JP2001019092A - Dispenser for drink - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the layout of a drink pouring nozzle disposed in a vend stage of a main body cabinet of a dispenser and a drink valve thereof to miniaturize the whole of the dispenser. SOLUTION: In the dispenser for a drink, drink pouring nozzles 4 are disposed above a vend stage 1a of a main body of the dispenser so as to correspond to syrup drinks of various kinds, and syrup drinks and a dilution liquid delivered to the nozzles 4 via a syrup valve and a dilution liquid valve are mixed together within the nozzles so as to be fed into a cup, a syrup valve 17 and a dilution liquid valve 18 each are independent solenoid valves, which valves are separated from the nozzles 4 and disposed within a main body cabinet, while the nozzles 4 are arranged in a front and rear rows so as to be concentrated, and delivery pipes 19 drawn out of the syrup valve and dilution liquid valve respectively are connected to the drink pouring nozzles.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commercial beverage dispenser for mixing a syrup-based beverage selected based on a command with a diluent of cold water or carbonated water and supplying the mixture to a cup.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The beverage dispensers mentioned above are installed in restaurants and restaurants to supply non-carbonated beverages such as oolong tea and juice, and various syrup-based carbonated beverages to cups. Sales-type products are on the market. Here, an example of a beverage dispenser that sells a syrup-based soft drink by a method called “post-mixing valve method” is shown in FIGS.

In each of the figures, a beverage dispenser 1 has a bend stage 1a,
An operation panel 1b is provided above the cabinet, and a refrigerator unit 2 and a cooling water tank 3 (see FIG. 6) are provided inside the cabinet. Further, above the bend stage 1a, various syrup-based beverages are individually handled. A plurality of beverage pouring nozzles 4 are arranged side by side on the left and right. The operation panel 1b provided on the front door has a sale button 5 corresponding to each beverage.
It has.

[0006] In the system diagram of the syrup-based beverage shown in FIG. 6, reference numeral 6 denotes a beverage valve unit (solenoid valve) combined with the above-described beverage discharging nozzle 4, 7 denotes a flow regulator,
8 is a blend regulator, 9 is a cup set on the bend stage 1a, 10A to 10C are syrup tanks storing various syrup-based beverages by type, 11 is a carbon dioxide gas cylinder, 12 is a tap water supply pump, 13 is cold water and carbon dioxide gas. And a syrup tank 10A to 10C, a water supply pump 12,
A syrup line 14, a cold water line 15, and a carbonated water line 16 are provided between the carbonator 13 and the beverage sales valve 6 described above. Also, syrup line 1
4. The cold water line 15 is arranged via a cooling coil immersed in the cooling water tank 3, and the carbonator 13 is immersed directly in the cooling water tank.

As shown in FIG. 5, the structure of the beverage valve unit 6 includes an electromagnetic solenoid 6a for driving the valve, an actuator 6b operated by the suction operation of the electromagnetic solenoid 6a, a return spring 6c of the actuator 6b,
The syrup valve body 6d and the diluent valve body 6e are assembled into a syrup valve body 6d and a diluent valve body 6e that open and close in accordance with the actuator 6b. Further, a beverage discharge nozzle 4 called a spout nozzle for mixing the syrup beverage and the diluting liquid inside the nozzle is attached to the discharge side of each valve body.

[0006] The operation of selling a beverage by such a beverage dispenser is well known. An operator sets a cup 9 on the bend stage 1a directly below a nozzle 4 for discharging a desired beverage, and then sells a button 5 corresponding to the beverage. When you press
When the selected beverage valve unit 6 is opened, the syrup sent from the syrup tank by pressurization of carbon dioxide gas and the diluted solution of cold water or carbonated water are simultaneously supplied to the beverage discharge nozzle 4. The syrup and the diluent are mixed in the nozzle and supplied to the cup 9.

[0007]

By the way, the beverage discharging nozzle 4 integrally combined with the valve unit 6 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4A, the conventional beverage dispenser in which the left and right sides are arranged above the bend stage 1a has the following problems. That is, (1) the above-mentioned "post-mixing valve type" beverage dispenser,
As shown in FIG. 4 (a), various syrup-based beverage discharge nozzles 5 arranged side by side above the bend stage 1a.
, A beverage valve unit 6 is integrally arranged for each beverage discharging nozzle 5. Here, the beverage valve unit 6 has an integral structure in which left and right valve bodies 6d and 6e for syrup and diluent are combined as shown in FIG. It is at least twice as large as the diameter.

For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 4, in the beverage dispenser 1 in which the beverage dispensing valves 4 combined with the beverage valve unit 6 are arranged in a line on the left and right, the required width B of the main cabinet of the beverage dispenser 1 is limited. The size is increased by being restricted by the outer dimensions of the beverage valve unit 6, which requires a large space to be installed for installing the beverage dispenser.

(2) Further, in the beverage valve unit 17 of FIG. 5 in which the syrup valve body 6d and the diluent valve body 6e are collectively opened and closed by the electromagnetic solenoid 6a, for example, the syrup line and the dilution Even when the flow regulator 7 (see FIG. 6) connected to the liquid line is individually adjusted, only the syrup or the diluent cannot be separately poured.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a beverage dispenser in which the arrangement of a beverage discharging nozzle and a beverage valve arranged in a bend stage of a main body cabinet is changed in order to reduce the size of the entire dispenser. The purpose is to do.

[0011]

According to the present invention, a plurality of beverage dispensing nozzles with a mixing function corresponding to various syrup beverages are provided on a bend stage of a main body cabinet. In a beverage dispenser in which a syrup-based beverage and a diluent discharged to the beverage discharge nozzle via a valve and a diluent valve are mixed in the nozzle and supplied to a cup, the syrup valve and the diluent valve are each provided. As an independent solenoid valve,
The dispenser is disposed in the main cabinet of the dispenser separately from the beverage dispensing nozzle, and the discharge pipes respectively drawn from the syrup valve and the diluent valve are connected to the beverage dispensing nozzle (claim 1). .

Further, according to the present invention, a plurality of beverage discharging nozzles corresponding to various beverages having the above-described configuration are arranged in front and rear rows and are concentrated and arranged above the bend stage.

In the above configuration, when a designated selling button is pressed at the time of selling a beverage, the syrup valve and the diluent valve corresponding to the syrup-based beverage selected based on the signal are individually opened, and the syrup and the cold water, or The diluted solution of carbonated water is discharged to the beverage discharge nozzle through the discharge pipe, and the syrup and the diluted solution are mixed by the beverage discharge nozzle and supplied to the cup.

The syrup valve and the diluting liquid valve are independent electromagnetic valves, and are arranged, for example, vertically inside the main body cabinet of the dispenser separately from the beverage discharging nozzle. Therefore,
Above the bend stage of the beverage dispenser, it is possible to centrally arrange the beverage dispensing nozzles in a free layout, such as arranging the beverage dispensing nozzles in two front and rear rows, without being restricted by the external dimensions and arrangement of the valves. Thereby, the required width of the main body cabinet is greatly reduced as compared with the conventional beverage dispenser shown in FIG.

Further, according to the above configuration, even when the flow rate is adjusted by the flow regulator connected to the syrup line and the diluent line of the beverage system during maintenance, the syrup valve and the diluent valve are separately opened to carry out the adjustment operation. In addition to this, the operator can open the syrup valve and the diluent valve independently to supply only the syrup or only the cold water or the carbonated water to the cup at the time of selling the beverage.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the drawings of the embodiment, the same components corresponding to FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. That is, in the configuration of the illustrated embodiment, the beverage dispensing nozzles 4 are concentratedly arranged facing the bend stage 1a of the beverage dispenser 1 in two rows in the front and rear direction above the bend stage 1a. Between the syrup supply system, the diluent supply system (see FIG. 6) and the beverage discharge nozzle 4, a syrup valve 17 and a diluent valve 18 installed in the main body cabinet of the beverage dispenser 1 as independent electromagnetic valves. And a discharge pipe (hose) 19 drawn out from each of the valves 17 and 18 is connected to the beverage discharge nozzle 4. In addition,
Reference numeral 20 denotes a nozzle mounting base. In the illustrated example, four beverage pouring nozzles 4 are distributed and arranged in two rows in front and rear on the nozzle mounting plate 20, and each nozzle 4 is placed at a fixed position of the bend stage 1a. It is attached in such a posture as to face the cup 9 which is placed.

Next, the detailed structure of the above-described beverage discharge valve 4 will be described with reference to FIG. That is, the beverage dispensing valve 4 is
A nozzle base 4a having a pipe joint for connecting the above-mentioned syrup and diluent discharge pipe 19 on its upper surface;
The spout nozzle 4b is attached to the lower part of the nozzle a through an O-ring 4c in a liquid-tight manner, and the diffuser 4d is installed inside the nozzle base 4a.

In this configuration, when the operator sets the cup 9 on the bend stage 1a and presses the sell button 6 to give a sell signal, the syrup valve 17 and the diluent valve 18 of the selected syrup-based beverage are simultaneously opened. ,
The syrup discharged from the syrup valve 17 and the diluent discharged from the diluent valve 18 are discharged to the beverage discharge nozzle 4 through the discharge pipe 19. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the syrup is radially jetted into the spout nozzle 4b through an injection hole opened in the distal end peripheral surface of the diffuser 4d. On the other hand, the diluent passes through a narrow gap between the outer periphery of the diffuser 4b and the nozzle body 4a, flows down along the inner peripheral wall surface of the spout nozzle 4b, is mixed with the syrup here, and is supplied to the cup 9 down. Is done.

If a mode in which the syrup valve 17 and the diluent valve 18 are individually opened is set,
For example, when adjusting the flow rate with a flow regulator connected to the syrup line and diluent line of the beverage system during maintenance, the syrup valve and diluent valve can be opened separately to adjust the flow regulator separately. It is also possible to supply only syrup, cold water or carbonated water to the cup 9 alone.

[0020]

As described above, according to the structure of the present invention, the syrup valve and the diluent valve are each an independent electromagnetic valve, and are disposed separately from the beverage discharging nozzle in the main cabinet of the dispenser. In addition, by connecting the discharge pipes respectively drawn from the syrup valve and the diluent valve to the beverage discharge nozzle, the beverage discharge nozzle of a small part can be mounted without being restricted by the size and arrangement of the syrup and the diluent valve. , Can be arranged in a free layout above the bend stage, which greatly reduces the required frontage of the main body cabinet compared to the conventional configuration, making the beverage dispenser compact and compact. , The syrup and diluent are individually cupped by opening the diluent valves individually. It becomes possible to supply, serviceability, thereby improvement in maintainability. Further, by arranging a plurality of beverage discharge nozzles corresponding to various beverages in the front and rear rows and centrally disposing them, further downsizing can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a beverage dispenser according to the present invention, (a) is a front view, and (b) is a side view of a front part.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are mounting structure diagrams of a beverage discharging nozzle collectively arranged in FIG. 1, wherein FIG. 2A is a front view and FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a detailed structure of a beverage discharging nozzle in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a conventional beverage dispenser, where (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view of a front part.

5 is a structural view of a beverage valve unit with a discharge nozzle installed in the beverage dispenser of FIG. 4, (a) is a front view, and (b) is a side view.

FIG. 6 is a beverage system diagram of a beverage dispenser.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Beverage dispenser 1a Bend stage 4 Beverage discharge nozzle 5 Sale button 9 Cup 17 Syrup valve 18 Diluent valve 19 Discharge pipe 20 Nozzle mounting plate

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A beverage dispenser for mixing a syrup-based beverage selected on the basis of a command with a diluent of cold water or carbonated water and supplying the mixture to a cup, and corresponding to various syrup beverages above a bend stage of a main body cabinet thereof. A plurality of beverage dispensing nozzles with a mixing function to be disposed, and the syrup-based beverage and the diluent discharged to the beverage dispensing nozzle via the syrup valve and the diluent valve are mixed in the nozzle and supplied to the cup. In this case, the syrup valve and the diluent valve are each an independent electromagnetic valve, and are separated from the beverage dispensing nozzle and arranged in the main cabinet of the dispenser, and are respectively drawn out from the syrup valve and the diluent valve. A beverage dispenser, wherein a discharge pipe is connected to the beverage discharge nozzle. 2. The beverage dispenser according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of beverage ejection nozzles corresponding to various beverages are arranged in front and rear rows and are centrally arranged above the bend stage.