JP2001233398A - Dispenser for draft beer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for permitting anyone to simply and quickly carry out cleaning work of the inside of a pipe line arranged in a dispenser for draft beer by a method of passing a sponge through the pipe line. SOLUTION: The dispenser for draft beer comprises a barrel 1 for draft beer, a cylinder 2 for a carbon dioxide gas, a pipe line 10, and a cooler 3. A three-forked valve 11 capable of alternatively selecting two flow passages 14 on the inlet side thereof with the aid of a spherical or a cylindrical rotary valve disc is mounted in the pipe line 10 at a place positioned in the vicinity of the barrel 1 for draft beer. One of the inlet side flow passages 14 is used as a passage into which a sponge ball for cleaning is inserted. A discharge cock 21 for draft beer, which opens and closes the flow passages with the aid of a spherical or a cylindrical rotary valve disc and which is so designed as to allow the sponge ball for cleaning to pass through the flow passages, is mounted on an outlet side of the cooler 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a draft beer dispenser, and more particularly to a convenient draft beer dispenser which can easily clean a pipeline provided in the dispenser.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 1, a draft beer dispenser is a metal draft beer barrel 1 filled with draft beer 32, a carbon dioxide gas cylinder 2 for supplying carbon dioxide for pressurization to the draft beer barrel 1, a draft beer barrel 1 and a pipe. The cooler 3 is connected by 6 and cools drafted beer 32 that has been pumped, and includes a draft beer discharge plug 9 provided at the outlet side of the cooler.
When the draft beer 32 is supplied using the draft beer dispenser, it is inevitable that the components of the draft beer 32 adhere to the pipeline 10 provided in the dispenser. Draft beer 3 poured into the container 33 using the draft beer dispenser
Since unpleasant odor, unpleasant taste, turbidity, and the like are generated in 2, the pipeline 10 needs to be periodically cleaned to remove draft beer components adhering to the tube wall. The pipeline 10 in the draft beer dispenser is wound in a coil shape in the cooler 3 in order to increase the cooling efficiency, and has a total length of about 14 meters, and the draft beer adhered therein. The components also have non-negligible amounts as a whole. Therefore, in order to provide draft beer 32 having a delicious taste, it is indispensable to remove draft beer components adhering to the inner wall surface of the pipeline 10 by periodically cleaning the pipeline 10 provided in the dispenser. Necessary both.

[0003] This cleaning operation is generally performed by a technique of passing a sponge. The sponge threading removes the draft beer pumping pipe 6 from the draft beer barrel 1 and
The draft beer discharge tap 9 is disassembled, a sponge ball 30 is inserted from the inlet end of the pressure feeding pipe 6, and the end of the pressure feeding pipe 6 is connected to a separately prepared washing water tank. The draft beer is slid toward the outlet side in the pipeline 10 and discharged from the decomposed draft beer discharge plug 9 to the outside, and the draft beer component adhered to the pipe inner wall surface by the sliding movement of the sponge ball 30 and the pipe inner wall surface is removed. Is a cleaning method. Draft beer makers recommend that this sponge wash be performed about once a week.

[0004]

However, in the cleaning by sponge passage, when inserting the sponge balls into the pipe 6, the pipe 6 must be removed at the inlet side and the draft beer discharge plug 9 must be disassembled. , The work is complicated and requires skill, it is very troublesome and it takes time for cleaning work, and there is also a problem that water is scattered when sponge balls are discharged, so the cleaning work by passing through a sponge is neglected, It was happening that the taste of draft beer was reduced. In particular, this draft beer dispenser is often placed in restaurants, kitchens, serving counters, corners of seats, etc., and these places are difficult to take up enough space for this washing work, and Scattering is not desirable from the viewpoint of hygiene and aesthetics, and it has been troublesome for a restaurant manager to carry out washing work using a sponge of a draft beer dispenser. In addition, many restaurant employees are unfamiliar with the handling of machinery such as female part-timers, and cleaning work by passing a sponge through a draft beer dispenser was not an easy task for them.

The inventor of the present invention has intensively studied to solve the above-mentioned problems relating to cleaning of the draft beer dispenser by passing through a sponge, and to provide an apparatus which enables anyone to easily and quickly carry out a cleaning operation by passing through a sponge. , Succeeded in developing a convenient draft beer dispenser,
The present invention is proposed here.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a draft beer barrel 1 filled with draft beer, a carbon dioxide gas cylinder 2 for supplying carbon dioxide for pressurization to the draft beer barrel 1, and the draft beer barrel 1
And a cooler 3 connected to the pipeline 10 for cooling the drafted beer 32 that has been pumped, and the two flow paths 14 and 19 on the inlet side by a spherical or cylindrical rotary valve body 13. A three-pronged valve 11 that can select one is installed in the pipeline 10 near the draft beer barrel 1, and one inlet side flow path 19 is used for inserting the sponge ball 30 for cleaning,
At the outlet side of the cooler 3, a draft beer discharge tap 21 which opens and closes a flow path by a spherical or cylindrical rotary valve body 22 and allows a washing sponge ball 30 to pass through the rotary valve body 22. It is intended to solve the above problem by mounting.

[0007]

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of one embodiment of a draft beer dispenser according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a sponge ball insertion portion which is a main portion thereof, and FIG. FIG. In the drawing, 1 is a draft beer barrel, 2 is a carbon dioxide gas cylinder, 3 is a cooling unit, and a dispensing head 4 is screwed into an upper end opening of the draft beer barrel 1. One end of a carbon dioxide gas pipe 5 extending from the carbon dioxide gas cylinder 2 is connected to the dispensing head 4 so that carbon dioxide gas can be fed into the draft beer barrel 1. One end of a draft beer pressure feeding pipe 6 is attached to the dispensing head 4. The draft beer pumping pipe 6 extends to the inlet side of the cooler 3, and is connected to a coiled cooling pipe 8 provided in the cooler 7. The draft beer pumping pipe 6 and the coiled cooling pipe 6 are connected to each other. 8 constitute a pipeline 10.
The coiled cooling pipe 8 is connected to a draft beer outlet 21 provided outside the cooler 7, and by operating the draft beer outlet 21, the cooled draft beer 32 is transferred to a container 33 such as a mug. To pour out. These configurations are basically the same as the conventional draft beer dispenser.

On the other hand, in the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a three-pronged valve for inserting a sponge ball inserted in the middle of the draft beer pumping pipe 6 near the dispensing head 4, and the draft beer dispenser according to the present invention comprises A three-pronged valve 11 and a draft beer discharge plug 21 also serving as a sponge ball discharge port described later are essential components. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the three-pronged valve 11 used for inserting a sponge ball, as viewed from the front side, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the three-pronged valve 11 as viewed from above. It has a cylindrical shape or a spherical shape, and has a channel switching through hole 12 in its diameter direction.
The rotary valve body 13 through which the inlet-side flow path 1
4, a rotary shaft 17 which is located in a valve seat 16 provided in the middle of the outlet side flow path 15 and extends from the rotary valve body 13 to the outside along the rotary shaft center as shown in FIG. By rotating the switching lever 18 attached to one end, the rotary valve body 13 can be rotated in the valve seat 16 and can communicate with the inlet-side flow path 14 and the outlet-side flow path 15. I have.

A sponge insertion cylinder 19, which is another inlet flow path, is formed from the valve seat 16 where the rotary valve body 13 is located in a direction perpendicular to the flow paths 14, 15. By rotating the rotary valve 13, the sponge insertion tube 19 and the passage switching hole 12 can be communicated. The inner diameters of the inlet side flow path 14, the outlet side flow path 15, the flow path switching through hole 12, and the sponge insertion cylinder 19 are all formed to be the same. or,
The open end of the sponge insertion tube 19 can be closed by a cap 20.

On the other hand, the draft beer discharge plug 21 also serving as a sponge ball discharge port has the following configuration. That is, FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view as viewed from the front side, and FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view as viewed from above. As in the case of the aforementioned three-pronged valve 11 for inserting a sponge ball, it has a cylindrical or spherical shape. The rotary valve element 22 has an inlet side flow path 23 and an outlet side flow path 2
4 is located in a valve seat 34 provided on the way. Further, in the diametrical direction of the rotary valve body 22, a through hole 25 for intermittent flow passage is provided penetrating the peripheral wall surface. The inner diameters of the passage intermittent through hole 25 and the inlet-side passage 23 and the outlet-side passage 24 are formed to be the same. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, a rotary shaft 26 extends from the rotary valve body 22 to the outside of the main body along the rotary shaft center thereof, and a switching lever 18 attached to one end of the rotary shaft 26 is provided. By rotating, the space between the inlet side flow path 23 and the outlet side flow path 4 is closed,
You can communicate with them. In addition, the rotary valve body 2
The end face of the open end of the second through hole 25 is beveled in a tapered shape to form a bubble groove 27. On the other hand, on the lower surface side of the main body along the outlet side flow path 24, a back drooping prevention hole 28 is formed, one end of which is open to the outside and the other end is open in the outlet side flow path 24.

Next, a method of passing sponge balls using a three-pronged valve 11 used for inserting the sponge balls and a draft beer discharge plug 21 also serving as a sponge ball discharge port will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 13, the dispensing head 4 previously attached to the draft beer barrel 1 is connected to the washing water tank 29, and the washing water pressurized in the inlet side flow path 14 of the three-way valve 11 is supplied. At the same time, the bucket 31 is positioned just below the draft beer discharge tap 21. Then, the switching lever 18 is operated to move the through-hole 12 for intermittent flow passage of the rotary valve body 13 toward the sponge insertion cylinder 19 and communicate therewith. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 5, the cap 20 is removed, and the sponge ball 30 is fed into the rotary valve 13 from the opening of the sponge insertion tube 19, and then the switching lever 18 is operated to operate the rotary valve body 1.
3 is rotated, as shown in FIG.
2 is directed toward the inlet-side flow path 14 and the outlet-side flow path 15 so as to communicate therewith, and washing water pressurized from the washing water tank 29 is fed into the inlet-side flow path 14, and the sponge balls 30 are drafted by water pressure. The draft beer discharge plug 21 serving as a sponge ball discharge port is slid in the pipeline 10 constituted by the pressure feed pipe 6 and the coiled cooling pipe 8.
Send up to At this time, the passage opening / closing through-hole 25 of the draft beer discharge plug 21 also serving as the sponge ball discharge port is provided in the state shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the inlet side flow path 23 and the outlet side flow path 24 are directed to communicate with them. In this state,
The draft beer discharge tap 21 slides in the pipeline 10.
The sponge ball 30 that has reached the predetermined length passes through the passage intermittent through hole 25 of the rotary valve body 22 and is discharged to the outside from the opening end of the outlet side passage 21 with vigor. By the sliding of the sponge ball 30 in the pipeline 10, draft beer components adhering to the inner peripheral wall surface of the pipeline are cleanly removed. In this way, the sponge ball 3
After the washing of the pipeline 10 by 0 is completed, if the dispensing head 4 is reattached to the draft beer barrel 1, the draft beer 32 can be used in the same manner as a normal draft beer dispenser. When the draft beer 32 is provided, the through-hole 12 for intermittent flow passage of the rotary valve body 13 of the three-pronged valve 11 is oriented in the direction of the inlet side flow path 14 and the outlet side flow path 15 as shown in FIG. Of course, to communicate with it. On the other hand, in the draft beer discharge tap 21 attached to the cooler 3 side, by operating the switching lever 18 as shown in FIG. 11, the rotary valve body 22 is rotated to pour out the draft beer 32 and stop it. It can be done freely. At this time, the bubble release groove 27 of the rotary valve body 22
If only the switching lever 18 is operated so that only the bubbles communicate with the inlet-side flow path 23 and the outlet-side flow path 24 as shown in FIG. 12, only the foam can be poured out.

[0012]

As described above, in the draft beer dispenser according to the present invention, the sponge ball can be inserted into the pipeline simply by operating the switching lever without removing the draft beer pressure feeding pipe or disassembling the draft beer discharge tap. It can be inserted and slid through the pipeline to discharge it, and has the effect that even a layman can easily and quickly perform a cleaning operation in a draft beer pipeline, and is extremely practical.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an example of a conventional draft beer dispenser.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a draft beer dispenser according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a sponge ball insertion portion, which is a main part thereof, as viewed from the side.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the same viewed from above.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view when the sponge ball is inserted.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view when a sponge ball is inserted.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a state when the sponge ball is pushed out into the pipeline.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a sponge ball discharge portion, which is a main portion thereof, as viewed from the side.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the same viewed from above.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a state when the sponge ball is discharged.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of a state in which draft beer is poured out.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which bubbles are poured out.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a connection state of each component when performing a cleaning operation using a sponge ball.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Draft beer barrel 2 Carbon dioxide gas cylinder 3 Cooler 4 Dispense head 5 Carbon dioxide gas pipe 6 Draft beer pressure feeding pipe 8 Coiled cooling pipe 9 Draft beer discharge tap 10 Pipeline 11 Three-way valve 12 Flow passage intermittent through hole 13 Rotary valve body 14 Inlet Side flow path 15 Outlet side flow path 16 Valve seat 17 Rotating shaft 18 Switching lever 19 Sponge insertion tube 20 Cap 21 Draft beer discharge plug 22 Rotary valve element 23 Inlet side flow path 24 Outlet side flow path 25 Flow path intermittent through hole 26 Rotation Shaft 27 Bubble groove 28 Backdrop prevention hole 29 Wash water tank 30 Sponge ball 31 Bucket 32 Draft beer 33 Container 34 Valve seat

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A draft beer barrel 1 filled with draft beer, a carbon dioxide gas cylinder 2 for supplying carbon dioxide gas for pressurization to the draft beer barrel 1, a draft beer 32 connected to the draft beer barrel 1 by a pipeline 10, and cooling the draft beer 32 fed under pressure. In the draft beer dispenser comprising the cooling device 3 which is provided, a three-way valve 11 which can select one of the two flow paths 14 and 19 on the inlet side by a spherical or cylindrical rotary valve body 13 is provided.
Is installed in the pipeline 10 near the draft beer barrel 1,
One inlet-side flow path 19 is used for inserting a cleaning sponge ball 30, and the outlet side of the cooler 3 is opened and closed by a spherical or cylindrical rotary valve body 22. A draft beer dispenser, comprising a draft beer discharge plug 21 that allows the washing sponge ball 30 to pass through the inside of the body 22.