JP6721292B2 - Effervescent beverage automatic dispenser - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a sparkling beverage automatic pouring device for automatically pouring a sparkling beverage.

When pouring a sparkling beverage such as beer into a container such as a glass, tilt the container diagonally and pour the sparkling beverage along the inner peripheral wall of the container so that the sparkling beverage does not foam excessively in the container. It is known that when the beverage is poured so as to be suppressed, the sparkling beverage has a good taste. Further, when the sparkling beverage has fine (small) bubbles in the upper part of the container, the effect of suppressing the change in the flavor of the sparkling beverage, the effect of preventing the carbon dioxide gas contained in the sparkling beverage from being released, etc. Is known to have.

Patent Document 1 discloses an effervescent beverage automatic pouring device for automatically pouring an effervescent beverage such as beer. This effervescent beverage automatic pouring device consists of a pouring cock provided on the front upper part of the main body of the device, a cock driving device for tilting the operating lever of the pouring cock, and an upper end of the cock driving device under the pouring cock. A container pedestal device having a pedestal for mounting a container for receiving a sparkling beverage on the front side of a tilting substrate pivotally mounted on the front surface of the main body, and a tilting substrate by pushing the rear surface of the tilting substrate. A pedestal tilting device that tilts the tilting substrate by pushing the lower end of the tilting plate forward.

This effervescent beverage automatic pouring device is a container placed on the cradle by tilting the tilting substrate of the container cradle device from a substantially vertical standing posture to a rearwardly tilted posture by the cradle tilting device. Is tilted rearward from an upright posture that is substantially vertically erected, and the cock lever is used to tilt the operating lever to one side to tilt the operation lever from the liquid pouring nozzle to the liquid posture along the inner wall of the container. Pour the effervescent beverage (1) to about 70 to 80% of the container so as not to foam. After that, by returning the tilting substrate tilted by the cradle tilting device from the tilted posture to the standing posture, the container placed on the cradle is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture, and the operation lever is tilted to the other side by the cock driving device. Then, the effervescent beverage in a foam state is poured out into the container from the foaming nozzle.

JP, 2003-261199, A

In the effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device described in Patent Document 1 as described above, the container placed on the cradle is tilted by tilting the tilting substrate from the upright position to the tilted position by the cradle tilting device, By returning the tilting substrate from the tilted posture to the standing posture, the container placed on the pedestal is in the standing posture again. When the container placed on the cradle is a glass with a thin bottom, it starts or stops when tilting the container placed on the cradle from the standing posture to the tilted posture or when returning from the tilted posture to the standing posture. There was a risk of falling from the cradle.

Further, by tilting the tilting substrate from the upright position to the tilted position by the cradle tilting device, the container placed on the cradle is tilted. After pouring out up to about 80%, the tilting substrate is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the cradle tilting device to return the container placed on the cradle from the tilted posture to the standing posture, and then to the container returned to the standing posture. We are pouring out sparkling beverages in the foam state. However, since the container placed on the cradle returns to the standing posture before pouring the effervescent beverage in the foam state, the elution time of the effervescent beverage becomes longer, and from the pouring nozzle to the liquid surface of the container. Is high, and the quality of the foamed beverage in the foam state poured from the pouring nozzle to the liquid surface of the container becomes coarse, and the flavor of the sparkling beverage is impaired.

Therefore, it was considered that the effervescent beverage in the foam state was poured into the container while the tilting substrate was returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the cradle tilting device. However, the effervescent beverage in the foam state that is poured out from the pouring nozzle has a small pouring amount per unit time, and while the tilting substrate is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the pedestal tilting device, the foamed beverage in the foam state is When the soft drink is poured out, after the tilting substrate is returned to the standing state by the pedestal tilting device, most of the sparkling drink in the foam state is to be poured into the container. Even in this case, the height from the pouring nozzle to the liquid level of the container is high, and the foam quality of the foaming beverage in the foam state poured from the pouring nozzle to the liquid level of the container becomes coarse, and the flavor of the foaming beverage is reduced. It was supposed to hurt. The present invention, in the effervescent beverage automatic pouring device, while making it difficult to fall the container placed on the cradle from the cradle, while returning the tilting substrate from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the cradle tilting device, the container An object of the present invention is to, when pouring a sparkling beverage in a foamed state, pouring the sparkling beverage in a foaming state into a container in a good foam quality.

MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM This invention is provided in the front surface of an apparatus main body in order to solve the said subject, and makes a valve mechanism part into a liquid open state or a foam open state, and selectively pours the effervescent drink of a liquid state and a foam state. The pouring cock to be ejected, the tilting board mounted on the front side of the main body of the device under the pouring cock so as to be tiltable about the horizontal axis, and the pouring cock attached to the front side of the tilting board and pouring from the pouring cock. And a container cradle device having a cradle on which a container for receiving a sparkling beverage is placed, and a tilting substrate is provided in the front part of the device body to tilt the tilting substrate from a standing upright position to a tilted tilted position. From the standing position to the tilted position by tilting the tilting substrate from the standing position to the tilted position by the cradle tilting device. The valve mechanism is opened for foaming in the process of pouring a predetermined amount of the liquid sparkling drink by opening the mechanism for liquid, and returning the tilting substrate from at least the tilted posture to the standing posture by the cradle tilting device. a foamable beverage automatic dispensing device including a control controlling device to output a predetermined amount Note an effervescent beverage foam state by being a control device, the tilting base plate by cradle tilting device An automatic beverage dispenser for effervescent beverages, wherein the speed of returning from the tilted posture to the standing posture is controlled to be slower than the speed of tilting from the standing posture to the tilted posture.

In the effervescent beverage automatic pouring device configured as described above, the control device causes the tilting substrate by the pedestal tilting device to return the tilted substrate from the tilted posture to the standing posture at a speed slower than the speed of tilting the tilting substrate from the standing posture to the tilted posture. Since it was controlled so that the foamable beverage in a foam state with a small amount discharged per unit time can be poured out as close as possible to the liquid level of the container, and the foamable beverage in a foam state poured into the container The foam quality could be improved.

In one embodiment of the configuration foamable beverage automatic dispensing device as described above, control device, dispense the effervescent beverage foam state has issued Note by the valve mechanism portion and the foam for open It is preferable to control the pedestal tilting device so that the tilting substrate is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture at the timing when the process is finished. When this is done, the container returns from the tilted posture to the standing posture at the timing when the dispensing of the foamed beverage in the foam state ends, so that the foamed beverage in the foamed state is dispensed particularly close to the liquid level of the container. And the foam quality of the foamable beverage in the foam state poured into the container could be made particularly good.

In the effervescent beverage automatic pouring device configured as described above, the control device, according to the capacity of the container placed on the cradle each opening time of the liquid open state of the valve mechanism and the open state for foam When controlled to change, it is preferable to control so as to change the speed at which the pedestal tilting device returns the tilting substrate from the tilted posture to the standing posture according to the capacity of the container. In this case, the speed for returning the tilting substrate by the pedestal tilting device to the standing posture can be changed to the optimum speed for each container having a different volume, and foaming of the foam state poured into each container having a different volume. It was possible to improve the foam quality of the sex beverage. As one embodiment of the effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device configured as described above, the cradle of the container cradle device is a first cradle on which a container having a first capacity is placed, and a second cradle having a capacity larger than the first capacity. A second pedestal on which a container having a capacity is placed, the container pedestal device is provided with a detector for detecting that the first or second pedestal is in use, and the control device is provided with a second detector. When it is detected that the cradle is in use, the opening times of the valve mechanism for the liquid open state and the foam open state are greater than when the detector detects that the first cradle is in use. The control is performed so as to be long, and the speed at which the tilting board is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the cradle tilting device is controlled to be slower than when the detector detects that the first cradle is in use. You may.

In the effervescent beverage automatic pouring device configured as described above, the control device controls the speed of returning the tilting substrate by the cradle tilting device from the tilted posture to the standing posture such that the speed becomes faster as it approaches the standing posture. Occasionally, when the tilting substrate approaches the standing posture and the effervescent beverage in the foam state is poured near the upper edge of the container, the tilting substrate is quickly returned to the standing posture so that the top end does not overflow from the upper edge of the container. It is now possible to quickly dispense effervescent beverages in the foam state.

In the effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device configured as described above, the control device controls the speed at which the tilting substrate by the cradle tilting device is tilted from the standing posture to the tilted posture when the tilting is started from the standing posture to the tilted posture. When it is controlled to be delayed at least one of the time when the container is finished, even if the container placed on the pedestal is a container that easily falls, the container placed on the pedestal has a large relative movement of the tilting substrate. It was possible to make it harder to fall over at least at one of when starting and ending the tilting.

In the effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device configured as described above, the control device sets the speed at which the tilting substrate by the cradle tilting device is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture to start returning from the tilted posture to the standing posture. When it is controlled to be delayed at least on the one side with the end, even if the container placed on the pedestal is prone to tipping over, the container placed on the pedestal has a large relative movement of the tilting substrate. It was possible to make it difficult to fall over at least at one of when starting and ending the return of tilting.

It is a front view (a) and a side view (b) of one embodiment of an effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device according to the present invention. A side view when a glass is placed on the container pedestal device and the tilted substrate of the container pedestal device is in an upright posture (a) and a side view when the tilted substrate of the container pedestal device is in the inclined posture (b). ). It is a time chart at the time of pouring beer (a sparkling drink) in a liquid state and a foam state from a pouring cock by an automatic pouring program. It is a time chart corresponding to FIG. 3 of another automatic pouring program, and is a time chart when controlling to return the tilting substrate to the standing posture before the pouring of beer in a foam state is completed. 4 is a time chart corresponding to FIG. 3, which compares (a) when pouring beer into a glass and (b) when pouring beer into a mug. FIG. 8 is a time chart corresponding to FIG. 3 of another automatic pouring program, and is a time chart when the tilting substrate is returned to the standing posture and is controlled to be faster as it approaches the standing posture. FIG. 4 is a time chart corresponding to FIG. 3 of another automatic pouring program, which is controlled so as to be delayed at the time of inclining the tilting substrate to the tilted posture and at the time of starting and ending each when returning to the standing posture. It is a time chart at the time.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of an effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The effervescent beverage automatic pouring device 10 of the present invention pours beer (effervescent beverage) into a glass (container) G without bubbling as much as possible. Is intended to be satisfactorily poured out.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device 10 is provided on the front surface of the device main body 11 to bring the valve mechanism portion 21a into the liquid opening state or the foam opening state. Of a pouring cock 20 for selectively pouring beer in a state of foam and a beer in a foam state, and a front side of a tilting substrate 31 that is tilted around a horizontal axis on the front surface of the apparatus main body 11 under the pouring cock 20. A container cradle device 30 having a cradle 32 on which a glass (container) G for receiving beer poured from the pouring cock 20 is placed, and a tilting substrate 31 is provided upright on the front part of the device body 11. And a pedestal tilting device 40 for tilting the standing posture to a tilted posture and returning the tilted posture to the standing posture. In this effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device 10, the pedestal tilting device 40 tilts the tilting substrate 31 from the upright position to the tilted position to tilt the glass G placed on the pedestal 32, and the tilted glass. out a predetermined amount Note beer liquid state by the valve mechanism portion 21a and the liquid for open state G, the valve mechanism 21a in the process of returning to the standing position from the least inclined position of the tilting base plate 31 by receiving stand tilting device 40 It is provided with a control device 50 for controlling so that a predetermined amount of beer in a foamed state is poured out by bringing the beer into an open state for foaming. In the automatic effervescent beverage dispenser 10, the controller 50 controls at least one of the speed of tilting the tilting substrate 31 from the standing posture to the tilted posture and the speed of returning the tilting substrate 31 from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the cradle tilting device 40. It is controlled so that it can be changed. It should be noted that the change of the tilting speed or the returning speed of the tilting substrate 31 by the pedestal tilting device 40 is to change the tilting substrate 31 from the tilting or returning speed at the normal maximum output, and to change the tilting substrate 31. It also includes changing the speed stepwise or continuously when tilting or returning. Hereinafter, the sparkling beverage automatic dispensing device 10 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 1, the effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device 10 has a cooling water tank 12 and a refrigerating device 13 for cooling the cooling water in the cooling water tank 12 built in the apparatus body 11. A beverage cooling pipe (not shown) is provided in the cooling water tank 12, a beer barrel provided outside the device body 11 is connected to the introduction end of the beverage cooling pipe, and the beverage cooling pipe has a discharge end. Is connected to a pouring cock 20 provided on the upper part of the apparatus main body 11. A gas cylinder (not shown) is connected to the beer barrel, and the beer in the beer barrel is sent to the beverage cooling pipe by the pressure of carbon dioxide gas in the gas cylinder.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pouring cock 20 is for pouring beer into the glass G placed on the container pedestal device 30, and has a tubular main body portion having the valve mechanism portion 21a built therein. An operation lever 22 is provided on the upper part of 21, and a spout nozzle 23 (23a, 23b) is provided on the lower part. The valve mechanism 21a of the main body 21 guides beer to the pouring nozzle 23 by opening the valve mechanism 21a. Further, the valve mechanism portion 21a guides the beer in the liquid state to the liquid pouring nozzle 23b by setting the liquid open state, and sets the foam state in the foam pouring nozzle 23a by setting the liquid open state. Guide beer. The operation lever 22 is for opening and closing the valve mechanism 21a between a closed state and an open state. The operating lever 22 closes the valve mechanism portion 21a when it is in a vertically erected neutral position, and when tilted forward (forward tilted), the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened for liquid and tilted backward (backward tilted). Then, the valve mechanism 21a is brought into an open state for bubbles. The pouring nozzle 23 is for pouring beer that has passed through the valve mechanism portion 21a into the glass G, and a pouring nozzle 23a for pouring beer in a foam state to the lower front portion of the main body portion 21, A pouring nozzle 23b for pouring beer in a liquid state is provided at a rear portion of a lower portion of the main body portion 21.

The cock driving device 24 tilts the operating lever 22 of the pouring cock 20 forward or backward by using a slider (not shown) that moves forward and backward by driving a servo motor (not shown).

The container cradle device 30 is for mounting a glass G, and an upper end portion of the tilting substrate 31 is mounted on the front surface of the device main body 11 so as to be tiltable about a horizontal axis, and a receiving substrate mounted on the tilting substrate 31. The table 32 (32a, 32b) is provided. When the rear surface of the tilting substrate 31 is pushed, the lower end of the tilting substrate 31 is pushed up diagonally forward and tilted. The pedestal 32 is composed of pedestals 32a and 32b which are vertically attached to a middle portion and a lower portion of the tilting substrate 31, respectively. The upper pedestal (first pedestal) 32a is mainly for mounting a small container (first volume container) such as glass G, and the lower pedestal (second pedestal) 32b is mainly glass G. A large container such as a jug having a larger capacity (second capacity container) is placed.

The upper pedestal 32a is rotatably supported with respect to the tilting substrate 31 about a horizontal axis, and when a container is placed on the lower pedestal 32b, the upper pedestal 32a is projected to a forward position. From the (shown by the solid line in FIG. 1B) to the retracted position along the tilting substrate 31 (shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 1B). The container pedestal device 30 is provided with a detector 33 for detecting that the upper or lower pedestals 32a and 32b are in use. The detector 33 is a proximity switch such as a reed switch in this embodiment, and is provided on the front surface of the apparatus body 11. A magnet 34 is provided as a member to be detected by the detector 33 on the side of the upper pedestal 32a, and the magnet 34 is close to the detector 33 when the upper pedestal 32a is retracted to the retracted position. It is supposed to do. Specifically, when the upper pedestal 32a is in the use position in which the upper pedestal 32a projects forward from the tilting substrate 31, as when the glass G is placed, the magnet 34 is separated from the detector 33, and the detector 34 The magnet 33 outputs an OFF signal because the magnets 34 are separated from each other, and detects that the upper pedestal 32a is in use. On the other hand, when the upper pedestal 32a is at the retracted position along the tilting substrate 31, as when the jug is placed on the lower pedestal 32b, the magnet 34 is close to the detector 33, and The container 33 outputs an ON signal when the magnet 34 is in close proximity, and detects that the lower pedestal 32b is in use.

The pedestal tilting device 40 tilts the tilting substrate 31 from a standing posture to a tilted posture, and restores the tilted posture to the standing posture. The pedestal tilting device 40 has a servo motor 41 and a link mechanism 42 that extends and contracts back and forth when the servo motor 41 is driven. The pedestal tilting device 40 extends the link mechanism 42 forward by driving the servo motor 41 in a forward rotation, and pushes the tilting substrate 31 of the container pedestal device 30 forward to tilt the tilting substrate 31 from the standing posture to the tilted posture. The pedestal tilting device 40 retracts the link mechanism 42 rearward by driving the servo motor 41 in the reverse rotation to return the tilting substrate 31 of the container pedestal device 30 to the rear, and the tilting substrate 31 of the container pedestal device 30. To return from the tilted posture to the standing posture.

As shown in FIG. 1, the sparkling beverage automatic dispensing device 10 includes a control device 50, and the control device 50 includes the cock drive device 24, the detector 33, and the pedestal tilting device 40 (particularly the servo motor 41). )It is connected to the. The control device 50 includes a microcomputer, and when the microcomputer executes the automatic pouring program stored in the memory, it operates the cock drive device 24 and the pedestal tilting device 40 (servo motor 41) according to a time chart described later. By controlling, the posture state of the glass G placed on the tilting substrate 31 and the pedestal 32 (standing posture or tilted posture) and the open/close state of the valve mechanism portion 21a of the pouring cock 20 are controlled. Further, the control device 50 stores in the memory the respective opening times of the valve mechanism portion 21a in the liquid and foam open states, which are suitable for the capacity of the glass G placed on the upper pedestal 32a, and the time to be described later. In the chart, the valve mechanism 21a is opened at each opening time of the liquid and foam open states stored in the memory. The controller 50 stores in the memory each opening time of the valve mechanism 21a in the liquid and foam open states, which is suitable for the capacity of the jug placed on the lower pedestal 32b. The valve mechanism 21a is opened at each stored opening time of the liquid and foam open states. When the OFF signal is input by the detector 33, that is, when the control device 50 detects that the upper pedestal 32a is in use, it is suitable for the capacity of the glass G by the automatic pouring program. The valve mechanism 21a is opened at each opening time of the liquid and foam open states. When the ON signal is input by the detector 33, that is, when the control device 50 detects that the lower pedestal 32b is in use, the control device 50 uses an automatic program for liquids suitable for the capacity of the jug. The valve mechanism 21a is opened at each opening time in the foam open state.

Further, the control device 50 includes a motor control circuit 51 for adjusting the output of the servo motor 41 of the pedestal tilting device 40, and the servo motor 41 of the pedestal tilting device 40 has a rotational speed (output) controlled by the motor control circuit 51. Controlled. The control device 50 controls the rotation speed of the servo motor 41 of the pedestal tilting device 40 by the motor control circuit 51, so that the pedestal tilting device 40 tilts the tilting substrate 31 from the standing posture to the tilted posture, and The speed at which the posture returns to the standing posture can be changed.

The operation of the automatic pouring program of the sparkling beverage automatic pouring device 10 configured as described above will be described. The cooling water in the cooling water tank 12 in the device body 11 is cooled by the refrigerating device 13. In this state, as shown in FIG. 2A, first, the glass G is placed on the upper pedestal 32a. When the upper pedestal 32a projects forward from the tilting substrate 31, the magnets 34 on the sides of the upper pedestal 32a are separated from the detector 33, and the detector 33 is in the state in which the upper pedestal 32a is in use. The control unit 50 outputs an OFF signal, which is a detection of the fact that

In this state, when the automatic pouring button of the operation panel provided on the front surface of the cock driving device 24 is turned on, the control device 50 causes the cock driving device 24 and the pedestal tilting device 40 (particularly the servo motor 41) according to the time chart shown in FIG. By controlling the operation of (1), the posture state of the glass G placed on the tilting substrate 31 and the pedestal 32 and the opening/closing state of the valve mechanism portion 21a of the pouring cock 20 are controlled. When it is detected by the detector 33 that the upper pedestal 32a is in use, that is, when the glass G is placed on the upper pedestal 32a, the controller 50, as will be described later, When the opening/closing state of the valve mechanism portion 21a of the pouring cock 20 is controlled by the cock driving device 24, the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened in the liquid open state for an opening time corresponding to the glass G, and the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened. In the open state for foam, open for the opening time corresponding to the glass G.

First, the control device 50 pushes the rear surface of the tilting substrate 31 of the container pedestal device 30 by the pedestal tilting device 40 to push it forward as shown at the timing of FIG. At this time, the control device 50 causes the motor control circuit 51 to rotate the servo motor 41 at the maximum speed during normal use. As shown in FIG. 2B, the tilting substrate 31 has an inclined posture in which the lower end portion is pushed up forward, and the glass G placed on the pedestal 32a also has an inclined posture. In this state, when the timing of b in FIG. 3 is reached, the control device 50 tilts the operation lever 22 forward by the cock drive device 24, and as described above, the glass mechanism G is opened in the valve mechanism portion 21a in the liquid open state. The beer in the liquid state is poured out from the pouring nozzle 23b for the liquid into the inclined glass G by opening the beer in the opening time corresponding to. Beer flows down from the upper part to the bottom of the inner wall surface of the glass G, and the beer is suppressed from foaming in the glass G as much as possible.

Subsequently, the control device 50 returns the operation lever 22 to the neutral position by the cock drive device 24 at the timing of c in FIG. 3 and temporarily closes the valve mechanism portion 21a. Next, when the timing of c of FIG. 3 is reached and then the timing of d of FIG. 3 is reached, the control device 50 tilts the operation lever 22 rearward by the cock drive device 24, and as described above, foams the valve mechanism portion 21a. The beer in a foamed state is poured out from the pouring nozzle 23a for foaming into the glass G which is still tilted by opening the glass G for the opening time corresponding to the glass G in the open state. While pouring beer in a foam state from the pouring nozzle 23a, the control device 50 controls the output (rotational speed) of the servo motor 41 of the pedestal tilting device 40 by the motor control circuit 51, so that the pedestal The speed at which the tilting device 40 returns the tilting substrate 31 from the tilted posture to the standing posture is controlled. Specifically, in this embodiment, the control device 50 controls the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 returns from the tilted posture to the standing posture to be slower than the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 tilts from the standing posture to the tilted posture. More specifically, the control device 50 causes the tilting substrate 31 to rise from the tilted posture to the standing posture at the timing at which the pouring of the beer in the frothing state that is being poured out by opening the valve mechanism portion 21a is completed. It is controlled so that the speed can be returned to. At the timing e in FIG. 3, the control device 50 returns the operation lever 22 to the neutral position by the cock drive device 24 to close the valve mechanism portion 21a again, and at this timing, as described above, the tilting operation is performed. The substrate 31 returns from the tilted posture to the standing posture.

In the effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device 10 configured as described above, at least one of the speed at which the pedestal tilting device 40 tilts the tilting substrate 31 from the standing posture to the tilted posture and the speed at which the tilted substrate 31 returns to the standing posture from the tilted posture. Can be changed. Specifically, the control device 50 controls the speed at which the pedestal tilting device 40 returns the tilting substrate 31 from the tilted posture to the standing posture to be slower than the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 is tilted from the standing posture to the tilted posture (servo motor). By setting the output of 41 to the normal maximum output as in the case of tilting from the standing posture to the tilted posture, the speed at which the pedestal tilting device 40 returns the tilting substrate 31 from the tilted posture to the standing posture is increased. The time when the normal maximum speed is set as in the case of tilting to the tilted position is shown for reference with the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 3). In particular, in this embodiment, the valve mechanism portion 21a of the spout cock 20 is shown. Is controlled to the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 by the pedestal tilting device 40 is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture at the timing at which the pouring of the beer in the foamed state is completed by opening the beer for frothing. did. By doing so, beer in a foam state with a small amount of beer per unit time can be poured out as close as possible to the liquid surface of the glass G, and the foam quality of the beer in a foam state poured into the glass G can be improved. Was able to be good. Furthermore, since the glass G placed on the pedestal 32a is made to return from the inclined posture to the standing posture at the timing when the pouring of the beer in the foam state is completed, the beer in the foam state poured from the pouring cock 20. Was able to be poured out particularly close to the liquid surface of the glass G, and the foam quality of the beer in the foamed state poured into the glass G could be made particularly good.

In addition, in this embodiment, the tilting substrate by the pedestal tilting device 40 is completed at the timing when the pouring of the beer in the foaming state that is being poured out is completed by opening the valve mechanism portion 21a of the pouring cock 20 for foaming. Although the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture is controlled so that the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture is higher than the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture. As another embodiment of controlling so as to slow down, as shown in FIG. 4, by pouring the beer in the foam state, which is being poured by opening the valve mechanism portion 21a of the pouring cock 20 in the foam opening state. It is also possible to control the tilting substrate 31 by the pedestal tilting device 40 so that the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture is slightly before the end. Even in this case, the beer in the foam state poured out from the pouring cock 20 can be poured out in a state as close to the liquid level of the glass G as possible, and the foam of the beer in the foam state poured in the glass G is poured. The quality was good.

Next, the operation of the automatic pouring program when pouring beer into the jug placed on the lower pedestal 32b will be described. When the jug is placed on the lower pedestal 32b, the upper pedestal 32a is retracted to the retracted position along the tilting substrate 31, and the jug is placed on the lower pedestal 32b. When the upper pedestal 32a is retracted along the tilting substrate 31, the magnet 34 on the side of the upper pedestal 32a is close to the detector 33, and the detector 33 is used by the lower pedestal 32b. The ON signal, which is the detection of the state, is output to the control device 50.

In this state, when the automatic pouring button of the operation panel provided on the front surface of the cock driving device 24 is turned on, the control device 50 causes the cock driving device 24 and the pedestal tilting device 40 (particularly, in accordance with the time chart shown in FIG. 5B). By controlling the operation of the servomotor 41), the state of the posture of the jug placed on the tilting substrate 31 and the pedestal 32 and the opening/closing state of the valve mechanism portion 21a of the pouring cock 20 are controlled. When it is detected by the detector 33 that the lower pedestal 32b is in use, that is, when a mug is placed on the lower pedestal 32b, the control device 50 causes the cock drive device 24 to When controlling the open/closed state of the valve mechanism portion 21a of the tap cock 20, the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened in the liquid open state for an opening time corresponding to the jug, and the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened in the foam open state. Open at the opening time corresponding to. Other than this, it is the same as the time chart when pouring out the glass G shown in FIG. 3 described above.

In this embodiment, as shown in the time chart of FIG. 5, when the control device 50 controls the opening/closing state of the valve mechanism portion 21a of the pouring cock 20 by the cock driving device 24, the control device 50 causes the valve mechanism portion 21a to operate in the liquid state. In the open state for the mug, the open time is longer than the open time for the glass G (shown by the interval A in FIG. 5), and the valve mechanism portion 21a corresponds to the mug in the open state for foam. The open time is longer than the open time corresponding to the glass G (indicated by the interval B in FIG. 5). As shown in the timing of FIG. 5d, by opening the valve mechanism portion 21a in the foam open state for an opening time corresponding to the jug, the foam pouring nozzle 23a is foamed to the jug that is still inclined. When the beer in the state is poured, the control device 50 controls the output (rotational speed) of the servo motor 41 of the pedestal tilting device 40 by the motor control circuit 51, so that the tilting substrate by the pedestal tilting device 40 is controlled. The speed at which 31 is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture is controlled. As described above, when the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened in the foam open state for the opening time corresponding to the jug, it is longer than the opening time corresponding to the glass G (shown by the interval B in FIG. 5). .. Therefore, when the tilting substrate 31 is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture, the control device 50 causes the motor control circuit 51 to tilt the pedestal in order to correspond to the length of the open time for the bubble opening state of the valve mechanism portion 21a. The output (rotational speed) of the servomotor 41 of the device 40 was controlled so as to be lower (the rotational speed was slower) than when pouring beer in a foam state into the glass G (shown by C in FIG. 5). .. In this way, the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 is returned to the standing posture by the pedestal tilting device 40 is changed to the optimum speed for each container having a different volume, so that the foam quality of the beer in the foam state poured into the container has a different volume. It was possible to make each container good. Even in the automatic pouring program when pouring beer into the jug placed on the lower pedestal 32b, as shown in FIG. 4, the valve mechanism 21a of the pouring cock 20 is put in the open state for foaming. Accordingly, the tilting substrate 31 by the pedestal tilting device 40 is controlled to a speed at which the tilting substrate 31 is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture at a timing slightly before the end of the pouring of the beer in the foam state. May be.

Next, another automatic pouring program in the sparkling beverage automatic pouring device 10 will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, the main feature of this automatic pouring program is that the speed at which the pedestal tilting device 40 restores the tilting substrate 31 from the tilted posture to the standing posture is controlled to become faster as it approaches the standing posture. There is something I did. Other than this, it is the same as the time chart when pouring out the glass G and the jug shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 described above.

In this automatic pouring program, the control device 50 tilts the operation lever 22 backward by the cock drive device 24 at the timing of d in FIG. 6 after the timing of c in FIG. In the open state, the beer in the foamed state is poured from the pouring nozzle 23a for foam to the glass G (or the jug) that is still tilted by opening the glass G (or the jug) for an opening time. While pouring beer in a foam state from the pouring nozzle 23a, the control device 50 controls the output (rotational speed) of the servo motor 41 of the pedestal tilting device 40 by the motor control circuit 51, so that the pedestal The speed at which the tilting device 40 returns the tilting substrate 31 from the tilted posture to the standing posture is controlled.

Specifically, in this automatic pouring program, the control device 50 controls the output (rotation speed) of the servo motor 41 of the pedestal tilting device 40, as shown at the timing d in FIG. The control is started so that the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 returns from the tilted posture to the standing posture is slower than the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 tilts from the standing posture to the tilted posture. When beer in a foam state is poured out to some extent on the upper part of the glass G (or jug) and the liquid level of the glass G (or jug) approaches the pouring nozzle 23a, as shown in the timing d'of FIG. The output of the servo motor 41 of the pedestal tilting device 40 is increased stepwise (rotation speed is increased), and the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 returns from the tilted posture to the standing posture is controlled to be high. Note that the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 returns from the tilted posture to the standing posture is not limited to the one that is increased stepwise, and may be the one that is continuously increased.

As described above, the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 is returned from the tilted posture by the cradle tilting device 40 to the standing posture is controlled so as to increase as it approaches the standing posture, so that the tilting substrate 31 approaches the standing posture and the glass G. When the beer in the foamed state is poured near the upper edge of the (or jug), the tilting substrate 31 is quickly returned to the standing posture to quickly pour the foamed beverage in the foamed state to the upper end of the glass G (or jug). I was able to get out.

Next, another automatic pouring program in the sparkling beverage automatic pouring device 10 will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, the main feature of this automatic pouring program is that when the pedestal tilting device 40 tilts the tilting substrate 31 from the standing posture to the tilted posture from the standing posture to the tilted posture. When the pedestal tilting device 40 returns the tilting substrate 31 from the tilted posture to the standing posture, the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture and when the finishing is finished. It is controlled to be slower. Other than this, it is the same as the time chart when pouring out the glass G and the jug shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 described above.

In this automatic pouring program, the control device 50 tilts the operation lever 22 forward by the cock drive device 24 at the timing of a in FIG. 7 and the glass mechanism G (or glass G (or The beer in the liquid state is poured out from the pouring nozzle 23b for the liquid into the glass G (or the jug) which is still tilted by opening for the opening time corresponding to the jug). While pouring liquid beer from the pouring nozzle 23b, the control device 50 controls the output (rotational speed) of the servo motor 41 of the pedestal tilting device 40 by the motor control circuit 51, so that the pedestal The speed of tilting the tilting substrate 31 by the tilting device 40 from the standing posture to the tilted posture is controlled.

Specifically, in this automatic pouring program, the control device 50 sets the output (rotational speed) of the servo motor 41 of the pedestal tilting device 40 to the normal maximum output, as shown at the timing a in FIG. By controlling the output to half of that, the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 starts tilting from the standing posture to the tilted posture is made slower than the speed during normal use, and then increased to the maximum speed during normal use. As shown in the timing before b of FIG. 6, by controlling the output (rotational speed) of the servo motor 41 to half the output of the normal maximum again, the tilting substrate 31 is tilted from the standing posture. The speed for ending the tilting of the posture is controlled to be slower than the speed during normal use.

In addition, the control device 50 controls the output (rotational speed) of the servo motor 41 of the pedestal tilting device 40 to be lower than the normal maximum output, as shown at the timing d in FIG. 7, The speed at which the tilting substrate 31 starts to return from the tilted attitude to the standing attitude is made slower than the speed during normal use. Thereafter, as shown in the timing of d 'in FIG. 7, by increasing the output of the servomotor 41 (rotating speed) in steps, to increase the speed of tilting the substrate 31 to return to the standing position from the inclined position, FIG. As shown at the timing before e in 7), the tilting substrate 31 is controlled by gradually lowering the output (rotational speed) of the servo motor 41 of the pedestal tilting device 40 from the normal maximum output. Controls the speed at which the return from the tilted posture to the standing posture is completed to be slower than the speed during normal use.

In this case, even when a container having a small diameter such as a glass G is used as a container for pouring out beer, when the container placed on the pedestal 32 is tilted from the standing posture to the inclined posture (particularly, When initiating and ending a tilt with a large relative movement, or when returning the container placed on the pedestal 32 from an inclined posture to a standing posture (especially when starting a return with a large relative movement) It was possible to prevent the container from tipping over from the pedestal 32 at the end).

It should be noted that in the time chart of FIG. 7, the tilting substrate when tilting or returning is started and when the tilting substrate 31 is tilted from the standing posture to the tilting posture and when the tilting substrate 31 is returned from the tilting posture to the standing posture. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the tilting substrate 31 is tilted from the standing posture to the tilted posture and when the tilted substrate 31 is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture. Only one of them may be controlled so as to slow down the speed of the tilting substrate 31 when starting or ending the tilting or returning. In the time chart of FIG. 7, the speed of tilting the tilting substrate 31 from the standing posture to the tilted posture is slowed both when the tilting substrate 31 starts tilting from the standing posture to the tilted posture and when it ends. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the tilting substrate 31 may be delayed only when the tilting substrate 31 starts and ends tilting from the standing posture to the tilted posture. Similarly, in the time chart of FIG. 7, the speed at which the tilting substrate 31 returns from the tilted posture to the standing posture is slowed both when the tilting substrate 31 starts returning from the tilted posture to the standing posture and when it ends. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the tilting substrate 31 may be delayed only when the tilting substrate 31 starts returning from the tilted posture to the standing posture or when the tilting substrate 31 returns to the standing posture. ..

In the effervescent beverage automatic pouring device 10 configured as described above, it has been described with reference to pouring beer as an effervescent beverage, but the present invention is not limited to this, effervescent beverage as an effervescent beverage, It is applicable to effervescent drinks that generate bubbles when mixed with carbon dioxide gas such as shochu high, carbonated drinks, etc. Even when pouring out these effervescent drinks, the same action as described above The effect can be obtained.

In the effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device 10 configured as described above, the dispensing cock 20 changes the valve mechanism portion 21a incorporated in the main body portion 21 from the closed state to the liquid opened state or the foam opened state by the operation lever 22. The beer in the liquid state or the foam state is made to pass through by operation. The present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the pouring cock 20 may be provided with an opening/closing valve such as a solenoid valve that opens/closes under the control of the control device 50. In this case, an on-off valve for liquid and an on-off valve for foam are provided separately, and by opening and closing each on-off valve, it is possible to selectively dispense the sparkling beverage in the liquid state and the foam state. To do.

In the effervescent beverage automatic pouring device 10 configured as described above, the pouring nozzle 23 includes the pouring nozzle 23a for foam and the pouring nozzle 23b for liquid, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, it may be one in which the effervescent beverage in the liquid state and the foam state is poured out from one pouring nozzle 23, and even in this case, the same action and effect as described above can be obtained. be able to.

In the automatic effervescent beverage dispenser 10 configured as described above, the valve mechanism portion 21a is opened for foaming in the process of returning the tilting substrate 31 from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the cradle tilting device 40. The present invention is controlled so as to dispense a predetermined amount of the foaming beverage in the foam state, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the pedestal tilting device 40 returns the tilting substrate 31 from the tilted attitude to the standing attitude. Alternatively, the valve mechanism 21a may be controlled to be in a foam-opening state so that a predetermined amount of the foamed beverage in a foamed state is discharged, and the pedestal tilting device 40 moves the tilting substrate 31. Alternatively, the valve mechanism 21a may be in the foam-opening state even after returning from the tilted posture to the standing posture so that a predetermined amount of the sparkling beverage in the foamed state is dispensed.

In the effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device 10 configured as described above, the cradle tilting device 40 includes the tilting substrate 31 of the container cradle device 30 by the link mechanism 42 that expands and contracts back and forth by the drive of the servomotor (not shown). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the support shaft at the upper end of the tilting substrate 31 is directly rotated by the servo motor to push the lower end portion of the tilting substrate 31 forward. The tilting substrate 31 may be tilted, and similar effects can be obtained even in such a case. Further, although the upper end portion of the tilting substrate 31 of the container cradle device 30 is mounted on the front surface of the device body 11 so as to be tiltable about the horizontal axis, the present invention is not limited to this, and the upper portion of the tilting substrate 31 is It may be one in which any part in the vertical direction such as the intermediate part, the lower part or the lower end part in the vertical direction is mounted on the front surface of the apparatus main body 11 so as to be tiltable about the horizontal axis. Also, the same effects as those described above can be obtained. Further, although the tilting substrate 31 is rotatably supported about the horizontal axis so as to tilt in the front-rear direction, the present invention is not limited to this, and the tilting substrate 31 may rotate about the horizontal axis so as to tilt in the left-right direction. It may be rotatably supported, and the same action and effect can be obtained even in this case.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Automatic effervescent drink dispensing device, 11... Device main body, 20... Pour out cock, 21a... Valve mechanism part, 30... Container cradle device, 31... Tilt board, 32a, 32b... Cradle, 33... Detector , 40... Cradle tilting device, 50... Control device.

Claims (7)

A pouring cock provided on the front surface of the main body of the device, which selectively pours out the sparkling beverage in the liquid state and the foam state by opening the valve mechanism for the liquid state or the foam state.
A tilting substrate rotatably mounted on the front surface of the main body of the apparatus under the pouring cock so as to be tiltable about a horizontal axis, and a foaming beverage that is attached to the front side of the tilting substrate and is poured from the pouring cock. A container cradle device having a cradle on which a container for receiving is placed,
A pedestal tilting device that is provided at a front portion of the apparatus main body, tilts the tilting substrate from a standing upright position to a tilted tilted position, and returns the tilted substrate from the tilted position to the standing position.
The container mounted on the pedestal is tilted by tilting the tilting substrate from the upright position to the tilted position by the pedestal tilting device, and the valve mechanism section is placed in the liquid open state in the tilted container. an effervescent beverage fluid state out predetermined amounts Note by, the cradle the valve mechanism in the course of at least the inclined position the tilting base plate by tilting device to return to the upright position as the foam for open a foamable beverage automatic dispensing device comprising a controller for controlling to output a predetermined amount Note an effervescent beverage foam state by there,
The control device controls the speed at which the tilting substrate is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the cradle tilting device so as to be slower than the speed at which the tilting substrate is tilted from the standing posture to the tilted posture. Automatic pouring machine for sparkling beverages. In the sparkling beverage automatic pouring device according to claim 1 ,
The control device causes the tilting base plate to tilt the tilting substrate by the pedestal tilting device at a timing at which the pouring of the effervescent beverage in the foaming state that is pouring out by opening the valve mechanism portion for foaming is completed. The effervescent beverage automatic pouring device is characterized in that it is controlled so as to reach a speed for returning from the above to the standing posture. The effervescent beverage automatic pouring device according to claim 1 or 2 ,
When the control device controls the opening time of the valve mechanism unit in the liquid open state and the foam open state to change according to the capacity of the container placed on the pedestal, the pedestal tilts. An effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device, wherein a speed at which the tilting substrate is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the device is controlled so as to be changed according to the capacity of the container. The effervescent beverage automatic pouring device according to claim 3,
The cradle of the container cradle device comprises a first cradle on which a container of a first volume is mounted, and a second cradle on which a container of a second volume larger than the first volume is mounted.
The container cradle device is provided with a detector for detecting that the first or second cradle is in use,
When the controller detects that the second cradle is in use by the detector, the controller determines the opening time of the liquid opening state and the foam opening state of the valve mechanism by the detector. The detector controls the speed for returning the tilting substrate by the cradle tilting device from the tilted posture to the standing posture while controlling the cradle to be longer than when the cradle is in use. 1. An effervescent beverage automatic dispensing device characterized by being controlled so as to be slower than when it is detected that the cradle is in use. The sparkling beverage automatic pouring device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 ,
The control device controls the speed for returning the tilting substrate by the cradle tilting device from the tilted posture to the standing posture such that the speed becomes faster as the standing posture is approached. Output device. The sparkling beverage automatic pouring device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 ,
The control device slows the speed of tilting the tilting substrate by the cradle tilting device from the standing posture to the tilted posture at least when starting and ending the tilting from the standing posture to the tilted posture. An automatic effervescent beverage dispenser characterized by being controlled so that The sparkling beverage automatic pouring device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 ,
The control device slows the speed at which the tilting substrate is returned from the tilted posture to the standing posture by the cradle tilting device at least one of when the tilting substrate is returned to the standing posture and when it is finished. An automatic effervescent beverage dispenser characterized by being controlled so that

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