JP2002243340A - Method for transporting perishable food and delivering it to home and container for cold-insulating perishable food - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To fundamentally resolve a problem to hold freshness on delivery of a perishable food to a home by a conventional chill car, to reduce power consumption of the refrigerator of the chill car, and to improve transportation and delivery to a home. SOLUTION: In a method for transporting perishable foods to a home by using the chill car 1, a container 2 is provided to consist of a container body 3 and a cover plate 4 to close the upper opening of the container body 3. On the other side, a cold storage plate precooled to a cold insulation temperature of the perishable food is prepared. The cold storage plates are removably incorporated on six surfaces of inside surfaces and the inner bottoms of the container bodies 3 and the inner surface of the cover plate 4. Perishable foods are contained in a perishable food containing chamber partitioned by the cold insulation plates. A number of the containers 2 to contain the perishable foods 2 are loaded in a refrigerating chamber 14 of the chill car 1. A cold insulation temperature by the cold storage plate of the container 2 is kept, and the transportation and delivery to a home are effected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a delivery method for transporting fresh food using a freezer truck, and a fresh food cool box that is loaded into a freezer of the freezer truck.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional delivery of fresh food using a freezer truck, fresh food is sealed in a package such as a styrofoam box and ice is put in the package, or a cold storage bag is placed on the fresh food. It is placed in the freezer of the freezer truck and loaded into the freezer of the freezer truck, delivered to the delivery courier, and delivered to the recipient with the package. are doing.

[0003]

However, in the delivery of fresh food by the above-mentioned freezer truck, the temperature inside the freezer rises due to the opening and closing of the door of the freezer, and the temperature inside the package rises due to this. The method of turning on and off the refrigerator in the freezer each time to lower the temperature is adopted. However, there is a problem that the freshness of the fresh food is impaired while the temperature inside the package is lowered to a predetermined cooling temperature.

In addition, the power consumption for operating the refrigerator in the freezer is remarkable.
In addition, there is a need for a means of delivering and delivering fresh food that consumes less power.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of delivering and delivering fresh food and a pass box for keeping fresh food used in the method, which appropriately meet the above-mentioned problems.

[0006] As a means for this, when a fresh food is transported and delivered using a freezer truck, a pass box is formed which includes a pass box body and a lid plate which closes an upper opening of the pass box body.

On the other hand, a cold storage plate pre-cooled to the cool temperature of fresh food is prepared, and the cold storage plate is detachably mounted on each of the inner surface of the box body, the inner bottom surface thereof, and the inner surface of the lid plate. Fresh food is stored in the fresh food storage room defined by the board.

[0008] Then, a large number of pass boxes containing the fresh food are loaded in the freezer of the freezer truck, and the refrigerator of the freezer keeps the pre-cooling temperature of the cold storage plate in each pass box and delivers the fresh food to be transported. Use the delivery method for transportation.

[0009] Further, the pass box for keeping fresh food to be loaded in the freezer of the freezing car for home delivery comprises a pass box body and a lid plate for closing an upper opening of the pass box body. A cold storage plate is detachably mounted on the six sides of the side surface, the inner bottom surface, and the inner surface of the lid plate so that it can be pre-cooled by taking it out of the pass box body, and the pre-cooled cold storage plate can be put into the box main body to store fresh food. It has a structure that defines a chamber.

Further, as another example of the pass-through box, a side plate of the pass-through box main body can be disassembled into a bottom plate and a cover plate, and each inner side surface of each side plate forming the pass-through box main body, an inner bottom surface of the bottom plate, and a lid can be provided. By laminating the cold storage plate integrally with the inner surface of the plate and disassembling the side plate, bottom plate and lid plate, it is possible to perform pre-cooling of the cold storage plate together with these, and the side plate and lid plate By assembling the bottom plate, a fresh food storage room was defined by each cold storage plate.

The fresh food is entirely surrounded by the cold storage plate, and the pre-cooling temperature of the cold storage plate is set to the cooling temperature of the fresh food.
The cold storage temperature in the fresh food storage room defined by the cold storage plate can be maintained.

On the other hand, by setting the cooling temperature of the refrigerator of the freezer to a temperature at which the cooling temperature of the fresh food storage room defined by the cold storage plate of the pass box is not lowered, the cooling temperature of the refrigerator is kept substantially constant. As a result, it is possible to keep the cooling temperature of the fresh food in the box uniform and constant, reduce the power consumption of the refrigerator as compared with the conventional case, and reduce the freshness in each box caused by opening and closing the door of the freezer. Eliminates the problem of temperature rise in the food storage room,
Effectively prevent freshness from decreasing.

Each of the regenerator plates has a structure in which the regenerative plates are connected via a hinge so as to be deployable. Alternatively, each of the cold storage plates is formed of six plates that can be separated from each other, and at least the cold storage plates incorporated on each inner surface of the pass box main body are engaged with the inner surface of the pass box main body at each side edge, and a square tube structure To be held.

Alternatively, each of the cold storage plates is formed of a flexible sheet member, and the sheet members are arranged while being bent along the inner surfaces of the box body and the lid plate.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An object of the present invention is to provide a method for delivering and delivering fresh food which appropriately addresses the above-mentioned problems in the conventional delivery and delivery of fresh food, and a fresh food cool box for use in the method.

As a means, as shown in FIG. 1, when a fresh food is transported and delivered using a freezing truck 1, a pass box body 3 and an upper opening of the pass box body 3 as shown in FIGS. And a cover plate 4 for closing the box.

It is preferable that the bottom plate, the four side plates, and the lid plate of the first to fourth pass boxes 2 described below are all formed of a heat insulating plate such as a foamed synthetic resin plate.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 9, cold storage plates 5 to 10 which are pre-cooled to the cooling temperature of fresh food are prepared,
The cold storage plates 5 to 10 are removably incorporated into the inner surfaces and inner bottom surfaces of the box body 3 and the inner surface of the cover plate 4, and the fresh food storage chamber 12 defined by the cold storage plates 5 to 10. To accommodate fresh food 13.

A pass box 2 containing the fresh food 13
Are stored in the freezer 14 of the freezer 1, and the refrigerator 15 of the freezer 14 maintains the pre-cooling temperature of the cold storage plates 5 to 10 in each of the pass boxes 2, and performs the transport delivery.

The pass-through box 2 is collected during or after home delivery and is used again.

By adopting the method of delivering and delivering the fresh food, the fresh food 13 is entirely covered with the cold storage plates 5 to 10.
The pre-cooling temperature of the cold storage plates 5 to 10 is set to a cooling temperature suitable for keeping the fresh food 13 fresh, and the cold storage temperature in the fresh food storage room 12 defined by the cold storage plates 5 to 10 is maintained.

On the other hand, the cooling temperature of the refrigerator 15 of the freezing car 1 may be set to a temperature at which the cooling temperature in the fresh food storage chamber 12 defined by the cold storage plates 5 to 10 of the pass box 2 does not drop.

As a result, as shown in FIG.
Even if the temperature inside the freezer 14 rises temporarily by repeatedly opening and closing the door 4, the cooling temperature in the fresh food storage chamber 12 is changed to be substantially constant, and the fresh food 13 in the passing box 2 is changed. Of the refrigerator 15 can be appropriately maintained, the cooling temperature of the refrigerator 15 can be reduced, and the operation of the refrigerator 15 can be controlled by sensing the temperature rise due to the opening and closing of the door. Can be kept constant.
Therefore, while reducing the power consumption of the refrigerator 15 compared to the related art,
This effectively prevents a temperature rise caused by opening and closing the door of the freezer 14 and a decrease in freshness of the fresh food 13 due to the temperature rise.

FIGS. 2 to 4 show examples of the fresh food cool box 2 to be loaded into the freezer 14 of the home delivery freezer 1.
10, or the second pass 2 shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, or the third pass 2 shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, or FIG.
The fourth pass box 2 shown in FIG.

The first to fourth pass boxes 2 each include a pass box main body 3,
A cover plate 4 for closing an upper opening of the pass box body 3;
The first to third pass boxes 2 are removably assembled with the cold storage plates 5 to 10 on each of the inner surface, the inner bottom face, and the inner face of the cover plate 4 of the pass box body 3, and are taken out from the pass box body 3. It has a structure in which the fresh food storage room 12 is defined by allowing pre-cooling and incorporating the pre-cooled cold storage plates 5 to 10 into the box body 3.

More specifically, each of the cold storage plates 5 to 10 forming the first pass box 2 shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 is formed of six plates that can be separated from each other. Each of the cold storage plates 5 to 10 is pre-cooled and placed in a refrigerator provided at a distribution center or a fresh food sales office in a stacked state, and a freezer 1 of the fresh food 13 is placed.
At the time of loading into the container 4, the cold storage plate 5 is set on the inner bottom surface of the box main body 3, and the cold storage plates 6, 7, 8, 9 are passed through the box main body 3.
Is installed along the inner side surface of the cold storage plates 5 to 9
The fresh food 13 is accommodated in the accommodation room 12 surrounded by a circle, then the upper opening of the pass box main body 3 is closed with the cold storage plate 10, and then the cover plate 4 is fitted.

Thus, fresh food 13 is stored in cold storage plates 5 to 10
And a large number of pass-through boxes 2 containing the fresh foods 13 are loaded in the freezer 14 of the freezer truck 1, and the freezers 14 are stored in the substantially closed storage chamber 12.
The cooling temperature of the refrigerator 15 is set to a temperature at which the pre-cooling temperature of the cold storage plates 5 to 10 in each pass box 2 is maintained, and the above-mentioned transportation home delivery is performed. The pass-through box 2 is collected during or after home delivery and is used again.

In the passing box 2 shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, an engaging groove 11 is provided at the inner corner of the passing box 2 for engaging all or a part of the side edges of the cold storage plates 6 to 9. Plates 6 to 9
In the upright assembled state (square tube structure), that is, to prevent falling.

Alternatively, the regenerative plates 6, 7, 8, 9 assembled on the respective inner side surfaces of the pass-through box body 3 are engaged with each other at the respective side edges to maintain the rectangular tube structure.

Next, each of the cold storage plates 5 to 10 forming the second pass box 2 shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 has side cold storage plates 6 to 9 on four sides of the bottom cold storage plate 5 via folding hinges 18. The upper cold storage plate 10 is further connected to the upper end edge of one side cold storage plate via a folding hinge 19 so as to have a single structure and a flat and expandable structure as a whole.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6B, the cold storage plates 5 to 10 are formed by a packaging bag 21 which can contain the cold storage agent 20, and the edges of the packaging bags 21 forming the respective cold storage plates are connected to each other by a base material. ,
The bending hinges 18 and 19 are formed at the connecting portions to form a single-piece structure.

Each of the cold storage plates 5 having the above-mentioned folded structure
10 to 10 are pre-cooled and placed in a refrigerator provided at a distribution center, a fresh food sales office, or the like in a stacked state, and when the fresh food 13 is loaded into the freezer 14, the folding hinges 18 and 19 are used. Box body 3 while being formed in a box shape
The regenerator plate 5 is installed on the inner bottom surface of the box main body 3, and the regenerator plates 6, 7, 8, and 9 are installed along the inner peripheral surface of the box main body 3, and then the regenerator plates 5 to Fresh food 13 is accommodated in the accommodation room 12 surrounded by 9, then the upper opening of the pass box body 3 is closed by the cold storage plate 10, and then the cover plate 4 is fitted.

Thus, fresh food 13 is stored in cold storage plates 5 to 10
And a large number of pass-through boxes 2 containing the fresh foods 13 are loaded in the freezer 14 of the freezer truck 1, and the freezers 14 are stored in the substantially closed storage chamber 12.
The cooling temperature of the refrigerator 15 is set to a temperature at which the pre-cooling temperature of the cold storage plates 5 to 10 in each pass box 2 is maintained, and the above-mentioned transportation home delivery is performed. The pass-through box 2 is collected during or after home delivery and is used again.

Next, each of the cold storage plates 5 to 10 forming the third pass box 2 shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 is formed of a flexible sheet member which can be bent at any place. are doing.

For example, the entire cold storage plate having the folding structure shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is formed of a single sheet having flexibility that can be bent on an arbitrary line. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 8, two flexible sheet members are formed, and the two sheet members are integrated into the pass box body 3 so as to overlap each other at the center portion, and the bottom cold storage plate 5 at the center portion is formed. Box 3
The cold storage plates 6, 7, 8, 9, which extend from two opposite sides of the bottom cold storage plate 5, are bent so as to pass along the four inner side surfaces of the box body 3 and have a box shape. And fresh food 1
After the container 3 is accommodated, the opening of the pass-through box body 3 is covered with the upper cold storage plate 10 connected to the upper end edge of one of the sheets, and then the cover plate 4
Is fitted.

Thus, fresh food 13 is stored in cold storage plates 5 to 10
And a large number of pass-through boxes 2 containing the fresh foods 13 are loaded in the freezer 14 of the freezer truck 1, and the freezers 14 are stored in the substantially closed storage chamber 12.
The cooling temperature of the refrigerator 15 is set to a temperature at which the pre-cooling temperature of the cold storage plates 5 to 10 in each pass box 2 is maintained, and the above-mentioned transportation home delivery is performed. The pass-through box 2 is collected during or after home delivery and is used again.

Next, the fourth pass box 2 shown in FIGS.
Makes the four side plates 16 of the pass-through body 3 decomposable into a bottom plate 17 and a cover plate 4, and the side plates 16 forming the pass-through body 3
The cold storage plates 5 to 10 are integrally bonded to each of the inner side surfaces, the inner bottom surface of the bottom plate 17 and the inner surface of the lid plate 4, and the side plate 16, the bottom plate 17 and the lid plate 4 are disassembled and superposed. Pre-cooling together with the cold storage plates 5 to 10 in a refrigerator provided at a distribution center or a store, etc.
And the bottom plate 17 are assembled to form the box body 3, and the upper opening of the box body 3 is closed with the cover plate 4 to assemble the box 2. The cold storage plates 5 to 10 are assembled by this assembly.
Defines the fresh food accommodation room 12.

The fourth pass box 2 is formed of four plates that can separate the four side plates from each other, and is further formed by a plate that separates the bottom plate 17 and the cover plate 4, and the pass box 2 is assembled. After that, the container 2 is bound using an adhesive tape or the like, so that the pass-through box 2 can be maintained. Alternatively, the plates 4, 16, and 17 are assembled in a box shape by engaging each other at the edge. Or four side plates 16
Are connected via a hinge to form a rectangular tube and can be deployed via the hinge. Similarly, each of the plates 4, 16, and 17, like the folding cold storage plate shown in FIG. 5, is formed into a box shape through a hinge and can be deployed through the hinge.

Thus, fresh food 13 is stored in cold storage plates 5 to 10
And a large number of pass-through boxes 2 containing the fresh foods 13 are loaded in the freezer 14 of the freezer truck 1, and the freezers 14 are stored in the substantially closed storage chamber 12.
The cooling temperature of the refrigerator 15 is set to a temperature at which the pre-cooling temperature of the cold storage plates 5 to 10 in each pass box 2 is maintained, and the above-mentioned transportation home delivery is performed. The pass-through box 2 is collected during or after home delivery and is used again.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the cold storage plates 5 to 10 used for the first to fourth pass boxes 2 partition the inside of the wrapper 21 into a plurality of closed chambers 23 and are partitioned by the partition walls 22. It has a structure in which the cold storage agent 20 is held in the closed chamber 23.

The regenerator 20 is made of a natural polymer, a synthetic polymer, a water-soluble polymer, or the like, and is self-cooled by being externally cooled.

FIG. 13 shows a temperature graph T1 in the package during the conventional delivery of fresh food and a temperature graph T2 in the fresh food accommodating room 12 in the pass box 2 during the delivery of the fresh food according to the present invention. In contrast, in the conventional transportation and delivery method, the temperature in the package exhibits an extreme temperature rise curve T 'each time the door of the freezer 14 of the freezer 1 is opened and closed, whereas in the transportation and delivery method according to the present invention, The temperature in 2 changes substantially flat (uniform), demonstrating that the problem in the conventional transportation and delivery method has been solved extremely effectively.

Further, according to the present invention, the cooling temperature at the initial stage of transportation, that is, at the initial stage of loading the fresh food 13, can be kept constant.

According to the present invention, it is possible to drastically solve the problem of maintaining freshness, which has been a concern in the delivery of fresh food by the freezer truck 1, and to simplify the temperature control of the freezer 14 of the freezer truck 1, and It can reduce power consumption and improve transportation delivery.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view schematically illustrating a state in which fresh food is delivered by a freezer truck.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a first pass box used for the delivery by transportation, with a lid opened.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a pass box main body forming the first pass box.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the first pass box.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a second pass box used for the delivery by transportation, with an open state;

FIG. 6A is a plan view showing a cold storage plate structure provided inside the second pass box, and FIG. 6B is a front view of a main part of a hinge structure of the cold storage plate.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the second pass box.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a third pass box used for the delivery by transportation, with an open state;

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the third pass box.

FIG. 10A is a perspective view showing a fourth pass box used for the above-mentioned transportation home delivery in an exploded state, and FIG. 10B is a sectional view of each disassembled plate.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an assembled state of the fourth pass box.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the fourth pass box.

FIG. 13 is a graph showing temperature curves of a conventional fresh food transportation and delivery method and a fresh food transportation and delivery method according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Freezer car 2 Passing box 3 Passing box main body 4 Cover plate 5-10 Cold storage plate 11 Engagement groove 12 Fresh food storage room 13 Fresh food 14 Freezer 15 Refrigerator 16 Side plate 17 Bottom plate 18, 19 Folding hinge 20 Cold storage agent 21 File bag 22 Partition wall 23 Closed room

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A method of delivering and delivering fresh food using a freezer truck, comprising: forming a pass box comprising a pass box main body and a lid plate closing an upper opening of the pass box main body; Prepare a cold storage plate pre-cooled to the cold storage temperature, and removably incorporate the cold storage plate into each of the inner surface of the box body, the inner bottom surface thereof, and the inner surface of the lid plate, so that fresh food defined by each cold storage plate The fresh food is accommodated in the accommodation room, and a large number of pass boxes containing the fresh food are loaded in the freezer of the freezer truck, and the refrigerator of the freezer keeps the pre-cooling temperature of the cold storage plate in each pass box and delivers the delivery home. And delivering the fresh food. 2. A pass box for keeping fresh food which is loaded into a freezer of a freezer truck for home delivery, comprising a pass box composed of a pass box body and a lid plate for closing an upper opening of the pass box body. A fresh food storage delivery system, characterized in that a cold storage plate is detachably mounted on each of the inner surface, inner bottom surface, and inner surface of the lid plate of the pass box body, and a fresh food storage room is defined by each cold storage plate. A pass box for keeping fresh food cool. 3. A pass box for keeping fresh food which is loaded in a freezer of a freezer truck for home delivery, comprising a pass box composed of a pass box body and a lid plate for closing an upper opening of the pass box body. A side plate of the pass box body can be disassembled into a bottom plate and a lid plate, and a cold storage plate is integrally attached to each inner surface of each side plate forming the pass box body, the inner bottom surface of the bottom plate, and the inner surface of the cover plate. A fresh food cool box used for fresh food transportation and courier, wherein each cold storage plate defines a fresh food storage room. 4. The fresh food cool box as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the cold storage plates is connected so as to be deployable via a hinge. 5. A structure in which each of the cold storage plates is composed of six plates which can be separated from each other, and at least the cold storage plates incorporated on each inner surface of the pass box main body are engaged with the inner surface of the pass box main body at each side edge. 3. A fresh food cool box according to claim 2, which is used for transportation and delivery of fresh food. 6. The fresh food cool box as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the cold storage plates is made of a flexible sheet.