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    • 专利摘要:
    Beer dispensing installation and dispensing process. Beer dispensing installation and dispensing process comprising a plurality of tanks (1), wherein each tank (1) comprises a certain base product (2) with different composition; and at least one dispensing tap (3) connected to the outlet of a mixing apparatus (4); and where in said installation the base product (2) of each tank (1) passes through a barrel and purge end detection device (5) to the mixing apparatus (4), so that each component or product base (2) is connected to a mixing device input (4) through the barrel and purge end detection device (5). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
    公开号:ES2732773A1
    申请号:ES201830506
    申请日:2018-05-25
    公开日:2019-11-25
    发明作者:Fuentes Vicente Fuentes；González Jose Manuel Castillo
    申请人:Mahou SA；
    IPC主号:
    专利说明:

    [0001]
    [0002] BEER DISPENSING INSTALLATION AND DISPENSING PROCESS
    [0003]
    [0004] TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
    [0005]
    [0006] The present invention relates to a beer dispensing installation, as well as to the dispensing process thereof, which has application in the beverage industry and, more specifically, in the field of the beer industry.
    [0007]
    [0008] STATE OF THE PREVIOUS TECHNIQUE
    [0009]
    [0010] At present, different types of beer are known, each of which is the result of production and evolution over the centuries. Normally, each type of beer is determined by the raw materials available in each geographical area and the particular tastes of the population in that area.
    [0011]
    [0012] In this sense you can find beers with different degrees of intensity or alcoholic graduation, color, degree of bitterness or body, and ultimately, with different organoleptic properties.
    [0013]
    [0014] Each beer is produced in a particular brewery, which also includes a bottling plant in which the beer is packaged according to the different points of sale to which it is intended. Beer destined for private or retail consumption is packaged in bottles or cans, while beer destined for the premises and bars is packaged in barrels from which it is served through the use of dispensing taps. From this brewery, the already packaged beer is distributed to the points of sale or consumption.
    [0015]
    [0016] Similarly, there are dispensing points that consist of premises that dispense large quantities of beer, which have their own tanks or tanks in their facilities for the storage of large quantities of beer, and in which beer is also served by taps dispensers At these points, beer is supplied from the brewery in tanks, without bottling.
    [0017]
    [0018] In any case, at the time of consumption, the customer can only Select to consume a certain type of beer, whether it is bottled, canned or dispensed from a tank that has been filled with a certain type of beer.
    [0019]
    [0020] At present, in a place that has dispensing taps, it is not possible to select between different types of beer at the time of dispensing, if it is not changing the type of beer contained in the barrels or with which the bottles have been filled. deposits
    [0021]
    [0022] To solve these problems, document ES2637817A1 describes a beer dispensing installation that allows to design, select and obtain at any time, without changing the barrels or the beer contained in the tanks, the type of beer to be dispensed, that is, allows change the proportions of the components to mix. The starting products are beers with different characteristics that are consumable by themselves, as is the mixture or final product.
    [0023]
    [0024] EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION
    [0025]
    [0026] It is an object of the present invention to improve the operation, control and usability of a beer dispensing installation of the type described in document ES2637817A1, in such a way that an efficient control of consumption, purges, leaks and calibrations of different components, as well as the final mixture. All this, while allowing to design, select and obtain the type of beer to be dispensed at any time without changing the barrels, simply by changing the proportions of the components to be mixed.
    [0027]
    [0028] The indicated technical problem is solved, in a first aspect of the invention, by the installation of claim 1. Particular or preferred embodiments are described in the dependent claims of the first.
    [0029]
    [0030] In particular, the beer dispensing installation of the invention comprises a plurality of tanks, wherein each tank comprises a certain base product with different composition; and at least one dispensing tap connected to the outlet of a mixing apparatus; and where said installation is characterized in that the base product of each tank passes through a barrel end detection device and purges towards the mixing apparatus, such that each component or base product is connected to an input of mixing apparatus through the barrel and purge end detection device.
    [0031] In a second aspect of the invention, the beer dispensing process, which is configured as a certain final product which, being implemented in the installation described above comprises the mixture of four components formed by base beer, alcohol, color and bitterness, which they are mixed in proportions adjustable by a user to form a final product; and where each mixture is managed remotely by control means, the consumption of each base product being controlled through the regulation of the flow rate in the barrel and purge end detection apparatus and in the mixing apparatus.
    [0032]
    [0033] Throughout the description and the claims, the word "comprises" and its variants are not intended to exclude other technical characteristics, additives, components or steps. For those skilled in the art, other objects, advantages and features of the invention will be derived partly from the invention and partly from the practice of the invention. The following examples and drawings are provided by way of illustration and are not intended to restrict the present invention. In addition, the invention covers all possible combinations of particular and preferred embodiments indicated herein.
    [0034]
    [0035] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
    [0036]
    [0037] Next, a series of drawings that help to better understand the invention and that expressly relate to an embodiment of said invention, which is illustrated as a non-limiting example thereof, is described very briefly.
    [0038]
    [0039] Figure 1.- Shows a schematic view of the beer dispensing plant object of the present invention.
    [0040]
    [0041] Figure 2.- Shows a diagram of the operation of the barrel and purge end detection apparatus (5) that integrates the beer dispensing facility object of the present invention.
    [0042]
    [0043] Figure 3.- Shows a diagram of the operation of the mixing apparatus that integrates the beer dispensing plant object of the present invention.
    [0044]
    [0045] EXPLANATION OF A DETAILED MODE OF EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
    [0046]
    [0047] In view of the figures outlined, it can be seen as, in one of the possible practical embodiments of the invention, the installation comprises four tanks (1), where each tank (1) contains a certain base product consisting of a certain beer with characteristics differentiated from the others, said characteristics being, by way of non-limiting example , alcoholic graduation, color, bitterness and a certain type of beer, said base products (2) being homogeneous, but with different composition, and at least one dispensing tap (3).
    [0048]
    [0049] Each tank (1) is connected in parallel with a mixing apparatus (4) - or simply mixer (4) in reference to the same physical element and which will be described in detail below - in which the base products (2) from the mixture are mixed of said four deposits (1) in a certain proportion selected by a user through control means (10), obtaining a final product (7) that is homogeneous to the base products (2), that is, that it is also a beer.
    [0050]
    [0051] The mixer (4) is connected to the taps (3), the mixer (4) being programmable to modify the proportion of the different base products (2) comprising the final product. This programming is configured by means of the control means (10) which will be described later in greater detail.
    [0052]
    [0053] In addition to the fact that one of the base products (2) is a conventional beer, the following densities are considered among the different characteristics for each of the remaining three base products (2):
    [0054]
    [0055] - Bitter: 1,00762 kg / l
    [0056] - Alcoholic gradation: 1.01104 kg / l
    [0057] - Color: 1.01305 kg / l
    [0058]
    [0059] The characteristics of the base product (2) intended to give the final product greater bitterness (7) are the following:
    [0060]
    [0061]
    [0062]
    [0063] The characteristics of the base product (2) intended to provide a higher alcohol content to the final product (7) are the following:
    [0064]
    [0065] The characteristics of the base product (2) intended to give the final product (7) more color are the following:
    [0066]
    [0067]
    [0068]
    [0069]
    [0070] As an example, some examples of composition of varieties that can be obtained as final product (7) are included, based on the proportion present in the combination of four base products (2), three of them being as described in the previous three tables, and one, the base or standard, being a blond beer of standard features.
    [0071]
    [0072]
    [0073]
    [0074]
    [0075] The above examples of base product (2), as indicated, are by way of example, merely illustrative, of the possibilities of the installation of the invention.
    [0076]
    [0077] In the practical embodiment shown in Figure 1, the installation comprises a plurality of dispensing taps (3) each of which is connected to an outlet of the mixer (4). The installation comprises a cooling device (6).
    [0078]
    [0079] Although it has not been represented in the figures, it is also contemplated that between the tanks (1), these being preferably barrels, and the mixer (4) a cooling equipment is arranged so that the product arrives already cold to said tank (1) , although without said cooling equipment, in view of the above-mentioned cooling device (6), the product is kept cold inside the mixer (4).
    [0080]
    [0081] Also, according to a preferred embodiment, the base product (2) of each reservoir (1) passes through a barrel and purge end detection device (5) - or simply detector apparatus (5) - towards the apparatus mixer (4), so that each component or base product (2) is connected to an input of mixing device (4) through the detection device (5).
    [0082]
    [0083] More specifically, the mixer (4) consists of a single device with seats for four proportional valves (41) and a manifold (42) consisting of a transverse channel with a plug at each end and housing a pressure switch (43) configured to Service detection by pressure drop. The manifold (42) also includes an output channel connected to a flowmeter (44).
    [0084]
    [0085] The mixer (4) has the particularity of containing four transverse channels Common distribution of components or base product (2) - in the description, component or base product refers to the same physical element contained in each of the tanks (1) or barrels - which, in turn, are cooled through the passage of the base product (2) through the mixer (4).
    [0086]
    [0087] The material of the mixer (4) is plastic compatible with food standards, which reduces the final cost of the mixer (4). On the other hand, the proportional valves (41) are configured as normally closed valves that only open when service is detected thanks to the pressure switch (43).
    [0088]
    [0089] Thus, to obtain the final product, the components that form it are mixed in adjustable proportions. For this, each valve (41) that regulates each base product (2) is opened in the necessary percentage and driven by pressure.
    [0090]
    [0091] According to another preferred embodiment, the barrel and purge end detection device (5) - or simply detector device (5) - consists of four inputs - one per tank (1) - flowmeter precedents (51) that allow the detection of the input volume of the base product (2) from each tank (1). In addition, it comprises four filling vessels -connected each of them respectively with the inlet through each flowmeter (51) - and where each vessel comprises, in turn, a viewing window to observe its status, along with some LEDs of warning, a purge valve (52) to evacuate the remains of the base product (2), a shut-off valve (53) to evacuate the base product (2) to the mixer (4) and a detection buoy (54) configured to establish the level of base product (2) in that vessel and which is accompanied by an air sensor (55) and a product sensor (56).
    [0092]
    [0093] The input flow meters (51) allow the calibration of the mixtures, the control of consumption per component and the detection of leaks. On the other hand, the presence of the detection buoys (54) improves the use of optical sensors, this solution being much more efficient and fault tolerant.
    [0094]
    [0095] Preferably, the installation comprises control means (10) that are configured to control the mixing of the base products (2). These control means (10) comprise two individual circuits communicated through a shared communication bus. This enables the circuits of the control means (10) to communicate with each other and allow the control of purges by excess of CO2, as well as the control of the opening of the taps (3). That is to say, in general, it is contemplated to treat the information, including a system of warnings and alerts that are generated based on the parameters of the facilities and of predetermined threshold values that notify a person in charge - through a portable electronic device of user (11) - to correct any anomaly in the shortest possible time. By telemetry for different magnitudes, the installation (consumption) can be monitored and can interact with customers and the installation at a technical level (change product configuration).
    [0096]
    [0097] More specifically, the control means (10) comprise a primary circuit and a secondary control circuit, communicated through a shared bus, where the secondary circuit controls the valves (41) of the mixer (4), the reading of the output flowmeters (44), pressure switch reading (43), communication with the primary control circuit and visual signaling via LED of the different states of the elements of the mixing apparatus (4).
    [0098]
    [0099] On the other hand, the primary control circuit is configured to control the elements of the barrel and purge end detection apparatus (5) and, more specifically, the detection of the base product level (2) in the buoy (54), the regulation of the shut-off (53) and purge valves (52), the reading of the inlet flowmeters (51), the status LEDs of the base products (2) in the tanks (1), the communication with the secondary control circuit and communication with the user device (11), as well as the reset of the entire installation.
    [0100]
    [0101] External communications, that is, communications with the user device (11) are preferably wireless and allows calibration, configuration and reading of the behavior of the installation through an external portable electronic device (11), for example, through of an App installed on a mobile phone or tablet; all this thanks to a reinforced communications protocol that is configured for consumption control, the closing of the taps (3) affected by an end of deposit (1) detected by the detector device (5), the control of warning indicators type led on the dispensing bar - where the taps (3) are also placed - and the realization of controlled purges.
    [0102]
    [0103] Finally, according to a preferred embodiment, the installation comprises a CO2 line (8) that is connected to the tanks (1) and is located to allow dispensing of the beer.
    [0104] In this way, a procedure to obtain a certain beer (7) starts from:
    [0105]
    [0106] - four components formed by base beer, alcohol, color (darker or black) and bitterness, are mixed in defined proportions to form a mixed product - each mixture is managed by remotely configurable electric valves, allows to quickly modify the mixed product,
    [0107] - the consumption of each element is controlled by product flow control.
    [0108]
    [0109] The mixing or dosing unit, allows to obtain a final product from the mixing, in varying proportions, of several components.
    [0110]
    [0111] This description uses, for descriptive purposes only, four components to generate a predetermined type of beer, without limiting the number of components or the final product, which can be produced with the mixer-doser.
    权利要求:
    Claims (14)
    [1]
    1. - Beer dispensing installation comprising:
    a plurality of deposits (1), wherein each deposit (1) comprises a certain base product (2) with different composition; and at least one dispensing tap (3) connected to the outlet of a mixing apparatus (4);
    and where said installation is characterized in that the base product (2) of each tank (1) passes through a barrel and purge end detection device (5) to the mixing apparatus (4), so that each component or base product (2) is connected to a mixing device input (4) through the barrel and purge end detection device (5).
    [2]
    2. - Dispensing installation according to claim 1 wherein each tank (1) is connected to an input of a single mixing apparatus (4) that is monobloc and is configured to mix the base products (2) from at least two tanks (1) in a proportion adjustable by means of control means (10); said proportion being suitable for obtaining a homogeneous final product (7) with respect to the base products (2) mixed in the mixing apparatus (4) for obtaining said final product (7).
    [3]
    3. - Installation according to any of claims 1 to 2 wherein the mixing apparatus (4) consists of a single monobloc device with seats for four proportional valves (41) and a manifold (42) consisting of a transverse channel with a plug in each end and housing a pressure switch (43) configured for service detection by pressure drop; and where the manifold (42) also includes an outlet channel connected to an outlet flowmeter (44).
    [4]
    4. - Installation according to claim 3 wherein the mixing apparatus (4) comprises four common refrigerated and transversal channels for distribution of base product (2).
    [5]
    5. - Installation according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the mixing apparatus (4) is made of plastic compatible with food standards.
    [6]
    6. - Installation according to any one of claims 3 to 5 wherein the Proportional valves (41) of the mixing apparatus (4) are configured as normally closed valves that only open when service is detected thanks to the pressure switch (43).
    [7]
    7. - Installation according to any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein the barrel and purge end detection apparatus (5) comprises four filling vessels respectively connected each with the inlet of base product (2) and where each vessel comprises: a purge valve (52) to evacuate the remains of the base product (2); a shut-off valve (53) for evacuating the base product (2) towards the mixing apparatus (4); and a detection buoy (54) configured to establish the level of base product (2) in its respective vessel and which, in turn, comprises an air sensor (55) and a product sensor (56).
    [8]
    8. - Installation according to claim 7 wherein the barrel and purge end detection apparatus (5) comprises four inputs, one per tank (1), antecedents of inlet flowmeters (51) that allow the detection of the volume of entry of base product (2) from each deposit (1).
    [9]
    9. - Installation according to any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein the control means (10) that are configured for the control of the mixture of the base products (2) and comprise two individual circuits communicated through a bus of shared communications, configured to communicate with each other and allow the control of purges by excess of CO2, as well as the control of the opening of the taps (3).
    [10]
    10. - Installation according to claim 9 wherein the control means (10) comprise a primary circuit and a secondary control circuit, communicated through a shared bus, wherein the secondary circuit controls the valves (41) of the mixer (4), the reading of the output flowmeters (44), the reading of the pressure switches (43), the communication with the primary control circuit and the visual signaling by LED of the different states of the elements of the mixing apparatus (4 ); and where the primary control circuit is configured to control the elements of the barrel and purge end detection apparatus (5) and, more specifically, the detection of the base product level (2) in the buoy (54), the regulation of the shut-off (53) and purge valves (52), the reading of the inlet flowmeters (51), the status LEDs of the base products (2) in the tanks (1), the communication with the secondary circuit of control and the external one, as well as the rearmament of the whole installation.
    [11]
    11. - Installation according to claim 10 wherein the external communications comprise communications with a portable user electronic device (11) that are wireless and allows calibration, configuration and reading of the installation behavior through the external portable electronic device (eleven); all this thanks to a reinforced communications protocol that is configured for consumption control, the closing of the taps (3) affected by an end of deposit (1) detected by the detector device (5), the control of warning indicators type led in the dispensing bar and the realization of controlled purges.
    [12]
    12. - Installation according to any of the preceding claims, comprising a CO2 line (8) that is connected to the tanks (1).
    [13]
    13. - Installation according to any of the preceding claims comprising a cooling device (6) connected to the mixing apparatus (4), the taps (3) and the barrel and purge end detection apparatus (5).
    [14]
    14. - A beer dispensing process that is configured as a certain final product (7) which, being implemented in the installation of any one of claims 1 to 13, comprises the mixture of four components formed by base beer, alcohol, color and bitterness, which are mixed in proportions adjustable by a user to form a final product (7); and where each mixture is managed remotely by control means (10), the consumption of each base product (2) being controlled through the flow regulation in the barrel and purge end detection apparatus (5) and in the mixing apparatus (4).
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