JP3537313B2 - Cooled beverage supply device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cooling beverage supply apparatus for supplying a cooling beverage such as draft beer.

Conventionally, Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 57-29599
In this type of chilled beverage dispenser shown,
Note the front of the protrusion formed upward at the upper end of the storage
Assemble the outlet cock and cool it with a cooler in the storage
Cooling air sent by the cooling fan
Led to the outlet cock to cool the outlet cock
Has become. In Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-9999,
Is a cooling beverage supply system with a spout cock attached to the storage door.
An arrangement is disclosed.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned storage is
Cooling beverage supply instrumentation assembled with the dispensing cock protruding portion of the refrigerator
In location, the configuration of the entire apparatus becomes high cost because of the complicated apparatus for the shape of the storage case is complicated not only in size, the cooling efficiency in the repository or worse, a dispensing cock There was a problem that attaching and detaching the hose became troublesome . Further, Oite cooling beverage supply device assembled with the dispensing cock <br/> the door of the storage box as described above is in the repository
The specific means for cooling in water is unknown .

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a cooling beverage supply apparatus which is small in size and has good cooling efficiency and ease of use, while simplifying the whole structure and reducing the cost.

[0005] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a storage main body in which a beverage container storing a cooled beverage is housed and a heat-insulating door which can be opened and closed at the front thereof is provided. A cooling circuit housed in a cabinet provided at an upper part, an evaporator arranged behind the beverage container inside the housing body and connected to the cooling circuit, and an evaporator inside the housing body. A cooling fan that is located at the top of the container and blows toward the back of the door, a spout cock attached to the front outside of the door, and a hose that connects the beverage container to the spout cock; A cooled beverage supply device configured to open and dispense the cooled beverage in the beverage container cooled by the evaporator, wherein the pouring cock is opened, and a back surface of a heat insulating door provided in the storage main body. Inside the chamber of the assembly part of the pouring cock Assembling the same cock only around the side
Forming a recess locally exposed to the inside of the member ,
The cooling fan directly blows the cooling air cooled by the evaporator into the recess, and the discharging cock is placed inside the refrigerator.
The present invention is to provide a cooled beverage supply device characterized by cooling from the beginning. In the cooling beverage supply device of the present invention thus configured, the air cooled by the evaporator uses the cooling fan to assemble the pouring cock.
Sprayed directly on the inside of the storage container, and guided along the back of the heat insulating door of the storage container to circulate through the storage container. Beverage and the spout cock can be efficiently cooled. In addition, since the storage can be formed in a simple shape, the size of the apparatus can be reduced. Furthermore, since the spout cock is attached to the heat-insulating door that can be opened and closed, the work of attaching and detaching the spout cock and hose becomes easy,
The usability of the device is improved. Also, the surrounding compartment inside of the assembly portion of the pouring cock on the back surface of the heat-insulating <br/> door repository
By the locally formed only recess intensive assembling parts cock out cooling air Note sent by the cooling fan
The spray cock cools the spout cock efficiently.

[0006]

In practicing the present invention, the back of the door
Attach a hook to the part located above the recess,
The hose is wound around this hook in a wound shape, and the wound hook is
It is desirable that the recess is located inside the base.
Ku, when executing in this way, since it becomes possible to neatly house the hose into the storage case, dispensing cock, good usability of the cooling beverage supply device desorption operations of the hose and beverage container becomes easier It becomes. Also, straight Se' the air sent by the cooling fan hose at the evaporator
As a result, the beverage staying in the hose is efficiently cooled.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the entirety of the cooled beverage supply device according to the embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. The cooling beverage supply device includes a storage case 10, the beverage container 20 accommodated in the storage case 10, the cooling instrumentation for cooling the air in the storage case 10
For storing the air cooled by the cooling device 30
A cooling fan 40 for circulating in the refrigerator 10, and a dispensing cock 50 for dispensing the beverage in the beverage container 20 to the outside of the storage case 10.

The storage box 10 has a storage box main body 11 formed in a rectangular shape with a front surface opened by a heat insulating material or the like, and the main body 1.
1 includes a door 12 that opens and closes the front surface. The door 12 is formed of foam insulation and, as shown in detail in FIG.
It has a front plate 12a and a back plate 12b formed of resin. The back plate 12b is integrated with the back plate 12b,
A tapered concave portion 12b1 having a large diameter on the opening side is formed at the upper central position toward the inside of the storage 10, and a pair of grooves 12b2, 12b2 extending vertically in left and right positions. Is formed. Of the back plate 12b
A hook 12c is mounted on the inner surface of the storage box 10 and near the upper side of the concave portion 12b1. In addition,
When molding the door 12, the front plate 12a and the back plate 12b
And a packing 12d for sealing the inside of the storage 10,
It is preferable that the foamed heat insulating material be foamed in a mold in which a handle member 12e for opening and closing the door 12 is set in advance, so as to be integrally molded. Thereby, the concave portion 12b1 and the grooves 12b2, 12b
on the formation of the b2, it can be manufactured at low cost the cooling beverage supply device. In this case, the grooves 12b2 and 12b2
Since the strength of the back plate 12b is improved by this, deformation of the door 12 at the time of foaming of the foaming agent is avoided.

The beverage container 20 is formed in a barrel shape from metal or the like and contains a cooled beverage such as draft beer, for example. Carbon dioxide gas pressure is applied to the inside of the beverage container 20 from outside (not shown) via a gas hose 21, and the beverage in the beverage container 20 is supplied by the gas pressure via a hose 22 connected to the upper end of the container 20. The feeding cock is fed to the discharge cock 50. Hose 22, pouring co
Tsu is formed long enough to suppress the foaming of the beverage issued from the click 50 Note, is hooked to the hook 12c of the storage case 10 at an intermediate portion.

The cooling device 30 comprises a cooling circuit 31 housed in the cabinet 13 on the upper surface of the storage 10 and an evaporator 32 connected to the cooling circuit 31. The cooling circuit 31 includes a compressor for pumping the refrigerant and a condenser for condensing the refrigerant pumped by the compressor, and supplies the condensed refrigerant to the evaporator 32. The evaporator 32
The cooling circuit 31 is provided at a position behind the beverage container 20 in the storage 10 and cools the air in the storage 10 by supplying a refrigerant from the cooling circuit 31. The cooling fan 40 is connected to the door 12 of the storage 10.
It is arranged at a position near the evaporator 32 in the storage 10 so as to face the concave portion 12b1 on the back surface of the container , and sends the air cooled by the evaporator 32 toward the concave portion 12b1.

The pouring cock 50 is provided outside the storage box 10 and, as shown in detail in FIG. 4, has a back plate 12b of the door 12 recessed through a communication pipe 51 formed of metal or the like. It is connected to the tip of the hose 22 that penetrated at the center position of 12b1. The pouring cock 50 opens and closes the flow path connected to the hose 22 in response to the operation of the lever 50a, and discharges the beverage pressure-fed from the beverage container 20 from the spout 50b. The discharge valve 50 is fixed on the outer peripheral surface of the communication pipe 51 and has a flanged member 52 penetrating the front plate 12 a of the door 12, and a pair of upper and lower screws 52 with respect to the flanged member 52.
a, 52a and the fixed plate 53 locked inside the storage 10 of the back plate 12b by the storage plate 1 of the back plate 12b.
It is assembled on the outer surface at the bottom position of the concave portion 12b1. The flanged member 52 and the fixing plate 53 are both formed of metal.

In the cooling beverage supply device configured as described above, the air cooled by the evaporator 32 of the cooler 30 is directly cooled by the cooling fan 40 to a position where the discharge valve 50 on the back surface of the door 12 is assembled. After being sent, it is guided downward along the back surface of the door 12 and circulates in the storage 10. Therefore, after cheaper cost by simplifying the structure of the cooling apparatus for supplying drinking water, it is possible to efficiently cool the beverage and dispensing cock 50 of the beverage container 20. In this case, since the tapered concave portion 12b1 is formed around the position where the pouring cock 50 is assembled on the back surface of the door 12, the air sent by the cooling fan 40 efficiently discharges the pouring cock 50. It gathers at the assembly position, and the spout cock 50 is efficiently cooled. Further, since the grooves 12b2 and 12b2 extending in the vertical direction are formed on the back surface of the door 12, the air sent by the cooling fan 40 is efficiently guided downward and circulated. Further, since the shape of the storage case 10 it is simple, it is possible to reduce the size of the entire cooling beverage supply device.

The beverage in the cooled beverage container 20 is
Through the hose 22 and the pouring cock 50, the liquid is appropriately poured out of the storage 10. In this case, the hose 22 is connected to the door 1
The air cooled by the cooler 30 is also directly sent to the hose 22 by the cooling fan 40. Therefore, the beverage staying in the hose 22 is also efficiently cooled.

Also, the beverage container 20, the hose 22, and the pouring out
The cook 50 can be used to replenish or clean beverages,
It is desorbed appropriately. In this case, since the dispensing cock 50 is assembled to the openable door 12, desorption operations dispensing cock 50 and hose 22 is facilitated, the usability of the cooling beverage supply device is improved. Moreover, since the hose 22 by the hook 12c is neatly accommodated within the storage case 10, above the desorption operation becomes easy, usability of this cooling beverage supply device is improved. Further, since the recess 12b1 in the vicinity of the hook 12c on the back surface of the door 12 is formed, by desorption operations of the hose 22 which is hooked in the hook 12c becomes easy, good usability of the cooling beverage supply device Become Furthermore, since the upper part of the beverage container 20 is formed a space air sent by the cooling fan 40 to pass through, becomes easy desorption operations of the beverage container 20 and the hose 22, the usability of the cooling beverage supply device Become good.

In the above embodiment, the storage 10
But it was the door 12 only assembled one dispensing cock 50, in the door 12 may each also be assembled a plurality of dispensing cock 50 connected to the beverage vessel 20. In this case, a plurality of cooling fans 40 may be provided, and the air cooled by the coolers 30 may be sent by the respective cooling fans 40 toward the positions where the respective spout cocks 50 on the back surface of the door 12 are assembled. Further, a recess 12b1 may be formed on the back plate 12b of the door 12 at the position where each spout cock 50 is assembled. The groove on the rear surface of the door 12 of the storage case 10 in the above embodiment 12b2,
Although only one pair of the grooves 12b2 is formed, more grooves 12b2 may be formed on the back surface of the door 12.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a cooled beverage supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG.

FIG. 3A is a rear view of the door of FIGS.
FIG. 3B is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line bb in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the spout cock of FIGS.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Storage , 12 ... Door, 12b1 ... Depression, 12c ... Hook, 20 ... Beverage container, 22 ... Hose, 30 ... Cooling equipment
Placement , 40 ... cooling fan, 50 ... pouring cock .

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A 5-82897 (JP, U) JP-A 5-83678 (JP, U) JP-A 63-157000 (JP, U) (58) Survey Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B67D 1/08

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage main body in which a beverage container storing a cooled beverage is housed, and a heat insulating door which can be opened and closed on the front surface thereof, and a cooling housing which is stored in a cabinet provided on an upper part of the storage main body. A circuit, an evaporator disposed behind the beverage container and connected to the cooling circuit inside the storage body, and a door located above the evaporator inside the storage body and located at the top of the evaporator. A cooling fan that blows air toward the back surface, a spout cock attached to the front outside of the door, and a hose that connects the drink container to the spout cock, the beverage container cooled by the evaporator A cooling beverage supply device configured to open the pouring cock to pour the cooled beverage therein, wherein the inside of the pouring cock assembly part is provided on the back surface of the heat insulating door provided in the storage main body. A pair of cocks that are poured out only around
The attaching member locally forms a concave portion exposed inside thereof , and the cooling fan directly blows the cooling air cooled by the evaporator into the concave portion to store the discharging cock.
A cooled beverage supply device characterized by cooling from the inside . 2. A left and right side extending on the back side of the heat insulating door provided on the housing main body and extending in the vertical direction on both sides of the recess.
The cooling beverage supply device according to claim 1, wherein a pair of grooves is formed, and the cooling air blown by the cooling fan is guided downward along the grooves. 3. A hook is attached to a portion of the rear surface of the heat-insulating door located above the concave portion, and the hose is wound around the hook so that the concave portion is located inside the wound hose. The cooling beverage supply device according to claim 1, wherein the cooling beverage is supplied.