JP3101714U - Freezing PET bottle beverage and its vending machine. - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vending machine for beverages cooled at a beach, a golf course, a sports stadium, and the like in summer, the temperature of the beverages tends to rise soon and the value thereof tends to be significantly reduced. In order to prevent this, it is often necessary to prepare a cool box or the like. An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.
SOLUTION: The frozen drink is a frozen PET bottle beverage which is hermetically contained in a PET bottle container. The vending machine for selling the vending machine is provided with a temperature setting device and a cooling device for setting the temperature of the product accommodating portion in the machine to a temperature for maintaining the frozen state of the frozen PET bottle beverage.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a frozen bottled beverage and a vending machine exclusively selling the beverage.

  It is well known that in recent years, numerous types and quantities of beverages have been sold in vending machines. These are different from so-called ice creams and ice confectioneries, and are currently sold as liquids contained in containers such as bottles, cans, PET bottle containers, and paper cups.

  As for the vending machine, there are refrigeration specifications or refrigeration and hot specifications as temperature settings, but at present, there are no refrigeration specifications such as ice cream or refrigeration and freezing specifications.

  In such a current situation, even if a beverage cooled at a beach or a golf course in summer is purchased by a vending machine, the value of the beverage tends to rise rapidly and its value is significantly reduced. In many cases, a cold box must be prepared to prevent this. An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the frozen drink 1 is hermetically housed in a plastic bottle container 2 to form a frozen plastic bottle beverage 12 of the present invention.

  The preferred frozen state is a semi-sorbet-like state, which does not require an excessively hard frozen state.

  The freezing is performed in the factory after the beverage is filled in the container, but the volume slightly increases at the time of freezing, but the slight deformation of the plastic PET bottle container, which is an elastic body, sufficiently absorbs this. After being frozen in this way, it is stored in a dedicated vending machine.

  This dedicated vending machine is as follows. That is, a temperature setting device 3 and a cooling device 4 for setting the temperature of the product accommodating portion in the machine to a temperature for maintaining the frozen state of the frozen PET bottle beverage 12 are provided inside. It almost follows that of vending machines.

  The temperature setting device 3 does not necessarily refer to a single component or device, but is a general term for a temperature sensor 3A, a thermostat 3B, a temperature adjustment dial 3C, and the like.

  The cooling device 4 is generally divided into a refrigerator 4A and a cooler 4B and attached to the lower part inside the vending machine. The fan 5 sends out and circulates cool air upward.

  In addition, since the outside air temperature differs greatly in summer and winter, and the needs of beverage products also differ, when the temperature is lower than about 17 ° C, the same thing as a normal liquid beverage is placed, and about 5 ° C ~ It is preferable to set the temperature to about 10 ° C.

  According to the present invention, since the beverage in the PET bottle container is frozen, the large latent heat of melting of the ice keeps it close to 0 ° C for a long time even when left in a high temperature environment in summer for a while. Very cool beverages can be drunk in plastic bottles. Therefore, there is an effect that a cooling box or the like is not required at a beach, a golf course, or a long distance driver.

  A form suitable for the frozen PET bottle beverage 12 is to first fill a 200-1000 cc square PET bottle container with a beverage having a very low freezing point, such as juice, soft drinks, and sports drinks, and freeze it in a semi-sorbet shape. It will be sold in a dedicated vending machine.

  Even if the dedicated vending machine has a frozen specification of -5 ° C to -10 ° C in the summer, it is switched to the refrigerated specification in the winter and has a defrosting function.

  A 300cc square PET bottle container is filled with a fruit juice beverage, frozen in a sherbet shape, and stored in a dedicated vending machine. The dedicated vending machine is as shown in FIG. 2, and the product delivery system is a spiral type. A refrigerator 4A, a cooler 4B, and a fan 5 are provided below, and a temperature sensor 3A, a thermostat 3B, and a temperature control dial 3C that can keep the product storage point at -5 ° C to -10 ° C in summer are installed. In winter, the temperature can be adjusted to 0 ° C. to 5 ° C. with the temperature control dial 3C. Note that a base control box 6, a coin mech 7, a product outlet 8 and the like are provided on the door side as in the conventional case.

  The frozen PET bottle beverage and the vending machine of the present invention are of great needs for long-distance drivers at beaches, golf courses, sports stadiums, etc. in summer, and are easy to handle in production and the like. Thus, there is enormous industrial applicability.

Cross-sectional view of the frozen plastic bottle beverage of the present invention A sketch of the vending machine for frozen PET bottle beverages when the door is opened according to the present invention

Explanation of reference numerals

1 ... frozen drink 2 ... PET bottle container 12 ... frozen PET bottle drink 3 ... temperature setting device 3A ... temperature sensor 3B ... thermostat 3C ... temperature control dial 4 ... cooling device 4A ... Refrigerator 4B ... Cooler 5 ... Fan 6 ... Base control box 7 ... Coin Mech 8 ... Product outlet

Claims (2)

  A frozen PET bottle beverage, wherein the frozen drink is hermetically contained in a PET bottle container.   An automatic vending machine for frozen PET bottle drinks, comprising a temperature setting device and a cooling device for setting the temperature of a product storage location in the machine to a temperature at which the frozen state of the ice PET bottle drink is maintained.

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