JP2000339536A - Drink dispenser device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drink dispenser device with a washing function which evades an unexpected state caused by water spilled when water is poured into a washing water tank put in a housing. SOLUTION: In the housing 10 of the drink dispenser device, a drink supply tube 14 and a cooling water tank 15 for cooling the drink supply tube 14 are accommodated. In the housing 10, the washing water tank 41 arranged right above the cooling water tank 15 contains the washing water and has a water injection hole 41a for pouring water in its top surface and the water injection hole 41a is arranged on one side in the housing 10. An opening/closing lid 42, which is assembled on the top surface of the washing water tank 41 and covers the water injection hole 41a, covers the part above a pump 33 and a control box 50 positioned below the opposite side of the upper opening end of the housing 10 from the water injection hole 41a when the water injection hole 41a is opened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beverage dispenser device for discharging a beverage such as beer, and more particularly to a beverage dispenser device capable of washing a beverage supply pipe of the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been a beverage dispenser device for discharging a beverage through a beverage supply pipe, wherein the beverage supply pipe is washed using washing water stored in an external washing water tank. It is commercially available.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, the cleaning water tank needs to be separately stored, so that it is not easy to use. In order to cope with this, a beverage dispenser device in which a washing water tank is housed in its housing has been proposed, but water spilled from a water inlet of the washing water tank when supplying water to the washing water tank has been proposed. There is a possibility that an unexpected situation may occur due to flooding of components such as control equipment.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above problems,
An object of the present invention is to provide a beverage dispenser device with a washing function for avoiding an unexpected situation due to spilled water when water is poured into a washing water tank housed in a housing.

[0005] A structural feature of the present invention is that in a beverage dispenser device in which a washing water tank for storing washing water used for washing a beverage supply pipe is arranged in an upper portion of a housing, an opening / closing lid for covering a water inlet of the washing water tank. Is disposed so as to cover a component such as an electric control device disposed on one side of the washing water tank in the housing when the water inlet is opened. According to this, the beverage supply pipe can be washed without separately storing the washing water tank, and when the opening / closing lid opens the water inlet of the washing water tank at the time of supplying water to the washing water tank, an electric control device or the like is used. In this case, it is possible to prevent water spilled from the water inlet of the washing water tank from infiltrating the above components.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION a. First Embodiment Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The beverage dispenser device schematically shown in FIG. 1 includes a rectangular housing 10 whose upper surface is opened and closed by an upper lid 11. The upper lid 11 can be leaned on the upper end of the peripheral wall of the housing 10 with the upper opening end of the housing 10 opened by a hook 11a attached to the back surface thereof. A coil-shaped beverage supply pipe 14 having both ends connected to a beverage inlet 12 attached to the peripheral wall of the housing 10 and a beverage outlet 13 attached to the front wall of the housing 10, Is stored in the cooling water tank 15. The cooling water tank 15 is formed in a cylindrical shape with an open upper surface, and houses therein an evaporating pipe (not shown) connected to a cooling device 16 composed of a compressor, a condenser, and the like. The water in the beverage supply pipe 14 is cooled by storing the cooling water cooled by the cooling water. A beverage storage container 20 is connected to the beverage inlet 12 via a beverage supply hose 21 and a dispenser head 22, and a dispensing valve for appropriately discharging the beverage supplied to the beverage supply pipe 14 to the beverage outlet 13. 17 are assembled.

A drink receiver 18 is provided below the pouring valve 17 on the front surface of the housing 10 and has a cup or the like for holding a drink and discharges spilled drink or the like to the outside through a drain hose (not shown). Have been. Above the beverage receiver 18, the lower end of an overflow pipe 19 that connects the upper end to the cooling water tank 15 and regulates the amount of cold water in the tank 15 also hangs down.

The beverage storage container 20 stores, for example, a beverage such as beer, and a dispenser head 22 is detachably mounted on a base 23 provided on a top plate thereof. The dispenser head 22 is switched between an open state and a closed state by a turning operation of the handle 22a. In the open state, the dispenser head 22 supplies the carbon dioxide gas sent from the gas cylinder 30 via the gas hose 31 into the beverage storage container 20, The beverage in the beverage storage container 20 is pumped to the beverage inlet 12 through the conduit 23 and the beverage supply hose 21 by the pressure of carbon dioxide gas.
When the dispenser head 22 is in the closed state, the supply of carbon dioxide from the gas hose 31 to the beverage storage container 20 and the supply of beverage from the conduit 23 to the beverage supply hose 21 are shut off. The gas cylinder 30 is filled with high-pressure carbon dioxide gas and can be switched between an open state and a closed state by rotating the cock 32. The gas cylinder 30 supplies the filled carbon dioxide gas to the gas hose 31 in the open state, and supplies the gas hose in the closed state. The supply of carbon dioxide to 31 is cut off.

A washing water tank 41 disposed directly above the cooling water tank 15 in the housing 10 is for storing washing water, is formed as a rectangular synthetic resin housing, and is used for pouring water on the upper surface thereof. It has a water inlet 41a. In this case, the washing water tank 41 is arranged such that the water inlet 41 a is located on one side in the housing 10. An opening / closing lid 42 that is attached to the upper surface of the washing water tank 41 and covers the water inlet 41a during normal use is provided with the water inlet 4
1a, the water inlet 4 at the upper open end of the housing 10
Cover one side opposite to 1a. An unillustrated manual indicating a cleaning operation and the like to be described later is attached to the back surface of the opening / closing lid 42 so as to be easily read when the spout 41a is opened. This instruction manual may be attached to the back surface of the upper lid 11 and read in a state where the upper lid 11 is leaned on the upper end of the peripheral wall of the housing 10.

One end of a conduit 43 enters the washing water tank 41. A pump 44 connected to the other end of the conduit 43 and arranged on one side opposite to the water inlet 41 a in the housing 10 draws water in the washing water tank 41 through the conduit 43 and through the conduit 45 in the operating state. The water is fed toward the washing water outlet fitting 46 connected to the end of the conduit 45.
The washing water outlet fitting 46 is attached to the front wall of the housing 10 so as to face outward.
The dispenser head 22 that has been removed from 0 is detachably connected. In addition, a cap 46a for preventing intrusion of dust or the like when the dispenser head 22 is removed is fitted to the cleaning water outlet fitting 46.

A control box 50 disposed on one side of the housing 10 opposite to the water inlet 41a includes an electric control circuit for controlling the operation of the pump 44, a timer circuit for regulating the operation time of the electric control circuit, and Built-in. The control box 50 includes an externally operable switch 51 and a timer set operator 52 attached to the peripheral wall of the housing 10.
Is connected. The switch 51 is for instructing the start and stop of the operation of the pump 47, and the timer setting operator 52 is for setting the operation time of the timer circuit of the control box 50. The operation time set by the timer setting operator 52 is stored and stored in the timer circuit.

[0012] In the beverage dispenser device configured as described above, the dispenser head 22 during normal use.
Is attached to the beverage storage container 20 and opened by operating the handle 22a, and the gas cylinder 30 is opened by operating the cock 32, so that the high-pressure carbon dioxide gas in the gas cylinder 30 is discharged by the gas hose 31 and the dispenser head 22.
Through the conduit 23, the dispenser head 22, the beverage supply hose 21, the beverage inlet 12, the beverage supply pipe 14, and the beverage outlet 13 by the same gas pressure. Outlet valve 1
7 is supplied. At this time, if water is previously stored in the cooling water tank 15 and the compressor of the cooling device 16 is operated, the water in the cooling water tank 15 is cooled, and the beverage remaining in the beverage supply pipe 14 is cooled. Is cooled. This beverage is appropriately poured out and used by operating the dispensing valve 17.

When cleaning the beverage dispenser apparatus, first, the gas cylinder 30 is closed by the cock 32 to cut off the supply of carbon dioxide gas, and then the dispenser head 22 is removed from the beverage container 20. At this time, the dispenser head 22 is kept open. In this state, as shown in FIG. 2, the cap 46a is removed, and the lower end of the dispenser head 22 is connected to the cleaning water outlet fitting 46. Further, the upper lid 11 of the housing 10 is removed, the upper opening end of the housing 10 is opened, the opening / closing lid 42 is further opened to open the water inlet 41a, and water is poured into the washing water tank 41 from the water inlet 41a. At this time, the upper lid 11 may be leaned on the upper end of the peripheral wall opposite to the water inlet 41a of the housing 10 by the hook 11a, and the opening / closing lid 42 may be leaned on the upper lid 11 that is hung up. In this case, the opening / closing lid 4
Reference numeral 2 denotes a pump 44 and a control box 5 which are located below one side of the housing 10 opposite to the water inlet 41a at the upper open end.
0 is covered to prevent water spilled from the water inlet 41a from entering the pump 44 and the control box 50 during the work of supplying water into the washing water tank 41. At this time, a container X such as a bucket is set on the beverage receiver 18.

After the preparation as described above, the switch 51 is operated after the operation time of the timer circuit of the control device 50 is set by operating the timer setting operator 52. If the operation time has already been set before that, the operation time is stored and stored in the timer circuit, so that the timer set operation element 52 is operated except when the operation time is changed. do not have to.

By operating the switch 51, an electric control circuit in the control box 50 is operated to operate the pump 44. As a result, the pump 44 sucks the water in the washing water tank 41 through the conduit 43 and discharges it to the washing water outlet fitting 46 through the conduit 45. The water discharged to the washing water outlet fitting 46 is supplied to the dispenser head 22 serving as a beverage supply flow path, the beverage supply hose 21, and the beverage inlet 1.
2. Beverage supply pipe 14, beverage outlet 13, and discharge valve 1
7, and is discharged into the container X. Thereafter, when the set operation time elapses, the electric control circuit stops the operation of the pump 44 based on the time measured by the timer circuit in the control box 50.

As described above, in the above embodiment,
The water in the washing water tank 41 cleans the dispenser head 22, the beverage supply hose 21, the beverage inlet 12, the beverage supply pipe 14, the beverage outlet 13, and the discharge valve 17, which are the flow paths of the beverage. Tank 41 is housing 1
Since the tank 41 is stored in the tank 0, the tank 41 does not need to be separately stored, and the usability is good. In this case, when the opening / closing lid 42 opens the water injection port 41a during the work of supplying water to the washing water tank 41, the pump 44 and the control box 50 are covered so that water spilled from the water injection port 41a at the time of the water injection. In addition, it is possible to prevent the control box 50 from being flooded, so that an unexpected situation caused by the flooding is properly avoided.

B. Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the opening / closing lid 42 is omitted in the first embodiment, and a folding-type opening / closing lid 61 is employed instead of the upper lid 11 of the housing 10.

The opening / closing lid 61 has two upper lids 61a and 61b for respectively covering the upper opening end of the housing 10 by half.
Are connected by a hinge 61c.
Only the half surface on the 1a side can be partially opened / closed (shown in an open state). When cleaning the beverage dispenser device according to the second embodiment, only the upper lid 61a on the water inlet 41a side is opened to open the water inlet 41a, and the wash water is poured into the wash water tank 41 from the water inlet 41a. .
At this time, the upper lid 61b is located on the lower side of the pump 44 located on the side opposite to the water inlet 41a at the upper open end of the housing 10.
And, the upper part of the control box 50 is covered to prevent water spilled from the water injection port 41a from being immersed in the pump 44 and the control box 50 when water is injected into the washing water tank 41. In addition, on the back of the upper lid 61a on the side of the water inlet 41a, that is, on the side to be opened, an instruction indicating the above-described cleaning operation and the like is attached so that it can be easily read when the water inlet 41a is opened.

In the modification of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4, a sliding-type opening / closing lid 6 is used in place of the opening / closing lid 61.
2 is adopted. The opening / closing lid 62 is composed of two upper lids 62a and 62b which cover the upper opening end of the housing 10 half by half, respectively, and the upper lid 62a on the water inlet 41a slides below the upper lid 62b on the opposite side. The upper opening end of the housing 10 is partially opened and closed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram of a beverage dispenser device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall schematic diagram showing a cleaning state of the beverage dispenser device.

FIG. 3 is an overall schematic diagram illustrating a cleaning state of a beverage dispenser device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an overall schematic diagram showing a cleaning state of a beverage dispenser device according to a modified example of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Housing, 14 ... Beverage supply pipe, 15 ... Cooling water tank, 20 ... Beverage storage container, 30 ... Gas cylinder, 41 ...
Cleaning water tank, 41a: water inlet, 42, 61, 62: open / close lid, 50: control box.

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Satoshi Miwa 3-16, Sakaemachi Minamikan, Toyoake-shi, Aichi F-term in Hoshizaki Electric Co., Ltd. 3E047 AA01 BA04 DA02 DC05 DC08 GA06 3E082 AA04 BB03 CC01 DD01 EE03 FF01

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A beverage dispenser device having a washing water tank for storing washing water used for washing a beverage supply pipe disposed in an upper part of a housing, wherein an opening / closing lid for covering a water inlet of the washing water tank is provided at the water inlet. A beverage dispenser device, which is disposed so as to cover components such as an electric control device disposed on one side of the washing water tank in the housing when the housing is opened. 2. The beverage dispenser device according to claim 1, wherein the opening / closing lid is mounted on an upper surface of the washing water tank. 3. The beverage dispenser device according to claim 1, wherein the opening / closing lid is disposed so as to partially open / close an upper opening end of the housing.