JP2000060430A - Frozen dessert feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a frozen dessert feeder constituted so as to enable ready operation of all manual equipment necessary to operate after installation of frozen dessert feeder among equipment constituting frozen dessert raw material feeding circuit without being influenced on installation environment of a frozen dessert feeder. SOLUTION: All manual equipment necessary to operate after installation of a frozen dessert feeder among equipment constituting a frozen dessert raw material feeding circuit is attached to an equipment attaching plate 22 arranged in the front of a body 1 of the frozen dessert feeder operatably from the front side of the body 1. Concretely, manual valves 84 and 86 necessary to carry out opening and closing operation in feeding or taking out of a frozen dessert raw material, a flow regular 68 for controlling flow rate of syrup from a syrup tank to a subtank, a drainage stopper 73b additionally installed in a water storage tank 73, a relief valve 81 forcibly opened in replacing operation are attached to the equipment attaching plate 22.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a frozen dessert supply device for producing frozen desserts by cooling and mixing and stirring frozen dessert ingredients consisting of syrup, carbon dioxide gas and water in a cooling casing, and more particularly to a frozen dessert ingredient supply circuit. The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a manual device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 shows a typical example of a frozen dessert raw material supply circuit of a conventional frozen dessert feeder. In FIG. 7, reference numeral 61 denotes a carbon dioxide gas cylinder, and a discharge pipe of the carbon dioxide gas cylinder 61 is provided with a regulator 62 including a pressure regulating valve 62a and check valves 62b and 62c. Then, the carbon dioxide gas in the carbon dioxide gas cylinder 61 is branched after being regulated by the pressure regulating valve 62a of the regulator 62, and one of the carbon dioxide gas is further decompressed via the check valve 62c, the electromagnetic valve 63 and the check valve 64, and the sub-tank 65. Supplied within. Also,
The other carbon dioxide gas branched in the middle is supplied into the syrup tank 66 via the check valve 62b, and the pressure of the carbon dioxide gas pushes the syrup in the syrup tank 66 out of the syrup tank 66.

The syrup in the syrup tank 66 is sent to the sub tank 65 via a solenoid valve 67, a flow regulator 68 and a check valve 69. The sugar content of the frozen dessert supply device is adjusted by manually adjusting the flow rate of the syrup conveyed from the syrup tank 66 to the sub tank 65 by adjusting the opening of the flow regulator 68.

Reference numeral 73 denotes a water storage tank, which is connected to a water supply source via a manual opening / closing valve 71 and an electromagnetic water supply valve 72. Further, the electromagnetic water supply valve 72 is used for the float switch 7
Opening and closing is controlled by the water level detected by 3a. Also,
A drain pipe 73c for draining the water in the water storage tank 73 is connected from below the water storage tank 73, and a drain plug 73b is attached to the tip of the drain pipe 73c. The water in the water storage tank 73 is pressurized by the pump 74 and supplied into the sub tank 65 via the double check valve 75. The double check valve 75 has double check valves arranged in order to prevent backflow.

The sub tank 65 has a relief valve 81.
Are connected. This relief valve 81 has a function of releasing pressure when the pressure in the sub tank 65 rises abnormally, but in order to suppress the generation of mold and the like in the raw material supply circuit including the freezing casing 51 and the sub tank 65 described later. , It is opened when carbon dioxide replacement work is performed. It should be noted that this opening is a manual forced opening performed by manually pulling the knob of the relief valve 81, and the carbon dioxide gas supplied into the circuit is released by this opening.

In the sub-tank 65, the supplied frozen dessert raw materials, syrup, water and carbon dioxide are mixed. The mixed liquid in the sub tank 65 is
Due to the head pressure due to the carbon dioxide gas inside, it is sent into the freezing casing 51 through the communication pipe 82. A manual valve 84 is interposed in the communication pipe 82, and an electric heater 85 is attached to the communication pipe 82. The manual valve 84 is closed when the flow of the frozen dessert raw material consisting of a mixed liquid of syrup, water and carbon dioxide to the frozen casing 51 is shut off. Further, the electric heater 85 is
The communication pipe 82 is formed by the ice generated in the frozen casing 51.
Heat is generated to prevent clogging. In addition, 87 in the figure
Is a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure in the sub tank 65.

A drain pipe 83 is branched from the middle of the communication pipe 82, and a manual valve 86 is interposed in the drain pipe 83. The manual valve 86 is used when discharging the liquid in the circuit including the sub tank 65 and the freezing casing 51. For example, as described above, the flow regulator 6
8 is adjusted to adjust the sugar content of the frozen dessert, the manual valve 84 is closed to stop the supply of the frozen dessert raw material to the frozen casing 51, and the manual valve 86 is opened to sample the frozen dessert raw material. To do.

The frozen casing 51 is surrounded by the evaporator 44, and the frozen dessert raw material supplied from the sub-tank 65 is agitated by an agitator (not shown) installed inside, and cooled by the evaporator 44 to produce a frozen dessert. is doing. Then, the manufactured frozen dessert is poured out from the pouring cock 53 and sold. The refrigerating apparatus for cooling the refrigerating casing 51 includes a refrigerant circulation circuit including a compressor 41, an air-cooled condenser 42, an expansion valve 43, an evaporator 44, and the like.

Next, FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional frozen dessert feeding apparatus showing the arrangement of main devices constituting the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit. In FIG. 8, the casing 1 of the main body 1
1 is indicated by a chain double-dashed line and is divided into upper and lower parts. Further, in this figure, the diagonally left front is the front side. In FIG. 8, a water supply pump 7 is provided in the lower space.
4 is provided, and a device mounting plate 101 is provided on the lower front surface. A drain plug 73b for draining the water in the water storage tank 73 is provided on the device mounting plate 101.
As described above, the sub-tank 65 to the frozen casing 5
Manual valves 84 and 86 that are opened / closed when the supply of the frozen dessert raw material to 1 is cut off or at the time of sampling when adjusting the sugar content of the frozen dessert are attached. Although not shown, a carbon dioxide gas cylinder 61, a syrup tank 66 and the like are also arranged in this lower space. Further, although not shown in the same drawing, a compressor and an air-cooled condenser forming a refrigeration system are also arranged in this lower space.

Further, in the upper space of the casing 11 of the main body 1, a water storage tank 73 and a regulator 62 related to the drain plug 73b and the carbon dioxide gas cylinder 61 are attached. Further, a refrigerating casing 51 having a substantially cylindrical shape in the horizontal direction and a sub-tank 65 having a substantially cylindrical shape in the vertical direction are placed in this upper space. A relief valve 81 that is forcibly opened at the time of replacement work in the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit is directly attached to the upper portion of the sub tank 65, and a flow regulator 68 that controls the flow rate of syrup from the syrup tank 66 to the sub tank 65 is provided. It is arranged above the sub tank 65.

[0011]

As described above, in the conventional frozen dessert supply device, among the devices constituting the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit, the devices manually operated after the installation of the frozen dessert supply device are the manual valves 84, 86, Flow regulator 6
8, the drain plug 73b and the relief valve 81 are present.
Of these devices, the flow regulator 68 and the relief valve 81 were mounted above the back of the main body 1, so it is difficult to perform the opening adjustment work of the flow regulator 68 during the sugar content adjustment work that is required when changing the type of syrup. There was a problem. In particular, when the frozen dessert feeder is installed on a table or the ceiling space above the machine is narrow, this adjustment work is difficult.
Further, such a problem in the work was the same in the opening / closing operation of the relief valve 81 during the replacement work with carbon dioxide gas.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and of the devices constituting the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit, all the manual devices that need to be operated after the installation of the frozen dessert supply device are installed in the frozen dessert supply device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a frozen dessert supply device that can be easily operated without being affected by the environment.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a frozen casing for producing a frozen dessert by cooling the frozen dessert raw material received inside with a stirrer while cooling with a refrigerating device. A sub-tank for supplying frozen dessert raw material consisting of syrup, carbon dioxide gas and water to the frozen casing, a syrup tank for supplying syrup to the sub-tank by carbon dioxide gas pressure, a water storage tank for supplying water to the sub-tank, and the sub-tank In a frozen dessert supply device equipped with a carbon dioxide gas cylinder for supplying carbon dioxide gas to the syrup tank while supplying carbon dioxide gas, a manual operation is required after the installation of the frozen dessert supply device among the devices constituting the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit. Attach all the manual devices to the device mounting plate located on the front of the frozen dessert feeder so that they can be operated from the front side. And wherein the digit.

In general, in the frozen dessert supply device, the front side is usually open as a use space. Therefore, like the frozen dessert supply device according to the first aspect, among the devices arranged in the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit, all the manual devices that need to be manually operated after the frozen dessert supply device is installed are operably arranged on the front side. Therefore, the operation of operating these manual devices after the installation of the frozen dessert feeding device can always be easily performed without being affected by the installation environment condition of the frozen dessert feeding device. Note that these manual devices include a manual valve that is opened / closed when the supply of frozen dessert ingredients from the sub-tank to the frozen casing is shut off or when the frozen dessert ingredients are taken out, as in the invention according to claim 2. A flow regulator that adjusts the flow rate of syrup from the syrup tank to the sub tank, a drain plug attached to the water storage tank so as to enable drainage of water in the water storage tank, and a frozen dessert including the sub tank and the frozen casing. It is a relief valve that is opened during the replacement work for suppressing the generation of mold in the raw material supply circuit.

Further, since the equipment of the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit is cooled, dew condensation is apt to occur on these equipment and its surroundings. Further, when water is discharged or when frozen dessert ingredients are taken out or discharged, the frozen dessert ingredients may adhere to the device mounting plate. For this reason, corrosion of the equipment mounting plate becomes a problem, but if the equipment mounting plate is made of a stainless material as in the third aspect of the invention, the corrosion of the equipment mounting plate is prevented.

Further, as in the invention according to claim 4, the lower end of the equipment mounting plate is located above the saucer so that water or frozen dessert ingredients flow down to the saucer through the equipment mounting plate during dew condensation or drainage. When turned, water and frozen dessert ingredients are prevented from dripping into the main body.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
It will be described with reference to FIG. Since the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit in the present embodiment is the same as that of the conventional frozen dessert supply device shown in FIG. 7, the repeated description is omitted. Also, in the description of the present embodiment, the same parts or elements as those of the conventional frozen dessert feeder are given the same reference numerals to simplify the description.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the main body 1 is
It has a casing 11 with a plurality of legs 14. The casing 11 has a condenser (not shown) on the upper surface.
Is equipped with an outside air discharge port 12 for cooling, an outside air intake port 13 on the lower surface portion, and an operation panel 13 on the front surface portion. The casing 11 is divided into upper and lower parts inside, and in the lower space, a compressor 41, an electric equipment box 22, and all the manual devices out of the devices constituting the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit that require manual operation after the main body is installed. The device mounting plate 21 and the like are arranged, and the sub tank 65 is arranged so as to extend over the lower space and the upper space. A refrigerating casing 51 and the like are arranged in the upper space.

The equipment mounting plate 21 and the electrical equipment box 22 are arranged in front of the lower space so that service is easy after the main body 1 is installed. Equipment mounting plate 21
Is made of a plate material made of stainless steel, and a lower end portion thereof is bent to the front side to form a bent piece 21a. On the other hand, on the lower front surface of the device mounting plate 21, when the frozen dessert poured out from the spout cock 53 is received in the container, the container can be placed and the spilled frozen dessert can be received. Shaped saucer 23 is arranged,
The bent piece 21a is configured so that its tip end is above the receiving tray 23 (see FIG. 6).

Among the devices constituting the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit, the devices which require manual operation after the frozen dessert supply device is installed are the manual valves 84 and 86, the flow regulator 68, the drain plug 73b and the relief valve 81 as described above. Is.
Then, these manual devices are arranged as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. Specifically, the manual valves 84, 86 and the drain plug 73b are mounted on the front side of the device mounting plate 21,
In addition, the flow regulator 68 and the relief valve 81
Is attached to the back side of the device mounting plate 21. However, the flow regulator 68 and the relief valve 81
Are arranged so that the operation portions of these devices face the openings formed in the device mounting plate 21 so that they can be operated from the front side of the device mounting plate 21. That is, the relief valve 81 can pull the operation knob from the front,
Further, the adjusting screw of the flow regulator 68 is configured to be operated from the front. The drainage pipe 83 connected to the manual valve 86 and the drainage pipe 73c to which the drainage plug 73b is attached (see FIG. 4) are made of a flexible material such as rubber to facilitate drainage work.

With this configuration, an empty space is always secured for use for adjustment when installing the frozen dessert supply device, adjustment when changing the contents of the frozen dessert after the installation, and changing work. Since everything can be done from the front side, it can be easily done without being influenced by the installation environment of the frozen dessert feeding device.

For example, when the water in the water storage tank 73 is drained, the opening work of the drain plug 73b can be performed from the front. Further, at the time of replacement work with carbon dioxide gas, it is not necessary to look into and check the position of the operation knob of the relief valve 81, and the knob can be easily pulled from the front without taking an unreasonable posture. Further, when it is necessary to adjust the sugar content due to changing the type of syrup, the adjustment screw of the flow regulator 68 is operated in order to adjust the supply amount of syrup supplied from the syrup tank 66 to the sub tank 65. This adjustment screw can be operated very easily because it can be operated from the front.

When adjusting the sugar content, it is necessary to sample and extract the frozen dessert raw material. At this time, the manual valve 84 is used.
Although it is necessary to close the valve and open the manual valve 86, all of these operations can be easily performed from the front. Furthermore,
In the immediate vicinity of the flow regulator 68, a manual valve 84,
Workability is also improved by arranging 86. Further, water and frozen dessert ingredients are discharged along with the sampling and drainage work as described above. The discharged water and frozen dessert ingredients are passed through the device mounting plate 21 and poured from the bent pieces 21a to the saucer 23. There is no such thing as dropping into 1.

[0024]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects. According to the invention described in claims 1 to 4, it is possible to easily operate the manual device constituting the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit after the installation, without being influenced by the installation environment of the frozen dessert supply device. Further, since these manual devices are arranged close to each other, workability is improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above effects, even if water or frozen dessert ingredients adhere to the equipment mounting plate due to drainage work or dew condensation, it is possible to avoid corrosion.

Further, according to the invention of claim 4, in addition to the above effect, the dew condensation water and the drainage can surely flow down to the tray, so that the inconvenience of dropping in the main body is prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a frozen dessert supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the above frozen dessert feeder.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the above frozen dessert feeder.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view around the device mounting plate of the frozen dessert supply device.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged right side view around a device mounting plate of the frozen dessert supply device.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged left side view of a device mounting plate portion of the above frozen dessert supply device.

FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram of a frozen dessert raw material supply circuit of a conventional frozen dessert supply device.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing an arrangement of main devices constituting a frozen dessert raw material supply circuit in a conventional frozen dessert supply device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Main body, 11 ... Main body casing, 21 ... Device mounting plate,
21a ... Bending piece, 22 ... Electrical equipment box, 23 ... Saucepan, 5
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Frozen casing, 61 ... Carbon dioxide cylinder, 65 ... Sub tank, 66 ... Syrup tank, 68 ... Flow regulator, 73 ... Water tank, 73b ... Drain plug, 81 ... Relief valve, 84, 86 ... Manual valve.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A frozen casing for producing a frozen dessert by cooling a frozen dessert raw material received inside by a freezing device while stirring with a stirrer, and a sub-tank for supplying the frozen dessert raw material consisting of syrup, carbon dioxide gas and water to the frozen casing. A syrup tank for supplying syrup to the sub tank by carbon dioxide pressure, a water storage tank for supplying water to the sub tank, and a carbon dioxide gas cylinder for supplying carbon dioxide gas to the sub tank and supplying carbon dioxide gas pressure to the syrup tank. In the frozen dessert supply device provided with, all the manual devices that require manual operation after the installation of the frozen dessert supply device among the devices constituting the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit are attached to the device mounting plate arranged on the front surface of the main body of the frozen dessert supply device. A frozen dessert feeding device characterized by being attached so as to be operable from the front side of the main body. 2. The manual device comprises a manual valve that is opened / closed when the supply of frozen dessert ingredients from the sub-tank to the frozen casing is shut off or when the frozen dessert ingredients are taken out, and a syrup from the syrup tank to the sub-tank. Generation of mold in the frozen dessert raw material supply circuit including the flow regulator for adjusting the flow rate of the water, the drain plug attached to the water storage tank so that the water in the water storage tank can be drained, the sub tank and the freezing casing. The frozen dessert supply device according to claim 1, wherein the relief valve is a relief valve that is opened during replacement work for suppression. 3. The frozen dessert supply device according to claim 1, wherein the device mounting plate is made of a stainless material. 4. The lower end of the equipment mounting plate is turned above the saucer so that water or frozen dessert raw material flows down to the saucer through the equipment mounting plate during dew condensation or drainage. Frozen dessert supply device described.