Washing apparatus for beverage pouring apparatus
AssigneeKirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkio Fujioka
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Abstract
A washing apparatus for a beverage pouring apparatus is disclosed which includes a pouring valve for a dispensing head which is a three way valve. A discharging tube is connected to the three way valve, and a washing liquid is discharged into the discharging tube by changing the three way valve. A washing liquid circuit is formed by connecting a washing liquid return tube to the three way valve. A four way valve is connected to the washing liquid return tube, and the washing liquid can flow in both directions of the circuit by changing the four way valve.
Claims4
A washing apparatus for a beverage pouring apparatus which supplies washing liquid to the beverage pouring apparatus for pouring beverage cooled during passing through a cooling coil from a pouring valve to wash the inside of the beverage pouring apparatus, wherein a washing liquid discharging tube for discharging washing liquid supplied to the beverage pouring apparatus is provided, and,
- the pouring valve is a three way valve which has a first mouth to be connected to the cooling coil, a second mouth to be connected to the washing liquid discharging tube and a third mouth for pouring beverage to be positioned at three positions, that is, a position where the first mouth and the second mouth are connected to each other, a position where the first mouth and the third mouth are connected to each other and a position where each mouth is not connected to each other.
A washing apparatus for a beverage pouring apparatus which supplies washing liquid to the beverage pouring apparatus for cooling beverage pushed out from a container under pressure of carbonic acid gas supplied to the container via a dispensing head and for pouring beverage from a pouring valve to wash the inside of the beverage pouring apparatus, wherein
- the dispensing head comprises a washing liquid mouth to be connected to a supplying source of the washing liquid, and supplies the washing liquid introduced from the washing liquid mouth to the cooling coil by operating the dispensing head;
- the washing apparatus comprises a washing liquid discharging tube for discharging the washing liquid passed through the beverage pouring apparatus;
- the pouring valve is a three way valve which has a first mouth to be connected to the cooling coil, a second mouth to be connected to the washing liquid discharging tube and a third mouth for pouring beverage to be positioned at three positions, that is, a position where the first mouth and the second mouth are connected to each other, a position where the first mouth and the third mouth are connected to each other and a position where each mouth is not connected to each other;
- the washing apparatus further comprises a four way valve which has a fourth mouth to be connected to a supplying source of the washing liquid, a fifth mouth to be connected to a washing liquid mouth of the dispensing head, a sixth mouth to be connected to the washing liquid discharging tube and a seventh mouth to be connected to a washing liquid discharging portion to be positioned at three positions, that is, a position where the fourth mouth is connected to the fifth mouth and the sixth mouth is connected to the seventh mouth, a position where the fourth mouth is connected to the sixth mouth and the fifth mouth is connected to the seventh mouth, and a position where each mouth is not connected to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.