EP1502897A1 - Robinet pour distribuer des boissons à température contrôlée et installation de distribution des boissons s'y rapportant - Google Patents

Robinet pour distribuer des boissons à température contrôlée et installation de distribution des boissons s'y rapportant Download PDF

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EP1502897A1
EP1502897A1 EP03425515A EP03425515A EP1502897A1 EP 1502897 A1 EP1502897 A1 EP 1502897A1 EP 03425515 A EP03425515 A EP 03425515A EP 03425515 A EP03425515 A EP 03425515A EP 1502897 A1 EP1502897 A1 EP 1502897A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0857—Cooling arrangements
    • B67D1/0858—Cooling arrangements using compression systems
    • B67D1/0861—Cooling arrangements using compression systems the evaporator acting through an intermediate heat transfer means
    • B67D1/0864—Cooling arrangements using compression systems the evaporator acting through an intermediate heat transfer means in the form of a cooling bath
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0878—Safety, warning or controlling devices
    • B67D1/0882—Devices for controlling the dispensing conditions
    • B67D1/0884—Means for controlling the parameters of the state of the liquid to be dispensed, e.g. temperature, pressure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/12—Flow or pressure control devices or systems, e.g. valves, gas pressure control, level control in storage containers
    • B67D1/14—Reducing valves or control taps
    • B67D1/1405—Control taps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D2210/00—Indexing scheme relating to aspects and details of apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught or for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D2210/00028—Constructional details
    • B67D2210/00099—Temperature control
    • B67D2210/00104—Cooling only

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  • the present invention provides a tap for dispensing drinks at controlled temperature and it is of the type comprising a regulating device between an ambient temperature whereat the drink is found within at least a container thereof, and a lower temperature whereto the chilled drink is brought in an installation for distributing the drink along at least a column or a dispensing installation, where the tap is applied.
  • Said tap is can be applied in all known drink distribution installations, for instance drink distribution installations of the so-called “over-the-counter” type, in which the related dispensing installation comprises within it at least a system for chilling at least a spiralled or coiled chilling conduit, through which the drink travels, or installations of the so-called "under-the-counter” type, of the kind comprising at least a main chilling system, containing its own chilled fluid; at least a column for dispensing at least a drink, remotely served by the chilling system.
  • Some known installations are provided with temperature regulating devices, constituted by four-way by-passes: two inlets (one for the conduit of the drink at ambient temperature coming from one of said spiralled or coiled chilling conduits) and two outlets (one for the conduit that feeds the tap, where the drink at ambient temperature flows, mixed with the chilled drink, and one for the return conduit of said chilling conduit), or the by-passes may have three ways with a single outlet, but in this case they require two distinct organs for regulating the flow of the drink at the two inlets.
  • temperature regulation often requires intervening within the dispensing installation or in other positions, but never where it would be much more convenient, i.e. on the tap itself, which is already exposed to the exterior.
  • the aforesaid by-passes are always separate from the corresponding ones and there is always at least a segment of conduit, containing the drink, which remains outside and upstream of the dispensing tap.
  • the above contributes to a certain assembly complexity, but also and above all to the impossibility of obtaining a temperature of the dispensed drink that exactly corresponds to the desired one.
  • An aim of the present invention is to overcome the aforesaid drawbacks, making available a drink dispensing tap which enables, in any occasion and for any installation which uses it, a lways to obtain a drink at a predetermined optimal temperature, even when a long time interval elapses between a dispensing operation and the next one.
  • the invention provides particularly advantageous structures for under-the-counter installations, where there no longer is any problem with sizeable temperature variations along the conduits where the chilled drink flows.
  • the term "dispensing installation” means a dispensing apparatus which comprises active chilling devices (such as compressor and e vaporator), w hilst t he term “ dispensing c olumn” means a dispensing apparatus lacking said active elements.
  • the reference number (1) designates a tap for dispensing drinks at strictly controlled temperature, in the best possible manner, as shall become readily apparent hereafter. It comprises a device (2) for regulating the temperature, directly integrated in the tap (1) itself, preferably immediately upstream of the shutter (13) for opening and closing the dispensing conduit (14) of the tap (1) itself.
  • Said device (2) is able to regulate the temperature of the drink between an ambient temperature of the drink within at least a container (3) thereof, normally maintained under pressure for the circulation of the drink, and the lower temperature whereto the cooled drink is brought in an installation (5) for the distribution of the drink along at least a dispensing column (6) or installation (66) where the tap (1) is applied.
  • the tap (1) comprises at least a first delivery conduit (11) for supplying the drink at ambient temperature and at least a second delivery conduit (12) for supplying the cooled drink. Downstream of the delivery conduits (11, 12) there is a mixing chamber (15), calibrated by the regulating device (2), as Figure 2 clearly shows.
  • the regulating device (2) comprises an organ (21) for the calibrated mixing of the drink at ambient temperature and of the cooled drink, which can be operated by means of a regulating organ (25) accessible from the exterior.
  • the calibrated mixing organ (21) is provided with a pair of plugs (22, 23) each frontally oriented towards a corresponding outlet orifice (16, 179 of said delivery conduits (11, 12), to vary the outflow port thereof, according to the action of the regulating organ (25).
  • the mixing organ (21) is structured as a rocking lever. At least one end (24) of the rocking lever is subjected to the action of a thruster (27) obtained on the adjusting organ (25), maintained constantly in contact with the end (24) itself by elastic contrast organs (26), which can be spring actuated and acting in contrast (see Figure 2, solid line) or spiralled and acting in the fulcrum (see Figure 2, dashed line).
  • a temperature sensor (7) may also be provided, able to measure the temperature of the mixed drink within the mixing chamber (15) and to make it visible from the exterior.
  • the tap (1) of the invention enables to achieve a considerable technical improvement of all related installations that utilise it.
  • said tap can be used in over-the-counter installations, of the type comprising at least a dispensing installation (66) within which is provided at least a system (4) for chilling at least one spiralled or coiled conduit (8), through which the drink flows.
  • the outlet of the spiralled or coiled conduit (8) is directly and advantageously applied to the regulating device (2) integrated in the tap (1), whereto is also directly applied an end of the conduit (111) for supplying the drink at ambient temperature which comes from the corresponding container (3), all as clearly shown in Figure 3.
  • said tap (1) is advantageously usable also in installations similar to those known with the name of "under-the-counter", which substantially comprise:
  • each served column (6) is destined to contain at least its own spiralled or coiled chilling conduit (8).
  • the latter is traversed by the drink and immersed in a predetermined volume of cooled fluid, also contained in the column (6) and supplied, in continuous recirculation, by the chilling system (4) (and coming from the tank (41)).
  • the outlet of the chilling conduit (8) is directly applied to the device (2) for regulating the tap (1), whereto is also directly applied an end of the conduit (111) for supplying the drink at ambient temperature which comes from the corresponding container (3), all as Figure 4 clearly shows.
  • each dispensing column (6) may also provide for each dispensing column (6) to be inundated by said predetermined volume of cooled fluid, or comprises its own chilling tank (44) in turn containing the cooled fluid, which may be thermally insulated from the exterior, to prevent the production of condensation on the outer surface of the column (6).
  • the drink is supplied to the chilling conduit (8) by means of a branch-off (9) applied directly to the conduit (111) for supplying the drink which comes from the corresponding container (3).
  • each conduit (112) for the delivery of the cooled fluid which goes from the chilling system (4) to each dispensing column (6) may comprise valves (114) for shutting off the flow of the cooled fluid, to condition the temperature in each column (6), according to different requirements.

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EP1683756A2 (fr) * 2005-01-21 2006-07-26 Lancer Partnership, Ltd. Système de distribution de bière avec sélection de température

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US20030071093A1 (en) * 1999-11-10 2003-04-17 Shurflo Pump Manufacturing Company, Inc. Rapid comestible fluid dispensing apparatus and method employing a diffuser

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GB2346679A (en) * 1999-02-03 2000-08-16 David Sharp Controlled cooling of beverages
US20030071093A1 (en) * 1999-11-10 2003-04-17 Shurflo Pump Manufacturing Company, Inc. Rapid comestible fluid dispensing apparatus and method employing a diffuser

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EP1683756A2 (fr) * 2005-01-21 2006-07-26 Lancer Partnership, Ltd. Système de distribution de bière avec sélection de température
EP1683756A3 (fr) * 2005-01-21 2006-09-27 Lancer Partnership, Ltd. Système de distribution de bière avec sélection de température
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