JP3215527U - Liquor storage container - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] With a simple structure, it is possible to prevent liquor stored in an upper storage part from spilling into a lower storage part automatically when liquor is dispensed and when the liquor is poured or stored. A storage container for sake. A plurality of independent liquor storage units are arranged in the vertical direction, and conduits 13a and 13b are provided between adjacent storage units 10a to 10c to allow the liquor to flow down. In the sake storage container 1 provided with an outlet, the conduits 13a and 13b are configured to include a valve body 23 that can be opened and closed so as to bend in the lateral direction and cover the outlet portion. [Selection] Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage container for liquor, and more particularly to a storage container for carrying out a process that is an old sake aging method of Awamori.

As a conventional technique of this type of storage container, for example, the one shown in Utility Model Registration No. 3120081 of the same creator is known.
A conventional liquor storage container has a cylindrical conduit that connects each storage section inserted in the center of the storage container. Using the conduit, a pipe and a funnel are used to pour and prepare liquor into each storage section. It has a structure that can simplify the next.
The term “handing” means that old sake is distinguished and stored in a plurality of baskets in the order of years, and when the old sake is taken out, it is added in order. This process is an old sake ripening method unique to Okinawa Prefecture, and is intended to maintain the most delicious state for a long time without compromising the flavor of the old sake, and to keep the old sake at a certain amount.

Utility Model Registration No. 3120081

However, in the conventional liquor storage container, the cylindrical conduit for connecting the reservoirs has a structure that penetrates the same line from the uppermost reservoir to the lowermost reservoir. Sometimes, the liquor in the upper storage part spills into the lower storage part during storage and aging of sake for a long time. Moreover, when pouring liquor into each storage container, the funnel had to be fitted into the insertion tube, which was cumbersome and time-consuming.
Therefore, the present invention has a simple structure and prevents the upper storage portion from spilling into the lower storage portion, and can be easily poured and dispensed without using tools such as an insertion tube or a funnel. It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage container for sake that can be used.

  In order to achieve the above object, a storage container according to the present invention includes a plurality of independent liquor storage units arranged in the vertical direction, a conduit for allowing sake to flow down between adjacent storage units, and a plurality of the storage units. In the sake storage container provided with an outlet, the conduit has a valve body that can be opened and closed so as to bend in the lateral direction and cover the outlet portion.

It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the storage container of the liquor which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the storage container of this invention, (b) It is an expanded sectional view of a conduit | pipe. It is an external appearance perspective view which respectively shows the state which the valve body of the conduit | pipe concerning the Example of this invention opened (a) valve opening, (b) valve closing. It is a figure which shows the state which pours alcohol into the storage part of the lowest stage. It is a figure which shows the state which pours alcohol into the storage part of a middle stage. It is a figure which shows the state which pours liquor in the uppermost store. It is a figure which shows the state which filled all the storage parts with liquor. It is a figure which shows how to make the old liquor by an agency. It is an external appearance perspective view of the conduit | pipe which concerns on the other Example of this invention.

Hereinafter, the storage container 1 which concerns on the Example of this invention is demonstrated with reference to each figure.
Here, as an embodiment of the present invention, the material of the storage container 1 is a highly transparent synthetic resin, and the storage unit has a three-stage configuration including the first to third storage units 10a, 10b, and 10c.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a sake storage container 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The storage container 1 is a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped that is long in the vertical direction, and includes storage parts 10a, 10b, 10c, outlets 20a, 20b, 20c, a lid 30, a spout 40, and a conduit 13a provided between the storage parts. , 13b.

The storage units 10a, 10b, and 10c are separated by a first partition plate 12a and a second partition plate 12b and are arranged in a three-stage configuration in an independent vertical direction. For example, in the uppermost first storage unit 10a, fresh sake 60a The middle second storage unit 10b stores two years of sake 60b, and the bottom third storage unit 10c stores three years of sake 60c.
The volume of each of the storage units 10a, 10b, and 10c is the same as that of the second storage unit 10b and the third storage unit 10c, and the first storage unit 10a includes other storage units (second storage unit 10b and third storage unit 10c). ) And smaller.

  The outlets (faucets) 20a, 20b, and 20c are used when pouring the liquor in each storage unit, and are provided on the same side of each of the first to third storage units 10a, 10b, and 10c. The outlet 20a of the 1st storage part 10a is formed near the lower surface of the spout plate 11, and the outlet 20b of the 2nd storage part 10b and the outlet 20c of the 3rd storage part 10c are the conduit | pipe 13a, 13b demonstrated later. It is formed below the exit.

  The lid 30 is formed to be detachable with substantially the same size as the outer peripheral edge of the storage container 1 and closes the spout 40 of the storage container 1 to prevent minute dust, dust, etc. from entering the storage unit. Yes. Moreover, the stopper 30 is arrange | positioned at the both ends so that the inner wall of the storage container 1 may be closely_contact | adhered to the both ends, and the position shift of the lid | cover 30 is prevented.

  The spout 40 is located above the first storage unit 10a and is formed in a square square tube that is partitioned, so that liquor can be poured from the spout 40 into the first storage unit 10a. It is formed in communication with the first storage unit 10a.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the conduits 13a and 13b are respectively arranged on the lower surface side of the partition plates 12a and 12b between the storage units, and the first conduit 13a and the second conduit 13b have the same shape and size. It is as. Further, as shown in FIG. 2B, the conduits 13a and 13b are formed in an L-shaped cross section in which the outlet side is bent in the lateral direction, and are arranged so as to surround the periphery of the through hole 21 in the partition plates 12a and 12b. Has been. Thereby, the liquor 60a of the first storage section passes through the through hole 21 and the first conduit 13a and flows down to the second reservoir 10b, and the liquor 60b of the second reservoir section passes through the through hole 21 and the second conduit 13b. And flows down to the third storage unit 10c.

FIG. 3A is an external perspective view showing a state in which the valve body 23 of the conduits 13a and 13b is opened, and FIG. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the conduits 13a and 13b are formed in a rectangular tube shape, and the outlet portion is inclined upward.
The valve body 23 is attached to the outlet portions of the conduits 13a and 13b via a hinge 22 provided on the upper edge of the valve body 23. The valve body 23 is formed to be openable and closable around the hinge 22 and is opened and closed (swinged) in response to the flow of sake flowing down in the conduit. In addition, the shape of the valve body 23 should just be a shape along the shape of the exit part of not only the rectangle of an Example but the conduit | pipe 13a, 13b, A circular shape, an ellipse shape, etc. may be sufficient.

Next, the usage method of the storage container 1 comprised in this way is demonstrated.
Hereinafter, the case where the empty first to third storage units 10a, 10b, and 10c are filled with sake of different ages will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 (A) to (D).

FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating a state when, for example, three years of sake 60c is poured into the third storage unit 10c at the lowest level of the storage container 1. FIG. First, the lid 30 is removed, the first outlet 20a and the second outlet 20b of the storage container 1 are closed, and the third outlet 20c is opened, and then the liquor 60c is poured from the spout 40. Then, the liquor 60c poured from the spout 40 flows down to the first storage unit 10a in the uppermost stage, and the flowed down liquor 60c is between the first storage unit 10a and the second storage unit 10b. It flows down to the 2nd storage part 10b of the middle stage through the conduit | pipe 13a. Furthermore, the liquor 60c that has flowed down to the second storage unit 10b passes through the second conduit 13b between the second storage unit 10b and the third storage unit 10c, and then flows down to the third storage unit 10c at the lowest level.
Here, the reason why the third outlet 20c is opened is to allow air in the space 50c of the third storage part to escape. This is because when the third outlet 20c is closed and alcohol is poured, the air pressure in the space 50c of the third storage portion increases, and the valve body 23 of the second conduit 13b does not open, and the third storage This is because the liquor 60c cannot be poured into the portion 10c.
And just before the liquor 60c is poured, by closing the third outlet 20c, the valve body 23 can be kept closed by the air pressure of the space 50c of the third storage section.

  Next, FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a state when, for example, two years of sake 60b is poured into the second storage unit 10b in the middle of the storage container 1. In this case, after the second outlet 20b is opened and the first outlet 20a and the third outlet 20c are closed, the liquor 60b is poured. As in the case of pouring three-year sake 60c, the sake 60b poured from the spout 40 flows down to the first storage unit 10a at the uppermost stage, and the flowed down alcohol 60c is the first storage unit 10a and the first storage unit 10a. Through the first conduit 13a between the two reservoirs 10b, it flows down to the second reservoir 10b in the middle stage. The valve body 23 of the first conduit 13a is closed by the air pressure of the space 50b of the second storage part by closing the second outlet 20b shortly before the pouring of the liquor 60b of the second storage part is finished. Can be kept in a closed state, and the liquor 60a of the first storage unit can be prevented from spilling into the second storage unit 10b.

  Next, FIG. 4C is a diagram illustrating a state when, for example, fresh liquor is poured into the first storage unit 10 a at the uppermost stage of the storage container 1. Since the 1st storage part 10a is connected and formed with the spout 40, all the outlets 20a, 20b, and 20c will be closed, and the liquor 60a will be poured. The liquor 60a poured from the spout 40 is poured directly into the first storage unit 10a, and when the pouring of the liquor 60a in the first storage unit is finished, as shown in FIG. The operation of filling the first to third storage parts 10a, 10b, 10c of the storage container 1 with liquor is completed.

By using the conduits 13a and 13b including the valve body 23 in the storage container 1 in this way, when the sake is poured, the upper storage portion of the sake (the first storage portion sake 60a and the second storage portion sake 60b) It is possible to prevent spilling into the lower storage units (second storage unit 10b, third storage unit 10c).
Moreover, since all the outlets 20a, 20b, and 20c are in a closed state during storage and aging of sake, the air pressure in the space portion 50b of the second storage portion and the space 50c of the third storage portion causes the conduits 13a and 13b to The valve body 23 is kept closed, and the liquor stored in the upper storage unit (the first storage unit 60a and the second storage unit 60b) is the lower storage unit (the second storage unit 10b, the second storage unit 10b). 3 storage 10c).

  Here, the flow of alcohol when the aged liquor is poured out after being stored and aged for a certain period as described above will be described. The state of the storage container 1 that has been stored and aged for a certain period of time is the same as that shown in FIG. Then, the case where the liquor 60c of the 3rd storage part is poured out from the 3rd storage part 10c is demonstrated using this FIG.4 (D).

  First, when the take-out port 20c of the third storage unit 10c is opened and a desired amount of the third storage unit 60c is poured out, in conjunction with this operation, the third storage unit sake 60c is poured out. The same amount of liquor 60b in the second storage part automatically flows down to the third storage part 10c through the second conduit 13b. Similarly, at this time, the same amount of liquor 60a in the first storage unit as the amount of poured out liquor 60c automatically flows down to the second storage unit 10b through the first conduit 13a. Then, when the outlet 20c of the third storage unit 10c is closed, the flow of sake automatically stops.

  That is, it is possible to carry out the finishing, which is an old liquor ripening method as shown in FIG. 5, in the storage container 1 of the present invention. The amount of the second storage portion sake 60b (the second portion in FIG. 5 (2)) equal to the amount of the third storage portion sake 60c poured out from the relatives in FIG. 5 (1). The liquor that was pumped down) flowed down to the third storage unit 10c, and the same amount of liquor 60b from the second storage unit that had flowed down was pumped from the third bowl in the first storage unit 60a ((3) in FIG. 5). Liquor) automatically flows down to the second storage unit 10a. For this reason, by pouring the same amount of fresh sake (sake poured in (4) of FIG. 5) from the third storage unit 10c into the first storage unit 10a from the spout 40 of the storage container 1, The amount of alcohol in each storage unit can be kept constant.

  As described above, according to the storage container 1 of the present invention, by providing the conduits 13a and 13b including the valve body 23 between the storage units, it is possible to easily make the sake without using tools other than the storage container 1. It is possible to perform pouring and finishing.

As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment was described for this invention, it is not limited only to embodiment mentioned above, A various change implementation is possible in the range of this invention.
In each of the above-described embodiments, the shapes of the conduits 13a and 13b are L-shaped. However, the conduits 13a and 13b may be curved as shown in FIG. Moreover, although the Example was described using the conduit | pipe 13a, 13b formed in the square cylinder shape, it is possible to implement using the conduit | pipe 13a, 13b formed in cylindrical shape.

  In each of the above embodiments, the material of the storage container 1 is a highly transparent synthetic resin. However, any one of metals such as earthenware, wood, and stainless steel, or a combination thereof may be used.

  Furthermore, in each said embodiment, although the case where awamori was stored in the storage container 1 was demonstrated, it is applicable also to the storage aging of liquors other than awamori.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage container 10a 1st storage part 10b 2nd storage part 10c 3rd storage part 11 Spout plate 12a 1st partition plate 12b 2nd partition plate 13a 1st conduit | pipe 13b 2nd conduit | pipe 20a 1st exit 20b 2nd exit 20c 3rd outlet 21 Through-hole 22 Hinge 23 Valve body 30 Lid 31 Stopper 40 Spout 50a Space part of 1st storage part 50b Space part of 2nd storage part 50c Space part of 3rd storage part 60a Space part of 1st storage part Liquor 60b Liquor in second storage 60c Liquor in third storage

Claims (4)

  A storage container for liquor, wherein a plurality of independent liquor storage units are arranged in the vertical direction, a conduit for flowing down liquor is provided between adjacent storage units, and an outlet is provided in the plural storage units, The said conduit | pipe is provided with the valve body which can be opened and closed so that an exit side may bend in a horizontal direction, and may cover an exit part.   2. The sake storage container according to claim 1, wherein the conduit has an L-shaped cross-sectional shape.   The sake storage container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conduit includes a valve body that can be opened and closed via a hinge.   The storage container for liquor according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a material of the storage container for liquor is one of synthetic resin, earthenware, wood, metal, or a combination thereof. Storage container for sake.

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