JP6598311B2 - Bottle beverage server - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bottle beverage server, and more particularly to a bottle beverage server that can cool a beverage using a cooling device outside the housing.

In order to provide various kinds of beverages, so-called beverage servers are widely used.
Such a beverage server is installed and used outdoors or on a counter in a store, for example, when providing a beverage stored in a bottle at an event or campaign.
In this application, the beverage server is removed when the bottles are replaced as needed and the provision of the beverage is no longer necessary.
Therefore, in addition to compactness and portability, the beverage server is required to have a function for easily replacing the bottle.

In order to meet these demands, a beverage cooling device that cools a canned beverage by attaching a Peltier element to a cooling container is known (see Patent Document 1).
Also, there is known a beverage cooling device having a function of cooling to a temperature at which a beverage is requested by controlling a cooling mechanism by air-cooling or water-cooling a heat dissipation side of a Peltier element (see Patent Document 2).
Furthermore, a beverage server for attaching a plastic bottle and dispensing a beverage therein is known (see, for example, Patent Documents 3 and 4).

JP 2002-160800 A JP 2002-147889 A Japanese Patent No. 5557068 JP 2012-62107 A

  However, since the Peltier element generally cools so that there is a certain temperature difference between the heat radiating side and the cooling side, the beverage cooling device of Patent Literature 1 efficiently cools the beverage in a high-temperature environment. Is difficult.

  The beverage cooling device of Patent Document 2 has a water cooling and air cooling mechanism in the same device, so that the entire device becomes large and it is difficult to say that it has sufficient portability.

The bottle beverage servers of Patent Documents 3 and 4 do not include a mechanism for cooling the bottle beverage in the first place.
That is, when used in a high-temperature environment or for a long time, the beverage in the bottle becomes a temperature equivalent to the outside air temperature and may not be suitable for drinking.

The present invention has been developed based on the above technical background.
That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a bottle beverage server that is excellent in compactness and portability, can exchange bottles, and can cool beverages efficiently.

  As a result of intensive studies, the present inventor deliberately installed a cooling pipe on the opposite side of the Peltier element from the cold storage side, and provided a pump for circulating cooling water through the cooling pipe and a cooling device for cooling the cooling water. It discovered that the said subject could be solved by arrange | positioning outside the body. The present invention is based on this finding.

  The present invention is (1) a bottle beverage server for cooling and pouring a beverage stored in a bottle, and an adapter attached to the mouth of the bottle and a bottomed cylindrical shape in which the bottle is accommodated A cool box, a Peltier element for cooling the cool box attached to the bottom of the cool box, a cooling pipe attached to the opposite side of the Peltier element to the cool box, and for circulating cooling water through the cooling pipe A pump, a cooling device for cooling the cooling water, a cooler, a housing in which a Peltier element and a part of the cooling pipe are accommodated, and a pouring nozzle attached to the housing, and an adapter is attached to the housing. It is attached and fixed, and the beverage can be circulated from the bottle to the dispensing nozzle through the beverage through hole provided in the adapter, and the pump and the cooling device are arranged outside the housing. Located in the bottle beverage server .

  This invention exists in the bottle drink server of the said (1) description which the side part of (2) and a cold storage consists of a metal whose heat conductivity is 200 W / mK or more.

  In the present invention (3), the cool box is arranged so as to be inclined by 20 to 25 ° from the horizontal by being supported by the support part provided in the housing, and the support part has a thermal conductivity of 0.23 W. It exists in the bottle drink server of the said (1) or (2) description which consists of material below / mK.

  In the present invention (4), the housing is provided with an introduction port, a discharge port, and a fan for introducing air into the housing from the introduction port and discharging the air from the discharge port. The bottle beverage server according to any one of (1) to (3) above.

  In the present invention (5), a gas supply pipe through which carbon dioxide gas flows is further attached to the adapter, and carbon dioxide gas can flow from the gas supply pipe into the bottle through a gas through hole provided in the adapter. It exists in the bottle drink server as described in any one of said (1)-(4).

  The present invention (6) comprises an adapter screwed into the mouth portion and a second adapter attached to the first adapter, and the second adapter is attached to the housing via a fastener. The second adapter is provided with a beverage through hole, and the first adapter and the second adapter are detachable from each other, as described in any one of (1) to (5) above. Located in the bottle beverage server.

  This invention exists in the bottle drink server as described in any one of said (1)-(6) with which a pump and a cooling device are accommodated in (7) beer server.

  The present invention (8), wherein the beer server comprises a beer passage through which beer circulates and a beer pouring nozzle communicating with the beer passage, and the beer passage is cooled by a cooling device (7) Resides in the bottled beverage server described.

The bottle beverage server of the present invention can cool a Peltier element by attaching a cooling pipe to the opposite side of the Peltier element from the cold storage side and circulating cooling water through the cooling pipe with a pump. Thereby, since a Peltier device can be cooled without depending on outside temperature, it becomes possible to cool a drink efficiently via a cold storage.
Therefore, for example, it is suitable for use in an environment where the temperature is high.
Moreover, the bottle drink server of this invention can make bottle drink server itself small-sized by arrange | positioning a pump and a cooling device outside the housing | casing.
Thereby, the bottle beverage server is excellent in compactness and portability, and can be easily removed when not needed.
Furthermore, the bottle beverage server of the present invention can easily exchange bottles by having a cool box that can accommodate bottles.

  In the bottle beverage server of the present invention, the side portion of the cool box is made of a metal having a thermal conductivity of 200 W / mK or more, so that the beverage is cooled by the cooling water in a short time with respect to the entire cool box, The beverage can be cooled.

The bottle beverage server of the present invention is arranged such that the cool box supported by the support portion is inclined by 20 to 25 ° from the horizontal, so that the beverage gathers at the corner of the bottom of the bottle and the beverage in the bottle decreases. Beverages can also be dispensed.
Moreover, when a support part consists of a material whose heat conductivity is 0.23 W / mK or less, it is prevented that a cool box stores heat from a support part, and the temperature of a cool box can be maintained as much as possible.

  The bottle beverage server of the present invention is provided with an introduction port, a discharge port, and a fan in the housing, so that ventilation in the housing is continuously performed and hot air is trapped in the housing. Can be suppressed.

In the bottle beverage server of the present invention, a gas supply pipe through which carbon dioxide gas flows is further attached to the adapter, and carbon dioxide gas can flow from the gas supply pipe into the bottle through a gas through hole provided in the adapter. Thus, the inside of the bottle is pressurized by the carbon dioxide gas supplied from the gas supply pipe into the bottle, the beverage is pushed out, and the beverage can be efficiently poured out.
Further, when the beverage is a carbonated beverage, it is possible to suppress air leakage.

In the bottle beverage server of the present invention, the adapter includes a first adapter and a second adapter, and the first adapter and the second adapter are detachable from each other, so that the first adapter is fixed to the housing. The first adapter can be freely replaced with respect to two adapters.
For example, even if the diameter of the bottle to be used changes, it can be replaced with a first adapter that matches the diameter.

The bottle beverage server of the present invention can use a pump and a cooling device housed in a beer server.
That is, in a store or the like having a beer server, it is not necessary to separately install a pump and a cooling device for a bottle beverage server, and the device can be made compact.

  Since the bottle beverage server of the present invention can cool the beer and the beverage in the bottle at the same time by cooling the beer passage with the cooling device, it is energy efficient and has a sufficiently cooled beer and Beverages can be provided.

FIG. 1 shows a partial longitudinal sectional view of a bottle beverage server. 2A and 2B are views showing a heat sink that houses a cooling pipe that cools the Peltier element. FIG. 2A shows the arrangement of the cooling pipe according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2B shows the cooling pipe according to another embodiment. The arrangement | positioning of is shown. FIG. 3 shows a front view of the bottle beverage server. FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating the adapter. FIG. 4A is a front view of the first adapter, and FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating how the first adapter and the second adapter are attached. FIG. 5 shows an overall explanatory diagram of the bottle beverage server. FIG. 6 shows a front view of a bottle beverage server according to another embodiment.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as necessary.
In the drawings, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.
Further, the positional relationship such as up, down, left and right is based on the positional relationship shown in the drawings unless otherwise specified. Further, the dimensional ratios in the drawings are not limited to the illustrated ratios.

In the bottle beverage server A of the present invention, the bottle 1 in which the beverage D is stored is used (see FIG. 1).
Here, the bottle 1 is not particularly limited, and an existing bottle can be used. For example, a bottle having a substantially cylindrical shape and having an opening opened at one end can be adopted.
Moreover, the drink D can provide various things, such as a soft drink, a carbonated drink, and water.

FIG. 1 shows a partial longitudinal sectional view of a bottle beverage server A.
The bottle beverage server A cools the cool box 4 attached to the adapter 2 attached to the mouth of the bottle 1, the bottomed cylindrical cool box 4 in which the bottle 1 is accommodated, and the bottom part of the cool box 4. The Peltier element 5, the cooling pipe 6 attached to the opposite side of the cold storage side of the Peltier element 5, a pump (not shown) for circulating the cooling water W through the cooling pipe 6, and cooling the cooling water W A cooling device (not shown), a housing 9 in which a part of the cool box 4, the Peltier element 5 and the cooling pipe 6 are accommodated, and a dispensing nozzle 3 attached to the housing 9.
In the bottle beverage server A, the beverage stored in the bottle 1 is poured out from the dispensing nozzle 3.

In the bottle beverage server A, the housing 9 is hollow and provided with a support plate 11 that divides the interior into an upper space and a lower space.
The support plate 11 is supported by the front wall portion and the pair of side wall portions of the housing 9, and is provided so as to be inclined downward from the front wall portion side of the housing 9 toward the rear wall portion side.
Further, a space is provided between the support plate 11 and the rear wall portion of the housing 9, and a cooling pipe 6 and a gas supply pipe 15 to be described later are arranged in the space.

In the upper space of the housing, a cool box 4 is arranged, and a support portion 10 for supporting the cool box 4 is provided.
First, the support portion 10 is supported by the side wall portion and the upper wall portion of the housing 9 and the support plate 11, and is provided on the front and rear sides of the support plate 11, respectively.
Here, the support part 10 is preferably made of a material having a thermal conductivity of 0.23 W / mK or less.
In this case, the cool box 4 is prevented from absorbing heat, and the temperature of the beverage D can be maintained.
Specifically, as such a material, a resin such as polyacetal or polypropylene is preferably used.

The support portion 10 has a rectangular tube shape having a cylindrical hole at the center, and the front and rear support portions 10 have a cold storage 4 side (that is, the front support portion is the rear side and the rear support portion is the front side). A notch for engaging the cool box 10 is provided.
And the cool box 4 is supported by engaging with the notch part of the front-and-back support part 10, respectively.

At this time, similarly to the support plate 11, the cool box 4 supported by the support portion 10 is arranged to be inclined downward from the front wall portion side of the housing 9 toward the rear wall portion side.
Here, it is preferable that the cool box 4 is disposed on the support plate so as to be inclined by 20 to 25 degrees from the horizontal. In this case, it becomes easy to see the inside of the cool box 4 and workability is improved.
Also, the beverage D can be poured out when the beverage D gathers at the corner of the bottom of the bottle and the beverage D in the bottle decreases.

The cool box 4 has a bottomed cylindrical shape composed of a side portion and a bottom portion, and can accommodate the bottle 1 storing the beverage D therein.
In the bottle beverage server A, the bottle 1 can be easily replaced by having the cool box 4 that can accommodate the bottle 1.

The side part of the cool box 4 is covered with a heat insulating material such as urethane or polystyrene foam. Thereby, the temperature of the bottle 1 and the drink D in a bottle can be maintained.
On the other hand, it is preferable that the side part of the cool box 4 is made of a metal having a thermal conductivity of 200 W / mK or more.
In this case, cooling by the cooling water W and the Peltier element 5 described later is efficiently performed, and the beverage D in the bottle can be quickly cooled.
Moreover, the drink D in a bottle can be cooled, without cooling only the bottom part of the cool box 4. FIG.
Specifically, copper, aluminum, or the like is preferably used as the metal.

In the cool box 4, a Peltier element is attached to the bottom.
Here, the Peltier element is a semiconductor element that utilizes the Peltier effect in which heat transfer occurs when current flows through a joint between different types of metals, and has a heat dissipation side and a heat absorption side.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the heat sink 5A that houses the cooling pipe 6 that cools the Peltier element 5. FIG.
FIG. 2A shows the arrangement of the cooling pipes 6 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2B shows the arrangement of the cooling pipes 6 according to another embodiment.
The Peltier element 5 is attached to the bottom of the cool box 4 so that the heat absorption side faces the cool box 4 side.
Thereby, when an electric current is passed through the Peltier element, the Peltier element absorbs heat from the heat-insulating side cool box 4 and the cool box 4 is cooled.
Then, the Peltier element radiates heat on the heat radiating side, and since the heat sink 5A accommodating the cooling pipe 6 through which the cooling water W flows is attached to the heat radiating side of the Peltier element 5, the Peltier element is sufficient. Can be cooled to.
Thereby, since the Peltier device 5 can be cooled without depending on external temperature, the drink D can be efficiently cooled via the cool box 4.
The heat sink 5A is a member obtained by casting the cooling pipe 6.
The cooling pipe 6 may be disposed on the heat sink 5A as long as the cooling pipe 6 has a sufficient contact area so that the Peltier element 5 can be cooled, and may have a meandering shape as shown in FIG.

Returning to FIG. 1, the edge of the opening of the cool box 4 is in contact with the support 10 described above, and is sealed by the adapter 2 in contact with the support 10. Thereby, the cool box 4 will be in a sealed state.
Further, the adapter 2 is attached to the lid portion of the housing 9 and the mouth portion of the bottle 1 which will be described later, in addition to being brought into contact with the support portion 10.

FIG. 3 shows a front view of the bottle beverage server A.
The housing 9 is provided with a lid that can be opened and closed on the front wall.
And the pouring nozzle 3 is attached to the front surface of the lid portion so as to protrude forward, and the adapter 2 is attached to the back surface of the lid portion.
Further, in the housing 9, the bottle 1 can be taken in and out of the cool box 4 provided inside the housing 9 by opening and closing the lid.

In the bottle beverage server A, the beverage nozzle 3 attached to the lid portion of the housing 9 has a beverage pipe attached to the rear end thereof so as to communicate with the beverage flow path inside the dispensing nozzle 3.
Such a beverage pipe is inserted into the bottle 1 through a beverage through hole 23 described later.
In addition, a gas supply pipe 15 through which carbon dioxide gas flows is attached to the extraction nozzle 3 so as to communicate with the carbon dioxide flow passage inside the extraction nozzle 3 (see FIG. 1).
The gas supply pipe 15 is inserted into the bottle 1 through a gas through hole 25 described later.

4A shows a front view of the first adapter 21, and FIG. 4B shows an explanatory view showing attachment of the first adapter 21 and the second adapter 22.
The adapter 2 includes a first adapter 21 and a second adapter 22 attached to the first adapter 21.

The first adapter 21 has a disk-shaped first base portion 21a, a cylindrical large-diameter hole portion 21b provided at the center of the first base portion 21a, and a small-diameter hole portion 21c continuous therewith.
In the first adapter 21, a spiral protrusion is formed on the inner surface of the small diameter hole 21 c and can be screwed into the mouth of the bottle 1.
Moreover, the drink pipe | tube mentioned above is penetrated by the small diameter hole part 21c.

The second adapter 22 is erected on a disk-shaped second base portion 22a having a diameter larger than that of the first adapter 21, a peripheral portion 22d of the second base portion 22a, and a second base portion 22a inside the peripheral portion 22d. A large rib 22b and a small rib 22c erected on the second base portion 22a on the inner side of the large rib 22b.
In the second adapter 22, the small rib 22 c is for gripping the first adapter 21.
That is, the first adapter 21 is fitted to the second adapter 22 by being gripped by the small ribs 22c.
Further, the large rib 22b comes into contact with the support portion 10 described above (see FIG. 1).
The second base portion 22a is provided with an attachment hole, and is attached and fixed to the lid portion of the housing 9 via the attachment hole by a fastener 24 such as a screw.

In the second adapter 22, a beverage through hole 23 is provided in the second base portion 22 a inside the small rib 22 c, and the beverage pipe described above is inserted through the beverage through hole 23.
That is, the beverage pipe is attached to the dispensing nozzle 3 and inserted to the vicinity of the bottom surface of the bottle 1 through the beverage through hole 23 of the second adapter 22 and the small diameter hole portion 21c of the first adapter.

In the second adapter 22, a gas through hole 25 is provided in the second base portion 22a inside the small rib 22c, and the gas through hole 25 communicates with the gas supply pipe 15 described above. .
That is, the carbon dioxide gas flowing out from the gas supply pipe 15 passes through the flow passage provided in the mounting base of the pouring nozzle 3, the gas through hole 25 of the second adapter 22, and the small diameter hole 21c of the first adapter. And flows into the inside of the bottle 1.
Carbon dioxide is supplied from a cylinder (not shown) or the like.
Further, the gas supply pipe 25 is provided with a check valve, which prevents the beverage D from spilling out when the bottle 1 is put in and out.

In the bottle beverage server A, it is possible to efficiently dispense the beverage D from the dispensing nozzle 3 through the beverage pipe by supplying carbon dioxide gas.
Furthermore, when the beverage D in the bottle is a carbonated beverage, it is possible to suppress air leakage.
In the bottle beverage server A, carbon dioxide is supplied from the gas supply pipe 15 into the bottle even when the beverage D in the bottle is poured out and the pressure in the bottle changes.

The first adapter 21 and the second adapter 22 are detachable from each other.
For this reason, the 1st adapter 21 can be freely replaced | exchanged with respect to the 2nd adapter 22 fixed to the cover part of the housing | casing 9. FIG.
For example, even if the diameter of the bottle 1 to be used is changed, it can be replaced with a first adapter that matches the diameter.

Returning to FIG. 1, in the lower space of the housing, a fan 14 is provided in the lower wall portion, and the fan 14 sucks outside air from the introduction port 12 provided in the lower wall portion of the housing 9. It discharges | emits from the discharge port 13 provided in the 9 side wall part.
As a result, hot air can be prevented from being trapped in the housing, and the cool box 4 can be cooled more efficiently.

The pump 7 and the cooling device 8 are disposed outside the housing 9.
FIG. 5 is an overall explanatory view of the bottle beverage server A.
In the bottle beverage server A, the cooling pipe 6 is provided with a pump 7 for circulating the cooling water W in the cooling pipe.
The cooling device 8 also has a water tank 8a in which the cooling water W is stored, a refrigerant pipe 8b for cooling the cooling water W, a compressor (not shown) that causes the refrigerant to flow through the refrigerant pipe 8b, and the refrigerant to dissipate heat. And a radiator (not shown).
Then, both ends of the cooling pipe 6 are attached to the water tank 8 a of the cooling device 8, and the cooling water W circulates between the water tank 8 a and the cooling pipe 6.

The pump 7 and the cooling device 8 are accommodated in the beer server B.
Therefore, in a store or the like having the beer server B, by using this, it is not necessary to separately install the pump 7 and the cooling device 8 for the bottle beverage server, and the bottle beverage server itself can be reduced in size.

In addition to the pump 7 and the cooling device 8, the beer server B includes a beer passage B1 through which beer circulates and a beer pouring nozzle B2 that communicates with the beer passage B1.
And since the beer channel | path B1 is cooled by the cooling device 8, the beer which distribute | circulates beer channel | path B1 is fully cooled, and is poured out from beer extraction nozzle B2.
Thereby, in the bottle drink server A, since the beer and the drink in the bottle can be cooled at the same time, it is possible to provide a beer and a drink that are energy efficient and sufficiently cooled.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

In the bottle beverage server A of the embodiment, a switch for switching the driving of the Peltier element 5, a display plate for indicating the temperature of the cool box 4, and the like may be provided on the front surface of the housing 9.
Incidentally, the beverage D can be cooled to an arbitrary temperature in the range of 3 to 10 ° C. by switching the operation of the Peltier element 5.

  The cooling device 8 and the pump 7 are not limited to the beer server B, and various devices including a cooling device and a circulating mechanism for the cooling water W can be used.

The adapter 2 may be provided integrally.
Moreover, it is good also as a structure which does not supply a carbon dioxide gas in the bottle 1. FIG.
It is good also as a structure which hold | maintains the cool box 4 horizontally, and the front-end | tip of the drink pipe inserted in the cool box 4 is bent downward.

FIG. 6 shows a front view of a bottle beverage server A according to another embodiment.
The shape of the housing 9 is arbitrary as long as it can accommodate the above-described configuration.
Moreover, it can also be set as the structure which provides two or more drinks D by providing the combination of the extraction | pouring nozzle 3 and the cold storage 4 with multiple.
In this case, by providing a switching device in the middle of the cooling pipe 6, it is possible to increase the cooling efficiency by adopting a configuration in which only the cool box 4 used at that time is cooled.

  The bottle 1 can be a metal can or the like in addition to a PET bottle.

  The bottle beverage server A of the present invention is excellent in compactness and portability, and can be easily removed when not needed, so that it can be widely used when providing a beverage D.

A ... Bottle beverage server 1 ... Bottle 2 ... Adapter 21 ... First adapter 21a ... First base 21b ... Large diameter hole 21c ... Small diameter hole 22 ... 2nd adapter 22a ... 2nd base 22b ... Large rib 22c ... Small rib 22d ... Peripheral part 23 ... Beverage through-hole 24 ... Fastener 25 ... Gas through-hole DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Extraction nozzle 4 ... Cold storage 5 ... Peltier element 5A ... Heat sink 6 ... Cooling pipe 7 ... Pump 8 ... Cooling device 8a ... Water tank 8b ... Refrigerant pipe 9 ... Case 10 ... Support part 11 ... Support plate 12 ... Inlet 13 ... Discharge port 14 ... Fan 15 ... Gas supply pipe W ... Cooling water B ... Beer server B1 ... Beer passage B2 ... Beer pouring nozzle

Claims (8)

A bottle beverage server for cooling and dispensing beverages stored in bottles,
An adapter attached to the mouth of the bottle;
A bottomed cylindrical cold box in which the bottle is housed,
A Peltier element for cooling the cool box attached to the bottom of the cool box;
A cooling pipe attached to the opposite side of the cold storage side of the Peltier element;
A pump for circulating cooling water through the cooling pipe;
A cooling device for cooling the cooling water;
A housing housing the cold storage, the Peltier element and a part of the cooling pipe;
A pouring nozzle attached to the housing;
With
The adapter is fixedly attached to the housing;
The beverage can be circulated from the inside of the bottle to the dispensing nozzle through the beverage through hole provided in the adapter,
A bottle beverage server in which the pump and the cooling device are arranged outside the housing.   The bottle beverage server according to claim 1, wherein a side portion of the cool box is made of a metal having a thermal conductivity of 200 W / mK or more. The cold storage is arranged to be inclined by 20 to 25 ° from the horizontal by being supported by a support portion provided in the housing,
The bottle beverage server according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the support portion is made of a material having a thermal conductivity of 0.23 W / mK or less.   The said housing | casing is provided with the fan for introducing air into the inside of the said housing | casing from the said inlet, and discharging air from the said outlet, the discharge port. The bottle beverage server according to any one of 1 to 3. The adapter is further equipped with a gas supply pipe through which carbon dioxide flows.
The bottle beverage server according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the carbon dioxide gas can flow from the gas supply pipe into the bottle through a gas through hole provided in the adapter. The adapter is
A first adapter screwed into the mouth;
A second adapter attached to the first adapter;
Consists of
The second adapter is fixedly attached to the housing via a fastener,
The second adapter is provided with the beverage through-hole,
The bottle beverage server according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the first adapter and the second adapter are detachable from each other.   The bottle beverage server according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the pump and the cooling device are accommodated in a beer server. The beer server is
A beer passage where beer circulates,
A beer pouring nozzle communicating with the beer passage;
With
The bottle beverage server according to claim 7, wherein the beer passage is cooled by the cooling device.

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