EP4159667A1 - Unité de soutirge de boissons avec valve séparée de sortie de mousse - Google Patents

Unité de soutirge de boissons avec valve séparée de sortie de mousse Download PDF

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EP4159667A1
EP4159667A1 EP22198599.7A EP22198599A EP4159667A1 EP 4159667 A1 EP4159667 A1 EP 4159667A1 EP 22198599 A EP22198599 A EP 22198599A EP 4159667 A1 EP4159667 A1 EP 4159667A1
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Andrea TONONI
Daniele Ceccarini
Andrea Maria Palopoli
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0888—Means comprising electronic circuitry (e.g. control panels, switching or controlling means)
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/12—Flow or pressure control devices or systems, e.g. valves, gas pressure control, level control in storage containers
    • B67D1/127—Froth control
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/12—Flow or pressure control devices or systems, e.g. valves, gas pressure control, level control in storage containers
    • B67D1/14—Reducing valves or control taps
    • B67D1/1405—Control taps
    • B67D1/1411—Means for controlling the build-up of foam in the container to be filled
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/12—Flow or pressure control devices or systems, e.g. valves, gas pressure control, level control in storage containers
    • B67D1/14—Reducing valves or control taps
    • B67D2001/1483—Reducing valves or control taps electrically or electro-mechanically operated

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  • the present invention relates to the sector of systems for tapping a beverage with foam and in particular relates to a tapping unit for tapping a beverage with foam.
  • the present invention relates to the structure of said tapping unit conceived to comprise two separate lines, i.e. a first line and a second line for the transit of a respective quantity of beverage, in which each line has a respective inlet and a respective outlet, and a first valve and a second valve, each of which is arranged on a respective line and is controlled by a logic control unit configured to control the first valve so that at least a quantity of beverage is present at the outlet of the first line and to control the second valve so that at least a quantity of foam is present at the outlet of the second line.
  • a logic control unit configured to control the first valve so that at least a quantity of beverage is present at the outlet of the first line and to control the second valve so that at least a quantity of foam is present at the outlet of the second line.
  • the tapping unit comprises a first channel and a second channel (which are different from one another) for the transit of a respective quantity of beverage, and is configured so that at least a quantity of beverage exits the first channel and at least a quantity of foam to exit the second channel, so that the tapping unit taps a beverage with foam.
  • the description will relate to a tapping unit for tapping beer with foam.
  • tapping unit can be used to tap any beverage with foam, without thereby falling outside the scope of the invention.
  • the gas bubbles tend to rise to the surface, taking with them the resins of the hops and the proteins of the malt, and, by sticking to one another, create the typical foam.
  • the foam thus does not only depend on tapping but also on the type of beer.
  • An important task of the foam is to protect beer from oxidation.
  • the foam has to be present in a glass of beer in the right proportions.
  • One example of a tapping system of known type comprises a tapping unit.
  • Said tapping unit comprises:
  • the tapping device comprises a control lever for starting and interrupting the beverage tapping through the tapping unit, and one or more movable seal elements, which are operationally connected to the control lever to place in fluid communication the inlet duct with the outlet duct and cause the opening and closing of the tapping device.
  • the control lever is operationally connected to said one or more movable seal elements that are movable by at least one first proportional actuator controlled electronically by an electronic control board configured to manage, proportionally, the beverage tapping methods.
  • Each proportional actuator is provided with a respective actuating element that is manufactured with a shape memory, in which said actuating element consists of a wire provided with a contrasting spring.
  • the electronic control board manages the current necessary for moving the actuating element and is configured to acquire and process determined physical parameters of the fluid, indirectly and by reading the electrical resistance of the wire when said current is applied, in which said physical parameters are selected from the pressure, flowrate and temperature group.
  • the operator moves said control lever manually in a first direction to tap the beer and in a second direction opposite said first direction, to obtain a quantity of foam.
  • the aim of the present invention is to overcome said drawback, providing a tapping unit for tapping a beverage with foam, in particular beer with foam, wherein the foam is obtained automatically.
  • a further aim of the invention is to provide a method for tapping a beverage with foam, in particular beer with foam, wherein the foam is obtained automatically.
  • the object of the invention is a tapping unit for tapping a beverage with foam, in particular beer with foam, wherein said tapping unit comprises:
  • An object of the invention is also a font comprising said tapping unit, and a tapping system comprising said font.
  • an object of the invention is a method for tapping a beverage with foam, in particular beer with foam.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic view of a tapping unit indicated by the numeric reference 1 for tapping a beverage B with foam F.
  • the beverage B is beer.
  • a glass G is shown containing a quantity of beer B and a quantity of foam F that forms the "head of the beer".
  • said tapping unit 1 comprises:
  • said tapping unit 1 comprises a logic control unit U, connected to said first valve V1 and to said second valve V2, and is configured to:
  • said first line L1 is a duct having a first diameter and said second line L2 is a duct having a second diameter being less than said first diameter.
  • substantially turbulent motion means a transition motion between a laminar motion and a turbulent motion or a turbulent motion.
  • said first line L1 can have a different shape from the shape of the second line L2.
  • the first line L1 can be designed to obtain at the outlet at least a quantity of beverage B and the second line L2 can be designed to obtain at the outlet at least a quantity of foam F.
  • inlet L11 of said first line L1 and the inlet L21 of said second line L2 are connected to an inlet duct C IN of a font 2 (described below) by a first connection element 13.
  • the two lines L1, L2 are parallel or substantially parallel.
  • the two lines L1, L2 are not coaxial.
  • connection element 13 is a T-shaped element.
  • said first valve V1 is a proportional valve and said second valve V2 is a proportional valve.
  • both valves are proportional valves.
  • At least the second valve V2 is a proportional valve.
  • proportional valves enables the logic control unit U to tap a quantity of beverage according to desired features.
  • the logic control unit U is able to control the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 independently of one another.
  • the logic control unit adjusts by the logic control unit the quantity of beverage by unit of time that traverses the first valve V1 independently of the quantity of beverage by unit of time that traverses the second valve V2 to obtain a desired quantity of foam or a desired quantity of foam with desired features, such as for example density and/or dimension of the gas bubbles that form the foam F.
  • the logic control unit U is configured to modulate at least the second control signal sent to the second valve V2 to adjust the opening of said second valve V2, so that a predetermined quantity of foam F is present at the outlet L22 of the second line L2.
  • the first control signal and the second control signal can be respective voltage signals.
  • the second control signal can be modulated by the logic control unit U so that the quantity of foam F at the outlet L22 of the second line L2 is a predetermined quantity of foam.
  • the second control signal can be configured to maintain the second valve V2 open for a predetermined time period, so that a predetermined quantity of beverage B is present at the outlet L22 of the second line L2, before said second control signal is modulated by the logic control unit U.
  • said tapping unit 1 can comprise storage means M (for example a memory) and said preset period of time can be stored in said storage means M.
  • the logic control unit U is connected to said storage means M.
  • said storage means M can be included in said logic control unit U, without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • said logic control unit U prefferably configured to close the first valve V1 when the second control signal is modulated by the logic control unit U.
  • the tapping unit 1 comprises activating means for activating said logic control unit U.
  • said activating means comprises a lever R.
  • said activating means can comprise a button, without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • said activating means can comprise a further logic control unit that is connectable to said logic control unit U by a cloud.
  • Said further logic control unit can be configured to send one or more signals/control signals (by said cloud) to said logic control unit U and the latter can be configured to receive said one or more signals sent by said further logic control unit.
  • Said further logic control unit is configured to access said cloud by an Internet connection and can be arranged inside a computer or a mobile electronic device, like for example a smartphone or a tablet.
  • said further logic control unit can be configured to send to said logic control unit U one or more parameters or one or more updated values referring to respective preset parameters and said logic control unit U can be configured to store said parameters and said updated values in said storage means M.
  • said tapping unit 1 comprises a level sensor S1 for measuring a value associated with the fill value of a glass G
  • said logic control unit U is configured to:
  • said level sensor S1 can be a capacitive sensor or an optoelectronic sensor.
  • the level sensor controls by the level sensor the fill value of the glass, preventing the glass from filling to such a point that the beverage overflows from the glass, with a consequent waste of beverage.
  • said tapping unit 1 can comprise a measuring device S2 for measuring a value associated with the stability of the foam F over time and said logic control unit U can be configured to:
  • said measuring device S2 can be an Nibem measuring device.
  • the measuring device S2 it is possible to measure the time of duration of the foam in glass, i.e. the persistence.
  • the value obtained by this measuring device S2 indicates the capacity of the foam to remain compact for a prolonged time.
  • an operator can deliver a glass of beer with foam ensuring that the foam remains compact for a certain time.
  • the tapping unit 1 comprises both the level sensor S1 and the measuring device S2 for measuring the stability of the foam over time.
  • the value associated with the fill value of a glass G and/or the value associated with the stability of the foam F over time can be sent by the logic control unit to a central control unit (not shown) rather than to a mobile terminal D, without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the fact that the value associated with the fill value of a glass G and/or the value associated with the stability of the foam F can over time be sent to a mobile terminal D or to a central control unit enables said values to be displayed on display means (for example a display) included in said mobile terminal or in said central control unit and preferably stored in further storage means (for example a further memory) arranged in said mobile terminal or in said central control unit enables the fill level and/or the stability of the foam to be monitored over time.
  • display means for example a display
  • further storage means for example a further memory
  • one or more unique identification codes each of which is associated with a respective type of beverage B, to be stored in said storage means M of said tapping unit 1 and said logic control unit U to be configured to store in said storage means M said value associated with the fill value of a glass G and/or said value associated with the stability of the foam F over time for each type of beverage B.
  • the fact that the value of the fill level of a glass G for each beverage and/or the value of the stability of the foam F over time can be stored offers the operator the possibility to acquire for each beverage information on how much each beverage fills a glass, considering that the volume of tapped beverage is the same, and/or on how the foam of a beverage varies over time.
  • said tapping unit 1 comprises a (single) outlet duct C OUT connected to the outlet L12 of the first line L1 and to the outlet L22 of the second line L2.
  • the outlet L12 of said first line L1 and the outlet of L22 of said second line L2 are connected to said outlet duct C OUT by a second connection element 14.
  • said second connection element 14 is a T-shaped element.
  • a nozzle N is positioned at one end of said outlet duct C OUT .
  • FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the tapping unit 1.
  • said tapping unit 1 comprises a respective outlet duct that is connected to a respective line.
  • said tapping unit 1 comprises:
  • said first outlet duct C OUT1 has a diameter that is the same as the first diameter of the first line L1 and said second outlet duct C OUT2 has a diameter that is the same as the second diameter of the second line L2.
  • the diameter of the first outlet duct C OUT1 and the diameter of the second outlet duct C OUT2 it is not necessary for the diameter of the first outlet duct C OUT1 and the diameter of the second outlet duct C OUT2 to be equal respectively to the first diameter of the first line L1 and to the second diameter of the second line L2.
  • first outlet duct C OUT1 can have a different diameter from the first diameter of the first line L1 and the second outlet duct C OUT2 can have a different diameter from the second diameter of the second line L2, without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • a respective nozzle is positioned at one end of a respective outlet duct: a first nozzle N1 is positioned at one end of said first outlet duct C OUT1 and a second nozzle N2 is positioned at one end of said second outlet duct C OUT2 .
  • the first nozzle N1 is shaped so as to be arranged at the end of the first outlet duct C OUT1 and the second nozzle N2 is shaped so as to be arranged at the end of the second outlet duct C OUT2 .
  • Figure 4 shows a font 2 comprising a tapping unit 1 described above.
  • Said font further comprises a duct or inlet duct C IN having an inlet 21A for receiving the beverage B to be tapped and an outlet 21B, connected both to the inlet L11 of the first line L1 and to the inlet L21 of the second line L2 of the tapping unit 1.
  • the inlet duct C IN is arranged inside a casing of the font 2.
  • FIG. 5 shows a tapping system for tapping a beverage with foam.
  • said tapping system comprises:
  • the container 3 has an inlet 31A, connected to the pumping device 4, and an outlet 31B, connected to the inlet 21A of the inlet duct C IN of the font 2.
  • the pumping device 4 pumps a quantity of beverage present in the container 3 inside the font 2 by.
  • a quantity of beverage B exits the outlet L12 of the first line L1 and a quantity of foam F exits the outlet L22 of the second line L2.
  • the glass G placed below the tapping unit will receive a quantity of beverage B and a quantity of foam F.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for tapping a beverage with foam.
  • the method comprises the following steps:
  • the tapping unit 1 that is the object of the invention enables a beverage B to be obtained with foam F, in which the foam F is obtained automatically.
  • a quantity of beverage B with foam F is obtained by said tapping unit 1.

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GB283254A (en) * 1926-09-30 1927-12-30 Gaudencio Lamarque Improved apparatus for delivering measured quantities by volume of beer and other frothing liquids
GB2147274A (en) * 1983-08-10 1985-05-09 Bass Plc Apparatus for use in dispensing beer and a method of dispensing beer using that apparatus
EP0235063A1 (fr) * 1986-02-05 1987-09-02 Brasseries KRONENBOURG Société dite : S.A. Robinet de tirage à la pression d'une boisson carbonatée notamment bière à mousse contrôlée
US20030161933A1 (en) * 1998-05-15 2003-08-28 Coors Worldwide Inc. Dispensing a beverage
AT6803U1 (de) * 2002-12-12 2004-04-26 Brau Union Oesterreich Ag Hahneinrichtung für eine flüssigkeit

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GB283254A (en) * 1926-09-30 1927-12-30 Gaudencio Lamarque Improved apparatus for delivering measured quantities by volume of beer and other frothing liquids
GB2147274A (en) * 1983-08-10 1985-05-09 Bass Plc Apparatus for use in dispensing beer and a method of dispensing beer using that apparatus
EP0235063A1 (fr) * 1986-02-05 1987-09-02 Brasseries KRONENBOURG Société dite : S.A. Robinet de tirage à la pression d'une boisson carbonatée notamment bière à mousse contrôlée
US20030161933A1 (en) * 1998-05-15 2003-08-28 Coors Worldwide Inc. Dispensing a beverage
AT6803U1 (de) * 2002-12-12 2004-04-26 Brau Union Oesterreich Ag Hahneinrichtung für eine flüssigkeit

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