JPH085500B2 - Beer shipping container and beer shipping method - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a beer delivery container used for shipping beer from a beer manufacturing factory and a beer delivery method.

More specifically, it is fermented and aged in a production plant, packed in a container in a cold state at the time of aging, and a new beer delivery container for delivering to a consumer while maintaining the cold state and a new beer delivery container. It concerns beer delivery methods.

The beer delivery container according to the present invention may be a bottle, a beer packed in a consumer container such as a can, for storing a single or a plurality of the beer and delivering it to a consumer, Alternatively, the delivery container itself may be finished in a barrel shape or the like, and also serve as a consumer beer container in which the beer liquid is directly stored and delivered to the consumer.

[Prior Art] With the recent diversification of consumers' tastes, the taste of foods has become more diverse.

The same applies to beer, and a highly sophisticated and unique flavor is required.

Immediately after being produced in a brewery, beer is extremely delicious, but whether it is draft beer or heat-treated beer, the flavor is significantly reduced as the storage location moves and time elapses. At the same time, color change, turbidity,
The quality of the beer is impaired with a decrease in foamability. This is further accelerated by exposure to high temperatures and ultraviolet rays. It is believed that this is due to the oxidation of the ingredients in beer, and by the time the beer is filled into the consumer container and then the consumer drinks it,
It is more or less oxidized and accompanied by deterioration, which is lower than the taste of beer when it is fermented and aged in a brewery.

As measures against this, so far, (1) reducing air contamination in the container, (2) adding an antioxidant, (3) adding yeast to suppress oxidative polymerization of polyphenols and proteins, ( There have been proposed methods such as 4) using malt from which hulls have been removed, (5) adding a paper extract, and (6) adding and contacting spherical silica gel.

However, these methods have problems that they require major changes in raw material formulation, manufacturing process, treatment method, effects do not last long, and the original flavor of beer is impaired.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to provide delicious beer to consumers without reducing the flavor of beer fermented and aged in a factory. The present invention provides a new beer delivery container and a new beer delivery method using such a container.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A beer delivery container of the present invention that achieves the above-mentioned object is
It is composed of a foam reinforced by a fabric mainly composed of composite fibers and / or composite yarns, and one component of the composite fiber is thermally deformed or melted to become an adhesive component, and the other component is present as a fibrous reinforcing component. Together with the adhesive component is a styrene resin, the resin forming the foam is a polymer containing a styrene monomer unit, the flexural modulus of the non-foam resin alone, high of 150kg / mm ² or more. It is characterized by being a rigid resin.

In addition, the beer delivery method of the present invention is a beer that is fermented and aged in a beer manufacturing factory and packed in a consumer container in a cooled state, and in the beer delivery container of the present invention, a beer consumer in a cooled state. It is characterized by delivering to.

Other preferable embodiments of the delivery container and the delivery method according to the present invention will be sequentially clarified from the following description.

[Operation] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail.

In the present invention, as a delivery container for beer, a container that is mainly made of a foamed article and can be insulated and cooled is used, and by using the delivery container, delicious beer immediately after being fermented and aged in a beer manufacturing factory. (Hereinafter, referred to as “brewed beer”) can be provided to consumers while maintaining its flavor.

That is, the beer immediately after being fermented / aged and produced in a beer manufacturing factory is very flavorful and delicious. Here, the fermentation and aging are carried out by keeping them in a storage tank for about 1 to 2 months while maintaining a low temperature condition such as 0 to -1 ° C after the main fermentation.

However, it is difficult to taste the delicious taste of the above-mentioned factory-brewed beer at a place other than the manufacturing factory, because the flavor originally possessed by the factory-brewed beer gradually decreases. It is thought that the cause of this decrease in flavor of beer is that the beer produced in the factory is altered by the oxidizing action of the components in the beer due to the movement of the storage location and the passage of time, and this is accelerated by being exposed to high temperature and ultraviolet rays. It becomes more prominent in the summer when beer demand is high.

The present invention, as a means for suppressing the flavor reduction of such beer, is to deliver the factory-produced beer to consumers under the condition of suppressing the oxidizing action of the components in the beer as much as possible. The beer delivery container of the present invention, in particular, is intended to satisfy the above-mentioned requirements in a short time, at low temperature, and without exposing it to ultraviolet rays so that it can be delivered to consumers. , Mainly consisting of a molded article of foam.

By using such a container, it is possible to provide consumers with beer having the flavor of factory-produced beer without making major changes in raw material formulation, manufacturing process, treatment method, and the like.

The beer delivery container according to the present invention may be a bottle, a beer packed in a consumer container such as a can, for storing a single or a plurality of the beer and delivering it to a consumer, Alternatively, the delivery container itself may be finished in a barrel shape or the like, and also serve as a consumer beer container in which the beer liquid is directly stored and delivered to the consumer.

Further, as another object and effect of the present invention, by putting a beer bottle or the like in the beer delivery container of the present invention, there is an effect that it can be delivered to consumers as it is in a clean state free from dirt due to adhesion of dust and the like. . Until now, we used a shipping case where the beer bottle was exposed to the outside, so it was inevitable that it would get dirty, so at restaurants, inns, etc.
It is necessary to wipe the beer bottle before serving it to the customer,
The present invention has another great advantage in that such an effort can be omitted. First, as a method for providing consumers with beer from the factory in a short time, a conventional home delivery system or the like can be applied. With the development of transportation in recent years, domestic delivery is possible within 48 hours without exception, and it is said that 24-hour delivery is possible for existing truck lines and ordinary goods. For example, one is to place orders from customers for each collection / delivery terminal in each customer area.
The beer factory is requested to ship by specifying the delivery date and quantity, and the courier service in the area where the beer factory is located stores it in a dedicated beer delivery container according to the delivery date and transports it to the collection and delivery terminal in that area. Then, it is achieved by being transported from the collection / delivery terminal in the beer factory area to the customer collection / delivery terminal and delivered to each customer by the courier service in the customer area. You may use the delivery system applied to fresh fish and fresh vegetables. If the customer and the beer factory are relatively close to each other, a courier service in the beer factory area may be directly delivered to each customer, or a system in which the courier service in the customer area is directly delivered to each customer. With such a delivery system, the beer produced in the factory can be delivered to the consumer in a short time under the management of the courier since it does not go through a retailer.

In particular, in order to provide consumers with the factory-brewed beer that has been cooled to a low temperature immediately after aging, the delivery container of the present invention is a beer filled in a container such as barrel-filled, canned or bottled (factory-brewed beer). (The temperature is usually about 1-5 ° C)
Considering the delivery time, in an ambient temperature environment of 40 ° C or less
After a lapse of 24 hours, it is preferable to mainly consist of a molded product of a foam having a property of being able to keep cold at a temperature rise of 10 ° C. or less. A container having such a cold-keeping capability can be delivered to consumers while being cold even under hot summer conditions.
In order to obtain such a cold-retaining ability, it is possible to obtain a foam molded article having an appropriately thick wall thickness.

According to the knowledge of the present inventors, the flavor of factory-produced beer is a sensory test, but whether it is draft beer or heat-treated beer, the beer temperature / elapsed time is within 20 ° C./24 hours or 15 ° C. It seems that no change is observed if it can be kept cool within 48 hours.

As a material for the beer delivery container having such a cold-retaining property, a light-weight and excellent heat insulating foam resin is preferably used. Further, as the foam resin, a foam resin having high rigidity and excellent shape retention property is used for the reason described below. That is, the foam resin forming the foam has a flexural modulus of 150 kg / mm ² or more in the non-foam resin alone, and particularly preferably has a rigidity of 200 kg / mm ² or more. . This flexural modulus is ASTM
-Measured by the D790 method. By using such a high-rigidity container, even if it is a container for storing heavy beer or a container for directly filling beer liquid, there is no fear of deformation, destruction or damage. Can be used. Such high-rigidity resins include polystyrene, styrene-ethylene copolymer, acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer, ABS.
Resins and the like are used as foam forms of these resins.

Beer shipping containers made of this foam are
Alternatively, it may be used in the form of being housed in units of several to 20 or more, or in a form that the conventional beer case made of plastic is included as it is, although the size of the container is slightly larger.

In the beer delivery container made of these foams, it is desirable that the thickness of the foam is designed so as to maintain the above-mentioned cold insulation property. The cold insulation property can be appropriately designed depending on the thickness of the foam and the expansion ratio. According to the knowledge of the present inventor, for example, the temperature of beer produced in a factory is 2 ° C, the outside temperature is 35 ° C,
A polystyrene foam container (foaming ratio: 30 times) that can be sealed under the condition of 20 bottles of 750 cc and has a wall thickness of at least 22 mm can satisfy the above-mentioned cold insulation effect. In addition, a foam cold storage container in which the outer surface and / or the inner surface of the foam container is covered with a metal foil such as stainless steel or aluminum having a heat insulating property can also be preferably used. In addition, cold storage is reinforced by using a cold storage agent such as ice, dry ice, or saline mixed with glycerin, ethylene glycol, etc. at an appropriate ratio in a foam container. Can also be preferably applied. In this case, it is extremely preferable to use a plate-shaped container having a cold storage agent as a partition plate for a beer delivery container because it has a high cold-retaining effect and can effectively use the internal volume of the beer delivery container.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a model example of the form of the beer delivery container according to the present invention when the lid portion is removed. Second
The figure is a schematic perspective view showing a model example of the form of the lid portion of the beer delivery container of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional model view of the entire beer delivery container of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and FIG. 4 is an embodiment of the present invention in which a cold storage agent-containing container is arranged around a beer bottle storage space. FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional model diagram showing an example of one embodiment of a beer delivery container according to the present invention. In these figures, 1 is a beer delivery container,
2 is a fiber reinforced foam, 3 is beer, and 4 is a cold storage agent-containing container.

The delivery container of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is a foam container having a storage space close to the shape of a beer consumer container (for example, a beer bottle), the inner volume can be effectively used, and beer is transported and transported. It is very preferable because it can reduce the vibration in the case such as the above, and the thickness of the foam layer can be made thicker, so that it has advantages such as enhancing the cold insulation effect.

Further, FIG. 3 is an example of a sectional structure of the container shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, but in the present invention, a container that can be divided in the horizontal direction (vertical direction) may be used, Alternatively, it may be a container that can be divided in the vertical direction (left and right).

Further, in particular, as shown in FIG. 4, it is possible to store the storage agent 3 and to construct and use a foam container having a consumer beer container storage space. The advantages are synergistic and are particularly preferred.

In addition, conventional containers such as expanded polystyrene alone have strength problems such as being unable to withstand the weight of beer and bottles, easily broken or damaged during shipping, or unable to stack containers. When there is a problem of, it is preferable to use, as the foam molded article, one whose surface is reinforced with a fabric composed of the composite fiber and / or the composite yarn, and particularly when such a foam molded article is used, It is possible to realize the beer delivery container according to the present invention which is sturdy even if the dimensions are compact and has good cold insulation.

As such a fiber-reinforced foam molded product, in order to make the effect of fiber reinforcement effective, it is preferable to use a product in which the foam is reinforced mainly by the fibrous component via the adhesive component of the composite fiber. That is, at least one component has a high fiber strength that is sufficiently stretched in the fiber axis direction and contributes to the reinforcement of the foam, and another at least one component is a foaming treatment for molding the foam container. Bonding by a molding process using a fabric mainly composed of a composite fiber and / or a composite yarn composed of an adhesive component capable of easily causing thermal deformation or melting under the temperature condition, preferably the foaming temperature condition, and contributing to the adhesion with the foam. An integrated structure is particularly preferable.

Here, the heat treatment means, for example, pressure contact with a heating surface such as a heat press to press-bond and / or melt-bond the foam and the cloth, and of course,
It is particularly preferable to perform the foaming treatment simultaneously at this temperature.

As an adhesive component of the composite fiber, it is possible to bond and integrate the foam and the fiber by thermal deformation or melting during the foam molding process, or a high friction force or an anchor effect acts to prevent the fiber from falling out. A material that can prevent slippage is used. In particular, a low temperature melting or low heat deformable polymer containing the same monomer unit as the foam resin is preferable in order to improve adhesion and integration with the foam. For example,
Styrene / acrylic acid ester copolymers and the like are preferable examples of the adhesive component for polystyrene foam.

On the other hand, as the fibrous component, those having high strength and extremely small strength deterioration due to heat of foam molding treatment are preferably used. For example, polyesters typified by polyethylene terephthalate, polyamides typified by nylon 6, nylon 66, polyarylate, polyacrylonitrile, polypropylene and copolymer modified products thereof, or a mixture of other components can be used. A polymer having spinnability can be used.

As the form of the composite fiber used in such a foam,
There are forms such as core / sheath type fibers, bimetal type fibers, multi-layer joining type fibers, and radial multi-layer fibers. Among them, the multi-core / sheath type composite fibers, which are fibers having a structure with many core components in the sheath component, Since the adhesive component is interposed between the multiple cores, the adhesive integration with the foam becomes better, and it is particularly preferably used. That is, it is represented by, for example, polymer array fibers and mixed spun fibers.

The beer delivery container of the present invention composed of such a fiber-reinforced foam molded product is applied with a combination of the above-described composite fiber and a highly rigid foam resin, whereby the fiber and the foam simultaneously bear the stress against external stress. Therefore, the fiber reinforcing effect can be made more effective, and the shape retention can be remarkably improved. Therefore, such a fiber-reinforced foam is
It has the advantage that it will not be destroyed or the load will not collapse even if it is carried out such as a little rough transportation and loading / unloading to / from a vehicle.

In addition, the beer delivery container of the present invention has its inner surface and / or outer surface treated with a fluorine-based water and oil repellent agent to prevent the container from being soiled from the outside and also to prevent the beer container from being soiled. It also has an advantage in that it can be kept clean and hygienic for a long period of time. Such a fluorine-based water / oil repellent is represented by a fluorine-containing polymer having a perfluoroalkyl group in its side chain, and conventionally known ones can be widely applied.

Further, the beer delivery container of the present invention, in order to improve the stability at the time of loading, the top surface of the lid and the bottom surface of the container can be formed into an uneven shape that meshes well, and further, in order to improve the cold insulation property, As far as possible, it is preferable that the sealability is high.

[Examples] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples, but the present invention is not limited to the following Examples, but rather brings about the following developments.

Example 1 A woven fabric (plain weave) made of a foam made of polystyrene resin having a flexural modulus of 310 kg / mm ^{2 in} a non-foamed resin alone and a composite fiber (core component: polyethylene terephthalate, sheath component: polystyrene copolymer). By foam molding, a beer delivery container (750 ml, for 16 bottles) having the same accommodation space as the shape of the beer bottle shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and made of a fiber reinforced foam whose outer surface was reinforced by the fabric was made. .

Such a beer delivery container not only has an excellent cooling effect, but is extremely strong against impact and compression,
There was little damage even in truck transportation, and it could withstand repeated use.

[Advantages of the Invention] According to the beer delivery container and the delivery method of the present invention as described above, delicious beer can be delivered to consumers without deteriorating the flavor and appearance quality of factory-produced beer. Can be provided to.

Further, by using the beer delivery container of the present invention,
Since there is no dirt on the container due to the adhesion of dust and the like, and the product can be delivered to the consumer in a clean state as it is, it is possible to save the trouble of wiping the container. In addition, by treating the beer delivery container of the present invention with a fluorine-based water and oil repellent, it is possible to prevent the cold-keeping container from being soiled and to prevent beer bottles and the like from being soiled, and to keep it clean and sanitary for a long time You can
Further, the beer delivery container constituted by the fiber reinforced foam according to the present invention is light and has good cold-retaining property, and also has high rigidity, is strong, and is excellent in shape retention, so that the containers can be stacked. It is possible and has an advantage that it is extremely easy to handle during delivery and loading.

Of course, the container according to the present invention may be used for transporting and transporting uncooled beer, or beer other than beer immediately after being produced in a beer factory, and even in such a case, Beer can be transported and transported while exhibiting a heat insulating effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a model example of the form of the beer delivery container of the present invention when the lid part is taken, and FIG. 2 is a model of the form example of the lid part of the beer delivery container of the present invention. It is the schematic perspective view shown typically. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional model view of the entire beer delivery container of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and FIG. 4 is an embodiment of the present invention in which a cold storage agent-containing container is arranged around a beer bottle storage space. FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional model diagram showing an example of one embodiment of a beer delivery container according to the present invention. 1: Beer delivery container, 2: Fiber reinforced foam, 3: Beer, 4: Regenerator-containing container

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A composite reinforced by a cloth mainly composed of composite fibers and / or composite yarns, wherein one component of the composite fiber is thermally deformed or melted to form an adhesive component, and the other component is fibrous. While present as a reinforcing component, the adhesive component is a styrene-based resin, the resin forming the foam is a polymer containing styrene monomer units, the flexural modulus of the non-foam resin alone, 150k
A beer delivery container characterized by being a highly rigid resin of g / mm ² or more. 2. The beer distribution container according to claim 1, wherein the composite fiber is a core / sheath type fiber. 3. The beer delivery container according to claim 2, wherein the core / sheath type composite fiber is a multi-core / sheath type fiber. 4. The beer delivery container according to claim 1, wherein the beer delivery container is formed of a foam molded product having a storage space shape similar to a consumer beer container shape. 5. Beer that has been fermented and aged in a beer manufacturing factory and packed in a consumer container in a cooled state is delivered to a beer consumer in the cooled state by the beer delivery container according to claim 1. Delivery method of beer characterized by.