JP2020075742A - Drink automatic spouting device - Google Patents

Abstract

To make it possible to easily perform a setting operation for setting the same spouting amount for a plurality of automatic spouting units in a drink automatic spouting device including the plurality of automatic spouting units.SOLUTION: A main control part of a control device in a drink automatic spouting device 10 includes an automatic spouting program for controlling so as to incline and move an inclining substrate 41 from a standing posture to an inclined posture by a reception base inclining apparatus to incline a container mounted on a reception base 42, open a valve mechanism part, by a cock operation device 30, within open time according to the container to automatically spout drink into the container. The automatic spouting program can set the spouting amount of the drink by storing the open time for opening the valve mechanism part according to volume of the container through an operation of the cock operation device 30. The automatic spouting program set with the spouting amount in one of a plurality of automatic spouting units 12L and 12R is copied to the other of the plurality of automatic spouting units 12L and 12R to set the spouting amount.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a beverage automatic pouring device for automatically pouring a beverage such as beer.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a beverage automatic pouring device for pouring a beverage such as beer. This automatic beverage dispenser is mainly intended to automatically dispense effervescent beverages such as beer, and prevents excessive effervescence of effervescent beverages such as beer into containers such as glasses and jugs. The purpose is to automatically pour a sparkling beverage in the form of fine bubbles into the upper portion of a container such as a glass or a jug while pouring into. The automatic beverage dispenser has a dispensing cock provided in the front part of the device body, a cock operating device provided in the front part of the device body above the dispensing cock, and a dispensing device in the front part of the device body. Automatic pouring with a container cradle device provided on the lower side of the tap and a cradle tilting device for tilting the container cradle device from a standing upright position to a tilted tilted position at the front of the device body It has two units on the left and right.

  The pouring cock is internally provided with a valve mechanism and an operating lever for operating the valve mechanism.By tilting the operating lever to the front side, the valve mechanism is opened in the liquid open state to maintain the liquid state. The beverage is poured out, and the valve lever is opened in the foam-opened state by tilting the operation lever to the rear side, and the beverage in the foamed state is poured out. In addition, the cock operating device tilts the lever of the pouring cock to the front side or the rear side to open the valve mechanism portion in the liquid open state or the foamy open state, and the liquid cocked or foamed drink is released from the pouring cock. It is something to be poured out. The container cradle device includes a tilting substrate rotatably supported on the front part of the main body of the device about a horizontal axis, and a glass or a jug which is attached to the front side of the tilting substrate to receive a beverage poured from a pouring cock. And a cradle on which the container is placed. A cradle tilting device is provided on the rear side of the container cradle device, and the cradle tilting device tilts the tilting substrate of the container cradle device from the upright position to the tilted position to raise the container placed on the pedestal. It is intended to incline from the state.

  The automatic beverage dispenser is equipped with a control device that controls the operation of the cock operating device of the automatic dispensing unit and the cradle tilting device, and the controller is a container such as a jug placed on the cradle of the container cradle device. Is equipped with an automatic pouring program that automatically pours out beer and other beverages. When a container such as a mug is placed on the cradle and the automatic pouring operation button is operated to execute the automatic pouring program, the control device tilts the container placed on the cradle by the cradle tilting device and the cock By opening the valve mechanism part in the liquid open state by the operating device, the beverage such as beer is automatically poured in the liquid state into the container tilted by the pedestal, and the tilting substrate is raised from the tilted posture by the cradle tilting device. After returning to the posture and erecting the container, the cock operation device opens the valve mechanism part in the foam open state, so that the beverage that is beer or the like is automatically poured into the erect container in the foam state. is doing.

  Since the capacity of a container such as a glass or a jug differs depending on the restaurant in which this automatic beverage dispenser is installed, it is necessary to set the beverage dispense amount of the automatic dispense program. When setting the amount of beverage to be dispensed with the automatic dispensing program, place a container such as a glass or jug on the cradle and check the amount of beverage to be dispensed into the container while checking the valve mechanism with the cock operating device. By storing the time when the liquid was opened in the liquid open state and the time when the valve mechanism was opened in the foam open state by the cock operating device in the control device, the amount of dispensed according to the volume of the container was set. There is.

JP, 2016-222326, A

  The beverage automatic dispensing device described in Patent Document 1 as described above includes two automatic dispensing units, and it is necessary to set the dispensing amount of the automatic dispensing program in both of the two automatic dispensing units. There is. In restaurants equipped with this automatic beverage dispenser, the two automatic dispensers may be used to automatically dispense beverages into containers of different capacities. Sometimes it is used to automatically pour out a beverage into a container of the same volume, and it is troublesome to set the same amount of pour out twice with two automatic pour-out units. Therefore, there was a possibility that the same amount of pouring could not always be set. It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to easily perform a setting operation for setting the same dispensed amount in a plurality of automatic dispensing units in a beverage automatic dispensing device including a plurality of automatic dispensing units.

  MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM This invention is provided in the front part of an apparatus main body, in order to solve the said subject, it is provided in the front part of the apparatus main body and the pouring cock which opens the valve mechanism part incorporated and pours out a drink, and a valve A cock operating device that opens and closes the mechanism part, and a beverage that is poured from the pouring cock on the front side of the tilting substrate that is tilted around the horizontal axis in the front part of the device body under the pouring cock. A container cradle device having a cradle on which a container to receive is placed, and a cradle tilting device which is provided at a front portion of the device body and tilts the tilting substrate from a standing upright position to a tilted tilted position. The container placed on the pedestal is tilted by tilting the tilting substrate from the upright position to the tilted position by the multiple automatic pouring units and the pedestal tilting device, and the valve mechanism is opened according to the container by the cock operating device. With a control device having an automatic pouring program for controlling the beverage to be automatically poured into the container by opening it in time, the automatic pouring program operates the cock operation device to make the valve mechanism part the container. It is an automatic beverage dispenser capable of setting the dispensed amount of a beverage by storing the opening time to be released according to the capacity of the dispenser, wherein the dispensed amount is set by one of a plurality of automatic dispenser units. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic beverage dispenser characterized in that the automatic dispense program can be copied and set in addition to a plurality of automatic dispense units.

  In the beverage automatic dispensing device configured as described above, the automatic dispensing program in which the dispensing amount is set by one of the plurality of automatic dispensing units is copied and set in addition to the plurality of automatic dispensing units. Since it is possible, it is now possible to easily set the same pouring amount with multiple automatic pouring units.

  In one embodiment of the beverage automatic pouring device configured as described above, the automatic pouring program is the first when the beverage is automatically poured into the container when the tilting substrate is tilted by the cradle tilting device. It is preferable to be able to set one dispensed amount and a second dispensed amount when the beverage is automatically dispensed into the container in a state in which the beverage is automatically returned from the inclined state to the state in which it is raised by the cradle tilting device.

  In addition, the pouring cock opens the valve mechanism in the liquid open state to pour out the liquid beverage and at the same time opens it in the foam open state to pour out the foamed beverage. In the device, the automatic pouring program is for automatically pouring a liquid drink by opening the valve mechanism part in the liquid open state to the container when the tilting substrate is tilted by the cradle tilting device. The first pouring amount and the valve mechanism portion are opened in the liquid open state from the tilted state of the container, and the tilting substrate is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the cradle tilting device, so that at least the standing posture is obtained. When the valve is returned to the container, the valve mechanism is opened in the liquid open state to automatically pour out the liquid beverage, and the second pouring amount is returned to the standing state to pour the liquid beverage. After that, it is preferable to be able to set the third dispensing amount when the valve mechanism is opened in the open state for foam to automatically dispense the foamed beverage.

  Further, a beverage container that stores the beverage is connected to the pouring cock, and the beverage container delivers the beverage to the pouring cock by the pressure of the gas supplied from the gas supply pipe. A temperature sensor for detecting the temperature is provided, a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of the gas and a pressure adjusting valve for adjusting the pressure of the gas are provided in the gas supply pipe, and the control device executes the automatic pouring program, Controls the operation of the pressure regulating valve based on the pressure detected by the pressure sensor so that the set pressure is set according to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, and changes the opening time of the valve mechanism according to the pressure detected by the pressure sensor. Therefore, when setting the dispense amount of the beverage with the automatic dispense program, the detection time of the pressure sensor or the temperature detected by the temperature sensor at the time of setting the dispense amount should be stored together with the opening time of the valve mechanism. Therefore, it is preferable that the automatic pouring program in which the detected pressure or the detected temperature is also stored can be copied and set in addition to the plural automatic pouring units. In this case, when the pressure detected by the pressure sensor or the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is higher than when the amount of discharge is set, the opening time of the valve mechanism is controlled to be shorter, When the pressure detected by the pressure sensor or the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is lower than when set, the flow rate of the beverage sent from the beverage container to the pouring cock is controlled by controlling the opening time of the valve mechanism to be longer. Even if the temperature changes depending on the pressure detected by the pressure sensor or the operation of the pressure regulating valve according to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, the amount of the beverage poured into the container can be kept constant and the beverage can be automatically poured.

1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a beverage automatic pouring device according to the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. It is a schematic diagram showing connection with a drink container of a drink automatic pouring device. FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1, in which a cover of a left operation panel is closed and a cover of a right operation panel is opened.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an automatic beverage dispenser according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The automatic beverage dispenser 10 of the present invention automatically dispenses a sparkling beverage such as beer from a dispensing cock 20 into a container such as a glass or a jug. It is intended to be poured to prevent the beverage from over frothing. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the automatic beverage dispenser 10 of this embodiment has a dispenser cock 20, a cock operating device 30, a container pedestal device 40, and a pedestal tilting device at the front of the device body 11. Two automatic pouring units 12L and 12R including 50 are provided on the left and right. Since the automatic pouring units 12L and 12R are the same on the left and right, only one will be described below.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic beverage dispensing device 10 includes a cooling water tank 13 in an upper part of the device body 11 and a refrigeration device 14 for cooling cooling water in the cooling water tank 13 in a machine room below the device body 11. And are built in. A beverage cooling pipe 15 is provided in the cooling water tank 13, and two beverage cooling pipes 15 are provided corresponding to the respective dispensing cocks 20 of the automatic dispensing units 12L and 12R described above. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a beverage container T such as a beer barrel provided outside the apparatus body 11 is connected to the introduction end of the beverage cooling pipe 15 by a beverage supply pipe (beverage supply route) T1. To the outlet end 15a of the beverage cooling pipe 15, a pouring cock 20 provided on the upper part of the apparatus main body 11 is connected. A temperature sensor 16 is provided in the body 11 of the beverage supply pipe T1, and the temperature sensor 16 detects the temperature of the beverage passing through the beverage supply pipe T1, that is, the temperature of the beverage in the beverage container T. is there.

  A gas cylinder (gas supply source) G is connected to the beverage container T by a gas supply pipe G1, and the beverage in the beverage container T is sent to the beverage cooling pipe 15 by the pressure of carbon dioxide gas of the gas cylinder G. .. A pressure reducing valve G2 is provided in the gas delivery portion of the gas cylinder G, and the pressure of carbon dioxide gas sent to the gas supply pipe G1 is reduced to a predetermined pressure. A pressure regulating valve 17 and a pressure sensor 18 are provided in the apparatus body 11 in the gas supply pipe G1. The pressure regulating valve 17 is opened and closed to regulate the pressure of carbon dioxide gas supplied from the gas cylinder G to the beverage container T. The pressure sensor 18 detects the pressure of carbon dioxide gas in the gas supply pipe G1, that is, the pressure of carbon dioxide gas supplied to the beverage container T.

  A pouring cock 20 is provided on the upper front surface of the apparatus main body 11, and the pouring cock 20 pours a beverage into a container such as a glass or a jug. The pouring cock 20 is provided with an operating lever 22 on the upper part of a cylindrical main body 21 having a valve mechanism part 21a built therein and a pouring nozzle 23 (23a, 23b) on the lower part. The valve mechanism portion 21a of the main body portion 21 opens the beverage in the beverage container T through the beverage supply pipe T1 and the beverage cooling pipe 15 to guide it to the pouring nozzle 23. In addition, this pouring cock 20 is capable of pouring a sparkling beverage such as beer in a liquid state or in a foam state, so that the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened in the liquid state to inject the liquid. The beverage in the liquid state is guided to the discharge nozzle 23b, and the valve mechanism 21a is opened in the foam-opening state to guide the beverage in the foam state to the pouring nozzle 23a for foam. The operation lever 22 is for opening and closing the valve mechanism 21a between a closed state and each open state. The operating lever 22 closes the valve mechanism portion 21a when it is in a vertically erected position, and when it is tilted forward (forward tilted), the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened in the liquid open state and tilted rearward (rearward). When it is tilted, the valve mechanism 21a is opened in the open state for bubbles. The pouring nozzle 23 pours out the beverage having passed through the valve mechanism portion 21a into a container such as a glass or a jug. This pouring cock 20 is for foaming to pour a sparkling beverage such as beer in a liquid state or a foaming state separately into the lower surface of the main body portion 21 in the front part. The pouring nozzle 23a and the pouring nozzle 23b for liquid which pours a sparkling beverage in a liquid state are provided in the rear part.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cock operating device 30 is for opening and closing the valve mechanism portion 21 a of the pouring cock 20. The housing 31 of the cock operating device 30 has an operating mechanism section 32 for tilting the operating lever 22 of the pouring cock 20 back and forth. By tilting the operating lever 22 forward and backward by the operating mechanism section 32, a valve mechanism is formed. The part 21a is operated to be opened and closed. The operation mechanism section 32 includes a servo motor 33 and a slider 34 that is supported so as to be movable back and forth. The operation mechanism section 32 opens and closes the valve mechanism section 21a by driving the servo motor 33 to move the slider 34 back and forth and tilting the operation lever 22 back and forth by the slider 34 moving back and forth.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the container cradle device 40 is intended to receive a sparkling beverage such as beer poured from the pouring cock 20 in a container such as a glass or a jug so as not to foam as much as possible. It is possible to tilt a container such as a glass or a jug in the front-back direction. The container pedestal device 40 includes a tilting substrate 41 whose upper end is pivotally mounted on the front part of the device body 11 so as to be tiltable about a horizontal axis, and a pedestal 42 (42a, 42b) attached to the tilting substrate 41. ing. As shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 3, when the rear surface of the tilting substrate 41 is pushed, the lower end portion is pushed obliquely forward and tilted. The pedestal 42 is composed of pedestals 42a and 42b that are vertically attached to the middle portion and the lower portion of the tilting substrate 41 in two steps. The upper pedestal 42a is mainly for mounting a small container such as a glass, and the lower pedestal 42b is mainly for mounting a large container such as a jug having a larger capacity than the glass.

  The upper pedestal 42a is supported rotatably about the horizontal axis with respect to the tilting substrate 41, and when a container is placed on the lower pedestal 42b, the upper pedestal 42a is projected to the forward position. To the retracted position along the tilting substrate 41. A detector 43 for detecting that the upper or lower pedestals 42a and 42b are in use is provided at the front of the apparatus main body 11. The detector 43 is a proximity switch such as a reed switch in this embodiment. I am using. A magnet 44 is provided on the side of the upper pedestal 42a as a member to be detected by the detector 43, and the magnet 44 approaches the detector 43 when the upper pedestal 42a is retracted to the retracted position. It is supposed to do. Specifically, when the upper pedestal 42a is in the use position in which the upper pedestal 42a projects forward from the tilting substrate 41, as when mounting a glass, the magnet 44 is separated from the detector 43, and the detector 43. Outputs an OFF signal when the magnets 44 are separated, and detects that the upper pedestal 42a is in use. On the other hand, when the upper pedestal 42a is in the retracted position along the tilting substrate 41, as when the jug is placed on the lower pedestal 42b, the magnet 44 is close to the detector 43, and The container 43 outputs an ON signal when the magnet 44 is in close proximity, and detects that the lower pedestal 42b is in use.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the pedestal tilting device 50 tilts the tilting substrate 41 from the standing posture to the tilted posture, and returns the tilted substrate 41 from the tilted posture to the standing posture. The pedestal tilting device 50 has a servo motor 51 and an arm 52 that rotates back and forth when the servo motor 51 is driven. The cradle tilting device 50 rotates the arm 52 so as to extend forward by the servo motor 51, pushes the tilting substrate 41 of the container pedestal device 40 forward, and tilts it from the standing posture to the tilted posture. The pedestal tilting device 50 rotates the arm 52 by the servo motor 51 so as to retreat to the rear to return the tilting substrate 41 of the container pedestal device 40 to the rear, and tilts the tilting substrate 41 of the container pedestal device 40. Return from the posture to the standing posture.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the beverage automatic pouring device 10 includes a control device 60 that controls pouring of a sparkling beverage such as beer into a container such as a glass or a jug, and the control device 60 is a main device. The controller 61 and the sub controller 62 are provided. The control device 60 includes a temperature sensor 16, a pressure regulating valve 17, a pressure sensor 18, a cock operating device 30 (especially servo motor 33), a detector 43 and a pedestal tilting device 50 (especially servo) of each of the automatic dispensing units 12L and 12R. It is connected to the motor 51). The main controller 61 is connected to the temperature sensor 16, the pressure regulating valve 17 and the pressure sensor 18 of each of the automatic dispensing units 12L and 12R, controls the opening and closing of the pressure regulating valve 17 and is supplied from the gas cylinder G to the beverage container T. In addition to adjusting the pressure of carbon dioxide gas, the container cradle device 40 is tilted by controlling the operation of the cradle tilting device 50 (particularly the servo motor 51). A sub-control unit 62 is arranged in the housing 31 of the cock operating device 30 in each automatic pouring unit 12L, 12R, and each sub-control unit 62 is connected to the main control unit 61. Each sub-control unit 62 is connected to the servo motor 33 of the cock operating device 30, and each sub-control unit 62 controls the operation of the servo motor 33 of the cock operating device 30 to cause the beverage to be poured from the pouring cock 20. .

  An operation panel 70 for operating the automatic beverage dispensing device 10 is provided on the front surface of the housing 31 of the cock operation device 30, and the operation panel 70 is connected to the control device 60. As shown in FIG. 4, the operation panel 70 has an automatic dispensing operation button 71, a dispensing stop button 72, a switching button 73, a setting button 74, a foam dispensing button 75, and a liquid dispensing button. 76 is provided, and an ON signal for turning on the various operation buttons 71 to 76 is input to the control device 60. Further, the operation panel 70 is provided with display units 77 and 78, the display unit 77 can display the dispensing conditions of the dispensing program set by the various operation buttons 71 to 76, and the display unit 78 is a beverage. It is possible to display that the beverage in the container T is exhausted. A cover 79 is provided on the operation panel 70 so as to be openable and closable, and the cover 79 covers the operation buttons 73 to 76 and the display unit 77 so as to be openable and closable.

  The controller 60 has a main controller 61 having a memory in which an automatic beverage dispensing program is stored. The automatic pouring program aims at pouring a sparkling beverage such as beer without excessive foaming in a container such as a glass or a jug, and after pouring a sparkling beverage such as beer in a liquid state. Then, the purpose is to pour a sparkling beverage such as beer in a finely foamed state onto the upper part of the container. When the main pouring unit 61 of the control device 60 executes the automatic pouring program, the pedestal tilting device 50 tilts the tilting substrate 41 from the upright position to the tilted position to tilt the container placed on the pedestal 42. Further, the main controller 61 controls the sub controller 62 to control the operation of the cock operating device 30 to open the valve mechanism 21a of the pouring cock 20 in the liquid open state. The beverage in the beverage container T is cooled when passing through the beverage cooling pipe 15, and is dispensed in a liquid state along the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the container inclined from the liquid dispensing nozzle 23b. After that, the main control unit 61 of the control device 60 returns the tilting substrate 41 from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the cradle tilting device 50 to stand up the container placed on the cradle 42, and 70% to 80% of the standing container. When the beverage in the liquid state is dispensed, the sub-control unit 62 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 to stop the opening of the valve mechanism unit 21a of the dispensing cock 20 in the liquid open state. And open in the open state for foam. When 10 to 20% of the beverage in the foam state is poured onto the upper portion of the standing container, the main control unit 61 causes the sub control unit 62 to control the operation of the cock operating device 30, and the valve mechanism unit of the pouring cock 20. 21a is returned from the foam open state to the stopped state, and the automatic pouring program is ended.

  With the automatic dispensing program, the amount of beverage dispensed can be set according to the capacity of a container such as a glass or jug. The automatic pouring program is a beverage in the liquid state from the opening time when the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened in the liquid open state by the cock operating device 30 in the container when the tilting substrate 41 is tilted by the cradle tilting device 50. And the valve mechanism 21a is opened in the liquid open state from the tilted state of the container, and the pedestal tilting device 50 raises the tilting substrate 41 from the tilted position. The second dispensing amount when the liquid beverage is automatically poured into the container in the state where the container is returned from the inclined state to the standing state, and the liquid state beverage is returned to the standing state. It is possible to set the opening time when the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened in the open state for foaming after the dispensing and the third dispensing amount when the beverage in the foaming state is automatically dispensed.

  Further, the main control unit 61 of the control device 60 controls the pressure regulating valve 17 according to the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 18 so that the set pressure of carbon dioxide gas is set according to the temperature of the beverage in the beverage container T. It controls opening and closing. Further, when the pressure of the carbon dioxide gas delivered into the drinking container T is controlled to be changed by the pressure regulating valve 17, the flow rate of the drinking amount delivered from the drinking container T to the dispensing cock 20 changes, so The main controller 61 of the device 60 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub controller 62 so as to change the opening time of the valve mechanism 21a. Specifically, when the beverage in the beverage container T detected by the temperature sensor 16 is high, the set pressure also becomes high, and the main controller 61 of the control device 60 sets the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 18 to the high set pressure. Thus, the pressure control valve 17 is controlled to open and close, and the flow rate of the beverage delivered from the beverage container T to the pouring cock 20 is larger than that when the temperature of the beverage is low. At this time, the main controller 61 of the controller 60 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub controller 62 so that the opening time of the valve mechanism 21a is shorter than when the drinking temperature is low. is doing. On the other hand, when the beverage in the beverage container T detected by the temperature sensor 16 is low, the set pressure also becomes low, and the main control unit 61 of the control device 60 sets the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 18 to the set pressure set low. By controlling the opening and closing of the pressure regulating valve 17, the flow rate of the beverage delivered from the beverage container T to the pouring cock 20 is smaller than when the temperature of the beverage is high. At this time, the main control unit 61 of the control device 60 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub control unit 62 so that the opening time of the valve mechanism unit 21a is made longer than when the drinking temperature is high. is doing. In this way, since the amount of drink to be dispensed varies depending on the opening time of the valve mechanism 21a based on the variation of the delivery pressure of carbon dioxide, when setting the amount of beverage to be dispensed in the above-mentioned automatic dispensing program, The detection pressure of the pressure sensor 18 at the time of setting the dispensing amount is stored together with the opening time of the valve mechanism portion 21a.

  The main control unit 61 of the control device 60 copies the automatic pouring program in which the pouring amount is set in one of the automatic pouring units 12L and 12R to the other in the automatic pouring units 12L and 12R, and uses it as an automatic pouring program. It can be set. That is, by operating the operation panel 70 of the automatic pouring unit 12R when the pouring amount of the automatic pouring program of the automatic pouring unit 12L is set in the memory of the main control unit 61 of the control device 60, The automatic pouring program in which the pouring amount of the automatic pouring unit 12L stored in the memory of the main control unit 61 of the control device 60 is set as the automatic pouring program of the automatic pouring unit 12R by copying. .. At this time, the automatic pouring program set by the automatic pouring unit 12L stores the opening time of the valve mechanism portion 21a and the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 18 at the time of setting the pouring amount, which is set by copying. The automatic pouring program of the automatic pouring unit 12R stored also stores the opening time of the valve mechanism 21a and the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 18 when the pouring amount is set. Even if the temperature of the beverage in the beverage container T when executing the automatic dispensing program is different from that when the dispensing amount is set and the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 18 is different from the pressure when the dispensing amount is set, The main controller 61 controls the sub controller 62 to control the operation of the cock operating device 30 so as to change the opening time of the valve mechanism 21a, so that the dispense amount of the beverage dispensed by the automatic dispensing program. Can be constant.

  A specific method of setting the amount of beer dispensed by the automatic beverage dispenser 10 will be described. For example, when a jug is placed on the lower pedestal 42b of the automatic pouring unit 12L and the setting button 74 of the operation panel 70 is pressed, the main controller 61 of the control device 60 enters the pouring amount setting mode of the automatic pouring program. Transition. When the liquid pouring button 76 is pressed, the main control unit 61 of the control device 60 tilts the tilting substrate 41 from the standing posture to the tilted posture by the cradle tilting device 50 to tilt the jug placed on the cradle 42, The sub-control unit 62 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 to open the valve mechanism unit 21a in the liquid open state, and the liquid beer is poured from the liquid nozzle 23b into the jug. At this time, the beer in a liquid state poured out from the liquid nozzle 23b flows down along the peripheral wall of the jug, and the beer is poured out so as not to excessively foam in the jug. While the liquid pouring button 76 is being pressed, the main control unit 61 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub control unit 62 to maintain the valve mechanism unit 21a in the liquid open state, and the beer in the liquid state is It is continuously poured out from the nozzle 23b for use in the jug. When the liquid pouring button 76 is released when beer is poured into the tilted jug at about 50 to 60%, the main control unit 61 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub control unit 62 and the valve mechanism unit 21a. Back to the closed state, the beer in the liquid state is stopped to be poured into the tilted jug, the opening time for opening the valve mechanism 21a is stored in the memory of the main controller 61, and the beer is tilted. The first amount of beer in the liquid state is set.

  When the liquid pouring button 76 is pressed again, the main control unit 61 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub control unit 62 to open the valve mechanism unit 21a again in the liquid open state, and the beer in the liquid state is The nozzle 23b is used for pouring into the jug, and the pedestal tilting device 50 causes the tilting substrate 41 to return from the tilted posture to the standing posture, thereby returning the jug from the tilted state to the standing state. While the liquid pouring button 76 is being pressed, the main control unit 61 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub control unit 62 to maintain the valve mechanism unit 21a in the liquid open state, and the beer in the liquid state is It is continuously poured out from the nozzle 23b for use in the jug. When the liquid pouring button 76 is released when the beer in the liquid state is combined with the standing jug and about 70 to 80% is poured, the main controller 61 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub controller 62. Then, the valve mechanism 21a is returned to the closed state, the pouring of the beer in the liquid state into the standing jug is stopped, and the opening time for opening the valve mechanism 21a is stored in the memory of the main controller 61. , The second amount of beer in a liquid state to the upright jug is set.

  Finally, when the foam pouring button 75 is pressed, the main control unit 61 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub control unit 62 to open the valve mechanism unit 21a in the foam open state, and the beer in the foam state is released. It is poured into the jug from the foaming nozzle 23a. While the foam pouring button 75 is being pressed, the main control unit 61 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub control unit 62 to maintain the valve mechanism unit 21a in the foam open state, and the beer in the foam state is foamed. The pouring nozzle 23a for pouring is continuously poured into the jug. When the foam pouring button 75 is released when the beer in the liquid state is poured out at 70 to 80% and the beer in the foam state is poured out at about 10 to 20%, the main control unit 61 causes the sub control unit 62 to release. By controlling the operation of the cock operating device 30, the valve mechanism portion 21a is returned to the closed state, and the pouring of the beer in the foam state to the upright mug is stopped. The main control unit 61 stores in the memory the opening time for which the valve mechanism unit 21a is opened, sets the third amount of beer in the foamed state to the upright jug, and terminates the amount setting mode. Put in the standby state for the automatic dispensing program. When the beer pouring amount is set, the automatic pouring program stores the respective pouring amounts based on the opening time of the valve mechanism 21a and the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 18 when the pouring amount is set. It has become.

  When automatically pouring beer into jugs of the same size by the left and right automatic pouring units 12L and 12R, the automatic pouring program in which the pouring amount is set by the automatic pouring unit 12L is copied to the automatic pouring unit 12R. And set. When the automatic pouring program in which the pouring amount is set by the automatic pouring unit 12L is copied and set in the automatic pouring unit 12R, when the setting button 74 on the operation panel 70 of the automatic pouring unit 12R is pressed, When the control unit 61 transits to the pouring amount setting mode of the automatic pouring program and presses the pouring stop button 72 for about 2 seconds, the main control unit 61 sets the pouring amount stored in the memory. The automatic dispensing program of the automatic dispensing unit 12L is copied and set as the automatic dispensing program of the automatic dispensing unit 12R. Further, when the automatic pouring program in which the pouring amount is set in the automatic pouring unit 12R is copied and set in the automatic pouring unit 12L, the setting button 74 on the operation panel 70 of the automatic pouring unit 12L is pressed. The main controller 61 copies and sets the automatic pouring program of the automatic pouring unit 12R in which the pouring amount is stored, which is stored in the memory, as the automatic pouring program of the automatic pouring unit 12L. When the left and right automatic pouring units 12L and 12R set different pouring amounts, the left and right automatic pouring units 12L and 12R may individually set the above-mentioned pouring amounts.

  When automatically pouring beer into a jug with this beverage automatic pouring device 10, when the jug is placed on one of the pedestals 42 of the automatic pouring units 12L and 12R and the automatic pouring operation button 71 is pressed, main control is performed. The part 61 executes an automatic pouring program. The main controller 61 tilts the tilting substrate 41 from the standing posture to the tilted posture by the cradle tilting device 50 to tilt the jug placed on the cradle 42, and controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub controller 62. Then, the valve mechanism 21a of the pouring cock 20 is opened in the liquid open state. The beer in the beverage container T is cooled when passing through the beverage cooling pipe 15, and is poured in a liquid state along the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the jug inclined from the liquid pouring nozzle 23b. When the beer is dispensed in the above-described first pouring amount, the main controller 61 causes the cradle tilting device 50 to return the tilting substrate 41 from the tilted posture to the standing posture, and raises the jug placed on the cradle 42. .. When the beer in the liquid state having the first and second pouring amounts obtained by adding the second pouring amount to the standing jug is poured, the main control unit 61 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub control unit 62. Then, the valve mechanism portion 21a of the pouring cock 20 is opened in the liquid open state, and then opened in the bubble open state via the stop state. The main control unit 61 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 by the sub-control unit 62 after the beer in the foamed state is poured into the upper portion of the standing jug at the third pouring amount, and the valve of the pouring cock 20 is controlled. The mechanical unit 21a is returned from the foam open state to the stopped state, and the beer automatic pouring program is ended.

  In the automatic beverage dispenser 10 configured as described above, the automatic dispenser program in which the dispensed amount is set by one of the two (plural) automatic dispenser units 12L and 12R has two automatic dispensers. In addition to the units 12L and 12R, copying is possible. Thereby, after setting the dispensing amount of the automatic dispensing program by one of the two automatic dispensing units 12L, 12R, the same dispensing by the other (other) of the two automatic dispensing units 12L, 12R. You can now easily set the amount. Although the beverage automatic dispensing device 10 of this embodiment includes two automatic dispensing units 12L and 12R, the present invention is not limited to this, and may include three or more automatic dispensing units. Alternatively, the automatic pouring program in which the pouring amount is set in one of the automatic pouring units may be copied and set in another automatic pouring unit.

  Further, the beverage automatic pouring device 10 can tilt a container such as a jug placed on the pedestal 42 by tilting the tilting substrate 41 of the container pedestal device 40 by the pedestal tilting device 50. The dispensing cock 20 is configured such that the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened in the liquid open state to dispense a liquid beverage, and the valve cock 21 is opened in the foam open state to dispense a foamed beverage. With these configurations, it is possible to pour out effervescent drinks such as beer in a container such as a jug so as not to foam excessively, and pour out effervescent drinks such as beer in a finely foamed state at the top of the container. Although it can be done, the setting operation of the dispensing amount of the automatic dispensing program was troublesome.

  The automatic pouring program of the automatic beverage pouring device 10 is a liquid state in which the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened in the liquid open state in a container such as a jug when the tilting substrate 41 is tilted by the pedestal tilting device 50. And a container such as a jug when at least returning the tilting substrate 41 from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the cradle tilting device 50 when the beverage is automatically poured out. When the valve mechanism 21a is opened in the liquid open state to automatically pour out the beverage in the liquid state, the valve mechanism 21a is opened in the liquid open state even when the container such as the jug is tilted. In addition, the second amount of liquid when the liquid beverage is automatically poured into a container such as a jug which is returned from the inclined state to the standing state, and the liquid state beverage is returned to the standing state. It is possible to set the third dispensing amount when the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened in the foam-opening state after being dispensed to automatically dispense the foamed beverage.

  In this way, the dispense amount of the automatic dispense program is set separately for the first to third dispense amounts, and the setting operation of the dispense amount of the automatic dispense program is troublesome. In the dispensing device 10, the automatic dispensing program in which the dispensing amount is set in one of the two automatic dispensing units 12L and 12R is copied and set in the other one of the two automatic dispensing units 12L and 12R. Since it is possible, the troublesome setting operation of the dispensing amount of the automatic dispensing program can be completed with substantially only one. In this embodiment, the second pouring amount is at least when the valve mechanism 21a is opened in the liquid open state in a container such as a jug when returned to the upright state and the liquid beverage is automatically poured out. As the pouring amount of the liquid, the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened in the liquid open state from the time when the container such as the jug is tilted, and the liquid is added to the container such as the jug which is returned from the tilted state to the standing state. It is the amount dispensed when the beverage in the state is automatically dispensed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the pouring when the liquid beverage is automatically poured out by opening the valve mechanism portion 21a again in the liquid open state to the container such as the jug when it is returned to the upright state It may be the amount of discharge. When the pouring cock 20 can be opened only in the liquid open state, the automatic pouring program automatically pours the beverage into the container when the pedestal tilting device 50 tilts the tilting substrate 41. The first amount to be dispensed when the beverage is dispensed and the second amount to be dispensed when the beverage is automatically dispensed from the tilted state to the state in which the container is returned to the standing state by the cradle tilting device 50 are set. It may be possible.

  Further, in the automatic beverage dispenser 10, the beverage container T is for delivering the beverage to the dispense cock 20 by the pressure of the carbon dioxide gas supplied from the gas supply pipe G1, and the beverage container T is provided in the beverage supply pipe T1. A temperature sensor 16 for detecting the temperature of the beverage in T is provided, and a pressure regulating valve 17 for adjusting the pressure of carbon dioxide gas and a pressure sensor 18 for detecting the pressure of carbon dioxide gas are provided in the gas supply pipe G1. .. When executing the automatic pouring program, the main control unit 61 of the control device 60 controls the opening / closing of the pressure regulating valve 17 based on the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 18 so that the set pressure is set according to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 16. In addition, the opening time of the valve mechanism 21a is controlled according to the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 18. In the automatic pouring program in which the pouring amount is set, the pouring amount based on the opening time of the valve mechanism 21a is set, and when the pressure of the carbon dioxide gas supplied from the gas cylinder G to the drinking container T changes, The flow rate of the beverage poured from the pouring cock 20 fluctuates. Therefore, in the automatic beverage dispenser 10, the main controller 61 of the controller 60 dispenses the beverage with the opening time of the valve mechanism 21a when setting the dispensed amount of the beverage by the automatic dispenser program. The detected pressure of the pressure sensor 18 at the time of setting the amount is stored, and the automatic pouring program in which the detected pressure is also stored can be copied and set to another one of the two automatic pouring units 12L and 12R.

  By doing so, the temperature of the drink amount in the drink container T becomes higher than that when the dispensing amount is set, so that even if the set pressure of the pressure regulating valve 17 is set high, the main control unit 61 Is based on that the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 18 is higher than the pressure detected at the time of setting the pouring amount, the sub controller 62 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 to control the valve mechanism 21a of the pouring cock 20. By controlling so that the beverage is released in a shorter opening time than when the dispensing amount is set, the dispensing amount of the beverage dispensed by the automatic dispensing program can be made constant. Similarly, since the temperature of the drink in the drink container T becomes lower than that when the dispensing amount is set, even if the set pressure of the pressure regulating valve 17 is set low, the main controller 61 causes the pressure sensor 18 to operate. Based on the fact that the detected pressure is lower than the pressure detected at the time of setting the pouring amount, the sub-control unit 62 controls the operation of the cock operating device 30 and pours the valve mechanism portion 21a of the pouring cock 20 into the pouring amount. By controlling the opening time to be longer than the setting time, the amount of beverage to be dispensed by the automatic dispensing program can be made constant. In addition, in the automatic beverage dispenser 10 of this embodiment, the pressure regulating valve 17 adjusts the flow rate of the beverage supply pipe T1 by opening or closing, but the invention is not limited to this, and the pressure regulating valve is not limited thereto. 17 may adjust the flow rate of the beverage supply pipe T1 by adjusting the opening degree. Further, the automatic dispensing program stores the detection pressure of the pressure sensor 18 at the time of setting the dispensing amount together with the opening time of the valve mechanism portion 21a when setting the dispensing amount of the beverage. The present invention is not limited to this, and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 16 at the time of setting the pouring amount may be stored together with the opening time of the valve mechanism portion 21a.

  In the beverage automatic pouring device 10 configured as described above, beer was mainly described as a beverage, but the present invention is not limited to this, and bubbles are generated for a while as bubbles are generated during pouring as a sparkling beverage. As long as the beverage does not disappear, it may be sparkling liquor other than beer, and the beverage is not limited to sparkling beverages, it can be applied to other beverages such as shochu high, carbonated drinks, soft drinks, etc. Even if these beverages are poured out, the same effects as those described above can be obtained.

  10 ... Automatic beverage dispensing device, 11 ... Device body, 16 ... Temperature sensor, 17 ... Pressure regulating valve, 18 ... Pressure sensor, 20 ... Dispensing cock, 21a ... Valve mechanism part, 30 ... Cock operating device, 40 ... Container Cradle device, 41 ... Tilt board, 42 ... Cradle, 50 ... Cradle tilting device, 60 ... Control device.

Claims (4)

A pouring cock that is provided in the front part of the main body of the device and opens the built-in valve mechanism part to pour out a beverage, and a cock operation that is provided in the front part of the main body of the device to open and close the valve mechanism part. An apparatus and a container for receiving a beverage to be dispensed from the pouring cock are placed on the front side of a tilting substrate which is mounted on the front side of the apparatus body below the pouring cock so as to be tiltable about a horizontal axis. A plurality of automatic pouring devices having a container cradle device having a cradle and a cradle tilting device provided in the front part of the device body for tilting the tilting substrate from a standing upright position to a tilted tilted position. Output unit,
The container mounted on the pedestal is tilted by tilting the tilting substrate from the standing posture to the tilted posture by the cradle tilting device, and the valve mechanism portion is opened according to the container by the cock operating device. By opening in time, the container with a control device having an automatic pouring program to control so that the beverage is automatically poured,
The automatic dispensing program is a beverage automatic dispensing method capable of setting a beverage dispensing amount by storing an opening time for operating the cock operating device to open the valve mechanism according to the capacity of the container. A device,
A beverage automatic pouring system, characterized in that the automatic pouring program in which the pouring amount is set by one of the plural automatic pouring units can be copied and set in addition to the plural automatic pouring units. Output device. In the beverage automatic pouring device according to claim 1,
The automatic pouring program includes a first pouring amount when the beverage is automatically poured into the container when the tilting substrate is tilted by the cradle tilting device, and the cradle tilts from the tilted state. An automatic beverage dispenser characterized in that a second dispense amount when beverage is automatically dispensed into a container that has been returned to a standing state by the device can be set. In the beverage automatic pouring device according to claim 1,
The pouring cock is for opening the valve mechanism portion in a liquid open state to pour out a liquid state beverage and to open in a foaming open state to pour out a frothed state beverage,
When the automatic dispensing program automatically dispenses a beverage in a liquid state by opening the valve mechanism portion in the liquid open state into the container when the tilting substrate is tilted by the cradle tilting device. And the pedestal tilting device is used to return the tilting substrate from the tilted posture to the standing posture, and at least when the container is returned to the standing state, the valve mechanism is opened in the liquid open state. And a second amount of liquid when the liquid beverage is automatically poured, and after the liquid beverage is poured back to the standing state, the valve mechanism is opened in the foam open state. The automatic beverage dispenser is characterized in that a third dispensed amount when the beverage in the foam state is automatically dispensed can be set. The beverage automatic pouring device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A beverage container storing a beverage is connected to the pouring cock,
The beverage container is for delivering a beverage to the pouring cock by the pressure of gas supplied from a gas supply pipe,
A temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the beverage in the beverage container is provided, the gas supply pipe is provided with a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of the gas and a pressure regulating valve for adjusting the pressure of the gas,
The control device, when executing the automatic pouring program, controls the operation of the pressure regulating valve based on the pressure detected by the pressure sensor so as to be a set pressure according to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, It is controlled so as to change the opening time of the valve mechanism according to the pressure detected by the pressure sensor,
When setting the dispensing amount of the beverage in the automatic dispensing program, the detection time of the pressure sensor or the temperature detected by the temperature sensor at the time of setting the dispensing amount is stored together with the opening time of the valve mechanism section. The automatic dispenser for beverages is characterized in that the automatic dispenser program that also stores the detected pressure or the detected temperature can be copied and set in addition to the plurality of automatic dispenser units.

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