JPH0716640Y2 - Dispensing head for barrels - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dispensing head for use in a barrel dispenser, such as a draft beer dispenser.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 shows a draft beer pouring device using a conventionally used dispense head. In FIG. 7, 80 is a carbon dioxide cylinder which is a container for beer pushing gas,
Reference numeral 82 is a beer barrel containing draft beer, and 84 is a dispensing head. The carbon dioxide gas in the carbon dioxide gas cylinder 80 passes through the pressure reducing valve 86, is depressurized to the optimum pressure, and reaches the space 82a in the upper part of the beer barrel 82 via the conventional dispensing head 84. The beer in the lower portion 82b of the beer barrel 82 reaches the dispenser 90 through the inside / connecting hose 88 of the suspension pipe 84a of the dispensing head 84. The dispenser 90 is composed of a container 90a containing ice and the like, a coil 90b for cooling beer passing through the inside, and a cock 90c for pouring beer into a jug (not shown). The beer passing through the dispenser 90 is cooled and poured into the jug. Will be issued.

If the dispensing head 84, the connecting hose 88, and the coil 90b of this beer dispensing device are not regularly cleaned, microorganisms will grow and the beer poured into the jug will have a bad taste or stain.

Therefore, conventionally, each time the draft beer is poured out,
Remove the dispensing head 84 from the beer barrel 82,
It is attached to a cleaning tank 92 containing water or a chemical solution (see FIG. 8), and carbon dioxide gas is added to the cleaning tank 92 as in the beer pouring.
The cleaning was carried out by injecting water or a chemical solution into the dispense head 84, the connecting hose 88, and the coil 90b.

However, the above method requires a complicated work of replacing the dispensing head 84 with the washing tank 92 from the beer barrel 82.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to wash the entire beer dispensing device without replacing the tank to which the dispensing head is attached. Is to provide a dispensing head.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a housing having a cleaning liquid port on the upper side and a gas port on the lower side, and a through hole in the axial direction to communicate with this through hole from the outer periphery. It has a slide body that has at least one communication hole and slides vertically in the housing, and a handle that slides this slide body. By sliding the slide body, the cleaning liquid port and the gas port can be formed. It is characterized by closing one side.

[0008]

[Operation] The dispense head according to the present invention is attached to the beer barrel. By operating the handle and sliding the sliding body, the gas port is made to communicate when pouring beer and the beer is poured out, the sliding body is moved further at the time of washing, and the washing liquid port is made to communicate to supply pressurized washing liquid for washing. To do.

[0009]

EXAMPLE An example of the dispense head according to the present invention will be described below. A description will be given based on FIGS. 1 to 6.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a state of a dispensing head according to the present invention during cleaning, and FIG. 2 is a front view thereof. Number 2 shows the housing of the dispensing head. The cleaning liquid port 4 is arranged at the upper part of the side surface of the housing 2, and the gas port 6 is arranged at the lower part. Further, a sliding hole 8 is formed on the central vertical axis of the housing 2 so that the sliding body 38 can slide. The lower part of the sliding hole 8 is continuous with a conical part 10 that gradually expands outward, and the lower end thereof is open.
An enlarged view of this conical portion 10 mounted on a barrel is shown in FIG. Inside the conical portion 10, a packing 12 (see FIG.
A ring 14 for holding (see) and an inwardly projecting pawl 16 for mounting on the barrel. The cleaning liquid port 4 and the gas port 6 are communicated with the sliding hole 8 via communication holes 18 and 20. In addition, in this sliding hole 8, O
Ring-shaped notches 30, 32, 34, 36 for holding the rings 22, 24, 26, 28 are engraved.

The sliding body 38 has through holes 40, 4 at its center.
1 is engraved, a cylindrical chamber 44 accommodating a ball 42 slidable up and down is provided between them, and a large number of communication holes 46, 46, 46 ... For communicating with the outside of the sliding body 38 are provided. ing. In addition, a cylindrical protrusion 48 having a larger outer circumference than the central portion and protruding downward is provided at the lower end of the sliding body 38, and the packing 12 is held on the upper outer periphery of the projection 48 when the sliding body 38 is poured out of beer. A peripheral ring 50 is provided for sealing. A large number of communication holes 52, 52 ... For allowing carbon dioxide gas to pass through are formed in the outer peripheral ring 50.

A pin 54 is provided on the top of the housing 2.
The handle 56 is pivotally supported via the.
As shown in FIG. 2, the handle 56 is provided with a rod-shaped projection 58 near the pin 54 toward the sliding body 38 side.

Further, a groove 60 formed in the horizontal direction is provided on the outer periphery of the sliding body 38 on the side of the handle, and the protrusion 58 is engaged with the sliding body 38. It is designed to slide on.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, the cleaning liquid port 4 of the housing 2 is connected to a cleaning liquid supply device, for example, a water faucet 59, and the gas port 6 is connected to a carbon dioxide gas cylinder 61.

First, the operation of pouring beer will be described. The handle 56 in the state of FIG. 1 is operated downward.
Then, the handle 56 swings around the pin 54 as a fulcrum.
The protrusion 58 provided on the handle 56 slides the slide body 38 downward through the groove 60. As a result, the cleaning liquid is closed by the O-rings 22 and 24, and the carbon dioxide gas is not closed here because the O-ring 28 is separated from the outer circumference of the sliding body 38. FIG. 4 shows the dispensing head in this state, FIG. 5 shows the state where the dispensing head is mounted on the barrel, and FIG. 3 shows an enlarged view of the mounting portion.

At this time, since the packing 12 is sandwiched between the outer ring 50 of the sliding body 38 and the upper surface of the spear valve 63 attached to the barrel 62, carbon dioxide gas is introduced into the barrel 62.
There is no leakage.

Further, since the protrusion 48 of the sliding body 38 pushes the open / close packing 64 of the spear valve 63 downward against the compression spring 66, the open / close packing 64 is opened. Gas port 6
The carbon dioxide gas supplied from the connecting hole 20, the outer ring 50
To a top surface H of the beer B through a large number of holes 52, 52 formed in the outer cylinder of the spear valve 63. When the carbon dioxide pressure increases, the upper surface H of the beer B is pushed down, and the lower end opening 74 of the suspension pipe 72 of the spear valve 63, a large number of communication holes 76, 76 ... Sliding body 3
8, the ball 42 in the chamber 44 is pushed up, passes through the upper through hole 40, and the beer is poured out from the pouring valve 77 shown in FIG.

Next, the operation during cleaning will be described. The handle 56 in the state of FIG. 4 is operated upward. Then, the handle 56 swings around the pin 54 as a fulcrum. A protrusion 58 provided on the handle 56 is provided with a groove 60 and a sliding member 3
Slide 8 upward. At this time, the cleaning liquid is O-ring 2
The carbon dioxide gas is blocked by O-rings 26 and 28 by 2, 24. The dispensing head in this state is shown in FIG.

At this time, the cleaning liquid supplied from the cleaning liquid port 4 passes through the communication hole 18 of the housing 2 and the numerous communication holes 46, 46 ... Since the ball 42 closes the lower opening of the chamber 44, the cleaning liquid goes upward, and the connecting hose 78, the coil 79, the spout valve 7
Wash 7.

[0020]

[Effect of the Invention] The present invention provides a cleaning liquid port in addition to the gas port,
Since this is used by switching it with the handle, the complicated operation of removing the dispensing head and attaching it to the cleaning tank, which was performed in the past, is no longer necessary, and the pouring device was likely to be incomplete. It became possible to completely wash the whole.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a front cross-sectional view of a dispense head during cleaning according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a front view of a dispensing head during cleaning according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the barrel mounting portion of the dispensing head at the time of pouring in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front sectional view of the dispensing head according to the first embodiment of the present invention during pouring.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the dispensing head attached to the barrel during pouring according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic layout view of a beer pouring device using the dispensing head of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows a schematic layout of a beer pouring device using a conventional dispensing head.

FIG. 8 is a schematic layout view of a beer washing device at the time of washing using a conventional dispensing head.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Dispensing head 2 ... Housing 4 ... Cleaning liquid port 6 ... Gas port 38 ... Sliding body 40 ... Upper through hole 41 ... Lower through hole 46 ... Hole 56 ... Handle 59 ... Water faucet (cleaning liquid supply device) 62 ... Barrel 63 ... Spear Valve 77 ... Spout valve 78 ... Communication hose 79 ... Coil

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A housing having a cleaning liquid port at an upper part of a side surface and a gas port at a lower part; A dispense head for a barrel, comprising: a slide body that slides on the base and a handle that slides the slide body, and by sliding the slide body, one of the cleaning liquid port and the gas port is closed.