JP2001097493A - Cleaner for beverage dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an electrical component including a control section from getting wet by a liquid leaking from a dispenser head or a fitting port in a cleaner for a beverage dispenser. SOLUTION: The cleaner 10 for a beverage dispenser includes a fitting port 12 provided on an upper surface of a cover 11b, to which a dispenser head 32 is detachably fitted, a pump 13 provided in a box 11 for sucking cleaning water from a cleaning water tank 20 to feed to the fitting port 12, and an electrical component 14 provided on a front plate 11a1 and having a control section. A front side upper rim 11b1 of a cover 11b protrudes horizontally from the front plate 11a1 with the electrical component 14 mounted. If a liquid such as a beverage or cleaning water leaks from the dispenser head 32 or the fitting port 12, since the electrical component 14 is provided on a surface different from the fitting port 12 and further it is covered with the front side upper rim 11b1, the component does not get wet with the leaking liquid.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beverage dispenser cleaning apparatus for cleaning a beverage flow path in a beverage dispenser for discharging a beverage such as beer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-49398.
As shown in the publication, a box, an attachment port provided on an outer surface of the box to detachably attach a dispenser head of a beverage dispenser, and a cleaning water sucked from a cleaning water tank provided in the box body. And a pump provided on the outer surface of the box, and an electric part having an operation part for controlling the operation of the pump, such as a timer, etc., which is sucked from the washing water tank by the operation of the pump. 2. Description of the Related Art A beverage dispenser cleaning apparatus that sends wash water to a beverage dispenser through a dispenser head attached to a mounting port to wash a beverage flow path in the dispenser is well known.

[0003]

In the above-described conventional apparatus for cleaning a beverage dispenser, when a dispenser head is attached to or detached from a mounting port, if a fluid such as beverage or washing water leaks from the mounting head, the dispenser head may be close to the mounting port. Therefore, there is a problem that the leaked liquid is applied to the electric component and wets the electric component. Also, if liquid leaks from the mounting port while the dispenser head is mounted on the mounting port, the mounting port and the electric component having the operation portion are provided close to each other on the upper surface of the box, so that the liquid is There is also a problem that the electric current flows along the upper surface and easily reaches the electric component to wet the component.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to address the above problems, and has as its object to prevent a liquid dispenser having an operation part from being wet by a liquid leaking from a dispenser head or a mounting opening. Another object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning device.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a structural feature of the present invention is to provide a box and a mounting port provided on an outer surface of the box for detachably attaching a dispenser head of a beverage dispenser. And a pump provided in the box body for sucking the washing water from the washing water tank and sending it out to the mounting port, and an operation portion for controlling the operation of the pump such as a switch and a timer provided on the outer surface of the box body. Washing of a beverage dispenser which sends out washing water sucked from a washing water tank by operation of a pump to a beverage dispenser via a dispenser head attached to an installation port to wash a beverage flow path in the dispenser. In the apparatus, the mounting port and the electric component are provided separately on different surfaces of the box body. In the beverage dispenser cleaning device configured as described above, when a liquid such as a beverage and washing water leaks from the dispenser head or the mounting port, the electric component is provided on a surface different from the surface provided with the mounting port. Few leaked liquids easily reach the electrical components.

Further, the mounting opening and the electric component may be provided on the upper surface and the side surface of the box body, respectively, and the upper surface may be extended more horizontally than the side surface to cover the electric component. In the beverage dispenser cleaning device configured as described above, when a liquid such as a beverage and washing water leaks from the dispenser head or the attachment port, the liquid stored on the upper surface does not flow down along the side surface on which the electric components are provided, It spills down from the upper end that protrudes from the side.

Also, a box, a mounting port provided on the outer surface of the box for detachably attaching a dispenser head of a beverage dispenser, and a washing water from a cleaning water tank provided in the box body and sent to the mounting port. And an electric part having an operation part for controlling the operation of the pump, such as a switch and a timer, provided on the outer surface of the box, and attaching the washing water sucked from the washing water tank by the operation of the pump. In a beverage dispenser cleaning device that sends out to a beverage dispenser via a dispenser head attached to a mouth and cleans a beverage flow path in the dispenser,
The mounting opening and the electric component may be separated and provided at both ends of the same surface of the box opposite to each other. In the beverage dispenser cleaning device configured as described above, when liquid such as beverage and washing water leaks from the dispenser head or the mounting port, the electric component is provided away from the mounting port. Is rarely easily reached.

[0008]

According to the present invention, when a liquid such as a beverage or washing water leaks from the dispenser head or the mounting opening,
Since this leaked liquid rarely easily reaches the electric parts provided on the surface different from the surface provided with the mounting port,
Electric parts can be made hard to get wet with leaked liquid.

Further, according to the structure in which the mounting opening and the electric component are provided on the upper surface and the side surface of the box body, respectively, and the upper surface is extended in the horizontal direction from the side surface to cover the electric component, the leaked liquid causes the electric component to be covered. Don't run down along the side
Since it spills from the upper end protruding beyond the side surface, the electric component can be prevented from getting wet with the leaked liquid.

[0010] In addition, even with a beverage dispenser cleaning device in which the mounting port and the electric component are provided at opposite ends of the same surface of the box, respectively, the leaked liquid rarely easily reaches the electric component. Since there is no electric component, the electric component can be made hard to be wet by the leaked liquid.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a beverage dispenser, a cleaning device of the dispenser, and a periphery thereof, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram functionally showing a use state of the cleaning device of the beverage dispenser, and FIG. It is a top view of a cleaning device.

First, the beverage dispenser 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
An inflow port 33 for inflow of the beverage, an outflow port 34 for outflow of the beverage, a beverage flow path 31 connecting the inflow port 33 and the outflow port 34 and a removably attached to the outflow port 34 to selectively drink the beverage. And a cooling valve 36 for cooling the beverage flowing from the inflow port 33 into the beverage flow path 31, and then selectively discharging the beverage by the discharging valve 35. Things. The dispenser head 32 is attached to the inflow port 33 via a beverage hose 37.
A gas supply source (for example, a carbon dioxide gas cylinder) 40 is connected to 2. In using such a dispenser 30, the dispenser head 32 is attached to an attachment opening of a beverage container 50 in which a beverage such as beer is stored (2 in FIG. 1).
For example, carbon dioxide gas is supplied from the gas supply source 40 into the beverage container 50, and the beverage in the beverage container 50 is supplied to the inflow port 33 through the dispenser head 32 and the beverage hose 37 by the pressure of the carbon dioxide gas. When the inflow valve 3 passes through the beverage flow path 31 and is cooled by the cooler 36,
5 selectively pours out.

The beverage dispenser cleaning apparatus 10 for cleaning the beverage flow path 31 in the beverage dispenser 30 as described above.
The washing water sucked from the washing water tank 20 is sent to the beverage dispenser 30 for washing. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the box 11 and the mounting opening 12 for detachably attaching the dispenser head 32 are provided. And a pump 13 provided in the box 11 for sucking the washing water from the washing water tank 20 and sending it out to the mounting port 12, and an operation for controlling the operation of the pump 13 such as a switch 14a and a timer 14b. And an electric component 14 having a portion. The box 11 includes a main body 11a having a front plate 11a1, and a cover 11b that covers the main body 11a from above. Cover 1
1b is formed to have a substantially U-shaped cross section with an open lower part, and the upper surface of the cover 11b is set to be longer than the main body 11a, and the upper edge 11b1 of the cover 11b is positioned more horizontally than the front plate 11a1. The main body 11 protrudes
a. The mounting opening 12 is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the dispenser head 32, for example, is formed in a cylindrical shape with an upward opening, and is provided on the upper surface of the cover 11b. The switch 14a is for starting the driving of the pump 13, and the timer 14b is for setting the driving time of the pump 13. Switch 14
a, the timer 14b is provided on the front plate 11a1 with its operation part exposed outside.

The pump 13 has a washing water tank connecting hose 15 penetrating through a back plate (not shown) of the main body 11a.
Of the washing water tank connection hose 15
A plug 15a is attached to the other end. A handle 16 for carrying the beverage dispenser cleaning device 10 and a fixture 17 for fixing the cleaning water tank connection hose 15 to the beverage dispenser cleaning device 10 when not in use are attached to the upper surface of the cover 11b. The cleaning device 10 of the beverage dispenser includes a cleaning device 10 from a commercial power supply.
A power cord 18 for supplying power to the main body 11a is provided through the front plate 11a1 of the main body 11a.

The washing water tank 20 is made of polyethylene and stores washing water. A tube 22 whose lower end reaches the bottom of the tank is attached to the lid 21 at the top of the washing water tank 20, and a plug 15a of the washing water tank connection hose 15 is detachably attached.

Next, a method of cleaning a beverage dispenser using the thus configured beverage dispenser cleaning apparatus will be described. First, the beverage dispenser cleaning device 1
When the preparation for operating the gas dispenser 0 is performed, the opening and closing valve of the gas supply source 40 is closed to stop the supply of the carbon dioxide gas, the dispenser head 32 is removed from the beverage container 50, and the head 32 is connected to the beverage dispenser cleaning device 10. After being attached to the mounting port 12, the discharge valve 35 is opened, and the plug 15a of the cleaning water tank connection hose 15 is connected to the cleaning water tank 2.
0 is attached to the lid 21. Thereby, the cleaning tank 20
From the lower end of the tube 22 to the discharge valve 35. Then, the power cord 18 of the beverage dispenser cleaning device 10 is plugged into a commercial power supply.

Next, the operation of the beverage dispenser cleaning apparatus 10 will be described. The drive time of the pump 13 is set by the timer 14b, and the switch 14a is pressed to start the drive of the pump 13. By the operation of the pump 13, the washing water in the washing water tank is sucked into the pump 13 through the tube 22 and the washing water tank connection hose 15, and the pump 13
From the dispenser head 32,
After flowing through the beverage hose 37, the inlet 33, and the beverage channel 31, the water is discharged from the discharge valve 35. Therefore, a portion through which the washing water flows by the washing water, for example, the dispenser head 32, the drinking hose 37, the inflow port 33, and the drinking channel 3
1 is washed. Then, when the drive time of the pump 13 elapses the set time, the drive of the pump 13 ends, the washing water stops flowing as described above, and the washing of the beverage dispenser ends. When the washing is completed, the dispensing valve 35 is closed, and the dispenser head 32 is removed from the attachment port 12 of the beverage dispenser washing device 10.
Is attached to the beverage container 50, the opening and closing valve of the gas supply source 40 is opened to start supplying carbon dioxide gas.

If a fluid such as a drink or washing water leaks from the dispenser head 32 when the dispenser head 32 is attached to or detached from the mounting port 12 during such washing, the electric component 14 (the switch 14a and the timer 14b) Since the cover 11b is provided on a surface different from the surface on which the attachment port 12 is provided, and is covered by the front-side upper edge 11b1 of the cover 11b which protrudes from the front plate 11a1, the leaked liquid is applied to the electric component 14. Can be prevented. When the dispenser head 32 is attached to the attachment port 12,
2 leaks from the mounting port 12
Since the electric component 14 provided on a surface different from the surface provided with is hardly easily reached, the electric component 14 can be made hard to be wet by the leaked liquid. Further, the leaked liquid does not flow down along the front plate 11a1 provided with the electric component 14, but spills from the end of the front upper edge 11b1 of the cover 11b which extends and protrudes from the front plate 11a1. Wetting with the leaked liquid can be prevented.

In the above embodiment, the mounting port 1
2 and the electric component 14 are separated from each other and the upper surface of the cover 11b and the front plate 1
Although the mounting holes 12 and the electric components 14 are provided on the upper surface 1a1, for example, the mounting holes 12 and the electric components 14 may be separated from each other and provided on opposite ends of the upper surface of the cover 11b of the box 11, for example. Also in this case, the leaked liquid hardly easily reaches the electric component 14 similarly to the above-described embodiment, so that the electric component 14 can be hardly wetted by the leaked liquid.

In the above-described embodiment and the modified example, the mounting port 12 is provided on the upper surface of the cover 11b. However, the mounting port 12 may be provided on the side surface of the cover 11b. This also allows the leaked liquid to
4 is hardly reached easily, so that the electric component 14 can be hardly wetted by the leaked liquid.

Further, in the above-described embodiment and the modified example, only one mounting port 12 is provided in the cleaning device 10, but a plurality of mounting ports respectively corresponding to a plurality of dispenser heads having different shapes are provided. It may be. For example, as shown in FIG.
2 ′ is provided on the upper surface of the cover 11b,
12 'is connected to the pump 13 via the switching valve 19. The mounting opening 12 ′ is formed in a shape corresponding to the dispenser head 32 ′, that is, in a cylindrical shape having a groove along the circumferential direction at the center in the vertical direction. The switching valve 19 is provided so that an operation part thereof is exposed to the outside of the box body 11.
The pump 13 is connected to the mounting port 1 when the washing water is sent to the mounting port 12 '.
It is switched to communicate 2 '. Since dispenser heads having different shapes are attached to this cleaning device, a plurality of beverage dispensers having dispenser heads having different shapes can be cleaned by one cleaning device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a beverage dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention, a cleaning device of the dispenser, and a configuration around it.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram functionally showing a use state of the beverage dispenser cleaning device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the beverage dispenser cleaning device of FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view functionally showing a beverage dispenser cleaning device according to a modification of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Cleaning device for beverage dispenser, 11: Box, 11
a1 front plate, 11a body, 11b cover, 11b
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Front upper edge part, 12 and 12 '... Mounting port, 13 ... Pump, 14 ... Electrical parts, 14a ... Switch, 14b ... Timer, 15 ... Washing water tank connection hose, 15a ... Plug,
16 Handle, 17 Fixture, 18 Power cord, 19
... Switching valve, 20 ... Water tank, 21 ... Lid, 22 ...
Tube, 30: beverage dispenser, 31: beverage flow path,
32, 32 ': dispenser head, 33: inlet, 3
4 ... Outlet, 35 ... Outflow valve, 36 ... Cooler, 37 ...
Beverage hose, 40: gas supply source (for example, carbon dioxide gas cylinder), 50: beverage container.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A box, an attachment port provided on an outer surface of the box for detachably attaching a dispenser head of a beverage dispenser, and an attachment port provided in the box body for sucking washing water from a washing water tank. A pump to be delivered to
An electrical part having an operation part for controlling the operation of the pump, such as a switch and a timer, provided on an outer surface of the box, and attaching the washing water sucked from the washing water tank by the operation of the pump. In a beverage dispenser cleaning device that sends a beverage to a beverage dispenser through a dispenser head attached to a mouth and cleans a beverage flow path in the dispenser, the attachment port and the electrical component are separated from each other on different surfaces of the box body. A cleaning device for a beverage dispenser, which is provided respectively. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the mounting port and the electric component are provided on an upper surface and a side surface of the box, respectively, and the upper surface is extended more horizontally than the side surface to cover the electric component. Beverage dispenser cleaning device. 3. A box, an attachment port provided on an outer surface of the box body for detachably attaching a dispenser head of a beverage dispenser, and an attachment port provided in the box body for sucking washing water from a washing water tank. A pump to be delivered to
An electrical part having an operation part for controlling the operation of the pump, such as a switch and a timer, provided on an outer surface of the box, and attaching the washing water sucked from the washing water tank by the operation of the pump. In a beverage dispenser cleaning device that transmits to a beverage dispenser through a dispenser head attached to a mouth and cleans a beverage flow path in the dispenser, the attachment port and the electric component are separated from each other on the same surface of the box body. A beverage dispenser cleaning device, which is provided at both ends opposite to each other.