JP3801936B2 - Liquid supply device for food - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a food liquid supply apparatus that supplies a high-temperature food liquid such as tea, and more particularly to a food liquid supply apparatus that can rapidly supply a food liquid at a stable temperature.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Traditionally, hot tea is provided to customers in restaurants and the like. In this case, a food liquid supply device that supplies hot tea to the restaurant is installed, and high temperature tea is supplied by the food liquid supply device.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The conventional liquid supply device for food has a problem that the supply time of tea is long, and when the number of customers is large, it cannot sufficiently cope with this. In addition, if the number of customers is large, the temperature of the supplied tea may drop, and hot tea may not be supplied.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a food liquid supply apparatus capable of supplying a high temperature food liquid at a stable temperature and quickly.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention includes a warm water tank that has a heater and generates warm water, a heat retention tank that has a heat retention heater and receives warm water from the warm water tank, a stock solution tank that stores the stock solution, and a heat retention tank and a stock solution tank below It is provided to guide the container on which the container is placed, the warm water from the heat retaining tank, and the undiluted liquid from the undiluted liquid tank by its own weight, and directly send the warm water or undiluted liquid from each lower end opening to the container on the placing table by free fall. The warm water line and the stock solution line are equipped with a warm water solenoid valve and a stock solution solenoid valve, respectively. The stock solution solenoid valve is located above the upper stock solution solenoid valve. The lower stock solution solenoid valve and the lower stock solution solenoid valve normally open the upper stock solution solenoid valve, close the lower stock solution solenoid valve, and supply the stock solution Is controlled by the control unit to close the upper stock solution solenoid valve and open the lower stock solution solenoid valve, thereby placing a fixed amount of stock solution in the stock solution line between the upper stock solution solenoid valve and the lower stock solution solenoid valve. A liquid supply apparatus for food, which is supplied to the upper container.
[0006]
The present invention is characterized in that the mounting table is provided with a container sensor for detecting that the container is mounted on the mounting table, and the hot water solenoid valve and the undiluted solution solenoid valve are operated based on signals from the container sensor, respectively. The liquid supply device for food.
[0007]
According to the present invention, the hot water tank is a sealed tank, and a supply line is provided between the hot water tank and the heat retaining tank, which has a supply electromagnetic valve and pressurizes and supplies the hot water in the hot water tank to the heat retaining tank. It is the liquid supply apparatus for foodstuffs characterized.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are views showing an embodiment of a liquid supply apparatus for food according to the present invention.
[0010]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the food liquid supply apparatus 10 supplies hot tea, but it may supply ramen noodles, buckwheat noodles, etc. instead of tea.
[0011]
Such a liquid supply device for food 10 has a heater 11a and a warm water tank 11 that can generate warm water, and is disposed above the warm water tank 11 and has a heat retainer 12a and retains warm water from the warm water tank 11. The tank 12, the stock solution tank 20 for storing the tea stock solution, the mounting table 24 for placing the container 30, the hot water line 16 for guiding the hot water from the heat retaining tank 12 to the mounting table 24, and the stock solution from the stock solution tank 20 And a stock solution line 21 that leads to the mounting table 24.
[0012]
Among these, the hot water tank 11 is supplied with tap water through the inlet line 19, and the tap water is heated by the heater 11 a in the hot water tank 11 to become hot water of 70 ° C. to 95 ° C.
[0013]
The warm water tank 11 is a closed tank, and the warm water in the warm water tank 11 is sent into the heat retaining tank 12 through the supply line 14 while being pressurized to a pressure of 1 to ² kg / cm ² . . A supply electromagnetic valve 15 is attached to the supply line 14, and the supply electromagnetic valve 15 is controlled to be opened and closed by a control unit 25 based on a signal from a float 13 disposed in the heat retaining tank 12. .
[0014]
The warm water in the heat retaining tank 12 is maintained at 70 ° C. to 90 ° C. by the heat retaining heater 12a. Further, a hot water solenoid valve 17 is attached to the hot water line 16 from the heat retaining tank 12.
[0015]
Furthermore, an upper concentrate electromagnetic valve 22a located above and normally open and a lower concentrate electromagnetic valve 22b located below and normally closed are attached to the concentrate line 21 from the concentrate tank 20. These upper stock solution solenoid valve 22a and lower stock solution solenoid valve 22b constitute stock solution solenoid valves 22a and 22b.
[0016]
In addition, a container sensor 18 that detects that the container 30 has been placed on the placement table 24 is attached to the placement table 24. Further, based on the signal from the container sensor 18, the controller 25 controls the hot water solenoid valve 17, the upper concentrate electromagnetic valve 22a, and the lower concentrate electromagnetic valve 22b to be opened and closed.
[0017]
In this case, when the container sensor 18 is actuated, the hot water solenoid valve 17 attached to the hot water line 16 is opened, and the hot water enters the container 30 through the nozzle 16a at a flow rate of about 160 cc / 1.2 seconds. Supplied. At the same time, the upper stock solution solenoid valve 22a that is normally open is closed, the lower stock solution solenoid valve 22b that is normally closed is opened, and the upper stock solution solenoid valve 22a and the lower stock solution solenoid valve 22b of the stock solution line 21 are opened. A constant stock solution in between is supplied into the container 30.
[0018]
As the container 30 on the mounting table 24, a 180 cc tea container can be considered.
[0019]
Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described.
First, tap water is supplied from the inlet line 19 into the hot water tank 11, and the tap water is heated by the heater 11 a in the hot water tank 11 to generate hot water of 70 ° C. to 95 ° C.
[0020]
When the hot water decreases in the heat retaining tank 12, the supply electromagnetic valve 15 is opened by the control unit 25 based on the signal from the float 13, and the hot water in the hot water tank 11 pressurized to 1 to ² kg / cm ² is supplied to the supply line. 14 is sent to the heat retaining tank 12. When the hot water in the heat retaining tank 12 is sufficiently stored, the supply electromagnetic valve 15 is closed by the control unit 25 based on the signal from the float 13. The warm water in the heat retaining tank 12 is kept at 70 ° C. to 95 ° C. by the heat retaining heater 12a.
[0021]
On the other hand, the container 30 is mounted on the mounting table 24, and the container sensor 18 detects that the container 30 is mounted on the mounting table 24. At this time, the control unit 25 opens the hot water electromagnetic valve 17 based on the signal from the container sensor 18 and supplies the hot water in the heat retaining tank 12 into the container 30 through the hot water line 16 and the nozzle 16a. In this case, hot water is supplied into the container 30 at a flow rate of 160 cc / 1.2 seconds. At the same time, the control unit 25 closes the upper stock solution solenoid valve 22a, opens the lower stock solution solenoid valve 22b, and supplies a certain amount of tea stock solution in the stock solution line 21 between the upper stock solution solenoid valve 22a and the lower stock solution solenoid valve 22b. It supplies into the container 30 through the nozzle 21a.
[0022]
By simultaneously supplying the tea stock solution and the hot water into the container 30 in this manner, the tea stock solution and the hot water are mixed in the container 30, thereby providing hot tea in the container 30. .
[0023]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, hot tea can be quickly supplied into the container 30 with the temperature stabilized.
[0024]
That is, the hot water in the heat retaining tank 12 can be supplied into the container 30 at a high speed of 160 cc / 1.2 seconds via the hot water line 16 and the nozzle 16a. It is possible to reliably mix with warm water.
[0025]
In addition, when supplying into the container 30 repeatedly at a high speed of 160 cc / 1.2 seconds, it is conceivable that the temperature of the hot water decreases. In the present invention, the hot water tank 11 for generating the hot water is installed, and the hot water tank 11 is provided with a heat retaining tank 12 that retains warm water, and the warm water is supplied from the heat retaining tank 12 to the container 30. Compared to, for example, generating warm water only in the heat retaining tank and supplying warm water. Thus, high-temperature hot water can be reliably supplied from the heat retaining tank 12 at a stable temperature.
[0026]
In addition, although the example which accommodated the undiluted tea in the undiluted | stock solution tank 20 was shown, it is not restricted to this, The undiluted | dense liquid of ramen or buckwheat is accommodated in the undiluted | stock solution tank 20, and the noodle or dashi of ramen is stored in the container 30. You may supply dashi.
[0027]
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the warm water tank 11 was made into the airtight tank and the warm water in the warm water tank 11 was sent to the heat retention tank 12 in the pressurization state, it was not restricted to this, but the warm water tank 11 is open to the atmosphere type The hot water in the hot water tank 11 may be supplied to the heat retaining tank 12 by a supply pump (not shown).
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a high temperature food liquid can be rapidly supplied at a stable temperature.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a liquid supply apparatus for food according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the food liquid supply apparatus shown in FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Food liquid supply apparatus 11 Hot water tank 11a Heating heater 12 Thermal insulation tank 12a Thermal insulation heater 14 Supply line 15 Supply electromagnetic valve 16 Hot water line 17 Hot water electromagnetic valve 18 Container sensor 20 Stock solution tank 21 Stock solution line 22a Upper undiluted solution solenoid valve 22b Lower undiluted solution solenoid Valve 24 Mounting table 25 Control unit 30 Container

Claims (3)

A hot water tank having a heater and generating hot water;
A heat retaining tank having a heat retaining heater and receiving warm water from the warm water tank;
A stock tank for storing the stock solution;
A mounting table provided below the heat retaining tank and the stock solution tank, on which the container is mounted;
Warm water from the heat retention tank and the undiluted solution from the undiluted solution tank are guided by their own weights, and hot water or undiluted solution lines that are independent from each other are sent directly from each lower end opening to the container on the mounting table by free fall. Prepared,
Attach a hot water solenoid valve and a stock solution solenoid valve to the hot water line and stock solution line respectively.
The stock solution solenoid valve consists of an upper stock solution solenoid valve located above and a lower stock solution solenoid valve located below,
The upper stock solution solenoid valve and the lower stock solution solenoid valve are controlled so that the upper stock solution solenoid valve is normally opened, the lower stock solution solenoid valve is closed, the upper stock solution solenoid valve is closed, and the lower stock solution solenoid valve is opened when the stock solution is supplied. A liquid supply apparatus for food, which is controlled by the unit and thereby supplies a predetermined amount of the stock solution in the stock solution line between the upper stock solution solenoid valve and the lower stock solution solenoid valve to the container on the mounting table. The mounting table is provided with a container sensor that detects that the container has been mounted on the mounting table.
The food liquid supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the hot water solenoid valve and the undiluted solution solenoid valve is operated based on a signal from the container sensor. The hot water tank is a sealed tank,
2. The food liquid supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a supply line is provided between the hot water tank and the heat retaining tank and has a supply electromagnetic valve to supply hot water in the hot water tank under pressure to the heat retaining tank.

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