JPH0348788B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] This invention relates to a method for delivering items that require refrigeration at an appropriate temperature, and more specifically relates to, for example, fresh foods, refrigerated and
Items that require refrigeration, such as ice-cold or partially frozen frozen foods, and items that require refrigeration, such as medicine, are delivered from a collection point to a final destination such as a general household via a relay point within a specified temperature range. Alternatively, it relates to a method of delivering the product at an appropriate temperature between these locations.

[Conventional technology]

In general, fresh foods such as seafood and vegetables, frozen foods, and goods that require refrigeration such as medicines are distributed in large or small quantities from production areas to factories, from factories to stores, and from stores to households, i.e., consumers. Ru. In this case, due to the need to maintain the quality of such refrigerated items, shipping containers and
It was distributed within a predetermined temperature range by insulating the delivery vehicle or attached equipment, or by keeping it cool by using a refrigerator or dry ice.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, with conventional delivery methods, different insulation methods are used to keep the items cold at each delivery stage, so there is a risk that the temperature may fall outside the specified temperature range, resulting in problems with freshness, flavor, etc. There was a problem that the quality of the products deteriorated. Furthermore, since there is no consistency in the insulation means, methods such as complicated packaging, insulation packaging, or accessory equipment have to be changed at each delivery stage. Therefore, there is a tendency to perform excessive cooling and insulation than necessary, and it requires a lot of labor and time.Furthermore, the packaging at each delivery stage is inconsistent, and some are disposable. There were also problems such as increased costs. This problem occurs not only in delivery systems for distribution of products that require refrigeration, such as general fresh foods and medicines, from the production stage to consumption, but also in delivery systems that deliver refrigerated products from each household, etc., to another household, etc. via an agency. A similar problem has been observed in small-lot deliveries, and there is currently a desire for improvement in this regard.

[Means for solving problems]

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, it is possible to provide consistency to a package made of a heat insulating cover for packaging or accommodating items requiring refrigeration, so that it can be easily delivered during normal distribution from production to consumption. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for delivering items that require refrigeration at an appropriate temperature, which is characterized by maintaining the items within a predetermined temperature range during delivery, such as home delivery, and making it possible to reuse the packaging after delivery. It is something to do.

That is, the present invention provides a method for delivering refrigerated, ice-temperature, or frozen items at a predetermined temperature from a collection point to a destination point via a relay point or at an appropriate temperature between these points. A package made of a heat insulating cover for packaging or accommodating articles is prepared, and at the stage of packaging or accommodating the above-mentioned articles requiring cooling in the package, the inner space for each article requiring cooling is pre-cooled by a pre-cooling means, or the above-mentioned Delivery time for items that require refrigeration;
A predetermined amount of cold storage bodies according to the ambient temperature and product temperature are mixed in the package and the cooled items are delivered at an appropriate temperature, and then the package or cold storage body is returned to the collection point in preparation for subsequent delivery. The object of the present invention is to provide a method for delivering goods requiring refrigeration at an appropriate temperature, characterized in that a freezing means is provided at the relay point to refreeze the cold storage body collected at the relay point. be.

In this invention, the above-mentioned package made of a heat insulating cover may be one in which the heat insulating cover itself is made into a sheet and used to package items that require cooling, or,
The heat insulating cover sheet may be formed into a bag shape or a box shape. In this case, the heat insulating cover sheet includes a plastic film for waterproofing and protection, an aluminum thin layer made by vapor-depositing aluminum on the inner surface of the plastic film or aluminum foil bonded to the inner surface of the plastic film, and an inner surface such as a thin aluminum layer. A single or double laminated sheet consisting of a reinforcing fabric layer bonded to the inner surface of the reinforcing fabric layer and a soft polyethylene foam layer bonded to the inner surface of the reinforcing fabric layer, or a plastic coating on the outside of the laminated sheet. A laminated sheet made by laminating nylon fiber canvas for reinforcement is used. Further, the above-mentioned cold storage body consists of a sealed container and a cold storage agent sealed in the sealed container. In this case, the sealed container may be a plastic bag or container of a predetermined shape, but due to distribution reasons, For handling, it is preferable to form a sealed container with an aluminum can or a bag made of a laminated film of reinforced plastic film and aluminum foil, and the above-mentioned cold storage agent contains a melting point adjuster and a viscosity adjuster based on water or carbonated water. Alternatively, if necessary, preservatives, dyes, etc. selected from food additives may be mixed in as appropriate. Furthermore, a refrigerator or a refrigerator using a refrigerator or a refrigerator is used as the precooling means.
In addition, although it differs depending on the delivery system, the above-mentioned collection point may be the production center, distribution point, collection/delivery center, store, factory, etc. in the delivery system, and the relay point may be the collection/delivery center, agency, etc. in the delivery system. Points or factories etc. play this role. In addition, destination points include factories, collection and delivery centers,
There are stores, distributors, and ordinary households.

[Effect]

The above technical means works as follows.

First, at the collection point, the predetermined items that need to be cooled are packaged or housed in packages made of heat-insulating covers prepared in advance, and either pre-cooled depending on the temperature of the items that need to be cooled, or mixed with a cold storage device depending on the temperature of the items. do. In this state, the items requiring refrigeration are delivered to the destination point via a relay point or directly. After being delivered, the package made of the heat insulating cover is returned to the collection point and reused. Furthermore, when a cold storage body is used, the used cold storage body is collected at a relay point, refrozen by a freezing means, and then used for the next delivery.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the packaging mode of the first embodiment of the package used in the delivery method of the present invention, in which an article 10 requiring cooling and an article 1 requiring cooling 1 are separated by a heat insulating cover sheet 21.
This figure shows the case of packaging a cold storage body 30 for cold storage.

In this case, the heat insulating cover sheet 21 has the sixth
As shown in the figure, a plastic film 41 made of polyethylene or polyester for waterproofing and protection.
A light-shielding aluminum thin layer 42 is deposited on the inner surface of the plastic film 41, and a reinforcing cloth layer 44 made of nonwoven fabric or the like is bonded to the inner surface of the aluminum thin layer 42 via a polyethylene or polyester film 43. and a soft polyethylene foam layer 45 having heat insulating properties bonded to the inner surface of the reinforcing fabric layer 44 via a polyethylene or polyester film 43. However, it is not necessarily necessary to double the laminated sheet, and a single laminated sheet may be used. Alternatively, if necessary, the outside of the laminated sheet may be reinforced with a canvas 46 made of nylon fiber coated with plastic or the like. Moreover, the above-mentioned cold storage body 30 is
As shown in FIG. 7a, it is composed of a container 30a having a cylindrical shape, for example, and a cold storage agent 30b filled in this container 30a. and food additives (natural materials, composites) are used. Further, as the container 30a of the cool storage body 30, for example, an aluminum can or a bag 30c made of aluminum foil reinforced with a reinforced plastic film is used (see FIG. 7b).

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the heat insulating cover package according to the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view thereof. This is a case where the container 23 is formed to accommodate the article 10 requiring cooling. That is, this is a case where a large capacity of refrigerated articles 10 is delivered by using a box-like body (including a bag-like body) 26 having an opening/closing surface 24 that can be opened and closed by fasteners 22 or the like.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a packaging mode of a third embodiment of the heat insulating cover sheet package according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view thereof. This is the case when
That is, the heat insulating cover sheet 2 is attached to the frame 54 of the basket-shaped truck 50 having the casters 52.
This is a case where the article 10 to be cooled and the cool storage body 30 are housed in the container 1.

Next, the appropriate temperature delivery method of this invention will be explained.

Appropriate temperature delivery systems for items 10 that require refrigeration can be roughly divided into six types shown in FIGS. 8A to 8F. FIG. Store via 6
This is the case of the distribution chain from production to consumption of ordinary products. 8B to E are part of the distribution route of the first suitable temperature delivery system, respectively.
C when delivering from 3 to store 64, D when delivering from production area 61 to processing factory 62, and processing factory 62
The case of delivery from to the collection/delivery center 63 is E. In this case, the delivery start point of the refrigerated article 10 is the collection point, the point where the refrigerated article 10 reaches is the destination point, and a relay point is located between these two points. In addition, FIG. 8F shows a delivery system generally referred to as a courier service, in which refrigerated items 10 are sent from a general household shipper 65 to an arrival agency 67 via a shipping agency 66.
This figure shows a suitable temperature delivery system in which the goods are delivered at a suitable temperature, and further delivered from the arrival agency 67 to the consignee 68 in another general household.

At the collection point, the items 10 requiring refrigeration are packaged or housed in the heat insulating cover sheet 21 or the packaging container 23 made of the heat insulating cover sheet (hereinafter referred to as the package 20) prepared in advance. At this time, depending on the type, quantity, temperature, etc. of the article 10 to be cooled, the inner space between the article 10 to be cooled and the package 20 is precooled by a precooling means 70, which will be described later, or a predetermined amount of the cool storage body 30 is precooled. will be mixed. In this case, the precooling means 70
For example, a refrigerator or a refrigerator using a refrigerator or a refrigerator is used. After being delivered from the collection point to the destination point via a relay point or directly at a suitable temperature, the packaging body 23 and cold storage body 30 are collected and returned to the collection point in preparation for the next delivery at a suitable temperature. At this time, the cold storage body 30 is refrozen by the freezing means at the relay point and then collected at the collection point.

Next, a specific example of the appropriate temperature delivery method of the present invention will be explained in the ninth section.
This will be explained with reference to the time chart shown in the figure.

FIG. 9 shows a case where the goods 10 that require refrigeration are transported from the processing factory 62 in refrigerated vehicles 72 and are delivered to the store 64 using the collection and delivery center 63 as the collection point and the warehouse 69 as the relay point. shows the case of milk. The milk (1680 bottles; 500ml/bottle) that arrived at the collection and distribution center 63 is sorted and stored in two basket-shaped carts 50, then precooled in a refrigerator for 4 to 7 hours and kept at 2°C, ready for shipment. 30 cold storage bodies (8 units/truck; 16 Kcal/unit) in stages
are mixed in the heat insulating cover sheet 21 and loaded into the first delivery vehicle 74 (dry van). and,
The first delivery vehicle 74 arrives at the warehouse 69, which is a relay point, after one hour, and at room temperature (25
After being stored at a temperature of 30°C (°C), the milk (20 bottles) is stored in a cold storage body 30 (5 bottles/box;
After being mixed with 16 Kcal/piece) and ready for shipping at a temperature of 5°C, they are loaded into the second delivery vehicle 76 (dry van). In this case, the storage time in the basket-shaped cart 50 is 4 hours, and the storage time in the box-shaped package 23 is 1 hour, for a total of 5 hours. The second delivery vehicle 76 then delivers the product to the store 64, which is the final destination. In this case, the delivery took 7 hours with the temperature inside the car at 45℃, but the temperature of the milk was 10℃.
It was warm at ℃.

The heat insulating cover package 20 and the cold storage body 30 that have been delivered at the appropriate temperature as described above are collected, washed and cleaned, precooled, and then returned to the warehouse 69 (collection point). Furthermore, when the cold storage body 30 is collected in the warehouse 69, it is refrozen in a refrigerator or the like and prepared for the next delivery. On the other hand, the collection and delivery center 6
Basket-shaped trolley 50 and cold storage body 30 used for delivery from 3.
After being collected at warehouse 69 and washed and cleaned,
It is pre-cooled or refrozen and sent to the collection and delivery center 63 at the collection point.
It is then redelivered and prepared for the next delivery at the appropriate temperature.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the case was explained in which the basket-shaped cart 50 and the box-shaped packaging container 23, which are packaging bodies made of a heat-insulating cover sheet, were used, and the cold storage body 30 was used for cold preservation, but the heat-insulating cover sheet 21
Similar effects can be obtained when the article 10 requiring refrigeration is packaged in the same manner. In addition, depending on the type, temperature, delivery time, etc. of the items that require cooling, it is possible to pre-cool the pre-cooled items to the lower limit of the appropriate temperature range in the pre-cooling stage without using the cool storage body 30, and then cool the items to the upper limit of the appropriate temperature range within the allowable time. In this case, it is not necessary to refreeze the cold storage body 30 at the relay point.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the suitable temperature delivery method of the present invention, a package made of a heat insulating cover for packaging or accommodating an article requiring refrigeration is prepared, and in the step of packaging or accommodating the article requiring refrigeration in the package, Either the inner space of each item requiring cooling is pre-cooled by a pre-cooling means, or a predetermined amount of cool storage material is mixed in the package according to the delivery time, ambient temperature and quality of the item requiring cooling. After delivering the package or cold storage body at a suitable temperature, the package or cold storage body is returned to the collection point to prepare for subsequent delivery, and the relay point is equipped with refrigeration means to recycle the cold storage body collected at the relay point. By making freezing possible, the following effects can be obtained.

1. Items requiring refrigeration to be delivered can be delivered at an appropriate temperature while being maintained within a predetermined refrigerated, iced, partially frozen, or frozen temperature range.

2. Packages made of heat-insulating covers and cold storage bodies used for proper-temperature delivery are used throughout the delivery system, and are collected at the collection point after delivery, making it possible to quickly and inexpensively deliver the right-temperature in a complex distribution system. can be done.

3. Packaging made of heat insulating covers can be selected depending on the items to be delivered, so large quantities,
Can be applied to any small shipment,
It is possible to improve the appropriate temperature delivery system.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the heat insulating cover package according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the heat insulating cover package according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a third embodiment of the heat insulating cover package according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a sectional view of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the heat insulating cover sheet according to the present invention. cross section,
7a and 7b are perspective views showing a cross section of a part of the cold storage body in this invention, FIGS. 8A to 8F are schematic diagrams showing another delivery system in this invention, and FIG. 9 is a delivery system in this invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart diagram illustrating an example of a method. Explanation of symbols, 10...Refrigerated items, 20, 21, 2
3...Insulating cover package, 30...Cold storage body, 3
0a...Container, 30b...Cold storage agent, 30c...
Bag, 41...Plastic film, 42...Aluminum thin layer, 44...Reinforcement fabric layer, 45...Soft polyethylene foam layer, 46...Nylon canvas,
61... Production area, 62... Processing factory, 63... Collection and delivery center, 64... Store, 65... Shipper, 66,
67...Agent, 68...Consignor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A method for delivering refrigerated, ice-temperature, or frozen items at a predetermined temperature from a collection point to a destination point via a relay point or at an appropriate temperature between these points, A package made of a heat insulating cover for packaging or accommodating chilled articles is prepared, and at the stage of packaging or accommodating the chilled articles in the package, the inner space of each chilled article is precooled by a precooling means, or,
A predetermined amount of cold storage bodies according to the delivery time, ambient temperature, and product temperature of the above-mentioned chilled goods are mixed in the above-mentioned package, and after the above chilled goods are delivered at an appropriate temperature, the above-mentioned packaging body or cold storage body is delivered to the above-mentioned collection point. Proper-temperature delivery of refrigerated items, characterized in that the re-distribution is carried out to prepare for subsequent delivery, and a freezing means is installed at the relay point to refreeze the cold storage body collected at the relay point. Method. 2. The method for delivering an article requiring refrigeration at an appropriate temperature according to claim 1, wherein the package made of a heat insulating cover is a heat insulating cover sheet. 3. The method for delivering an article requiring refrigeration at an appropriate temperature according to claim 1, wherein the package made of a heat insulating cover is a bag-like or box-like packaging container formed of a heat-insulating cover sheet. 4. The heat insulating cover sheet consists of a waterproof/protective plastic film, a thin aluminum layer or aluminum foil deposited or adhered to the inner surface of the plastic film, a reinforcing fabric layer bonded to the inner surface of the thin aluminum layer, etc. It is characterized by being a laminated sheet made by sequentially laminating soft polyethylene closed foam layers adhered to the inner surface of a cloth layer, or a laminated sheet whose surface is reinforced with a canvas made of nylon or the like coated with vinyl chloride on the outside of the laminated sheet. A method for delivering goods requiring refrigeration at an appropriate temperature according to claim 2 or 3. 5. The cold storage body consists of a sealed container in the form of an aluminum can or in the form of a bag made by laminating a reinforcing plastic film and aluminum foil, and a melting point regulator and viscosity regulator or 2. A method for delivering items requiring refrigeration at an appropriate temperature according to claim 1, comprising a cold storage agent mixed with preservatives, dyes, etc. selected from food additives. 6. The method for delivering items requiring refrigeration at an appropriate temperature as set forth in claim 1, wherein the pre-cooling means is a freezer, a freezer using a freezer, or a refrigerator. 7. The method for delivering refrigerated goods at an appropriate temperature according to claim 1, wherein the collection point is a production area, a distributor, a collection and delivery center, a store, or a factory in a delivery system. 8. The method for delivering items requiring refrigeration at an appropriate temperature according to claim 1, wherein the relay point is a collection/delivery center, a distributor, or a factory in a delivery system. 9. The method for delivering items requiring refrigeration at an appropriate temperature according to claim 1, wherein the destination point is a factory, collection/delivery center, store, agency, or general household in the delivery system.