JPH0146394B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a liquid storage device for use in snack shops, clubs, pubs, etc., which employ bottle-keeping systems among restaurants.

[Conventional technology]

In this bottle-keeping system, all the leftover drinks from the keep bottle used by the customer are stored in a storage container, and when the customer comes again or at another chain store, the leftover drink from the previous time can be stored. There is a method of pouring it from a storage container into a keep bottle.

This has the advantage that by using computer management using cards, for example, customers can order and drink the remaining amount in their keep bottles at any of the chain stores distributed throughout Japan.

In such a system, empty bottles are refilled with the same amount as collected and given to the customer, but this work must be done quickly when the customer comes to the store using information such as a card in his/her possession.

As an example, one idea is to transfer the liquid from the liquid storage section to the empty bottle using a pump, install a valve and means for measuring the amount of liquid supplied in the middle of the piping, and stop the transfer when the means for measuring the amount of liquid supplied detects a predetermined amount. It will be done.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, such a method of transferring the liquid to an empty bottle using a pump requires a large-scale apparatus, and the installation location of the liquid storage section is also limited, so that it is often not suitable for rapid supply.

The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the disadvantages of the conventional example,
To provide a compact and easy-to-use liquid storage device capable of easily and reliably transferring a desired amount of whiskey or the like from a storage container to a keep bottle or the like without a pump.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention attaches a magnetic material spout to the mouth of a portable liquid storage container, slidably provides a hollow plunger made of a permanent magnet in the mouth, and connects one end of the spout to the mouth of a portable liquid storage container. The valve seat formed at the end of the spout is brought into contact with the valve seat, and the other end is attached with a first coiled spring that urges the plunger outward, and air is slidably inflowed through the center of the plunger via a sealing member. A pipe is provided, and a second coiled spring is provided between the spring receiver and the plunger provided in the middle of the inflow pipe,
One end of the air inflow pipe faces near the bottom of the container, and the other end contacts an air valve seat formed at the center of the opening of the spout, while the mouth of the container is supported upside down and removably. The main feature of the present invention is that the sliding coil of the plunger is provided in the support part of the support body having a support part at the tip of the arm so as to be able to come into contact with the spout.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, a portable liquid storage container storing a liquid is set on a support body with its mouth upside down and removably supported by a support part, and when the coil is energized, it becomes a magnet, and the container is turned into a magnet. Energize the mouth.
As a result, the plunger is repelled by the valve seat that is in contact with the valve seat, moves upward against the coiled spring, opens the valve, and the alcohol in the storage container comes out from the spout and is poured.

At the same time, as the plunger moves, the air inflow pipe also moves upward, and the end moves away from the air valve seat.
Air enters the storage container from here and facilitates filling from said container.

When the current to the coil is stopped, the spout loses its magnetism and the repulsion between the valve seat and plunger disappears, so the biasing force of the coiled spring and the permanent magnet of the plunger absorb the spout, which is now just iron. As a result, the plunger moves downward and its end comes into contact with the spout to close the valve.

At the same time, the air inflow pipe also moves downward, and the end of the inflow pipe comes into contact with the air valve seat due to the biasing force of the coiled spring, thereby closing the air valve.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention.
In the figure, 1 indicates a portable liquid storage container, and usually a large bottle is used. Reference numeral 2 denotes a support body for the liquid storage container 1, and the support body 2 has a support portion 3 at the tip of an arm 4 that supports the mouth portion 1a of the container 1 upside down and removably. A keep bottle 5 on which a customer directly drinks and drinks whiskey, etc. is placed, and a scale 6 is provided to measure the total weight, and the last remaining amount (weight) is displayed on the side of the arm 4. A weight indicator 8 that displays the weight measured by the set amount indicator 7 and the scale 6, a card reader 9 having a reading head 9a and a writing head 9b, a remaining liquid button switch 10, a liquid filling button switch 11, and a slip issuing machine 12. It consists of a stand to which is attached an operating section 13 with a built-in operation section 13.

FIG. 2 shows the opening 1a of the container 1 and the support 2.
2 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the main part showing the connected state of the support part 3 of the container 1.
A spout 14 made of iron as a magnetic material is screwed through the spout 14 .

A hollow plunger 15 made of a permanent magnet is slidably provided in the spout 1a, one end of which abuts a valve seat 14a formed at the end of the spout 14, and the other end a plunger 15 that urges outward. Attach the coil spring 16 of No. 1. An air inflow pipe 18 is slidably provided through the center of the plunger 15 via a sealing member 26, and a second air inflow pipe 18 is provided between the plunger 15 and a spring receiver 27 provided midway through the air inflow pipe 18 to urge the air inflow outward. A coiled spring 17 is provided, one end of the air inflow pipe 18 faces near the bottom of the container 1, and a spout 14 is provided at the other end.
The air valve seat 19 is brought into contact with the air valve seat 19 formed at the center of the opening.

On the other hand, the support part 3 of the support body 2 has a support surface 3a that detachably supports the container 1 in an upside down state,
A coil 24 is embedded in the outer peripheral portion of the mouth portion 1a of the container 1 of the support portion 3, and a part of the iron core 24a of the coil 24 is brought into contact with the outer surface of the spout 14.

Next, FIG. 3 is a block circuit diagram used in the device of the present invention, in which the output signal A from the reading head 9a of the card reader 9 is introduced into the comparator circuit 21 via the liquid injection amount setting circuit 20. The output signal B from 20 is introduced into the set amount display meter 7.

In addition, the output signal C from the scale 6 is transmitted to the weight display meter 8,
The output signal D of the remaining liquid button switch 10 is also introduced into the gate 22,
Write output signal E from gate 22 to write head 9b.
and is introduced into the slip issuing machine 12.

The output signal F from the comparator circuit 21 is sent to the gate 23
into the coil 24 via the liquid injection button switch 1.
1 output signal G is introduced into the gate 23.

Next, usage and operation will be explained.

First, the customer pays a certain amount to the store and asks for one bottle of whiskey or the like.

After eating and drinking, when leaving the store, the store clerk hands the bottle 5 to the store clerk, who inserts a card for keeping the bottle into the card reader 9, places the keep bottle 5 on the scale 6, and presses the remaining liquid button switch 10.

When switch 10 is pressed, output signal D is issued from switch 10 to gate 22, which opens gate 22. An output signal C indicating the weight of the bottle 5 and the liquid therein is inputted from the scale 6 to the gate 22, and is transmitted through the gate 22 as an output signal E to the writing head 9b and the slip issuing machine 12, and the weight is recorded. The information is magnetically stored on the card by the head 9b and printed on a slip issued from the slip issuing machine 12.

The output signal C from the scale 6 is simultaneously sent to the weight indicator 7.
The weight number (216g in the illustration) will be displayed.

The customer receives his/her card and leaves. At the store, all remaining alcohol in the bottle 5 is transferred to the liquid storage container 1, and the bottle 5 is emptied.

The next time the customer goes to the same store (or any other chain store), he or she will first give the bottle keep card to the store clerk. The clerk inserts the card into the card reader 9, places the empty bottle 5 on the scale 6, and presses the fill button switch 11. The fill button switch 11 sends an output signal G to the gate 23, and the gate 23 closes. open.

On the other hand, the weight signal A stored in the card from the reading head 9a is stored in the liquid injection amount setting circuit 20, and the weight signal from the liquid injection amount setting circuit 20 is input to the comparison circuit 21. The set amount indicator 7 then displays this weight. Further, the output signal C indicating the weight of the empty bottle 5 from the scale 6 enters the weight indicator 8, the comparator circuit 21 and the gate 22, the weight indicator 8 displays the weight, and the gate 22 is closed in this case. Therefore, it does not output any output signal.

The comparison circuit 21 receives the weight signal from the liquid injection amount setting circuit 20 and the weight signal C from the scale, and calculates the previous remaining amount stored in the liquid injection amount setting circuit 20 and the weight of the empty bottle 5. In comparison, since the latter is less, an output signal F is issued to the coil 24 via the gate 23, and the coil 24 receives this output signal F and is energized.

When the coil 24 is energized, the iron core 24a becomes a magnet,
For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper part is the N pole and the lower part is the S pole.

Since the spout 14 provided at the opening edge of the mouth portion 1a of the container 1 is in contact with the S pole of the iron core 24a, the valve seat 1
The end of the spout 14 constituting the spout 4a also becomes the south pole.

On the other hand, the plunger 15 that comes into contact with the valve seat 14a
Assuming that the end of is the S pole of the permanent magnet, the plunger 15 is repelled by the valve seat 14a, moves upward against the coiled spring 16, opens the valve, and pours the storage container 1 from the spout 14.
The alcohol inside comes out and is poured into the keep bottle 5.

At the same time, as the plunger 15 moves, the biasing force of the second coiled spring 17 disappears, and the air inflow pipe 18 also moves upward together with the plunger 15 due to frictional engagement with the sealing member 26, and the end part moves away from the air valve seat. Air enters the storage container 1 from the container 1 to smoothly pour liquid from the container 1 into the bottle 5.

Bottle 5 to be poured into bottle 5 and weighed with scale 6
When the weight gradually increases and becomes the same as the previous amount, the output signal F from the comparison circuit 21 is transferred to
4 is stopped, and energization to the coil 24 is stopped.

As a result, the iron core 24a and the spout 14 lose their magnetism, and the repulsion between the valve seat 14a and the plunger 15 also disappears, so the biasing force of the coiled spring 16 and the permanent magnet of the plunger 15 are reduced to just iron.
The plunger 15 moves downward due to the force of attracting the plunger 4. At this time, the air inflow pipe 18 engaged with the seal member 26 also moves downward, and even after the end of the air inflow pipe 18 contacts the air valve seat 19 and closes the air valve, the plunger 15 continues to move downward. The end of the air inflow pipe 18 is pressed against the air valve seat 19 as it attempts to move downward against the coiled spring 17. Then, the end of the plunger 15 contacts the spout 14 to close the valve and stop moving downward.

At the same time, the air inflow pipe 18 also moves downward, and the end of the inflow pipe 18 comes into contact with the air valve seat 19 due to the biasing force of the coiled spring 17, thereby closing the air valve.

In this way, storage container 1 is placed inside empty bottle 5.
The remaining amount from the previous time is automatically injected, so
The clerk hands out the same bottle 5 to the customer.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the liquid storage device of the present invention makes it easy to carry the storage container when collecting all the leftover liquid from the keep bottle and transferring the same amount to an empty keep bottle the next time. By simply setting the liquid into the apparatus of the present invention, transfer can be performed easily and quickly without using a liquid conveying means such as a pump, and the entire apparatus is compact and easy to use regardless of location.

Further, since the air inflow pipe into the container is provided at the center of the hollow plunger attached to the container and opens into the container, there is no risk of dust etc. being sucked in from the opening, which is sanitary.

Furthermore, the support and the mechanism provided thereon can be used in common for whiskey, brandy, and other various storage liquid containers, making it highly versatile and economical.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the liquid storage device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the main parts of the same, and FIG. 3 is a block circuit diagram. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Liquid storage container, 1a... Mouth part, 2... Support body, 3... Support part, 3a... Support surface, 4... Arm, 5... Keep bottle, 6... Scale, 7... Setting amount display meter, 8...Weight display meter, 9...Card reader, 9a...Reading head, 9b...Writing head, 10...Remaining liquid button switch, 11...Filling button switch, 12...Slip Issuing machine, 13... Operating unit, 14... Spout, 14a... Valve seat, 15...
Plunger, 16, 17... Winding spring, 18...
Air inflow pipe, 19... Air valve seat, 20... Liquid injection amount setting circuit, 21... Comparison circuit, 22, 23...
...Gate, 24...Coil, 24a...Iron core, 2
5... Packing, 26... Seal member, 27...
...Spring holder.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A valve in which a magnetic spout is attached to the mouth of a portable liquid storage container, a hollow plunger made of a permanent magnet is slidably provided in the mouth, and one end of the plunger is formed at the end of the spout. A first coiled spring that contacts the seat and urges the plunger outward is attached to the other end,
Further, an air inflow pipe is slidably provided through the center of the plunger via a sealing member, a second coiled spring is provided between the plunger and a spring receiver provided in the middle of the inflow pipe, and one end of the air inflow pipe The arm faces near the bottom of the container, and the other end touches the air valve seat formed in the center of the opening of the spout.Meanwhile, the support part that removably supports the mouth of the container upside down is attached to the arm. A liquid storage device characterized in that a sliding coil of the plunger is provided on the support portion of the support body at the tip so as to be able to come into contact with the spout.