WO2014042608A1

WO2014042608A1 - Cocktail-apparatus dispensing device

Info

Publication number: WO2014042608A1
Application number: PCT/UA2012/000103
Authority: WO
Inventors: Дмитрий Анатольевич ФОЛОМЕЕВ
Original assignee: Folomeev Dmitry Anatoliyovych
Priority date: 2012-09-11
Filing date: 2012-11-09
Publication date: 2014-03-20
Also published as: UA77159U

Abstract

The utility model relates to devices for preparing cocktails, and specifically, to dispensing units of apparatuses for preparing layered cocktails with unmixed layers, and can be used in catering companies, in clubs, bars, etc., and also in homes. The cocktail-apparatus dispensing device comprises a beverage-supply means connected to a movable rod which is provided with a float at the opposite end and can be placed into a transparent cocktail container. As beverage-supply means, use is made of separate tubes for each component of the cocktail, said tubes being connected to a guide tube through which the rod passes with a clearance, and the float is disc-shaped. The rod and the float have a glazed surface. The dispensing device is covered with a transparent body to which the rod is attached. The technical result consists in increasing the efficiency of producing a layered cocktail with a clear line of separation between the coloured layers of the beverages.

Description

Cocktail filling device

The utility model relates to devices for making cocktails, namely, to the filling units of devices for preparing layered cocktails with unmixed layers, and can be used in catering establishments, in clubs, bars, etc., as well as in everyday life.

Most often, layered cocktails are prepared manually using a bar spoon, which is placed in a glass so that drinks in a certain sequence (first ingredients with a higher specific gravity, then with a lower one) are slowly poured over an inclined spoon into a glass, and after each layer is formed, the spoon is removed and set again to load the next component. (Found on the Internet on December 30, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxVTSa- PA9U & feature = related).

The disadvantage of preparing a layered cocktail using a bar spoon is its inconvenience, duration in time, the need for special skills of the performer. In addition, the bar spoon does not provide a clear dividing line between the multi-colored layers.

A cocktail dispenser is known that contains a glass and means for supplying drinks to it, mounted on a special movable stand. As the glass is filled with the components of the cocktail, the stand with the glass drops with a certain speed, and each next drink lays down on the previous one, forming a layered cocktail. (Found on the Internet November 21, 2009, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcxBLUDgfdc).

Using the known device allows you to quickly and conveniently get layered cocktails without the need for special training for performers. However, a disadvantage of the known device is the complexity of the preparation process, which requires maintaining a constant speed of pouring drinks to prevent mixing of the layers, and the vertical supply of drinks under pressure at a certain speed causes air to capture air, the bubbles of which remain in the cocktail. In addition, the known device contains too many moving elements, which reduces its reliability.

The closest analogue of the device that is claimed to be selected as a prototype is a cocktail dispenser containing a hemisphere-shaped open cup fixed to the supports with a small hole in its base. A thin rod passes through the hole, the diameter of which is less than the diameter of the hole. At the opposite end of the rod, a float is fixed, having the shape of a ball, or cone, or bell, and made of light material that is held on the surface of the liquid. A glass is inserted in the bowl, into which a rod with a float is placed. The components of the cocktail are manually poured into the bowl, the liquid slowly flows through a small gap between the opening of the bowl and the rod and then flows down along the thin rod and spreads over the surface of the float, sequentially forming layers of the cocktail in the glass, as the float with the rod rises up (US 201 1/0284122 A1, IPC (2006.01) B65B 3/04, op. 24.1 1.201 1).

In the known device there is no need to maintain a constant speed of filling drinks and complex moving elements are not used, which simplifies the process of preparing cocktails and increases the reliability of the device, and also due to the slow draining of the liquid, a decrease in the turbulence of the fluid flows and, accordingly, a decrease in the miscibility of the beverage layers are achieved.

However, the known device has the following disadvantages:

- pouring the various components of the cocktail into the same bowl causes the mixing of their residues (especially for viscous ingredients, such as liquors) and, accordingly, a decrease in the quality of the layered cocktail;

- the float, even in its best embodiment, in the form of a bell, covers only the central part of the surface of the previous layer of the drink, which increases the likelihood of mixing the components on the surfaces of the layers not covered by the float, and the shape of the float itself does not stop the movement of liquid at the place of formation of the drink layer in the glass , the flow of liquid flowing over the surface of the float continues this movement, mixing with the surface masses of the previous layer, which also reduces the quality of the cocktail;

- liquid draining along the walls of the bowl, and then its flow through the gap between the bowl and the rod, the size of which can be 0.1 mm, only by gravity is too slow and leads to a decrease in the productivity of the device, and an increase in the diameter of the hole in the bowl to accelerate the process is impossible due to the failure in this case of a part of the liquid on the rod;

- pouring the components of the cocktail manually from the container containing the drink also slows down the process, and the design of the device does not allow to automate the flow of drinks, which also reduces productivity.

The utility model is based on the task of improving the filling device of a cocktail apparatus, in which by changing the design of the means for supplying the components and the shape of the float fast supply of each component separately while ensuring that the liquid flow stops at the moment of contact with the previous layer of the drink, which leads to a technical result - an increase in the productivity of obtaining a layered cocktail with a clear dividing line between the colored layers of drinks, improving the quality of the layered cocktail.

The problem is solved in that in the cocktail dispenser, which contains a beverage dispenser associated with a movable rod provided at the opposite end with a float and configured to be installed in a transparent container for cocktails, according to the utility model, what’s new is that as a dispenser drinks, individual tubes for each component of the cocktail were used, connected to a guide tube, through which a rod passes with a gap, and the float has a disk-shaped shape .

Also new is that the rod and the float have a satin finish.

Also new is the fact that the tapping device is covered with a transparent casing to which the rod is attached.

Between the totality of the essential features of the utility model, which is claimed, and the achieved technical result, there is the following cause-effect relationship.

The use of individual tubes for each component of the cocktail as a means of supplying drinks ensures the supply of drinks, which make up the cocktail, each in a separate way from the beverage container to the guide tube, which, firstly, allows you not to waste time changing containers, tipping them over, pouring the beverage etc., and also allows you to automate this process, which leads to an increase in the productivity of the device, and secondly, determines the non-mixing of the rest of the drinks (as happens in the prototype), which contributes to whit obtaining a high-quality layered cocktail with a clear dividing line between the colored layers of drinks.

The connection of the beverage tubes to the guide tube through which the rod passes with a gap ensures the formation of a directional flow of the drink limited by the gap inside the guide tube along the rod, which leads to some acceleration of the flow and, consequently, an increase in productivity.

Performing a disk-shaped float allows it to cover a large part of the surface of the previous layer of the beverage, limiting the area of interaction of the previous layer with the layer that forms, and the flow flowing along the rod, significantly reduce its speed, colliding with the upper flat surface of the float, and spreading over it practically stop on the surface of the previous layer of the drink, which causes the formation of unmixed layers of cocktail components and improves its quality.

In addition, the use of a rod and a float with satin

(semi-brilliant) surface reduces friction between this surface and the fluid flow, which contributes to an increase in runoff speed and, as a consequence, an increase in productivity.

And providing the filling device with a transparent body, to which the rod is attached, allows you to accurately center the float inside the glass, which also improves the quality of the cocktail.

The essence of the proposed utility model is illustrated by drawings, where in FIG. 1 shows a frontal section of a cocktail dispenser, FIG. 2 is a frontal section of a device with a housing.

The cocktail dispenser in the best embodiment of the claimed utility model, which however is not the only possible one, contains (Fig. 1) a system of horizontal tubes 1 for supplying drinks (with a separate tube for each component of the cocktail), connected to a vertical guide tube 2, through which a movable rod 3 is provided with a gap, provided at the opposite end with a float 4 and configured to be installed in a transparent glass or plastic container 5 for cocktails, mostly a glass. Tubes 1 are also made of transparent material (glass, plastic), their number can be any, but mainly five. The rod 3 can be metal, plastic or glass, its surface to reduce the coefficient of friction can be subjected to satin and have a semi-shiny texture. The upper end of the rod 3 is equipped with a stopper 6, by means of which the rod 3 hangs on the tube 2. The float 4 is made of floating material, it can be a cork or foamed polymeric material, and has a disk-shaped shape.

The tapping device may be covered with a transparent body 7 to which the rod 3 is attached (FIG. 2).

The dispenser cocktail apparatus operates as follows.

The cocktail container 5 is installed on a flat surface, for example, of a table, the lower part of the rod 3 with the float is introduced inside the container 5 so that the float is in the center of the glass and does not rest against its walls. The tubes 1 are connected through valves to a container or containers for drinks (not shown in the drawings). Using the appropriate buttons, the valves are opened sequentially, and the drinks that make up the necessary cocktail, alternately fall into the tubes 1, then into the limited space of the gap between the guide tube 2 and the rod 3. In this case, the flow direction changes, the speed increases. The sequence of drinks is determined by their density: first open the container with the drink with the highest density of those that make up a cocktail, then with a smaller one, etc. A thin film of drink flows down the surface of the rod 3 and the float 4, the upper surface of which stops the fluid flow and sharply reduces its speed. The flow spreads over the surface of the float and enters the glass, forming the bottom layer 8 of the cocktail, then the next layer 9. As the glass is filled, the float rises and the next drink spreads over the surface of the float and forms the next layer with a clear dividing line between the colored layers of drinks. This increases the productivity of the device: it takes 10-20 seconds to make one cocktail.

Claims

FORMULA

1. A cocktail dispenser, which comprises a beverage dispenser associated with a movable rod provided at the opposite end with a float and configured to be installed in a transparent cocktail container, characterized in that tubes are used as a dispenser for drinks, connected to a guide tube, through which the rod passes with a gap, and the float has a disk-like shape.

2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the rod and the float have a satin finish.

3. The device according to p. 1 or 2, characterized in that it is covered with a transparent casing to which the rod is attached.