JPH10175697A - Article storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use an inexpensive dry container to store articles to be cooled or refrigerated such as foods by providing a box for storing the articles in a dry container for marine transport, and providing a regulating means to regulate the environment in the box to the desired condition. SOLUTION: An article storage device is provided with a dry container 1 for marine transport, a box 2 for storing articles provided in the dry container 1, and a cooling and refrigerating machine 3 to keep the inside of the box 2 in a low temperature condition. A space is provided between, an inner surface of the dry container 1 and an outer surface of the box 2, an outdoor unit 3b of the cooling and refrigerating machine 3 is installed in a space 4d between a rear wall surface of the dry container 1 and a rear wall surface of the box 2, vents 8, 9 are provided on the rear wall surface of the dry container 1, and outer doors 5a, 5b and an inner door 11 are provided on forward wall surfaces of the dry container 1 and the box 2. A heat insulation panel to constitute the box 2 is constituted by integrating main face plates and side face plates consisting of wooden plywood and synthetic wood with foamed urethane.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article storage apparatus using a dry container for marine transportation, which is used for storing food and garbage on land.

[0002]

It has been common practice to reuse containers used for marine transportation for a certain period of time as goods storage on land. Such containers for marine transportation include refrigerated / refrigerated containers and containers that do not have a refrigerated / refrigerated function called dry containers, and the former is particularly used for storing foods and the like.

[0003] By the way, a refrigeration / refrigeration container for marine transportation is designed on the assumption that it is used in a situation where noise from a refrigeration / refrigeration machine does not matter at all. Therefore, it cannot be used as it is on land. For these reasons, when reusing a frozen / refrigerated container on land, it is essential to replace the frozen / refrigerated machine with a low-noise one, which takes a great deal of trouble. In addition, since the frozen / refrigerated containers themselves are expensive, the cost of reuse is high at present. Therefore, the development of a technology that can use an inexpensive dry container for storing articles that need to be frozen or refrigerated, such as food, has been awaited.

[0004] Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive article storage device using a dry container for marine transportation.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned object is to provide a dry container for marine transportation, a box for storing articles provided in the dry container for marine transportation, and an environment in the box in a desired state. The article storage device is characterized in that the article storage device is provided with adjusting means for adjusting the size of the article.

In this article storage device, the box can be composed of a plurality of heat insulating panels. In particular, as the heat insulating panel, a foam is provided in a space formed by a pair of main surface materials and side materials, and the main surface materials and side materials, and integrates the main surface materials and side materials. And a structure having the following. In the article storage device of the present invention, it is preferable that a gap is provided between the inner surface of the marine transport dry container and the outer surface of the box. Thereby, the heat insulation efficiency can be further improved, and the running cost can be reduced accordingly.

[0007] In order to ensure protection of the adjusting means, a part of the adjusting means is installed in a gap in the marine shipping dry container connected to the box along the longitudinal direction of the marine shipping dry container. Preferably. That is, when the adjusting means mainly comprises two parts, the indoor unit and the outdoor unit, the outdoor unit is provided not in the outside of the dry container but in a space secured between the inner surface of the dry container and the outer surface of the box. It is desirable.

Further, a drainage tool is embedded in at least one of the heat insulating panels constituting the floor of the box, and the drainage pipe arranged between the drainage tool and the dry container for marine transportation is used to form the box. It is preferable that a heat insulating panel constituting a floor is fixed in position with respect to the marine transport dry container. Thus, the structure of the article storage device can be further simplified by configuring the drainage mechanism to also serve as the box fixing mechanism.

As the adjusting means in the article storage device, a device having a cooling function, for example, a freezer / refrigerator can be used. As described above, in the article storage device of the present invention, inside the dry container for marine transportation, for example, a box for article storage constituted by a plurality of heat insulating panels is provided, and the environment inside the box is set to a desired state. Adjustable to be. Therefore, the dry container for marine transportation can be reused for storing foods and the like, like the frozen and refrigerated containers. In addition, refrigeration / refrigeration units are not installed in dry containers for marine transportation. Therefore, the troublesome work related to the removal is unnecessary. Furthermore, the marine transport dry containers themselves are less expensive than refrigerated / refrigerated containers. For this reason, the reuse cost of the marine transport dry container is low, and it is possible to provide an inexpensive article storage device using the dry container.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An article storage apparatus described below as an embodiment of the present invention comprises a marine transport dry container, an article storage box provided in the marine transport dry container, Adjusting means for adjusting the environment inside the box body to a desired state. In particular, the box is composed of a plurality of heat insulating panels, furthermore, this heat insulating panel, a pair of main surface material, and a side material,
It is provided in the space composed of the main surface material and the side material,
It has a structure including a foam for integrating the main surface material and the side surface material. A gap is provided between the inner surface of the marine transport dry container and the outer surface of the box. Furthermore,
A part of the adjusting means is installed in a space in the marine transport dry container connected to the box along the longitudinal direction of the marine transport dry container. A drainage tool is embedded in at least one of the heat insulating panels constituting the floor of the box, and the drainage pipe arranged between the drainage tool and the dry container for marine transportation allows the floor surface of the box to be formed. Is fixed in position with respect to the marine transport dry container. In the present embodiment, an adjusting unit having a cooling function, that is, a freezer / refrigerator is used.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 are a vertical sectional view, a horizontal sectional view, a front view, a rear view, and FIG.
Is a cross-sectional view of the heat insulating panel for the wall surface of the box, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an end portion of the heat insulating panel for the floor (ceiling) of the box body, and FIG. Figure,
FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the arrangement of the heat insulation panels on the floor of the box, and FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the arrangement of the heat insulation panels on the wall of the box.

The article storage device according to the present embodiment is shown in FIGS.
As can be seen, a dry container for marine transportation (hereinafter simply referred to as a dry container) 1 and this dry container 1
And a freezer / refrigerator (adjustment means) 3 for maintaining the inside of the box 2 in a low temperature state. The refrigerator / refrigerator 3 includes an indoor unit 3a and an outdoor unit 3
b.

An air gap is provided between the inner surface of the dry container 1 and the outer surface of the box 2. More specifically, between the left and right wall surfaces of the dry container 1 and the left and right wall surfaces of the box 2,
Voids 4a and 4b are respectively provided, and gaps 4c and 4d are provided between the front and rear wall surfaces of the dry container 1 and the front and rear wall surfaces of the box 2, respectively. A space 4e is provided between them. The reason why the gaps 4a to 4e are provided around the box body 2 is to increase the heat insulation efficiency and reduce the power consumption. In the article storage device of the present embodiment, the dry container 1
The gap 4d between the rear wall surface of the box 2 and the rear wall surface of the box 2 is much larger than the other gaps. This is because the outdoor unit 3b of the refrigerator / refrigerator 3 is installed in the gap 4d. Therefore, in the following, the gap 4d connected to the box 2 along the longitudinal direction of the dry container 1 is referred to as a freezing / refrigerator installation space.

The front wall surface of the dry container 1 is composed of two outer doors 5a and 5b as can be seen from FIG. The outer doors 5a and 5b are rotatably attached to the main body of the dry container 1 with one end serving as a fulcrum, as shown by a chain line in FIG. The outer doors 5a and 5b are provided with a lock mechanism, which is omitted in the drawings since it may be a known one.

An entrance 6 is provided on the left wall of the dry container 1 (the side where the gap 4a exists). The entrance 6 is used when it is necessary to enter the freezer / refrigerator installation space 4d for inspection / maintenance of the refrigerator / refrigerator 3 or the like, and is normally closed by a removable lid 7. 1 shows a state in which the lid 7 is removed, and FIG. 2 shows a state in which the lid 7 is attached.

On the rear wall surface of the dry container 1, as shown in FIG. 4, ventilation holes 8, 9 are provided. Vent 8
Is for taking in outside air into the freezer / refrigerator installation space 4d. In addition, the ventilation port 9 is
The refrigerator 3 is connected to the outdoor unit 3b of the refrigerator 3 and plays a role of discharging exhaust gas from the outdoor unit 3b to the outside. Ventilation openings 8, 9
Are covered by a plurality of inclined plates stacked one above the other, so that rainwater or the like does not enter the freezing / refrigerator installation space 4d.

A ventilation fan 10 is attached to the right wall surface (the side where the gap 4b exists) of the dry container 1. The ventilation fan 10 is for forcibly discharging air in the freezer / refrigerator installation space 4d to the outside, in other words, forcibly discharging external air from the ventilation port 8 into the freezer / refrigerator installation space 4d. Play the role of introducing. Next, the structure of the box 2 will be described.

The box 2 is composed of a plurality of heat insulating panels. In the present embodiment, the box 2 is obtained by carrying the heat insulating panel into the dry container 1 and assembling it into a box. The front door of the box 2 has an inner door 11
Is provided. The inner door 11 is used when it is necessary to enter the box 2 for storing or taking out articles, as shown by a dashed line in FIG. Is attached to the main body. The inner door 11 is provided with a lock mechanism, which is not shown in the drawings because it may be a known one, like the outer doors 5a and 5b.

The heat insulating panel constituting the box 2, particularly the box 2
The heat insulation panel which forms the wall surface has a structure as shown in FIG. That is, a pair of main surface materials 12a and 12b made of a wooden plywood or the like, and the main surface materials 12a and 12b
Side material 1 made of synthetic wood, etc., provided between each other
3a, 13b, main surface materials 12a, 12b and side surface material 13
urethane (foam) 14, which is provided in a space surrounded by a and 13b and integrates the two. In this heat insulating panel, a convex portion 15 is formed on the side surface member 13a, and a convex portion 16 having the same cross-sectional shape as the convex portion 15 is formed on the side surface member 13b. This convex part 1
When assembling the heat-insulating panels into a box shape, the heat-insulating panels 5 and 16 facilitate alignment of the heat-insulating panels with the heat-insulating panels for floor and ceiling described later, and play a role in enhancing the bonding between the heat-insulating panels.

The heat insulating panels constituting the floor and ceiling of the box 2 have the structure shown in FIG. That is, the pair of main surface materials 17a and 17b and the main surface material 17
urethane foam 1 provided in a space surrounded by main surface members 17a, 17b and side surface member 18 and provided in a space surrounded by main surface members 17a, 17b and side surface member 18;
9 In this heat insulating panel, especially the side material 1
8 is provided with a concave portion 20. When assembling the heat insulating panel into a box shape, the convex portions 15, 16 of the wall heat insulating panel are
The recess 20 is fitted. Therefore, as described above, the positioning of the heat insulating panels is easy, and a good bonding state can be obtained. When used for a floor surface, the heat insulating panel is arranged in the direction shown in FIG. 6, that is, in the dry container 1 so that the concave portion 20 exists above.
In addition, when used for a ceiling surface, it is arranged in the opposite direction to that for a floor surface, that is, so that the concave portion 20 exists below.

However, the heat insulation panels for the wall surfaces and the heat insulation panels for the floor / ceiling surface are not all the same type, and the shape of the side material differs depending on the arrangement position. For example, with respect to two heat insulating panels for wall surfaces which are arranged orthogonally to the corners of the box 2, one of the edges is configured as shown in FIG. In the same manner, in the heat insulating panel for a wall surface, one of the side surfaces is formed in a concave shape in the case where the heat insulating panel is connected in a plane. Furthermore, as for the joint surface between the floor and ceiling heat insulating panels, one of them is configured to be convex and the other is configured to be concave. This will be described in detail later.

As shown in FIG. 7, a part of the plurality of heat insulating panels constituting the floor of the box 2
1 is embedded. The drainage tool 21 includes a case 22 having an open upper surface, a pair of obstruction plates 23 a and 23 b vertically mounted inside the case 22, and a case 2.
2 and a lid 24 for closing the open surface. The lid 24 is removed at the time of cleaning the inside of the box 2 or the like, so that water can flow into the drainage tool 21.

One end of a drain pipe 25 is joined to a side surface of the case 22 of the drainage tool 21. On the other hand, the other end of the drain pipe 25 projecting from the side surface of the heat insulating panel is joined to the wall surface of the dry container 1. A hole is formed on the wall surface of the dry container 1 at a position where the drain pipe 25 is joined. Therefore, the water flowing into the drainage tool 21 is discharged from the inside of the box 2 by the drainage pipe 25.

The drain pipe 25 not only discharges water,
Insulating panels constituting the floor of the box 2 are dry containers 1
It also plays the role of fixing the position with respect to. That is, the drainage tools 21 are provided one at each of the four corners of the floor of the box, as can be seen from FIG. And dry container 1
As described above, the drain pipe 25
Is arranged. That is, the floor of the box 2 is supported at four points. Therefore, the position of the box 2 does not shift in the dry container 1.

The heat insulating panel constituting the box 2 is manufactured as follows. Regarding the wall insulation panel, first, the main surface members 12a and 12b and the side surface members 13a and 13b are assembled using a support or the like to form a hollow body. Next, the main face members 12a and 12b or the side face members 13a and
Urethane resin is injected into the hollow body through a hole provided in any one of 13b, and foamed and solidified inside. At this time, the main surface material 12a,
The hollow body is fixed by a jig from three directions, that is, up and down, front and rear, and left and right, so that there is no gap at the joint between the side member 13b and the side member 13b. When the foamed urethane resin is completely solidified, remove the jig. Thus, the main face material 1
A heat insulation panel in which the 2a, 12b and the side members 13a, 13b are firmly integrated by the urethane foam 14 is obtained.

The floor and ceiling insulation panels are also manufactured basically in the same manner as the wall insulation panels. Also,
As for the floor insulation panel in which the drainage tool 21 is embedded, a main surface material having a hole having a size equal to the outer diameter of the drainage tool 21 and a hole having a size equal to the outer diameter of the drainage pipe 25 are provided. Using the formed side material, the drainage tool 21 and the drainage pipe 25 may be set in the hollow body prior to the injection of the urethane resin.

Next, the arrangement of the heat insulating panels on the floor and wall surfaces of the box 2 and the shape of each of the heat insulating panels will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the arrangement of the heat insulating panels on the ceiling surface of the box 2 is the same as that on the floor surface. First, the floor of the box 2 is described with reference to FIG.
As can be seen from FIG. 4, the heat insulation panels 26a to 26d are arranged in a plane. In addition, drainage equipment 2
1 is embedded in the box 2 to form the floor 4
Two of the heat insulating panels 26a to 26d located at the front and rear ends of the bottom surface of the box body, that is, the heat insulating panels 26a and 26d
Only.

As described with reference to FIG. 6, the heat insulating panels 26a to 26d are formed with concave edges. More specifically, the heat-insulating panels 26a and 26d have recesses formed on three sides except for a joint portion with another heat-insulating panel, and the heat-insulating panels 26b and 26c have a joint portion between them and the heat-insulating panel 26a. , 26d except for the joint portion, that is, only the left and right edges are formed in a concave shape.

As for the joining surface between the heat insulating panel 26a and the heat insulating panel 26b, the heat insulating panel 26a side is formed in a concave shape, and the heat insulating panel 26b side is formed in a convex shape. In addition, as for the joining surface between the heat insulating panel 26b and the heat insulating panel 26c, the heat insulating panel 26c side has a concave shape, and the heat insulating panel 2c has a concave shape.
The 6b side is formed in a convex shape. That is, the heat insulation panel 2
6b is provided with convex portions on both front and rear joining surfaces. The joint surface between the heat insulating panel 26c and the heat insulating panel 26d is the same as the relationship between the heat insulating panel 26a and the heat insulating panel 26b, that is, the heat insulating panel 26c has a concave shape and the heat insulating panel 26d has a convex shape.

Next, regarding the wall surfaces of the box 2, as can be seen from FIG.
27l are arranged in a ring. In addition,
In the heat insulation panels 27a to 27l, the heat insulation panels 27a
Only has a peculiar shape, that is, the insulation panel 2
A cutout 28 corresponding to the inner door 11 is formed in 7a.

As described above, the heat-insulating panels 27a to 27l have the projections or the depressions formed on the joint surfaces. More specifically, in the heat insulating panels 27a and 27b forming the front wall surface of the box 2, the surfaces in contact with the heat insulating panel 27l or the heat insulating panel 27c are formed in a concave shape as shown in FIG. The heat insulation panel 27a and the heat insulation panel 2
As for the joint surface with the heat insulating panel 7b, the heat insulating panel 27a has a convex shape and the heat insulating panel 27b has a concave shape.

A heat insulating panel 27 forming the left wall surface of the box 2
“c” is one in which the joint surfaces of the heat insulating panel 27b and the heat insulating panel 27d are both convex. On the contrary,
The heat insulating panel 27d is configured such that the joint surfaces with the heat insulating panel 27c and the heat insulating panel 27e are both concave. Furthermore,
The heat insulating panel 27e has the same structure as the heat insulating panel 27c, and the heat insulating panel 27f has the same structure as the heat insulating panel 27b.

A heat insulating panel 27 forming the rear wall of the box 2
g is configured such that the joint surface with the heat insulating panel 27f is convex and the joint surface with the heat insulating panel 27h is concave. Moreover, the heat insulation panel 27h is narrower than other heat insulation panels, and like the heat insulation panel 27c and the heat insulation panel 27e.
The joint surfaces with the heat insulating panel 27g and the heat insulating panel 27i are both convex.

Finally, the heat insulating panels 27i to 27l forming the right wall surface of the box 2 have the same structure as the opposing heat insulating panels 27c to 27f forming the left wall surface. In the heat insulation panels 27a to 27l constituting the front, rear, left and right wall surfaces of the box 2, all surfaces in contact with the heat insulation panels constituting the floor and ceiling of the box 2 are convex as shown in FIG. Has become.

As described above, in the article storage device of the present embodiment, a box for storing articles composed of a plurality of heat insulating panels is provided inside the dry container so that the box can be maintained at a low temperature. I have. For this reason, the dry container can be reused for storing perishable articles such as food, like the frozen / refrigerated container. In addition, a freezer / refrigerator is of course not installed in the dry container. Therefore, the troublesome work related to the removal is unnecessary. Further, the dry container itself is very inexpensive compared to the freezer / refrigerated container. Therefore, the reuse cost of the dry container is low, and an article storage device using the dry container can be provided at low cost.

It should be noted that, according to the present invention, as in the above embodiment,
It is not limited only to the use for freezing and refrigerated storage of foods and the like. For example, by replacing a freezer / refrigerator with a heater, it can be used for keeping the articles warm. Alternatively, by providing a humidifier, foods and the like can be stored without deteriorating freshness.

[0037]

According to the present invention, the article storage device of the present invention is a conventional refrigerator / freezer.
It can be provided at a lower cost than those using refrigerated containers. In addition, effective reuse of dry containers for marine transportation is promoted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an article storage device.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the article storage device.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the article storage device.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the article storage device.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a heat insulating panel for a wall surface of a box body.

FIG. 6 is an end sectional view of a heat insulating panel for a floor (ceiling) surface of a box body.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a portion where a drainage tool is embedded in the heat insulating panel for a box floor surface.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the arrangement of heat insulating panels on the floor of the box.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the arrangement of heat insulating panels on the wall surface of the box.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Dry container for marine transportation 2 Box 3 Freezer / refrigerator (adjustment means) 3a Indoor unit 3b Outdoor unit 4a-4e Air gap 12a, 12b Main surface material 13a, 13b Side material 14 Foamed urethane (foam) 17a, 17b Main Face material 18 Side material 19 Urethane foam (foam) 21 Drainage tool 25 Drain pipe 26a-26d Insulation panel for box floor (ceiling) surface 27a-27l Insulation panel for box wall surface

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A marine transport dry container, an article storage box provided in the marine transport dry container, and adjusting means for adjusting an environment in the box to a desired state. An article storage device, comprising: 2. The article storage device according to claim 1, wherein the box comprises a plurality of heat insulating panels. 3. The heat insulating panel is provided in a space formed by a pair of main surface materials and side materials, and the main surface material and side materials,
The article storage device according to claim 2, further comprising a foam that integrates the main surface material and the side surface material. 4. A space is provided between the inner surface of the dry container for marine transportation and the outer surface of the box.
The article storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The marine transport dry container according to claim 4, wherein a part of the adjusting means is provided in a gap in the marine transport dry container connected to the box along the longitudinal direction of the marine transport dry container. Article storage device according to the above. 6. A drainage device is embedded in at least one of the heat insulation panels constituting the floor of the box, and a drainage pipe arranged between the drainage device and the dry container for marine transportation is provided. The article storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a heat insulating panel constituting a floor of the box is fixed in position with respect to the dry container for marine transportation. 7. The article storage device according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting means has a cooling function.