JP6652857B2 - Beverage server - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a beverage server used when providing a beverage.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-321095 discloses a currant for discharging a beverage, a coil-shaped beverage cooling pipe through which the beverage flows, an evaporating pipe through which a refrigerant from a refrigerating device circulates, and a beverage cooling pipe and an evaporating pipe. A beverage cooling and dispensing device having a cooling water tank containing cooling water to be cooled is described. The refrigerating device is arranged at a position adjacent to the cooling water tank. When the refrigerant is supplied from the refrigerating device to the evaporating tube, the water in the cooling water tank is cooled and becomes ice, and the ice adheres around the evaporating tube.

  The refrigeration apparatus includes a control box that houses a control panel that controls supply of the refrigerant, and a fan that blows air upward. The fan is disposed at the back of the cooling water tank when viewed from the caran, and the control box is disposed immediately above the cooling water tank and obliquely above the fan.

JP 2003-321095 A

  In the above-described beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus, since the housing member for housing the control panel is disposed immediately above the cooling liquid tank, the housing member may become an obstacle when the cooling liquid tank and the beverage cooling pipe are viewed from above. There is. In recent years, the control of cooling and the like has become complicated, and accordingly, the control panel and the housing member tend to be large. When the size of the housing member is increased, it is assumed that the housing member originally disposed obliquely above the fan projects to the rear side and is located immediately above the fan. If the housing member is located directly above the fan, the warm air from the fan will hit the housing member, which may cause a problem that the temperature of the control panel increases.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a beverage server that can suppress a rise in temperature of a control panel.

  A beverage server according to the present invention is a beverage server including a cooling liquid tank containing a cooling liquid for cooling a beverage, and a beverage pipe immersed in the cooling liquid and through which the beverage passes. A housing for accommodating a control panel for controlling the air conditioner, and a fan for sending air upward, a region where the housing member and the fan are provided, and a region where the cooling liquid tank and the beverage pipe are provided are horizontally partitioned The housing member and the fan are arranged in a vertical direction, and a guide member is provided between the housing member and the fan to guide air from the fan so as to deviate from the housing member. The guide member and the guide member are arranged in a vertical direction via a space.

  According to this beverage server, the area where the accommodating member for accommodating the control panel and the fan are provided, and the area where the cooling liquid tank and the beverage pipe are provided are partitioned in the horizontal direction. Therefore, since the region where the storage member and the fan are provided can be separated from the region where the cooling liquid tank and the beverage pipe are provided, the storage member does not interfere when the cooling liquid tank and the beverage pipe are viewed from above. Absent. A guide member is provided between the housing member and the fan to guide air from the fan so as to be deviated from the housing member. Since the warm air from the fan is deflected from the housing member by the guide member, the problem that the temperature of the control panel rises due to the warm air from the fan can be avoided. Further, since the housing member and the guide member are arranged in a vertical direction via the space, heat can be hardly transmitted from the guide member to the housing member by this space.

  Further, the beverage pipe may be removable above the cooling liquid tank. In this case, it is possible to remove the beverage pipe from the cooling liquid tank and wash the beverage pipe, thereby improving the maintainability of the beverage pipe. As described above, the area where the cooling liquid tank and the beverage pipe are provided is horizontally partitioned from the area where the housing member and the fan are provided. Therefore, when the cooling liquid tank and the beverage pipe are viewed from above, the housing member does not interfere, and the beverage pipe can be easily removed from the cooling liquid tank.

  Further, when viewed from the vertical direction, the end of the guide member may protrude outside the end of the housing member. Since the end portion of the guide member projects outside the end portion of the housing member in this manner, it is possible to more reliably prevent the warm air from the fan from hitting the housing member. Therefore, the temperature rise of the control panel can be suppressed more reliably.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the temperature rise of a control panel can be suppressed.

It is a figure showing composition of a drink server concerning an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the beverage server of FIG. 1 as viewed from above. It is a perspective view which shows the internal structure of the beverage server of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows a control box, a wind guide plate, a fan, a condenser, and a compressor. It is a top view which shows a control box, a wind guide plate, and a fan.

  Hereinafter, a beverage server according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same or corresponding elements have the same reference characters allotted, and overlapping description will be omitted.

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a beverage server 1 according to the embodiment. The beverage server 1 is, for example, a device provided in a restaurant, and discharges beverages from the curran 2 according to a customer's order or the like. The beverage also includes alcoholic beverages such as beer and low-malt beer, and beverages that do not contain alcohol. In the present embodiment, an example in which the beverage server 1 provides beer will be described.

  For example, a beer hose is connected to the beverage server 1, and a beer liquid is supplied into the beverage server 1 from the beer hose. The beverage server 1 cools the supplied beer liquid. For example, the beverage server 1 is an electric cooling type instant cooling type server having a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The beer liquid cooled by the beverage server 1 is poured out of the curan 2 when the operation lever 2a of the curan 2 is pulled.

  The beverage server 1 includes, as an external configuration, the above-described curan 2 and a rectangular parallelepiped housing 3 to which the curran 2 is attached. The housing 3 is, for example, a SUS material that forms an exterior material of the beverage server 1. Inside the casing 3, a rectangular parallelepiped cooling liquid tank 6 containing the cooling liquid W, a beer coil (beverage pipe) 4 immersed in the cooling liquid W and formed in a spiral shape, and a cooling liquid W A refrigeration cycle device 5 for cooling is provided. In FIG. 1, the configurations of the housing 3, the beer coil 4, and the refrigerating cycle device 5 are shown in a simplified manner.

  The housing 3 has a detachable lid 3a, and the beer coil 4 can be visually recognized by removing the lid 3a. The casing 3 has a front panel 3b to which the curran 2 is attached, a rear panel 3c located on the opposite side of the front panel 3b across the coolant tank 6 and the refrigeration cycle device 5, and a plurality of casings 3 penetrating the casing 3. 3d. The through-hole 3d is provided to ensure air permeability inside the housing 3.

  The beer coil 4 is formed in a spiral shape, whereby a long flow path of the beer liquid in the cooling liquid W can be secured. Therefore, the beer liquid inside the beer coil 4 can be sufficiently cooled inside the cooling liquid tank 6. The beer coil 4 will be described later in detail.

  The refrigeration cycle device 5 includes a refrigerant pipe 5a that extends spirally so as to surround the beer coil 4 outside the beer coil 4 in the coolant W. Further, the refrigeration cycle device 5 includes a compressor 5b, a condenser 5c, a fan 10, and a control panel 20. The compressor 5b compresses the refrigerant flowing from the refrigerant pipe 5a to generate a high-temperature refrigerant gas, and the condenser 5c emits heat from the high-temperature refrigerant gas, so that the condenser 5c generates a high-temperature refrigerant liquid. The high-temperature refrigerant liquid generated by the condenser 5c is sent to a capillary tube via a dehydrator, and the capillary tube performs pressure reduction and flow control on the high-temperature refrigerant liquid to generate a refrigerant of, for example, -8 ° C. This refrigerant is supplied to the refrigerant pipe 5a.

  The control panel 20 is electrically connected to the compressor 5b, the condenser 5c, and the fan 10. The control panel 20 outputs an electric signal to control the supply of the refrigerant to the refrigerant pipe 5a, whereby the cooling of the coolant W is controlled. When the refrigerant is supplied to the refrigerant pipe 5a, the coolant W is cooled around the refrigerant pipe 5a, whereby ice K is generated around the refrigerant pipe 5a. When the control panel 20 detects that the thickness of the ice K is thinner than a predetermined value, the control panel 20 supplies a refrigerant to the refrigerant pipe 5a to perform control to increase the thickness of the ice K. On the other hand, when it is detected that the thickness of the ice K is greater than the predetermined value, the control panel 20 stops the supply of the refrigerant to the refrigerant pipe 5a and controls the ice K so as not to become thick.

  In addition, the beverage server 1 includes a stirring member 7 and a motor 8. The stirring member 7 is, for example, a propeller and rotates around the axis L. The stirring member 7 rotates and stirs the coolant W in the coolant bath 6 to form a flow in the coolant W. Thereby, the stirring member 7 promotes heat exchange between the cooling liquid W and the beer coil 4 and heat exchange between the cooling liquid W and the ice K.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where the lid 3a is removed from the housing 3. Although four currans 2 can be attached to the housing 3, FIG. 2 shows only two currans 2. As described above, the beer coil 4 can be accommodated inside the housing 3. In the present embodiment, four types of beer coils 4 can be accommodated in the housing 3. Specifically, an outer beverage pipe unit 4A in which two of the four types of beer coils 4 are integrated, and an inner beverage pipe unit 4B in which the remaining two types of beer coils 4 are integrated, are inside the housing 3. Will be accommodated. The outer beverage pipe unit 4A and the inner beverage pipe unit 4B are detachable from the housing 3.

  The outer beverage pipe unit 4A has two beverage inflow portions 4a and two beverage outflow portions 4b at an upper portion thereof, and the inner beverage pipe unit 4B has two beverage inflow portions 4a at an upper portion thereof. In addition, two beverage outlets for discharging the beer liquid from the inner beverage pipe unit 4B are provided in front of the beverage inflow section 4a of the inner beverage pipe unit 4B. The beer liquid flows into each beer coil 4 from each beverage inflow portion, and the beer liquid inside each beer coil 4 flows out from each beverage outflow portion.

  The four beverage outlets can be connected to each of the currants 2 via tubes, and the beer in the beer coil 4 is discharged by pulling each operation lever 2a. As described above, four types of beer coils 4 are accommodated in the housing 3, and the beverage server 1 can discharge four types of beer.

  As shown in FIG. 1, inside the housing 3, the area A1 where the beer coil 4, the cooling liquid tank 6, the stirring member 7, and the motor 8 are provided includes the compressor 5 b, the condenser 5 c, the fan 10, The area A2 where the board 20 is provided is partitioned in the horizontal direction. The area A2 is provided closer to the back panel 3c than the area A1. The compressor 5b, the condenser 5c, the fan 10, and the control panel 20 are arranged closer to the back panel 3c than the coolant tank 6.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the control panel 20 is housed inside a control box 21. The control box 21 is disposed immediately above the fan 10. The control box 21, the fan 10, the condenser 5c, and the compressor 5b are arranged in this order from vertically upward to vertically downward.

  A shroud 22 on which the fan 10 is mounted is disposed above the condenser 5c, and a lower portion of the control box 21 is fixed to the shroud 22. Specifically, the control box 21 includes a pillar-shaped fixing portion 21a fixed to the shroud 22, and a rear portion 21b located on the rear side of the fixing portion 21a. The fixed part 21a is arranged on the front side of the fan 10, and the rear part 21b is arranged above the fan 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the fan 10 includes a blade 11 that rotates around an axis along a vertical direction, and a surrounding member 12 that is disposed on a shroud 22 so as to surround the blade 11. Prepare. The surrounding member 12 has four side walls standing upright from the shroud 22, and is arranged in a square shape in plan view. The blade 11 is provided inside the surrounding member 12, and when the blade 11 rotates, warm air is discharged upward from the blade 11. The blade 11 sucks outside air from a hole formed in the bottom surface of the housing 3 and blows up warm air upward.

  A wind guide plate 23 (guide member) is arranged between the fan 10 and the control box 21. The control box 21 and the wind guide plate 23 are arranged vertically with the space C interposed therebetween. The wind guide plate 23 is provided to deflect warm air from the fan 10 from the control box 21. The wind guide plate 23 is made of, for example, metal, and is fixed to a side surface of the fixing portion 21a by welding.

  The wind guide plate 23 has an inclined portion 23a extending obliquely upward from a side surface of the fixed portion 21a, and a standing portion 23b extending upward from the inclined portion 23a. The inclined portion 23a is located below the rear portion 21b, and the upright portion 23b is located on the side of the rear portion 21b. The angle of the upright portion 23b with respect to the horizontal plane is larger than the angle of the inclined portion 23a with respect to the horizontal plane, and the angle of the upright portion 23b with respect to the horizontal plane is, for example, 90 °. By the wind guide plate 23, the warm air blown from the fan 10 to the lower surface of the inclined portion 23a moves obliquely upward along the inclined portion 23a and is released outside the standing portion 23b. Further, the wiring 24 extending from the equipment (compressor 5b, control box 21, etc.) located above and below the space C located above the inclined portion 23a of the wind guide plate 23 can be passed through.

  FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the control box 21, the wind guide plate 23, and the fan 10. As shown in FIG. 5, when viewed from the vertical direction, the end 23 c of the wind guide plate 23 projects outside the end 21 c of the control box 21. The boundary between the inclined portion 23a and the standing portion 23b is located closer to the back panel 3c than the end 21c of the control box 21. When viewed from the vertical direction, the control box 21 and the wind guide plate 23 are arranged so as to cover about 60% of the fan 10.

  Hereinafter, the operation and effect of the beverage server 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a region A2 where the control box 21 accommodating the control panel 20 and the fan 10 are provided, and a region A1 where the cooling liquid tank 6 and the beer coil 4 are provided are partitioned in the horizontal direction. Therefore, since the area A2 where the control box 21 and the fan 10 are provided can be separated from the area A1 where the cooling liquid tank 6 and the beer coil 4 are provided, when the cooling liquid tank 6 and the beer coil 4 are viewed from above, The control box 21 does not interfere.

  Further, as described above, the beverage server 1 of the present embodiment can dispense four types of beer, and the control such as cooling is complicated. It is larger than that. Therefore, the control box 21 projects more toward the rear panel 3c than in the related art, and is located immediately above the fan 10. However, a wind guide plate 23 is provided between the control box 21 and the fan 10 to guide the air from the fan 10 so as to deviate from the control box 21. Since the warm air from the fan 10 is diverted from the control box 21 by the wind guide plate 23, the problem that the temperature of the control panel 20 increases due to the warm air from the fan 10 can be avoided. Further, since the control box 21 and the wind guide plate 23 are vertically arranged via the space C, the space C makes it difficult to conduct heat from the wind guide plate 23 to the control box 21.

  The beer coil 4 can be removed above the cooling liquid tank 6. As described above, since the control box 21 does not interfere when the cooling liquid tank 6 and the beer coil 4 are viewed from above, the beer coil 4 can be easily removed from the cooling liquid tank 6. In addition, the beer coil 4 can be removed from the cooling liquid tank 6 for cleaning, and the maintenance of the beer coil 4 can be improved.

  When viewed from the vertical direction, the end 23 c of the wind guide plate 23 projects outside the end 21 c of the control box 21. Since the end 23c of the wind guide plate 23 projects outside the end 21c of the control box 21 in this manner, it is possible to more reliably prevent the hot air from the fan 10 from hitting the control box 21. . Therefore, the temperature rise of the control panel 20 can be suppressed more reliably.

  The wind guide plate 23 includes an inclined portion 23a fixed to the control box 21 and inclined obliquely upward, and a standing portion 23b extending further upward from the inclined portion 23a. As described above, since the wind guide plate 23 is arranged obliquely, it is possible to make it difficult for heat to stay in the lower portion of the wind guide plate 23. Then, the warm air from the fan 10 moves obliquely upward on the lower surface of the inclined portion 23a and flows smoothly outside the standing portion 23b. Further, since the upright portion 23b extends upward along the control box 21, the upright portion 23b can protect the control box 21 from warm air. Furthermore, when viewed from the vertical direction, since the wind guide plate 23 does not cover the entire surface of the fan 10, air permeability inside the housing 3 (particularly, above the fan 10) can be ensured.

  In addition, it is possible to pass wiring 24 extending from equipment located above and below the wind guide plate 23 through the inclined portion 23 a of the wind guide plate 23. In this manner, the wind guide plate 23 can be effectively used as a space for the wiring 24. Further, by passing the wiring 24 through the inclined portion 23 a of the wind guide plate 23, the situation where the wiring 24 is caught in the fan 10 can be avoided.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be modified or applied to other embodiments without changing the gist described in each claim. It may be something. That is, the present invention can be variously modified without changing the gist of each claim.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the compressor 5b and the condenser 5c are arranged on the rear panel 3c side of the cooling liquid tank 6 has been described. However, the positions of the compressor and the condenser are not limited to the above examples, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, a compressor may be arranged below the cooling liquid tank 6.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the wind guide plate 23 is made of metal has been described. When the wind guide plate 23 is made of metal as described above, the wind guide plate 23 can be easily manufactured by using a sheet metal or the like. However, the material of the wind guide plate is not limited to metal and can be appropriately changed. For example, the wind guide plate may be made of resin. When the wind guide plate is made of resin as described above, the heat insulating effect of the wind guide plate can be enhanced.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the wind guide plate 23 has the inclined portion 23a and the upright portion 23b has been described. However, the shape, number, and size of the guide members are not limited to the above examples, and can be appropriately changed. Further, the shape, number, and size of the housing member (control box 21) that houses the control panel 20 can be appropriately changed, and the shape, number, and size of the fan can also be appropriately changed. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the wiring 24 is passed through the inclined portion 23a of the wind guide plate 23 has been described, but the wiring 24 may be passed to another place.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the beer coil 4 is detachable from the cooling liquid tank 6 has been described. The beer coil may not be detachable from the cooling liquid tank. The number of beer coils arranged inside the cooling liquid tank may be three or less or five or more. Further, the configurations of the beer coil, the refrigeration cycle device, the stirring member, and the motor can be appropriately changed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Beverage server, 2 ... Karan, 3 ... Case, 3a ... lid, 3b ... Front panel, 3c ... Back panel, 3d ... Through-hole, 4 ... Beer coil (drink pipe), 4A ... Outer drink pipe unit, 4B ... Inner beverage pipe unit, 4a ... Beverage inflow section, 4b ... Beverage outflow section, 5 ... Refrigeration cycle apparatus, 5a ... Refrigerant pipe, 5b ... Compressor, 5c ... Condenser, 6 ... Cooling liquid tank, 7 ... Stirring member, ... Motor, 10 ... Fan, 11 ... Blade part, 12 ... Enclosure member, 20 ... Control panel, 21 ... Control box (housing member), 21a ... Fixed part, 21b ... Back part, 21c ... End part, 22 ... Shroud, 23: wind guide plate (guide member), 23a: inclined portion, 23b: standing portion, 23c: end portion, 24: wiring, A1, A2: area, K: ice, L: axis, W: cooling liquid.

Claims (3)

A beverage server comprising: a coolant tank containing a coolant for cooling a beverage; and a beverage pipe through which the beverage passes while being immersed in the coolant.
A housing member that houses a control panel that controls cooling of the cooling liquid,
And a fan that sends air upward.
An area where the housing member and the fan are provided, and an area where the cooling liquid tank and the beverage pipe are provided are partitioned in a horizontal direction,
The housing member and the fan are arranged in a vertical direction,
A guide member is provided between the housing member and the fan to guide air from the fan so as to deviate from the housing member,
The housing member and the guide member are arranged in a vertical direction via a space,
Beverage server. The beverage pipe is removable above the cooling liquid tank,
The beverage server according to claim 1. When viewed from the vertical direction, the end of the guide member projects outside the end of the housing member,
The beverage server according to claim 1 or 2.

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