AUTOMATIC DRAUGHTBEER PLANT

Abstract: Automatic draughtbeer plant equipped with a special mobile platform (Fig. 2A), cooling tube (Fig. 2E) and an electronic circuit (Fig. 2D), which operates platform (Fig. 2A) and quantity of beer. Even by this quick, automatic way of drawing, the beer will continue being cold and the quantity of foam will stay constantly. This is secured by the use of the cooling tube (Fig. 2E) and the platform's (Fig. 2A) way down under the drawing. Furthermore it is possible to instal the plant with a jeton/coin box, thus that the plant will be suitable for self-service in canteens etc.

Description: Automatic Draughtbeer Plan . The problem of draughtbeer is that the beer is foaming actively due to the high carbonic acid pressure which the draught demands. There¬ fore it has only been possible to draught the beer manuelly. The construction/function of this plant is a mechanical-electronic controled draught. Before drawing the glass is taken up under the tap, and during the drawing it is leaded back to the start position. This arrangement makes automatically the draughtbeer possible. The plant is superior by: 1. The glass automatic up- and down movement during the drawing. 2. The electronic circuit for steering (opening and closing) of pressure ventiles to the pneumatic cylinder which perform the mechani¬ cal movements. Besides, there has been used existing draughtbeer equipment for the plant. After coin-/jeton insertion (or without), the glass is being placed manuel at the arranged platform, whereafter activation of the tap cause the rest of the procedure via the circuit. The function is as follows: 1. Activation of the circuit. 2. The glass is placed at the platform. 3. The tap is activated. 4. The platform with the glass is leaded to start-position under the tap. 5. The draughtbeer starts, and the glass' down movement starts. The draughtbeer and down movements is simultaneously, which secure the correct drawing. 6. After a finished drawing of a beforehand adjusted quantity of beer,' the glass is back at the start position, and the beer is ready for serving. The construction is worked out in respect to the demands which today is stipulated in connec¬ tion with automatic draughtbeering, among other things a correct draught quantity in a short time, i.e. 5,7 seconds for drawing a glass with f.ex. 1/4 litre beer and a suitable quantity of foam. Demand for self-service, with respect for estab¬ lishing in a canteen and similar places is solved by a building together plants f.ex. coin insertion. At the same time it is solving the bottle problem for big canteens. The draughtbeer plant consists of existing parts, namely passage-cooler for the beer (fig. 1.6), cask of beer (fig. 1.4), carbon dioxide cartridge with manometer (fig. 1.5), beertap (fig. 1.10), tubes for beer (fig. 1.8 + 1.9) and tubes for carbon dioxide (fig. 1.7). Furthermore this above-mentioned draughtbeer plant contains a beer column with a platform (fig. 1.1 + 1.11), which is being described more detailed later on. The box (fig. 1.2) contains manifold with ope¬ ning/closing valves (electrical), and contrauvu- lar valves for distribution of the carbon dioxide pressure from fig. 1.5 and electronic circuit for steering for the individual functions. The plant is available for jeton-/or coin inser¬ tion (fig. 1.3) . A more detailed describtion of how the patentable invention is superior is shown by fig. 2. By this the whole column is shown with built- in components. Platform A. for the glass. The movement of the platform is caused by the double-acting pneumatic cylinder B. The pressure, by which B. works, is adjusted by the contrauvu- lar valves C.l to C.4. The two placed in the box D., which are identical with the box in fig. 1.2. The top G. is opened by a single pneumatic cylinder F.

Claims: PATENT CLAIM. 1. Automatic draughtbeer plant containing a beer-column with a tap, c h a r a c t e ¬ r i z e d „ γ a moveable platform which is established by performing a movement of the glass. From start-position the glass is leaded to a vertical movement up under the tap, and during the drawing the platform has an adapted down movement. 2. Automatic draughtbeer plant as per claim 1. , c h a r a c t e r i z e d " b y a platform which is moved up and down by a pneumatic cylinder which is run by a gas under pressure. 3. Automatic draughtbeer plant as per claim 1., c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y a platform which moves up and down by a wormscrew, which is run by a electrical engine.

Inventors: SOENKSEN KAI, SOENKSEN, KAI
Applicants: SOENKSEN KAI, SOENKSEN, KAI
Application year: 1985
Main classification: B67D1
IPC codes: B67D1