JP2015156984A - Japanese sake-tasting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for tasting a plurality of brands of Japanese sake, the device having a simple structure in which Japanese sake bottles can be set at any place including a low place and in which oxidization and deterioration of Japanese sake is avoided.SOLUTION: Inside a refrigerator 1 with a prescribed storage capacity, a Japanese sake bottle placement part 3 is provided for placing a plurality of Japanese sake bottles B. On a front face of the refrigerator, a feed part 2 with a tasting cup placement part 21 is provided. The inside of each Japanese sake bottle B placed on the Japanese sake bottle placement part and outlets provided at an upper part of the tasting cup placement part are connected with each other by a supply hose 4. Valve mechanisms for performing a quantitative supply control are provided in the outlets, respectively. After sealing each Japanese sake bottle, high-pressure gas is supplied therein so as to pressure-feed the Japanese sake with the high-pressure gas (nitrogen gas).

Description

  The present invention relates to a tasting apparatus that supplies a small amount of sake with a large number of brands.

  A tasting apparatus has been proposed in the past for tasting of sake with a large number of brands.

  For example, in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-3161), a liquor bottle in which an inclined mounting shelf is installed inside a heat insulating box equipped with an air conditioner and a discharge hose connected via a fixed discharge mechanism is described above. A tasting apparatus is disclosed that realizes a quantitative supply of sake of a desired brand along with long-term storage of sake that is placed on an inclined shelf and opened.

  Further, in Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-252688), a plurality of liquor containers are turned upside down and rotatably mounted, a fixed amount discharge mechanism is provided at the opening of the container, and a desired means is provided by a rotating means. A tasting apparatus that selects a brand of liquor and realizes a quantitative supply of the liquor is disclosed.

  Furthermore, Patent Document 3 (Registered Utility Model No. 3313331) realizes a quantitative supply of liquor of a desired brand by selecting a transfer pump to be operated by interposing a transfer pump in each hose connected to a number of liquor bottles. A tasting device is disclosed.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-3161. Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2012-252688. Registered Utility Model No. 3313331.

  A tasting device that selects and samples a desired brand from a large number of liquor bottles, and the tasting person places a tasting container (small container such as a mouthpiece) in place, and when the beverage to be sampled is poured The tasting container is taken out of the place where the tasting is performed. That is, the place for placing the tasting container is provided at such a height that it is easy to place and take out the tasting container naturally with a person standing.

  In the tasting apparatus described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, since natural flow is adopted for beverage supply, it is necessary to place the liquor bottle higher than the tasting apparatus, and the stability of the entire apparatus. In addition, it is inconvenient to place the altitude considering the replacement work of empty bottles.

  In addition, as described in Patent Document 3, when the lower side of the liquor bottle and pumping are used, it is necessary to provide a transfer pump for each brand so that the branded liquor is not mixed. Is bulky.

  Furthermore, even if the conventional tasting device is kept refrigerated as a whole, the beverage remains in the opened state for a period of time in which the beverage in the liquor remains, and the oxidation of the liquor progresses, and the subtle flavors are separated. Affects tasting.

  Therefore, the present invention proposes a sake tasting apparatus that realizes a low-priced arrangement of sake bottles with a simple structure and can further prevent the oxidation of sake.

  The sake tasting apparatus according to the invention of claim 1 is provided with a sake bottle installation part for installing a plurality of sake bottles in a refrigerator having a predetermined storage capacity, and a tasting container mounting part on the front of the refrigerator. Provided, connecting the inside of each sake bottle installed in the above-mentioned sake bottle installation unit and the discharge port provided above the tasting container mounting unit with a supply hose, and attaching a valve mechanism for performing quantitative supply control to the discharge port, Each sake bottle is sealed and high-pressure gas is supplied into the bottle.

  Thus, the bottles of the branded sake to be sampled are installed in the bottle setting part in the refrigerator, and the bottles are connected with the supply hoses and the gas hoses for supplying high-pressure gas to the bottles. Is placed on the tasting container placement part and the valve mechanism is opened and closed, the liquor targeted for tasting is pushed out by the high-pressure gas regardless of whether the liquor bottle is in the low position or the high position, and from the discharge port. It is discharged toward the tasting container, and a certain amount of liquor is supplied to the tasting container.

  The sake tasting apparatus according to the invention described in claim 2 is a device that uses nitrogen gas as the high-pressure gas. Since the sake bottle is filled with nitrogen gas, the sake can be prevented from being oxidized.

  Further, the sake tasting apparatus according to the invention of claim 3 is formed by forming a tasting container mounting part for each brand of sake in a supply part formed in a box shape with a front opening, and each of the brands is independent. You can select the tasting operation.

  The configuration of the present invention realizes the arrangement of arbitrary positions including the low-position arrangement of the liquor bottle by adopting the extrusion discharge means from the liquor bottle by the high pressure gas without using the pump as described above, and In particular, by using nitrogen gas as a high-pressure gas, a sake tasting apparatus that can prevent the oxidation of sake can be provided.

1 is an overall front view of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. Sectional drawing of the supply part. Supply diagram of the same tasting drink.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The sake tasting apparatus shown in the embodiment includes a supply unit 2 provided on the front surface of the refrigerator 1, a liquor bottle installation unit 3 provided in the refrigerator 1, a supply hose 4, and a high-pressure gas supply unit 5.

  The refrigerator 1 is equipped with an appropriate air-conditioning mechanism, provided with an opening / closing door 11 on the back surface, and formed with a box-shaped supply unit 2 having many front openings on the front surface.

  The supply section 2 is provided for each brand that can be sampled, and a tasting container mounting section 21 for mounting a tasting container (a container for dominant sake) A is formed on the inner bottom surface. A discharge port 22 that discharges a tasting beverage (sake) toward the container mounting portion 21, a valve mechanism (electromagnetic valve mechanism) 23 that is provided continuously with the discharge port 22 and opens and closes the flow path of the discharge port 22, A water level detection mechanism 24 is provided adjacent to the outlet for detecting the amount of alcohol in the tasting container A by reflection of ultrasonic waves and shutting off the valve mechanism 23.

  In addition, on the front surface of the outer periphery of the box in the supply unit 2, a brand display plate 25 for sake to be sampled and a coin insertion slot 26 that serves as a switch unit for opening instructions of the valve mechanism 23 are provided.

  The sake bottle installation unit 3 is provided in the refrigerator 1 and is provided with an installation table 31 that can install a liquor bottle (commercially available sake) B containing a predetermined brand of sake in an inclined state. Near the bottom surface of the sake bottle B, an empty bottle detection mechanism 32 formed by a proximity switch or the like that operates when the water level in the sake bottle reaches a predetermined level or less is provided.

  The supply hose 4 connects the bottom of each liquor bottle B and the valve mechanism 23 of each supply unit 2, and supplies sake in the liquor bottle B to the supply unit 2.

  The high-pressure gas supply unit 5 includes a nitrogen gas cylinder 51, a gas hose 53 for supplying high-pressure nitrogen gas to each liquor bottle B by appropriately reducing pressure via the pressure adjustment mechanism 52, and an open / close provided in the gas hose 53 for each liquor bottle Each liquor bottle provided with a cock 54 and connected to each gas hose 53 is formed by sealing its opening.

  Thus, in the sake tasting apparatus shown in the above embodiment, the sake bottle B is installed on the installation table 31 in the refrigerator 1, and the supply hose 4 and the gas hose 53 are attached to each sake bottle B in a sealed state. The hose 4 is connected to the valve mechanism 23 of the supply unit 2 that matches the brand of the liquor bottle B.

  Therefore, when the person who performs the tasting places the tasting container A on the tasting container mounting part 21 of the supply part 2 of the desired brand and inserts a predetermined coin through the coin insertion slot 26, the valve mechanism 23 opens. Sake is pumped to the supply hose 4 from the sake bottle B to which the pressure of the high-pressure gas (depressurized nitrogen gas) is applied, and the sake in the supply hose 4 is pushed out from the discharge port 22 and released.

  When sake is discharged toward the tasting container A and a predetermined amount of sake is accumulated in the tasting container A, the water level detection mechanism 24 detects the water level of the tasting container, and closes the valve mechanism 23 to stop the release of sake. .

  Further, when the amount of sake in the sake bottle B decreases, the empty bottle detection mechanism 32 can know the empty state, and the sake bottle B is replaced from the open / close door 11 of the refrigerator 1.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator 11 Opening / closing door 2 Supply part 21 Tasting container mounting part 22 Outlet 23 Valve mechanism (electromagnetic valve mechanism)
24 Water level detection mechanism 25 Brand display board 26 Coin slot 3 Liquor bottle installation part 31 Installation stand 32 Empty bottle detection mechanism 4 Supply hose 5 High pressure gas supply part 51 Nitrogen gas cylinder 52 Pressure adjustment mechanism 53 Gas hose 54 Opening / closing cock

The sake tasting apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention is provided with a sake bottle installing portion for installing a plurality of sake bottles in a refrigerator having a predetermined storage capacity, and a front opening on the front of the refrigerator. A box-shaped supply unit is formed for each brand of sake , a tasting container placement unit is provided in each supply unit, and an outlet provided in the sake bottle installation unit and above the tasting container placement unit in the sake bottle installation unit Are connected with a supply hose, and each sake bottle is sealed to supply high-pressure gas into the bottle, and a valve mechanism for performing quantitative supply control is attached to the discharge port, and a coin provided adjacent to each supply section The valve mechanism starts to open the valve and performs quantitative supply upon detection of coin insertion into the insertion slot .

Thus, the bottles of the branded sake to be sampled are installed in the bottle setting part in the refrigerator, and the bottles are connected with the supply hoses and the gas hoses for supplying high-pressure gas to the bottles. Is placed on the tasting container placement part and the valve mechanism is opened and closed, the liquor targeted for tasting is pushed out by the high-pressure gas regardless of whether the liquor bottle is in the low position or the high position, and from the discharge port. It is discharged toward the tasting container, and a certain amount of liquor is supplied to the tasting container. Moreover, since the tasting container mounting part is provided in the supply part formed in the box shape of the front opening for every brand of sake, tasting operation can be performed by selecting each brand independently.

Claims (6)

  In the refrigerator having a predetermined storage capacity, a liquor bottle installation unit for installing a plurality of sake bottles is provided, and a tasting container placement unit is provided in front of the refrigerator, and installed in the liquor bottle installation unit. Each sake bottle is connected to the discharge port provided above the tasting container mounting section with a supply hose, and a valve mechanism for controlling the quantitative supply is attached to the discharge port. A sake tasting device characterized by being supplied with   The sake tasting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the high-pressure gas is nitrogen gas.   The sake tasting apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a tasting container mounting portion for each brand of sake is formed in a supply portion formed in a box shape with a front opening.   4. A sake tasting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a coin insertion slot is provided adjacent to the supply section, and the valve mechanism starts to open the valve upon detection of coin insertion and performs quantitative supply.   The sake tasting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a water level detection mechanism is provided adjacent to the discharge port to detect the amount of alcohol in the tasting container and to shut off the valve mechanism.   The sake tasting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an empty bottle detection mechanism for the amount of liquor in the liquor is attached to the liquor bottle installation section in the refrigerator.

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