RU72472U1 - DEVICE FOR RETAIL SALE OF FOAMING BEVERAGES IN DISPOSABLE GLASSES, AREA FOR COOLING FOAMING BEVERAGES AND A FILLING UNIT FOR FOAMING BEVERAGES - Google Patents

Abstract

Utility models relate to the food industry, namely, equipment for the retail trade of foaming drinks, mainly in disposable glasses.

The technical result - the creation of appropriate devices that allowed to reduce the process of uncontrolled pricing on devices for the retail sale of foaming drinks in disposable glasses with a capacity of 400-600 ml, increased the accuracy of the dosage of drinks and prevented foam from flowing over the edge of the glasses of large capacity.

For this, the device for the retail sale of foaming drinks in disposable glasses includes a carbon dioxide cylinder connected to the container with the drink and its cooling unit, and further to the dispensing device, while the beverage cooling unit includes a refrigerator, on the case of which there is a thermal box, the dispensing device is located inside the box and contains an electromagnetic valve, a counter and a tap with an outlet, and the filling unit includes a base for placing a disposable glass, made with installation in an inclined position at an angle of 2-25 ° to the horizon and includes a rear support for the glass, located in the direction of inclination of the base, while the outlet of the dispensing device tap is configured to generate a jet of beverage in the direction of the rear support of the base, and the control unit is made with the ability to turn on the beverage after dispensing a disposable glass, while the volume of dispensed beverage does not exceed the volume of the glass, which is selected within 400-600 ml.

In the cooling unit for foaming drinks on the refrigerator body there is a thermobox, inside of which there is a metering device containing an electromagnetic valve, a counter (flow meter) and a tap with an outlet, and the thermobox is equipped with heat exchangers for heat removal, one of which is located in its upper part, and other

made in the form of a cooling jacket for at least a tap, moreover, the water supplied by the pump from the refrigerator, the temperature of which lies in the range of 4-10 ° C, is used as the refrigerant of both heat exchangers.

In the unit for dispensing foaming drinks, the base for installing a disposable cup is inclined at an angle of 2-25 ° to the horizontal and includes a back support for the cup installed in the direction of inclination of the base, and the dispenser tap includes an outlet configured to form a spray of beverage into direction of the rear foot support.

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Description

Utility models relate to the food industry, namely, equipment for the retail trade of foaming drinks, mainly in disposable glasses.

The process of filling a glass, especially a large capacity (400-600 ml), with a foamy drink is a serious technical problem. The level of the problem and the degree of complexity of its solution increase when the filling process needs to be automated.

A variety of retail machines are known, which contain a housing and sections located therein for storing goods and an ejector [see, for example, descriptions of utility models for RF patents No. 55180 of 09/20/2005 - “Automatic machine for retail sale of goods”, - IPC G07F 11/24, publ. July 27, 2006 and No. 37423 of January 12, 2004 - “Vending Machine”, - IPC ⁷ G07F 11/00, publ. 04/20/2004].

The disadvantage of these devices is that they are intended for the sale of packaged (pre-packaged) piece goods, for example, the same canned beer, and this greatly simplifies their design.

A device for the preparation and portioning of sparkling water with syrup containing a metering pump, a mixing chamber, a syrup dispenser, a drain line, water and gas pipelines, a distribution valve system and a carbon dioxide source [Description of the invention to the patent of the Russian Federation No. 2006202 of 22.10. 1190, IPC ⁵ A23L 3/00, publ. 01/30/1994]. A feature of the device is its high reliability.

This device cannot be used for filling foaming drinks such as kvass or beer, since the process of their pricing is almost uncontrollable compared to the pricing of soda water, which may result in low accuracy

 dosage of drinks.

A technical solution of the Karlsberg foam beer dispenser is known in a capacity of 0.57 liters (English pint) [Description of the invention to RF patent No. 2239592 of 03/27/2000, IPC ⁶ B67D 3/04, publ. November 10, 2004]. The apparatus comprises a flow chamber with a circular cross-section, an inlet channel and an outlet opening capable of imparting a swirling motion to the mass of beer flowing through the apparatus in such a way that gas is generated from the beer in the formed vortex with the formation of a decorative foam cap on the beer flowing from the apparatus. . As you can see, the defoaming process is reduced to a controlled outflow of beer through the outlet of the apparatus with giving the mass of the drink a swirling motion. At the same time, they achieve a wonderful decorative appearance of the foam cap in the upper part of the container.

When using this solution in automatic devices, the foam cap will inevitably go into the drain channel (sewer), which will reduce the yield of usable beer. In addition, it cannot be ruled out that the beer sold, depending on the supply, will have different technological characteristics that are significantly different from Carlsberg beer, and thus the pricing process will be almost uncontrollable.

A device for dispensing bottled drinks is known, comprising a housing having an outlet for dispensing a beverage, an outlet for dispensing single-use bags and an outlet for dispensing glasses; a unit for supplying cold / hot water through the outlet of the beverage; a unit for dispensing single-use sachets containing the finished mixture of beverage ingredients through an opening for dispensing sachets; cup dispenser through a beverage outlet; an ice preparation unit, a cooling unit comprising a first evaporator connected to the cold water tank and a second evaporator connected to the ice preparation unit; a control unit for controlling at least a cold / hot water supply unit, a disposable sachet delivery unit, an ice making unit and a cooling unit, and a piping system [Description of the invention to RF patent No. 2241364 of 07.17.2003, IPC ⁷ A47J 31/40, publ. 12/10/2004]. In addition, the device

contains a money compartment connected to the control unit for receiving and dispensing money, the control unit fully or partially acting only when it triggers the introduction of a certain amount of money into the money compartment.

With all the advantages of the device, it is not intended for bottling foaming and / or carbonated drinks. In an extreme case, an effervescent drink is obtained after the contents of a single-use bag are poured into a glass of water, all the more it will not be kvass or beer, but, for example, artificial drinks that imitate them.

The closest to the set of essential features the first claimed technical solution is a device for manually dispensing foaming and / or carbonated drinks, including a beverage preparation system for filling with a gas cylinder and an isobaric beverage container, a beverage cooling unit, a set of disposable glasses and a beverage dispensing mechanism with a unit for extinguishing foam, the beverage dispensing mechanism comprises a housing having a drain channel, a channel connected to a gas supply pipe from a gas cylinder, a channel with a throttle valve connected to the beverage supply pipe from the isobaric tank and installed in the housing and connected to the drain channel, and the foam extinguishing unit is located in the drain channel of the three-way dispenser tap, in the bottom of which there are two through supply holes and one outlet hole, as well as installed in the case, the upper disk is rotatably coaxial and the lower disk is stationary, and the lower disk has through technological holes and a special device called a “spoon” [ Description of the invention to the patent of the Russian Federation No. 2266862 dated 12.11.2003, IPC ⁷ В67С 3/06, publ. 04/27/2005].

The disadvantage of this device is the use of manual control of a three-way valve, so the area of its primary use is bars, cafes and other catering establishments. When equipping a device with equipment that allows it to work in automatic mode, problems will inevitably arise associated with the need to neutralize the process of excessive pricing. Today, these problems have been solved only for the case of foaming

drinks in a capacity of 200 ml. When bottling drinks in a container of 400-600 ml, these problems are not only not solved, but are even exacerbated, since much more foam is released in a large volume of drink than in a small one and it will definitely flow over the edge of the glass.

The problem solved by the first useful model of the group and the technical result achieved is to create an automatic device for the retail sale of foaming drinks in disposable glasses with a capacity of 400-600 ml, while the accuracy of the dosage of drinks will increase, the process of uncontrolled pricing will decrease, and foam will not flow over the edge of the glasses.

To solve the problem and achieve the stated result in the device for the retail sale of foaming drinks in disposable glasses, including a housing, a container with a drink, a cooling unit for dispensing disposable glasses, a dispensing unit with a dispensing device, a piping system and a control unit, the device includes carbon dioxide cylinder connected to the container with the drink and its cooling unit, and then to the metering device, while the beverage cooling unit includes a refrigerator, on the body of which there is a thermobox, the metering device is located inside the thermobox and contains an electromagnetic valve, a counter and a tap with an outlet, and the bottling unit includes a base for placing a disposable cup made with the possibility of its installation in an inclined position at an angle of 2-25 ° to the horizon and includes a back a support for the glass, located in the direction of inclination of the base, while the outlet of the tap of the metering device is configured to generate a jet of drink in the direction of the rear support o grounds, and the control unit is configured to turn on the beverage after dispensing a disposable glass, while the volume of dispensed beverage does not exceed the volume of the glass, which is selected within 400-600 ml. In addition, the device is equipped with at least one additional container with a drink connected through the cooling unit to the outlet of the tap of its own metering device.

Known cooling unit for a dispensed beverage bottling device, which comprises a housing having a beverage outlet

(crank dispenser), outlet for disposable sachets and outlet for glasses; a unit for supplying cold / hot water through the outlet of the beverage; a unit for dispensing single-use sachets containing the finished mixture of beverage ingredients through an opening for dispensing sachets; cup dispenser through a beverage outlet; an ice preparation unit, a cooling unit (assembly) (a refrigerator located in the housing) comprising a first evaporator connected to the cold water tank and a second evaporator connected to the ice preparation unit; a control unit with electromagnetic valves for controlling at least a cold / hot water supply unit, a single-use sachet delivery unit, an ice-making unit and a cooling unit, and a piping system [Description of the invention to RF patent No. 2241364 of 07.17.2003, IPC ⁷ A47J 31 / 40, publ. 12/10/2004].

You should especially dwell on the cooling unit of the known device, which is designed specifically for cooling drinks. The patent does not say that cold variation is able to regulate the process of pricing drinks, especially since this can be done only with the appropriate design of the device, especially since it is not intended for filling foaming and / or carbonated drinks.

The problem solved by the second utility model of the group and the technical result achieved is to create a special refrigerator - a unit for cooling foaming drinks, with which you can reduce the process of uncontrolled pricing on devices for the retail sale of foaming drinks in disposable glasses with a capacity of 400-600 ml, which ultimately allows increase the accuracy of the dosage of the drink and prevent the flow of foam over the edge of the glasses.

To solve the problem and achieve the stated result in the cooling unit for foaming drinks, including a refrigerator located in its own case, a piping system and a dispensing device, a thermocase is placed on the refrigerator body, inside of which there is a dispensing device containing an electromagnetic valve, a counter (flow meter) and a tap with outlet, with

the thermobox is equipped with heat exchangers for heat removal, one of which is located in its upper part, and the other is made in the form of a cooling jacket for at least a tap, moreover, the water supplied by the pump from the refrigerator, the temperature of which lies within 4-, is used as a refrigerant for both heat exchangers 10 ° C.

Known is a knot for dispensing foaming drinks of a dispensed beverage dispenser comprising a housing having a beverage outlet (dispenser tap), an outlet for disposable bags and an outlet for glasses; a unit for supplying cold / hot water through the outlet of the beverage; a unit for dispensing single-use sachets containing the finished mixture of beverage ingredients through an opening for dispensing sachets; a unit for supplying disposable glasses through the outlet of the beverage with a basis for their installation; control unit with electromagnetic valves and piping system [Description of the invention to the patent of the Russian Federation No. 2241364 dated 07/17/2003, IPC ⁷ A47J 31/40, publ. 12/10/2004].

The filling unit of this device, due to the peculiarities of its design, is not suitable for filling foaming and / or carbonated drinks.

It should be noted that in the technique the issue of combating pricing in a disposable glass while filling it with a foamy drink such as kvass or beer is not sufficiently developed, especially if it concerns not small containers, for example, 200 ml, but large ones - 400-600 ml.

The problem solved by the third utility model of the group and the technical result achieved is to create a special unit for dispensing foaming drinks, with which you can reduce the uncontrolled pricing of devices for the retail sale of foaming drinks in disposable glasses with a capacity of 400-600 ml, which ultimately will improve accuracy dosage of the drink and prevent the flow of foam over the edge of the glasses.

To solve the problem and achieve the stated result in the site of filling of foaming drinks, including a base for installing a disposable cup and a dispensing device with a tap, a base for installing a disposable cup, made with an angle

2-25 ° to the horizon and includes a back support for the glass, installed in the direction of inclination of the base, and the dispenser tap includes an outlet made with the possibility of forming a jet of drink in the direction of the rear support of the base. Additionally, the back support for the glass is made in the form of a solid inclined wall, and the base includes perforations made with the possibility of draining through them an accidentally spilled or spilled drink, or a washing disinfectant.

Utility models are illustrated by drawings, where:

- figure 1 schematically shows a General view of a device for the retail sale of foaming drinks in disposable glasses, equipped with cooling and bottling;

- figure 2 and figure 3 shows embodiments of a site for filling foaming drinks.

A device for the retail sale of foaming drinks in disposable glasses 1, includes a housing 2, a container 3 with a drink, a drink cooling unit 4, a device 5 for dispensing disposable glasses, a dispensing unit 6 with a dispensing device 7, a variety of piping system 8 and a control unit 9, this device includes a cylinder 10 with carbon dioxide, connected to a container 3 with a drink and its cooling unit 4, and then with a metering device 7.

The beverage cooling unit 4 includes a refrigerator 11, on its own housing 12 a thermocase 13 is placed, the metering device 7 is located inside the thermocase 13 and contains an electromagnetic valve 14, a counter (flow meter) 15 and a tap 16 with an outlet 17. It should be noted that the thermocase 13 is equipped with heat exchangers 18 and 19 for heat dissipation, one (18) of which is located in its upper part, and the other (19) is made in the form of a cooling jacket for at least faucet 16, and the supplied heat is used as a refrigerant for both heat exchangers 18 and 19 Sos 20 of the refrigerator 11, water at a temperature in the range 4-10 ° C.

The filling unit 6 includes a base 21 for accommodating a disposable cup 1, configured to be installed in an inclined position at an angle α = 2-25 ° to the horizon and includes a rear support 22 for

cup 1, located in the direction of inclination of the base 21, while the outlet 17 of the valve 16 of the metering device 7 is configured to generate a jet of drink in the direction of the rear support 22 of the base, which can be made in the form of any limiter, for example, a curved curved rod 23 motionless fixed to the rear wall 24 or a single inclined wall 25, partially repeating the profile of the side wall of the disposable cup 1. The base 21 includes perforations 26, made with the possibility of removal through them randomly spilled or spilled beverage, or washer disinfectant.

The control unit 9 of the device is equipped with a coin acceptor 27 and is configured to turn on the beverage after dispensing a disposable cup 1, while the volume of dispensed beverage does not exceed the volume of the cup 1, which is selected within 400-600 ml. In addition, the device is equipped with at least one additional capacity 3 'with a drink connected through the cooling unit 4 with the outlet 17 of the valve 16 of its own dispensing device 7'.

As can be seen from the description, cooling units 4 and bottling 6 foaming drinks included in the device for the retail sale of foaming drinks in disposable glasses 1 are independent technical solutions that are self-sufficient from the point of view of the function and can be applied separately or together. For example, in order to obtain the claimed technical result for equipping the corresponding beer machines in bars, it is enough to upgrade their cooling units or filling units, which is obvious. However, in the case of the combined use of the cooling unit 4 and the bottling unit 6, the maximum effect can be obtained. In the same way, if there are any, it is possible to modernize machines for the retail sale of foam drinks produced by other manufacturers.

In view of the foregoing, we will consider the operation of utility models as an example of the operation of a device for the retail sale of foaming drinks, which combines all of the claimed technical solutions, while we will mean filling disposable glasses with 1 capacity, for example, 500 ml, as the most problematic to fill compared to glasses

200 ml, where the foam simply does not have time to form, but which is extremely inconvenient for consumers who prefer soft drinks such as kvass or beer to drink in large doses.

A container 3 (isobaric sealed container - KEG) with a drink, for example kvass, connected to a cylinder 10 with carbon dioxide, is installed inside the housing 2 of the device for retail sale. There can be several such containers 3 (3 ') - according to the number of foaming drinks or varieties of the drink. Practice has shown that it is optimal to use two containers 3 and 3 'for two drinks or two varieties of this drink. In this case, the design of the elements and components of the device is the simplest and most reliable.

The device is pre-configured, for which the position of the handle 28 of the tap 16 is adjusted. Subsequently, this will provide the necessary speed for the beverage to flow through the pipe 8 and, accordingly, the necessary and sufficient degree of cooling, which, as a rule, is 4-10 ° C.

The drink from the container through the pipe 8 under pressure passes the refrigerator 11, partially cools (its foaming ability decreases) and enters the thermocase 13, where the electromagnetic valve 14, the counter (flow meter) 15 and the tap 16, including its outlet 17, pass in series. the drink is cooled to such an extent (4-10 ° C) that its foaming ability becomes close to minimal. Further lowering the temperature, for example, to minus 2 ° C and, accordingly, foaming ability, is inappropriate, since the temperature of the drink below 4 ° C clearly provokes a throat disease, especially in warm weather.

In the thermocase 13, the beverage continues to cool further due to the fact that the thermocase 13 is equipped with heat exchangers 18 and 19 for removing heat from the beverage. The upper heat exchanger 18 cools the space inside the thermocase 13, and the lower heat exchanger 19 removes heat directly from the valve 16, being its jacket. The valve body 16 is most suitable for direct contact with the heat exchanger 18, although the electromagnetic valve 14 and the counter 15 can be adapted for this. Thus, in the cooling of a drink two types of heat exchange are used - convective and heat transfer.

In the absence of the thermobox 13, the probability of heating an already once chilled drink is high. This is especially true in the warm season, when the device for retail sales is able to warm in the sun to a temperature of 60 ° C and above.

To get a drink, you need to go to the device and lower the coins into the corresponding hole of the coin acceptor 27 or insert a banknote of the desired value. Next, press the button for dispensing a disposable glass 1. The control unit 9 calculates the paid amount of the drink and gives a command to the device 5 for the single dispensing of disposable glasses (not shown conventionally), issuing this same glass 1, which is taken by hand from the device 5 through the corresponding window (niche) and set on the base 21 of the filling unit 6 located in a special niche at an angle α = 2-25 ° to the horizontal. The glass 1 is moved deep into contact with the rear support 22. After that, press the button for selecting a drink and, then, the button for dispensing a drink.

The control unit 9 gives a command to the solenoid valve 14. It opens and the drink begins to flow through the pipe 8, falling into the counter (flow meter) 15 and then into the valve 16, from where the jet rushes through the hole 17 under pressure in the direction of the rear support 22, or rather, - in a disposable cup 1, but not in the direction of its bottom, but on its side wall, from where it flows down calmly, while extinguishing excess bubbles of carbon dioxide. Thus, the reduced pricing ability of the beverage at the previous stage (in the cooling unit 4) is further reduced. It should be noted that glass 1 can be installed on a horizontal base, and the beverage can be shaped so that it directly hits the side wall of glass 1. Experience has shown that such a seemingly obvious solution is practically impractical in practice and requires significant structural complexity as the device for the retail sale of foaming drinks, and its element - node 6 bottling foaming drinks. Thus, the greater the angle of inclination α of the base 21 to the horizontal, the easier it is to ensure that the jet of drink hits the side wall of the glass 1.

The counter 15, having counted the paid amount of the drink, gives a signal to the control unit 9, and that gives an executive command to the electromagnetic

valve 14, blocking it and, accordingly, the expiration of the drink. The consumer receives a measured volume of the drink with high accuracy, for example, 500 ml, while the foam does not merge over the edge of the glass, but remains inside it.

In a similar way, a drink is selected from another container 3 ', which will fill a disposable glass 1 according to the above-described principle, only through its own dispensing device 7'.

This is repeated as many times as necessary. As the drink (s) is consumed, it (they) is replenished. Replenish supplies of disposable tableware. The coin (bill) receiver is regularly exempted from cash. The device is periodically cleaned and disinfected.

Thus, as a result of the use of utility models, the following devices were created, manufactured and tested in practice: a device for the retail sale of foaming drinks in disposable glasses, a cooling unit for foaming drinks and a filling unit for foaming drinks, each of which individually and collectively made it possible to significantly reduce the process of uncontrolled pricing on devices for the retail sale of foaming drinks in disposable glasses with a capacity of 400-600 ml, which ultimately increased the accuracy of the dosage of drinks and excluded o Foaming over the edge of large capacity glasses.

Claims (5)

1. A device for the retail sale of foaming drinks in disposable glasses, including a housing, a container with a drink, a drink cooling unit, a device for dispensing disposable glasses, a dispensing unit with a dispensing device, a piping system and a control unit, characterized in that it includes a carbon dioxide cylinder gas connected to the container with the drink and its cooling unit, and then to the metering device, while the beverage cooling unit includes a refrigerator, on the housing of which there is a thermocase, a metering device laid inside the thermocase and contains an electromagnetic valve, a counter (flow meter) and a tap with an outlet, and the filling unit includes a base for placing a disposable cup made with the possibility of its installation in an inclined position at an angle of 2-25 ° to the horizontal and includes a back support for the cup located in the direction of inclination of the base, while the outlet of the tap of the metering device is configured to generate a jet of drink in the direction of the rear support of the base, and the control unit is made with zhnosti inclusion beverage flow after issuing the disposable cup, the volume of the dispensed beverage does not exceed the volume of glass to be selected in the range of 400-600 ml. 2. The device for the sale of drinks according to claim 1, characterized in that it is equipped with at least one additional container with a drink connected through a cooling unit to the outlet of the tap of its own metering device. 3. A cooling unit for foaming drinks, including a refrigerator located in its own housing, a piping system and a metering device, characterized in that a thermobox is placed on the refrigerator body, inside of which there is a metering device containing an electromagnetic valve, a counter (flow meter) and a tap with an outlet, the thermobox is equipped with heat exchangers for heat removal, one of which is located in its upper part, and the other is made in the form of a cooling jacket, at least a tap, and TBE refrigerant heat exchangers are used both pumped from the cooler water at a temperature in the range 4-10 ° C. 4. A unit for dispensing foaming drinks, including a base for installing a disposable cup and a dosing device with a tap, the base for installing a disposable cup made with an inclination at an angle of 2-25 ° to the horizontal and includes a back support for the cup installed in the direction of inclination of the base, and the dispenser valve includes an outlet configured to form a jet of beverage in the direction of the rear support of the base. 5. The bottling assembly according to claim 4, characterized in that the back support for the glass is made in the form of an integral inclined wall, and the base includes perforations made with the possibility of draining through them an accidentally spilled or spilled beverage or washing disinfectant liquid.