JP2905698B2 - Cleaning disinfection equipment for beverage dispensers - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beverage dispenser and, more particularly, to a cleaning and sterilizing apparatus for a beverage dispenser installed in a restaurant.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in washing a beverage dispenser such as beer installed in a restaurant, (1) a water supply direct cleaning method and (2) a mini barrel cleaning method are performed. And
In the water supply direct cleaning method (1), the dispenser head is connected to a water supply faucet via an attachment, and the water is directly passed through the beverage line at the water pressure to perform cleaning. Also,
(2) In the mini-barrel cleaning method, as shown in FIG. 11, a mini-barrel in which tap water is stored in the dispenser 1 instead of a drinking barrel.
The dispensing head 2 is connected to the dispensing head 1 and the dispensing head 1 connected to the dispensing head 1 by the gas hose 6. Is used. At the time of cleaning, tap water in the mini barrel 61 is pushed out by the gas pressure applied from the gas cylinder 4 by the gas hose 6, and flows through the dispense head 2 and the beverage hose 3 to the beverage line. Then, at an appropriate time, a sponge ball of about 8φ is sealed in the upper part of the dispense head 2 and moved in the beverage line together with the water flow, and the adhering matter in the beverage line is removed by physical contact therewith.

In such a washing method, tap water having no sterilization property is used as washing water, and since a drinking line has a long hose and a long coil and has a large number of bends, it is difficult to grow and adhere to the inner surface of the drinking line. Unable to clean and disinfect the dirt caused by the microorganisms efficiently, if the cleaning work is not performed frequently within a relatively short period of time, it will propagate and adhere to the inner surface of the beverage line again, especially in uncooled hoses. There is a problem that they adhere as colonies. In order to prevent this, it is necessary to wash as frequently as possible.However, it takes time to prepare and clean up the washing, and the beverage in the beverage line is washed away and lost every washing. Since the cleaning is not performed frequently during the interval, there is a problem that the above-mentioned problem cannot be solved.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional cleaning apparatus,
Beverage dispenser that uses tap water, reduced water and oxidized water as washing water to efficiently remove wild yeasts, molds, bacteria, etc. attached to a beverage line and keeps the beverage in a good condition for a long period of time. To provide a cleaning and sterilizing apparatus.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a cleaning and sterilizing water container for a beverage dispenser and a cleaning and sterilizing water container. A liquid feed pump connected to a downstream side of the container, and a mounting seat connected to a dispense head removed from the beverage barrel connected to a downstream side of the liquid feed pump; Tap water, reduced water, tap water, and oxidized water are alternately delivered in accordance with the procedure, and the tap water, reduced water, tap water, and oxidized water in the cleaning and sterilizing water container are supplied by the liquid feed pump through the mounting seat. It is characterized in that it is sequentially supplied to a beverage line. The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1,
The liquid feed pump is a gas-operated diaphragm type liquid feed pump that is operated by gas supplied from a gas cylinder connected to a dispense head via a mounting seat.

[0006]

In the present invention as described above, (1) the dispense head removed from the beverage barrel is attached to the mounting seat, the sponge insertion cock is attached between the beverage hose and the dispense head, and the sponge insertion cock is operated by operating the sponge insertion cock. Align the center hole of the main unit, the same flow hole, and the communication hole of the cock valve. (2) Then, supply tap water into the washing and sterilizing water container, operate the dispense head, and use the packing to pass the liquid through the mounting seat. In addition to preventing leakage of liquid through the hole to the gas side or leakage of gas to the water passage side, the gas hose communicates with the pump gas hose through the vent hole, and the liquid supply pump is operated to operate the beverage in the beverage line. When it is confirmed that the beverage has been discharged by the color of the discharged water, the handle is pushed up to stop the communication between the gas hose and the pump gas hose, and Stop operation, (3) instead of tap water placed in reduced water incidentally cleaning and sterilizing water container, wherein the operating the to liquid feed pump in the same manner by replacing the tap water reduced water,
After checking the pH of the wastewater with litmus paper and reaching a predetermined value, the dispensing head is operated to stop the operation of the liquid feed pump, and the reduced water is brought into contact with the inner surface of the beverage line for a predetermined time, and then (4) washing and sterilizing Fill the water container with tap water instead of reducing water, operate the sponge insertion cock, rotate the cock valve to align the communication hole with the sponge insertion hole of the cock body, and connect the sponge from the sponge insertion hole. Insert the sponge into the hole, rotate the cock valve again to align the communication hole, the center hole and the flow hole, and if necessary, repeat the same operation to replace the sponge with a new sponge, and replace the sponge with tap water in the drinking line. After moving, contacting the inside of the beverage line to remove substances adhering to the inside of the beverage line and cleaning the inside of the beverage line, the operation of the liquid feed pump was stopped. (5) Then, the sponge insertion cock was turned off. Remove from between the drinking hose and the dispense head. (6) Then, put oxidized water in place of tap water in the washing and sterilizing water container, operate the liquid feed pump in the same manner as above, and check the pH of the drainage with litmus paper. When the predetermined value is reached, the operation of the liquid feed pump is stopped, and oxidized water is brought into contact with the inner surface of the beverage line for a predetermined time to sterilize the beverage,
(7) At this point, remove the mounting seat from the dispense head, return it to the same state as at the time of beverage outflow, attach it to the beverage barrel, and confirm that the oxidized water has been pushed out of the beverage, then finish the cleaning and sterilization work I do.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiment shown in the drawings is used for cleaning and sterilizing a beer line, and the same reference numerals are given to the same components as those in the conventional example, and the description thereof will be omitted. The parts will be described. Reference numeral 7 denotes a cleaning and sterilizing water container, and a liquid feed pump 8 is connected to a downstream side of the cleaning and sterilizing water container 7, and a mounting seat 9 detachably connected to the dispense head 2 at a downstream side of the liquid sending pump 8. Are connected by a washing water hose 5. The liquid pump 8 is a diaphragm pump for operating gas, and is operated by gas supplied from the gas cylinder 4 through the gas hose 6, the dispense head 2, and the pump gas hose 11. The operation of the liquid feed pump 8 is controlled by the operation of the dispense head 2. Further, a sponge insertion cock 14 as shown in FIGS. 6 to 10 to which a sponge 13 which comes into contact with the inside of the beer line is detachably mounted is provided at a connection portion between the beer hose 3 and the dispense head 2.

The dispensing head 2 is constructed in the same manner as the conventional one, and is shown in detail in FIG. 2. A probe 17 which is moved up and down by a handle 18 is provided on an upper part of a head main body 16. The center hole 19 of the ball check valve 21
The head 22 is provided with a tendency to move upward by a spring 22. A gas check valve 23 is mounted inside the lower portion of the head main body 16, and a joint portion to which the gas hose 6 is connected. 24 are provided. A gasket 26 is mounted on the outer periphery of the lower end of the head body 16, and a packing 27 is mounted on the outer periphery near the lower end of the probe 17, respectively.

FIGS. 3 to 5 show the details of the mounting seat 9. The mounting seat 9 is mounted inside the outer cylindrical body 31 and is connected to the upper dish 30 and connected thereto. The lower part of the head body 16 of the dispense head is fitted into the upper concave part 34 of the upper dish part 30 through the inner cylindrical body 32 formed with the lower cylindrical part 36, and the head 33 The gasket 26 of the main body 16 abuts, and the inner cylindrical body 32 is provided with a lower concave portion 35 connected to the upper concave portion 34 and a liquid passage hole 40 connected to this, and When the packing 27 of the dispense head 2 moves down, the inner cylindrical body 32
An annular space 37 is formed inside the outer cylindrical body 31 around the middle outer periphery of the outer cylindrical body, and a ventilation hole 38 communicating the annular space 37 and the upper concave portion 34 is provided. A joint 39 communicating with the pump gas hose 11 is attached.

FIGS. 6 to 10 show the sponge insertion cock 14 in detail. A lower joint 42 detachably connected to the via tail 20 at the upper end of the dispense head 2 is provided at the lower end.
Further, the sponge 13 is attached to both the joints 42 and 43 in the insertion cock body 41 having the upper joint 43 with the beverage hose 3 formed at the upper end.
Can be slidably fitted and communicate with the center hole 49 of the communication hole 4
The insertion cock body 41 has a sponge 13 on one side.
A sponge insertion hole 48 is provided which is slidable and communicates with the center hole 49 in a direction perpendicular to the center hole 49. A cock valve 51 is slidably fitted in the center hole 49, and the cock valve 51 There is provided a communication hole 46 which is aligned with one of the flow holes 44, 45 or the sponge insertion hole 48. Sponge insertion hole
In the illustrated embodiment, a spherical concave portion 53 is formed at the entrance of the inlet 48 so that a sponge can be easily inserted. The concave portion 53 is not shown but may have a funnel shape.

When cleaning and sterilizing, for example, the beer dispenser 1 using the cleaning and sterilizing apparatus as described above, reduced water for cleaning consisting of alkaline ionized water obtained by electrolyzing a saline solution and acidic water for cleaning are used. Oxidizing water for sterilization made of ion water and tap water are prepared.
(1) The dispense head 2 removed from the beer barrel 10 is mounted on the mounting seat 9, a sponge insertion cock 14 is mounted between the beer hose 3 and the dispense head 2, and the sponge insertion cock 14 is operated to operate the cock body 41. Center hole of 49
And the communication holes 44 and 45 and the communication hole 46 of the cock valve 51 are aligned. (2) Then, tap water is poured into the washing / sterilizing water container 7, the dispensing head 2 is operated, the packing 27 prevents the liquid from flowing through the liquid hole 40 of the mounting seat 9, and the gas hole 6 is connected to the gas hose 6 by the gas hole 38. Communicates with the pump gas hose 11,
When the beer in the beer line is discharged by operating the liquid supply pump 8 and it is confirmed that the discharge of the beverage is completed by the color of the discharged water, the handle 18 is pushed up to establish communication between the gas hose 6 and the pump gas hose 11. Then, the operation of the liquid feed pump 8 is stopped. (3) Then, the reduced water is put in the washing and sterilizing water container 7 in place of the tap water, and the liquid feed pump 8 is operated in the same manner as above to replace the tap water with the reduced water, and the pH of the drainage is checked with a litmus paper. When the value reaches a predetermined value, the operation of the liquid feed pump 8 is stopped, and the reduced water is allowed to stand still in contact with the inner surface of the beer line for 5 to 10 minutes. (4) Then, tap water is put into the washing / sterilizing water container 7 instead of reducing water, and the sponge insertion cock 14 is operated to rotate the cock valve 51 so that the communication hole 46 and the sponge insertion hole of the cock body 41 are turned.
48, the sponge is inserted from the sponge insertion hole 48 to the communication hole 46, and the cock valve 51 is again rotated to connect the sponge.
46, the center hole 49, and the flow holes 44, 45 are aligned, and if necessary, the same operation is repeated to exchange for a new sponge, and the sponge is moved in the beer line by tap water,
Remove any adhering substances by contacting the inner surface of the beer line, investigate the degree of contamination by observing the effluent from time to time, repeat the sponge insertion until it is clean, and thus repeat the beer line When the internal cleaning is performed, the operation of the liquid feed pump 8 is stopped. (5) Next, the sponge insertion cock 14 is removed from between the beer hose 3 and the dispense head 2. (6) Then, oxidized water was put into the washing and sterilizing water container 7 in place of tap water, and the feed pump 8 was operated to replace the tap water with oxidized water in the same manner as described above, and the pH of the drainage was checked with litmus paper. When the predetermined value is reached, the operation of the liquid supply pump is stopped, and the oxidized water is allowed to stand still on the inner surface of the beer line for 5 to 10 minutes for sterilization. (7) At this point, the mounting seat 9 is removed from the dispense head 2 and returned to the same state as that at the time of beverage outflow, and the beer barrel 10 is returned.
When it is confirmed that the oxidized water has been extruded by the beer, the cleaning and sterilizing operation is completed. In this case, the liquid feed pump 8 is a gas-operated diaphragm pump, and is operated by gas supplied from the gas cylinder 5. The operation is controlled by the operation of the dispense head 2 as described above. However, besides that, the draft cock 1 in the beer line
2.A mode in which the operation is automatically stopped when the pressure in the beer line becomes higher than the working gas pressure by closing the sponge insertion cock 14 and the like, and the operation is automatically started when the pressure in the beer line becomes low. Controls its operation. When the washing and sterilizing water container 7 is empty, the inside of the beer line is purged by sucking air, and when performing the washing and sterilizing as described above, in this embodiment, the reduced water and the oxidized water are supplied to the inner surface of the beer line. 5 static contacts
~ 10 minutes, but this time can be changed as needed. The sponge 13 may not be used.

In the above operation, the reduced water and the oxidized water are actually obtained by electrolyzing a 500 PPM saline solution, and the reduced water obtained on the cathode side has a pH of 1.
1.6. Oxidation-reduction potential ORP was -800 mv, which was used as a detergent because of its excellent detergency. On the other hand, the oxidized water obtained on the anode side had a pH of 2.4, an ORP of 1160 mv, and contained active chlorine and active oxygen, and thus had bactericidal properties. Using these reduced water, oxidized water and tap water, as described above, water was passed through the washing / sterilization line, and the washing / sterilization was performed by contacting the inner surface thereof. Could be confirmed.

When one liter of the same beer is poured out at a temperature of 30 ° C. per day, the dispenser 1 which has been washed and sterilized using the reduced water and the oxidized water as described above has a capacity of 8 liters.
No colonies were generated in the hose even after a lapse of a week, but the dispenser 1 which had been washed and sterilized by the conventional method developed a stain on the hose after a lapse of two weeks.

[0014]

The present invention is as described above. According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a cleaning and sterilizing apparatus for a beverage dispenser, a cleaning and sterilizing water container is connected to a downstream side of the cleaning and sterilizing water container. A liquid supply pump, and a mounting seat connected to a dispense head removed from the beverage barrel connected to a downstream side of the liquid supply pump, wherein the cleaning and sterilizing water container has tap water, reduced water, and water according to a cleaning and sterilizing procedure. Tap water and oxidized water are delivered alternately one after another, and the tap water, reduced water, tap water, and oxidized water in the cleaning and sterilizing water container are delivered by a liquid feed pump.
The invention according to claim 2, wherein the liquid supply pump is supplied to the beverage line sequentially through the mounting seat, and the liquid feed pump is operated by gas supplied from the gas cylinder connected to the dispense head through the mounting seat. Because it is a type of pump, it uses tap water, reduced water and oxidized water as washing water to efficiently remove wild yeasts, molds, bacteria, etc. attached to the beverage line, and keeps the beverage in good condition for a long time. And the gas container provided for discharging the beverage from the beverage barrel can be used as a drive source of the liquid supply pump as it is, and is specially provided for the operation of the liquid supply pump. In addition to the fact that there is no need to install the device, when the washing and sterilizing water container is empty, the air is sucked in, the inside of the beverage line is purged, and according to the opening and closing operation of the opening and closing member of the beverage line, Dynamically stopped the operation of the liquid feed pump, or there is an effect that is started.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall layout view when a cleaning and disinfecting apparatus of the present invention is used.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional front view of the dispense head.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view of the mounting seat according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the sponge insertion cock according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line 7-7 when the sponge passes.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state of being rotated by 90 degrees in the above.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 7 when the sponge does not pass therethrough.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a state of being rotated by 90 degrees in the above.

FIG. 11 is a schematic explanatory view of a conventional typical dispenser cleaning device.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Yasushi Kikuchi 1-33-9 Mukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo Asahi Breweries Engineering Tokyo Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masami Yamada 3-2-56 Minami Suita, Suita-shi, Osaka Company Asahi draft beer service Kansainai (72) Inventor Hideo Murakami 3-2-56 Minami Suita, Suita-shi, Osaka Asahi draft beer service Kansainai (56) References JP-A-4-294789 (JP, A) Kaihei 2-90300 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B67D 1/07

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] And 1. A cleaning and sterilizing water container, a liquid feed pump connected downstream of the cleaning and sterilizing water container, the liquid feed pump
Dispense connected downstream and removed from beverage barrel
A mounting seat coupled to the head;
Tap water, reduced water, tap water,
Oxidized water is delivered alternately one after another
Tap water, reduced water, tap water, oxidized water in the container
, Which are sequentially supplied to a beverage line via a mounting seat . 2. The liquid supply pump is connected to a dispense head.
Gas supplied from the connected gas cylinder via the mounting seat
-Operated diaphragm-type liquid-feeding pump operated by
Cleaning and sterilizing apparatus for a beverage dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the flop.