JP3217058U - Beverage server - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a beverage server capable of setting a plurality of types of temperature for each beverage bottle stored in a single server without preparing a plurality of servers. A storage portion for storing a beverage bottle and a connection portion are provided. The connection portion sends out an inert gas into the inside of the bottle and a beverage inside the bottle. And an extraction unit 32. This server includes a plurality of cooling chambers 11 that are independent from each other, and these cooling chambers 11 include air blowing ports 30 that are capable of blowing air that are set at different temperatures. The beverage inside can be stored at different temperatures. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a server used for pouring drinking water from a bottle into a glass or the like.

As shown in Patent Documents 1 to 3, various types of beverage servers have been proposed in which an inert gas such as nitrogen is introduced into a beverage container such as a wine bottle and the beverage inside is poured into a glass or the like. This type of beverage server is useful as it can cool wine bottles to a predetermined temperature and serve wine at a predetermined temperature, and can store a plurality of wine bottles. There are also known to be able to serve wine from wine bottles.
However, the temperature setting of one beverage server can only be set to one temperature regardless of the number of wine bottles that can be stored in the server. On the other hand, as represented by red wine and white wine, wine has an optimum temperature for each type. Therefore, in order to store and provide each wine at the optimum temperature, multiple servers are required.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-07444 JP 2012-19708 A JP 2010-189067 A

An object of the present invention is to provide a plurality of types of temperature settings for each beverage bottle stored in one server without preparing a plurality of servers.

The present invention comprises a storage part for storing a beverage bottle and a connection part, wherein the connection part introduces an inert gas into the bottle and an extraction part for sending out the beverage inside the bottle. In the server for beverages, the server includes a plurality of cooling chambers independent of each other, the plurality of cooling chambers each having a blower opening capable of blowing air set at different temperatures, and the beverage disposed in each cooling chamber The above-described problems are solved by providing a beverage server characterized in that the beverage in the container can be stored at different temperatures.

The present invention has been able to provide a beverage server capable of setting a plurality of types of temperature for each beverage bottle stored in a single server without preparing a plurality of servers.

The front view of the server for drinks concerning an embodiment of the invention. Explanatory drawing of the internal structure of the state which looked at the server for the drinks from the side. The circuit explanatory drawing of the refrigerating cycle of the server for the drinks.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The server according to this embodiment according to this embodiment includes a door 14 that can be opened and closed on the front surface of the casing 12. Inside the casing 12, cooling chambers 11 for storing wine bottles are arranged side by side on the left and right sides, and a device space 21 is provided behind the cooling chamber 11.

Each of the cooling chambers 11 can store a wine bottle containing 750 ml, and the front surfaces thereof are adjacent to each other and open. These cooling chambers 11 are separated by a boundary wall 13, and the respective cooling chambers 11 are opened adjacent to each other, and a common door 14 is opened and closed to thereby cool the cooling chambers 11. The front surface of the chamber 11 can be opened and closed at a time.
Above the door 14 in the casing 12 main body, an operation unit 15 and a pouring nozzle 16 are arranged for each cooling chamber 11. When the operation unit 15 is pressed by a touch switch, the wine in the wine bottle disposed in the cooling chamber 11 is poured out from the pouring nozzle 16.
A cooling device 22 that cools the inside of the cooling chamber 11 is disposed in the device space 21. A gas cylinder 23 such as nitrogen gas is provided in the apparatus space 21 such as above the rear part of the casing 12.

A connection portion 31 is provided on the inner top surface 18 of each cooling chamber 11, and the wine bottle 10 is erected on the inner floor surface 19 of the cooling chamber 11. The size of the cooling chamber 11 is set to such a size that the connecting portion 31 can be attached to the standing wine bottle 10.
The door 14 shown in this embodiment corresponds to the two cooling chambers 11 and is a window fitted with a transparent plate such as transparent glass so that the labels of the two wine bottles 10 can be seen from the outside. 20 is provided. The size of the window 20 is most preferably such that almost the entire height of the wine bottles 10 in the two cooling chambers 11 can be seen, but at least the body label of the wine bottle 10 such as the lower half is seen from the outside. It is preferable to carry out with such a size that can be achieved.

In the wine bottle server according to this embodiment, two wine bottles 10 can be arranged in two cooling chambers 11, and two sets of the operation unit 15, the pouring nozzle 16 and the connection unit 31 are provided. However, it may correspond to a larger number.

The connection part 31 is provided with a gas injection part 25 that can be attached to and detached from the mouth of the bottle and an extraction part 32 that sends out the beverage inside the bottle to the outside. The gas injection section 25 and the extraction section 32 include a gas insertion tube 29 and a liquid insertion tube 34, and the connection portion 31 is made of an elastic material such as rubber, and the gas insertion tube -It is slidable while maintaining airtightness with respect to the tube 29 and the liquid insertion tube 34.
Then, with the gas insertion tube 29 and the liquid insertion tube 34 inserted into the wine bottle 10, the connection portion 31 can be attached to the mouth of the wine bottle 10 while maintaining airtightness. it can. Note that the gas insertion tube 29 and the liquid insertion tube 34 are preferably flexible, and the gas insertion tube 29 and the wine insertion tube 29 with the mouth open are slightly inclined. It can be carried out by inserting the liquid insertion tube 34 and attaching the connecting portion 31 to the mouth of the wine bottle 10.
The liquid insertion tube 34 is longer than the gas insertion tube 29, and the liquid insertion tube 34 reaches near the bottom of the wine bottle 10 in a state where the connection portion 31 is attached to the mouth of the wine bottle 10. The connecting portion 31 can be slid with respect to both the tubes 29 and 34 so that the gas insertion tube 29 is positioned above the liquid level of the wine bottle 10.

The gas injection part 25 and the gas cylinder 23 are connected by a gas flow path 27 such as a pipe or a tube, and a gas valve 28 such as an electromagnetic valve is provided in the gas flow path 27. The extraction unit 32 and the pouring nozzle 16 are connected by a liquid flow path 33 such as a pipe or tube, and a liquid valve 35 such as an electromagnetic valve is provided in the liquid flow path 33.

The operation unit 15 is a switch for opening and closing the gas valve 28 and the liquid valve 35. In this example, when the operation unit 15 is pressed, the gas valve 28 and the liquid valve 35 are opened, and the gas bottle is placed in the wine bottle 10. The inert gas is introduced from 23, and the wine in the wine bottle 10 flows from the extraction unit 32 through the liquid flow path 33 and flows out from the pouring nozzle 16.

The operation unit 15 may release the wine from the operation unit 15 so that the gas valve 28 and the liquid valve 35 are closed to stop the wine pouring. The gas valve 28 and the liquid valve 35 are automatically closed when the extraction of a predetermined extraction amount is completed by pressing the operation unit 15 once, so that the pouring of wine stops. Alternatively, these two operation methods may be switched.

The cooling device 22 includes a cooler 41 and a compression radiator 42 that constitute a refrigeration cycle using a refrigerant.
The cooler 41 is provided for each cooling chamber 11, and cold air is introduced into the cooling chamber 11 by a fan or the like from a blower opening 30 provided on the wall surface of the cooling chamber 11, and the set temperature is set in the cooling chamber 11. Maintain the temperature of. In addition to this example, the cooling device 22 can be changed to various refrigeration cycle formats, or can be changed to a cooling device using a Peltier element.
As shown in FIG. 3, the refrigerant pipes of the respective coolers 41 are joined at a junction 47 such as a valve, and heat is exchanged from the compressor 43 of the compression radiator 42 by the radiator 44 including the radiator plate 45. It returns to each cooler 41 via the capillary tube 46 from the distribution parts 48, such as a valve | bulb.
Above each door 14 in the casing 12 main body, a touch button type temperature adjustment operation unit 24 having a digital display for changing the set temperature of the cooling device 22 and switching on and off for each cooling chamber 11 is provided. By operating the temperature control operation unit 24, it is possible to adjust the heat exchange conditions and the like in each cooler 41, and to blow air whose temperature is individually adjusted for each cooling chamber 11.

Therefore, the wine in the wine bottle 10 is always stored in an environment maintained at a constant temperature without touching the air regardless of the remaining amount of wine, and is kept in an extremely good state. The required amount can be poured out from the nozzle 16 simply by operating the operation unit 15. Therefore, it is possible to provide a certain amount of wine in a wine bottle in the best condition without skill, and of course, for example, red wine with a suitable temperature of 13 ° C and white wine with a suitable temperature of 7 ° C. It can be stored and provided at the optimum temperature according to the brand. The beverage stored in this server is not limited to wine.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Wine bottle 11 Cooling chamber 13 Boundary wall 12 Casing 14 Door 15 Operation part 16 Pouring nozzle 18 Internal top surface 19 Internal floor surface 20 Window 21 Device space 22 Cooling device 23 Gas cylinder 24 Temperature control operation part 25 Gas injection part 27 Gas flow Passage 28 Gas valve 29 Gas insertion tube 30 Blower port 31 Connection part 32 Extraction part 33 Liquid flow path 34 Liquid insertion tube 35 Liquid valve 41 Cooler 42 Compression radiator 43 Compressor 44 Radiator 45 Heat radiation Plate 46 Capillary tube 47 Junction section 48 Distribution section

Claims (4)

A beverage storage unit including a storage unit for storing a beverage bottle and a connection unit, wherein the connection unit includes a gas injection unit for introducing an inert gas into the bottle and an extraction unit for delivering the beverage inside the bottle to the outside. Server
The server comprises a plurality of cooling chambers independent of each other;
A plurality of the cooling chambers are provided with air outlets capable of air blowing set to temperatures individually,
A beverage server characterized in that beverages in beverage containers arranged in each cooling chamber can be stored at different temperatures. The plurality of cooling chambers are separated by boundary walls,
Each of the cooling chambers can store a wine bottle containing 750 ml, and the front surfaces of the cooling chambers are adjacent to each other. The cooling chambers have a common door, and the doors are opened and closed to open the front surfaces of the cooling chambers. 2. The beverage server according to claim 1, wherein the server can be opened and closed at a time. The cooling device that blows air to the air outlet includes a compression radiator and a cooler,
The cooler is provided for each cooling chamber, each of the coolers is connected to a common compression radiator, and the refrigerant cooled by the cooler is compressed by the compressor of the compression radiator and the heat sink The beverage server according to claim 2, wherein heat exchange with outside air is performed. The beverage server according to claim 3, further comprising a pouring nozzle connected to the extraction unit and a temperature adjustment operation unit for blowing air from the blowing port for each cooling chamber.