JP4756139B2 - Food and beverage supply device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a food and drink supply device, and more particularly to a food and drink supply device that supplies food and drink such as soups and fruit drinks in a fixed amount.

  An example of a cooler for cooling a liquid in a food and drink supply device is described in Patent Document 1. The cooler includes: “a container filled with liquid, a covering member that covers a part of the container, and a cooling unit that is provided on the inner wall surface side of the covering member and takes heat from the liquid through the container, The cooling means is a cooling unit including an electronic cooling element body, which has an advantage that, for example, a small, lightweight and inexpensive cooler can be provided.

However, this cooler is suitable for cooling beer filled in a beer barrel as an example of a tank, but is not suitable for supplying soups and fruit drinks in a certain amount.
Generally, a food and beverage supply device that supplies a certain amount of soups and fruit drinks generally adds food to a hopper having an opening at both ends or two or more openings, and supplies a constant amount to a general consumer. Because there is.

  On the other hand, the food and beverage supply apparatus (partitioning device for soups with ingredients) of Patent Document 2 is proposed by the present inventor, and the substituting apparatus for soups with ingredients includes (a) soup with ingredients. (B) heating means disposed with a gap in the hopper cover so that the soup in the hopper can be heated from the outer wall surface side of the hopper; Stirring means provided in a cylindrical inner valve below the hopper so as to stir the soup containing the ingredients, and (d) disposed so as to communicate with the lower end opening of the hopper below the cylindrical inner valve A plunger-type pump each having a fixed-quantity cylinder and a push-out rod for supplying a certain amount of the soup containing the ingredients that have entered the fixed-quantity cylinder; and (e) the plunger-type pump and each of the above parts are set at appropriate positions. in order to Technology comprising a body are disclosed.

  However, although the said subdivision apparatus can heat soup with ingredients, for example in a hopper so that it may not burn, it cannot cool.

  Therefore, while applying the basic configuration of Patent Document 2, a food and beverage cooling apparatus that can supply foods such as soups and fruit drinks in a hopper, not a tank, and can be supplied in a certain amount, or The appearance of an improved food and beverage supply device is desired.

JP 2003-322450 A Japanese Patent No. 3267964

  The intended object of the present invention is to propose an improved type of food and drink supply device that supplies foods such as soups and fruit drinks in a hopper and supplies them in a fixed amount. The second purpose is to provide a drive source in the upper storage box of the machine body so as not to route the wiring for the drive source as much as possible. A third object is to connect the output shaft of the stirring drive source and the stirring means of the hopper lid when the upper storage box having the stirring drive source is lowered to a horizontal position. The fourth object is that the stirring means can be easily set on the hopper via the lid.

  The food / beverage supply apparatus of the present invention includes a body 1 having a pump 2 for supplying a certain amount of food to be eaten on the lower support base 1a and a control box 1b for the pump, and a front surface of the control box 1b of the body. An annular support 6 attached in a protruding state to the pump 2, a hopper 3 detachably set to the pump 2 located below the annular support 6 via the annular support 6, and an upper end opening of the hopper In the food and drink supply device X including the hopper lid 10 that freely closes the control box 1b, the control box 1b includes a power source substrate 7, and a stirring drive source is provided on the front side of the upper end of the control box 1b. 11 is pivotally attached to the upper storage box 1d. On the other hand, the lid for hopper 10 has a rotary fitting member 45 fitted to the output shaft 12 of the stirring drive source 11, and the fitting member. 45 and has a plurality of stirring blades 13 When the upper storage box 1d is closed after the food 36 is placed in the hopper 3, the protruding end of the output shaft 12 of the stirring drive source is a fitting member of the lid 10. 45.

(1) It is possible to propose an improved food and drink supply apparatus that puts foods such as soups and fruit drinks in a hopper and supplies a constant amount.
(2) Since the control box constituting the airframe is provided with a power supply substrate and the drive source is provided in the upper storage box constituting the airframe, it is possible to prevent the wiring for the drive source from being routed as much as possible. it can.
(3) Since the control box includes a power supply substrate, the space in the box can be used effectively.
(4) When the upper storage box having the stirring drive source is lowered to a horizontal position, the output shaft of the stirring drive source and the stirring means of the hopper lid are connected.

1 to 11 are explanatory views showing a first embodiment of the present invention. 12 to 15 are explanatory views showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
Schematic explanatory drawing from the right side view. Schematic explanatory drawing from the front view. Schematic cross-sectional explanatory drawing which shows an example of a plunger type pump. The schematic perspective view which shows the principal part (a cover body for hoppers, a hopper, a connection means, and a part of pump). The schematic perspective view which shows the principal part (when a hopper is set to a pump via a connection means). The disassembled perspective view of the principal part (mainly cooling unit). The perspective view of the principal part (when an annular support body is opened). The schematic explanatory drawing of the principal part at the time of setting a hopper to a pump. The schematic explanatory drawing of the principal part from planar view. The schematic explanatory drawing of the principal part from planar view (The annular support body is notched). Schematic explanatory drawing from the front view (opening and closing frame of the annular support is opened). Explanatory drawing which shows an example which attached the cooling unit to the attachment plate which can be engaged / disengaged. Explanatory drawing of the state which latched the attachment board to the annular support body. Schematic explanatory drawing similar to FIG. 11 (opening and closing frame of the annular support is opened). Schematic explanatory drawing similar to FIG.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 11 will be described.

(1) Environment for Implementing the Invention FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing the environment for implementing the invention. In FIG. 1, X is a food and drink supply device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 is an airframe, 2 is a plunger type pump attached to the airframe 1, 3 is a hopper which is set to this pump through the connection means 4 so that attachment or detachment is possible, 5 is surface contact with a part or all around the hopper 3 In addition, a cooling unit that takes heat from the food in the hopper through the hopper 3 and cools it, 6 is provided with a cooling unit 5 in a fixed manner and an annular support provided on the body 1, and 7 is the body 1 And a power supply board for supplying power to the cooling unit 5 through wiring. In addition, the cooling device of the food and drink supply device can be a specific requirement depending on the purpose of the invention.

  In other words, a hopper lid 10 is freely set in the upper opening of the hopper 3, and is electrically connected to the power board 7 via the wiring, and is connected to the upper part of the body 1. An agitating drive source 11 and a rotating shaft 14 having an agitating blade 13 for agitating the food to be eaten in the hopper 3 are provided, which can be fitted and connected to the output shaft 12 of the agitating source in a vertical state. It has been. Hereinafter, specific requirements of the present invention will be sequentially described, but detailed matters will be omitted from the drawings and the description thereof.

(2) Airframe 1 of the food and drink supply device X
The body 1 of the food and drink supply device X will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. 1a is a lower support base, 1b is a vertical control box integrally provided above the lower support base 1a, and 1c is integrally provided above the lower support base 1a so as to intersect the vertical control box 1b. One or a plurality of operation boxes 1d is an upper storage box pivotally attached to the front side of the upper end of the vertical control box 1b. Since each box part of the airframe 1 can be arbitrarily changed in design, it is not limited to the form of the airframe 1 illustrated.

  Accordingly, a control panel 16 having a power supply substrate 7 is appropriately provided in the internal space of the control box 1b. The power supply board 7 can be connected to a commercial power supply (alternating current) 18 via a cord 17.

  Therefore, although an electric circuit is not particularly illustrated, the power supply substrate 7 is provided with an AC / DC converter. An operation panel 19 having a plurality of operation buttons (switches) electrically connected to the power supply substrate 7 is provided on the inclined front surface of the operation box 1c. When the operation button on the operation panel 19 is pressed, the drive source of the pump 2 and the agitation drive source 11 are activated. Of course, when the power button is pressed, the control unit controls the electronic cooling element body of the cooling unit.

(3) Plunger type pump 2
The plunger pump 2 includes a known pump described in Patent Document 2, for example. In this embodiment, a new structure is adopted. That is, the pump 2 is a plunger type pump that removably couples the outer cylinder (outer valve) 21 of the valve body and the pump head 22 via the tightening means 23, and includes a suction hole 24 formed in the pump head 22 and A cylindrical inner valve 26 having an opening 27 that can communicate with each of the discharge holes 25 is rotatably provided in the outer valve 21. A seal 29 having a through hole 28 that communicates with the opening 27 of the valve 26 and can selectively communicate with the suction hole 24 and the discharge hole 25 is fixedly attached, and this seal 29 tightens the tightening means 23. The plunger 30 is moved in the axial direction of the inner valve 26 through the wall surface of the pump head 22.

  In such a plunger type pump 2, since the seal 29 is pressed in the axial direction, the seal structure is simple, the mounting is simple, and the tightening screw 23 is tightened even if the seal of the rotary inner valve 26 is worn. By the adjustment, there is an excellent effect that fluid leakage can be easily prevented.

  Meanwhile, the driving force of the first drive source 32 is transmitted to the projecting inner end of the inner valve 26 via the power transmission means 31, and the power conversion mechanism 33 is transmitted to the projecting inner end of the plunger 30. The driving force of the second driving source 34 is transmitted via the. In this embodiment, at least the first drive source 32 and the second drive source 34 are appropriately provided in the vertical control box 1 b and are electrically connected to the power supply substrate 7.

  In the pump 2, the inner valve 26 is intermittently rotated by a predetermined amount (for example, approximately 180 degrees) by the driving force of the first driving source 32 so that the food to be eaten from the hopper 3 can be supplied by a certain amount. In response to the intermittent rotation of the inner valve 26, the plunger 30 reciprocates by the driving force of the second driving source 34, and the food to be eaten in the pump 2 is placed below the discharge hole 25. A certain amount is supplied to the cup 35.

(4) Hopper 3
The hopper 3 is detachably attached to the suction hole 24 of the pump 2 via the connecting means 4. With reference to FIG.4 and FIG.5, the hopper 3, the connection means 4, and the cover body 10 for hoppers are demonstrated.

  The hopper 3 is formed in a “funnel shape” or “morning glory shape” as a whole. In the present embodiment, a long cylindrical portion 3a having a large opening 41 at the upper end, a mortar-shaped portion 3b connected to the lower end of the long cylindrical portion 3a, and a small opening 42 connected to the mortar-shaped portion 3b. The short cylindrical portion 3c is provided with a connecting flange portion 43 around the short cylindrical portion 3c.

  As the connecting means 4, an example of a ring-type clamp that is wound around the flange portion 43 of the hopper 3 and the protruding connecting portion 44 of the pump 2 is employed. The left and right divided links 4a and 4b to which the clamp 4 is pivotally attached have a fastening screw 4c on one side thereof and an operation locking piece 4d screwed into the fastening screw, and the fastening screw 4c is divided into the other part. When the operation locking piece 4d is tightened after being engaged with the engagement free end portion of the link 4a, the hopper 3 is integrally set to the projecting connection portion 44 of the pump 2.

  A hopper lid 10 is freely set on the hopper 3. The lid body 10 is provided with a rotary fitting member 45 having a fitting recess 45a fitted to the output shaft 12 of the stirring drive source 11 provided in the upper storage box 1d of the machine body 1. A plurality of stirring blades 13 are provided on the rotating shaft 14 depending on the joint member 45.

(5) Cooling unit 5
The cooling unit 5 is in surface contact with part or all of the periphery of the hopper 3 and cools by removing heat from food to be eaten in the hopper. In this embodiment, a total of four cooling units 5 are used, and surface contact is possible with a part around the hopper.

  FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of one cooling unit 5. Referring to FIG. 6, the cooling unit 5 includes an attached first cooling plate 51 having a contact surface 51 a along the curvature of the outer peripheral surface of the mortar-shaped portion 3 b of the hopper 3, in order to increase the cooling effect, An electronic cooling element body 52 in which a vertical surface 52a that absorbs heat in a fitting recess of the outer wall surface 51b of the first cooling body 51 for attachment is provided in surface contact, and a heat release surface 52b of the electronic cooling element body 52 A second cooling plate 53 in which the inner wall surface 53a is provided in a surface contact state, one or more cooling fins 54 integrally provided on the outer wall surface 53b of the second cooling plate 53, and the cooling fins 54. The cooling fan 55, the cooling fins 54, the second cooling plate 53, the electronic cooling element body 52, and the first cooling plate 51 are provided via a plurality of unit fixing tools 56. Are engaged together to form a single cooling structure. And it has a body.

  One cooling unit 5 as a cooling structure includes a fixed mounting plate 59 having a rectangular fitting portion (for example, a fitting hole, a fitting notch, etc.) 58 in the internal space of the annular support 6 shown in FIG. It is attached appropriately. In addition, a code | symbol is abbreviate | omitted about each attachment hole for the fixing tools 56 of the cooling unit 5. FIG.

  The electronic cooling element body of the cooling unit 5 is a Peltier element or a register element. Since the operation principle of these elements is known, the description thereof is omitted.

(6) Annular support 6
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the annular support 6 protrudes from the front of the control box 1 b so as to be positioned in the external space 60 between the left and right operation boxes 1 c, 1 c and the upper storage box 1 d of the machine body 1. Installed on. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example of the annular support 6. As shown in FIG. 7, the annular support 6 is composed of a frame-shaped fixed frame 6a fixed to the body 1, and a frame-shaped opening / closing frame 6b having one end pivotally attached to the fixed frame 6a. The cooling means 5 of the frame 6a. A plurality (for example, a total of four) of the internal space 61.61 of 6b is appropriately arranged with a required interval in the circumferential direction of the hopper.

  FIGS. 8 to 10 show an example in which a total of four cooling units 5 are provided in the annular support 6 via fixed mounting plates 59, respectively. As is apparent from these drawings, each cooling unit 5 is in an oblique state such that the arc-shaped contact surface 51a of the first cooling plate 51 is in surface contact with the outer wall surface of the mortar portion 3b of the hopper 3 set in the pump 2. Further, they are arranged with a predetermined interval. In this embodiment, two fixed frames 6 a and two open / close frames 6 b are provided. When the open / close frames 6 b are opened as shown in FIG. 11, the two cooling units 5 are removed from the mortar portion 3 b of the hopper 3. Leave.

  The support 6 has an upper opening 62 having an inner diameter corresponding to the outer diameter of the long cylindrical portion 3a of the hopper 3 on the upper wall, and an inner diameter corresponding to the outer diameter of the short cylindrical portion 3c of the hopper 3 on the lower wall. The lower openings 63 are respectively provided. In addition, a plurality of openings 64 for releasing heat are formed in appropriate portions of the lower wall (portions facing the cooling fan).

(7) Power supply board 7
The power supply substrate 7 is provided on the support body 6 or the machine body 1 and is electrically connected to each cooling unit 5 via wiring to supply power. In the present embodiment, the power supply board 7 is fixedly installed in the control box 1b of the machine body 1 and can be connected to a commercial power supply 18 for home use via a cord (cable). Of course, the power source 18 may be provided directly on the machine body 1.

(8) Relationship between the annular support 6 and the cooling unit 5 As shown in FIG. 5, when the hopper 3 is attached to the pump 2 via the connecting means 4, the two on the fixed frame 6 a side of the support 6. The cooling unit 5 immediately comes into surface contact with the outer wall surface of the hopper 3. Next, when the hopper lid 10 is set in the hopper 3, the rotating shaft 14 and the stirring blade 13 of the lid 10 are positioned in the hopper 3.

  Next, after putting the food 36 such as soup and juice in the hopper 3 and then closing the upper storage box 1d of the airframe 1, the protruding end of the output shaft 12 of the stirring drive source in the upper storage box 1d It fits into the fitting member 45 of the lid 10. Next, when the open / close frame 6b is closed from the state shown in FIG. 11, the two cooling units 5 of the open / close frame 6b also come into surface contact with the outer wall surface of the hopper 3.

  The four cooling units 5 in contact with the outer wall surface of the hopper 3 take heat from the food 36 in the hopper 3 via the hopper 3 when the power is turned on (for example, the effect of the Peltier element). The control panel 16 controls the effect of the Peltier element.

  In the embodiment shown in the embodiment of the invention, the shape of the annular support is arbitrarily changed in accordance with the shape of the hopper 3. Therefore, the attachment location of the cooling unit 5 to the support is also an arbitrary location. Further, the cooling unit 5 may be configured to be in surface contact with the entire outer wall surface around the hopper. Further, the connecting means 4 for the hopper 3 includes all known clamps. Further, at least the elongated cylindrical portion 3a of the hopper 3 has a three-layer structure having a heat insulating function, and although not particularly illustrated, an inner stainless steel layer, an outer heat insulating layer, the outer heat insulating layer, and an inner stainless steel layer are provided. And a cooling promotion layer (aluminum new layer) interposed between the two. Although the hopper 3 is provided with a handle, it is not particularly shown.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the description of this embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  In the food and beverage supply device X1 of the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 12 to 15, the main difference from the first embodiment is that the cooling unit 5A has an upper opening of the annular support 6 formed in an annular shape. It is different that it is attached to one or a plurality of engagement mounting plates 59A having a locking function that can be engaged and disengaged with the inner peripheral edge of the annular wall portion forming the ring. The engagement mounting plate 59A has a cooling unit 5A mounting portion 70 formed in a curved shape corresponding to the curvature of the mortar-shaped portion 3b of the hopper 3, and an upper end portion of the mounting portion 70. The mounting portion 70 is formed with a plurality of rectangular fitting windows 72 into which the first cooling plate 51 of the cooling unit 5A is fitted. Even if comprised in this way, there exists the same effect | action and effect as 1st Example.

  The present invention is mainly applicable to a case where fluids or fluids such as soups and fruit drinks are supplied to a cup by a fixed amount via a plunger type pump.

X, X1 ... Food and drink supply device, 1 ... Airframe, 2 ... Pump, 3 ... Hopper, 3b ... Mortar-shaped part of hopper 3, 4 ... Connecting means, 5, 5A ... Cooling unit, 6 ... Support, 6a ... Frame A fixed frame, 6b ... a frame-shaped opening / closing frame, 7 ... a power supply substrate, 10 ... a lid for a hopper, 11 ... a drive source for stirring, 12 ... an output shaft of the drive source, 13 ... a stirring blade, 14 ... a rotating shaft, 18 ... Commercial power supply, 21 ... Outer valve, 22 ... Pump head, 23 ..., 24 ... Suction hole, 25 ... Discharge hole, 26 ... Cylindrical inner valve, 27 ..., Opening of inner valve, 28 ... Through hole, 29 ... Seal: 30 ... Plunger 31 ... Power transmission means, 32 ... First drive source, 33 ... Power conversion mechanism, 34 ... Second drive source, 51 ... First cooling plate for attachment, 52 ... Electronic cooling element body, 53 ... 2nd cooling plate, 54 ... Cooling fin, 55 ... Cooling fan, 56 ... Fixing tool for unit, 9 ... fixed mounting plate, 59A ... engaging the mounting plate, 70 ... mounting portion 71 ... holding flange.

Claims (3)

An airframe 1 having a pump 2 for supplying a certain amount of food to be eaten on the lower support 1a and a control box 1b for the pump, and an annular support attached to the front surface of the control box 1b of the airframe in a protruding state Body 6, hopper 3 detachably set to the pump 2 located below the annular support 6 via the annular support 6, and a hopper lid 10 that freely closes the upper end opening of the hopper. In the food and drink supply device X, the control box 1b is provided with a power supply substrate 7, and an upper storage box 1d having a stirring drive source 11 is provided on the front side of the upper end of the control box 1b. On the other hand, the hopper lid body 10 has a rotary fitting member 45 fitted to the output shaft 12 of the stirring drive source 11 and a plurality of stirrings depending on the fitting member 45. A rotating shaft 14 having wings 13, When the upper storage box 1 d is closed after the food 36 is put into the hopper 3, the protruding end of the output shaft 12 of the stirring drive source is fitted into the fitting member 45 of the lid 10. Food and drink supply device.
2. The food and beverage supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hopper 3 is detachably set to the plunger type pump via a clamp type connecting means.
In claim 1, at least the elongated cylindrical portion 3a of the hopper 3 has a three-layer structure having a heat insulating function, and includes an inner stainless steel layer, an outer heat insulating layer, the outer heat insulating layer, and the inner stainless steel layer. A food and drink supply device comprising a cooling promoting layer interposed therebetween.

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