JP2001120253A - Small-sized brewer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small-sized brewer having an accurate temperature control and a simple production process. SOLUTION: This small-sized brewer is equipped with a constant temperature bath 12 for keeping an internal temperature at a fixed temperature. The constant temperature bath 12 is provided with an operation part 18 for setting the internal temperature. The operation part 18 is furnished with a selection part 19 such as a button, etc., for automatically carrying out a fixed a fermentation and a setting part 21 such as a button, etc., capable of setting an arbitrary fermentation condition. Temperature in the constant temperature bath 12 can be automatically set by the fermentation condition decided by the selection park 19 or the setting part 21. Further a fermentation tank 20 to be held in the constant temperature bath 12 is provided. The fermentation tank 20 is equipped with a main body 22 having an open top and a lid body 28 to close the top of the main body 22. The lid body 28 is furnished with a cylindrical taking out member 62 whose tip is immersed in the fermentation tank 20 and with a gas supply member 56 for introducing a gas into the fermentation tank 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a small brewing machine for producing beverages and processed foods using fermentation, such as beer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a small brewing machine for brewing beer, for example, there has been a beer brewing machine disclosed in JP-A-7-327658. This beer brewing machine
It has a heat-resistant container, and a lid is detachably and hermetically attached to the heat-resistant container. The heat-resistant container was provided with heating and cooling means having an automatic temperature controller. And it was equipped with a spout and a gas vent, and was performing a predetermined fermentation.

[0003] Here, the conventional simple beer brewing process is as follows.
First, a commercially available malt extract is dissolved in water, put in an appropriate container, and boiled. Water is added to the mixture, the mixture is put into a large container, yeast for brewing beer is added, and the liquid temperature is maintained at a fermentation temperature of 18 to 26 ° C, and the primary fermentation is performed for about one week. Furthermore, the fermented solution from which the precipitate has been removed is sealed and kept at the fermentation temperature at 3 to
It is completed by secondary fermentation for 4 days.

[0004]

In the case of the above-mentioned conventional technique, a container such as a pot is required to dissolve the malt by boiling it in water, and after melting, it must be transferred to a fermentation container. It was such a thing. Furthermore, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional technology, the heat-resistant container and the automatic temperature controller are provided integrally, and the structure is complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to provide a small brewing machine in which temperature control is accurate and the manufacturing process is simple.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a thermostat for keeping the internal temperature at a predetermined temperature, and the thermostat has an operation section for setting the internal temperature.
A selection part such as a button for automatically performing a predetermined fermentation and a setting part such as a button capable of setting an optional fermentation condition are provided, and the fermentation conditions determined by the selection part or the setting part are set in the thermostat. It is a small brewing machine that can automatically set the temperature.

Further, according to the present invention, a fermentation tank to be placed in a thermostat is provided, and the fermentation tank is provided with a main body having an open upper surface and a lid for sealing the upper surface of the main body.
This lid is a small brewing machine provided with a cylindrical take-out member whose tip is submerged in the fermentation tank and a gas injection member for injecting gas into the fermentation tank.

[0008] The constant temperature bath is provided with a Peltier element that can be heated and cooled. Further, the fermentation tank can be directly fired, and the lid can be attached to the opening of the fermentation tank in an airtight state.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention.
The thermostat 12 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is provided, and has a fermentation tank 20 to be put in a thermostat 14 of the thermostat 12.

The fermentation tank 20 is provided with a bottomed cylindrical main body 22 as shown in FIG.
Made of heat resistant material that can be directly fired. Body 2
A male screw 24 to which a lid 28 described later is attached is formed on the peripheral surface of the opening 2 on the side of the opening. In the vicinity of the base end of the male screw 24, a packing 26 is provided which comes into contact with an inner peripheral surface of a lid 28 described later. The packing 26 may be attached to a lid 28 described later.

The lid 28 has an upper surface 30 and a side surface 32 formed around the periphery of the upper surface 30. On the back surface of the upper surface 30, a packing 34 is provided inside the side surface 32 to be in contact with the main body 22. On the inner peripheral surface of the side surface 32, a female screw 36 to be screwed to the male screw 24 of the main body 22 is formed. I have.
At the center of the upper surface 30, a cylindrical through-hole 38 projecting outward at right angles to the upper surface 30 is formed. A gas vent member 42 or a sealing plug (not shown) is detachably fitted inside the through hole 38 via a packing 40. Degassing member 4
In No. 2, gas generated during fermentation with water inside can be visually recognized as air bubbles. The upper surface 30 further has a through hole 44.
A sealing plug 48 is detachably fitted in the through hole 44 via a packing 46 in a detachable and sealed state.

The beer 54 in the fermentation tank 20 can be taken out by using an air pump 56 as a gas injection member as shown in FIG. Fermentation tank 2
The adapter 58 is attached to the through hole 38 of the cover 28 with the degassing member 42 removed. Adapter 5
The hose 60 is hermetically attached to the hose 8.
An air pump 56 is attached to the tip of the. In addition, the sealing stopper 48 is removed from the through hole 44 so that the packing 4 is removed.
A hose 62, which is a take-out member, is hermetically attached to the hose 6 through the hose 6. The flange portion 6 is provided at a predetermined position of the hose 62.
4 is formed around the circumference, the flange portion 64 is in contact with the upper surface 30 of the lid 28, and the hose 62 is positioned. Thus, the tip of the hose 62 is located slightly above the bottom surface of the main body 22 and does not touch the sediment 66 of the beer 54. The other end of the hose 62 is placed in another container 68. Then, the air pump 56 controls the fermentation tank 2
When air is blown into the beer 54, the beer 54 is fed into the hose 62 and out of the container 68. In addition, the sediment 66 is
Will remain within.

The thermostatic bath 12 is provided with a thermostatic chamber 14, a door 16, and an operation panel 18 as shown in FIGS. An operation button 18 for setting an internal temperature is provided on an operation panel 18 of the constant temperature bath 12, and a selection unit 19 such as a button for automatically performing a predetermined fermentation and a setting for a button or the like for setting any fermentation conditions A part 21 is provided. The temperature in the thermostat 12 is automatically adjustable under the fermentation conditions determined by the selection unit 19 or the setting unit 21.

A heat insulating material 90 is provided inside each of the five inner walls except the front of the constant temperature chamber 14. Constant temperature room 14
A pair of Peltier elements 92 are provided on the back surface 91 of
It is attached to a Peltier spacer 94. The first radiator 9 is provided on the spacer 94 on the indoor side of the Peltier element 92.
6 and a first fan 98 are provided. The second radiator 100 and the second fan 1 are located outside the Peltier device 92.
02 is provided. Further, a temperature sensor (not shown) is provided in the constant temperature chamber 14.

A heat insulating material 90 is also provided inside the door 16,
An opening 104 is formed in the heat insulating material 90 near the center of the door 16. The door decoration 106 attached to the outer surface of the door 16 is provided with a transparent double window 108 at a portion facing the opening 104.

Next, the temperature control of the thermostat 12 will be described. First, when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the constant temperature chamber 14 is higher than a predetermined temperature,
Current flows through the first radiator 96 to cool the second radiator 1
The heat is radiated at 00 and the inside of the constant temperature chamber 14 is cooled. Conversely, when the temperature of the constant temperature chamber 14 is lower than the predetermined temperature by the temperature sensor, a reverse current flows through the Peltier element 92 and the first radiator 9
6, the second radiator 100 cools, and the inside of the constant temperature chamber 14 is heated. When the temperature in the thermostatic chamber 14 is within the set range, no current flows through the Peltier device 92. This is repeated to keep the temperature of the constant temperature chamber 14 constant.

Next, a method of brewing the beer 54 by the small brewing machine 10 will be described. First, 1 liter of water, 500 g of commercially available malt, 200 sugar
g, and the mixture is heated with a stove or the like at 60 to 70 ° C. for 10 minutes to dissolve the malt and sugar in water. Next, water is added to the main body 22.
After adding 5 liters and cooling to 18-28 ° C., 5 g of yeast is added. Then, the lid 28 is hermetically attached to the main body 22 and is put into the thermostatic chamber 14 of the thermostatic bath 12 to perform primary fermentation at 25 ° C. for a predetermined time, for example, for about one week. At this time, a gas venting member 42 is attached to the through hole 38 of the lid 28, and a sealing plug 48 is attached to the through hole 44. And
The inside state can be observed from the double window 108 of the thermostat 12, and the state in which gas is generated by the gas release member 42 can be confirmed.

After the primary fermentation, as shown in FIG.
Is transferred to another fermentation tank 20 or a container 68 such as a beer bottle so that the sediment 66 does not enter. Then, the container 68 into which the beer 54 has been transferred is sealed with the lid 28 or a lid (not shown), and placed in the constant temperature chamber 14 of the constant temperature bath 12 at 25 ° C.
Secondary fermentation for ~ 4 days. In addition, on the lid 28 of the fermentation tank 20, a sealing stopper 48 is attached to the through holes 38 and 44. Alternatively, the beer 54 may be put into a beer bottle or the like, stoppered, sealed, and subjected to secondary fermentation. Further, after the secondary fermentation, it is preferable to ripen at 10 ° C. for a predetermined time.

Next, as a method of taking out the beer 54 from the fermentation tank 20, a beer take-out device 70 as a take-out member may be attached to the lid 28 as shown in FIG.
The beer take-out device 70 is provided with a rod-shaped base 72 that is attached along the radial direction of the lid 28, and the base 72 is formed with a pair of mounting portions 74 that are locked to the lower end surface of the lid 28 by elastic force. ing. The base 72 is provided with a sealing member 76 fitted into the through hole 38 of the lid 28 via a packing 40. Inside the sealing member 76, an outer nozzle 78 extending near the bottom of the main body 22 is provided. The outer nozzle 78 is connected to an ejection port 80 provided at one end of the base 72 via an inner nozzle 84 shorter than the outer nozzle 78.

Further, a gas hole 82 is formed in the outer nozzle 78 and is connected to a gas cartridge 86 which is a gas injection member provided on the base 72. The gas cartridge 86 is filled with carbon dioxide or the like. Also,
A handle 88 for operating gas ejection is provided near the ejection port 80.

The operation of the beer removal device 70 is as follows. First, the carbon dioxide of the gas cartridge 86 is ejected from the inner nozzle 84 by operating the handle 88, and the ejected carbon dioxide is supplied from the gas hole 82 of the outer nozzle 78 to the fermentation tank 20. And the internal pressure in the main body 22 increases, and the beer 54
Flows into the outer nozzle 78 and exits from the ejection port 80.

According to the small brewing machine 10 of this embodiment,
The apparatus is simple, and homemade beer 54 can be easily made. In particular, since the main body 22 of the fermentation tank 20 can be directly ignited, malt and water can be directly put into the main body 22 to be boiled and melted, and a step of transferring to a primary fermentation container is unnecessary, and The manufacturing process is simplified. The fermentation tank 20 is provided with a through hole 38 in the lid 28,
The degassing member 42 and the sealing plug 48 are appropriately attached to 44,
It can be used for both primary fermentation and secondary fermentation, and the beer 54 can be easily taken out by attaching a beer take-out device 70.

Next, a second embodiment of the fermentation tank of the small brewing machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
Here, the same members as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. Fermentation tank 20 of this embodiment
Is provided with a bottomed cylindrical main body 22, and a stainless steel belt 110 is mounted around the opening slightly below the opening of the main body 22, and will be described later in three places on the circumference of the belt 110. A connecting ring 112 for attaching the lid 116 and a movable member 114 for stopping the connecting ring 112 are fixed to the shaft.

The main body 2 of the fermentation tank 20 is
A cylindrical side member 118 fitted into the opening 2 is provided, and a notch formed on an outer periphery of a lower end portion of the side member 118 is opposed to an upper end surface 22a of the main body 22 and an inner peripheral surface 22b continuous with the upper end surface 22a. 128 are formed around the circumference. A concave portion 130 is formed on the surface of the notch portion 128 facing the inner peripheral surface 22b of the main body 22 so as to make a full circle. Inside the notch 128, a ring-shaped packing 132 is provided around the circumference. As shown in FIG. 7, the packing 132 has a rectangular shape whose cross section is long in the radial direction, and the inner peripheral surface of the packing 132 is fitted into the concave portion 130 of the side member 118. The inner radius of the packing 132 is formed small,
Since the packing 132 is attached to the side member 118 while applying a pulling force to the cover 2 when the lid 116 and the main body 22 are not attached as shown in FIG.
The outer peripheral surface of the packing 132 is warped in the direction of the side member 118. When the lid 116 is attached to the main body 22, the packing 132 is pressed by the notch portion 128, the concave portion 130, the upper end surface 22a and the inner peripheral surface 22b of the main body 22, and bent into an S-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. Can be As a result, the packing 116 abuts on the upper end surface 22a and the inner peripheral surface 22b of the main body 22, securely adheres, and does not protrude outward.

A transparent plate 120 is provided on the inner surface of the side member 118.
Is attached, and in the center of the transparent plate 120, the transparent plate 12
The transparent plate 122 projecting at right angles to the
20 is formed. A gas vent member 126 or a sealing plug (not shown) is detachably fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 122 via a packing 124 so as to be detachably sealed.
The transparent plate 120 is provided with a through-hole (not shown) through which the brewed beer 54 is taken out, and a sealing plug is removably hermetically fitted to this through-hole via a packing.

A contact surface 134 formed lower than the upper end surface 118a of the side member 118 is provided around the outer periphery of the upper end of the side member 118. On the contact surface 134,
A flat metal ring-shaped holding plate 136 is provided in contact with the holding member. The holding plate 136 is provided with locking projections 138 that are bent in a U-shape at three positions on the circumference and the like. When the lid body 116 is hermetically attached to the main body 22, the connecting ring 112 attached to the main body 22 is hung on the locking projection 138, and the movable member 114 stops the connecting ring 112 at a predetermined position.

The method of brewing beer by the small brewing machine 10 of this embodiment is the same as that of the above-described embodiment, and has the same effect. Then, the lid 116 and the main body 2
2 can be easily and securely sealed with one touch, and is simple.

The small brewing machine according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and the means for attaching the lid and the main body may be any other than those described above as long as they can be sealed. The beer brewing method can also be changed as appropriate. The shape and each member of the fermentation tank can be appropriately changed, and the beer take-out device and the like can be freely changed. In addition to beer, it can be used for brewing wine and sake.

[0029]

According to the small brewing machine of the present invention, temperature control during fermentation can be performed accurately, beer transfer steps are small, the production process is simple, and beer of stable quality can be easily brewed. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fermentation tank of a small brewing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the fermentation tank of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the fermentation tank of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a thermostat of this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the thermostat of this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway front view of a fermentation tank of a small brewer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the fermentation tank of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Small brewing machine 12 Constant temperature chamber 14 Constant temperature chamber 20 Fermentation tank 22 Main body 24 Male screw 26,34 Packing 28 Lid 36 Male screw 38,46 Through hole 40,44 Packing 42 Gas release member 48 Sealing stopper

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A constant temperature bath for maintaining the internal temperature at a predetermined temperature is provided, and an operation unit for setting the internal temperature is provided in the constant temperature bath, and the operation unit is configured to automatically perform a predetermined fermentation. A small brewing apparatus comprising a selection unit and a setting unit capable of setting any fermentation conditions, wherein the temperature in the thermostat is automatically adjusted under the fermentation conditions determined by the selection unit or the setting unit. Machine. 2. A constant temperature bath for maintaining an internal temperature at a predetermined temperature, and a fermentation tank to be placed in the constant temperature bath are provided. The fermentation tank has a fire-resistant main body having an open upper surface, and a main body having an upper surface opened. A lid for sealing is provided, and this lid has
A small brewing machine, comprising: a take-out member for taking out a fermentation product in the main body; and a gas injection member for injecting gas into the fermentation tank. 3. The small brewing machine according to claim 1, wherein the constant temperature bath is provided with a Peltier element capable of heating and cooling. 4. The small brewing machine according to claim 2, wherein the fermentation tank can be directly fired, and the lid can be attached in an airtight state to an opening of the fermentation tank.