JP2009202903A - Beverage dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology of preventing a beverage bottle from being moved when a manual operation valve is operated because the beverage bottle moves upward in a cooling chamber due to operation of the manual operation valve to make the beverage supplying operation unstable, in a beverage dispenser supplying beverage by opening the manual operated valve fixed to a mouth part of the beverage bottle made of PET under the state of storing the bottle in an inclined condition in the cooling chamber with the mouth part being placed to the down side. <P>SOLUTION: This beverage dispenser includes a door of which upper part is turnably supported in such a way that a front side opening of a cooling chamber where a beverage bottle is inclined and stored in it with its mouth being placed down can be opened or closed and the beverage is supplied through a beverage dispensing port exposed from the cooling chamber under an opening operation of a manual operation valve member fixed to the mouth of the beverage bottle is carried out, wherein the door is provided with an elastic depressing part for depressing the bottom surface of the beverage bottle inclined and stored in the cooling chamber with the door being closed. The elastic depressing part is moved away from the bottom surface and returned back to its non-depressed state when the door is opened. <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 while 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 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, although the beverage bottle is stored obliquely in the cooling chamber, the beverage supply operation may become unstable due to the beverage bottle moving upward in the cooling chamber due to the operation of the manual opening / closing valve. For this reason, it is easy to store and take out the beverage bottle in the cooling chamber,
In addition, a technique for preventing the movement of the beverage bottle during the operation of the manual open / close valve is provided.

The beverage supply machine according to the first aspect of the present invention is formed in the beverage supply machine main body so that the beverage bottle containing the beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is stored in a tilted state with the mouth positioned downward and the bottom positioned upward and rearward. A cooling chamber, and a door whose upper part is pivotally supported by the beverage supply body so as to open and close the front opening of the cooling chamber for storing and taking out the beverage bottle. A beverage supply machine for supplying a beverage from a beverage take-out port exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by an opening operation of a manually openable valve body attached to a mouth of the beverage bottle in a state of being housed in a chamber, Is provided with an elastic pressing part that pushes the bottom of the beverage bottle tilted and stored in the cooling chamber in the closed state to the mouth side, and the elastic pressing part is provided when the door is opened. Push away from the bottom Characterized by returning to the state.

The beverage supply machine of the second invention is formed in the beverage supply machine main body so that the beverage bottle containing the beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is stored in a tilted state with the mouth positioned downward and the bottom positioned upward and rearward. A cooling chamber, and a door whose upper part is pivotally supported by the beverage supply body so as to open and close the front opening of the cooling chamber for storing and taking out the beverage bottle. A beverage supply machine in which a beverage is supplied from a beverage take-out port exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by an opening operation of a manually openable valve body attached to a mouth of the beverage bottle in a state of being housed in a beverage bottle, wherein the cooling chamber Is a cooler having a cooling surface exposed to the cooling chamber so as to wrap the rear side portion of the body portion of the beverage bottle stored in the tilted state, and an insertion portion into which the mouth portion of the beverage bottle stored in the tilted state is inserted At the bottom In addition, an annular sealing material that contacts the shoulder near the mouth of the beverage bottle is arranged in a state of being divided into the beverage supply machine main body and the door at the back side portion of the insertion portion, An elastic pressing part is provided to push the bottom of the beverage bottle stored in a tilted manner in the cooling chamber in a state where the door is closed toward the insertion part, and the elastic pressing part is provided when the door is opened. It is characterized by returning to a non-pressing state away from the bottom.

In the beverage supply machine according to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the cooling chamber approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle so as to wrap around the rear half of the beverage bottle stored in a tilted state. The beverage supply machine main body side portion and the door side portion having a vertically long shape in which the door wraps a substantially half front side portion of the beverage bottle stored in a tilted manner have a vertically long shape of a volume for storing the one beverage bottle. The cooler has a cooling surface that approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle so as to wrap the rear portion of the beverage bottle, and the rear side is covered with a heat insulating material.

A beverage supply machine according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the beverage supply machine according to any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, wherein the elastic pressing portion is bent and extended as the door is opened and closed. And an elastic member attached to the arm. The elastic member is compressed when the elastic member pushes the bottom of the beverage bottle when the door is closed, and the bottom when the door is opened. It is characterized by returning to the uncompressed state away from

The beverage supply machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a beverage bottle is stored in a tilted state in a cooling chamber, when a beverage is taken out by an operation of pushing a manually openable valve body attached to the mouth and opening the internal valve, In particular, when the beverage in the beverage bottle is low, the beverage bottle tends to move upward in the cooling chamber by the pressing force when opening this valve, but when the door is closed, the bottom of the beverage bottle is elastic. Since the pressing force is being pressed, this upward movement is suppressed, and the valve opening operation can be performed stably. When the beverage bottle is taken out of the cooling chamber or when the beverage bottle is stored in the cooling chamber, the door is opened, and in this case, the elastic pressing portion is separated from the bottom portion of the beverage bottle. Because it is in the pressing state,
There is no problem in the operation of taking out and storing the beverage bottle in the cooling chamber. In addition, the length of the cooling chamber can be made sufficiently longer than the length of the beverage bottle to facilitate the operation of taking out and storing the beverage bottle in the cooling chamber. On the other hand, the design error related to the opening and closing of the door can also be absorbed within the range of elasticity of the elastic pressing portion, and the degree of freedom in this design and assembly is increased, making the design and assembly easier.

In the beverage supply machine of the second invention, in addition to the effects of the first invention, an annular sealing material that abuts on the shoulder near the mouth of the beverage bottle stored tilted in the cooling chamber is divided into a beverage supply machine body and a door. Since the beverage bottle is pressed by the elastic pressing part while the door is closed, the tightness between the annular seal material and the beverage bottle increases, preventing cold air leakage from the insertion part. The effect that can be improved.

In the third invention, in addition to the effects of the first invention or the second invention, the cooling chamber can be widely opened by wrapping the front portion of the substantially half of the beverage bottle tilted and stored in the cooling chamber. The beverage bottle can be easily put in and out of the cooling chamber by opening the door. And since the cooler forms a cooling surface that approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle so as to wrap the rear part of the beverage bottle, the cooling of the beverage bottle is performed directly from the cooler, so that the cooling is also good. Become.

In the fourth invention, in addition to the effects of the first invention to the third invention, the elastic pressing portion is provided with an arm that bends and extends as the door is opened and closed, and an elastic member attached to the arm. In the state where the beverage in the beverage bottle is low, the beverage bottle tries to move upward of the cooling chamber by the pressing force when opening this valve, but in the state where the door is closed, the bottom portion of the beverage bottle is elastic member Therefore, the upward movement is suppressed, and the valve opening operation can be stably performed. In addition, the elastic member is exposed to the back side of the door by pressing the bottom part of the beverage bottle when the door is closed and is in a compressed state when the door is opened and returning to the uncompressed state away from the bottom part. Since this elastic member can be attached, there are few restrictions on the mounting structure, and even if it is cooled in the cooling chamber, the elasticity and return function are not lost, and a stable operation can be obtained even when the door is repeatedly opened and closed. It becomes.

The beverage supply machine of the present invention is formed in the beverage supply machine main body so that the beverage bottle containing the beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is stored in a tilted state with the mouth positioned downward and the bottom positioned upward and rearward. A cooling chamber and a door whose upper part is pivotally supported by the beverage supply machine main body so as to open and close the front opening of the cooling chamber for storing and taking out the beverage bottle, and the beverage bottle is the cooling chamber A beverage supply machine in which a beverage is supplied from a beverage take-out port exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by an opening operation of a manually-openable valve body attached to the mouth of the beverage bottle. When the door is opened, an elastic pressing part is provided to push the bottom of the beverage bottle tilted and stored in the cooling chamber to the mouth side, and the elastic pressing part is provided when the door is opened. Non-pressing pressure away from the bottom A structure to return to state, in the following, the embodiments of the present invention.

An embodiment of a beverage supply machine according to the present invention will be described. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a beverage supply machine according to the present invention with the door opened, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view of the beverage supply machine according to the present invention with the door closed, and FIG. 3 is a beverage according to the present invention. 4 is a vertical side view of the feeder with the door open.
(B) is an explanatory view showing an example of a holding device for holding the door of the beverage supply machine according to the present invention in a closed state.

In the figure, 1 is a beverage supply machine, the cooling chamber 3 is formed in the upper part, and the beverage supply part 30 is formed in the front.
The beverage feeder main body 1 </ b> A formed with a door 7 that opens and closes the front opening of the cooling chamber 3.
In the beverage supply machine main body 1A, the beverage bottle 2 containing the beverage in a bottle container made of polyethylene terephthalate (hereinafter referred to as PET) has the mouth 2A on the lower side and the bottom positioned on the upper and rear sides. The manual opening / closing valve body 4 that is tilted and stored in the cooling chamber 3 and attached to the mouth 2A portion of the beverage bottle 2 in this state 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 formed in an inclined state in the beverage supply machine main body 1A so that the beverage bottle 2 is stored in an inclined state with the mouth 2A portion down, and the front opening portion (the oblique upper opening portion or the oblique opening portion). 1K is covered with the storage door 7 for the beverage bottle 2 so that it can be opened and closed. In order to take out the beverage bottle 2 stored in this tilted state from the cooling chamber 3 in its posture, and to store the beverage bottle 2 in the tilted state in the cooling chamber 3,
The front opening 1K of the cooling chamber 3 is in a widely open state. In addition, the cooling chamber 3 includes an insertion portion 8 into which a mouth 2A portion (which may be referred to as a neck portion) of the beverage bottle 2 housed in a tilted state is inserted, and the beverage bottle 2 is provided in the cooling chamber 3. In the state of being stored in the mouth 2 of the beverage bottle 2
The front part of the manually openable / closable valve body 4 attached to the portion A is exposed in a protruding state toward the front side of the beverage supply machine main body 1A. In addition, the cooling chamber 3 has a shoulder portion 2B of the beverage bottle 2 from the insertion portion 8 toward the rear.
A receiving portion 9 is formed, and the periphery of the cooling chamber 3 has a heat insulating configuration. This insulation configuration is
As will be described later, the inner shell 40A of the cooling chamber 3 and the rear side (back side) of the cooler 16 are covered with the heat insulating material UR.

The door 7 for storing and taking out the beverage bottle 2 has an upper rear portion attached to the main body 1A of the beverage supply machine 1 by the shaft support portion 22 so as to open and close the front opening portion 1K of the cooling chamber 3 inclined rearward. It is rotatably supported. The door 7 is composed of an inner shell 41A and an outer shell 4 which are configured as a single body or separate bodies.
1B is formed of a transparent synthetic resin, and the space between the inner shell 41A and the outer shell 41B is hollow in order to maintain the cooling temperature of the cooling chamber 3. The beverage bottle 2 is a transparent container through which the amount of beverage inside can be seen through. With such a configuration, the amount of the beverage in the beverage bottle 2 accommodated in the cooling chamber 3 can be seen through from the outside by the transparent door 7 and the transparent beverage bottle 2. The door 7 has an inner shell 4 so that the upper side is opaque from a range corresponding to the elastic pressing portion 50 described later.
If a part of 1A and the outer shell 41B is made opaque, the appearance will be improved.

The cooling chamber 3 is formed in a size having a depth and a length that allows the entire beverage bottle 2 to be stored obliquely, and may be referred to as a front opening portion (an oblique upper opening portion or an oblique front opening portion). ) May be covered by the door 7 so as to be openable and closable, but in the embodiment, the beverage bottle 2 to the cooling chamber 3
In order to facilitate storage and removal of the beverage, the front portion of the beverage bottle 2 stored in the cooling chamber 3 is in an exposed state in which the front portion of the cooling chamber 3 projects forward (obliquely forward) from the front opening portion 1K. It is set as the form where the back side surface of the door 7 was depressed so that the door 7 might cover a part.

A preferred embodiment of this form is shown in FIGS. In the form shown in the figure, the door 7 is such that the back side surface of the door 7, that is, the inner side 7B surrounded by the peripheral edge portion 7A covers the front side portion of the beverage bottle (may be referred to as an oblique upper portion or an oblique front portion). It is the form which became depressed upwards, the peripheral part 7A of the door 7 contact | abutted to the peripheral part 3A of the cooling chamber 3, and the cooling chamber 3 was comprised by the drink supply machine main body 1A side and the door 7 side by the half. It is. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
The linear PL line passing through the center of the cooling chamber 3 is the opening edge 3A of the cooling chamber 3, and the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3
Separation line (the contact portion between the peripheral edge portion 7A of the door 7 and the peripheral edge portion 3A of the cooling chamber 3). In addition, in order to suppress the cold air leak of the cooling chamber 3 when the door 7 is closed, the elastic packing 7P is provided in the peripheral part 7A of the door 7, and the peripheral part 7A of the door 7 is formed by this packing 7P. Thus, a separation line PL between the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3 is formed.

As a result, the portion of the cooling chamber 3 on the side of the beverage supply machine main body 1A that is opened by the door 7 is substantially the rear side portion of the beverage bottle 2 that is tilted and stored (the diagonally lower side portion or the diagonally rear side portion). It may have a vertically long shape approximating the outer shape of the beverage bottle 2 so as to wrap it. On the other hand, the peripheral portion 7 of the door 7 so that the door 7 wraps the front half of the beverage bottle 2 stored in a tilted manner.
The inner side 7 </ b> B surrounded by A also has a vertically long shape that approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle 2.
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 so as to wrap the rear portion of the beverage bottle 2 is changed from the inner shell 40A to the cooling chamber 3. It is exposed and the rear side is covered with the heat insulating material UR.

The cooler 16 for cooling the beverage bottle 2 is tilted and stored in the cooling chamber 3.
The front side surface of the cooling surface formed in a shape approximating the outer shape of the beverage bottle 2 so as to wrap the rear side portion of the body portion (the oblique rear surface of the beverage bottle 2 and the left and right side portions thereof) from the inner shell 40A to the cooling chamber 3 The inner shell 40A and the rear side (back side) of the cooler 16 are 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 cooled in the cooling chamber 3 is configured to be cooled to approximately 6 ° C to 10 ° C.

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.

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.

With the manual open / close valve body 4 attached to the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 in advance, the door 7 is opened, and the manual open / close valve body 4 is exposed from the cooling chamber 3 to the front of the insertion portion 8. 2
The beverage bottle 2 is stored in a tilted state in the cooling chamber 3 so that the mouth 2A portion of the bottle is fitted in the insertion portion 8. Thus, as shown in the figure, a push type is employed in which the valve is opened by the user pressing the button part 4B of the valve opening / closing operation part 4B with a finger, and the beverage is supplied while being pressed with the finger. 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.

Before the beverage bottle 2 is stored in the cooling chamber 3 in a tilted state, the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 is previously stored.
With the manual open / close valve body 4 attached thereto, the manual open / close valve body 4 is sized to pass through the insertion portion 8, and the cooling chamber 3 is tilted so that the manual open / close valve body 4 passes through the insertion portion 8. It may be configured to store the beverage bottle 2. In this case, in order to reduce the outer shape of the manual open / close valve body 4, as shown in the figure, the user opens the valve by pushing the button part 4B with a finger and pushes the beverage supplied while being pushed with the finger. The formula should be adopted.

When the beverage bottle 2 in which the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 is closed with the sealing material is adopted, the beverage bottle 2 is inclined to the cooling chamber 3 so that the mouth 2A is exposed outside the cooling chamber 3. Store in state. 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 from the insertion portion 8 in a state where the door 7 is closed in any case where the manual opening / closing type valve body 4 is attached after being stored in the cooling chamber 3 in a tilted state, The front part of 7 fits around the upper side of the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 to prevent cold air leakage from this part. In order to improve the effect of preventing cold air leakage from the insertion portion 8, a resilient annular sealing material 23 is attached to the back side portion of the insertion portion 8. The annular sealing material 23 may be disposed in the back portion of the insertion portion 8, and the illustrated one is mainly in the receiving portion 9 at the joint portion between the insertion portion 8 and the receiving portion 9 that receives the shoulder portion 2 </ b> B of the beverage bottle 2. Is arranged. The annular sealing material 23 is
The door 7 and the cooling chamber 3 are divided into two parts. In the separation line PL between the door 7 and the cooling chamber 3, the door 7
As a result of the joining of the cooling chamber 3, an annular seal is achieved. And when the beverage bottle 2 is stored in the cooling chamber 3 in a tilted state, the shoulder 2B on the side close to the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2
The annular sealing material 23 is pressed by the load of the beverage bottle 2, and the cold air leakage at the insertion portion 8 is satisfactorily prevented.

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 so that the whole enters the cooling chamber 3, and the annular sealing material 23 is divided into two by the separation line PL on the door 7 side and the beverage feeder main body 1 </ b> A side. It is a configuration. For this reason, on the beverage supply machine main body 1A side, the shoulder 2B close to the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 causes the annular sealing material 23 part on the beverage supply machine main body 1A side to be pressed by the load of the beverage bottle 2, and the door 7 When the door is closed, the annular seal member 23 on the door 7 side comes into contact with the shoulder 2B near the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 on the door 7 side. Thus, in the state where the door 7 is closed, both of the annular sealing materials 23 are joined to form the annular sealing material 23, and the base or shoulder 2B of the mouth 2A portion of the beverage bottle 2 is in contact, The cooling chamber 3 and the outside air in the insertion portion 8 are sealed.

In this manner, the annular seal member 23 that comes into contact with the shoulder 2B near the mouth 2A of the beverage bottle 2 stored in a tilted manner in the cooling chamber 3 is arranged so as to be divided into the beverage supply machine main body 1A and the door 7. Therefore, the close contact between the annular seal material 23 and the beverage bottle 2 is increased by the pressing pressure of the beverage bottle 2 by the elastic pressing portion 50 with the door 7 closed, and the cold air leakage from the insertion portion 8 can be prevented. The effect is improved.

In the present invention, when the beverage bottle 2 is stored obliquely in the cooling chamber 3, when the button portion 4B of the manually openable valve body 4 is pressed to dispense the beverage, or as described above, the manual opening and closing is performed. When the user opens the valve by pressing the valve body 4 with the cup 18 held by the user, or when the user opens the valve by rotating the lever left and right with his / her finger, the beverage bottle 2 is operated by the operation.
Since the beverage supply operation may become unstable due to the upward movement in the cooling chamber 3, a technique for preventing this is provided.

In this technique, the door 7 is provided with an elastic pressing portion 50 that pushes the bottom surface portion 2T of the beverage bottle 2 tilted and stored in the cooling chamber 3 in a state where the door 7 is closed to the mouth 2A side of the beverage bottle 2, The elastic pressing part 50 is separated from the bottom part 2T of the beverage bottle 2 and returns to the non-pressing state when the door 7 is opened.

One configuration of the elastic pressing portion 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. Elastic pressing part 5
0 includes an arm extending between the beverage supply machine main body 1A and the door 7 so as to bend and extend as the door 7 is opened and closed, and a pressing member 50S configured by an elastic member attached to the arm, and the pressing member 50S. When the door 7 is closed, the bottom of the beverage bottle 2 is pushed to be in a compressed state, and when the door 7 is opened, the door 7 is separated from the bottom to return to an uncompressed state. As a specific configuration, the elastic pressing portion 50 is disposed in the vicinity of the shaft support portion 22 of the door 7, and the configuration is such that one end of the shaft support portion 51 provided on the inner shell 41 </ b> A on the back side of the door 7. A first arm 52 rotatably supported by a shaft;
In the upper part of the cooling chamber 3, a shaft support part 53 provided on the inner shell 40 </ b> A is provided with a second arm 54 that is pivotally supported at one end, and the other end of the first arm 52 and the other end of the second arm 54 are connected to each other. A pressing member 50 </ b> S is attached to the front side of the second arm 54 so as to be pivotally connected by a shaft 55.

The pressing member 50S is composed of a rubber elastic member. In consideration of cooling in the cooling chamber 3, the pressing member 50 </ b> S may be formed of a cooling-resistant elastic member such as silicon rubber, but the beverage in the beverage bottle 2 stored in the cooling chamber 3 Since the cooling device 12 is controlled so as to be cooled to a predetermined temperature of 10 ° C. or less that does not freeze, the pressing member 50S can achieve the intended purpose even if it is a rubber elastic member that is not resistant to cooling.

With such a configuration, with the door 7 closed, the pressure member 50S pushes the bottom surface portion 2T of the beverage bottle 2 tilted and stored in the cooling chamber 3 to push the beverage bottle 2 toward the mouth 2A. Beverage bottle 2
Is made of plastics such as PET, the depression 2K is formed in an arc shape on the bottom surface portion 2T of the bottle container, and the pressing member 50S is also formed in a shape that fits into the depression 2K. As shown in FIG. 2, with the door 7 closed, the pressing member 50S is fitted into the recess 2K, and the pressing force that presses the beverage bottle 2 is substantially equalized. Insertion part 8
The pushing pressure to the side is stabilized.

In this way, the beverage bottle 2 is pushed toward the insertion portion 8, whereby the shoulder portion 2 of the beverage bottle 2.
Since B comes into strong contact with the annular seal member 23, the seal for preventing cold air leakage at the insertion portion 8 is good. When the door 7 is opened, the pressing member 50S is separated from the bottom surface 2T of the beverage bottle 2 and returns to the non-pressing state, as shown in FIGS. Since the portion 1K is opened as a whole and the front half of the beverage bottle 2 is exposed from the cooling chamber 3, the beverage bottle 2 can be easily replaced.

As a holding device for stably holding the closed state of the door 7, the peripheral portion 7 </ b> A of the door 7 is used.
By providing the magnet Mg on one of the front part of the cooling chamber 3 and the front part of the opening edge 3A of the cooling chamber 3 and the magnetic material MF adsorbing to the other on the other side, the state where the door 7 is closed is shown as the magnet Mg and the magnetic material MF. Can be retained by adsorption. FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of a holding device for holding the door 7 in a closed state.
Shown in In FIG. 4, a catcher KT is provided on one of the front part of the peripheral edge part 7 </ b> A of the door 7 and the front part of the opening edge 3 </ b> A of the cooling chamber 3, and a locking part KS that fits on the other is provided. Catcher KT
The one end of the pair of left and right arms KT1 is rotatably coupled by an axis KT2, and the pair of arms K
A roller KT3 is rotatably supported at the other end of T1, and is always a pair of rollers KT3.
The pair of arms KT1 is biased by the spring KT4 so that the two come into contact with each other. 4A is a state in which the door 7 is open, and FIG. 4B is a state in which the door 7 is closed. When the door 7 is closed, the hook-shaped locking portion KS enters between the pair of rollers KT3 against the bias of the spring KT4 and is held by the pair of rollers KT3.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 show one of the holding devices for stably holding the closed state of the door 7, and the structure includes a spring 56 that biases the door 7 in the closing direction. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. In the illustrated example, one end of the coiled spring 56 is locked to the first arm 52, the other end of the coiled spring 56 is locked to the shaft support portion 53 of the second arm 54, and FIG. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the door 7 is opened. The coiled spring 56 may be configured such that one end of the coiled spring 56 is locked to the shaft support portion 51 of the first arm 52 and the other end of the coiled spring 56 is locked to the second arm 54. One end may be locked to the first arm 52, and the other end of the coiled spring 56 may be locked to the second arm 54. Further, one end of the coiled spring 56 may be locked to the shaft support 51, and the coil A configuration in which the other end of the spring 56 is engaged with the shaft support 53 may be employed. In addition, the spring 56 is attached to the shaft support portion 22 as a coil-shaped spring and is urged in the direction in which the door 7 is closed, or both ends of the coil-shaped spring 56 are respectively connected to the first arm. The structure which attaches to the axis | shaft 55 so that it may act on 52 and the 2nd arm 54, and urges | biases the door 7 in the closing direction may be sufficient.

7 and 8 show one of the holding devices for stably holding the closed state of the door 7 and for stably holding the opened state when the door 7 is largely opened. Yes. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. FIG. 7 shows a holding state in which the door 7 is closed, and FIG.
Is in an open holding state. In the middle of opening the door 7 from the state in which the door 7 of FIG. 7 is closed, the load direction of the door 7 when viewed from the shaft support portion 22 is reversed from the direction of closing the door 7 to the direction of opening the door 7. It is configured to do. Therefore, the direction of the first arm 52 and the second arm 54 with respect to the shaft 55 changes from the state of FIG. 7 to the state of FIG. 8 while the door 7 is opened from the closed state of FIG. When the time point is exceeded, the direction in which the spring 56 is pulled is changed to the direction in which the door 7 is opened, and the door 7 is held in contact with the stopper 57 and held open.

As a result, the closed state of the door 7 is stably held by the tension of the spring 56, and when the door 7 is largely opened, the opened state is stably held by the tension of the spring 56. Will be able to do. Further, when the door 7 is closed, the orientation of the first arm 52 and the second arm 54 and the direction in which the spring 56 is pulled are changed from the state of FIG. 8 to the state of FIG. In order to perform such a conversion operation smoothly, the first arm 52 is used.
A long hole 55 </ b> A through which the shaft 55 moves is formed in the long hole 55 </ b> A.

FIG. 9 thru | or FIG. 13 has shown other embodiment of the drink supply machine 1 which concerns on this invention, FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of the state which closed the door of the drink supply machine based on this invention, FIG. FIG. 11 is a front perspective view of the beverage supply machine 1 with the door 7 opened. FIG. 11 is a longitudinal side view of the beverage supply machine 1 with the door 7 closed.
2 is a longitudinal side view showing a state in which the door 7 of the beverage supply machine 1 is opened, and FIG. 13 is a longitudinal side view showing a configuration of a holding device (latch mechanism) 68 that holds the door 7 of the beverage supply machine 1 in a closed state. is there.

9 to 13, the same functional parts as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. The appearance form of the beverage supply machine 1 is different from that of the first embodiment, and the cooling chamber 3 is formed to a depth at which substantially the entire beverage bottle 2 is accommodated and slightly in the bottom of the beverage bottle 2 in the accommodated state. The upper end portion is exposed to protrude upward from the cooling chamber 3, and the cooling chamber 3 is covered by covering the protruding portion at the bottom of the beverage bottle 2 with the door 7 closed as shown in FIG. . Further, the cooling chamber 3 is the first embodiment.
Since the insertion portion 8 is in a lower position, the front surface 7F of the door 7 extends toward the insertion portion 8 so as to match the insertion portion 8, and the door 7 is closed when the door 7 is closed. The front surface 7F fits around the upper side of the mouth 2A portion (may be referred to as a neck portion) of the beverage bottle 2 stored in a tilted state, and prevents cold air leakage from this portion. In order to prevent cold air leakage in the cooling chamber 3 from the insertion portion 8, a resilient annular sealing material 23 may be attached to the insertion portion 8 as in the first embodiment.

Further, the difference from the first embodiment is that the water in the water tray 6 is not heated by the radiator 14, but the radiator 14 is arranged vertically in the beverage supply machine main body 1 </ b> A. Is discharged from the heat radiation hole 1S formed on the back surface of the beverage supply machine main body 1A by the fan 14F. Moreover, in Example 1, the packing 7P for preventing the cool air leakage of the cooling chamber 3 is attached to the door 7, but in Example 4, the packing 3P for preventing the cool air leakage of the cooling chamber 3 is
It is mounted on the opening edge 3 </ b> A of the cooling chamber 3.

Further, the opening / closing device of the door 7 is different from that of the first embodiment. One of the opening / closing devices of the door 7 is illustrated, and includes a spring 58 that biases the door 7 in the opening direction and a holding device (also referred to as a latch mechanism) 66 that holds the door 7 in a closed state. It is. The specific configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. A coil spring 58 is attached to the shaft of the shaft support portion 22, and this coil spring 5
One end 58A of 8 is in contact with the back side of the door 7, and the other end 58B is a holding portion 5 provided in the beverage supply machine main body 1A.
The door 7 is always urged to open as shown in FIG. 12 by the action of the coiled spring 58. When the door 7 is opened by the coil spring 58, the second arm 54 comes into contact with the rear wall 3R of the rear upper part of the cooling chamber 3, as shown in FIG. Further opening of the door 7 is restricted, and thereby, it is achieved that the door 7 is kept fully open.

FIG. 13 shows the latch mechanism 66. The latch mechanism 66 is provided on the front surface 7F of the door 7 and the front opening edge 3A1 of the cooling chamber 3 corresponding to the front surface 7F on both sides or one side of the insertion portion 8. The latch mechanism 66 includes a locking plate (also referred to as a latch plate) 60 that is rotatably supported by a shaft support portion 61 provided in the beverage supply machine main body 1A, and a locking portion 60A at the upper end of the locking plate 60. It comprises a coiled spring 62 urging in the R direction and a door 7 side locking piece 65 extending from the door 7 to the locking portion 60A of the locking plate 60 and extending to the beverage supply machine main body 1A. . Coiled spring 6
2 is attached to the shaft support portion 61, one end 62A of the coil spring 62 is in contact with the back side of the locking plate 60, and the other end 62B is locked to a holding portion 63 provided in the beverage supply machine main body 1A. The locking plate 60 is always urged in the direction of arrow R (locking direction) by the action of the coiled spring 62 and is in contact with a stopper 64 provided in the beverage supply machine main body 1A.

When the door 7 is closed against the bias of the coiled spring 58 from the opened state, the door 7 side locking piece 65 resists the bias of the coiled spring 62 and engages the locking plate 60. When the stopper 60A moves forward while being pushed away in the direction of the arrow Q and passes the locking portion 60A, the locking portion 60A that returns to the arrow R direction (locking direction) by the bias of the coiled spring 62 is the door 7 side. Lock to the locking piece 65. This state is shown in FIG. In this state, the packing 3 </ b> P is in a slightly compressed state and is in close contact with the peripheral portion 7 </ b> A of the door 7, thereby suppressing cold air leakage in the cooling chamber 3.

When the door 7 is opened, the pressing plate 60B at the lower end of the locking plate 60 is pushed in the arrow Y direction against the bias of the coiled spring 62 in the state shown in FIG. The locking of the locking portion 60 </ b> A and the door 7 side locking piece 65 is released, and the door 7 is opened by the bias of the coiled spring 58.

In addition, the latch mechanism 66 may be disposed at a facing portion between the door 7 and the beverage supply machine main body 1A.
You may provide in the peripheral part of 3 A of upper surface openings of the cooling chamber 3, and the door 7 facing this.

In each of the above embodiments, the pressing member 50S is made of an elastic member. However, the pressing member 50S is not made of an elastic member but is made of relatively hard plastics, and the entire elastic pressing member 50 is elastic with a spring. The structure which maintains property may be sufficient.

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 disassembled perspective view of the state which opened the door of the drink supply machine concerning the present invention. Example 1 It is a vertical side view of the state which closed the door of the beverage supply machine concerning the present invention. Example 1 It is a vertical side view of the state which opened the door of the beverage supply machine concerning the present invention. Example 1 (A) (B) is an explanatory view showing an example of a holding device for holding the door of the beverage supply machine according to the present invention in a closed state. Example 1 It is a partial vertical side view which shows the other form of the state which closed the door of the drink supply machine which concerns on this invention. (Example 2) It is a partial vertical side view which shows the other form of the state which opened the door of the drink supply machine which concerns on this invention. (Example 2) It is a partial vertical side view which shows the other form of the state which closed the door of the drink supply machine which concerns on this invention. (Example 3) It is a partial vertical side view which shows the other form of the state which opened the door of the drink supply machine which concerns on this invention. (Example 3) It is a front perspective view of the state where the door of the beverage supply machine concerning the present invention was closed. (Example 4) It is a front perspective view of the state where the door of the beverage supply machine concerning the present invention was opened. (Example 4) It is a vertical side view of the state which closed the door of the beverage supply machine concerning the present invention. (Example 4) It is a vertical side view of the state which opened the door of the beverage supply machine concerning the present invention. (Example 4) It is a vertical side view which shows the structure of the holding | maintenance apparatus (latch mechanism) which hold | maintains the door of the drink supply machine which concerns on this invention in the closed state. (Example 4)

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 .... Beverage supply machine 1A ... Beverage supply machine main body 2 .... Beverage bottle 2B ... Beverage bottle shoulder 2K ... Dimple in bottom of beverage bottle 2T ... Beverage bottle bottom 3 .... Cooling chamber 4 .... Manual open / close valve body 5 .... Beverage outlet 6 .... Water tray 7 ... Door 8 .... Insertion section 9 .... Receiving part 10 ... Drain outlet 11 ... Drain pipe 12 ... Cooling device 13 ... Compressor 14 ... Radiator 15 ... Decompression part 16 ... Cooler 17 ... Copper Placement member 18 ... Cup 19 ... Water vapor discharge tube 22 ... Shaft support 23 ... Ring seal material 25 ... Cover 30 ... Beverage supply part 50 ... Resilient pressing part 50S ..Pressing member 51 ... Shaft support portion 52 ... First arm 53 ... Shaft support portion 54 ... Second Over arm 55 ... shaft 56 ... spring 57 ... stopper 58 ... coil spring 62 ... coil spring 66 ... latch mechanism

Claims (4)

A cooling chamber formed in the beverage supply machine main body so that the beverage bottle containing the beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is stored in a tilted state with the mouth positioned downward and the bottom positioned upward and rearward; and In the state where the upper part is rotatably supported by the beverage supply machine main body so as to open and close the front side opening of the cooling chamber for storage and removal, and the beverage bottle is stored in the cooling chamber, A beverage supply machine for supplying beverage from a beverage take-out port exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by opening a manually openable valve body attached to the mouth of a beverage bottle, wherein the door is in a state where the door is closed. An elastic pressing part that pushes the bottom of the beverage bottle stored in a tilted manner in the cooling chamber to the mouth side is provided, and the elastic pressing part is separated from the bottom when the door is opened and is not pressed. Specially to return to the state Beverage supply machine according to. A cooling chamber formed in the beverage supply machine main body so that the beverage bottle containing the beverage in a bottle container made of PET or the like is stored in a tilted state with the mouth positioned downward and the bottom positioned upward and rearward; and In the state where the upper part is rotatably supported by the beverage supply machine main body so as to open and close the front side opening of the cooling chamber for storage and removal, and the beverage bottle is stored in the cooling chamber, A beverage supply machine for supplying a beverage from a beverage take-out port exposed to the outside of the cooling chamber by an opening operation of a manually openable valve body attached to a mouth of a beverage bottle, wherein the cooling chamber is
A cooler having a cooling surface exposed to the cooling chamber so as to wrap the rear portion of the body portion of the beverage bottle stored in the tilted state, and an insertion portion into which the mouth portion of the beverage bottle stored in the tilted state is inserted at the bottom In addition, an annular sealing material that contacts the shoulder near the mouth of the beverage bottle is arranged in a state of being divided into the beverage supply machine main body and the door at the back side portion of the insertion portion, When the door is opened, an elastic pressing part is provided to push the bottom of the beverage bottle tilted and stored in the cooling chamber with the door closed toward the insertion part, and the elastic pressing part is provided when the door is opened. Leaves the bottom and returns to a non-pressing pressure state. The cooling chamber includes a beverage supply machine main body side portion that approximates the outer shape of the beverage bottle so as to wrap a substantially half rear portion of the beverage bottle stored in a tilted state, and a substantially half of the beverage bottle stored in a tilted manner. The front side portion of the door is wrapped vertically with the door side portion, and the beverage bottle is configured to wrap the rear side portion of the beverage bottle. The beverage supply machine according to claim 1, wherein a cooling surface that approximates the outer shape of the beverage is exposed to the cooling chamber and the rear side is covered with a heat insulating material. The elastic pressing portion includes an arm extending between the beverage supply machine main body and the door so as to bend and extend as the door is opened and closed, and an elastic member attached to the arm, and the elastic member includes the door The elastic member pushes the bottom of the beverage bottle into a compressed state when closed, and returns to the uncompressed state away from the bottom when the door is opened.
The beverage supply machine according to any one of the above.

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