JPH0558698U - Dispensing head for barrels - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The entire pouring device is washed without changing the barrel to the washing tank. [Structure] The dispensing head 1 is attached to a barrel 62, the cleaning liquid port 4 is connected to the cleaning liquid supply device 59, and the gas port 6 is connected to a carbon dioxide gas cylinder 61. After the beer pouring is completed, the handle 56 is operated, the connecting hose 78, and the dispenser 75. A cleaning liquid is passed through the inner coil 79 and the pouring valve 77 for cleaning.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial application]

 The present invention relates to a dispensing head used in a barrel dispenser, for example, a draft beer dispenser.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 FIG. 7 shows a draft beer pouring device using a conventionally used dispense head. In FIG. 7, 80 is a carbon dioxide gas cylinder that is a container for pushing beer, 82 is a beer barrel containing draft beer, and 84 is a dispensing head. The carbon dioxide gas in the carbon dioxide gas cylinder 80 passes through the pressure reducing valve 86, is reduced in pressure to the optimum pressure, and reaches the space 82a in the upper portion of the beer barrel 82 via the conventional dispense head 84. The beer in the lower part 82b of the beer barrel 82 reaches the dispenser 90 through the inside / connecting hose 88 of the suspension pipe 84a of the dispensing head 84. The dispenser 90 is composed of a container 90a containing ice and the like, a coil 90b for cooling beer passing through the inside, and a cock 90c for pouring beer into a jug (not shown). The beer passing through the dispenser 90 is cooled and poured into the jug. Will be issued.

If the dispensing head 84, the connection hose 88, and the coil 90b of this beer pouring device are not regularly washed, microorganisms will grow and the beer poured into the jug will become unpleasant or dirty.

Therefore, conventionally, the dispense head 84 is removed from the beer barrel 82 after each draft beer is dispensed, and the dispense head 84 is attached to a washing tank 92 containing water or a chemical solution (see FIG. 8), and the same as when beer is dispensed. The cleaning was performed by injecting carbon dioxide gas into the cleaning tank 92 to pass water or a chemical solution through the dispense head 84, the connecting hose 88, and the coil 90b.

However, the above method requires a complicated work of replacing the dispensing head 84 with the cleaning tank 92 from the beer barrel 82.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a dispense head for cleaning the entire beer dispenser without replacing the tank to which the dispense head is attached. It is in.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a housing having a cleaning liquid port on the upper side and a gas port on the lower side, and at least one communication hole that has a through hole in the axial direction and connects to this through hole from the outer periphery And a handle for sliding the slide body in the vertical direction in the housing, and a handle for sliding the slide body. By sliding the slide body, one of the cleaning liquid port and the gas port can be closed. It is a feature.

[0008]

[Action]

 Attach the dispensing head according to the present invention to the beer barrel. By operating the handle and sliding the sliding body, the gas port is made to communicate when pouring beer and the beer is poured out, and at the time of cleaning, the sliding body is moved further and the cleaning liquid port is made to communicate to supply pressurized cleaning liquid to wash. To do.

[0009]

【Example】

 Next, an embodiment of the dispense head according to the present invention will be described. A description will be given based on FIGS. 1 to 6.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a state of a dispensing head according to the present invention during cleaning, and FIG. 2 is a front view thereof. Number 2 shows the housing of the dispensing head. A cleaning liquid port 4 is arranged on the upper part of the side surface of the housing 2, and a gas port 6 is arranged on the lower part. Further, a sliding hole 8 for sliding the sliding body 38 is formed on the vertical axis of the center of the housing 2. The lower part of the sliding hole 8 is continuous with a conical part 10 that gradually expands outward, and its lower end is open. An enlarged view of this conical portion 10 mounted on a barrel is shown in FIG. A ring 14 for holding the packing 12 (see FIG. 3) and an inwardly projecting claw 16 for mounting on the barrel are provided inside the conical portion 10. The cleaning liquid port 4 and the gas port 6 are communicated with the sliding hole 8 through communication holes 18 and 20. In addition, ring-shaped notches 30, 32, 34, 36 for holding the O-rings 22, 24, 26, 28 are formed in the sliding hole 8.

The sliding body 38 has through holes 40 and 41 formed in the center thereof, and a cylindrical chamber 44 accommodating the ball 42 slidably up and down is provided between the through holes 40 and 41 to communicate with the outside of the sliding body 38. A large number of communication holes 46, 46, 46 ... Are drilled. Further, a cylindrical protrusion 48 having a larger outer circumference than the central portion and projecting downward is provided at the lower end of the sliding body 38, and the packing 12 is pushed onto the outer periphery of the upper portion of the protrusion 48 when the beer is poured out of the sliding body 38. Even a peripheral ring 50 is provided for sealing. A large number of communication holes 52, 52 ... For allowing carbon dioxide gas to pass through are formed in the outer peripheral ring 50.

A handle 56 is swingably supported on the upper portion of the housing 2 via a pin 54. As shown in FIG. 2, the handle 56 is provided with a rod-shaped projection 58 in the vicinity of the pin 54 facing the sliding body 38.

Further, on the handle side on the outer periphery of the sliding body 38, there is a groove 60 engraved in the horizontal direction, the projection 58 is meshed with the sliding body 38, and the sliding movement of the handle 56 causes the sliding body 38 to move in the vertical direction. It is designed to slide on.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, the cleaning liquid port 4 of the housing 2 is connected to a cleaning liquid supply device such as a water faucet 59, and the gas port 6 is connected to a carbon dioxide gas cylinder 61.

First, the operation at the time of pouring beer will be described. The handle 56 in the state of FIG. 1 is operated downward. Then, the handle 56 swings around the pin 54 as a fulcrum. The protrusion 58 provided on the handle 56 slides the sliding body 38 downward through the groove 60. As a result, the cleaning liquid is closed by the O-rings 22 and 24, and the carbon dioxide gas is not closed here because the O-ring 28 is separated from the outer periphery of the sliding body 38. FIG. 4 shows the dispensing head in this state, FIG. 5 shows the state where the dispensing head is mounted on the barrel, and FIG. 3 shows an enlarged view of the mounting portion.

At this time, since the packing 12 is sandwiched between the outer peripheral ring 50 of the sliding body 38 and the upper surface of the spear valve 63 attached to the barrel 62, carbon dioxide gas does not leak to the outside of the barrel 62.

Further, since the protrusion 48 of the sliding body 38 pushes the open / close packing 64 of the spear valve 63 downward against the compression spring 66, the open / close packing 64 opens. The carbon dioxide gas supplied from the gas port 6 passes through the communication hole 20, a large number of holes 52 formed in the outer peripheral ring 50, ... A large number of communication holes 70 formed in the outer cylinder of the spear valve 63. The top surface H of beer B is reached. When the carbon dioxide pressure becomes high, the upper surface H of the beer B is pushed down, and the lower end opening 74 of the suspension pipe 72 of the spear valve 63, a large number of communication holes 76, 76 formed at the upper end side of the suspension pipe 72 ... Then, the ball 42 in the chamber 44 is pushed up through the lower through hole 41 of the sliding body 38 and through the upper through hole 40, and beer is poured out from the pouring valve 77 shown in FIG.

Next, the operation during cleaning will be described. The handle 56 in the state of FIG. 4 is operated upward. Then, the handle 56 swings around the pin 54 as a fulcrum. A protrusion 58 provided on the handle 56 slides the slide body 38 upward through the groove 60. At this time, the cleaning liquid is closed by the O-rings 22 and 24, and the carbon dioxide gas is closed by the O-rings 26 and 28. The dispense head in this state is shown in FIG.

At this time, the cleaning liquid supplied from the cleaning liquid port 4 passes through the communication hole 18 of the housing 2 and the many communication holes 46, 46 ... Of the sliding body 38 and enters the chamber 44. Since the ball 42 blocks the lower opening of the chamber 44, the cleaning liquid moves upward and cleans the communication hose 78, the coil 79, and the spout valve 77.

[0020]

[Effect of the device]

 In the present invention, a cleaning liquid port is provided in addition to the gas port, and this is switched and used by the handle.Therefore, the complicated work of removing the dispensing head and mounting it in the cleaning tank, which was performed in the past, is unnecessary. It became possible to completely clean the entire pouring device, which was likely to be incomplete in some cases.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a front cross-sectional view of a dispensing head during cleaning according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a front view of a dispensing head during cleaning according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the barrel mounting portion of the dispensing head at the time of pouring in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows a front cross-sectional view of the dispensing head at the time of pouring of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the dispensing head attached to the barrel during pouring according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic layout view of a beer pouring device using the dispensing head of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows a schematic layout diagram of a beer pouring device using a conventional dispensing head.

FIG. 8 is a schematic layout view of a beer washing device at the time of washing using a conventional dispensing head.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Dispensing head 2 ... Housing 4 ... Cleaning liquid port 6 ... Gas port 38 ... Sliding body 40 ... Upper through hole 41 ... Lower through hole 46 ... Hole 56 ... Handle 59 ... Water faucet (cleaning liquid supply device) 62 ... Barrel 63 ... Spear Valve 77 ... Spout valve 78 ... Communication hose 79 ... Coil

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A housing having a cleaning liquid port in an upper part of a side surface and a gas port in a lower part; A dispensing head for a barrel, comprising: a slide body that slides on the base and a handle that slides the slide body, and by sliding the slide body, one of the cleaning liquid port and the gas port is closed.