JP2002240896A - Frozen drink dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture and sell a variety of frozen cocktail drinks each containing additive alcohol in addition to ordinary syrup frozen drinks. SOLUTION: A feed circuit for alcohol such as low-class distilled spirits is provided in a drink feed unit B incorporated in a dispenser body A in addition to a syrup feed circuit 15 and a dilution water feed circuit 16 to manufacture and sell a frozen cocktail drink containing additive alcohol. Further, a flow rate adjustor 15a, 16a, 17a are connected to the circuit 15, circuit 16, and circuit 17. For manufacturing and selling a frozen cocktail drink, an alcohol container 18 is connected to the circuit 17, while a syrup/alcohol ratio is adjusted at the flow rate adjusters to manufacture and sell the frozen cocktail drink.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a frozen beverage dispenser which manufactures and sells a sherbet-shaped frozen beverage using a beverage such as syrup and dilution water as raw materials.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The frozen beverage dispenser mentioned above is
The syrup and dilution water are cooled and agitated in a beverage container, and the air is mixed in while being frozen to produce and sell sherbet-shaped frozen beverages. 2 to 4.

FIG. 2 is a structural view of a dispenser main body. Reference numeral 1 denotes a beverage container (tank) serving as a frozen beverage production section mounted side by side on the dispenser main body, 1a.
Is a top lid of the beverage container 1, 2 is a beverage sales nozzle with an opening / closing lever pulled out forward from each beverage container 1, and 3 is a bend stage. For each beverage container 1, the inside thereof has a cooling unit mounted on a dispenser body. Unit (Refrigerator condensing unit combining compressor and condenser)
The cooling cylinder 5 for making ice which constitutes a refrigeration cycle in combination with the cooling cycle 5 is built in. Further, inside the upper lid 1a, there is provided a beverage supply nozzle 6 which is connected to a syrup supply circuit and a dilution water supply circuit which will be described later, mixes liquid beverages sent from each circuit, and discharges the mixed beverage into the beverage container 1. I have.

Here, the cooling cylinder 5 is a cylindrical evaporator (a refrigerant flows between the inner and outer double walls and freezes on its inner and outer peripheral surfaces), and has an auger (evaporator) on its inner and outer peripheral surfaces. Screw-type stirring blades 51 and 52 which also serve as blades for shaving ice frozen on the surface of
And the stirring blades 51 and 52 are connected to the gear box 7a of the drive motor 7 to rotate and drive the cooling cylinder 5
The ice frozen on the surface of the beverage container is scraped off, mixed with the beverage contained in the beverage container 1, and mixed and stirred. When the beverage selling nozzle 2 is opened, the frozen beverage is pushed out from the nozzle by the conveying force of the stirring blade. In addition to the cooling cylinder 5 and the beverage supply nozzle (spout nozzle) 6 in the beverage container 1, a liquid level switch for controlling the supply of syrup beverage and dilution water by detecting the amount of beverage stored in the container, and a frozen beverage And a hardness detecting mechanism for controlling the operation of the cooling unit 4 by detecting the hardness of the cooling unit 4.

Next, the beverage system of the dispenser is shown in FIG.
FIG. 4 shows the piping connection diagram. In each figure, A is the aforementioned dispenser body, B is a beverage supply unit combined with the dispenser body A, 8 is a syrup container, and 9 is a syrup container for pressurizing carbon dioxide gas to extract syrup in a pressurized manner. Carbon dioxide cylinder, 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes a water supply port, and the beverage supply unit B has a syrup supply circuit 11 that connects the beverage supply nozzle 6 disposed on the beverage container 1 of the dispenser main body A with the syrup container 8 and the water supply port 10, and a dilution water supply. The circuit 12 and a control box (not shown) for control are incorporated in the unit case. Note that 11a is a syrup sold-out sensor, 11b is a flow regulator (flow regulator), 1
1c is a syrup valve, 12a is a water inlet valve, 12b
Is a water pump, 12c is a dilution water valve, 12d is a flow regulator, 12e is a flush water valve, 12f is a three-way pipe fitting with a check valve, 13 is a water filter, between the dispenser body A and the beverage supply unit B, and The beverage supply unit B and the syrup container 8 and the water inlet 10 are interconnected via a blade hose 14 as shown in FIG.

In the above configuration, the syrup and the dilution water are mixed and supplied to the beverage container 1 from the syrup supply circuit 11 and the dilution water supply circuit 12 of the beverage supply unit B through the beverage supply nozzle 6 of the dispenser body A. By operating the cooling unit 4, the ice frozen on the surface of the cooling cylinder 5 is scraped by the auger stirring blades 51 and 52, and the flake ice is stirred with the liquid beverage to produce a sherbet-like frozen beverage. Is done. In the standby state for sale, the frozen beverage is stirred by the stirring blades 51,
When the beverage sales nozzle 2 is opened by setting the cup on the bend stage 3 and circulating in the beverage container 1 via the inside of the cooling cylinder 5 by the transport force of 52, the beverage container 1
, The frozen beverage is discharged and supplied to the cup set on the bend stage 3.

[0007] When the sale of the frozen beverage proceeds and the amount of stored beverage in the beverage container 1 decreases, the syrup syrup valve 11c and the dilution water valve 12c are opened, and the syrup and dilution water are supplied to the beverage container 1 through the beverage supply nozzle 6. Replenish. Further, when the ice component of the beverage increases and the hardness of the frozen beverage exceeds a predetermined value, the operation of the cooling unit 4 is stopped based on the detection signal of the hardness detection mechanism described above,
When the ice melts and the hardness of the frozen beverage decreases, the operation of the cooling unit 4 is controlled so that the frozen beverage maintains an appropriate hardness.

[0008]

The above-mentioned frozen beverage dispenser is used by being installed in a family restaurant, a fast food store, or the like. The conventional dispenser is used to produce and sell syrup-based frozen beverages. The beverage supply unit B has a configuration in which a syrup supply circuit and a dilution water supply circuit are incorporated.

On the other hand, recently, due to the diversification of beverages sold at family restaurants and the like, cocktail beverages such as sours have been sold. For frozen beverages, frozen cocktail beverages containing alcohol (such as shochu) have also been used. There are many shops that sell in addition to the beverage menu. In this case, conventionally, when producing a frozen beverage with the body of the dispenser, alcohol is manually added to the beverage container, or a frozen cocktail beverage is produced using a commercially available cocktail beverage in which alcohol is added to a syrup. This is the current situation.

However, in the method of manually adding alcohol to a beverage container each time, it is difficult to control the timing of replenishing the alcohol and the amount of alcohol to be added, and it is difficult to stably produce a frozen cocktail beverage of constant quality. In addition, in the method of using a commercially available cocktail drink as a raw material of a frozen drink, the types of frozen cocktail drinks that can be manufactured and sold are limited, and user needs to provide originality in a drink menu to differentiate from other stores. Can not respond.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a frozen beverage dispenser capable of producing and selling various frozen cocktail beverages of stable quality in response to the needs of users who want to differentiate the beverages to be sold. The purpose is to.

[0012]

According to the present invention, there is provided, in accordance with the present invention, a dispenser body having a beverage container with a built-in cooling cylinder, and supplying a liquid beverage to the beverage container in combination with the dispenser body. In a frozen beverage dispenser, which comprises a beverage supply unit and manufactures and sells a frozen beverage using a mixed beverage of a beverage such as syrup and dilution water as a raw material, the beverage supply unit includes a syrup supply circuit, a dilution water supply circuit, and an alcoholic beverage. The alcohol supply circuit for shochu etc. shall be provided in conjunction with the manufacture and sale of frozen cocktail beverages with added syrup (claim 1), and a flow regulator connected to the syrup supply circuit, dilution water supply circuit and alcohol supply circuit. When manufacturing and selling frozen cocktail beverages, dispenses through the beverage supply unit. Constituting the mixed beverage supplied to the beverage container Sa body so as to set a predetermined syrup / alcohol ratio (Claim 2).

According to the above configuration, when producing and selling a frozen cocktail beverage with a dispenser, a container containing alcohol is connected to the alcohol supply circuit provided in the beverage supply unit by piping, and the flow rate is adjusted. After setting alcohol and syrup such as shochu to a predetermined syrup / alcohol ratio in a dispenser, and supplying a mixed beverage of syrup and alcohol to the beverage container of the dispenser body, a frozen cocktail beverage of constant quality is manufactured. Can be sold. If the alcohol supply circuit is not used, normal syrup-based frozen drinks can be manufactured and sold.

[0014]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
A description will be given based on the embodiment shown in FIG. In the drawings of the embodiment, members corresponding to those in FIGS. 2 to 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. In FIG. 1, a beverage supply unit B combined with a dispenser main body A is provided with an alcohol supply circuit 17 in addition to a syrup supply circuit 15 and a dilution water supply circuit 16 similar to those in FIG.
5, 16 and 17 have flow controllers 15a and 16 respectively.
a, 17a, the beverage valves 15b, 16b, 17b, and the pumps 15c, 16c, 17c are connected, and the syrup supply circuit 15 is connected to the syrup container 8, and the dilution water supply circuit 16 is connected to the tap port 10, The alcohol supply circuit 17 is connected by piping to an alcohol container 18 containing alcohol such as shochu.

When a frozen cocktail beverage is manufactured and sold by the dispenser, an alcohol container 18 is connected to an alcohol supply circuit 17 by piping, and
The flow controller is adjusted, and the dispenser is operated with the syrup / alcohol ratio of the mixed beverage supplied to the beverage container 1 of the dispenser body A through the beverage supply nozzle 6 being set to a predetermined ratio.

Thus, a frozen cocktail beverage containing alcohol is manufactured in the beverage container 1 of the dispenser body A in the same operation as the conventional dispenser. Further, if the beverage storage amount of the beverage container 1 decreases in accordance with the progress of the beverage sales, the beverage supply unit B automatically replenishes the mixed beverage adjusted to the predetermined syrup / alcohol ratio,
As a result, it is possible to continuously manufacture and sell frozen cocktail beverages with stable quality. If the alcohol supply circuit 17 is not used, a normal syrup-based frozen beverage can be manufactured and sold. Also, by appropriately changing the type of syrup and alcohol, and the syrup / alcohol ratio, it is possible to manufacture and sell various frozen cocktail drinks with a wide variety of variations.

In the illustrated embodiment, the pumps 15c and 17c are incorporated in the beverage supply unit B to extract syrup and alcohol from the syrup container 8 and the alcohol container 18 and feed the pump. Alternatively, a syrup and alcohol can be extracted and supplied in a pressure rise manner using a carbon dioxide gas cylinder as shown in FIG.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, in addition to the syrup supply circuit and the dilution water supply circuit, the beverage supply unit combined with the dispenser main body can cope with the manufacture and sale of a frozen cocktail beverage containing alcohol. And an alcohol supply circuit for shochu and the like, and a flow regulator connected to the syrup supply circuit, the dilution water supply circuit, and the alcohol supply circuit. When manufacturing and selling frozen cocktail beverages, a dispenser is supplied through the beverage supply unit. By setting the mixed beverage to be supplied to the beverage container of the main body to a predetermined syrup / alcohol ratio, when a frozen beverage is sold by installing a dispenser in a family restaurant, a fast food store, or the like, the alcohol in the beverage supply unit is sold. Alcohol such as shochu into syrup using the supply circuit By pressing, she is possible to produce a variety of frozen cocktail drinks quality is stabilized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration and beverage system diagram of a frozen beverage dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a structural view of a dispenser body of a frozen beverage dispenser.

FIG. 3 is a beverage system diagram of a conventional frozen beverage dispenser.

FIG. 4 is a piping connection diagram of a product corresponding to the beverage system in FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Dispenser body B Beverage supply unit 1 Beverage container 2 Beverage sales nozzle 5 Cooling cylinder 6 Beverage supply nozzle 8 Syrup container 10 Water outlet 15 Syrup supply circuit 16 Dilution water supply circuit 17 Alcohol supply circuit 15a, 16a, 17a Flow rate regulator

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A frozen beverage dispenser for producing and selling frozen beverages using a mixed beverage of a beverage such as syrup and dilution water as a raw material, wherein the dispenser body has a beverage container with a built-in cooling cylinder and a dispenser body. In what comprises a beverage supply unit that supplies a liquid beverage to the beverage container, the beverage supply unit,
A frozen beverage dispenser comprising a syrup supply circuit, a dilution water supply circuit, and an alcohol supply circuit for shochu and the like for manufacturing and selling frozen cocktail beverages containing alcohol. 2. A frozen beverage dispenser according to claim 1, wherein a flow regulator is connected to a syrup supply circuit, a dilution water supply circuit, and an alcohol supply circuit of the beverage supply unit to produce and sell a frozen cocktail beverage. A frozen beverage dispenser, wherein a mixed beverage supplied to a beverage container of a dispenser body through a beverage supply unit is set to a predetermined syrup / alcohol ratio.