US3354667A - Transport containers provided with cooling means - Google Patents

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US3354667A
US3354667A US564876A US56487666A US3354667A US 3354667 A US3354667 A US 3354667A US 564876 A US564876 A US 564876A US 56487666 A US56487666 A US 56487666A US 3354667 A US3354667 A US 3354667A
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Jervis Thomas William Vernon
Galloway Reginald John
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D3/00—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies
    • F25D3/12—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies using solidified gases, e.g. carbon-dioxide snow
    • F25D3/125—Movable containers

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  • TRANSPORT CONTAINERS PROVIDED WITH COOLING MEANS 4 Shets-Sheet 5 Filed July i Fl Maia/gm, fiuui 144 wan Nov. 28, 1967 T. W. V. JERVIS ET AL TRANSPORT CONTAINERS PROVIDED WITH COOLING MEANS Filed July 15, 1966 4 Sheets-Sheet 7 9% guy United States Patent Ofilice 3,354,667 Patented Nov. 28, 1967 3,354,667 TRANSPORT CONTAINERS PROVIDED WITH COOLING MEANS Thomas William Vernon Jervis, Moor Park, and Reginald John Galloway, Ruislip, England, assignors to Mickleover Transport Limited, London, England, a British company Filed July 13, 1966, Ser. No.
  • This invention relates to a transport container of the kind provided with cooling means comprising a compartment for receiving cooling medium and having a wall or walls exposed to the interior of the transport container so that there may be heat transfer from the contents of the transport container and from the atmosphere therein through said wall or walls of the compartment to said cooling medium.
  • a transport container of the kind referred to is characterised in that said compartment for the cooling medium is mounted or formed on a Wall of the transport container so as to extend along substantially the whole or a greater part of the length thereof which compartment is provided with one or more charging openings on the outside of the container through which the cooling medium may be introduced into it whilst maintaining the space within the transport container sealed from the atmosphere and closure means for said opening or openings.
  • the said compartment or compartments for the cooling medium is or.-are arranged wholly within the transport container and the opening or openings therein register in a fluid-tight manner with the opening in a wall or walls of the transport container accessible from outside the container whereby the cooling medium can be loaded into the compartment or compartments without opening up the transport container.
  • each compartment (when a number are provided) is of such dimensions that a number of blocks may be disposed end to end therein. Thus there may be loaded into the compartment a sufficient number of blocks to last out the journey of the container.
  • the compartment may be mounted or formed on the roof of the transport container so as to extend from an end wall of the container which end wall is provided with said openings through which said cooling medium may be introduced from outside of the container.
  • a part of the roof of the transport container may form one wall of said compartment.
  • the walls of the transport container may be heat insulated whereas the wall or walls of the compartment are heat conducting.
  • said cooling medium comprises a number of blocks of frozen material
  • the receptacles may be provided with wheels which may roll along supporting surfaces within the compartment.
  • Means may be provided for coupling the receptacles together thereby facilitating their withdrawal from the compartment.
  • the wheels may be mounted on the sides of the receptacles near the upper extremities thereof and the side walls of the aforesaid compartments may be formed with channels along the lengths thereof within which said wheels are disposed the arrangement being such that the walls of the receptacles and of the compartments may be closely spaced.
  • the receptacles may be formed from plastics.
  • the bottom walls of the receptacles may be formed with holes so that in the case where the cooling medium comprises blocks of frozen CO the vapour of which is heavier than air may be readily dispersed from the receptacles.
  • the bottom wall of the compartments may likewise be provided with holes.
  • both that opening and the registering opening at the end of the compartment may be provided with separate doors, access to the door at the end of the compartment being gained only when the door associated with the opening in the transport container has been opened.
  • means may be provided for coupling an end container to the door or doors associated with the end of the compartment so as to prevent the receptacles rolling backwards and forwards in the compartment during transport of the transport container which coupling is accessible from ouside said door or doors.
  • a number of such compartments may be arranged side by side along the transport container.
  • the cooling compartment or compartments may be disposed in one or more of the spaces.
  • the number of the receptacles loaded with cooling medium may be selected in accordance with the estimated time during which the transport container will be in transit.
  • the full number of receptacles may be introduced into the compartment so as to fill the full length thereof but only certain of them may be loaded with cooling medium according to the disposition of the controls of the transport container.
  • transport container having a flat roof which transport container may be detachably mounted on a road vehicle or railway wagon or may be loaded into a ships hold.
  • FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the transport container parts of the roof and end Wall being cut away to show the compartment for the cooling medium;
  • FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of one of the receptacles for the cooling medium in position in a portion of the compartment;
  • FIGURE 3 is a side elevation of one of the receptacles
  • FIGURE 4 is a part section and part end view of the receptacles shown in FIGURE 3;
  • FIGURE 5 is a section through a part of the roof of the transport container and through the aforesaid compartment;
  • FIGURE 6 is an elevation of a part of an end wall of the transport container showing the opening through which the receptacles are introduced and withdrawn;
  • FIGURE 7 is a horizontal section on the line 77 of FIGURE 6.
  • the transport container is formed with root 10, and walls 11 and 12, side walls 13 and 14 a floor 15 and a sealed door 6 all of which are so constructed .as .to he heat insulating. ..A number of rails 16 are secured to members 17 (see FIGURE of the roof structure and extend in spaced relationship along the length of the transport container. :Each rail 16 supports a number of trolleys 9 having rollers .8 which engage flanges of the rail t6 and which trolley .is provided "with a hook 7 by which-the goods to be cooled are suspended.
  • compartment . is formed from sheet aluminium bent to provide a bottom wall 20 and side wall portions .21 which diverge as they extend upwardly and walls are provided on the outside thereof with mild steel wearing strips .22.
  • Extensions 23 of the side walls are :bent to provide channels 24 extending along .the full length of the compartment and the upper marginal stretches 25 ot the extensions are secured to angle section members .26 which in their turn are secured to the roof structure.
  • the height of the roof may vary along the length thereof so that the angle section members .26 are of differentdepth.
  • One end of the compartment 1 9 is disposed opposite an opening 27 in the end wall .11 of the transport contai-ner. .Secured by hinged (which do not appear in the drawing) to :the end wallis a closure door 28, the closure door .is provided with sealing strips 29.
  • the edges of the door and the edges of the opening 27 are wedge shaped-as best seen in FIGURE 7.
  • the compartment is :provided with extensions .33 so as to be .a close fit with the sides of the openings 27 in the end wall 1'1.
  • each receptacle diverge as they extend upwardly :from the bottom wall .35 and bonded to the inner face of the upper marginal portions of these walls is a mild steel strip .36 to which is iixed .a number of outwardlyextending horizontal spindles which pass through holes in the side walls v34 .and on which are mounted rollers 38 in such a manner that the rollers can engage the bottom flanges of the channels .24.
  • each receptacle has secured to it a'hook shaped element 40 whereas the other end wall 41 has secured toit a looped element 42 enabling successive receptacles to be coupled together .as they are inserted through the opening 27.
  • the design of the small CO receptacle is formulated by taking the maximum sizes that are ap licable to a-25 lb. rectangular block of solid CO and making the .dimensions of the inner liner of the receptacle such, that the block rests snugly within with the minimum of air space.
  • the liner is then insulated with a rigid foamed insulant then encapsulated with an outer wall, a detach- .able lid (not necessarily gas tight) is then fitted to completely house the blockof C0
  • the co-efficients are then calculated and will give the heat flow through the walls per hour times at temperature differential.
  • compartment which compartment is mounted on the container so as to extend along the greater vpart of the distance between opposite walls of the container (d) at least one wall of which compartment is exposed -to the interior of the container whereby heat is transferred from the atmosphere "within thecontainer to the cooling medium within the compartment .(e) and which'compartmentrhas at least'one opening in an end wall thereof,
  • a structure for transporting perishable goods comprising:
  • compartment which compartment is mounted on the container sons to extend along the greater part dfthe distance between opposite walls of the container (d) at least one wall of which compartment is exposed to the interior of the container whereby heat is transferred from the atmosphere within the container to the cooling medium within the compartment (e) and which compartment has at least one opening in an end wall thereof,
  • tracks are provided on the side walls of said compartment and (b) said receptacles are provided with wheels which roll along said tracks.
  • a structure for transporting perishable goods comprising:
  • a structure for transporting perishable goods comprising:
  • compartment which compartment is mounted on the container so as to extend along the greater part of the distance between opposite walls thereof and has (d) at least one wall exposed to the interior of the container whereby heat is transferred from the atmosphere within the container to the cooling medium within the compartment,

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