KR20170067244A - Beer dispaeser and control method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
A beer dispenser and a control method thereof, comprising: a sensing part for sensing a weight and a level of a beer stored in a beer cup and a beer cup placed on a ball plate; and a controller for controlling the opening and closing operations to supply or block the beer supplied to the discharge nozzle from the cooler And a control unit for controlling the operation of the control valve so as to discharge the beer to a predetermined set level of the beer cup based on the detection result of the control unit and the sensing unit, The weight can be sensed, and the beer can be controlled to be discharged and stopped according to the detection result.
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The present invention relates to a beer dispenser and a control method thereof, and more particularly to a beer dispenser for discharging a predetermined amount of beer to a beer cup and a control method thereof.
Generally, beer is divided into draft beer which is manufactured through heat treatment process such as heating and sterilization in the manufacturing process, and draft beer which is manufactured without heat treatment process such as heating and sterilization.
According to the beer cup, bubbles are generated by blocking the contact of beer with oxygen, thereby preventing the carbon dioxide gas contained in the beer from being lost to the air, It gives a strong impression to the taste.
It is most preferred that such bubbles are formed by 20 to 30% of the beer filled cups.
1 is a block diagram of a conventional beer dispenser.
As shown in FIG. 1, a
The
The
The beer bottle 5 is fixed to the upper plate of the table on which the
For example,
However, in general, beer cups are manufactured in different shapes depending on the manufacturer, and the amount of beer actually stored differs.
Therefore, according to the prior art including the
As a result, the beer quantitative main tracing apparatus according to the prior art has a problem in that the degree of satisfaction is lowered due to the height difference of the beer liquid surface depending on the beer consumer.
In addition, the beer quantitative main feeding device according to the related art has a problem that the amount of bubbles contained in the beer excessively increases as the beer cup is vertically erected.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a beer dispenser for discharging beer with a constant height of a beer regardless of the shape and actual storage capacity of the beer cup and a control method thereof.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a beer dispenser capable of controlling the amount of bubbles contained in beer by controlling the inclination of the beer cup according to the amount of discharged beer, and a control method thereof.
In order to achieve the above object, a beer dispenser according to the present invention includes a beer cup placed on a ball plate, a sensing unit for sensing the weight and level of the beer stored in the beer cup, a beer supplied to the discharge nozzle from the cooler, And a control unit for controlling the operation of the control valve to discharge the beer to a predetermined set level of the beer cup based on the detection result of the sensing unit.
The present invention relates to a beer dispenser, comprising a storage for storing a driving program for driving the beer dispenser, a weight of the beer cup, and reference information on the level of the beer, a power supply for supplying power to each device, And a tilt adjusting unit for adjusting the inclination of the ball plate so as to prevent the occurrence of excessive bubbles.
The tilt adjusting portion is disposed between the inner wall and the rear end of the ball plate, and is disposed at an angle of a predetermined angle with respect to the inner wall. And an elastic member that adjusts the length of the beer cup by the weight of the beer, the protrusion guides protruding from both ends of the ball plate are inserted into both side walls of the elastic plate, The ball is moved in accordance with the rotation of the ball plate.
The sensing unit includes a weight sensor installed on the ball plate and sensing the weight of the beer cup and the beer, and a level sensor installed on the body of the beer dispenser and sensing the level of the beer stored in the beer cup,
The control unit may include a determination unit for determining whether the beer cup is seated according to a detection signal of the weight detection sensor,
An inspection unit for inspecting the level of the beer according to the detection signal of the water level detection sensor,
And a signal generator for generating a control signal to open the control valve when the beer cup is seated on the ball plate and to close the control valve based on the result of the inspection of the level of the beer and the weight of the beer cup and the beer Beer dispenser.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a beer dispenser, comprising the steps of: (a) checking whether a beer cup is seated using a weight sensor installed on a ball plate on which a beer cup is seated; (b) checking whether or not the beer cup is seated by using the sensing signal of the weight detecting sensor in the control unit, and if the beer cup is in a state of being checked, opening the control valve to discharge the beer from the cooler through the discharge nozzle (C) detecting the level of the beer stored in the beer cup by using a water level sensor; and (d) detecting the level of the beer in the beer cup by using the sensing signal of the water level sensor at the control level. , And controls the control valve to be closed so as to stop the discharge operation of the beer when the water level reaches the set water level It characterized in that it comprises a system.
In the step (c), the weight sensor senses the weight of the beer stored in the beer cup and the beer cup. In step (d), the controller senses the beer sensed by the water level sensor And controls the closing operation of the control valve based on a result of checking whether the weight of the beer cup and the beer is included in a preset reference weight range.
In the step (b) to (d), the beer cup mounted on the ball plate is inclined by a preset angle in accordance with a change in length of the elastic member that provides elastic force to the ball plate, .
As described above, according to the beer dispenser and the control method thereof according to the present invention, it is possible to detect the level and the weight of the beer projected to the actual beer cup, and to control to discharge and stop the beer according to the detection result Loses.
Therefore, according to the present invention, regardless of the shape and the capacity of the beer cup, the beer level can be maintained at a constant level at a constant height from the top of the beer cup.
According to the present invention, by controlling the inclination of the beer cup by rotating the ball plate according to the weight of the beer stored in the beer cup, the ratio of the beer and the bubble can be controlled and the bubble can be prevented from being excessively generated Loses.
As a result, according to the present invention, by discharging a proper amount of beer and bubbles by adjusting the discharge amount of the beer and the inclination of the beer cup, even a novice can easily discharge the beer to the beer cup and provide it to consumers, The effect can be obtained.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional beer dispenser;
2 is a configuration diagram of a beer dispenser according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the beer dispenser shown in FIG. 2;
Figs. 4 and 5 are a configuration diagram of the ball plate and the tilt adjusting unit,
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating steps of controlling a beer dispenser according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, a beer dispenser and a control method thereof according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a beer dispenser according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the beer dispenser shown in FIG.
2 and 3, a
The
The
The
2, the
The
The
The
The
The
To this end, the
Typical beer cups are manufactured in a variety of shapes and capacities depending on the manufacturer, but the height of the beer cups is the same. Therefore, in this embodiment, the liquid level height of the beer that can maximize the satisfaction to the consumer is set to the set water level by the experiment value, and the discharge amount of the beer is adjusted according to whether the discharged beer reaches the set water level.
The
That is, the
For this, the
The
When the beer dispensing operation is completed, the
The
4 and 5 are block diagrams of the ball plate and the tilt adjusting unit.
4 and 5, the
The
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Accordingly, the rotation angle of the
The
The
That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the
Thus, the beer cup slides along the upper surface of the
Here, the discharge nozzle 23 can discharge the beer in a state in which the discharge nozzle 23 is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the beer cup whose tip is inclined.
On the other hand, as the amount of beer stored in the beer cup increases, the
As described above, according to the present invention, the inclination of the ball plate and the beer cup can be adjusted by controlling the ratio of the beer and the bubble by using the tilt adjusting unit, thereby preventing the occurrence of excessive bubbles.
Next, a method of controlling a beer dispenser according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a beer dispenser according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
6, when the power switch (not shown) is operated, the
In step S12, the
In step S14, the
If it is determined in step S14 that the beer cup is not seated, the
On the other hand, when the beer cup is seated in step S14 and the weight corresponding to the detection signal of the
At this time, the
In step S18, the
At this time, the
As a result, the
As described above, according to the present invention, the ratio of the beer and the foam can be controlled by rotating the ball plate by controlling the inclination of the beer cup according to the weight of the beer stored in the beer cup, thereby preventing excessive generation of foam.
In step S20, the
If the water level of the beer is lower than the set water level as a result of the inspection in step S20, the
On the other hand, when the water level of the beer reaches the predetermined water level as a result of the inspection in step S20, the
If the weight detected as a result of the test in step S22 is less than the reference weight range, the
On the other hand, if the detected weight in the step S22 is included in the reference weight range, the
As the regulating
As described above, the present invention can precisely control the amount of beer discharged through a two-step inspection process using a beer level, a beer cup and a weight.
On the other hand, when the beer dispensing operation is stopped, the
In step S26, the
On the other hand, if the power supply is interrupted in step S26, the
Through the above-described process, the present invention can detect the level and weight of the beer that is injected into the actual beer cup, and control the dispensing and stopping of the beer according to the detection result.
Accordingly, the present invention can maintain the beer level at a constant level at a predetermined height from the top of the beer cup irrespective of the shape or capacity of the beer cup.
Although the invention made by the present inventors has been described concretely with the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it goes without saying that various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.
The present invention is applied to a beer dispenser technique for controlling the dispensing and stopping of beer according to the sensed result by detecting the level and the weight of the beer projected to the actual beer cup.
10: Beer dispenser
11: Body 12: Cooler
13: Discharge nozzle 14: Regulating valve
15: Beer supply hose 16: Beer barrel
17: Beer supply hose 18: Carbon dioxide cylinder
19: Beer discharge hose
20: ball plate 21: guide holder
22: protrusion guide 30:
31: Weight sensor 32: Water level sensor
40: control unit 41:
42: Inspection section 43: Signal generating section
50: storage unit 60: power supply unit
70: tilt adjustment portion 71: side wall
72: inner side wall 73: elastic member
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A control valve which is opened and closed to supply or block the beer supplied from the cooler to the discharge nozzle,
And a controller for controlling the operation of the control valve to discharge the beer to a predetermined set level of the beer cup based on the detection result of the sensing unit.
A storage unit for storing driving programs for driving the beer dispenser, reference information about the weight of the beer cup and the level of the beer,
A power supply for supplying power to each device, and
Further comprising a tilt adjusting unit for adjusting the tilt of the ball plate so as to prevent the excessive bubbles from being generated by adjusting the tilt of the beer cup.
The tilt adjusting portion includes a pair of side walls and an inner side wall disposed in a front portion of the main body so as to be provided with a recessed space toward the inside of the main body,
And an elastic member provided between the inner wall and the rear end of the ball plate to provide an elastic force so that the ball plate is inclined at a predetermined angle, and a beer cup mounted on the ball plate and an elastic member whose length is adjusted by the weight of the beer and,
Wherein a moving hole is formed on both side walls of the beer plate so as to move in accordance with rotation of the ball plate in a state in which a protrusion guide protruding from both ends of the ball plate is inserted.
The sensing unit includes a weight sensor installed on the ball plate and sensing the weight of the beer cup and the beer,
And a level sensor installed in the main body of the beer dispenser and sensing a level of the beer stored in the beer cup,
The control unit may include a determination unit for determining whether the beer cup is seated according to a detection signal of the weight detection sensor,
An inspection unit for inspecting the level of the beer according to the detection signal of the water level detection sensor,
And a signal generator for generating a control signal to open the control valve when the beer cup is seated on the ball plate and to close the control valve based on the result of the inspection of the level of the beer and the weight of the beer cup and the beer Beer dispenser.
(b) checking whether or not the beer cup is seated by using the sensing signal of the weight detecting sensor in the control unit, and if the beer cup is in a state of being checked, opening the control valve to discharge the beer from the cooler through the discharge nozzle ,
(c) sensing the level of the beer stored in the beer cup using a water level sensor, and
(d) checking whether the level of the beer reaches the preset level by using the sensing signal of the level sensor at the control unit, and closing the regulating valve so as to stop the discharging operation of the beer when the predetermined water level is reached And controlling the beer dispenser to operate.
In the step (c), the weight sensor senses the weight of the beer stored in the beer cup and the beer cup,
In the step (d), the control unit, together with the sensing signal of the level sensor, checks whether the weight of the beer cup and beer detected by the weight sensor is within a predetermined reference weight range, Is controlled so as to close the beer dispenser.
In the step (b) to (d), the beer cup mounted on the ball plate is inclined by a preset angle in accordance with a change in length of the elastic member that provides elastic force to the ball plate, Wherein the beer dispenser comprises a beer dispenser.
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