fed to divider 614 by the circuit 622 that contains check valve 623 from the beverage of water cooler 612.Divider 614 has path, and therefore when divider 614 did not pass through nozzle 312 serving beverages, beverage entry-line 624 utilized pump 606 to circulate in system 608,610,622,624.When action button 440 was controlled, this device was supplied the beverage of scheduled measurement volumes by outlet nozzle 312, and was lower than the beverage supply temperature of the freezing point of water by water cooler 612 controls.If the round-robin beverage is detected the tendency that is easy to freeze around system 608,620,622,624, can heat this system; If for example water cooler 612 is Pa Er card water coolers, electric current wherein can oppositely provide described heat.The beverage that leaves ethylene glycol bath 414 can be in-2 ℃ temperature basically, and this temperature can be the temperature of beverage recirculation.When beverage when nozzle 312 flows out, only operating cooler 612 is with cooled beverage.

With reference to Figure 26～30 but more precisely the above-mentioned embodiment with reference to Figure 26 and 27 has any or all following characteristics, feature or advantage: (1) in " dormant state ", beer is circulation continuously in the loop.In dormant state, the beer in all loops is approximately 0 ℃.In " distribution state ", the temperature of card water cooler beer is about 0 ℃ from the recirculating pump to Pa Er, Pa Er card water cooler is cooled to beer (5  ℃) about-5 ℃, perishing then beer by distribute solenoid and or flow out or enter the tube bank 328 from (if opening) nozzle, wherein beer is heated to once more about 0 ℃, therefore only the temperature of the beer of loop feature is-5  ℃, i.e. that part of through the over-allocation solenoid.Purpose is to have the security system that beer can not freeze.(2) except pressing START button, distribution system does not need manual intervention/maintenance/activation.This has obtained the consistence between the successive batch operation, and has reduced desired technical ability.(3) when pressing START button, the current that spray from ice-water bath cool off glass cylinder.Pa Er card water cooler is opened, approximately five seconds or after ten seconds is opened electromagnetic valve a little while, and beer flows out from the divider water tap.In case distributed one pint or half pint, solenoid is closed, Pa Er card water cooler is turned off.(4) reheat makes system turn back to predictable stable condition before each distribution circulation automatically.Because beer is being lower than any long time of storage under the zero degree, so do not need ethylene glycol in water cooler 340.(5) distribution device with lateral face to the user, so that the user can have good visual sense feeling.(6) apply ultrasonic wave by ring-type projector 382A spaced apart with nozzle end and that support on the side arm 383.The frequency of ultrasonic that can apply is 20～40kHz.(7) before it joins the beverage main body that is formed in the glass cylinder, ultrasonic wave is added on the beverage flow.(8) not having beverage to overflow when beverage process ring-type ultrasonic wave ring 382A is wonderful phenomenon, but this beverage has laminar flow and surface tension effect, and this may have beneficial effect.(9) Pa Er card water cooler is cooled to sub-zero temperature with beverage, avoids freezing of dormant state thereby circulate continuously.(10) the cooled glass cup of the beverage of reception distribution cools off the thermal capacitance that maybe can reduce glass cylinder in order to avoid influence the formation or the visible demonstration of ice with this glass cylinder.(11) volume of circulation beverage can distribute the beverage of suitable glass cylinder basically immediately greater than the volume (for example 1 pint) of the measurement that distributes when needing with box lunch.(12) glass cylinder cooling washing and beverage distribution are carried out simultaneously, but in the eclipsed time frame.(13) in the distribution process of beer, for example old storage beer, almost the wine body of old clearly storage beer basically can appear in the top to glass cylinder, and hyperacoustic then pulse makes that the wine body of old storage beer becomes muddy when nucleus begins to form.Nucleus is induced and is occurred in or near distributor tip.(14) glass cylinder refrigerative color and water spray changes or changes in the process of distribution or seeervice cycle, or distributes or the seeervice cycle to another kind from a kind of distribution or seeervice cycle.(15) this system's per minute distributes two kinds of beverages at least, and each needs 30 seconds in order to allow to change the time of glass cylinder.(16) cool water shower begins in the process of single batch operation, stop then, restart then-the final ejection of water coolant to be to obtain cleaning effect, rather than cooling effect, the initial stage that is water is before introducing beverage the temperature of glass cylinder to be reduced, and just is being easy to act as beverage then and is distributing the effect that can occur water clarification/cleaning when stopping.

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1. beverage that is arranged in open-top container, described beverage contains water content and dissolved air content, and this beverage has foam layer on ice in described container, and described ice cube is formed in beverage by the water in the described water content.

2. one kind keeps the refrigerative method with the beverage in the open-top container, described beverage contains water content and dissolving air content, described method is included in the interior beverage of open-top container and forms the ice cube that beverage is had cooling performance, and described ice cube is formed in beverage by the water in the described water content.

3. method that in the beverage of open-top container, keeps the cooling ice cube, described beverage contains water content and dissolved air content, wherein said ice cube is formed in beverage by the water in the described water content, the foam layer that provides on the beverage is provided described method, so that cover with foam layer at the ice cube described in the container, this foam layer is used as hot thermal insulation layer on ice, stops from the foam layer top to be delivered to heat on the ice cube.

4. the method that keeps foam layer on the beverage in open-top container, described beverage contains water content and dissolved air content, described method is included in described foam layer is provided on the beverage, in beverage, form ice cube and below foam layer top, foam layer is had cooling performance by the water in the described water content at the ice cube described in the described container.

5. the open-top container of a beverage, this beverage contains water content and dissolved air content, when being assigned in the container, beverage can form foam layer, this beverage container has the top foam layer that is overlying on the ice structure of being made up of many ice crystals, and this ice structure is to pass through the ice of the formation in the beverage through producing after beverage being carried out the branch timing or being assigned in the container.

6. according to any one the described method in claim 1 or described beverage of claim 5 or the claim 2 to 4, wherein beverage is subjected to the effect of ultrasonic signal, this beverage is the bulk beverage that is transported in the container.

7. according to claim 5 or described beverage of claim 6 or the described method of claim 6, wherein just before being transported to bulk beverage in the container, described beverage is cooled to the temperature that is lower than the freezing point of water under normal pressure.

8. method that bulk beverage is provided in open-top container, described beverage contains water content and dissolved air content, described method comprises beer is cooled to the temperature that is lower than the freezing point of water under normal pressure, refrigerative beer is transported in the described container, and described refrigerative beverage is subjected to the effect of ultrasonic signal or is subjected to the effect of other ice and/or bubble-shaped kernel method.

9. according to any one described beverage in the claim 5 to 7 or the described method of claim 8, wherein the outside of ultrasonic signal from described container applied.

10. according to any one the described beverage in the claim 5 to 9 or claim 8 or 9 described methods, wherein the inside of ultrasonic signal from described container is applied on the refrigerative beverage.

11. according to described beverage of claim 10 or the described method of claim 10, wherein ultrasonic signal emitters is arranged at that the beverage in container sends ultrasonic signal in the beverage in the container.

12., wherein beverage is delivered into distribution outlet in the described container or nozzle and is suitable for use as ultrasonic transmitter above-mentioned ultrasonic signal is provided by it according to claim 9, any one described beverage of 10 or 11 or claim 9, any one described method of 10 or 11.

13. according to described beverage of claim 12 or the described method of claim 12, wherein above-mentioned ultrasonic signal is applied to flow through and distributes on the above-mentioned beverage of outlet.

14. according to any one described method of any one described beverage in the claim 5 to 13 or claim 6 to 13, wherein the frequency of ultrasonic signal is 20kHz～70kHz.

15. according to described beverage of claim 14 and method, wherein the frequency of ultrasonic signal is roughly at 30kHz.

16. according to any one described method of any one the described beverage in the claim 1,5,6,7,9 to 15 or claim 2 to 4 or 8 to 14, development downwards in the wherein a large amount of beverage of described ice below foam layer.

17., wherein before beverage is delivered into container, carry out container freezing according to any one the described beverage in the claim 1,5,6,7 or 9 to 16 or according to any one the described method in claim 2 to 4 or 8 to 16.

18. it is, wherein that container is freezing to roughly 4 ℃ or container is freezing to the temperature less than 4 ℃ according to described beverage of claim 17 or method.

19. it is in accordance with the method for claim 17 or beverage, wherein that container is freezing to roughly 0 ℃.

20. according to claim 7 or any one the described method in the claim 9 to 19 when being subordinated to any one described beverage or the claim 8 in the claim 9 to 19 of claim 7 or being subordinated to claim 8, wherein beverage is cooled to roughly-1 ℃～-12 ℃ temperature.

21. wherein beverage is cooled to roughly in accordance with the method for claim 20 and beverage ,-4 ℃～-6 ℃ temperature.

22. according to any one the described beverage in the claim 1,5,6,7 or 9 to 21 or any one the described method in claim 2 to 4 or 8 to 21, wherein container has enough transparent wall part, thus the inclusion that can see container by described wall part.

23. in accordance with the method for claim 22 and beverage, wherein this container is the drinking container of glass.

24. according to any one the described beverage in the claim 1,5,6,7 or 9 to 23 or any one the described method in claim 2 to 4 or 8 to 23, wherein beverage has the color of undertint beer.

25. according to any one the described beverage in the claim 1,5,6,7 or 9 to 24 or any one the described method in claim 2 to 4 or 8 to 24, wherein above-mentioned dissolved gases comprises carbonic acid gas and/or nitrogen.

26. according to described beverage of claim 25 and method, wherein dissolved a nitrogen content is roughly 0ppm～100ppm in the beverage.

27. according to claim 25 or described beverage of claim 26 or method, wherein carbon dioxide dissolved content is about 0vol.% or higher.

28. according to described beverage of claim 27 or method, roughly 2.2vol.% or 4vol.% or 5vol.% of carbon dioxide content wherein.

29. according in the claim 5 to 7 any one or claim 9 to 28 when being subordinated to claim 6 in any one described beverage or claim 8 or any one the described method in the claim 9 to 28 when being subordinated to claim 8, wherein ultrasonic signal is accompanied by audibility energy and/or the visible light that machinery produces or electricity produces and shows.

30. according to described beverage of claim 29 or method, wherein audibility can be a sound harmonious or music.

31. according to claim 29 or described beverage of claim 30 or method, wherein the visible light demonstration comprises the visible flash of light.

32. according to claim 6 or claim 7 or any one the described method in any one described beverage or claim 8 in the claim 9 to 32 when being subordinated to claim 6 or the claim 9 to 31 when being subordinated to claim 8, wherein beverage is subjected to action of ultrasonic waves in the enclosure, and this shell is arranged at least one side of described shell from visually hiding described container.

33. beverage that contains water content and dissolved air content, wherein before drinking, described beverage is cooled to be lower than under normal pressure water freezing point temperature and be transported in the container to be drunk under the normal pressure, wherein above-mentioned gas comes out and the described water content of at least a portion becomes ice from the beverage bubbling in described container.

34. bulk beverage, this beverage contains water content and dissolved air content, wherein before drinking with bulk beverage under the temperature of the freezing point that is lower than water, flow out under the normal pressure from outlet enter with container that normal pressure communicates, therefore above-mentioned gas bubbling from beverage comes out and the described water content of at least a portion becomes ice.

35. according to any one the described beverage in any one or claim 34 and claim 5 to 7 or 9 to 32 in claim 33 and claim 5 to 7 or 9 to 32, wherein said container is described open-top container.

36. according to the described beverage of claim 35, wherein said container has enough transparent wall part at least, thereby can see inclusion in the container by described wall part.

37. according to claim 35 or the described beverage of claim 36, wherein this container is made by glass.

38. according to any one the described beverage in the claim 35 to 37, wherein this container has shape and the structure of impelling described ice to form.

39. according to any one the described beverage in the claim 35 to 38, wherein container has the internal surface that is provided as nuclear location, thereby impels described ice to form.

40. according to the described beverage of claim 39, wherein said surface has a coarse surface portion at least.

41. according to any one the described beverage in the claim 35 to 40, wherein this container has along with variation of temperature the wall part that changes color automatically at least.

42. according to the described beverage of claim 41, wherein said wall partly contains thermochromic material.

43., wherein comprise one or more stripeds or the zone of the color that color with one or more and ice and/or beverage presents a contrast in the ice of Xing Chenging according to any one the described beverage in the claim 33 to 42.

44. method that the bulk beverage that contains water content and dissolved air content is provided, described method comprises that bulk beverage is flowed out from outlet enters open-top container, before described outflow, preserve or handle beverage in the mode that stops described gas dissolved from beverage, to lose, described beverage is cooled to the temperature of the freezing point that is lower than water under described normal pressure, gas bubbling from beverage above-mentioned in described container comes out, and the described water of at least a portion becomes ice.

45. one kind is having a part of wall has provides visible demonstration or effect in the open-top container of certain transparency method at least, described method comprises supplies with the bulk beverage that contains water content and dissolved air content, bulk beverage is entered described container from the outlet outflow, before described outflow, preserve and provide beverage in the mode that stops above-mentioned gas from beverage, to lose, described beverage is cooled to the temperature of the freezing point that is lower than water under described normal pressure, form visible the demonstration or effect in the beverage in container, described visible demonstration or effect comprise that above-mentioned gas bubbling from beverage comes out and become the formation of the ice that ice causes because of the described water of at least a portion.

46. according to the described method of claim 44, wherein this container has the wall part of certain transparency.

47. according to any one the described method in the claim 44 to 46, wherein this container contains glass.

48. according to any one the described method in the claim 44 to 47, wherein the ice of Xing Chenging is grown up in container, thereby is passed down through quantity and the scope that beverage has increased ice from the last liquid level of beverage basically.

49. according to any one the described method in the claim 44 to 48, wherein this container has along with variation of temperature the wall part that changes color automatically at least.

50. according to the described method of claim 49, wherein said wall partly contains thermochromic material.

51. according to any one the described method in the claim 44 to 49, wherein this container has shape and the structure of impelling ice cube to form.

52. according to any one the described method in the claim 44 to 51, wherein this container has one or more structures of impelling ice cube to form.

53. according to the described method of claim 52, wherein at least a portion inwall of this container has the rough grain structure.

54. according to any one the described method in the claim 44 to 53, wherein this container is suitable for impelling has more ice to form below the upper strata of the ice in formation in the beverage, described more the liter on ice and connect described upper strata.

55., wherein utensil is inserted the formation that impels described ice cube in the beverage in the container according to any one the described method in the claim 44 to 54.

56. according to the described method of claim 55, wherein said utensil is a thermometer.

57. according to the described method of claim 56, wherein said utensil is a swizzle stick.

58. according to any one the described method in the claim 44 to 57, thereby wherein provide coloured material or dyestuff in beverage and/or ice, to form a kind of coloured striped or zone at least, the color of the color of described material or dyestuff and ice cube and/or beverage presents a contrast, thereby as seen.

59. according to be subordinated in the claim 47 to 57 any one the time the described method of claim 58, wherein described utensil is used for adding coloured material or dyestuff to beverage and/or ice.

60. according to any one the described beverage in the claim 1,5 to 7 or 9 to 43 or any one the described method in the claim 2 to 4,8,9 to 32 or 44 to 59, wherein said ice cube contains snow melt.

61. the device that bulk beverage is provided, this device comprise that beverage cooling heat exchanger, cool beverage carry out round-robin beverage cycle loop from described heat-exchange equipment therein from valve arrangement and the beverage that exports effusive beverage outlet, control beverage supply and can close to opening of described outlet.

62. according to the described device of claim 61, wherein beverage circulates in described loop when valve arrangement is closed.

63. according to claim 61 or the described device of claim 62, wherein said loop is included in the loop carries out the round-robin pumping unit with beverage.

64., wherein beverage is circulated and stops up the beverage supply passage that leads to outlet with the beverage that reduces or avoid freezing according to any one the described device in the claim 61 to 63.

65. according to any one the described device in the claim 61 to 64, wherein said loop is included in the beverage stream in the described heat-exchange equipment.

66. according to any one the described device in the claim 61 to 65, it also comprises the device that can be installed on the beverage sales counter or divider and comprises heat-exchange equipment and outlet.

67. according to any one the described device in the claim 61 to 66, wherein the beverage stream is connected to the basin of described bulk beverage on the heat-exchange equipment.

68. according to the described device of claim 67, wherein said stream comprises a part of described loop at least.

69. according to the described device of claim 67, wherein said stream is divided into many beverage routes, described loop comprises one or more described route.

70., wherein, make beverage be subjected to the effect of the second beverage cooling heat exchanger in the centre of described basin and the beverage cooling heat exchanger mentioned the described first time according to the described device of claim 67.

71., wherein basin is cooled off according to the described device of claim 67.

72. according to any one the described device in the claim 61 to 67, wherein said heat-exchange equipment is first heat-exchange equipment, provides the second beverage cooling heat exchanger to come at least part effect to described loop.

73. according to the described device of claim 72, wherein the share coolant of first and second heat-exchange equipments circulates therein.

74., wherein in the middle of described basin and described loop, beverage is subjected to the effect of other beverage cooling heat exchanger according to the described device of claim 67.

75., be provided with wherein that this device makes its operation so that be lower than the freezing point of water under normal pressure from the temperature of the effusive beverage of described outlet according to any one the described device in the claim 61 to 74.

76., be provided with wherein that this device makes its operation so that be roughly-1 ℃～-12 ℃ from the temperature of the effusive beverage of described outlet according to any one the described device in the claim 61 to 74.

77. according to the device of any one the described beverage in the claim 1,5 to 7,9 to 43 or 60 or any one described method in the claim 2 to 4,8,9 to 32 or 44 to 60 or any one the described serving beverage in the claim 61 to 76, wherein this beverage is NA.

78. according to the device of any one the described beverage in the claim 1,5 to 7,9 to 43 or 60 or any one described method in the claim 2 to 4,8,9 to 32 or 44 to 60 or any one the described serving beverage in the claim 61 to 76, wherein this beverage is an alcoholic beverage.

79. according to the described beverage of claim 78, method or device, wherein said alcoholic beverage is a beer.

80. according to claim 76 or the described beverage of claim 77, method or device, wherein said beer is old storage beer.

81. according to the described beverage of claim 76, method and apparatus, wherein said alcoholic beverage is a hard cider.

82. method that hard cider in bulk is provided in open-top container, wherein said hard cider contains water content and dissolved air content, described method comprises and hard cider is cooled to the temperature that is lower than the freezing point of water under normal pressure and the refrigerative hard cider is transported in the container that described refrigerative hard cider is subjected to the effect of ultrasonic signal.

83., wherein hard cider is cooled to roughly-1 ℃～-12 ℃ temperature according to the described method of claim 82.

84., wherein hard cider is cooled to roughly-6 ℃ temperature according to the described method of claim 83.

85. according to any one the described method in the claim 82 to 84, wherein the refrigerative hard cider flows out through bubbler from export distributor.

86. according to any one the described method in the claim 82 to 84, wherein the refrigerative hard cider passes hard cider by the orifice plate in its effusive distribution outlet.

87., wherein before receiving hard cider, carry out open-top container freezing according to any one the described method in the claim 82 to 86.

88., wherein open-top container is refrigerated to roughly 4 ℃ temperature or is refrigerated to temperature less than 4 ℃ according to the described method of claim 87.

89., wherein open-top container is refrigerated to roughly 0 ℃ temperature according to the described method of claim 88.

90. according to any one the described method in the claim 82 to 89, the frequency of wherein said ultrasonic signal is 20kHz～70kHz roughly.

91. according to the described method of claim 90, the frequency of this ultrasonic signal 30kHz roughly wherein.

92., wherein ultrasonic signal is applied to described container from the outside of described container according to any one the described method in the claim 82 to 91.

93., wherein ultrasonic signal is applied to the refrigerative hard cider from the inside of described container according to any one the described method in the claim 82 to 91.

94. according to the described method of claim 93, wherein the ultrasonic signal emitters of sending ultrasonic signal of the hard cider in container is arranged in the hard cider of container.

95. according to claim 93 or 94 described methods, wherein the refrigerative hard cider enters one of described container or described distribution outlet by its outflow and is suitable for serving as ultrasonic signal emitters, thereby produces above-mentioned ultrasonic signal.

96. according to the described method of claim 95, wherein above-mentioned ultrasonic signal being applied to flows through distributes the above-mentioned hard cider of outlet.

97. according to any one the described method in the claim 82 to 96, wherein the dissolved air content comprises carbonic acid gas and/or nitrogen.

98. according to the described method of claim 97, wherein carbon dioxide content is essentially 0vol% or higher and/or a nitrogen content is essentially 0ppm or higher.

99. the hard cider in the open-top container, wherein said hard cider contains dissolved air content and water content, and wherein said hard cider has the foam layer on ice, and described ice is formed by the water in the described water content in hard cider.

100., wherein prepare described foam layer and ice by any one described method of implementing in the claim 82 to 98 to small part according to the described hard cider of claim 99.

101. keep the method for foam layer on the hard cider in open-top container, wherein said hard cider contains dissolved air content and water content, described method is included in and foam layer is provided on the hard cider and is formed ice and formed the one deck that is covered by described foam layer at the ice described in the described container in hard cider by the water in the described water content.

102., wherein prepare described foam layer and ice by any one described method of implementing in the claim 82 to 98 to small part according to the described method of claim 101.

103. the method for beverage is provided in open-top container, this method comprises provides the beverage that contains water content, this beverage is cooled to the temperature that is lower than the freezing point of water under normal pressure, be transported to the refrigerative beverage in the open-top container and impel the formation of nucleation site in the beverage in the container, ice is formed in beverage by above-mentioned water content in described position.

104. according to the described method of claim 103, wherein this beverage contains bubbling comes out in the beverage in the container dissolved air content and generates above-mentioned nucleation site at above-mentioned bubble.

105., wherein this beverage is subjected to the formation that ultrasonic signal is used for impelling nucleation site according to claim 103 or the described method of claim 104.

106. according to any one the described method in the claim 103 to 105, wherein this beverage contains the solid matter that serves as or impel above-mentioned nucleation site to form.

107. device of supplying bulk beverage, this device comprises that beverage cooling heat exchanger, cool beverage carry out the round-robin circulation loop from described heat-exchange equipment therein from valve arrangement and the beverage that exports effusive beverage outlet, control beverage supplying and can close to opening of described outlet, and described heat-exchange equipment comprises the water cooler or the cooling bath of cooling off described beverage.

108. according to the described device of claim 107, but wherein heat-exchange equipment comprises cooled beverage and the also interchanger of round-robin beverage in the heating circuit.

109. according to the described device of claim 108, wherein interchanger utilizes peltier effect, so electric current heats beverage oppositely can causing of its.

110. one kind described and carry out beverage described above according to Fig. 1 to 19 or Figure 20 to 25 of reference accompanying drawing basically according to claim 1.

111. one kind keeps beverage the refrigerative method in open-top container, this method is basically with reference to Fig. 2 and 4 of accompanying drawing, or Fig. 2 to 5, or Fig. 2 to 4 and 6, or Fig. 2 to 4 and 7, or Fig. 1 to 4, or Fig. 1 to 5, Fig. 1,2 to 4 and 6, or Fig. 1,2 to 4 and 7, or Fig. 8 to 15, or Fig. 8 to 16 or Fig. 8 to 15 and 17, or Fig. 1 to 8 is to 16, or Fig. 1 and 8 to 15 and 17, or Figure 17 and 19, or Figure 21 to 23 or Figure 22 to 24, or Figure 22,23 and 24, or Figure 20 to 23, or Figure 20 and 22 to 24, or Figure 20 and 22,23 and 25 carries out above description.

112. keep the method for cool ice in the beverage in open-top container, wherein said ice cube is formed in beverage by the water in the water content of beverage, described method is basically with reference to Fig. 2 to 4 of accompanying drawing, or Fig. 2 to 5 or Fig. 1,2 to 4 and 6, or Fig. 1,2 to 4 and 7, or Fig. 8 to 15, or Fig. 8 to 16, or Fig. 8 to 15 and 17, or Fig. 1 and 8 to 15, or Fig. 1 and 8 to 16, or Fig. 1 and 8 to 15 and 17, or Figure 18 and 19, or Figure 21 to 23, or Figure 22 to 24, or Figure 22,23 and 24, or Figure 20 to 23, or Figure 20 and 22 to 24, or Figure 20 and 22,23 and 25 carry out above description.

113. method that in the container of top end opening, on beverage, keeps foam layer, this method is basically with reference to Fig. 2 to 4 of accompanying drawing, or Fig. 2 to 5, or Fig. 2 to 4 and 6, or Fig. 2 to 4 and 7, or Fig. 1 to 4, or Fig. 1 to 5, or Fig. 1,2 to 4 and 6, or Fig. 1,2 to 4 and 7, or Fig. 8 to 15, or Fig. 1 and 8 to 16, or Fig. 1 and 8 to 15 and 17, or Figure 18 and 19, or Figure 21 to 23, or Figure 22 to 23, or Figure 22,23 and 24, or Figure 20 to 23, or Figure 20 and 22 to 24, or Figure 20 and 22,23 and 25 carries out above description.

114. the method that bulk beverage is provided in open-top container, this method are basically with reference to Fig. 2 to 4 of accompanying drawing, or Fig. 2 to 5, or Fig. 2 to 4 and 6, or Fig. 2 to 4 and 7, or Fig. 1 to 4, or Fig. 1 to 5, or Fig. 1,2 to 4 and 6, or Fig. 1,2 to 4 and 7, or Fig. 8 to 15, or Fig. 8 to 16, or Fig. 8 to 15 and 17, or Fig. 1 and 8 to 15, or Fig. 1 and 8 to 16, or Fig. 1 and 8 to 15 and 17, or Figure 18 and 19, or Figure 21 to 23, or Figure 22 to 24, or Figure 22,23 and 24, or Figure 20 to 23, or Figure 20 and 22 to 24, or Figure 20 and 22,23 and 25 carries out above description.

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