JP4111132B2 - Beverage supply equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a beverage supply apparatus, and more particularly to a beverage supply apparatus that supplies a beverage that has been cooled by passing through a beverage cooling pipe immersed in cooling water stored in a cooling water tank.

For example, a beverage supply apparatus that cools and supplies a beverage is provided with a cooling water tank for cooling the beverage to be supplied. In this cooling water tank, cooling water for beverage cooling is stored, an evaporator communicating with the cooling device is provided in the cooling water, and cooling is performed using the amount of heat stored in an ice bank (ice block) formed around the evaporator. The water temperature is kept at about 0 ° C. And the drink cooling pipe which consists of a coil-shaped metal pipe etc. is immersed in this cooling water, and the drink cooled through the drink cooling pipe is supplied (for example, refer patent document 1).
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However, if the beverage is continuously supplied, the cooling water temperature rises due to the amount of heat of the beverage passing through the beverage cooling pipe, the ice bank begins to melt, and if the cooling water temperature rises further, the beverage passing through the beverage cooling pipe is cooled. May not be able to be performed, and there may be a problem that the supplied beverage becomes warm, so that it becomes impossible to provide a moderately cooled beverage.
In such a case, the top plate of the beverage supply device is removed and ice is poured into the cooling water tank so that the cooling water temperature is lowered so that the sales of the beverage cooled moderately can be continued.
However, there are cases where containers used for sale are placed on the top plate of the beverage supply device. In such a state, it is difficult to remove the top plate and put ice into the cooling water tank. .
In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a beverage supply apparatus including a cooling water tank for cooling a beverage, and to provide a beverage supply apparatus that can easily put ice into the cooling water tank.

In order to achieve the above object, a beverage supply device according to claim 1 of the present invention stores cooling water for cooling a beverage, cools the cooling water by immersing a beverage cooling pipe in the cooling water, and the cooling water. A beverage supply device that includes a cooling device and an exterior plate that covers the cooling water tank, and that feeds the cooled beverage through the beverage cooling pipe, and forms a wall surface of the cooling water tank to maintain a cooling water temperature. At least a part of the upper end surface of the heat insulating wall is an inclined surface so that ice introduced into the cooling water tank slides into the cooling water .

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the ice that has entered at least a part of the upper end surface of the heat insulating wall that forms the wall surface of the cooling water tank and maintains the cooling water temperature is inclined so as to slide down into the cooling water, The thrown-in ice will surely fall into the cooling water tank without melting on the upper end surface of the heat insulating wall. And the splash generated by the ice falling on the cooling water also flows down into the cooling water tank by the upper end surface inclined in the inner direction of the cooling water tank.

The present invention comprises a cooling water tank in which cooling water for cooling beverage is stored and a beverage cooling pipe is immersed in the cooling water, a refrigeration apparatus that cools the cooling water, and an exterior plate that covers the cooling water tank, In the beverage supply apparatus for supplying the beverage cooled by passing through the beverage cooling pipe, an ice inlet for introducing ice into the cooling water tank is provided on the exterior plate. Thereby, the drink supply apparatus which can put ice into a cooling water tank easily was implement | achieved.
Exemplary embodiments of a beverage supply device according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1: shows schematic structure of the drink supply apparatus which is Embodiment 1 of this invention, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a top view. As shown in FIG. 1, a cooling water tank 5 for storing cooling water 4, a cooling water tank 5 for storing cooling water 4, and a cooling plate 4 are provided in an exterior plate constituted by a top plate 2 and a side plate 3 of a beverage supply device 1 for cooling and supplying a beverage such as beer. A cooling device 10 including an evaporator (also referred to as an evaporator) 6, a compressor 7, a condenser (also referred to as a condenser) 8, a blower fan 9 that cools the condenser 8, and the like immersed in the water 4 is provided. On the front surface of the beverage supply device 1, a beverage dispensing valve 12 communicating with a dispensing side end portion of a beverage cooling pipe (also referred to as a beverage cooling tube) 11 immersed in the cooling water 4 is attached. Is in communication with a supply pipe 13 for supplying a beverage pushed out of a beverage tank with a pressure of carbon dioxide gas supplied under pressure from a carbon dioxide cylinder (not shown). When the operation lever 12a is swung, the beverage dispensing valve 12 opens the valve mechanism that follows the operation lever 12a. For example, in the case of beer beverage, the beer raw material and the carbon dioxide gas cylinder cooled through the beverage cooling pipe 11 are opened. The carbon dioxide gas supplied from is discharged from the discharge nozzle 12b. In addition, a drain pan 14 provided with a bowl 14a is attached below the beverage dispensing valve 12 to receive a beverage dripping from the dispensing nozzle 12b and to place a container such as a beer mug.

The top plate 2 is provided with an ice inlet 15 for putting ice into the cooling water tank 5, and always forms the same surface as the top plate 2, and tilts the plate surface when pushed down when putting ice. The ice charging plate 16 can slide the ice into the cooling water tank 5 and a guide (also referred to as a guide plate) 17 (see FIG. 2) for guiding the charged ice into the cooling water 4.
2 is a cross-sectional side view of the AA portion of FIG. 1 as viewed in the direction of the arrow. As shown in FIG. 2, the cooling water tank 5 for storing the cooling water 4 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped water tank whose side surface and bottom surface are constituted by a heat insulating wall 21 and opened above, and the upper end surface 21 a of the heat insulating wall 21 is cooled. The surface is inclined toward the inner side of the water tank 5. The evaporator 6 that constitutes the cooling device 10 together with the compressor 7, the condenser 8, and the blower fan 9 is wound in a coil shape and disposed inside the heat insulating wall 21 of the cooling water tank 5, and is surrounded by the heat of evaporation of the refrigerant. An ice bank 22 is formed, and the temperature of the cooling water 4 is maintained at approximately 0 ° C. by using this heat storage amount. Further, inside the evaporator 6 wound in a coil shape, a beverage cooling pipe 11 made of stainless steel is wound so as to be coiled and immersed in the cooling water 4, and the supply side of the beverage cooling pipe 11 The end portion extends from the upper portion of the heat insulating wall 21 and communicates with the supply pipe 13. A mounting member 26 of a stirring motor 23 for stirring the cooling water 4 is horizontally installed above the heat insulating wall 21, and a stirring blade 25 is mounted on the motor shaft 24. The stirring blade 25 rotates with the rotation of the stirring motor 23 and causes the cooling water 4 in the cooling water tank 5 to flow downward so as to cool the beverage passing through the beverage cooling pipe 11 efficiently.

The ice insertion plate 16 of the ice insertion port 15 provided in the top plate 2 is attached with a hinge structure (not shown) that is pushed upward by a spring or the like so that it is always flush with the top plate 2 and the plate surface is attached. When pushed down, the angle can be changed as shown by the arrow in the figure. The guide 17 is a component for guiding the sliding direction so that the thrown-in ice splashes and does not affect the electrical components built into the beverage supply device or corrode the metal components. It is provided on the opposite surface when inclined.
Thus, since the ice inlet 15 was provided in the top plate 2 of the exterior plate, a beverage supply device that can easily put ice into the cooling water tank without removing the top plate can be realized. Further, since the guide 17 is provided on the surface facing when the ice throwing plate 16 is inclined, the thrown-in ice can be reliably dropped into the cooling water 4 of the cooling water tank 5. Further, since the upper end surface 21a of the heat insulating wall 21 of the cooling water tank 5 is inclined to the inner side of the cooling water tank 5, it is surely cooled without melting even if the charged ice is placed on the upper end surface 21a of the heat insulating wall 21. It falls into the aquarium 5. Then, the splash generated by the ice falling on the cooling water 4 also flows down into the cooling water tank 5 by the upper end surface 21 a inclined in the inner direction of the cooling water tank 5.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the ice insertion plate 16 of the ice insertion port 15 is always attached by a hinge structure that is pushed upward by a spring or the like so as to be flush with the top plate 2, and the plate surface is pushed down. And the ice throwing plate 16 are configured to change the angle so that the thrown ice slides down on the ice throwing plate 16. May be input. In addition, a cover that covers the ice slot is provided, and this cover can be opened and closed by a slide mechanism such as a rail.When inserting ice, the cover is slid to open the ice slot and insert ice. May be. Furthermore, the upper end surface 21a of the heat insulating wall 21 of the cooling water tank 5 may be a surface inclined inward of the cooling water tank 5 so that the entire upper end surface 21a may be inclined or the upper end surface in the vicinity of the ice inlet 15 may be used. Only 21a may be used.
(Embodiment 2)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In Embodiment 1 mentioned above, the cooling water tank which stored the cooling water for drink cooling, the drink cooling pipe was immersed in this cooling water, the freezing apparatus which cools the said cooling water, and the exterior board which covers the said cooling water tank, In the beverage supply device that supplies the cooled beverage by passing through the beverage cooling pipe, the top plate of the exterior plate is provided with an ice inlet for introducing ice into the cooling water tank. In the second embodiment, an ice inlet for introducing ice into the cooling water tank is provided on the side plate of the exterior plate. As a result, a beverage supply device that can easily put ice into the cooling water tank is realized even when containers used for sale are placed on the entire top plate.

FIG. 3: shows schematic structure of the drink supply apparatus 30 which is Embodiment 2 of this invention, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a top view. In FIG. 3, the same reference numerals are given to the same components as those in the beverage supply device 1 shown in FIG. 1, and description of the reference numerals is omitted.
As shown in FIG. 3, the side plate 3 is always formed with the same surface as the side plate 3, and when pushed down when ice is poured, the plate surface is inclined (indicated by an arrow in the drawing) in the cooling water tank 5. An ice slot for pouring ice into the cooling water tank 5, which includes an ice slot 32 that can slide down and a guide (also referred to as a guide board) 33 that guides the thrown ice into the cooling water 4. 31 is provided.
4 is a cross-sectional side view of the BB portion of FIG. 3 as viewed in the direction of the arrow. As shown in FIG. 4, the ice loading plate 32 of the ice loading port 31 provided in the side plate 3 has a hinge structure (not shown) that is always pushed upward by a spring or the like so as to be flush with the side plate 3. When the plate surface is attached and pushed down, the angle can be changed as indicated by an arrow in the figure. The guide 33 is a component for guiding the sliding direction so that the thrown-in ice scatters to the left and right and falls to the surroundings and does not affect the electrical components incorporated in the beverage supply device or corrode metal components. is there.

As described above, since the ice inlet 31 is provided in the side plate 3, it is possible to easily put ice into the cooling water tank 5 even when a container used for sale is placed on the entire top plate 2. It is possible to realize a beverage supply device that can be used. Further, since the guides 33 are provided at the left and right ends when the ice charging plate 32 is inclined, the charged ice can be reliably dropped into the cooling water 4 of the cooling water tank 5.
In the second embodiment of the present invention, the schematic configuration of the beverage supply device in which the ice charging port 31 is provided on the right side plate is shown and described. However, the ice charging port 31 is provided on the left side, front surface, or rear surface of the beverage supply device. It goes without saying that the same effect can be obtained even if it is provided.

The schematic structure of the drink supply apparatus which is Embodiment 1 of this invention is shown. It is the cross-sectional side view which looked at the AA part of FIG. 1 in the arrow direction. The schematic structure of the drink supply apparatus which is Embodiment 2 of this invention is shown. It is the cross-sectional side view which looked at the BB part of FIG. 3 in the arrow direction.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Beverage supply apparatus 2 Top plate 3 Side plate 4 Cooling water 5 Cooling water tank 6 Evaporator 7 Compressor 8 Condenser 9 Blower fan 10 Cooling device 11 Beverage cooling pipe 12 Beverage dispensing valve 15 Ice inlet 16 Ice inlet plate 17 Guide 21 Heat insulation wall 21a Upper end surface 22 Ice bank 23 Stirring motor 25 Stirring blade 30 Beverage supply device 31 Ice slot 32 Ice slot 33 Guide

Claims (1)

The beverage cooling pipe comprising: a cooling water tank that stores cooling water for cooling the beverage, and a beverage cooling pipe immersed in the cooling water; a cooling device that cools the cooling water; and an exterior plate that covers the cooling water tank. In a beverage supply device for supplying a cooled beverage through
At least a part of the upper end surface of the heat insulating wall that forms the wall surface of the cooling water tank and maintains the cooling water temperature is an inclined surface so that ice thrown into the cooling water tank slides into the cooling water. A beverage supply device.

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