JPH04113238U - Car with beverage filling device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Field of industrial application) This invention relates to a vehicle such as a truck, which is equipped with a beverage filling device for filling beverage containers with various beverages such as sake, shochu, wine, milk, and juice. Therefore, it is particularly suitable for filling paper cartons with sake.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, beverages such as Japanese sake have been mainly filled in bottles and shipped and sold. However, since bottles are heavy and bulky, there is a problem in that transportation costs are high. In addition, since the bottles break easily, they must be handled with care, and care must be taken not only during transportation, but also when filling and selling, making handling troublesome. Furthermore, due to production costs, bottles need to be collected and reused, but in this case, collection and cleaning are troublesome.

Therefore, sake became light, not bulky, unbreakable, easy to handle, and inexpensive, and began to be shipped and sold in disposable paper cartons filled and sealed. Moreover, since the paper pack is non-transparent, it has the advantage of maintaining stable quality for beverages that do not like direct sunlight, such as sake.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, conventional beverage filling devices, especially beverage filling devices for paper packs, are very expensive.

On the other hand, most alcoholic beverages such as sake are produced, managed, filled, and shipped by so-called brewers.

Furthermore, many of the breweries are relatively small businesses, such as privately run businesses, with 2,600 to 2,800 breweries nationwide.
It extends to the eaves. Moreover, since the beverage filling equipment is only used for a limited period of time throughout the year, it would be difficult for each small business to purchase the same equipment, which would clearly be an excessive investment.

For this reason, the reality is that small companies are unable to use paper packaging even if they wish to do so, and the sales gap between large sake brewing companies that can purchase this equipment and small companies is widening.

(Purpose of the invention) The purpose of the invention is to be able to fill and seal beverages into paper cartons and other containers in the loading platform of a car.For example, it is possible to fill and seal paper cartons with sake while visiting small and medium-sized breweries. The goal is to make it possible.

(Means for Solving the Problems) A vehicle equipped with a beverage filling device according to claim 1 of the present invention is capable of supplying beverages directly from a liquid source to a loading platform B of a vehicle A as shown in FIGS. A beverage filling device 2 for filling containers via a relay tank 1 is installed, and an expansion floor material 3 for expanding the loading platform B on the same vehicle A is installed.
, an expansion roof material 4 for expanding the roof, and a partition device 5 that surrounds the expansion floor material 3 and the expansion roof material 4 and partitions them from the outside.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a vehicle equipped with a beverage filling device, in which the expansion floor material 3 is placed under the loading platform B (not shown), and the expansion roof material 4 is placed under the loading platform B as shown in FIG. It can be freely stored and pulled out inside the roof C.

The third aspect of the present invention is a vehicle with a beverage filling device, characterized in that the partition device 5 in FIG. It is something.

In a vehicle equipped with a beverage filling device according to claim 4 of the present invention, a heating heater 7 is wound around the outer periphery of a hose 6 (FIG. 4) that supplies the liquid source beverage to the relay tank 1 as shown in FIG. , whose outer periphery is covered with a heat insulating material 8.

A vehicle with a beverage filling device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is one in which the relay tank 1 is provided under the loading platform B (not shown).

(Function) In the vehicle equipped with a beverage filling device of the present invention, the beverage filling device 2 is mounted on the loading platform B of the vehicle A, so that the vehicle can be used at locations where beverages need to be filled and sealed (brewery, wine factory, etc.). Then, the beverage container (particularly a paper pack) can be filled and sealed with the beverage using the beverage filling device 2 on the loading platform B of the automobile.

In addition, expansion floor material 3 for expanding the cargo bed B of the automobile
Then, the expansion roofing material 4 that expands the roof C is made to protrude laterally, and the periphery thereof is surrounded by a partition device 5 to be partitioned from the outside, thereby expanding the working space inside them.

(Embodiment) Figures 1 to 5 show an embodiment of a vehicle equipped with a beverage filling device of the present invention, which is suitable for filling alcoholic beverages such as Japanese sake from a brewery.

In these figures, A is a car, B is a loading platform of the car, and C is a roof of the car.

Reference numeral 3 is an expansion floor material, which is a sliding door type and normally forms part of the peripheral wall of loading platform B. During beverage filling work, it is laid down horizontally as shown in Figure 2 a, and is a part of the floor of loading platform B. It is made so that it can be done.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an expansion roof material, which is used to form a roof above the expansion floor material 3.

This expanding roof material 4 is stored inside the roof C when not in use, and can be pulled out to the side as shown in FIG. 2b during a beverage filling operation.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a partition device, which surrounds the expansion floor material 3 and the expansion roof material 4 in a manner that can be opened and closed. The illustrated partition device 5 is of a shutter type that can be stored inside the loading platform B when not in use.

This partition device 5 may be other than what is shown in the drawings, and may be, for example, a telescoping accordion curtain, an air curtain, or the like.

The working space of the loading platform can be expanded using the expansion floor material 3, the expansion roof material 4, and the partition device 5 as shown in FIGS. 2-c. First, as shown in Fig. 2a, the expansion flooring 3 is laid down, and the chains 11 and 12 attached to both the front and rear ends of the flooring 3 are hooked to the hooks 13 and 14 provided on the peripheral wall of the loading platform B. Stop and hold it horizontally. If the load applied to the expansion flooring 3 is large, it is preferable to support the central portion of the expansion flooring 3 with a support rod or an air cylinder (not shown).

Next, as shown in Fig. 2b, the expansion roof material 4 is attached to the roof C.
Pull it out from the inside and hold it horizontally. This expansion roof material 4 is held by air dampers 21, 22, etc., for example.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2c, the expansion floor material 3 and the expansion roof material 4 are surrounded by a partition device 5 and partitioned from the outside.

In this way, the work space 10 surrounded by the loading platform B, the expansion floor material 3, the expansion roof material 4, and the partition device 5 is partitioned off from the outside, making it easier to control the temperature within the space 10. Also, no dust or dirt can enter from outside.

It is desirable to attach punching metal or the like to the portion of the expansion flooring 3 that will become the floor surface to prevent slipping.

4 shown in Figures 1 and 3 is a relay tank installed on the loading platform B of car A. This tank temporarily stores the beverage supplied from the brewery and maintains the liquid temperature of the beverage at a constant level. This is to suppress the bubbles that occur when the beverage is supplied from the brewery. This relay tank 1 is installed in the loading platform B of the automobile A.

Below this relay tank 1, a heat insulating device 45 such as a heater is provided as shown in FIG.
However, a liquid level sensor 47 for detecting the liquid level is attached to the upper surface of the tank 4, and a liquid temperature sensor 48 for detecting the liquid temperature is attached inside the tank 4.

Among these, the heat retaining device 45 is controlled by the liquid temperature data from the liquid temperature sensor 48 to keep the liquid temperature of the beverage constant, suppressing volume changes due to liquid temperature, and keeping the amount of beverage filled in the beverage container constant. It is meant to be maintained.

It is also used to heat and sterilize beverages. In this embodiment, a 200V/2KW heater 45 is used to control the liquid temperature at a constant temperature of 68 to 75°C to sterilize the bacteria that occurs in the alcoholic beverage. The heater 45 may be installed at a position other than the above, and may be wound spirally around the relay tank 1 to improve heating efficiency, for example, as shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, only one 600 liter relay tank 1 is provided, but the number of such tanks may be two or more.

The relay tank 1 may be provided below the loading platform B and parallel to the loading platform B. In this way, even if the tank 1 is thin, it has a large volume and is convenient because it does not take up much space.

To supply beverages from the brewery to the relay tank 1, a beverage inlet 42 in the relay box 41 provided on the rear side of the loading platform B in FIGS. 1 and 4 is used.
Then, connect the injection hose 6 as shown in Fig. 4. At this time, under the control of the liquid level data from the liquid level sensor 47, an appropriate amount of beverage is injected from the brewer.

It is desirable that the injection hose 6 has a heater 7 wrapped around its outer periphery as shown in FIG. 5, and the outside thereof is covered with a heat insulating material 8. In this way, it is possible to prevent the beverage from cooling down while pouring the beverage from the brewery into the relay tank 1, and when pouring the beverage in a cold region during the winter, it is possible to prevent the temperature of the beverage from decreasing. can.

The beverage injected from the beverage inlet 42 is
From the injection port 42 to the loading platform B as shown in FIG.
The liquid is injected into the relay tank 1 through an injection pipe 44 piped above. It is desirable that the outlet 44a of the injection pipe 44 be provided near the bottom of the relay tank 1 to prevent foaming as much as possible when pouring the beverage. Incidentally, if bubbles are generated in a beverage, when filling the beverage into a beverage container, the amount of filling changes depending on the amount of foam, impairing quantitative performance. Also, in the case of alcoholic beverages, their aroma is also lost.

In this embodiment, the injection hose 43 is a heat insulating hose with a length of about 50 m, and when not in use, it is stored in a rack 40 provided in the loading platform B in FIG.

Reference numeral 2 shown in FIG. 1 is a beverage filling device provided in the loading platform B, which supplies beverage from the relay tank 1 and fills it into paper pack beverage containers.

An existing device can be used for this beverage filling device 2, and in this embodiment, when a folded paper pack beverage container is opened and fed into the filling device 2, the bottom of the container is formed, and then It is a semi-automatic device that automatically fills the container with beverage when the container is reset, and the opening of the container is sealed by heat welding. This filling device may be fully automatic.

In this beverage filling device 2, the beverage in the relay tank 1 is pumped out through a suction tube 56 by a supply pump 55 shown in FIG. A fixed amount is measured every minute. In this embodiment, the electronic measuring meter 58 and the beverage filling device 2 are capable of filling more than 600 1.8 liter paper pack beverage containers per hour. In addition, it is desirable to wrap a heat insulating material around the outside of each of the tubes 56 and 57 to make it difficult for the liquid temperature of the beverage to change.

A liquid temperature management sensor 59 is attached to the liquid receiving part 2a of this beverage filling device 2 as shown in FIG. , a copy of which will be sent to the brewer. Furthermore, if the liquid temperature data from the sensor 59 becomes an abnormal value, an alarm buzzer (not shown) is set to sound.

The beverage filling device 2 described above is not limited to one that fills beverage containers in paper packs. The beverage filling device 2 is driven by 200V, 150A electric power obtained from a private power generator 51 shown in FIG. 1 and high-pressure air obtained from an air compressor 52. Incidentally, this high-pressure air is dried by a dryer provided on the lower surface of the loading platform B.

In addition, as mentioned above, the beverage filling device 2 is equipped with a heat welding device (for sealing the filler port of the beverage container), which is not shown in the figure. The cooling water is injected through the cooling water inlet 53 of the relay box 41, and the water is discharged through the drain port 54 of the same box 41.

Since the beverage filling device 2 is required to maintain levelness and be protected from vibration, each suspension device can be adjusted arbitrarily by operating a switch on the rear suspension device of the automobile A in which the beverage filling device 2 is mounted. An air suspension (not shown) whose height can be adjusted and which is highly effective in preventing vibrations of precision equipment is employed so that the loading platform B can be leveled.

In order to maintain the levelness of the loading platform B obtained by the air suspension, removable support legs (not shown) are attached to the lower side of the loading platform B. The height adjustment of the loading platform for obtaining the levelness may be other than the above.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, an air conditioner evaporator 59 is installed on the loading platform B of the automobile A.
An air conditioner compressor 60 is installed under each of the carriers, so that the temperature inside the cargo platform B can be adjusted.

Furthermore, a commercial power in-house power generation device that supplies general 100V power is installed in the loading platform B so that the ventilator 10 and the lighting device can be operated.

(Effects of the invention) The automobile with the beverage filling device of the invention has the following various effects.

Since a car can go to a location where drinks need to be filled and sealed and fill and seal the drinks into beverage containers on the car's loading platform B, small and medium-sized breweries, for example, do not need to purchase expensive drink filling equipment. It is economical and extremely convenient because excessive investment is suppressed.

Since the work space required for the beverage filling work is composed of the expansion floor material 3, the expansion roof material 4, and the partition device 5, the work space can be easily formed and the work space required for the beverage filling work can be easily created. Work becomes easier. Furthermore, since the work space can be partitioned off from the outside, it becomes easier to control the temperature inside the room, which in turn makes it easier to control the temperature of beverages.

When not in use, the expansion flooring material 3 is stored under the loading platform B, the expanding roofing material 4 is stored inside the roof C, and the partition device 5 is stored inside the loading platform B, so that they do not interfere with the movement of the automobile A. do not become.

A heater 7 is wrapped around the outer periphery of the hose 6 that supplies the liquid source beverage to the relay tank 1, and the outside is covered with a heat insulating material 8. The beverage does not get cold while being supplied to the relay tank 1.

If the relay tank 1 is provided under the loading platform, the storage space for the relay tank 1 can be small.

Since the relay tank 1 is provided, bubbles in the beverage supplied from the brewery can be suppressed in the tank 1, and the amount of beverage filled into the beverage container is stabilized.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1a is a top view showing an embodiment of a vehicle equipped with a beverage filling device of the present invention, Fig. 1b is a front view of Fig. 1a, and Fig. 2 a to f are work spaces required for filling operations in the same vehicle. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a relay tank installed in the same vehicle, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of injecting a beverage into the same tank, and FIG. 5 shows an example of the injection hose in the present invention. FIG. A is a car, B is a car loading platform, C is a car roof, 1 is a relay tank, 2 is a beverage filling device, 3 is an expansion floor material, 4 is an expansion roof material, 5 is a partition device, 6 is an injection hose , 7 is a heating heater, and 8 is a heat insulating material.

Corrected Hei 4.6.3
The brief description of the drawing has been amended as follows. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1a is a top view showing an embodiment of a vehicle equipped with a beverage filling device of the present invention, Figure b is a front view of Figure a, and Figures 2a, b, and c are views of the same vehicle. Explanatory diagram for forming the work space necessary for filling work, 3rd
The figure is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a relay tank provided in the same vehicle, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of pouring beverage into the same tank, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of the injection hose in the present invention.

Claims (5)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Claim 1: A beverage filling device 2 for filling containers with beverages from a liquid source directly or via a relay tank 1 is mounted on a loading platform B of an automobile A, and the automobile A has an expansion floor for expanding the loading platform B. 3, an expansion roofing material 4 for expanding a roof C, and a partitioning device 5 for partitioning the surroundings of the expansion flooring material 1 and the expansion roofing material 2 from the outside. 2. An automobile equipped with a beverage filling device, characterized in that the expansion flooring material 3 is stored under the loading platform B, and the expansion roofing material 4 is freely stored and pulled out inside the roof C. 3. An automobile with a beverage filling device, characterized in that the partition device 5 is an accordion curtain, an air curtain, or a shutter that can be opened and closed laterally. 4. A beverage filling device characterized in that a heater 7 is wound around the outer periphery of an injection hose 6 that supplies the source beverage to the relay tank 1, and the outside of the heater 7 is covered with a heat insulating material 8. car with. 5. An automobile with a beverage filling device, characterized in that the relay tank 1 is provided under a loading platform B.