JP3231540B2 - Stacking jig for beer barrel - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stacking jig for beer barrels.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional beer barrel (for example, a 50-liter draft beer barrel) has a diameter of about 400 mm and a height of about 550.
mm is a heavy object.

[0003] As shown in FIG. 6, such a beer barrel is made of a material made of stainless steel (SUS). In particular, this type of beer barrel 10 has an upper shell plate 11 and a lower shell plate 12 having circular cross sections, and an upper head plate 13 fixed to the upper and lower portions thereof by welding.
The upper end plate 13 is provided with a base 14 opened in the beer barrel 10 at the center of the upper surface of the upper end plate 13. Furthermore, a dispense head 16 is attached to the base 14 so that the beer can be filled into the beer barrel 10 and extracted from the beer barrel 10 for use, so that the beer in the beer barrel 10 can be taken out of the beer barrel 10. Has become.

[0004]

However, in a restaurant where this kind of beer barrel is used for business, the space occupied by such a beer barrel is a problem, and this is particularly the case where beer barrels are connected and used. The case is remarkable. On the other hand, the beer barrel itself shown in the figure itself has a stacking property so that it can be stacked (stacked) by using the rims of the upper and lower trunks. However, in restaurants, it is often the case that the dispensing head is attached to the mouth of the beer barrel and transported and stored.Therefore, when the dispensing head is attached, the dispensing head protrudes from the upper body, and it is impossible to stack the beer barrel. Become.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the conventional beer barrel, and the beer barrel is vertically (vertically) mounted on the floor surface with the dispense head attached to the beer barrel. An object is to provide a stacking jig that can be stacked.

[0006]

A stacking jig for a beer keg according to the present invention comprises at least three upright legs and a substrate horizontally held near an upper end of the legs. The lower end rim of the lower body portion of the beer barrel is formed with a concave portion on the upper end surface thereof, and the lower end surface portion of the upper body portion of the beer barrel is formed with a concave portion on the lower end surface of the leg.

[0007]

According to the stacking jig for beer barrels of the present invention, the stacking jig is installed such that the recess formed on the lower end surface of the leg of the stacking jig is aligned with the rim of the upper body plate of the beer barrel placed on the floor. The beer barrels are stacked by playing together so that the rim portion of the lower body plate of another beer barrel is aligned with the concave portion formed on the upper end surface of the leg of the stacking jig.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a stacking jig for a beer keg according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the stacking jig of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the stacking jig 1 is composed of a substrate 3 and three legs 2 which stand horizontally and sandwich the substrate 3 in, for example, three equal parts. Here, three or more legs 2 may be used according to the weight of the beer barrel 10.

In particular, II of the stacking jig 1 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2 which is a cross section taken along the line II, the leg 2 is made of a strong and lightweight synthetic resin material such as MC nylon, polypropylene, polyethylene, etc., and has a vertically elongated shape and a predetermined thickness. As shown in FIG. 3, the upper body 1 of the beer barrel 10 is stacked on the end face and the lower face when the beer barrel 10 is stacked.
The concave portion 2 in which the rim portion of the lower body portion 12 is aligned with the rim portion of the lower body portion 1
a and 2b are respectively formed. Further, flanges 2c, c2 are formed in the upper part of the leg 2 so as to protrude inward, and a groove 2d penetrating in the horizontal direction is formed between the flanges 2c, 2c. The upper flange 2c has a through hole 2e and a counterbore 2f, and the lower flange 2c has a screw hole 2g.

On the other hand, the substrate 3 is made of a lightweight and synthetic resin material having the same strength as MC nylon, polypropylene, polyethylene and the like, and has a through hole 3a which is aligned with the through hole 2e formed in the leg 2 in the radial direction. Are provided, for example, at two locations, and three locations in the circumferential direction, for a total of six locations. The substrate 3 is configured so as to have a thickness capable of closely fitting into the groove 2d of the leg 2 and a diameter such that when incorporated into the three legs 2, the substrate 3 is loose enough to fit into the side wall at the back of the groove 2d of each leg 2. ing. In this way, the bolt 4 having a hexagonal hole at the head is screwed into the screw hole 2g of the three leg portions 2 to fix the substrate 3 to the leg 2, and the stacking jig 1 for beer barrels of the present invention is formed. Assembled.

A case where the beer barrels 10 as shown in FIG. 4 are vertically stacked by using the stacking jig 1 assembled and integrated as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the beer barrel 10 is arranged on the floor surface FL such that the rim portion of the lower body plate 12 is in contact therewith.
Jig 1 stacked on rim of upper body plate 11 of beer barrel 10
Is installed so that the concave portion 2b at the lower part of the leg 2 is aligned,
Finally, the rim of the lower body plate 12 of the beer barrel 10 is aligned with the concave portion 2b on the upper part of the leg 2 of the stacking jig 1, and the stack is made.

In this way, if the beer barrels 10 are alternately stacked and aligned with the jig 1, three beer barrels 10 can be obtained.
Alternatively, it is possible to stack four pieces in the vertical direction as long as the balance is maintained. Also, as shown in FIG. 4, an upper flange 5 and a lower flange 6 having L-shaped inner surfaces at upper and lower end surfaces of three legs 2 erected horizontally are provided with hexagonal holes at their heads as in the first embodiment. The stacking jig 1 for beer barrels may be configured by screwing and fixing the bolts 4 held therein.

According to the stacking jig 1 of this embodiment, the rims of the beer barrels 10 are easily aligned in the vertical direction with the rims thereof being aligned with the flanges 15 and 16 of the stacking jig 1 as shown in FIG. Can be

[0015]

As described above, according to the stacking jig of the present invention, a large number of large beer barrels can be stacked in the vertical direction very easily, so that the storage space in a restaurant can be greatly reduced. In addition, the handling and transportation of the beer barrel can be performed while the dispensing head is mounted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a stacking jig for beer barrels of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the stacking jig shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which beer barrels are stacked in a vertical direction using one stacking jig shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of another embodiment of the stacking jig for beer barrels of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which beer barrels are vertically stacked using one stacking jig shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a partially broken side view of a conventional beer barrel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stacking jig 2 Leg 3 Substrate 4 Tightening bolt 10 Beer barrel 16 Dispense head

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. At least three upright legs, and a substrate horizontally held near an upper end of the legs, and a lower end rim of a lower body of a beer barrel is provided on an upper end surface of the legs. And a recess in which the upper end rim of the upper body of the beer barrel fits is formed on the lower end surface of the leg.