JP2526372Y2 - Soft iced beverage production equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION This invention relates to an apparatus for producing soft iced beverages at a relatively low temperature by mixing shaved ice with a liquid substance such as syrup, honey or fruit juice.

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional ice beverage manufacturing apparatus of this type, there is an apparatus disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 63-129482 proposed by the applicant of the present application, and most of the apparatuses for implementing the present invention are described. Since this is the same as the example, the outline will be described with reference to this.

It is provided in a container 57, and mixes a liquid material such as syrup in the container 57 with shaved ice to be charged into the container 57, and rotates blades 53, 54 that pulverize the shaved ice into fine particles. Drive motor 50 that rotates the rotary blade at high speed
A cutting mechanism 7 having a mixing mechanism having a cutting edge 19 and a shaved ice inputting chute 18 opening above the container 57; and an ice block put into the cutting case 7. It has a rotary blade 25 provided in the cutting case 7 for cutting in cooperation with the cutting blade 19, and has an ice-cutting mechanism installed on the machine base 1 above the mixing mechanism.

When producing a soft iced beverage by using such a material, firstly, the liquid material is pumped from another storage container storing the liquid material with a measuring cup or the like and then poured into the container 57, or carbon dioxide gas or the like. The liquid pressure is injected from the storage container into the container via the liquid sending tube using the gas pressure of the shaving ice, and the shaved ice is made by the ice shaving mechanism, and the shaved ice is put into the container 57 through the input chute, and the mixing mechanism Was working.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention Since this manufacturing apparatus is as described above, when a liquid material is poured into a container, a measuring cup or a liquid feeding tube is repeatedly used, so that the device becomes dirty during handling and becomes sanitary. There is a problem that it is unfavorable, and even if it is a low-viscosity liquid, the filling operation is performed smoothly, but in the case of a high-viscosity liquid like concentrated juice, a fixed amount of liquid is quickly poured into the container There is a problem that it is extremely difficult to do so.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional soft iced beverage manufacturing apparatus as described above, and to inject a liquid material into a container in a sanitary favorable state, and to quickly apply a liquid material having a high viscosity. Another object of the present invention is to provide a soft iced beverage production device that can be poured accurately.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a conventional soft ice manufacturing apparatus as described above, in which a liquid container is detachably arranged on a machine base, An article storage device and a container are connected by a detachable flexible liquid feed pipe, and a roller pump for feeding the liquid material from the liquid material storage tool to the container in the liquid feed pipe and driving the roller pump. A drive motor, a control circuit for controlling the operation of each of the drive motor for the rotary vane plate and the drive motor for the roller pump, and a timer for individually adjusting the operation time of each drive motor as needed. It is characterized by having.

When producing soft iced beverages, first, a roller pump is driven to inject liquid material from a liquid material storage device into a container via a flexible liquid supply pipe, and then shaved ice is formed by an ice shaving mechanism. Is charged into the container via the charging chute, and the mixing mechanism is operated.

At this time, according to the amount of soft iced beverage to be manufactured, the amount of the injected liquid material and the amount of shaved ice must be changed,
In this case, a timer provided in the control circuit of the drive motor of the rotary vane plate and the drive motor of the roller pump sets an ice-cutting time and a liquid-feeding time according to the amounts of the two, and the motor operates during the set time. Thus, a desired amount of shaved ice and a liquid material are sent to a container and mixed to obtain a soft iced beverage.

Example An example shown in the drawings will be described.

The machine base 1 has a substrate 2 and a plurality of columns 3 erected thereon.
The frame 5 is provided with an inverted conical cutting case 7 at a portion other than the flat plate portion 6.

An upper end of a cylindrical shaft housing 10 is fixed to the lower surface of the center boss 8 of the cutting case 7 in the frame 5, and a rotating shaft 11 is vertically arranged and supported in the housing 10, and the upper end is a boss. 8, a lower end protrudes downward through the housing 10, and a pulley 12 is fixed to the lower end thereof. Also the housing
An electric motor 14 is attached to a support arm 13 that extends laterally from 10, and a pulley 15 attached to a motor shaft of the motor 14.
A belt 16 is suspended between the pulley 12 and the pulley 12.

The cutting case 7 is provided with a slit 17, and a cutting blade 19 is mounted on the slit 17 so that the degree of protrusion into the cutting case 7 can be adjusted and attached and detached. 18 is provided on the cutting case 7.

A boss 22 of the transfer rotor 21 is slidably fitted with a center hole 23 formed on the lower surface of the upper end of the rotating shaft 11 which protrudes upward through the center hole 9 of the boss 8, and is attached and detached with a bolt 24. It is fixed as possible. The transfer rotor 21 extends radially from the boss 22, and has several blades 25 whose lower surfaces are substantially parallel to the surface of the cutting case 7, an annular plate 26 connecting the tips of the blades 25, The plate 26 has a flange 27 extending outward from the lower peripheral edge and a hopper 28 detachably fixed with a female screw or the like. Around the hopper 28, a waterproof cover 30 is mounted on the upper surface plate of the flat plate portion 6.

Similarly, an ice block storage chamber 35 is detachably attached to the upper surface plate by bolts or the like (not shown). The storage chamber 35 has a cylindrical transparent peripheral wall 36 and a lid 37 detachably attached thereto. A funnel-shaped wall 38 whose opening communicates with the hopper 28 is fixed inside the peripheral wall 36.

 Next, the mixing mechanism will be described.

An engaging projection is formed on the substrate 2 below the input chute 18.
41 is provided, and a cylindrical container base engaged with the engagement projection 41 is provided.
42 is removably mounted on the base 2. A rotating shaft 45 is attached to a central boss 44 of an intermediate partition wall 43 provided on the inner periphery of the container base 42.
Are vertically arranged and supported, the upper end of which projects upward through the center hole of the boss 44, the lower end similarly projects downward through the center hole, and the upper coupling 47 is fixed to the lower end thereof. ing.

Below this, a lower coupling 48 that can be engaged with and disengaged from the coupling 47 is rotatably supported by the substrate 2.

On the other hand, an electric motor 50 is installed in the machine base 1, and a belt 52 is stretched between a coupling 48 and a pulley 51 attached to a motor shaft of the motor 50.

On the rotating shaft 45, a mixing rotary blade 53 is fixed on an upper stage, and a knife-shaped cutting rotary blade 54 is fixed on a lower stage with a vertical interval therebetween. The inner periphery of the upper end of the container base 42 and the outer periphery of the lower end of the container 57 are screwed together in a watertight manner.

61 is a flat plate 6 on both sides of the ice block storage room 35.
The pack storage case provided above is shown.
Inside, a pack 63 containing a liquid material 62 is detachably stored. One end of a transparent flexible liquid feed pipe 64 is attached to the bottom of the pack 63. The liquid feed pipe 64 extends downward through the flat plate portion 6, and the other end passes through the cover 58 and the container 57.
Open inside. In this case, both packs 63 may contain the same type of liquid material or different types of liquid material.

Unlike the above, the liquid supply pipe 64 may be packed separately from the pack 63 and connected to each other when used.

Reference numeral 66 denotes a roller pump for feeding a liquid substance from the pack 63 to the container 57 by a liquid feed pipe 64, which is a type commonly used and has a support plate provided on the body.
A plurality of disks (e.g., 4 in this embodiment) are mounted at equal intervals on a disk 70 mounted on a rotating shaft 69 of a motor 68 mounted on a motor 67 (FIG. 4).
) Rotating rollers 71. A receiving base 72 for pressing the liquid feed pipe 64 between the rotating roller 71 and the receiving base 72 is provided. A base end of the receiving base 72 is pivotally supported by a support plate 67 by a pivot 73. The lower end of the front of a lock lever 76 is pivotally attached to the free end of the pedestal 72.
The base end of the lock ring 74 is pivotally supported, and the free end of the lock ring 74 locks the lock lever 76 when the lock lever 76 is closed at the position shown in FIGS. When it is turned upright in the direction of the arrow in the figure, it comes off from the hook 75.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 77 denotes a control board, and a control circuit (not shown) for controlling the operation of the motors 14, 50, 68, including switches provided on the control board 77, is provided.
A timer is provided in the control circuit 8 and its operation is performed by a control button on the control board 77.

 The operation of the above will be described.

After deciding which of the packs 63 to use as the liquid material, the operation button of the control plate 77 sets a time corresponding to the amount of the soft iced beverage to be manufactured in the timer of the control circuit of the motors 14, 68. The setting time of this timer is, for example, such that the amount of soft iced beverage is reduced from one serving to three servings.
And want to change the amount of the whole soft iced drink without changing the mixing ratio of the liquid substance B and the shaved ice, regardless of the amount of the whole soft iced drink so as to increase or decrease the amount of the other with respect to one When it is desired to change the mixing ratio between A and the liquid material B, the operating times of the motors 14 and 68 are respectively adjusted so as to be increased or decreased individually. The switch for the motor 68 corresponding to the liquid material is turned on to operate the motor 68. By the operation of the motor 68, the roller pump 66 operates for the time set in the timer, and the liquid material in the pack 63 is injected into the container 57 via the liquid feed pipe 64 in an amount corresponding to the time set in the timer. . After the preparation is completed in this way, the switches for the motors 14, 50 are turned on. As a result, the control circuit operates, and the motor 14 of the ice
Then, the motor 50 of the mixing mechanism is operated only for the time set in the timer. Shaved ice A is in the container 57 as shown by the arrow.
Into the liquid B inside. Then, the motor 50 of the mixing mechanism is started, and the high-speed
And the liquid material B in a spiral shape, and while being drawn down in the center of the container 57 to generate air bubbles, flow as a spiral vertical swirling flow rising outside, thereby shaving the ice A more finely. When the soft iced beverage is formed in a predetermined amount in this manner, the motor 14 is stopped first to stop the supply of the shaved ice A, and then the motor 50 is stopped. In this case, the situation is visually recognized from the outside because the peripheral wall 36 is transparent, and ice blocks are replenished in the storage chamber 35 as necessary.

In this way, a soft iced beverage containing air bubbles obtained by atomizing the shaved ice A into the liquid material B and mixing the mixture is completed, and the container 57 is disengaged from the substrate 2 together with the container base 42 by disengaging the couplings 47 and 48. After removal, the beverage in the container 57 is transferred to another cup and provided.

The finished beverage is soft and very tongue-free, without the presence of ice particles, and the fine particles of shaved ice in the beverage are not easily melted because they are wrapped in foam. It is kept cool during the time of eating.

In the above case, by the control of the control circuit, the amount of the beverage to be produced can be set to one or more persons, or the mixing ratio of the shaved ice A and the liquid material B can be changed as desired.

When the liquid material in the pack 63 is exhausted by repeating the above, the lock lever 76 is raised in FIG. 3 to release the lock ring 74 from the hook 75,
When the cradle 72 is rotated clockwise about the pivot 73,
The receiving table 72 is separated from the liquid feed pipe 64, and the liquid feed pipe 64 is in a free state. Therefore, the liquid feeding pipe 64 is removed together with the pack 63, and the liquid feeding pipe 64 is discarded. A new pack 63 and a liquid feeding pipe 64 are set. Therefore, these packs 63 and liquid supply tubes 64
Is stored in a sterilized package before use, is taken out of the package at the time of use, is mounted, and is discarded after use, so that it is used in an extremely hygienic condition.

The effect of the invention is as described above, and the liquid material storage device is detachably arranged on the machine base, and this is connected to the container by a flexible liquid supply pipe, and the liquid supply pipe is connected by a roller pump. The liquid material is injected into the container through the, so that when the liquid material is injected into the container, there arises a problem that the handling of required equipment becomes dirty as in the conventional device and is not hygienic. Without any matter, and any viscosity liquid can be injected smoothly and quickly,
In addition, a control circuit for controlling each drive motor of the rotary vane plate and the roller pump is provided, and a timer for adjusting the operation time of each drive pump is provided in this control circuit.By adjusting the set time of the timer, If you want to change the amount of soft iced beverage without changing the mixing ratio of shaved ice and liquid, or if you want to change the mixing ratio of shaved ice and liquid, etc. The operation time of the switch of the drive motor can be adjusted to any one of the long and short times without the need for troublesome operation. The shaved ice and the liquid material can be provided without excess or shortage according to the amount and content of the soft iced beverage thus manufactured. There is an effect that.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional front view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a left side view of the same, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of the same, and FIG. 4 is a partial plan view of FIG. is there. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Machine stand 2 ... Substrate 3 ... Post 5 ... Frame 6 ... Flat plate part, 7 ... Cutting case 11 ... Rotating shaft, 14 ... Motor 17 ... Slit, 18 ... Shaved ice feeding chute 19 ... Cutting blade, 21 ... Transfer rotor 25 ... wing plate, 35 ... ice block storage chamber 50 ... motor, 53 ... mixing blade 54 ... cutting blade, 61 ... pack storage case 63 ... pack, 64 ... liquid feeding pipe 66 ... roller pump, 67 ... support plate 68 ... motor, 72… Cradle 74… Lock ring, 75… Locking hook 77… Control board

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References Practical application A microfilm (JP, U) photographing the contents of the specification and drawings attached to the application form of Japanese Patent Application No. Sho 62-21594 (Japanese Utility Model Application No. Sho 63-129482). Microfilm (JP, U) photographing the contents of the specification and drawings attached to the application form of Japanese Patent Application No. 52-55027 (Japanese Utility Model Application No. 53-150295) Japanese Utility Model Application No. 58-99819 (Japanese Utility Model Application No. 60-9568) No.) Microfilm (JP, U) photographing the contents of the specification and drawings attached to the application form

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A rotary blade provided in a container, for mixing a liquid material such as syrup in the container with shaved ice charged into the container, and for crushing the shaved ice into fine particles; A mixing mechanism having a drive motor that rotates the high-speed, a cutting case provided with a slit facing a cutting blade and a shaved ice inputting chute opening above the container, and an ice block put into the cutting case. A soft ice provided in a cutting case for cutting in cooperation with a cutting blade, and having a rotary vane plate rotated by a drive motor, and having an ice cutting mechanism installed on a machine base above the mixing mechanism; In a beverage manufacturing apparatus, a liquid material storage device is detachably arranged on a machine base, and the liquid material storage device and the container are connected by a detachable flexible liquid feed pipe. A roller pump for feeding the liquid material from the tool toward the container, a drive motor for driving the roller pump, and a control circuit for controlling the drive motor for the rotary vane plate and the drive motor for the roller pump, respectively. A soft ice beverage manufacturing apparatus, wherein the control circuit is provided with a timer for individually adjusting the operation time of each drive motor as needed.