JP3537314B2 - Cooled beverage supply device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cooling beverage supply apparatus for supplying a cooling beverage such as draft beer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus of this kind has been disclosed, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Sho 61-15034, in which a storage container for storing a beverage container and having a door which can be opened and closed on the front is provided. A cooling device for cooling the air inside, a cooling fan for circulating the air cooled by the cooling device in the storage, and a hose connected to the beverage container via a hose and outwardly facing the outer wall of the storage. It is provided with a discharge valve for discharging the beverage in the beverage container to the outside of the storage by assembling, by cooling by a cooling device while circulating the air in the storage by a cooling fan,
The beverage in the beverage container is cooled.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, the air cooled by the cooling device is supplied to the space between the door of the storage and the beverage container stored in the storage.
It could not be guided efficiently down. Thus, there is a problem that the cooled air cannot be efficiently circulated in the storage, and the beverage in the beverage container cannot be efficiently cooled. In particular, when the beverage container is disposed close to the door of the storage, this problem has been prominent.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a cooled beverage supply apparatus for efficiently circulating air cooled by a cooling device in a storage to cool the beverage efficiently.

[0005] The present invention has been made in order to achieve the above-mentioned object.
The cooling device is housed inside the container and the cooling device
Therefore, a storage for cooling the air in the storage is provided.
Dispensing attached to the outer surface of a door that can be opened and closed in front of the warehouse
Connect the hose connected to the beverage container to the valve and inject
Discharge the beverage stored in the beverage container from the outlet valve
In the cooled beverage supply device, the cold beverage in the storage is stored.
By blowing air from above toward the inner surface of the door.
Inside the storage to circulate around the beverage container
The cooling fan arranged and the fan fixed to the upper inner surface of the door
And a hose connected to the beverage container is connected to the hook.
With the hose wound up to the top of the hose.
The vertical groove formed on the inner surface of the door is extended
Providing a cooled beverage supply device characterized by that
You.

[0006] In the cooling beverage supply device configured as described above,
Of the beverage container on the hook fixed to the inside of the storage compartment door.
Inside the door with the hose connected to the container wound and hung
The vertical groove formed on the surface extends above the hose.
Air inside the refrigerator cooled by the cooling device
Between the door of the storage and the beverage container stored in the storage
Guided downward along the groove in the space
The beverage in the beverage container is efficiently cooled by circulating in the surroundings.

A hook fixed to the inner surface of the door of the storage box
The hose connected to the beverage container around the
That the hose can be stored neatly in the storage
To facilitate the storage of beverage containers in storage
Can be.

Further , in carrying out the present invention, an injection valve
On the inner surface of the door corresponding to the periphery of the
The tapered concave portion located below the
Empty space surrounded by the hose wound around the hook
Between the cooling fan and the cooling air
If you let the
Cooled by cooling air blown by cooling fan
There are advantages.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the entirety of the cooled beverage supply device according to the embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. The cooled beverage supply device includes a storage 10, a beverage container 20 stored in the storage 10, a cooling device 30 for cooling air in the storage 10, and an air cooled by the cooling device 30. A cooling fan 40 for circulating in the storage 10 and a pouring valve 50 for discharging the beverage in the beverage container 20 to the outside of the storage 10 are provided.

[0010] The storage box 10 includes a storage box main body 11 formed in a rectangular shape having a front surface opened by a heat insulating material or the like, and a main body 1 having the same shape.
1 includes a door 12 that opens and closes the front surface. The door 12 is formed of foam insulation and, as shown in detail in FIG.
It has a front plate 12a formed of metal and a back plate 12b formed of resin. The back plate 12b is formed integrally with the back plate 12b to have a tapered recess 12b1 having a large diameter on the opening side at the upper center position toward the inside of the storage box 10 and at the left and right positions. And a pair of vertical grooves 1 each extending above the recess 12b1.
2b2 and 12b2 are formed. A hook 12c is mounted on a surface of the back plate 12b inside the storage box 10 near the upper side of the concave portion 12b1 and below the upper ends of the grooves 12b2 and 12b2. Even when the hose 22 described later is hooked on the hook 12c, the groove 12
The upper ends of b2 and 12b2 are located higher than the upper end of the hose 22.

When forming the door 12, the front plate 12
a and a back plate 12b, a packing 12d for sealing the inside of the storage box 10, and a handle member 12e for opening and closing the door 12 so that the foamed heat insulating material is foamed in a mold set in advance. , And are integrally molded. Thereby, the concave portion 12b1 and the groove 1 are formed on the back surface of the door 12.
After forming 2b2 and 12b2, this cooled beverage supply device can be manufactured at low cost. In this case, the groove 12b
2, 12b2 improve the strength of the back plate 12b and prevent the door 12 from being deformed when the foaming agent is foamed.

The beverage container 20 is made of metal or the like, and is formed in a barrel shape whose upper end is disposed below the recess 12b1 of the door 12, and accommodates a cooled beverage such as draft beer. Carbon dioxide gas pressure is applied to the inside of the beverage container 20 from outside (not shown) via a gas hose 21, and the beverage in the beverage container 20 is supplied by the gas pressure via a hose 22 connected to the upper end of the container 20. And is fed to the discharge valve 50 under pressure. The hose 22 is formed to have a length sufficient to suppress bubbling of the beverage discharged from the discharge valve 50, and the hook 1 of the storage 10 is provided at an intermediate portion.
2c.

The cooling device 30 includes a cooling unit 31 housed in the cabinet 13 on the upper surface of the storage 10 and an evaporator 32 connected to the cooling unit 31.
The cooling unit 31 includes a compressor for pumping the refrigerant and a condenser for condensing the refrigerant pumped by the compressor, and supplies the condensed refrigerant to the evaporator 32. The evaporator 32 is disposed at a position behind the beverage container 20 in the storage 10, and is supplied with a refrigerant from the cooling unit 31.
The air in the storage 10 is cooled. The cooling fan 40 is disposed in a position near the upper side of the evaporator 32 in the storage 10 so as to face the recess 12 b 1 on the back surface of the door 12 of the storage 10 and stores the air cooled by the evaporator 32 in the storage. 10 is sent toward the upper rear surface of the door 12.

The dispensing valve 50 is disposed outside the storage box 10, and as shown in detail in FIG. 4, the back plate 12b of the door 12 is recessed through a communication pipe 51 formed of metal or the like. It is connected to the tip of the hose 22 that penetrated at the center position of 12b1. The dispensing valve 50 opens and closes a flow path that communicates with the hose 22 according to the operation of the lever 50a, and discharges the beverage pressure-fed from the beverage container 20 from the spout 50b. The discharge valve 50 is fixed on the outer peripheral surface of the communication pipe 51 and has a flanged member 52 penetrating the front plate 12 a of the door 12, and a pair of upper and lower screws 52 with respect to the flanged member 52.
a, 52a and the fixed plate 53 locked inside the housing 10 of the back plate 12b by the holding plate 1 of the back plate 12b.
It is assembled on the outer surface at the bottom position of the concave portion 12b1. The flanged member 52 and the fixing plate 53 are both formed of metal.

In the cooling beverage supply device configured as described above, the air cooled by the evaporator 32 of the cooling device 30 is sent by the cooling fan 40 to the upper portion of the back surface of the door 12, and the door 12 and the beverage container 20 are cooled. Is efficiently guided downward along the grooves 12b2 and 12b2 on the back surface of the door 12. Thereby, the cooled air efficiently circulates in the storage 10 and efficiently cools the beverage in the beverage container 20 and the discharge valve 50. In this case, since the grooves 12b2 and 12b2 extend above the beverage container 20 and the hose 22 hooked on the hooks 12c, the cooled air flows into the beverage container 2
Regardless of the distance between the door 0 and the door 12, the beverage is efficiently guided downward without being hindered by the beverage container 20 and the hose 22. Further, since the discharge valve 50 is mounted on the door 12 and the cooled air is directly sent to a position on the rear surface of the door 12 where the discharge valve 50 is mounted, the supply of the cooled beverage is performed. The beverage in the beverage container 20 and the dispensing valve 50 can be efficiently cooled while the configuration of the apparatus is simplified and the cost is reduced. Further, since a tapered recess 12b1 is formed around the position where the ejection valve 50 is assembled on the back surface of the door 12,
The air sent by the cooling fan 40 efficiently gathers at the position where the discharge valve 50 is assembled, and the discharge valve 50 is efficiently cooled. Further, since the shape of the storage 10 is simple, the size of the cooled beverage supply device can be reduced.

The beverage in the cooled beverage container 20 is
Through the hose 22 and the discharge valve 50, the liquid is appropriately discharged to the outside of the storage 10. In this case, the hose 22 is connected to the door 12
The air cooled by the cooling device 30 is directly sent to the hose 22 by the cooling fan 40. Therefore, the beverage staying in the hose 22 is also efficiently cooled.

Further, the beverage container 20, the hose 22, and the pouring valve 50 are provided as necessary for replenishing or cleaning the beverage.
It is desorbed appropriately. In this case, since the hoses 22 are stored neatly in the storage box 10 by the hooks 12c, the above-mentioned respective attaching / detaching operations are facilitated, and the usability of the cooled beverage supply device is improved. Further, since the concave portion 12b1 is formed in the vicinity of the hook 12c on the back surface of the door 12, the work of attaching and detaching the hose 22 hooked on the hook 12c becomes easy, and the usability of the cooled beverage supply device is good. It has become. Further, since the dispensing valve 50 is assembled to the openable and closable door 12, the work of attaching and detaching the dispensing valve 50 and the hose 22 is facilitated, and the usability of the cooled beverage supply device is improved. Furthermore, since a space through which the air sent by the cooling fan 40 passes is formed above the beverage container 20, the work of attaching and detaching the beverage container 20 and the hose 22 becomes easy, and the usability of the cooled beverage supply device is improved. It's getting better.

In the above embodiment, the storage 10
Although only one dispensing valve 50 is assembled to the door 12, a plurality of dispensing valves 50 each connected to the beverage container 20 may be assembled to the door 12. In this case, a plurality of cooling fans 40 may be provided, and the air cooled by the cooling device 30 may be sent by the respective cooling fans 40 toward the position where the respective ejection valves 50 on the back surface of the door 12 are assembled. Further, a recess 12b1 may be formed in the back plate 12b of the door 12 at the position where each of the discharge valves 50 is assembled. In the above embodiment, the groove 12 b is formed on the back surface of the door 12 of the storage 10.
2 and 12b2 are formed as a pair, but the door 1
A larger number of grooves 12b2 may be formed on the back surface of the second.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a cooled beverage supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG.

FIG. 3A is a rear view of the door of FIGS.
FIG. 3B is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line bb in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the dispensing valve of FIGS.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Storage, 12 ... Door, 12b2 ... Groove, 12c ... Hook, 20 ... Beverage container, 22 ... Hose, 30 ... Cooling device,
40: cooling fan, 50: injection valve.

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-2-192580 (JP, A) JP-A-9-14813 (JP, A) JP-A-5-229597 (JP, A) JP-A-61-117693 (JP) JP-A-11-321993 (JP, A) JP-A 63-157000 (JP, U) JP-A 53-149269 (JP, U) JP-A 7-42477 (JP, U) JP 6-59775 (JP, U) Jikken 61-15034 (JP, Y1) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B67D 1/00 F25D 11/00 102

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A beverage container is accommodated in the interior of the beverage container, and is provided above the beverage container.
The storage room where the air inside the storage room is cooled by the
The outer surface of a door provided to be openable and closable at the front of the storage
Hose connected to the beverage container with a discharge valve assembled to
Connected to the beverage container via the dispensing valve.
In the cooling beverage supply device configured to dispense the food, the cooling air in the storage may be directed upward toward the inner surface of the door.
Before circulating around the beverage container
A cooling fan disposed inside the storage, and a hook fixed to an upper inner surface of the door;
A hose connected to a container wound around the hook
Up and down on the inner surface of the door up to above the hose
The cooled beverage supply device, characterized in that the direction groove extends . 2. It corresponds to the periphery of the mounting position of the discharge valve.
Taper located on the inner surface of the door below the hook
A concave portion, and the concave portion is wound around the hook.
The cooling fan is located in a space surrounded by a hose.
Cooling air in the refrigerator
The cooled beverage supply device according to claim 1, wherein
Place .