JP4843137B2 - Beverage dispenser - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a beverage pouring tool for sparkling beverages, and more particularly to a beverage pouring tool capable of forming fine bubbles on the top when the sparkling beverage is poured into an external container.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Usually, when drinking effervescent beverages such as beer in bottles or sparkling liquor (hereinafter described as an example of beer) at home or restaurants, pour a peel from a can or bottle into another cup. Take out and drink. It is generally said that beer poured into a cup should have a fine foam (creamy foam) on the top of the beer in an amount of about 30 to 40%. The reason for this is that a suitable foam is formed on the upper part of the beer and the appearance is improved, and furthermore, the foam also functions to prevent the beer from being oxidized and vented.
[0003]
In order to generate creamy foam moderately as described above, first, beer is poured out from about 10 cm from the upper end of the cup so as to be foamed with a relatively large drop, and then the drop is dropped when moderate foam is formed. It is said that it is better to carry out the pouring operation in two stages: making it smaller and pouring the beer gently into the cup. And it seems that anyone can easily perform such a dispensing operation.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when such a pouring operation is actually performed, it is found that fine adjustment is necessary and it is extremely difficult to form a desired foam on the beer. If the initial foaming condition is insufficient, bubbles are hardly formed, and conversely, if the foam is excessively formed at the beginning, excessive bubbles are generated.
[0005]
Moreover, the beer bottles and can outlets on the market have an inner diameter of about 15 mm. Beer poured out from such a large spout tends to pour out in a large amount, and coarse and large bubbles are formed in the cup. Such bubbles disappear in a short time. Therefore, it is generally difficult to form fine creamy foam on beer poured out of cans and bottles.
[0006]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a beverage dispensing tool that allows anyone to form creamy foam in a sparkling beverage with a simple structure.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The object is a beverage pouring tool used when pouring an effervescent beverage from a beverage container into another container as described in claim 1, and a base portion disposed on the outlet side of the beverage container; the effervescent beverage to allow dispensing to the container in the multi-streaked to form a plurality of tubes of inner diameter equal to each other within a range of surface to 2.0 to 5.0 mm of the base, said tube This is achieved by a configuration in which the length is reduced from one side of the base surface toward the other side .
[0008]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the sparkling beverages that have flowed out from each of the plurality of pipes formed in the pipe line portion are not in contact with each other, but become multi-striped and poured into another container such as a cup. Is issued. As a result, creamy foam can be appropriately formed on the sparkling beverage. Therefore, there is no need to devise the dispensing operation as in the prior art, and anyone can dispense a sparkling beverage with creamy foaming. In other words, by using this beverage pouring tool, the above-mentioned conventional problems are solved, and the sparkling beverage poured into the external container looks good and the time until the foam disappears also increases, thus preventing oxidation and preventing escape. Excellent effect in terms of points.
[0009]
Each tube of the beverage pouring tool may have a different inner diameter, but the processing can be simplified by adopting the same inner diameter, and the foam poured into the external container by changing the tube length. The state of foam formed on the sexual beverage can also be adjusted. In addition, there is no limitation in particular about the cross-sectional shape of each pipe | tube, A circle | round | yen, an ellipse, a triangle, a square, a polygon etc. are employable.
[0010]
In addition, as described in claim 2, the object is a beverage dispensing tool used when pouring an effervescent beverage from a beverage container to another container, and is disposed on the outlet side of the beverage container. a base that, the effervescent beverage in the multi streaks so that it can dispense into the container, to form a plurality of tubes of inner diameter equal to each other in the range of 2.0 to 5.0 mm on the surface of the base, The tubes can also be achieved by a construction that is formed on the surface of the base that is equal in length and that has an inclined surface .
[0011]
In the case of the invention according to claim 2, since the surface of the base portion is inclined, even if the length of the tube is substantially the same, the beverage container is formed in the same manner as when the length of the tube is formed in a different form. When the actual pouring operation is performed at an incline, the effervescent beverages that have flowed out become multi-striped and are poured out into the external container without contacting each other. Therefore, it is not necessary to devise the dispensing operation according to the present invention, and anyone can dispense a sparkling beverage having creamy foaming.
[0013]
According to invention of Claim 1 and 2 , the drink extraction tool which can form creamy foam moderately in a sparkling drink can be provided.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example in which the beverage dispensing tool 10 of this embodiment is applied to a can 100. The beverage dispensing tool 10 shown in the first embodiment is attached to a can (beverage container) 100 containing beer via an adapter 30. In addition, the can 100 is a general thing which has the annular collar 104 in the upper part, and is provided with the spout 102.
[0017]
The adapter 30 is formed in a lid shape that can cover the top of the can 100. An annular constriction 34 is formed in the lower portion of the adapter 30 so that the annular constriction 104 is moved over and engaged when pressed against the can 100 side. A protrusion 32 is formed on a part of the adapter 30 on the upper side. The beverage dispensing tool 10 is fitted to the protruding portion 32. The protrusion 32 is open at the top, and the outer periphery thereof is formed to have substantially the same diameter as the inner surface 15 of the base 10 </ b> A at the bottom of the beverage dispensing tool 10. Therefore, when the beverage pouring tool 10 is pushed in from above, the outer periphery of the protruding portion 32 and the inner surface 15 of the base portion 10A are connected with a tightness that does not cause a gap. Reference numeral 36 denotes an air hole.
[0018]
The beverage dispensing tool 10 includes a base portion 10A and a conduit portion 10B formed thereon. The pipe section 10B includes pipes 12, 14, and 16 having different lengths. These tubes 12, 14, and 16 are formed so as to extend from the upper surface of the base portion 10A. These tubes 12, 14, 16 are formed on the base 10 </ b> A so that when the can 100 is tilted to pour beer into the cup, the upper (distant from the cup) tube becomes longer. That is, the pipe | tube of the pipe line part 10B is formed so that it may become short, so that what adjoins a cup when pouring beer. In the case shown in FIG. 1, since it is tilted to the left in the drawing, the pipe 12 on the right side is the longest and the pipe 16 on the left side is the shortest.
[0019]
For example, the longest tube 12 is 15 mm from the upper surface of the base portion 10A, the next longest tube 14 is 10 mm, and the shortest tube 16 is 5 mm, and the inner diameter thereof is, for example, about 2.0 to 5.0 mm. Incidentally, the inner diameter of the tube was about 3.0 mm in this example.
[0020]
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the present extraction tool 10 is attached to the can 100 via the adapter 30. As is apparent from FIG. 2, in the present extraction tool 10, two tubes 12 having the above length and inner diameter, three tubes 14 and two tubes 16 are formed on the base 10A. However, the number, inner diameter, and cross-sectional shape of the tube are not particularly limited. Further, in the first embodiment, a plurality of tubes (group tubes) having the same length are arranged in a straight line, and the group tubes are exemplified as being substantially parallel to other group tubes. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be arranged in an arc shape, for example. In short, when the can 100 is tilted and the beer is poured into the cup, the beer that has flowed out of each of the tubes 12, 14, and 16 is affected by the surface tension or the like without being mixed with the beer that has come out of the adjacent tube. What is necessary is just to design the number of pipes, an internal diameter, arrangement | positioning, etc. suitably so that it may become one flow (stripe).
[0021]
As for the number of tubes, the optimum number including the inner diameter is determined in consideration of the pouring time. In the case of an inner diameter of about 3.0 mm as in this embodiment, at least 5 to 6 pipes were necessary in consideration of an allowable pouring time.
[0022]
FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which beer is poured out into the cup 50 by tilting the can 100 equipped with the present beverage pouring tool 10. It can be seen that the beer that has flowed out of the tubes 12, 14, and 16 enters the cup 50 as numerous streaks without crossing. When the beer in the can 100 is poured out, the container is generally poured at an angle of about 30 to 50 degrees. At this time, if the angle of inclination is gentle, the momentum of the beer flowing out from each pipe is weakened. In particular, when the pipes are adjacent to each other at the top and bottom, the beer that has flowed out from the upper pipe intersects with the beer that has flowed out from the lower pipe. However, the beverage dispenser 10 of the present embodiment has a configuration in which the lengths of the tubes 12, 14, and 16 are different in consideration of this point, so that one beer is not mixed with the beer that has come out of the adjacent tube. It becomes a flow (streaks). Therefore, the beer that has flowed out from the tubes 12, 14, 16 enters the cup 50 as a number of streaks.
[0023]
In this way, the beer poured into the cup 50 has moderate creamy bubbles in the upper part thereof, looks good, and takes a long time until the bubbles disappear.
[0024]
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the foam of beer poured out into the container, (A) is the foam of beer poured out with the beverage pouring tool 10 of the present embodiment, (B) is the spout of the can It shows the foam of beer poured out from A scale of 1 mm is shown between (A) and (B). Comparing FIG. 4 (A) and FIG. 4 (B), it can be confirmed that small bubbles are densely formed in FIG. 4 (A). Such fine bubbles are creamy in appearance and have good foam retention, so that it is possible to drink beer in a more favorable state than in the past.
[0025]
Next, FIG. 5 has shown the drink extraction tool 110 of 2nd Example. In the second embodiment, the adapter 30 and the beverage dispenser 10 in the first embodiment are integrally formed to form a beverage dispenser 110. Such a beverage dispenser 110 can be attached to and detached from the container 100 with a single touch. The beverage dispensing tool 110 of the second embodiment can be manufactured at a low cost if it is integrally formed of a synthetic resin such as polyethylene or polypropylene.
[0026]
6A shows a beverage dispenser 150 according to the third embodiment, and FIG. 6B shows a beverage dispenser 160 according to a modification of the third embodiment.
[0027]
The pipes provided in the plurality of pipe sections of the first and second embodiments are provided with different pipe lengths, but in the third embodiment, the same function is provided by inclining the surface 151 of the base. It is composed. In the case of the present embodiment, the tubes 152, 154, and 156 are formed to have substantially the same length, but the inclined tube 151 is formed so that the right tube is positioned at the top. That is, when pouring beer into a cup, the surface of the base is inclined so that the tube closer to the cup is positioned closer to the can. Even with such a configuration, the same effect as that obtained by changing the length of the tube shown in the first embodiment can be obtained.
[0028]
The example shown in FIG. 6B is a beverage dispenser 160 modified from the third embodiment, and the tubes 162, 164, 166 are formed to have substantially the same length, but are perpendicular to the inclined surface 161. It is formed to stand up. Even in such a form, the beer flowing out from the tubes 162, 164, and 166 can be poured into the cup in a number of lines.
[0029]
In the embodiment described above, the case where a can is used as a beverage container has been described, but the present invention can be similarly applied to a bottle. In the case of a can, the adapter as described above is particularly necessary. In the case of a bottle, the beverage pouring tool 10 of the above embodiment is provided as it is by providing a constriction on the inner surface of the base of the beverage pouring tool so as to engage with the bottle mouth. 150, 160 can be applied. Needless to say, in the case of a bottle, an adapter may be used in relation to the size of the beverage dispenser.
[0030]
The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the present invention described in the claims. It can be changed.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
As is clear from the above detailed description, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the effervescent beverages flowing out from each of the plurality of tubes formed in the conduit portion are multi-striped without contacting each other. And then poured out into another container such as a cup. As a result, creamy foam can be appropriately formed on the sparkling beverage. Therefore, there is no need to devise the dispensing operation as in the prior art, and anyone can dispense a sparkling beverage with creamy foaming. In other words, by using this beverage pouring tool, the above-mentioned conventional problems are solved, and the sparkling beverage poured into the external container looks good and the time until the foam disappears also increases, thus preventing oxidation and preventing escape. Excellent effect in terms of points.
[0032]
Further, according to the invention of claim 2, since the surface of the base portion is inclined, even if the length of the tube is substantially the same, the beverage is formed in the same manner as when the tube length is formed in a different form. When the container is tilted and the actual pouring operation is performed, the flowed sparkling beverages are multi-striped and poured out into the external container without contacting each other.
[0033]
Moreover, according to invention of Claim 1 and 2 , the drink extraction tool which can form creamy foam moderately in a sparkling drink can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example in which the beverage dispensing tool of the first embodiment is applied to a can.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the beverage dispensing device of the first embodiment is attached to a can via an adapter.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which beer is poured out into a cup by tilting a can equipped with the beverage pouring tool of the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the foam of beer poured out into a container, (A) is the foam of beer poured out with the beverage pouring device of the example, (B) is from the spout of the can It is a figure which shows the foam of the beer poured out as it is.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a beverage dispensing tool of a second embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a view showing a beverage dispensing tool of a third embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
10, 110 Beverage extractor 10A Base 10B Pipeline parts 12, 14, 16 Pipe 50 cups (other containers)
100 cans (beverage containers)

Claims (2)

A beverage dispenser used when pouring sparkling beverages from beverage containers to other containers,
The base portion disposed on the outlet side of the beverage container and the surface of the base portion within a range of 2.0 to 5.0 mm so that the sparkling beverage can be poured into the container in a multi-strip shape. Forming multiple tubes of equal inner diameter,
The said pipe | tube is formed so that length may become short toward the other side from the one side of a base part surface, The drink extraction tool characterized by the above-mentioned. A beverage dispenser used when pouring sparkling beverages from beverage containers to other containers,
The base portion disposed on the outlet side of the beverage container and the surface of the base portion within a range of 2.0 to 5.0 mm so that the sparkling beverage can be poured into the container in a multi-strip shape. Forming multiple tubes of equal inner diameter,
The said pipe | tube is equal in length, and is formed in the surface of the said base part in which the surface is inclined, The drink extraction tool characterized by the above-mentioned.

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