JPS63317066A - Instant cooling type device for teeming beverage - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate washing of a beverage cooling tube, by combining a cooling water tank with a changeover valve body, beverage cooling pipe and beverage feed pipe and teeming cock so as to perform specific action. CONSTITUTION:When a beverage feed pipe 16 is removed from a draft beer cask and connected to a wash water source, a sponge ball 24 in a valve seat (23C) is pushed by wash water and slid in a beverage cooling pipe 13 to wash the inner wall thereof. The sponge ball 24 is then slid to a valve seat (23B) of a hole (22B) and stopped. At this time, the wash water is received in a container 26 placed under a teeming cock 15. A changeover valve body 14 is then turned 120 deg. counterclockwise to reflow the sponge ball 24 in the valve seat (23B) with the wash water and wash the inner wall of the beverage cooling pipe 13. Thereby washing of the beverage cooling pipe 13 is carried out several times to turn the changeover valve body 14 and place the sponge ball 24 at a position outside the teeming circuit. The beverage feed pipe 16 is reconnected to the draft beer cask to enable teeming of the draft beer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an instant cooling type dispensing device for beverages, and more particularly to a device that facilitates cleaning of beverage cooling pipes.

Beverages in the present invention include juices, wine, carbonated drinks,
Although any type of beer may be used, such as draft beer, in order to simplify the explanation, the prior art and the embodiments of the invention will be described using draft beer as an example.

[Prior art]

When pouring draft beer from a draft beer barrel into a mug or the like, the draft beer is generally cooled to an appropriate temperature by passing it all through a beverage cooling pipe installed in a cooling water tank.

However, draft beer is susceptible to deterioration and spoilage, and if cleaning is neglected, beverage cooling pipes and the like will become dirty and will significantly deteriorate the taste of the draft beer, so it is necessary to clean the beverage cooling pipes and the like from time to time.

In conventional cleaning of beverage cooling pipes, etc., a sponge ball slightly larger than the inner diameter of the beverage cooling pipe is inserted into the beverage cooling pipe, and the sponge ball is inserted into the beverage cooling pipe using tap water supplied from a hose connected to a water faucet, for example. This was done by passing it several times. However, the cleaning hose must be attached and detached from the beverage cooling pipe each time the sponge cleaning is performed, which is complicated and inefficient.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made from this point of view, and its object is to provide an instant cooling type pouring device for beverages in which the beverage cooling pipe can be easily cleaned.

[Key points of the invention]

The instant cooling type pouring device for beverages according to the present invention includes a cooling water tank storing cooling water, a switching valve body having three flow paths, a beverage cooling pipe whose both ends are in contact with the switching valve body, and one end of which is connected to the switching valve body. It consists of a beverage supply pipe whose other end is connected to a beverage supply source, and a dispensing cock which is in contact with a switching valve body. comprising a valve device and a valve device provided in a part of the dispensing circuit of the device, the device having a beverage dispensing circuit that allows communication between a beverage cooling pipe, a beverage supply pipe, and a dispensing cock; It is characterized by being able to switch between beverage dispensing and washing operations by operating the valve device.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, a description will be given of FIGS. 1 to 7 showing a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIGS. 1 and 2, cooling water 12 is stored inside a cooling water tank 11, which is cooled by an evaporation tube connected to a refrigerator (not shown). Both ends of the beverage cooling pipe 130 installed in the cooling water tank 11 are in contact with one end side of a switching valve body 14 whose details will be described later, and the other end side of the switching valve body 14 has a pouring cock 15 and one end (not shown). It is in contact with a beverage supply pipe 16 connected to a draft beer barrel.

The switching valve body 14 has three holes 22A, 122B, 22C in the rotatable valve body 21 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
are provided, and valve seats 23A, 23B, and 23C with a partially reduced inner diameter are inserted into one end of these holes.
For example, a sponge ball 24 (not shown) is housed in the hole 22C.

In such a configuration, when pouring out draft beer, the switching valve body 14 connects the pouring cock 15 side and the beverage cooling pipe 13 side through the hole 22A, and the beverage cooling pipe side through the hole 22B'r, as shown in FIG. 13 side and the beverage supply pipe 16 side are in a position where they flow, and if the pouring cup 15 is opened here, the sponge ball 24 will be in the hole 22C, and draft beer will flow from the beverage supply pipe 16 without blocking the pouring circuit. Hole 22B beverage cooling pipe +3, hole 22
A, and the liquid is poured into the pot 25 through the pouring cock 15. Next, when cleaning the beverage cooling pipe 13, the switching valve body 14 is rotated 120 degrees clockwise in the figure.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the pouring cock 15 side and the beverage cooling pipe 13 side are made to flow through the hole 22B', and the beverage supply pipe 16 side and the beverage cooling pipe 13 side are in communication through the hole 22C'e. If the beverage supply pipe 16 is removed from the draft beer barrel (not shown) and connected to a washing water source (not shown), the sponge ball 24 in the valve seat 23C will be pushed by the washing water and slide inside the beverage cooling pipe 13. The inner wall is cleaned and the valve is slid to the valve seat 23B of the hole 22B and stopped. At this time, the cleaning water is poured out from the pouring cock I5.
It is received in a container 26 placed below. FIG. 7 shows this state. Now, if the switching valve body 14 is rotated counterclockwise by 120 degrees, the sponge ball 24 in the valve seat 23B will be placed in the position of the sponge ball 24 in FIG. Wash. After cleaning the beverage cooling pipe 13 several times in this way, the switching valve body 14 is rotated to place the sponge ball 24 in a position away from the dispensing circuit as shown in FIG. 5, and the beverage supply pipe 16 is turned on again. Draft beer can be dispensed by connecting to a draft beer barrel (not shown).

A second embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGS. 8-12. 8 and 9, this embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except that a three-way valve 31 connected to a washing water source (not shown) is provided in the middle of the beverage supply pipe 16. Figure 10 shows the position of the 30,000 valve 31 when pouring draft beer (the position where the beverage supply pipe 16 side and the beverage cooling pipe 13 side flow), and Figures 11 and 12 show the position of the 30,000 valve 31 when pouring out draft beer. This shows the position of the 30,000 valve 31 when cleaning the circuit, and when cleaning the beverage cooling pipe 13 side, the first
As shown in Figure 1, when the 30,000 valve 31 is moved to the position where the cleaning water source side and the beverage cooling pipe I3 side flow, and the cleaning water flows, the switching valve body 14, the beverage cooling pipe 13, the pouring cock 15, etc. are cleaned. can. When cleaning the beverage supply pipe 16, move the 30,000 valve 31 to a position where the cleaning water source side and the beverage supply pipe 16 side flow as shown in Fig. 12, and remove the joint (not shown) from the draft beer barrel (not shown). The beverage supply pipe 16 can be cleaned by running the cleaning water sound.

FIG. 13 shows a third embodiment of the present invention, in which a shutoff valve 41 connected to a washing water source (not shown) is provided in place of the 30,000 valve 31, and the other configurations of the valve device are similar to those of the second embodiment. is the same as When pouring draft beer, the draft beer is poured by opening the pouring cock 15 with the shutoff valve 41 closed. When cleaning the dispensing circuit, open the shutoff valve 41 and pour the cleaning water into the beverage cooling pipe 1.
3. Pour into the spout cock 15 and clean the spout circuit. Also,
The beverage supply pipe 16 can also be cleaned by removing the joint from the draft beer barrel (not shown) that is the beverage supply source and closing the pouring cock 15.

14 to 17 show a fourth embodiment of the present invention in which 30,000 valves are provided between the switching valve element I4 and the pouring cock 15. The other configurations are the same as the second embodiment. When dispensing raw peel, the three-way valve 32 is placed in a position where the dispensing cock 15 side and the beverage cooling pipe 13 side communicate with each other, as shown in FIG.
When the pouring cock 15 is opened, draft beer is poured out. When cleaning the spout cock 15 side, place the three-way valve 32 in a position where the spout cock 15 side and the wash water side flow as shown in Fig. 16, and open the spout cock 15 to clean the spout cock 15. be done. Cleaning the beverage cooling pipe 13 side.

Sometimes, the three-way valve 32 is placed in a position where the washing water source side and the beverage cooling pipe 13 side flow as shown in FIG.
and the beverage supply pipe 16 is cleaned. Although not shown, a shutoff valve connected to a washing water source (not shown) may be used instead of the 30,000 valve 32.

Note that the above-mentioned rotation of the switching valve body 14 is performed using the handles 2OA and 20B shown in FIGS. 18 and 19.

There are methods such as manual method using a 20C etc., electric method using a motor etc., but since these are existing techniques, the explanation will be omitted.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the instant beverage cooling type dispensing device of the present invention enables draft beer to be dispensed and washed simply by operating the valve, and furthermore, the beverage cooling pipe can be easily dispensed and washed without having to remove hoses or other metals each time. It has remarkable effects such as being able to wash the sponge balls, greatly saving time and trouble, and being more efficient.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 7 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a partially sectional side view, FIG. 2 is a front view, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the switching valve body. Figure 4 is A-A of Figure 3.
Line sectional views, FIGS. 5 to 7 are explanatory diagrams of the operation of the switching valve body at different times, and FIGS. 8 to 12 show the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a front view, FIGS. 10 to 12 are operation explanatory diagrams showing the positions of the three-way valve at different times, and FIG. 13 is a third embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 14 to 17 show a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 14 is a side view showing a part as a whole in cross section, and FIG.
17 to 17 are operation explanatory diagrams showing the positions of the three-way valve at different times, and FIGS. 18 and 19 are drawings corresponding to the second embodiment of the present invention, in which a handle is attached to the switching valve body. FIG. 11... Cooling water tank, 12... Cooling water, 13... Beverage cooling pipe, 14... Switching valve body, 15... Pour cock, 16... Beverage supply pipe, 22A, 22B, 22
e...hole (flow path), 31.32...3-way valve (valve device), 41...shutoff valve (valve device).

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A cooling water tank storing cooling water, a switching valve body having three flow paths, a beverage cooling pipe provided in the cooling water tank and having both ends in contact with the switching valve body, and one end of which is connected to the switching valve body. It consists of a beverage supply pipe whose other end is connected to a beverage supply source, and a dispensing cock which is in contact with the switching valve body, and by switching the switching valve body, any two of the three flow paths of the switching valve body can be selected.
the beverage cooling pipe and the beverage supply pipe through two flow paths;
An instant cooling beverage dispensing device characterized by having a dispensing circuit that can communicate with the dispensing cock. (2) A cooling water tank storing cooling water, a switching valve body having three flow paths, a beverage cooling pipe provided in the cooling water tank and having both ends in contact with the switching valve body, and one end of which is connected to the switching valve body. It consists of a beverage supply pipe whose other end is connected to a beverage supply source, and a spout cock which is in contact with the switching valve body, and by switching the switching valve body, any one of the three flow paths of the switching valve body can be selected. A beverage dispensing circuit that allows communication between the beverage cooling pipe, the beverage supply pipe, and the dispensing cock via two channels, and a valve device provided in a part of the dispensing circuit. 1. An instant cooling beverage dispensing device characterized in that the beverage dispensing device is configured such that it is possible to switch between dispensing and washing the beverage without operating a valve device. (3) The instant cooling beverage dispensing device according to claim (2), wherein the valve device is a shutoff valve or a switching valve.