EP0195544B1 - Vorrichtung zum Ausschenken von Getränken - Google Patents

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EP0195544B1
EP0195544B1 EP86301442A EP86301442A EP0195544B1 EP 0195544 B1 EP0195544 B1 EP 0195544B1 EP 86301442 A EP86301442 A EP 86301442A EP 86301442 A EP86301442 A EP 86301442A EP 0195544 B1 EP0195544 B1 EP 0195544B1
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John Barclay Hedderick
Brian Robert Rutty
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Guinness Brewing Worldwide Ltd
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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
    • B67D1/0042—Details of specific parts of the dispensers
    • B67D1/0057—Carbonators
    • B67D1/0069—Details
    • B67D1/0071—Carbonating by injecting CO2 in the liquid
    • 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
    • B67D1/0003—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being a single liquid
    • B67D1/0004—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being a single liquid the beverage being stored in a container, e.g. bottle, cartridge, bag-in-box, bowl
    • 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
    • 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
    • B67D1/10—Pump mechanism
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B67D1/0801—Details of beverage containers, e.g. casks, kegs
    • B67D2001/0827—Bags in box

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  • This invention relates to a beverage dispensing system. More particularly, the invention concerns a system which incorporates flexible container charged with the beverage and which serves as a storage and transport facility and also as a source from which the beverage is withdrawn on demand, an example of such a flexible container is disclosed in EP-A-0053813.
  • Beverage dispensing systems are well known in which a flexible container is charged with a wine, soft drink, beer or cider and fitted with a tap so that as the beverage is drawn off by gravity or pump and on demand through the tap, the container collapses under atmospheric pressure to maintain the beverage remaining therein substantially without headspace.
  • containers for the aforementioned systems are formed with a flexible wall structure which is impervious to the contents, precludes the beverage from the external atmosphere and has negligible, if any, adverse effect upon the characteristics of the beverage.
  • the flexible wall stuc- ture is of plastics sheeting or metal foil or laminations thereof.
  • the beverages as aforementioned should have more than one volume of carbon dioxide gas (as measured at 1 atmosphere and 0°C) dissolved therein for each volume of the beverage and which gas may be retained in the beverage by a pressure on the flexible container of 1 atmosphere.
  • carbon dioxide gas as measured at 1 atmosphere and 0°C
  • Flexible containers of the kind mentioned above are a convenient and economical means for the storage and transportation of beverage and there is a requirement for a beverage dispensing system which includes a flexible container of the beverage that is collapsible under atmospheric pressuring during dispensing of the beverage and from which the beverage can be dispensed having an accurately controlled volume of gas dissolved therein, the volume of the dissolved gas being to an extent greater than that available with existing flexible container dispensing systems) and without changing the characteristics of the beverage as it is progressively dispensed from the container - it is an object of the present invention to satisfy this requirement.
  • a beverage dispensing system which comprises a container of the beverage, said container being subjected externally to atmospheric pressure and sealing the beverage therein from external atmosphere; dispensing means in sealed communication with the beverage in the container, and means for introducing into the beverage remotely from the container and during dispensing, at least one of carbon dioxide, nitrogen (or other inert gas as herein defined) and air gases, said gas or gases being introduced to the beverage from a pressurised source of the gas or gases and through a restricted orifice so that the introduced gas or gases serve to provide or increase a dissolved gas content of the beverage to form or assist in the formation of a froth or head on the beverage as dispensed, characterised in that the container is flexible and collapses under atmospheric pressure as beverage is dispensed therefrom to maintain the beverage remaining in the container substantially without headspace and the means for introducing the gas or gases comprises a fixed orifice restrictor and a non-return valve successively thorugh which pressurised gas or gases from the pressurised
  • inert gas as used throughout this Specification is meant a gas other than carbon dioxide with the following properties.
  • nitrogen may be regarded as an inert gas; an example of another inert gas which may be considered suitable for the purpose of the present invention is argon.
  • the system of the present invention will be located at a place of dispense for the beverage to which the flexible container of the beverage will be delivered in a sealed condition so that it will be a simple matter to pierce or break the seal and couple the container into the system.
  • the beverage within the flexible container may, for practical purposes, be considered as devoid of gas (especially carbon dioxide) dissolved therein so that the entire dissolved gas content may be introduced into the beverage during its dispensing from the flexible container.
  • the beverage within the flexible container may have carbon dioxide gas dissolved therein. If present, this gas is preferably at least 0.6 volumes and less than 1.5 volumes of C0 2 per volume of beverage.
  • the beverage will have approximately 1.0 volumes of C0 2 per volume of beverage since, at the place of dispense, it is likely that the flexible container will be stored for dispensing at a temperature less than 15°C (so that the carbon dioxide is unlikely to be liberated at atmospheric pressure) and consequently proportionally less gas need be introduced during the dispensing.
  • fermented beverages such as beer, lager, stout and cider
  • the carbon dioxide dissolved in the beverage in the flexible container may result from the fermentation process.
  • the gas which is introduced thereto during the dispensing will usually be carbon dioxide derived from a storage bottle or appropriate local source which may be available on the premises.
  • the gas which is introduced during the dispensing will usually be nitrogen or air (relying upon the high nitrogen content in air) - the nitrogen being derived, say, from an appropriate storage bottle or the air being derived from a compressor upon demand.
  • nitrogen or air relying upon the high nitrogen content in air
  • the nitrogen being derived, say, from an appropriate storage bottle or the air being derived from a compressor upon demand.
  • the beverage within the flexible container has carbon dioxide gas dissolved therein so that the beverage is dispensed with a mixed carbon dioxide and nitrogen gas content in accordance with the disclosure in our U.K. Patent Specificaton No. 876,628.
  • the dispensing means will usually comprise a manually adjsutable valve or tap which controls the flow of beverage from the container. It is preferred that the adjustment of this tap also serves to control the introduction of the gas into the beverage during dispensing.
  • the dispensing system may include a pump for withdrawal (or to assist in the withdrawal) of the beverage from the container and the operation of this pump may also be controlled by operation of the aforementioned valve or tap.
  • the aforementioned control tap or valve will usually have a nozzle extending therefrom through which the beverage is dispensed.
  • the gas or gases are introduced into the beverage upstream of the control tap or valve, conveniently adjacent to that tap or valve.
  • a restricted orifice which is adjustable in size to very the volume of the gas flow therethrough and therefore the volume of gas which is introduced to the beverage.
  • the gas is introduced into the beverage by way of a fixed orifice and subsequently through a non-return valve which non-return valve ensures that the orifice (which will necessarily be of a relatively small diameter) is not contaminated by the beverage. It is also a feature of the present invention that the pressure at which the gas is introduced into the fixed orifice is adjustable so that it can be set and maintained at a predetermined level during setting up of the system for a particular beverage and for prevalent temperature and other conditions associated with the system.
  • the aforementioned fixed orifice and variable pressure arrangement for introducing the gas or gases to the beverage during dispensing provided an improved means of controlling the volume of the gas which is introduced as compared with the prior proposed arrangement in which the aforementioned orifice is adjustable whilst the pressure of the gas directed thereto remains substantially constant.
  • the dispensing system immediately downstream of the position at which the gas or gases are introduced into the beverage includes means, such as baffles by which the beverage is subjected to turbulence to promote the rate at which the introduced gas or gases are absorbed by the beverage.
  • the dispensing system may also include small apertures or restrictors through which the beverage is dispensed downstream or the position at which the gas or gases are introduced (particularly where the introduced gas is or comprises nitrogen) which small apertures or restrictors subject the beverage to cavitation and assist in liberating the dissolved gases to form or assist in the formation of a froth or head on the dispensed beverage.
  • the beverage dispensing system may include monitoring means (such as a closed loop control arrangement) whereby the proportion of gas or gases in the beverage (following the introduction of the gas or gases thereto) is continuously monitored during dispensing and adjusted to ensure that the beverage is dispensed with a substantially constant and preset gas content.
  • monitoring means such as a closed loop control arrangement
  • the beverage dispensing system illustrated is primarily intended for dispensing stout from a flexible bag 1 having a plastic sheet/metal foil or other (relatively) impermeable barrier wall structure and which is intended to collapse under atmospheric pressure as the stout is drawn off.
  • the dispensing system forms the end of a stout distribution process which commences, usually at a brewery, with the bag 1 being charged under atmospheric pressure with the stout; typically the bag will be capable of holding say from 3 to 100 litres of stout.
  • the stout which emanates from the brewery will likely have approximately 1 volume of carbon dioxide gas dissolved in it for each volume of stout as a result of the fermentation process, and to ensure that this gas is not liberated, it is preferred that the bag is charged with the stout at a temperature less than, say, 15°C. When fully charged the bag 1 is sealed so that the stout is isolated from atmospheric air and subsequently transported for connection to the dispensing system which will be located at a place of dispense, usually (but not necessarily) a retail outlet.
  • the bag will usually be supported/protected within a rigid or semi-rigid container.
  • the bag 1 may be mounted on or in an appropriate support 2 and its seal broken by coupling to a pipe 3 through which the stout is to be dispensed.
  • the pipe 3 can conveniently be coupled to the bag 1 by providing a tubular probe on the pipe end which breaches a diaphragm or other form of seal 4 on the bag so that the stout is in sealed communication with the pipe 3 and such communication is effected without the admission of air.
  • the communication between the pipe 3 and the stout is at the lowermost position of the bag 1 so that the stout will flow naturally into the pipe 3.
  • the pipe 3 communicates with an outlet nozzle 5 having a manually operated dispensing control tap 6.
  • the pipe 3 can include a pump 8 which may be electrically controlled (as indicted by the line 8a) by operation of the tap 6 so that the pump is operated only when the tap is open for dispensing purposes.
  • the stout is intended to be dispensed from the tap 6 having a mixture of gases, carbon dioxide and air dissolved in it - these gases serving to provide desirable characteristics to the stout as dispensed and also to form or assist in the formation of a head as the stout is dispensed into an open topped container 9; the use of such mixed gases in the dispensing of fermented beverages is discussed in our British Patent No. 876,628.
  • the system includes an air compressor 10 which is operated through a line 10a under control of the tap 6 so that air under pressure is directed to the inlet 7 only when the tap 6 is open for dispensing purposes.
  • Air under pressure from the compressor 10 is directed through passage 11 to the inlet 7 by way of a restricted orifice 12 and subsequently by way of a non-return valve 13.
  • the restrictor 12 has a fixed orifice and serves to reduce the air pressure prior to its introduction to the stout.
  • the non-return valve 13 alleviates the possibility of stout flowing from the pipe 3 into and blocking the restrictor 12.
  • Means shown generally at 14 is provided for adjusting the air pressure derived from the compressor 10 and this means provides a convenient way of setting up the system for a particular stout by which it may be ensured that a required flow rate and pressure of air can be introduced into the stout by way of the fixed orifice restrictor 12.
  • the air will be introduced to the beverage being dispensed so that approximately 0.002 to 0.1 volumes of nitrogen gas in the air are introduced and dissolved into each volume of stout.
  • the pipe 3 can include baffles or other means shown generally at 15 downstream of the inlet 7 to create turbulence in the beverage during its flow to the nozzle 5. It will be noted that the air from the compressor 10 is introduced into the pipe 3 only on demand and immediately upstream of the tap 6 and as a consequence the relatively short period of exposure of the stout to the oxygen in the air has not been found to have any adverse effects upon the characteristics of the stout in a practical system.
  • the nozzle 5 preferably includes a cavitation or restrictor plate which assists in the liberation of the dissolved gases from the stout and enhances the formation of the froth or head during dispensing in accordance with conventional practice.
  • pure nitrogen can be introduced into the beverage by removing the compressor 10 and connecting the passage 11 to a bottle or other source of nitrogen gas under pressure (but again it is preferred that this pressure is adjustable at 14).
  • the compressor 10 can be removed and the passage 11 coupled to a C0 2 ring main or bottle or carbon dioxide under pressure - preferably with the means 14 for adjusting that pressure so that all or a proportion of the carbon dioxide can be introduced into the beverage during dispensing.
  • the system as above described can be provided with means for monitoring the proportion of gas in the beverage as dispensed and for controlling and adjusting, as necessary, the gas which is introduced to the beverage to maintain the beverage as dispensed with a substantially constant and preset gas content.
  • This may be achieved by use of a closed loop control arrangement whereby a detector 16 in the pipe 3 downstream of the gas admission inlet 7 is responsive to the gas content in the beverage and is coupled (as indicated at 17) to the gas pressure adjustment means 14 to cause an adjustment, as necessary, in the gas pressure for increasing or decreasing the proportion of the introduced gas to maintain the gas content as detected at 16 subtantially constant at a preset level.

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1. Anordnung zur Ausgabe eines Getränkes mit einem das Getränk enthaltenden, von außen unter atmosphärischem Druck stehenden Behälter (1), der das in ihm enthaltene Getränk gegenüber dem Außendruck abdichtet, mit Zapfgliedem (6), die gegenüber dem Behälter abgedichtet mit dem Getränk in Verbindung stehen, und mit Mitteln (10-14), über die in das Getränk außerhalb des Behälters während der Getränkeausgabe mindestens eines der Gase Kohlendioxyd, Stickstoff (oder ein anderes inertes Gas) und Luft einführbar ist, wobei das oder die Gase in das Getränk von einer das oder die Gase enthaltenden Druckquelle (10) durch eine verengte Öffnung (12) einführbar ist/sind, so daß über das oder die eingeleiteten Gase der Anteil eines im Getränk gelösten Gases bereitgestellt oder erhöht wird, das der Schaumbildung dient oder eine größere Schaumbildung bei der Ausgabe des Getränkes bewirkt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Behälter (1) flexibel ist und unter atmosphärischem Druck beim Austritt des Getränkes zusammensackt, so daß das im Behälter (1) verbleibende Getränk im wesentlichen ohne Leerraum verbleibt und daß die Mittel zu Einleitung des Gases oder der Gase eine Ausflußdrossel (12) mit definierter Öffnung und ein nachgeschaltetes Rückschlagventil (13) umfassen, durch die das Druckgas oder die Druckgase aus der Druckquelle (10) in das Getränk eingeleitet werden, und daß Mittel (14) zur Druckregulierung des oder der eingeleiteten Gase vor dem Durchströmen der Ausflußdrossel (12) vorgesehen sind.
2. Anordnung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das in dem Behälter (1) befindliche Getränk gelöstes Kohlensäuregas enthält.
3. Anordnung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Anteil an gelöstem Kohlensäuregas des im Behälter (1) befindlichen Getränkes zwischen 0,6 und 1,5 Volumenanteile pro Getränkevolumen beträgt.
4. Anordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß Mittel (15) zur Verwirbelung des Getränkes und des oder der eingeleiteten Gase während der Ausgabe des Getränkes zwecks leichterer Lösung des jeweiligen Gaszusatzes im Getränk vorgesehen sind.
5. Anordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das oder die Gase nur während der Ausgabe des Getränkes zugesetzt werden.
6. Anordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Pumpe (8) die Ausgabe von Getränk aus dem Behälter nach Bedarf steuert.
7. Anordnung nach Anspruch 5 oder 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Hahn oder ein Ventil (6) den Getränkefluß bei der Ausgabe steuert, und daß der Hahn oder das Ventil (6) mindestens die Einleitung eines der Gase und den Betrieb der Pumpe (8) während der Getränkeausgabe steuert.
8. Anordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das eingeleitete Gas Luft ist, die über einen Kompressor (10) nach Bedarf einleit bar ist.
9. Anordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das eingeleitete Gas Stickstoff ist, dessen im Getränk gelöster Anteil zwischen 0,002 bis 0,100 volumenanteile pro Getränkevolumen beträgt.
10. Anordnung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das eingeleitete Gas Kohlensäure ist und daß der im Getränk gelöste Koblensäureanteil nach der Einleitung 1, 2 bis 4 Volumenanteile pro Volumenanteil des Getränkes beträgt.
11. Anordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Zapfglieder ein Kavitationsmittel aufweisen, um das im Getränk gelöste Gas oder die gelösten Gase zur Unterstützung bei der Schaum- oder Luftraumbildung freizuszetzen, und daß die Kavitationsmittel stromab zum Einleitungspunkt für das oder die Gase angeordnet sind.
12. Anordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet, durch eine Überwachungseinrichtung (16) zur kontinuierlichen Überwachung des Gasanteils im Getränk nach Ein leitung des Gases während der Getränkeausgabe, die so eingestellt ist, daß das ausgegebene Getränk einen im wesentlichen konstanten und vorgegebenen Gasgehalt aufweist.
13. Anordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Getränk ein fermentiertes Getränk, beispielsweise Bier, Lagerbier, Starkbier, Apfel-Cidre oder Wein ist.
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