JP3506976B2 - Soft drink dispenser - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an improvement in a dispenser for a soft drink such as tea or iced coffee. 2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a beverage dispenser is used to pack a soft drink into a watertight bag such as a plastic bag having a capacity of about 4 to 5 liters and load the bag into a box formed of corrugated paper or the like. Then, this is inserted into the refrigerator compartment provided in the body equipped with the refrigerator in a freely accessible manner, and the discharge pipe provided at the bottom of the watertight bag is opened with an opening at the bottom of the box and pulled out from there. ,
Remove the base screwed into the screw part provided at the tip of the discharge pipe, screw the screw part of the separately prepared adapter to the screw part, connect this adapter, and connect this adapter The connected flexible tube made of silicone resin is pulled out from the opening formed in the bottom plate of the refrigerator compartment provided in the fuselage to the cavity at the bottom of the fuselage formed below the refrigerator compartment, and the cavity is removed. To the pinch valve assembled to the fuselage and clamp the middle part of the drawn tube,
A cup holder is provided below the open end of the distal end of the tube, and a lever for opening and closing the pinch valve is provided. [0003] Then, by placing the cup on the table and operating the lever, a certain amount of soft drink is poured out into the cup, and the refreshment in the watertight bag inserted in the refrigerator compartment is performed. When the beverage runs out, open the refrigerator compartment door, remove the adapter, take out the empty watertight bag with a new box and replace it with a new box, connect the adapter and allow it to be poured again into the cup, and remove the empty The bag is thrown away with the box. A dispenser for beer, which is a kind of soft drink, is used as a so-called beer server in a beer hall or the like. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this beer dispenser (beer server) usually has, for example, a counter a installed in a beer hall.
A box-shaped body 1 that can be placed on a car is formed, and a water tank 2 surrounded by a heat insulating material 20 is mounted on an upper half side of the inside of the body 1. And a refrigerant evaporator 32 connected by a refrigerant line to a refrigerant compressor 30 and a refrigerant radiator (heat exchanger) 31 to be stored in the machine room 1a formed on the lower half side of the refrigerant chamber are provided in a serpentine tubular shape. And thereby, the water tank 2
The water in the inside is cooled by a refrigerant evaporator 32 to near zero degree C where ice coexists, and is installed in the water of the cooling water in the water tank 2 at another place apart from the body 1. A beer cooling coil 4 connected upstream of a beer barrel 40 and a carbon dioxide gas cylinder 41 via a beer line 42 is provided, and the downstream side of the coil 4 is connected to a beer provided in front of the body 1. A valve mechanism connected to the spout 10 and incorporated in the body 11 of the spout 10 is opened by turning the handle 12 pivotally supported by the body 11 forward. I have. By holding the mug b with one hand and positioning it beneath the beer spout 10 and operating the handle 12 with the other hand, the beer can be put into the mug b from the spout 10. A cold beer cooled near zero degree C via a cooling coil 4 can be poured. [0007] In a shop selling draft beer such as a beer hall, the above-mentioned beer dispenser (beer server) is usually provided on the upper surface of the counter.
A is set up, and according to the order of the customer, a cold beer is poured into the mug by a predetermined amount in accordance with a customer's order, and the beer is provided. However, a dispenser for soft drinks such as tea and oolong tea is installed. It is usually not done. However, in a shop selling draft beer,
There are customers who order alcoholic beverages, especially cold oolong tea. In such a case, the bottled oolong tea is poured into a cup, and a small piece of ice is thrown into the cup to serve the customers. However, this is more time-consuming than pouring draft beer into a mug using a beer server. There is a far more problem. As a countermeasure for this problem, a dispenser for a soft drink is to be installed. This dispenser requires equipment similar to a refrigerator, so that the price is high and the order of cold oolong tea is changed to draft beer. If the number is much smaller, the efficiency of equipment investment becomes inefficient. [0011] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the conventional means, and is provided in a store where a beer server (beer dispenser) is installed, by using the beer server. It is an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive cooling device that cools oolong tea provided according to a customer's order. According to the present invention, as means for achieving the above-mentioned object, a machine 1 of a beer server A installed on the upper surface of a counter a in a store such as a beer hall is provided. A box-shaped body 5 which is approximately the same size and can be arranged next to the beer server A is formed, and a door 53 which can be opened and closed by a heat insulating material 51 is provided on the upper half side of the body 5. A blower for disposing the provided refrigerator compartment 50, disposing the heat exchanger 6 provided with the cooling fins 60 on the peripheral surface of the flexible tube 61 in the refrigerator compartment 50, and circulating the air in the compartment 50 f, and a machine room 54 is provided in a lower half of the body 5 at a position shifted rearward, and a space h is formed on the front side thereof. A pump P is provided and its discharge side is connected to the heat exchanger 6 through a communication pipe 62.
Is connected and connected to the upstream side of the flexible tube 61, and the connecting tube 6 is connected to the suction side.
3 in the space h in front of the machine room 54 of the fuselage 5,
A pinch valve V for closing a tube 80 leading to a watertight bag 7 filled with a soft drink which is loaded into and out of the refrigerating compartment 50, and an operating lever 93 for opening the valve V
The body 5 is installed in parallel at a side position adjacent to the body 1 of the beer server A to be installed on the counter a, and the serpentine pipe of the heat exchanger 6 in the refrigerator compartment 50 of the body 5 is provided. 61
Pipe 63 connected to the water tank 2 in the body 1 of the beer server A arranged in parallel on the adjacent side, and a communication pipe 63 communicating with the suction side of the circulation pump P in the machine room 54.
Is connected to the water tank 2 in the body 1 of the beer server A so as to suck the cooling water in the water tank 2 in the body 1 of the beer server A. is there. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the means of the present invention, the beer server A is approximately the same size as the body 1 of the beer server A installed on the upper surface of a counter a in a store such as a beer hall. A box-shaped fuselage 5 that can be arranged next to A is formed, and a refrigerator compartment 50 surrounded by a heat insulating material 51 is provided on the upper half side thereof, and a door 53 can be opened and closed on the side surface thereof. The inside of the refrigerator compartment 50 can be opened by operating the door 53. A heat exchanger 6 provided with cooling fins 60 on the peripheral surface of a coiled pipe 61 is disposed at a peripheral portion or a ceiling portion in the refrigerator compartment 50, and air in the refrigerator compartment 50 is circulated through the heat exchanger 6. A blower f for blowing is provided. The lower half of the body 5 is provided with the refrigerator compartment 5.
A machine chamber 54 is formed at a position shifted rearward so as to form an empty space h below the front side of the heat exchanger 0, and a circulating pump P is installed therein. A connection pipe 63 is connected to the upstream side of the flexible pipe 61 via a communication pipe 62, and a connection pipe 63 is connected to the suction side for connection to the water tank 2 installed in the body 1 of the beer server A. In addition,
On the downstream side of the flexible tube 61 of the heat exchanger 6, the connecting pipe 6
The discharge pipe 64 for drawing out the cooling water in the water tank 2 of the beer server A, which is drawn out to the suction side of the circulation pump P via the suction pump 3 and fed from the discharge side to the flexible pipe 61 of the heat exchanger 6, returns to the water tank 2 Is connected. In the space h formed in the machine body 5 below the refrigerator compartment 50 and in front of the machine compartment 54, a bottom plate of the refrigerator compartment 50 serving as a ceiling portion thereof is loaded into the refrigerator compartment 50. An opening 56 for pulling out a silicone resin tube 80 provided in the adapter 8 which is detachably connected to a take-out tube 70 of the watertight bag 7 filled with the oolong tea is provided, and the tube 80 pulled out therefrom is sandwiched. A pinch valve V that closes by pressing is arranged in the space h, and an operating lever 93 for opening the pinch valve V is installed in the space. A cup holder for receiving a soft drink poured out of the silicone resin tube 80 of the adapter 8 is provided below the end. Thus, the refrigerator 5 provided with the heat exchanger 6 is provided, and the body 5 on which the pinch valve V and the operating lever 93 for controlling the opening and closing of the pinch valve V are assembled is mounted on the upper surface of the counter a or the like. Upstream of the serpentine pipe 61 of the heat exchanger 6 which is arranged in a position adjacent to the beer server A installed in a predetermined place in the store so as to be parallel to the airframe 1 and is installed in the refrigerator compartment 50 in the airframe 5 The water tank 2 installed in the body 1 of the beer server A arranged in parallel with the discharge pipe 64 connected to the side
And a communication pipe 62 connected to the suction side of the circulating pump P provided in the machine room 54 is connected to the water tank 2 of the beer server A by the cooling water stretched in the water tank 2. So that the cooling water for cooling the beer in the water tank 2 of the beer server A returns to the water tank 2 of the beer server A via the flexible tube 61 of the heat exchanger 6 provided in the refrigerator compartment 50. The air in the refrigerating room 50 is cooled by heat exchange with the heat exchanger 6 which is cooled to the vicinity of the temperature of the cooling water, thereby cooling a pack such as oolong tea stored therein, and cooling the oolong tea. And so forth, so as to constitute a cooling device capable of pumping out. The cooling device for cooling soft drinks such as oolong tea by this means includes a circulating pump P for circulating cooling water in the water tank 2 of the parallel beer server A, and a heat exchanger 6 for passing the circulating cooling water therethrough. Can be cooled in the refrigerator 50 simply by installing it in the refrigerator 50, so that the refrigerator can be manufactured at low cost without incorporating a refrigerator. Next, an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used for components having the same effects as those of the conventional means. FIG. 3 is a front view of a cooling apparatus for a soft drink embodying the present invention. In FIG.
Represents a body thereof, B represents a refrigerator of a soft drink which can be installed in parallel with the body, and 5 represents a body of the refrigerator. The beer server A has the usual structure shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and has a heat insulating material 20 inside its body 1 on the upper half side of the body 1 as shown in FIG. The enclosed water tank 2 is mounted, and inside thereof, a refrigerant compressor 30 and a refrigerant radiator (heat exchanger) 31 incorporated in a machine room 1 a formed in the lower half of the body 1. A serpentine pipe 4 serving as a refrigerant evaporator connected via a refrigerant pipe is disposed in the water tank 2, and a raw beer barrel 40 and a carbon dioxide gas cylinder 41 installed at a place different from the body 1 are provided in the water tank 2. A beer cooling coil 4 connected to the upstream side via a beer line 42 is disposed on the downstream side of the airframe 1
The beer is connected to a beer spout 10 attached to a portion that is located above the front side, and a saucer 13 that protrudes forward in a shelf shape is provided below the spout 10. The body 5 of the refrigerator B for soft drinks is formed to be substantially the same size as the body 1 of the beer server A described above. Numeral 50 denotes a refrigerator compartment surrounded by a heat insulating material 51 provided on the upper half side of the machine body 5, and the front thereof has a hinge 52.
The door 53 is opened and closed to rotate. The door 53 may be provided on the upper surface side or left and right side surfaces of the refrigerator compartment 50 so as to be openable and closable. Reference numeral 6 denotes a heat exchanger consisting of a coiled tube 61 provided with cooling fins 60 on the peripheral surface provided in the refrigerator compartment 50;
Is a circulating pump disposed in a machine room 54 which is mounted on the lower half side of the body 5 and below the refrigerator compartment 50 at a position shifted rearward, and a discharge side of the circulation pump is provided by a serpentine tube 61 of the heat exchanger 6. The upstream side is connected via a communication pipe 62, and the suction side is connected via a connection pipe 63 to the bottom of the beer server A in the water tank 2. A discharge pipe 64 is connected to the downstream side of the serpentine pipe 61 of the heat exchanger 6.
It communicates with the upper part inside. F denotes a blower combined with the heat exchanger 6 disposed in the above-mentioned refrigerator compartment 50, and operates to circulate air in the refrigerator compartment 50 through the outer surface of the above-mentioned heat exchanger 6. It is provided to make it. G is a power cord connected to the drive circuit of the motor of the circulating pump P and the drive circuit of the motor of the blower f. The power cord is connected to a commercial power source, and a power switch provided at an appropriate position of the body 5 is connected. By operating, the circulating pump P and the blower f operate. H is a space formed in the lower half of the body 5 at a position located on the front side of the machine room 54, and at the front end side of the bottom plate 55 of the refrigerator room 50 serving as the ceiling thereof, a refrigerator room is provided. An opening 56 for drawing out the tube 80 of the adapter 8 to be attached to the discharge pipe 70 of the watertight bag 7 filled with oolong tea or the like to be charged into the opening 50 is opened. Tube 8 of adapter 8 pulled out
A pinch valve V that clamps the middle of 0 is provided. The watertight bag 7 filled with oolong tea or the like which is removably inserted into the refrigerator compartment 50 is generally provided with a discharge pipe provided at the bottom of the bag 7 as shown in FIGS. 7
0 is closed by a base 71, and is shipped from a factory in a state of being loaded into a square paper box 72 made of corrugated paper, and is loaded into a dispenser at a store to remove oolong tea or the like that is loaded inside. When selling by a predetermined amount, the discharge pipe 70 connected to the bottom of the inner bag 7 by breaking the cut line 73 provided at a predetermined position of the paper box 72.
Then, the paper box 72 is rotated so that the discharge pipe 70 is located on the upper surface side as shown in FIG. 7, and in this state, the discharge pipe 70 is pulled out from the paper box 72 as shown in FIG. The base 71 fitted to the adapter 8 is removed as shown in FIG. 9, and the fitting tube 81 provided on the base end side of the body 8a of the adapter 8 formed as shown in FIG. 11 and 12 by using a linear spring material.
A set fitting 82 formed in a shape such as
As a result, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the distal end side of the tube 80 made of silicone resin, which is inserted into the refrigerator compartment 50 and connected to the distal end side of the body 8a of the adapter 8, is moved from the opening 56 to the aforementioned position. It is used in a state in which it is hung down in the empty space h and pinched by a pinch valve V provided there. When the oolong tea or the like in the bag 7 is empty, the door 53 of the refrigerator compartment 50 is opened and the adapter 8 is opened.
Is removed from the discharge pipe 70 of the bag 7, the adapter 8 is left in the refrigerator compartment 50, the bag 7 is taken out together with the paper box 72, and replaced with the paper box 72 in which a new bag 7 is loaded.
At this time, the connection between the adapter 8 and the discharge pipe 70 is performed in the refrigerator compartment 50. FIGS. 15 to 17 show a pinch valve V installed in a space h formed in the lower part on the front side of the body 7. FIG. In FIG. 15, reference numeral 90 denotes a bracket of the pinch valve V, which is formed in a substantially L-shape in plan view, and has an end wall 91 on the rear end side (right end side in the figure) of the body 5.
Are fixed to the body 5 by screws 92. Reference numeral 93 denotes a fulcrum shaft 94
An operating lever pivotally supported so as to rotate back and forth about the center holds a substantially vertical hanging position in a normal state, and is pushed rearward from this state to rotate to a position inclined backward as shown in FIG. By moving and releasing the push,
, And is urged by a spring 95 so as to assume a vertical posture. V1 is a pressing member of the silicon tube 80 provided at a position closer to the front side of the operation lever 93 and formed in a square shape protruding forward. Reference numeral 96 denotes a holding member provided on the front side of the bracket 90 so as to hold the tube 80 of the adapter 8 hanging from the opening 56 at a predetermined position as shown in FIG. It is formed so as to form a substantially channel shape in plan view, and one end side thereof is rotatably connected to one end of the bracket 90 via a hinge 98. V2 is the tube 8 of the adapter 8 in cooperation with the pressing member V1 provided on the front surface of the operating lever 93.
0 is a fixed-side pressing member that squeezes the middle of the tube from the front and back and crushes the tube 80 to bring the valve-closed state to a normal state. The pressing member is provided on the rotation end side of the above-described holding member 96, and the holding member 96 is FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 18, when the tube 80 is held at a predetermined position, the tube 80 occupies a position where the tube 80 is pressed against the pressing member V1 provided on the operation lever 93 as shown in FIG. become. Reference numeral 97 designates the holding member 96 as the tube 8 described above.
The claw plate 971 which is pivotally supported by the above-mentioned bracket 90 so as to rotate back and forth around the hinge 970, and a claw plate 971 at an intermediate portion between the claw plate 971 A retaining ring 972 rotatably supported back and forth, and an engaging projection 973 provided on the rotating end side of the above-described holding member 96 so as to engage with the retaining ring 972 in a detachable manner.
When the holding member 96 is in the state of holding the tube 80, the claw plate 971 is rotated forward, and the retaining ring 972 is rotated forward, and the retaining ring 972 is engaged with the engagement protrusion 973. This is a snap-action type tightening device that completes tightening by stopping and rotating the claw plate 971 backward from that state. The pinch valve V is operated by the operating lever 9.
When the third member 3 is rotated backward against the bias of the spring 95 as shown by a chain line in FIG.
When the pressing lever V1 is released from the tube 80 to release the pressing of the operating lever 93 to the rear and the spring 95 is restored, the pressing member V1 is turned to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. Then, the tube 80 is pressed against the pressing member V2 to form the pinch valve V which crushes the tube 80 flat and closes as shown in FIG. As described above, the dispenser for a soft drink according to the present invention is designed such that the air-tight bag 7 filled with a drink such as oolong tea is charged and refrigerated.
A heat exchanger 6 that allows cooling water to flow inside the coiled pipe 61 to cool the inside of the refrigerator compartment 50 provided in the refrigerator compartment 50, and circulates air in the refrigerator compartment 50 to generate heat. A blower f for performing heat exchange with the exchanger 6 is provided, and the airframe 5 is disposed near the beer server A, and the coil 61 of the heat exchanger 6 is connected to the beer server A. By connecting and communicating with the cooling water tank 2 via the circulation pump P, the cooling water in the beer cooling water tank 2 of the beer server A is circulated to the serpentine pipe 61 of the heat exchanger 6 in the refrigerator compartment 50. Because it is done, without using expensive equipment such as refrigerant compressor, refrigerant radiator, refrigerant evaporator, etc., at extremely low cost,
A dispenser of a soft drink for occasionally ordering a drink such as oolong tea in a beer hall or the like can be obtained, and a drink such as oolong tea to be provided can be provided cold using a juxtaposed beer server.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view of a conventional beer server. FIG. 2 is a side view of the same with a part cut away. FIG. 3 is a front view of a soft drink dispenser embodying the present invention. FIG. 4 is a partially broken side view of the same. FIG. 5 is a partially broken front view of the same. FIG. 6 is a front view of a paper box loaded with a bag filled with the beverage to be used. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the paper box in a state where a discharge pipe of an inner bag is directed upward. FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of the paper box in the same state in which a discharge pipe of a bag is drawn out. FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of the above paper box in a state where a base is removed from a drawn-out discharge pipe. FIG. 10 is a side view of the adapter. FIG. 11 is a front view of the adapter and the set fitting of the same. FIG. 12 is a side view of the adapter and the set fitting of the above. FIG. 13 is a front view of the paper box with the adapter attached thereto. FIG. 14 is a side view of the paper box. FIG. 15 is a side view of the pinch valve for opening and closing the tube of the adapter of the above, in a state where the holding fitting is opened. FIG. 16 is a plan view of the same pinch valve in the same state. FIG. 17 is a side view of the same pinch valve in a state in which the holding fittings are closed. FIG. 18 is a plan view of the same pinch valve in the same state. FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of opening and closing the pinch valve according to the third embodiment. [Description of Signs] A: beer server, B: refrigerator, P: circulation pump, V
... Pinch valve, V1 / V2 ... Pressing member, a ... Counter, b ... Mug, f ... Blower, g ... Power cord, h ...
Vacant space, 1 ... machine, 1a ... machine room, 10 ... spout, 11 ...
Body, 12 ... Handle, 13 ... Receiving tray, 2 ... Water tank, 20
... heat insulating material, 30 ... compressor, 31 ... radiator (heat exchanger), 32 ... evaporator, 4 ... serpentine tube, 40 ... raw barrel, 41 ...
Carbon dioxide gas cylinder, 42: beer line, 5: airframe, 50
... Refrigerator room, 51 ... Insulation material, 52 ... Hinge, 53 ... Door, 5
4 machine room, 55 bottom plate, 56 opening, 6 heat exchanger,
Reference numeral 60: cooling fin, 61: flexible tube, 62: communication tube, 63:
Connection pipe, 64: discharge pipe, 7: bag, 70: extraction pipe, 71 ...
Base, 72: paper box, 73: cut line, 8: bracket, 8
a ... body, 80 ... tube, 81 ... fitting tube part, 82 ...
Base, 90: bracket, 91: end wall, 92: screw, 9
Reference numeral 3 represents an operating lever, 94 represents a fulcrum shaft, 95 represents a spring, 96 represents a holding member, 97 represents a tightening device, 970 represents a hinge, 971 represents a claw plate, 972 represents a retaining ring, 973 represents an engagement protrusion, and 98 represents a hinge.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-55-12065 (JP, A) JP-A-10-181797 (JP, A) JP-A-9-104474 (JP, A) JP-A-7-61495 (JP) , A) JP-A-5-294394 (JP, A) Patent 2676029 (JP, B2) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B67D 1/08

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims 1] A beer server A installed on the upper surface of a counter a in a store such as a beer hall, the size of which is approximately the same as the body 1 of the beer server A, A box-shaped body 5 that can be arranged is formed, and a heat insulating material 5 is provided on the upper half of the body 5.
Refrigerated room 5 surrounded by 1 and provided with a door 53 that can be freely opened and closed
0, a heat exchanger 6 provided with cooling fins 60 on the peripheral surface of a coiled tube 61 is provided in the refrigerator compartment 50, and a blower f for circulating the air in the compartment 50 is provided. In the lower half of the body 5, a machine room 54 is provided at a position shifted toward the rear, a space h is formed on the front side thereof, and a circulation pump P is provided in the machine room 54. Connect the discharge side of the
Is connected to the upstream side of the flexible tube 61 of the heat exchanger 6 via a connection pipe, and the connection pipe 63 is connected to the suction side.
A pinch valve V that closes a tube 80 that communicates with a watertight bag 7 filled with a soft drink that is loaded into the refrigerator compartment 50 so that it can freely enter and exit the refrigerator compartment 50, And an operation lever 93 for disposing the machine, the machine 5 is installed in parallel at a side position adjacent to the machine 1 of the beer server A installed on the counter a, and heat exchange in the refrigerator compartment 50 of the machine 5 is performed. Pipe 64 connected to the downstream side of the flexible pipe 61 of the vessel 6
Is connected to the water tank 2 in the body 1 of the beer server A arranged in parallel on the adjacent side, and the communication pipe 63 communicating with the suction side of the circulation pump P in the machine room 54 is connected to the inside of the body 1 of the beer server A. A dispenser for soft drinks, wherein the dispenser is connected to the water tank 2 in the body 1 of the beer server A so as to suck the cooling water in the water tank 2.