JP2009154917A - Beverage feeding machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a constitution that in relation to a beverage feeding machine which feeds beverage by opening a manually opening/closing type valve under a condition that a beverage bottle is inclined and stored by making a mouth underside in a cooling chamber, as in the conventional machine, the beverage for the bottle is fed into a reserve tank, and a spout valve connected to the reserve tank is opened and cold water is spouted by a water head pressure of the reserve tank, but it is complicated structurally, and therefore, in the present invention, no reserve tank is provided, a constitution for the cooling chamber in which the beverage bottle is easily put in and taken out and which is suitable for cooling the beverage bottle, a cool air leakage preventive structure at a part where the manually opening/closing type valve faces the outside of the cooling chamber, the cool air leakage preventive structure taking a relation between the cooling chamber and an opening/closing door into consideration, a water receiving tray for the beverage dripping when the beverage is taken out and condensed water generated around the manually opening/closing type valve and in the cooling chamber is provided, and water in this water receiving tray is forcibly evaporated. <P>SOLUTION: The water receiving tray for receiving water droplets falling down from a beverage taking-out opening part exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber, is provided. A drainage pipe for introducing the water droplets in the cooling chamber into the water receiving tray from a water drainage outlet of the cooling chamber, is provided. A cooling instrument for cooling the cooling chamber and a heat radiating device for heating and evaporating the water in the water receiving tray, are provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention provides a beverage supply by opening a manually openable valve attached to the mouth of a beverage bottle in a state where the beverage bottle containing the beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is tilted and stored in the cooling chamber with the mouth down. The present invention relates to a beverage supply machine.

Some bottles 6 containing drinking water are stored obliquely in the upper space 4 with the mouth down and supply this drinking water. This is because the bottle 6 is pressed against the evaporator 5 by gravity, and the upper space 4 is provided with a heat insulating upper door 1b for taking in and out of the bottle 6, and the upper door 1b is used for the beverage in the bottle 6. Part of it is glass so that the remaining amount can be seen. The mouth of the bottle 6 faces the reserve tank 8, and the beverage is supplied from the bottle 6 to the reserve tank 8 until the mouth of the bottle 6 comes into contact with the water surface of the reserve tank 8 and is closed.

The mechanism in which the beverage is supplied from the bottle 6 to the reserve tank 8 is that the spring-biased valve 42 provided on the cap of the bottle 6 is pushed upward by the pin 48 in the reserve tank 8 so that the valve 42 is It is supposed to open. The beverage in the reserve tank 8 is poured out of the cold water by the head pressure of the reserve tank 8 by opening the extraction valve 9 connected to the reserve tank 8. Below the dispensing valve 9, a drip pan 10 for receiving drinking water spilled during supply is provided. (See Patent Document 1).
JP 2006-327593 A

In this prior art, the beverage in the bottle 6 is supplied to the reserve tank 8, and the beverage in the reserve tank 8 opens the discharge valve 9 connected to the reserve tank 8, so that the cold water is generated by the head pressure of the reserve tank 8. Is being poured out. For this reason, bottle 6
It is necessary to keep not only the beverage of the beverage but also the beverage in the reserve tank 8 in a cooled state, which is structurally complicated.

  In the present invention, such a reserve tank 8 is not provided, and a manually openable valve is attached to the mouth of a beverage bottle containing a beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like, and the mouth of the beverage bottle is on the lower side. A beverage supply machine is provided in which the manual opening / closing valve is disposed outside the cooling chamber by being tilted and stored in the cooling chamber, and the beverage supply is performed by opening the manual opening / closing valve. In that case, in particular, the structure of the cooling chamber that is easy to put in and out of the beverage bottle and is suitable for cooling the beverage bottle, the provision of a structure for preventing cold air leakage at the portion where the manually openable valve faces the outside of the cooling chamber, and the cooling chamber and the cooling chamber Provide a structure that prevents cold air leakage considering the relationship with the door that opens and closes the front side of the bottle, and also has a water pan that receives the beverage that hangs down when the beverage is taken out, and the dew condensation that occurs around the manually openable valve and in the cooling chamber. The structure etc. which forcibly evaporate the water of the inside are provided.

  In the beverage supply machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, a beverage bottle containing a beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is tilted and stored in the cooling chamber in a state where the mouth is on the lower side and the bottom is located on the rear side. Beverage supply is performed from a beverage take-out port exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by the opening operation of the attached manual open / close valve body, and includes a water tray that receives water drops falling from the beverage take-out port part, A drain pipe for introducing water droplets in the cooling chamber from the drain port of the cooling chamber to the water tray is provided, a cooler that cools the cooling chamber, and a radiator that warms and evaporates the water in the water tray. It is characterized by.

  In the beverage supply machine of the second invention, the beverage bottle containing the beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is tilted and stored in the cooling chamber with the mouth positioned downward and the bottom positioned rearward, Beverage supply is performed from a beverage take-out port exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by the opening operation of the attached manual opening and closing valve body, and the beverage supply machine includes a water tray that receives water drops falling from the beverage take-out port portion, A cooling device having a drain pipe for introducing water droplets in the cooling chamber from a drain outlet of the cooling chamber to the water tray, and having a cooler for cooling the cooling chamber and a radiator for heating and evaporating water in the water tray. It is built in.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beverage supply machine in which a beverage bottle containing a beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is tilted and stored in the cooling chamber in a state where the mouth is on the lower side and the bottom is located on the rear side. Beverage supply is performed from a beverage take-out port exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by the opening operation of the attached manual opening and closing valve body, and the beverage supply machine includes a water tray that receives water drops falling from the beverage take-out port portion, A drainage pipe for introducing water droplets in the cooling chamber into the water tray is provided, and the cooling chamber is covered with a door for storing and taking out the beverage bottle, and the insertion portion of the manually openable valve body is provided in the lower portion of the cooling chamber. The beverage bottle is stored in a tilted state in a state where the manual opening / closing valve body is inserted into a part, and water droplets in the cooling chamber are transferred from a drain outlet of the cooling chamber to the water tray. A cooling device is disposed on the rear side of the cooling chamber, and the cooling device cools the cooling chamber by the refrigerant compressed by the compressor dissipating heat by the radiator and depressurizing by the decompression unit. A refrigerant cycle that evaporates in step (b) and returns to the compressor again is configured, and water in the water tray is heated and evaporated by the radiator.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beverage supply machine in which a beverage bottle containing a beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is tilted and stored in the cooling chamber in a state where the mouth is on the lower side and the bottom is located on the rear side. Beverage supply is performed from a beverage take-out port exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by the opening operation of the attached manual opening and closing valve body, and the beverage supply machine includes a water tray that receives water drops falling from the beverage take-out port portion, The cooling chamber is covered with a door for storing and taking out the beverage bottle, and has an insertion portion for the manual opening / closing valve body at a lower portion, and the beverage bottle in a state where the manual opening / closing valve body is inserted into the insertion portion. Is a heat insulating configuration in which a receiving portion for receiving a shoulder portion of the beverage bottle is formed from the insertion portion of the manual opening and closing valve body toward the rear while making an inclination stored in a state of being inclined backward. A drainage pipe for introducing condensed water from the cooling chamber into the water tray is connected to a drain outlet formed at the bottom of the cooling chamber corresponding to the shoulder of the beverage bottle. An apparatus is arranged, and the cooling device constitutes a refrigerant cycle in which the refrigerant compressed by the compressor radiates heat by the radiator, depressurizes by the decompression unit, evaporates by the cooler that cools the cooling chamber, and then returns to the compressor again. The water in the water tray is heated and evaporated by the radiator.

The beverage supply machine according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the cooler is
A cooling surface on the front side approximate to the outer shape of the beverage bottle so as to wrap the rear portion of the beverage bottle stored in a tilted manner in the cooling chamber is exposed to the cooling chamber, and the rear side is covered with a heat insulating material. .

The beverage supply machine according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the beverage supply machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the invention, wherein the cooling chamber portion opened by the door wraps around a rear portion of approximately half of the beverage bottle stored tilted. The door has a vertically long shape approximating the outer shape of the beverage bottle, and the door wraps the front half of the beverage bottle that is tilted and stored, and the cooler wraps the rear portion of the beverage bottle. As described above, a cooling surface approximate to the outer shape of the beverage bottle is exposed to the cooling chamber, and the rear side is covered with a heat insulating material.

The beverage supply machine according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the cooling chamber is
A beverage supply machine main body side in a vertically long form that approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle so as to wrap the rear part of approximately half of the beverage bottle tilted and stored, and approximately half of the beverage bottle tilted and stored The front side portion of the door has a vertically long shape that wraps the door, and has a vertically long shape that accommodates one beverage bottle, and the cooler has an outer shape of the beverage bottle so as to wrap the rear side portion of the beverage bottle. The approximate cooling surface is exposed to the cooling chamber and the rear side is covered with a heat insulating material.

The beverage supply machine according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the cooling chamber is
A beverage supply machine main body side in a vertically long form that approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle so as to wrap the rear part of approximately half of the beverage bottle tilted and stored, and approximately half of the beverage bottle tilted and stored The front side portion of the door wraps the door in a vertically long shape and has a vertically long shape with a capacity to store the beverage bottle, and the insertion part of the manually openable valve body includes the beverage feeder main body side and the door. And the cooler is covered with a heat insulating material so that a cooling surface approximating the outer shape of the beverage bottle is exposed to the cooling chamber so as to wrap the rear portion of the beverage bottle, and the beverage in the cooling chamber A receiving portion for receiving the shoulder portion of the beverage bottle is formed at the rear portion of the insertion portion of the manual opening / closing valve body on the supply machine main body side.

The beverage supply machine according to a ninth aspect of the present invention is the beverage supply machine according to any one of the first to eighth aspects, wherein a pre-cooling chamber for storing a preliminary beverage bottle in a substantially vertical state is provided on the rear side of the cooling chamber, and the door is The front opening of the cooling chamber and the upper surface opening of the preliminary cooling chamber are closed so as to be freely opened and closed.

The beverage supply machine according to the first aspect of the present invention is a state in which a beverage bottle is tilted and stored in a cooling chamber, and a beverage outlet port of a manually openable valve body attached to the mouth is exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber. Since the water droplets in the cooling chamber are introduced into the water tray that receives the water droplets falling from the water tray, the water droplets adhering to the outer periphery of the beverage bottle accommodated in the cooling chamber and the water droplets adhering to the cooling chamber wall are Therefore, the cooling chamber can be kept in a good state.
And since the water accumulated in this water tray is heated and evaporated by the radiator of the cooling device, the water in the water tray does not overflow in the normal use state, and the drainage of the water tray can be saved,
It is suitable for maintaining the water tray in a sanitary manner.

The beverage supply machine according to the second aspect of the present invention is a state in which the beverage take-out port of the manually openable valve body attached to the mouth is exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber with the beverage bottle tilted and stored in the cooling chamber. Since the water droplets in the cooling chamber are introduced into the water tray that receives the water droplets falling from the water tray, the water droplets adhering to the outer periphery of the beverage bottle accommodated in the cooling chamber and the water droplets adhering to the cooling chamber wall are Therefore, the cooling chamber can be kept in a good state.
And since the water accumulated in this water tray is heated and evaporated by the radiator of the cooling device, the water in the water tray does not overflow in the normal use state, and the drainage of the water tray can be saved,
It is suitable for maintaining the water tray in a sanitary manner.

In the third invention, in addition to the effect of the second invention, the water in the compressor, the cooler and the water tray is heated and evaporated in the rear space of the cooling chamber having a heat insulation structure in which the beverage bottle is stored in a tilted state backward. By arranging the cooling device including the radiator, the beverage supply machine can be made compact.

In addition to the effect of 3rd invention, if 4th invention forms a cooling chamber so that the part corresponding to the shoulder part of the beverage bottle accommodated in the cooling chamber may become the bottom part of a cooling chamber, The diagonally upper rear portion is placed in the cooling chamber, and can be stored in a stable tilted state in the cooling chamber. And in such a structure, if the drainage port of the dew condensation water in the cooling chamber is formed in the part corresponding to the shoulder portion of the beverage bottle accommodated in the cooling chamber, the dew condensation water in the cooling chamber can be drained well to the water tray. It becomes.

In the fifth invention, in addition to the effects of the second to fourth inventions, the cooling surface of the cooler is exposed to the cooling chamber in a shape approximating the outer shape of the beverage bottle, and the rear side is covered with a heat insulating material. Therefore, the beverage bottle accommodated in the cooling chamber can be stably supported by the cooler, and the beverage bottle can be directly cooled from a wide surface in the supported state.

In the sixth aspect of the invention, since the door is wrapped around the front half of the beverage bottle stored in a tilted manner in the cooling chamber, the cooling chamber can be opened widely. Easy to put in and out. And since the cooler has formed the cooling surface approximated to the external shape of a drink bottle so that the rear side part of a drink bottle may be wrapped, there can exist an effect similarly to the effect of 4th invention.

In the seventh invention, in addition to the effects of the second invention to the fourth invention, the cooling chamber includes a beverage feeder main body side that wraps a rear part of substantially half of the beverage bottle stored in a tilted manner and a front side of substantially half of the beverage bottle. It is composed of a door side that wraps the part, and its volume has a vertically long shape that accommodates one beverage bottle, and the cooler has an outer shape that wraps the rear side part of the beverage bottle. The bottle can be stably supported by the cooler, and the beverage bottle can be directly cooled from a wide surface with the support state.

In the eighth invention, in addition to the effects of the second invention to the fourth invention, the cooling chamber includes a beverage feeder main body side that wraps a rear part of substantially half of the beverage bottle stored in a tilted manner, and a front side that is substantially half of the beverage bottle. It is composed of a door side that wraps the part, and its volume is a vertically long shape that accommodates one beverage bottle, and since the cooler is an outer shape that wraps the rear part of the beverage bottle, the cooling chamber can be widely opened, It becomes easy to put the beverage bottle into and out of the cooling chamber performed by opening the door. Further, since the cold air leakage prevention by the packing at the insertion portion is handled approximately half on the beverage supply machine main body side and the door side, the door can be easily opened and closed. Further, the beverage bottle can be stably supported by the cooler in the compact cooling chamber, and the beverage bottle can be directly cooled from a wide surface in the support state. And, by forming a receiving portion for receiving the shoulder portion of the beverage bottle at the rear portion of the insertion portion of the manual opening / closing valve body, the receiving portion applies a load applied obliquely below the beverage bottle stored in a tilted manner in the cooling chamber. It can be received and stable support can be achieved. Further, if a part or the whole of the receiving part is formed by an annular sealing material provided in the insertion part of the manually openable valve body, the cooling through the insertion part together with the reception of the load of the beverage bottle stored in a tilted manner. The prevention of cold air leakage in the room is stabilized.

In the ninth invention, in addition to the effects of the first to eighth inventions, the spare beverage bottle is stored in a substantially vertical state, so that it can be easily stored and taken out, and the cooling chamber and the preliminary cooling chamber are opened. But,
Since it can be opened and closed by one door, it is structurally simplified, and it is easy to replace when the beverage bottle in the cooling chamber is empty, and by loading the cooled spare beverage bottle into the cooling chamber, It is possible to supply a beverage that has been cooled immediately.

  In the beverage supply machine of the present invention, a beverage bottle containing a beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is tilted and stored in the cooling chamber in a state where the mouth is on the bottom and the bottom is located on the rear, and is attached to the mouth of the beverage bottle Beverage supply is performed from the beverage take-out port exposed outside the cooling chamber by the opening operation of the manually opened and closed valve body, and includes a water receiving tray that receives water drops falling from the beverage take-out port portion, A drainage pipe for introducing water droplets in the cooling chamber from the drainage port of the cooling chamber to the water tray is provided, and a cooling device having a cooler for cooling the cooling chamber and a radiator for heating and evaporating water in the water tray is incorporated. Examples of the present invention will be described below.

An embodiment of a beverage supply machine according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal side view of a beverage supply machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the beverage supply machine according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a beverage supply machine, which comprises a beverage supply machine main body 1A having a cooling chamber 3 formed at the top and a beverage supply section 30 formed on the front surface, and a door 7 for opening and closing the front opening of the cooling chamber 3. Yes. In the beverage supply machine main body 1A, a beverage bottle 2 containing a beverage in a bottle container such as polyethylene terephthalate (hereinafter referred to as PET) has a cooling chamber in a state where the mouth 2A is on the lower side and the bottom is located on the rear side. In this state, the manually openable valve body 4 attached to the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 is exposed outside the cooling chamber 3 so as to face the beverage supply unit 30. In the beverage supply unit 30, the beverage is supplied from the beverage outlet 5 exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber 3 by the opening operation of the manual opening / closing valve body 4. A water receiving tray 6 for receiving a water drop or the like falling from the beverage outlet 5 is provided at the bottom.

The cooling chamber 3 is covered with a door 7 for storing and taking out a beverage bottle 2 on the front side, and includes an insertion portion 8 for a manually openable / closable valve body 4 at a lower portion, and the manually opened / closed valve body 4 is inserted into the insertion portion 8. Receiving portion 9 that tilts backward so that beverage bottle 2 is stored in a tilted state backward, and receives shoulder portion 2B of beverage bottle 2 from insertion portion 8 of manually openable valve body 4 toward the rear. It is a heat insulation structure so as to form. This heat insulating structure is a heat insulating structure in which a heat insulating material UR such as urethane foam is filled or loaded between the inner shell 40A and the outer shell 40B.

The door 7 for storing and taking out the beverage bottle 2 can be pivoted by the hinge device 22 at the upper rear portion of the body 1A of the beverage supply machine 1 so as to open and close the front portion of the cooling chamber 3 inclined rearward. is there. The door 7 may be made of a transparent synthetic resin, but the door 7 is the cooling chamber 3.
In order to maintain the cooling temperature, a heat insulating structure in which a heat insulating material UR such as foamed urethane is filled or loaded between the inner shell 41A and the outer shell 41B is preferable. The beverage bottle 2 is a transparent container through which the amount of beverage inside can be seen through, and the door 7 is transparent in part so that the amount of beverage in the beverage bottle 2 accommodated in the cooling chamber 3 can be seen through from the outside. A window 7A is provided. The transparent window 7A is provided in the cooling chamber 3
In order to maintain the cooling temperature, a heat insulating structure having a multilayer glass structure is preferable.

The bottom of the cooling chamber 3 corresponding to the shoulder 2B of the beverage bottle 2 stored in the cooling chamber 3 in a tilted state (
In the embodiment, corresponding to the receiving portion 9), a drain port 10 is formed, and the dew condensation water in the cooling chamber 3 gathered at the drain port 10 is transferred to the water tray 6 by a drain pipe 11 connected to the drain port 10. be introduced. The beverage supply machine main body 1 </ b> A has a cooling device 12 disposed on the rear side of the cooling chamber 3. In the cooling device 12, the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 13 dissipates heat by the radiator 14 and is decompressed by the decompression unit 15.
A refrigerant cycle that evaporates in the cooler 16 that cools the refrigerant and then returns to the compressor 13 again.
In this configuration, the water in the water tray 6 is heated and evaporated by the radiator 14. In order to make it easy to take in and out the water tray 6 for cleaning or the like, the water tray 6 is slidably inserted on the left and right guide portions 21 and 21 from the front to the storage portion 20 at the bottom of the beverage feeder 1. By doing so, it can be moved and placed on the radiator 14. The water tray 6 can be removed by pulling it out with a slide.

As is apparent from FIGS. 1 and 2, the cooler 16 wraps the rear side portion of the beverage bottle 2 (tilted rear surface of the beverage bottle 2 and its left and right side portions) accommodated in the cooling chamber 3 in a tilted manner. 2 is exposed to the cooling chamber 3, and the rear side of the cooler 16 (
The back side is covered with the heat insulating material UR. As a result, the beverage bottle 2 stored in a tilted manner in the cooling chamber 3 is brought into contact with the cooling surface of the cooler 16 and cooling is promoted, so that it is not necessary to provide a cooling air circulation fan in the cooling chamber 3.

The beverage in the beverage bottle 2 stored in the cooling chamber 3 in a tilted state is naturally dropped by the opening operation of the manual opening / closing valve body 4 and is discharged from the beverage outlet 5 integrally formed at the lower part of the manual opening / closing valve body 4. , And supplied to the cup 18 placed on the cup placement member 17. Cup placement member 1
7 is in the shape of a slat, and the beverage spilled from the cup 18, the beverage dripping from the beverage outlet 5, and the condensed water adhering to the outer surface of the manually openable valve body 4 are drainage slits of the cup mounting member 17. It is introduced into the lower water tray 6 from 17A. Although the cup mounting member 17 may be configured to be detachably attached to the beverage supply machine 1 so that it can be removed and cleaned, the water tray 6
You may comprise with the slatted board detachably mounted in.

The water introduced into the water tray 6 is heated by the heat of the radiator 14 to promote evaporation and become water vapor. This water vapor may be spontaneously released into the beverage supply machine main body 1A. However, if it is released into the beverage supply machine main body 1A, water droplets are generated in each part of the beverage supply machine 1, and generation of wrinkles and garbage Since it becomes unsanitary due to the adhesion, the embodiment is configured to prevent this. Therefore, in the illustrated configuration, the upper surface of the water tray 6 located in the beverage supply machine 1 on the back side of the cup placing member 17 is covered with a cover 25 in order to guide the water vapor to the outside of the beverage supply machine 1. The water vapor discharge pipe 19 penetrating the cover 25 extends through the top surface of the beverage supply machine 1, and the water vapor in the water receiving tray 6 passes through the water vapor discharge pipe 19 above the beverage supply machine 1. Is released. The water tray 6 can be inserted under the cover 25 in a sliding manner on the guide portions 21 and 21. Note that the cover 25 and the water vapor discharge pipe 19 can be omitted if the heat dissipation of the beverage supply machine main body 1A including the heat discharge of the compressor 13 is satisfactory.

Before the beverage bottle 2 is stored in the cooling chamber 3 in a tilted state, the manual open / close valve body 4 passes through the insertion portion 8 with the manual open / close valve body 4 attached to the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 in advance. The beverage bottle 2 is inserted into the cooling chamber 3 in a tilted state. For this reason, the external shape of the manually openable / closable valve body 4 is of a size that can pass through the insertion portion 8. In the illustrated manual open / close valve body 4, the valve opening / closing operation unit 4 </ b> A is opened by a user pressing the button unit 4 </ b> B with a finger to reduce the outer shape, and a beverage is supplied while being pressed with the finger. The push type is shown. In addition, the manual open / close valve body 4 has a configuration in which the valve is opened by pressing with a cup 18 held by the user, or the valve is opened by the user turning the lever left and right with the finger. Various types of manually openable / closable valve bodies 4 such as those having a configuration can be applied.

In addition, the beverage bottle 2 in which the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 is closed with the sealing material is adopted, and the beverage bottle 2 is inserted so that the mouth 2A passes through the insertion portion 8 and tilted into the cooling chamber 3 Store in. In this state, the manually openable valve body 4 is screwed into the spiral portion 2R formed on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 from the beverage supply unit 30 side. At the final stage of this screwing, if the sharpened portion that breaks through the sealing material that closed the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 is formed in the manually openable valve body 4, the beverage can be taken out from the beverage bottle 2 by this screwing. A series of beverage passages leading to the mouth 5 is formed, and the cost of the beverage bottle 2 can be reduced by the absence of the manually openable valve body 4.

When the manual open / close valve body 4 is attached to the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 in advance,
In order to prevent cold air leakage in the cooling chamber 3 in any of the cases where the manual open / close valve body 4 is attached after being stored in a tilted state in the cooling chamber 3, an elastic annular sealing material 23 is provided in the insertion portion 8.
Is attached, and the annular seal member 23 substantially forms the insertion portion 8. The annular seal member 23 may be attached only to the cooling chamber 3 side. However, in the illustrated example, the annular seal member 23 is divided into the door 7 side and the cooling chamber 3 side. The body 4 is sealed by joining the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3 in a separation line between the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3. When the beverage bottle 2 is stored in the cooling chamber 3 in a tilted state, the annular seal member 23 is pressed by the load of the beverage bottle 2 by the shoulder 2B on the side close to the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2, and the insertion portion The cool air leak at 8 is well sealed.

In the illustrated configuration, for example, 1 of the beverage bottle 2 filled with 3.78 L (liter) of beverage.
The size of the cooling chamber 3 is formed only on the side of the beverage feeder main body 1A so that the whole enters the cooling chamber 3 formed only on the side of the beverage feeder main body 1A, and the door 7 is the cooling chamber. 2 is opened and closed (for example, in FIG. 1, the line of the inner shell 41A of the door 7 becomes the opening edge of the cooling chamber 3, that is, the separation line between the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3). The insertion part 8 is not divided into two by the door 7 and the drink supply machine main body 1A as shown in FIG. 4, but the insertion part 8 is not formed on the door 7 and is configured only on the drink supply machine main body 1A side. If it does so, the structure of attachment of the cyclic | annular sealing material 23 and its holding | maintenance will be simplified.

As described above, in the state where the beverage bottle 2 is tilted and stored in the cooling chamber 3, the beverage take-out port 5 of the manually openable valve body 4 attached to the mouth 2A is exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber 3, and the beverage Since the water droplets in the cooling chamber 3 are introduced into the water tray 6 that receives the water droplets falling from the take-out port 5, the water droplets and the cooling chamber attached to the outer periphery of the beverage bottle 2 accommodated in the cooling chamber 3. The water droplets adhering to the inner wall 3 are introduced into the water receiving tray 6 and the inside of the cooling chamber 3 can be kept in a good state. The water collected in the water tray 6 is heated and evaporated by the radiator 14 of the cooling device 12, so that the water in the water tray 6 does not overflow in a normal use state.
Therefore, it is suitable for maintaining the water receiving tray 6 in a sanitary manner.

Moreover, in the back space of the cooling chamber 3 of the heat insulation structure in which the beverage bottle 2 is stored in a tilted state backward,
By arranging the cooling device 12 including the radiator 13, which heats and evaporates the water in the compressor 13, the cooler 16, and the water tray 6, the beverage supply machine 1 can be made compact.

Furthermore, if the cooling chamber 3 is formed so that the portion corresponding to the shoulder portion 2B of the beverage bottle 2 accommodated in the cooling chamber 3 becomes the bottom portion 9 of the cooling chamber 3, the shoulder portion 2B of the beverage bottle 2 and its obliquely upper side The rear portion is placed in the cooling chamber 3 and can be stored in a stable tilted state in the cooling chamber 3, and the contact between the cooler 16 and the beverage bottle 2 is maintained well, and the cooling effect is also improved. Cooling chamber 3
If the dew condensation water drain port 10 is formed in a portion corresponding to the shoulder 2B of the beverage bottle 2 accommodated in the cooling chamber 3, the dew condensation water in the cooling chamber 3 can be drained well to the water tray 6.

Moreover, since the cooling surface of the cooler 16 is exposed to the cooling chamber 3 in a shape approximate to the outer shape of the beverage bottle 2 and the rear side is covered with the heat insulating material UR, the beverage bottle accommodated in the cooling chamber 3 2
Can be stably supported by the cooler 16, and the beverage bottle 2 can be directly cooled from a wide surface in the supported state.

In the present invention, in FIG. 1, the cooling chamber 3 has, for example, a vertically long form with a capacity for storing one beverage bottle filled with 3.78 L (liter) of beverage, and has the same shape as the door 7 shown in FIG. 3. Although it does not exist, the door 7 is a form where the inside of the peripheral part was dented upward so that the front side part (upper part) of a drink bottle might be covered like the door 7 shown in FIG. 3, and the peripheral part of the door 7 was cooled. The cooling chamber is in contact with the peripheral edge of the chamber 3 and is constituted by the beverage feeder main body 1 </ b> A side and the door 7 side approximately half of each. For this reason, in FIG. 1, a linear PL line passing through the center of the insertion portion 8 is an opening edge of the cooling chamber 3, that is, a separation line between the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3 (the peripheral portion of the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3. The contact part of the peripheral edge of
It will be.

As a result, the portion of the cooling chamber 3 on the side of the beverage supply machine main body 1 </ b> A opened by the door 7 is a vertically long shape that approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle 2 so as to wrap the substantially half rear portion of the beverage bottle 2 that is tilted and stored. On the other hand, the door 7 wraps the front half of the beverage bottle 2 that is tilted and stored. In this case, the cooler 16 is provided in the cooling chamber portion on the beverage supply machine main body 1A side, and a cooling surface that approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle 2 is exposed to the cooling chamber 3 so as to wrap the rear portion of the beverage bottle 2, and the rear The side is covered with the heat insulating material UR. Further, the annular sealing material 23 is the door 7.
In the part of the manually openable valve body 4 including the annular seal member 23, the separation line PL between the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3 is separated into the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3 side. Sealed by bonding.

On the side of the beverage supply machine main body 1 </ b> A of the cooling chamber 3, a receiving portion 9 for receiving the shoulder portion 2 </ b> B of the beverage bottle 2 is formed at the rear portion of the insertion portion 8 of the manually openable valve body 4, as in the first embodiment. ing. Moreover, since the insertion part 8 is divided into the drink supply machine main body 1A side and the door 7 side, the annular sealing material 23 is attached and held on the drink supply machine main body 1A side, and when the door 7 is closed, the door 7 is in contact with the annular seal member 23, and this part of the seal is achieved.

Thus, since the cooling chamber 3 can be opened widely by making the door wrap the substantially half front side portion of the beverage bottle 2 tilted and stored in the cooling chamber 3, the cooling chamber 3 is opened by opening the door 7. It becomes easy to take in and out the beverage bottle 2. And since the cooler 16 forms the cooling surface which approximated the external shape of the beverage bottle 2 so that the rear side part of the beverage bottle 2 may be wrapped, the cooling effect of the beverage bottle 2 also becomes favorable.

Further, since the cooling chamber 3 has a vertically long shape for storing one beverage bottle and the cooler 16 has an outer shape that wraps the rear portion of the beverage bottle 2, the beverage bottle 2 can be provided with the compact cooling chamber 3. Can be stably supported by the cooler 16, and the beverage bottle 2 can be directly cooled from a wide surface in the supported state.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the prevention of cold air leakage by the annular sealing material 23 in the insertion portion 8 is handled approximately half by the beverage supply machine main body 1A side and the door 7 side, so that the door 7 can be easily opened and closed. In addition, since a receiving portion 9 for receiving the shoulder portion 2B of the beverage bottle 2 is formed in the rear portion of the insertion portion 8 of the manual opening / closing valve body 4, the beverage bottle tilted and stored in the cooling chamber 3 by the receiving portion 9 2 can be received, and stable support can be achieved. Further, if a part or the whole of the receiving part 9 is formed by the annular sealing material 23 provided in the insertion part 8 of the manual opening / closing type valve body 4, the insertion part can be received together with receiving the load of the beverage bottle 2 tilted and stored. The prevention of cold air leakage of the cooling chamber 3 through 8 is stabilized.

In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, a pre-cooling chamber 3 </ b> P for storing the spare beverage bottle 2 </ b> P in a substantially vertical state is provided on the rear side of the cooling chamber 3, and the front opening of the cooling chamber 3 and the pre-cooling chamber are provided by the door 7. The top opening of 3P is configured to be openable and closable. The opening edge of the cooling chamber 3, that is, the separation line between the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3, and the opening edge of the upper surface of the preliminary cooling chamber 3P, that is, the separation line between the door 7 and the preliminary cooling chamber 3P are bent continuous separation lines PL1. The door 7 has a shape in which the peripheral edge abuts on the beverage supply machine main body 1A side and the inside of the peripheral edge is recessed upward so as to cover the upper part of the beverage bottle.
For this reason, the annular seal member 23 is divided into two by the separation line PL1 on the door 7 side and the cooling chamber 3 side. In the part of the manually openable valve body 4 including the annular seal member 23, the separation line between the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3 is provided. P
At L1, sealing is performed by joining the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3.

In FIG. 3, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. In the preliminary cooling chamber 3P, a cooler 16P is arranged in a cylindrical shape so as to wrap substantially the entire body of the beverage bottle 2P.
6P is a state where the cooling surface approximated to the outer shape of the beverage bottle 2P is exposed to the cooling chamber 3P, and the rear side is covered with the heat insulating material URP. As the heat insulating material URP is formed in series with the heat insulating material UR,
This is a heat insulating structure in which the heat insulating materials UR and URP are filled or loaded between the inner shell 40A and the outer shell 40B. The cooler 16P is connected in parallel to the cooler 16, and the refrigerant flows in parallel to the cooler 16P and the cooler 16, or the cooler 16P is connected in series downstream of the cooler 16, and the refrigerant is the cooler 1.
6 is a part of the cooling device 12 that constitutes the refrigerant cycle in a form that flows in series from 6 to the cooler 16P. When the external shape is large, the compressor 13 may be disposed at a position indicated by a dotted line 13P.

Condensed water in the cooling chamber 3 is introduced from the drain port 10 through the drain pipe 11 into the water tray 6 in the same manner as shown in FIG. Further, the dew condensation water in the precooling chamber 3P, that is, the dew condensation water adhering to the inner wall of the precooling chamber 3P or the spare beverage bottle 2P, is a drain 10 formed at the bottom of the precooling chamber 3P.
It is introduced from P through the drain pipe 11P into the water receiving tray 6, heated by the radiator 14, and evaporated. Also in this case, a cover 25 and a water vapor discharge pipe 19 may be provided as in FIG.

A manual open / close valve body 4 is also attached to the spare beverage bottle 2P, and the manual open / close valve body 4 shown in FIG. 3 is configured such that the user opens the valve by turning the lever 4L in the left-right direction with a finger. The manual open / close valve body 4 includes a beverage bottle 2 and a spare beverage bottle 2.
It is a size that can be inserted into the insertion portion 8 in a state of being attached to P.

In such a configuration, since the spare beverage bottle 2P is stored in a substantially vertical state, it is easy to store and take out, and the opening of the cooling chamber 3 and the preliminary cooling chamber 3P can be opened and closed by one door 7. Therefore, when the beverage bottle 2 in the cooling chamber 3 is emptied structurally, it becomes possible to supply the cooled beverage immediately by loading the cooled spare beverage bottle 2P.

In the form of FIG. 3, in order to allow the amount of beverage in the beverage bottle 2 accommodated in the cooling chamber 3 to be seen through from the outside, as in FIG. A transparent window similar to 7A may be formed, and the transparent window may have a double-glazed heat insulation configuration in order to maintain the cooling temperature of the cooling chamber 3.

The beverage supply machine 1 is not limited to the configuration shown in the above embodiment, but can be applied to various forms, and includes various forms within the technical scope of the present invention.

It is a vertical side view of the beverage supply machine which concerns on this invention. (Example 1) (Example 2) It is a disassembled perspective view of the drink supply machine which concerns on this invention. Example 1 It is a vertical side view of the drink supply machine of the other form which concerns on this invention. (Example 3)

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 .... Beverage supply machine 1A ... Beverage supply machine main body 2 .... Beverage bottle 2B ... Beverage bottle shoulder 2P ... Spare beverage bottle 3 .... Cooling chamber 3P ...・ Preliminary cooling chamber 4 ・ ・ ・ ・ Manual open / close valve body 5 ・ ・ ・ ・ Beverage outlet 6 ・ ・ ・ ・ Water tray 7 ・ ・ ・ ・ Door 7A ・ Transparent window 8 ・ ・ ・ ・ Insertion section 9 ・... Receiving part 10 ... Drain port 10P ... Drain port 11 ... Drain pipe 11P ... Drain pipe 12 ... Cooling device 13 ... Compressor 14 ... Radiator 15 ... Depressurization Portion 16 ... Cooler 16P ... Cooler 17 ... Cup placement member 18 ... Cup 25 ... Cover 19 ... Steam discharge pipe 23 ... Ring seal material 30 ... Beverage supply Part

Claims (9)

  Opening of a manually openable valve body attached to the mouth of the beverage bottle, wherein the beverage bottle containing the beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is tilted and stored in the cooling chamber with the mouth facing downward and the bottom positioned rearward Beverages are supplied from a beverage outlet that is exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by an operation, and are provided with a water tray that receives water droplets falling from the beverage outlet portion, and the water droplets in the cooling chamber are removed from the cooling chamber. A beverage supply machine provided with a drain pipe for introducing into the water tray from a drain outlet, a cooler for cooling the cooling chamber, and a radiator for warming and evaporating the water in the water tray.   Beverage bottles containing beverages in bottle containers made of PET or the like are tilted and stored in a cooling chamber with the mouth facing down and the bottom positioned rearward, and opening of a manually openable valve body attached to the mouth of the beverage bottle Beverages are supplied from a beverage outlet that is exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by an operation, and are provided with a water tray that receives water droplets falling from the beverage outlet portion, and the water droplets in the cooling chamber are removed from the cooling chamber. Beverage supply comprising a cooling pipe having a drain pipe to be introduced into the water tray from a drain outlet of the water, and having a cooler for cooling the cooling chamber and a radiator for heating and evaporating water in the water tray Machine.   Opening of a manually openable valve body attached to the mouth of the beverage bottle, wherein the beverage bottle containing the beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is tilted and stored in the cooling chamber with the mouth facing downward and the bottom positioned rearward Beverages are supplied from a beverage take-out port exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by an operation, and are provided with a water receiving tray that receives water drops falling from the beverage take-out port portion, and the water drops in the cooling chamber are supplied to the water receiving tray. The cooling chamber has a front side covered with a door for storing and taking out the beverage bottle, and has an insertion part for the manual opening / closing type valve body in the lower part, and the manual opening / closing type valve body is provided in the insertion part. It is a heat insulating configuration in which the beverage bottle is stored in a state of being tilted backward in the inserted state, and provided with a drain pipe for introducing water droplets in the cooling chamber from the drain port of the cooling chamber to the water tray, A cooling device is disposed on the rear side of the rejection chamber, and the cooling device is configured such that the refrigerant compressed by the compressor radiates heat by the radiator, is decompressed by the decompression unit, and evaporates by the cooler that cools the cooling chamber. A beverage supply machine comprising a refrigerant cycle that returns to the water and evaporating and heating the water in the water tray by the radiator. Opening of a manually openable valve body attached to the mouth of the beverage bottle, wherein the beverage bottle containing the beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is tilted and stored in the cooling chamber with the mouth facing downward and the bottom positioned rearward Beverages are supplied from a beverage take-out port exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by an operation, and are provided with a water receiving tray that receives water droplets falling from the beverage take-out port portion. The beverage bottle is stored in a state of being tilted rearward with the manual opening / closing valve body inserted in the insertion section and covered with a door for storing and taking out the bottle. It is a heat insulating structure that forms an inclination and a receiving portion that receives the shoulder portion of the beverage bottle from the insertion portion of the manually openable valve body toward the rear, and corresponds to the shoulder portion of the beverage bottle. A drain pipe for introducing condensed water from the cooling chamber into the water tray is connected to a drain port formed at the bottom of the cooling chamber, a cooling device is disposed on the rear side of the cooling chamber, and the cooling device is The refrigerant compressed by the compressor is radiated by the radiator, depressurized by the decompression unit, evaporated by the cooler that cools the cooling chamber, and then returned to the compressor again. A beverage supply machine characterized by heating and evaporating water. The cooler is characterized in that a cooling surface on the front side approximate to the outer shape of the beverage bottle is exposed to the cooling chamber so as to wrap the beverage bottle stored tilted in the cooling chamber, and the rear side is covered with a heat insulating material. The beverage supply machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The cooling chamber portion opened by the door has a vertically long shape that is close to the outer shape of the beverage bottle so as to wrap around a rear portion of the half of the beverage bottle that is tilted and stored, and the beverage that is tilted and stored The door wraps around the front part of approximately half of the bottle, and the cooler has a cooling surface that approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle so as to wrap the rear part of the beverage bottle, and the rear side is insulated. The beverage supply machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the beverage supply machine is covered with a material. The cooling chamber has a beverage supply machine main body side having a vertically long form that is open to the front and approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle so as to wrap around a rear portion of the half of the beverage bottle that is tilted and stored, and the beverage that is tilted and stored. A front side portion of the bottle that wraps the front side portion of substantially the half of the bottle has a vertically long shape with a volume for housing the beverage bottle, and the cooler wraps the rear side portion of the beverage bottle. The beverage supply machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a cooling surface approximate to the outer shape of the beverage bottle is exposed to the cooling chamber and the rear side is covered with a heat insulating material. The cooling chamber has a beverage supply machine main body side having a vertically long form that is open to the front and approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle so as to wrap around a rear portion of the half of the beverage bottle that is tilted and stored, and the beverage that is tilted and stored. The front side portion of the bottle that wraps around the front half of the bottle forms a vertically long shape that accommodates one beverage bottle, and the insertion part of the manually openable valve body is the beverage supply machine. The main body side and the door side are bisected, and the cooler is covered with a heat insulating material in a state where a cooling surface that approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle is exposed to the cooling chamber so as to wrap the rear portion of the beverage bottle, The receiving part which receives the shoulder part of the said beverage bottle in the back part of the insertion part of the said manual opening-and-closing type valve body was formed in the drink supply machine main body side of the said cooling chamber, The any one of Claim 1 thru | or 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Beverage supply . Provided at the rear side of the cooling chamber is a preliminary cooling chamber for storing a spare beverage bottle in a substantially vertical state, and the front opening of the cooling chamber and the top opening of the preliminary cooling chamber are closed by the door so as to be freely opened and closed. The beverage supply machine according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

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