GB2307975A - Drink cooling - Google Patents

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GB2307975A
GB2307975A GB9525219A GB9525219A GB2307975A GB 2307975 A GB2307975 A GB 2307975A GB 9525219 A GB9525219 A GB 9525219A GB 9525219 A GB9525219 A GB 9525219A GB 2307975 A GB2307975 A GB 2307975A
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John Latham Rogers
Jeffrey John Logan
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Booth Dispensers Ltd
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D31/00—Other cooling or freezing apparatus
    • F25D31/002—Liquid coolers, e.g. beverage cooler
    • F25D31/003—Liquid coolers, e.g. beverage cooler with immersed cooling element
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F33/00—Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
    • B01F33/45—Magnetic mixers; Mixers with magnetically driven stirrers
    • B01F33/453—Magnetic mixers; Mixers with magnetically driven stirrers using supported or suspended stirring elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F33/00—Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
    • B01F33/45—Magnetic mixers; Mixers with magnetically driven stirrers
    • B01F33/453—Magnetic mixers; Mixers with magnetically driven stirrers using supported or suspended stirring elements
    • B01F33/4531—Magnetic mixers; Mixers with magnetically driven stirrers using supported or suspended stirring elements using an axis supported in several points for mounting the stirring element
    • 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
    • B67D1/0857—Cooling arrangements
    • B67D1/0858—Cooling arrangements using compression systems
    • B67D1/0859—Cooling arrangements using compression systems the evaporator being in direct heat contact with the beverage, e.g. placed inside a beverage container

Abstract

A pressurised vessel 12 contains carbonated water 13. The water 12 is cooled by a coil 14 located inside the vessel adjacent to the side walls. Coolant gas enters the coil through a tube 15 and leaves through a tube 16 in order that water adjacent to the coil 14 freezes to form an ice bank 17. A motor 18 drives a first magnet 19 located outside the vessel which motor 19 in turn rotates a second magnet 20, adjacent to the first magnet but located inside the vessel. Rotation of that magnet 20 rotates a shaft 21 to cause an agitator 33 to induce flow and circulation of water in the vessel to maintain the temperature of that water substantially constant. A pump 22 on the shaft 21 drives water from within the vessel out through a pipe 23. Carbonated water leaving through the pipe 23 can be recirculated back to the vessel through a pipe 24 or dispensed in a drink. Water and carbon dioxide are supplied to the vessel through respective pipes 26 and 27.

Description

DRINK COOLING The present invention relates to drink cooling apparatus and a method of cooling drink.
According to one aspect of the present invention drink cooling apparatus comprises a vessel arranged, in use, to contain at least part of a fluid to be included in a drink, cooling means being provided arranged, in use, to cool the fluid in the vessel and flow inducing means arranged, in use, to cause the fluid to be moved around within the vessel the apparatus further including means to remove the fluid from the vessel and the vessel being arranged, in use, to be pressurised.
The flow inducing means and the means to remove fluid from the vessel may comprise the same means or, alternatively or additionally different means.
The flow inducing means may be located within the vessel.
The cooling means may include a passage within the vessel arranged to contain cooling medium. The passage may be in the region of the internal walls of the vessel and may be spaced from the internal walls. The passage may comprise a wound tube and the tube may be helically wound. Cooling medium may be arranged, in use, to be circulated through the passage and through a cooling means. The cooling means may be located outside of the vessel. The cooling medium may comprise a gas.
Part of the fluid to be included in a drink that is contained in the vessel may be arranged, in use, to be frozen.
The flow inducing means may comprise an agitator and may comprise a rotatable agitator.
Fluid may be arranged to be withdrawn and returned to the vessel. That may comprise the flow inducing means.
Alternatively or additionally fluid may be arranged to be withdrawn from the vessel and dispensed in a drink. The apparatus may include means to maintain the level of fluid within the vessel which may be arranged to be actuated when fluid is withdrawn from the vessel.
The apparatus may include a pump arranged to withdraw fluid from the vessel. The pump may be located within the vessel.
The flow inducing means or, alternatively or additionally, the pump may be arranged to be driven by a motor located outside of the vessel. The motor may be mounted on the vessel. The apparatus may include a magnetic drive from the motor that is arranged to drive a magnetic driven member located within the vessel.
The pump and the flow inducing means may be mounted on a common shaft.
The agitator and, possibly also the pump may be supported within the vessel from a portion located above the level of fluid within the vessel, for instance by bearing means.
The apparatus may include an inlet for fluid to replenish the level of fluid within the vessel or, alternatively or additionally, to raise or maintain the pressure within the vessel. The fluid inlet may include a liquid inlet and a separate gas inlet. The liquid inlet may be arranged to supply water and the gas inlet may be arranged to supply carbon dioxide.
The pressure within the vessel may be arranged to be in the region of 60 to 150 psi or in the region of 65 to 110 psi or in the region of 80 or 90 psi.
The fluid to be included in a drink may comprise carbonated water.
According to another aspect of the present invention a method of cooling a drink comprises cooling the drink in a pressurised vessel and causing the drink within the vessel to circulate in order to cause the fluid within the vessel to flow and exchange heat with a cooling portion in order to reduce the temperature of the fluid and then withdrawing and dispensing the drink from the vessel.
The method may comprise freezing part of the drink within the vessel.
The method may comprise circulating the drink within the vessel or, alternatively or additionally, pumping the drink out from the vessel with a pump located in the vessel with the means for circulating the drink or the pump being powered by a motor located outside of the vessel. The method may comprise driving the pump or the means for circulating the drink or both by a motor located outside of the pressurised vessel without there being any movable drive member extending through the wall of the vessel.
The method may comprise replenishing the level of drink within the vessel and that replenishment may be automatic.
The method may comprise pressurising the vessel or maintaining the pressure within the vessel by injecting a gas into the vessel and that gas may comprise carbon dioxide.
The present invention includes any combination of the herein referred to features or limitations.
The present invention may be carried into practice in various ways but two embodiments will now be described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of a cooler 10; Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of parts of the cooler 10 shown in Figure 1, and Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of part of a cooler 11 according to a second embodiment.
As shown in Figures 1 and 2 a pressurised vessel 12 contains carbonated water 13. The water 12 is cooled by a coil 14 that is located inside the vessel adjacent to the side walls. Coolant gas enters the coil through a tube 15 and leaves through a tube 16. The water adjacent to the coil 14 freezes to form an ice bank 17 around the interior of the vessel.
A motor 18 is mounted above the vessel that drives a first magnet 19 located outside the vessel. When the magnet 19 is rotated a second magnet 20, adjacent to the first magnet but located inside the vessel, is caused to rotate by virtue of the magnet interaction to rotate a shaft 21 connected to the second magnet 20.
Rotation of the shaft 21 causes an agitator 33 located at the bottom of the shaft to induce flow of water within the vessel to ensure that the water is circulated and cooled by flowing into and out of contact with the ice bank so that the temperature of the water throughout the vessel is substantially constant.
A pump 22 is also mounted on the shaft 21 that is caused to operate when the shaft 21 rotates. The pump 22 is beneath the upper level of the water and drives water from within the vessel out through a pipe 23.
Carbonated water leaving through the pipe 23 can be recirculated back into the top of the vessel through a pipe 24. This allows the dispenser and carbonated water in the dispense area to be cool and always available for dispensing at an acceptable temperature to the customer.
Alternatively, when drink is required to be dispensed, some or all of the carbonated water can be drawn off the pipe 23 through a dispense outlet valve 25 where it is mixed with a syrup by means (not shown). When drink is being dispensed the rate of flow back into the vessel through pipe 24 will be less than the rate of flow out of the vessel (indeed the rate of flow back into the vessel may be zero) and the level of the carbonated water in the vessel will go down.
In order to limit the fall of the level of the carbonated water in the vessel, or in order to prevent the level falling at all, water is supplied to the top of the vessel through a pipe 26 and carbon dioxide is also injected into the vessel through a pipe 27. The supply of water and carbon dioxide increases or maintains the carbonated water level and the pressure within the vessel to or at the required amount. Typically that pressure will be in the region of 80 or 90 p.s.i.
The supply of water and carbon dioxide to the vessel may be arranged to be initiated and stopped by lower and upper level limit switches mounted within the vessel (not shown) or may be initiated and stopped by means associated with the outlet valve 25 (not shown) or by any other convenient means.
Figure 2 shows more detail of the motor and the driven components. Carbonated water within the vessel enters the pump through openings 28 and 29 around the shaft 21. The second magnet 20 is supported on the shaft 21 by a downwardly extending body 30 and is connected to the shaft at a location beneath the top end of the shaft.
The top of the shaft extends through a bearing assembly 31 that is fixed to a cylindrical housing 32 but extends down from the top of the vessel. Downwards movement of the shaft is prevented by a plate 33 that rests on the top of the bearing assembly.
Figure 3 shows an arrangement that is identical with that described in Figures 1 and 2 with the exception that the pump is absent from within the vessel. In Figure 3 the pump is provided outside of the vessel and is arranged to pull carbonated water out through the pipe 23.
The location of the motor outside of the vessel minimises any heat transmission from the motor to the vessel. This reduced heat input from the motor is further enhanced by the provision of the magnetic drive which allows an insulating air break to be present in the drive mechanism. Such a break of course is not present when the motor is directly coupled to the driven portions. The magnetic drive also assists in the ease of sealing the vessel to enable it to be pressurised as no moving parts extend through the wall of the vessel such as make effective and reliable sealing under pressure difficult to achieve.Furthermore as the motor is located outside of the vessel and not within the bath, water in the vessel is less likely to be contaminated should the motor seals break down under the large pressure within the tank, for instance, thereby ensuring that the drink comprising the bath remains uncontaminated. The quality of the product is further ensured by locating the only bearing assembly for both the pump and the agitator at a level above the level of the bath.
In an alternative embodiment, there may be no mechanical agitator and the pump, either within or outside of the vessel may induce the flow of carbonated water in the vessel, for instance by recirculating the water within the vessel or by recirculating the water by taking it from the vessel through one conduit and returning to the vessel through another conduit. The flow caused by the recirculating water may thus induce the flow of water required within the vessel.

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1. Drink cooling apparatus comprising a vessel arranged, in use, to contain at least one part of a fluid to be included in a drink, cooling means being provided, arranged, in use, to cool the fluid in the vessel and flow inducing means arranged, in use, to cause fluid to be moved around within the vessel, the apparatus further including means to remove the fluid from the vessel and the vessel being arranged, in use, to be pressurised.
2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which the flow inducing means and the means to remove fluid from the vessel comprise the same means.
3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which the flow inducing means and the means to remove fluid from the vessel comprise different means.
4. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim in which the flow inducing means are located within the vessel.
5. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim in which the cooling means include a passage within the vessel arranged to contain the cooling medium.
6. Apparatus as claimed in claim 5 in which the passage is in the region of the internal walls of the vessel.
7. Apparatus as claimed in claim 6 in which the passage is spaced from the internal walls of the vessel.
8. Apparatus as claimed in any of claims 5 to 7 in which the passage comprises a wound tube.
9. Apparatus as claimed in claim 8 in which the tube is wound helically.
10. Apparatus as claimed in any of claims 5 to 9 in which a cooling medium is arranged, in use, to be circulated through the passage and through a temperature reducing means.
11. Apparatus as claimed in claim 10 in which the temperature reducing means are located outside of the vessel.
12. Apparatus as claimed in claim 10 or 11 in which the cooling medium comprises a gas.
13. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim in which part of the fluid to be included in a drink that is contained in the vessel is arranged, in use, to be frozen.
14. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim in which the flow inducing means comprises an agitator.
15. Apparatus as claimed in claim 14 in which the agitator comprises a rotatable agitator.
16. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim in which fluid is arranged to be withdrawn and returned to the vessel.
17. Apparatus as claimed in claim 16 in which the means for withdrawing and returning fluid to the vessel comprises the flow inducing means.
18. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim in which fluid is arranged to be withdrawn from the vessel and dispensed in a drink.
19. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim including means to maintain the level of fluid within the vessel.
20. Apparatus as claimed in claim 19 in which the means to maintain the level of fluid within the vessel is arranged to be actuated when fluid is withdrawn from the vessel.
21. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim including a pump arranged to withdraw fluid from the vessel.
22. Apparatus as claimed in claim 21 in which the pump is located within the vessel.
23. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim in which the flow inducing means are arranged to be driven by a motor located outside the vessel.
24. Apparatus as claimed in either of claims 21 or 22 in which the pump is arranged to be driven by a motor located outside the vessel.
25. Apparatus as claimed in either of claims 23 or 24 in which the motor is arranged to be mounted on the vessel.
26. Apparatus as claimed in any of claims 23 to 24 including a magnetic drive from the motor that is arranged to drive a magnetic driven member located within the vessel.
27. Apparatus as claimed in any of claims 21, 22, 24 or any of claims 23, 25 or 26 when dependent upon claims 21, 22 or 24 in which the pump and the flow inducing means are mounted on a common shaft.
28. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim in which the agitator is supported within the vessel from a portion located above the level of fluid within the vessel.
29. Apparatus as claimed in claim 26 in which the pump is supported by bearing means.
30. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim including an inlet for fluid to replenish the level of fluid within the vessel.
31. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim including an inlet for fluid to maintain the pressure within the vessel.
32. Apparatus as claimed in either of claims 30 or 31 in which the fluid inlet includes a liquid inlet and a separate gas inlet.
33. Apparatus as claimed in claim 32 in which the liquid inlet is arranged to supply water and a gas inlet is arranged to supply carbon dioxide.
34. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim in which the pressure within the vessel is arranged to be in the region of 60 to 150 psi.
35. Apparatus as claimed in claim 34 in which the pressure within the vessel is arranged to be in the region of 65 to 110 psi.
36. Apparatus as claimed in claim 35 in which the pressure within the vessel is arranged to be in the region of 80 or 90 psi.
37. Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim in which the fluid to be included in a drink comprises carbonated water.
38. Drink cooling apparatus substantially as herein described with reference to, and as shown in any of figures 1, 2 or 3 of the accompanying drawings.
39. A method of cooling a drink comprising cooling the drink in a pressurised vessel and causing the drink within the vessel to circulate in order to cause the fluid within the vessel to flow and exchange heat with a cooling portion in order to reduce the temperature of the fluid and then withdrawing and dispensing the drink from the vessel.
40. A method as claimed in claim 39 comprising freezing part of the drink within the vessel.
41. A method as claimed in claim 39 or 40 comprising circulating the drink within the vessel with a pump located in the vessel with the means for circulating the drink being powered by a motor located outside the vessel..
42. A method as claimed in any of claims 39 to 41 comprising pumping drink out from the vessel with a pump located in the vessel with the means for circulating the drink or the pump being powered by a motor located outside the vessel.
43. Apparatus as claimed in claim 41 or 42 comprising driving the pump or the means for circulating the drink or both by a motor located outside of the pressurised vessel without there being any movable drive member extending through the wall of the vessel.
44. A method as claimed in any of claims 39 to 43 comprising replenishing the level of drink within the vessel.
45. A method as claimed in claim 44 comprising replenishing the level of drink within the vessel automatically.
46. A method as claimed in any of claims 39 to 45 comprising pressurising the vessel by injecting a gas into the vessel.
47. A method as claimed in any of claims 39 to 46 comprising maintaining the pressure within the vessel by injecting a gas into the vessel.
48. A method as claimed in either of claims 46 or 47 comprising injecting carbon dioxide into the vessel.
49. A method of cooling a drink substantially as herein described with reference to, and as shown in any of figures 1, 2 or 3 of the accompanying drawings.
50. A method of cooling a drink as claimed in any of claims 39 to 49 when using drink cooling apparatus as claimed in any of claims 1 to 38.
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