JP2002228323A - Cold insulation box for delivery and box holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an easy-to-handle cold insulation box for delivering articles requiring refrigeration from a delivery center to individual houses under cold insulated state without imposing any burden to the battery of a delivery truck. SOLUTION: In the cold insulation box 1 being used for delivering articles requiring refrigeration, while carrying on a delivery truck 9, from a delivery center to individual houses, a portable thermal insulation container 2 for containing the articles being delivered is fixed with a Peltier element 3 as a cooling apparatus and a connector 5 being connected with an external power supply. The articles being delivered are contained in the cold insulation box 1 while being sorted for individual houses. At the time of delivery, the cold insulation boxes are loaded to a box holder 10 of rack structure equipped with a battery 11 and connected with the battery. The box holder is then carried onto the delivery truck 9 and the articles are delivered from the delivery center to individual houses while keeping cold insulating operation of the cold insulation box with the battery.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an insulated box mainly used for accommodating refrigerated items such as fresh foods and frozen foods and delivering the same from a distribution center to a delivery destination. The present invention relates to a box holder that supports temporary storage and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When delivering refrigerated items such as frozen foods mentioned above from a distribution center to a delivery destination door to door, conventionally, a box made of a heat insulating material is previously frozen together with the delivery items. Generally, a method of putting a regenerator and loading it on a delivery vehicle for delivery is generally adopted. However, depending on the conditions of the delivery route of the delivery vehicle, traffic congestion on the road, etc., there is a problem that the cold storage agent put in the box is melted during the delivery. A cooling box equipped with a cooling device such as a refrigerator and having a battery or the like as a power source to keep cool during vehicle delivery has been developed and is being adopted in some parts.

[0003] As a method of supplying power to the cool box, there have been proposed various methods such as a method of connecting a battery of a delivery vehicle to a cigarette lighter socket and a method of mounting a battery in a cool box. .

[0004]

By the way, the above-mentioned conventional cooling box power supply system has the following problems. In other words, (1) The method of using the delivery car battery as a power source for the cooling device of the cool box places a heavy burden on the battery for the car, and the capacity of the battery limits the number of cool boxes loaded on the delivery car. receive. Also,
There is a problem in that the carrier of the delivery vehicle needs to be remodeled in which the power supply line is previously routed and wired.

(2) In the case where a dedicated battery is mounted in the cool box itself, the problem as described in (1) above can be solved, but the battery needs to be charged in the cool box unit, and the maintenance management is troublesome. In addition, since the weight of the battery is added to the insulated box, a large amount of labor is required for loading and unloading the insulated box to the delivery vehicle and manually transporting the box.

(3) When the delivery destination of the urgent delivery product is not at home, some countermeasure is required to keep the cool box cool and keep it until the family member returns home. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a delivery cool box and an improved box holder for solving the above-mentioned problems.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided, in accordance with the present invention, an insulated box used for placing a refrigerated article on a delivery vehicle and delivering the article from a delivery center to a delivery destination. Is constructed by attaching a cooling device and a connector for connecting the cooling device to an external power supply to a portable heat-insulating container for storing the articles to be delivered, and at the time of delivery, each cooling box is equipped with an external power supply loaded on a delivery vehicle. After being loaded on the box holder, the cooling device is connected to an external power supply provided in the box holder to keep the delivery cool (claim 1), and the cooling device is provided with a Peltier element or a refrigerant compressor. Any of the refrigerators is employed (claim 2).

Further, as a box holder used when loading the cool box on a delivery vehicle for delivery, the box holder is provided with a plurality of cool box storage sections in a rack body, and a refrigerator for the cool box is provided. A power supply unit for supplying power to the refrigerator and a power supply connector drawn from the power supply unit and connected to the refrigeration equipment of the cool box (claim 3), wherein the power supply unit includes a battery (storage battery) combined with a charger. ), A generator driven by an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell is adopted (claim 4).
The rack body is configured to be capable of being loaded and unloaded to and from a transport vehicle by operating a forklift, and to have a fixture for supporting the cool box at a predetermined storage position.

If the cool box and the box holder for vehicle delivery having the above-mentioned configuration are employed, while the goods are placed on the delivery vehicle and transported to the delivery destination, the delivery vehicle can be transported to the delivery vehicle without burdening the battery. Power can be supplied from the power supply unit provided in the box holder capable of loading and unloading, and the cooling device of each insulated box loaded on the box holder can be insulated, so that the number of insulated boxes depends on the battery capacity of the delivery vehicle. There are no restrictions, and there is no need to modify the car, such as wiring a power supply line to the car bed.
In addition, maintenance and management of the power supply
In addition to being able to load and unload the delivery car, the cool box has no power supply unit, so it is light in weight and can be easily unloaded from the delivery car and transported to the delivery destination easily.

A power cord with a connector for connecting to a commercial power supply at a delivery destination house, a power converter for supplying power to a cooling device of the cold storage box using the commercial power supply, and a power converter provided in a storage container for storing the cool box. By preparing a box holder for storing at home away from home (claim 6) having a connector to be drawn out from the output side of the box and connected to the cooling device of the cool box, even if the delivery destination is at home, By placing the cool box in this box holder and connecting the power cord to the commercial power supply of the delivery destination or a neighboring house where temporary storage was requested, the delivery goods are kept cool until the delivery destination home returns. Can be kept in condition.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on illustrated embodiments. First, FIGS. 1A and 1B show the structure of a cool box for delivery according to the present invention. In the figure, a cool box 1 is provided with a lid 2a made of a foamed resin or the like.
On the rear side of the heat-insulating container 2 provided with a thermo-module composed of a Peltier element 3 as a cooling device, a portable box equipped with a connector (plug) 5 connected to a power supply. 6 is a controller for temperature control, 7
Is a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature inside the box, and 8 is an electrical component cover attached to the rear of the heat insulating container 2.

Then, when the delivery items are put into the heat insulating container 2 of the cool box 1 having the above-described configuration and are delivered from the delivery center to the delivery destination by using a delivery vehicle, as shown in FIG. The cool box 1 is loaded on a shelf-type box holder 10 (detailed structure of the box holder will be described later) loaded on the car 9, and the battery (power supply unit) 11 mounted on the box holder 10 is used to cool the cool box 1. Power is supplied to the Peltier element 3 to keep the inside of the heat insulating container 2 cool. As the cooling device, a refrigerant compression type refrigerator may be employed instead of the Peltier element 3 in the illustrated example.

Next, the box holder 1 shown in FIG.
0 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. That is, the box holder 10 defines a box storage section for storing the plurality of cold storage boxes 1 arranged vertically and horizontally on the rack main body 10a, and a channel-shaped leg 10b is provided on the bottom side of the rack main body 10a. Insert the fork of the forklift into the gap between the leg pieces and insert the delivery truck 9 (see FIG. 1).
(See (c))).

A battery 11 as a power supply unit is provided in one corner of the rack body 10a in combination with a charger 12.
Further, a connector (socket) 10d that is pulled out from the battery 11 and connected to the connector 5 (see FIG. 1) of the cool box 1 is provided on the back surface of the box storage section of the rack body 10a in accordance with the arrangement of the cool box 1. The wiring circuit is shown in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 13 denotes a power supply line drawn out of the battery 11 and wired between the connector 10d disposed in the box storage portion of the box holder 10.
Reference numeral 14 denotes a cord with a plug which is drawn from the charger 12 and connected to a commercial power supply.

As a power supply unit provided in the box holder 10, in addition to the combination of the battery 11 and the charger 12 in the illustrated example, a small generator or a fuel cell driven by an internal combustion engine may be employed. Further, on the front side of the rack body 10a, there is provided a support 10c (a fastening fitting which can be disengaged by one-touch operation) for locking and fixing the cool box 1 in a fixed position, and the box holder 10 loaded with the cool box 1 is delivered to a delivery vehicle 9 In order to prevent the cool box 1 from dropping off the rack body 10a due to vibration or the like when it is loaded and delivered.

When refrigerated products such as frozen foods and fresh foods are to be delivered to a delivery destination from a delivery center to a delivery destination using a delivery vehicle, the delivery items are first sorted at the delivery center by door, and FIG. After being stored in the cool box 1, each cool box 1 is placed in a box holder 10 in accordance with the delivery route.
Of the cold storage box 1 at this position.
Is connected to the connector 10d on the box holder side. As a result, the Peltier element 3 of the cool box 1 is operated by using the battery 11 mounted on the box holder 10 as a power source to cool the inside of the refrigerator.

Next, the box holder 10 loaded with the cool box 1 is loaded on a delivery vehicle 9 using a forklift and transported to a designated delivery destination. When the box holder 10 arrives at the delivery destination, the designated cool box 1 is removed from the box holder 10. The boxes are delivered and delivered by door-to-door delivery personnel. During the delivery from the delivery vehicle to the delivery, each cooling box 1 is kept cool by power supply from the power supply unit of the box holder 10.

The Peltier element 3 in the illustrated example employed as a cooling device of the cool box 1 has a heated interior because the inside of the heat insulating container 2 becomes a heat generating surface by reversing the direction of the supply current. It is also possible to deliver by. Next, if the delivery destination is out of home (absent),
Implementation of a temporary storage box holder that assumes that the product will not be returned to the delivery car and returned to the distribution center, but will be temporarily stored at the delivery destination or in a neighboring house where temporary custody was requested until the family member returns home An example is shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, a power supply 17 for converting a commercial power supply (AC) into DC power corresponding to a Peltier element 3 which is a refrigerating device of the cool box, and a power converter are provided in a storage container for storing the cool box 1. The connector 17 is pulled out of the container and connected to the connector of the cool box, and a power supply cord 18 with a plug is connected to the commercial power supply. In the example shown, as mischief during storage and anti-theft measures,
A key 15b is provided on the lid 15a of the storage container.

[0020] Such a box holder 1 for temporary storage.
By preparing 5, even if the delivery destination is not at home, the cool box 1 is inserted into the box holder 15 and the power cord 18 is connected to the commercial power supply of the delivery destination or a neighboring house where temporary delivery was requested. By making the connection, the delivery item can be kept in a cool state until the delivery destination home returns.

[0021]

As described above, by adopting the cool box and the box holder for car delivery according to the present invention, the battery of the delivery car is transported while the article is placed on the delivery car and transported to the delivery destination. Without using the power supply, power can be supplied from a power supply unit provided in a box holder capable of loading and unloading to and from a delivery vehicle, and the cooling device of each cool box loaded on the box holder can be kept cold. As a result, the number of cold storage boxes to be loaded is not restricted by the battery capacity of the delivery vehicle, and there is no need to modify the vehicle, such as wiring a power supply line to the car carrier. In addition to the maintenance and management of parts, loading and unloading work to delivery vehicles, the cool box is light weight because it does not have a power supply unit, so it can be easily unloaded from delivery vehicles and transported to destinations easily. Advantages such as are obtained.

Further, by using the storage box holder according to the sixth aspect, even if the delivery destination is out of home, the insulated box is not returned to the delivery car and the delivery items are stored in this box holder. By plugging in the power cord and connecting it to the commercial power supply of the delivery destination or a neighboring house where you requested temporary storage, you can keep the delivery items in a cool state until the delivery destination home returns It is convenient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration and delivery state of a cool box according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein (a) is a partial sectional side view of the cool box, (b) is a front view of (a), (c) ) Is a delivery state diagram in which the cool box is loaded on the box holder and placed on the delivery vehicle

FIG. 2 is a detailed structural view of a box holder in FIG. 1;
(a) and (b) Front and side views of the box holder, respectively, (c) Power supply circuit diagram of the box holder

FIGS. 3A and 3B are configuration diagrams of a box holder for temporarily storing a cool box according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG.
(a) Front view

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Insulated box 2 Insulated container 3 Peltier element (cooling equipment) 5 Connector 9 Delivery vehicle 10 Box holder for delivery 10a Rack body 10c Box fixing tool 10d Connector 11 Battery (power supply unit) 12 Charger 14, 18 Connect to commercial power supply Power cord 15 Storage box holder 16 Power converter 17 Connector

Claims (6)

[Claims] An insulated box for storing refrigerated goods, placing it on a delivery vehicle and delivering it from a delivery center to a delivery destination, wherein the refrigerated box is used in a portable insulated container for storing the goods to be delivered. A cooling device and a connector for connecting the cooling device to an external power supply are provided. At the time of delivery, each cooling box is loaded on a box holder with an external power supply loaded on a delivery vehicle, and then the cooling device of the cooling box is mounted. Is connected to the external power supply to keep the delivery cool. 2. The cool box for delivery according to claim 1, wherein the cooling device is one of a Peltier element and a refrigerant compression refrigerator. 3. A box holder used when loading the cool box according to claim 1 on a delivery vehicle for delivery,
A plurality of cold storage box storage sections are defined in the rack body, and a power supply section for supplying power to refrigeration equipment of the cold storage box is mounted at one corner of the rack body, and a power supply is drawn from the power supply section and connected to the refrigeration equipment of the cold storage box. A box holder comprising a connector. 4. The box holder according to claim 3,
A box holder, wherein the power supply unit is one of a battery combined with a charger, a generator driven by an internal combustion engine, and a fuel cell. 5. The box holder according to claim 3, wherein
A box holder having a structure in which a rack body can be loaded and unloaded to and from a delivery vehicle by a forklift, and has a box fixing device for supporting the cool box at a predetermined storage position. 6. A box holder for temporarily storing the insulated box for delivery according to claim 1 in a home where the delivery is absent, wherein the box holder is used for storing the insulated box and a commercial power supply for the home in the delivery destination. A power cord with a plug to connect, a power converter that adapts commercial power to the cooling equipment in the cool box,
A box holder comprising a connector which is drawn out from an output side of the power converter and connected to cooling equipment of a cool box.