EP0173031A2 - Dispositif de saturation d'acide carbonique de l'eau - Google Patents

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EP0173031A2
EP0173031A2 EP85108250A EP85108250A EP0173031A2 EP 0173031 A2 EP0173031 A2 EP 0173031A2 EP 85108250 A EP85108250 A EP 85108250A EP 85108250 A EP85108250 A EP 85108250A EP 0173031 A2 EP0173031 A2 EP 0173031A2
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Matthias Dipl.-Ing. Aschberger
Karlheinz Dipl.-Ing. Färber
Anton Dipl.-Ing. Deininger
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BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Coca Cola Co
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01FMIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F35/00Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
    • B01F35/75Discharge mechanisms
    • B01F35/754Discharge mechanisms characterised by the means for discharging the components from the mixer
    • B01F35/7547Discharge mechanisms characterised by the means for discharging the components from the mixer using valves, gates, orifices or openings
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01FMIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20Mixing gases with liquids
    • B01F23/23Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids
    • B01F23/236Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids specially adapted for aerating or carbonating beverages
    • B01F23/2362Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids specially adapted for aerating or carbonating beverages for aerating or carbonating within receptacles or tanks, e.g. distribution machines
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01FMIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20Mixing gases with liquids
    • B01F23/23Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids
    • B01F23/2366Parts; Accessories
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01FMIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F35/00Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
    • B01F35/71Feed mechanisms
    • B01F35/712Feed mechanisms for feeding fluids
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01FMIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F35/00Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
    • B01F35/71Feed mechanisms
    • B01F35/717Feed mechanisms characterised by the means for feeding the components to the mixer
    • B01F35/71805Feed mechanisms characterised by the means for feeding the components to the mixer using valves, gates, orifices or openings
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01FMIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F35/00Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
    • B01F35/75Discharge mechanisms
    • B01F35/754Discharge mechanisms characterised by the means for discharging the components from the mixer
    • B01F35/75415Discharge mechanisms characterised by the means for discharging the components from the mixer using gravity
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S261/00Gas and liquid contact apparatus
    • Y10S261/07Carbonators

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  • the present invention relates to an arrangement for carbonating water in a - preferably cooled - pressure tank, in which water up to a predetermined level and CO, gas are fed as required via a pressure reducing valve arrangement and a feed line and from which the carbonated water can be removed via a closing and pressure reducing valve.
  • Such arrangements for the cabonization of water are used in particular in beverage vending machines, by means of which the water which has been dispensed can be mixed with beverage concentrates to form a usable beverage.
  • a storage tank is used for this purpose, in which water is enriched and cooled with CO 2 gas.
  • CO 2 gas is fed via a delivery rate control device which is influenced as a function of pressure.
  • the flow control device for the water can be either a pump arrangement, a control valve if the supplied water is available safely under sufficiently high pressure, or a combination both measures.
  • the delivery rate control device for the CO Z gas will - since this CO 2 gas is usually available in storage bottles with high gas pressure - usually be a self-regulating pressure reducing valve.
  • Pressure reducing valves of a known type are able to provide a relatively constant predetermined gas pressure, provided that there is an overlying gas pressure on the inlet side.
  • the object of the present invention is now to provide a device which both signals in a simple manner that the pressure falls below a predetermined operating pressure and on the other hand also offers the possibility in the same simple way to equalize the pressure of the storage tank to the ambient atmosphere.
  • An arrangement for carbonating water in a relation to the ambient atmosphere under increased internal pressure of the storage tank, which satisfies these requirements is, according to the invention characterized in that a by the supplied through the pressure-dependent influenced capacity control apparatus for the CO 2 gas CO Z -Gas Scheme the increased gas pressure against a restoring force is arranged an outlet opening closable valve assembly.
  • the valve arrangement is compared to the restoring force by the one required for correct operation Main gas pressure is kept in the closed position. If the gas pressure in the system drops below a predetermined amount, the effect of which falls below the effect of the restoring force, the valve arrangement opens. This creates a signal effect.
  • This can consist in the simplest way of adjusting a valve tappet.
  • the gas flowing out under the low pressure can also be used for acoustic signaling.
  • the valve tappet can also be used to force the valve to open against normal working pressure, for example to vent the system.
  • a spring element can be used as the simplest form for the restoring force, the restoring force of which can preferably be set to a desired value by means of an adjusting screw.
  • a flow restrictor is arranged in the outlet opening for the CO, gas which can be closed by the valve arrangement.
  • This flow restrictor is dimensioned in such a way that no pressure closing the valve arrangement is built up within the storage container by the amount of water flowing in via its delivery quantity control device as a result of the gas flow permitted by the flow restrictor, while the subsequent supply of CO 2 gas with a significantly higher delivery volume each Unit of time that the internal pressure built up via the flow restrictor is able to close the outlet opening via the valve arrangement.
  • the reservoir is to be filled in a first step with water up to a predetermined state - detected by appropriate sensors - and then with CO. -Gas to supply.
  • the arrangement according to the invention is characterized in that the valve arrangement is designed as a tappet with a disk-shaped valve plate, which, in a bore in the valve housing, is axially displaceably opposite a valve seat of the valve housing. Between two between the valve plate and valve seat, a sealing ring made of resiliently deformable material is arranged.
  • the spring element which is supported in relation to the valve housing and the valve plate as a compression spring, is placed on the tappet.
  • the plunger is preferably guided with play in the valve housing, so that the gas can escape to the outside between this plunger and the bore of the valve housing when the valve is open.
  • the sealing ring made of resiliently deformable material is used for a reliable seal when the valve is closed.
  • the conical design of the valve seat can advantageously influence the sealing behavior if necessary.
  • the arrangement according to the invention is characterized in that the valve plate is guided as a flow restrictor in a bore in the valve housing, forming an edge gap between the valve plate and the guide bore.
  • the closing force for the open valve thus receives components from the pressure difference acting on the valve between internal pressure and external pressure and from the gas flow effect.
  • valve arrangement according to the invention is integrated into the structural unit of the delivery rate control device for the C0 2 gas.
  • a beverage dispenser for mixing different beverage concentrates with chilled CO 2 water to form a mixed beverage contains as essential components a mixing trough 1, in which the mixing process is initiated or carried out, beverage concentrate containers 2, from which the beverage concentrates are added to the mixing trough 1 in portions via metering devices 3 are supplied, and a storage container 4 for cooled CO, water, which can flow into the mixing trough as needed via a discharge valve 5.
  • the mixture leaves the mixing trough 1 via an outlet funnel 6.
  • the CO 2 water supply is cooled by refrigerants which are passed through a pipeline wound around the storage container 4.
  • the CO is supplemented.
  • -Water supply within the container 4 by the quantities withdrawn via the discharge valve 5 in that fresh water is supplied via a pipeline 8, controlled via a valve system 9, and via a pipeline 10 from a container 11 with CO, gas filling, controlled by a Valve system 12, CO 2 gas is supplied.
  • the interior of the container 4 is under an increased pressure compared to the atmosphere. This contributes to the desired good carbonation of the water within the storage container 4.
  • This overpressure in the storage container 4 is controlled by a reducing valve, which reduces the substantially higher gas pressure within the storage container 11 to the operating pressure in the carbonization container 4.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 A corresponding control device for influencing a bottle check valve is shown by FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • the gas pressure required in the carbonator 4 acts within a chamber 13 of this valve arrangement 12 via a piston 14 against the force of a spring 15 15 pressed down and over the plunger 16, a valve, not shown, is opened, which allows the gas flow from the storage bottle 11 or allows increased. If the gas pressure in the carbonator 4 and thus in the valve chamber 13 rises again, this raises the piston 14 again against the force of the spring 15 and the gas cylinder valve can follow the plunger 16, throttle the CO 2 gas flow from the cylinder or completely interrupt. Under normal circumstances, this arrangement works smoothly and functionally as long as there is sufficient gas pressure in the storage bottle 11.
  • valve arrangement 17 shown in detail within the control valve 12.
  • This valve arrangement 17 lies in the channel system open to the carbonator 4. In principle, it resembles a check valve with the special feature that the valve closing element is acted upon by gas pressure in the closing direction and by spring force against the closing direction
  • Closing element includes a valve tappet 18 with a valve piston 19, which acts against a valve seat 21 of the valve housing 22 via a ring 20 made of elastic material.

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
  • Non-Alcoholic Beverages (AREA)
  • Water Treatment By Sorption (AREA)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
EP85108250A 1984-08-22 1985-07-03 Dispositif de saturation d'acide carbonique de l'eau Expired - Lifetime EP0173031B1 (fr)

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AT85108250T ATE49136T1 (de) 1984-08-22 1985-07-03 Anordnung zum karbonisieren von wasser.

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DE19843430950 DE3430950A1 (de) 1984-08-22 1984-08-22 Anordnung zum karbonisieren von wasser
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EP (1) EP0173031B1 (fr)
JP (1) JPS61197025A (fr)
AT (1) ATE49136T1 (fr)
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DE3430950C2 (fr) 1987-06-04
EP0173031B1 (fr) 1990-01-03
CA1253793A (fr) 1989-05-09
ATE49136T1 (de) 1990-01-15
DE3430950A1 (de) 1986-03-06
JPS61197025A (ja) 1986-09-01

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