US3805543A - Container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs - Google Patents

Container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3805543A
US3805543A US00318551A US31855172A US3805543A US 3805543 A US3805543 A US 3805543A US 00318551 A US00318551 A US 00318551A US 31855172 A US31855172 A US 31855172A US 3805543 A US3805543 A US 3805543A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
container
partition walls
foodstuffs
transport
hollows
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US00318551A
Inventor
J Eriksen
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
TRIO ENG Ltd AS NO
TRIO ENGINEERING Ltd AS
Original Assignee
TRIO ENGINEERING Ltd AS
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by TRIO ENGINEERING Ltd AS filed Critical TRIO ENGINEERING Ltd AS
Priority to US00318551A priority Critical patent/US3805543A/en
Priority to DE2363839A priority patent/DE2363839A1/en
Priority to JP48144175A priority patent/JPS49107900A/ja
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3805543A publication Critical patent/US3805543A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/74—Large containers having means for heating, cooling, aerating or other conditioning of contents
    • B65D88/744—Large containers having means for heating, cooling, aerating or other conditioning of contents heating or cooling through the walls or internal parts of the container, e.g. circulation of fluid inside the walls
    • 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
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/005—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled using containers
    • 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
    • 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
    • F25D2331/00—Details or arrangements of other cooling or freezing apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2331/80—Type of cooled receptacles
    • F25D2331/804—Boxes

Definitions

  • ABSTRACT A container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs, comprising vertical partition walls at right angle to a filling opening, which container after being filled is closed by a lid and turned over 90 to a 1 transport or storage position with the partition walls horizontal.
  • the partition walls are hollow and exposed to a cooling medium which fills the intercommunicating hollows.
  • the hollows may alternatively be open to the outside of the container and exposed to cooled air in a cooling room.
  • the present invention relates to a container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs, especially raw fish.
  • Such containers are known wherein raw fish and ice are packed in alternating horizontal layers with loose partition walls laid in between the layers.
  • Such containers are also known wherein raw fish and ice are packed in alternating vertical layers with loose or fixed partition walls between the layers, and when filled, the container is turned over 90 for transport or storage with the layers horizontal.
  • the container is thermal insulated and there is intercommunication between the layers, and the cooling medium is therefore limited to ice.
  • the object of the invention is to eliminate the said limitation and to make the manufacture, filling and cooling of the container simpler and cheaper.
  • the container comprises a number of parallel and intercommunicating, hollow partition walls evenly spaced at right angle to the plane of a filling opening for the foodstuffs, formed by one complete side of the container which is closable by a lid, and the sidewall opposite the said filling opening and one adjacent sidewall having short legs which make it possible to fill the container with foodstuffs through a hopper in a filling position in which the said partition walls are vertical, and to turn the container over 90 to a transport or storage position in which the said partition walls are horizontal, and the intercommunicating hollows of the partition walls containing a cooling medium.
  • the cooling medium may be a liquid or a gas which fills or circulates through the communicating hollows.
  • the communicating hollows may also be open to the outside of the thermal uninsulated container and exposed to the cooled air in a cooling storage, vehicle or ship.
  • FIG. 1 shows a vertical section through the container in filling position
  • FIG. 2 shows a vertical section of the same container in transport or storage position, closed with a lid
  • FIG. 3 shows a side view of three containers stacked in a cooling room.
  • the container is manufactured of pressed artificial material with sidewalls 1, bottom 2 and hollow partition walls 3 in one piece.
  • the hollows 4 of the partition walls are in this embodiment open to the outside of the container so as to be exposed to cooled air in a cooled storage or the like.
  • the container is surrounded by'a frame 5 with short legs 6 on two adjacent side walls of the container.
  • the container is in filling position with the partition walls 3 vertical and the entire open top of the container forming the filling opening for simple filling of the foodstuffs, in this case, raw fish, through a hopper 7.
  • the opening is then closed by means of a lid 8 as shown in FIG. 2, and the container isturned over to the storage or transport position shownin FIG. 2.
  • a number of containers may, as shown in FIG. 3, be stacked in a cooling storage, vehicle or ship in which the cooled air contacts the surfaces of the sidewalls, the lid and the partition walls of the container.
  • the intercommunicating hollows 4 of the container may alternatively be closed against the surroundings of the container and be filled with a cooling liquid for transport and temporary storage without a cooling room.
  • Container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs, especially raw fish comprising a number of parallel hollow partition walls evenly spaced at a right angle to the plane of a filling opening for the foodstuffs, formed by one complete side of the container which is closable by a lid, and the sidewall opposite the said filling opening and one adjacent sidewall having short spaced apart legs which extend away from the container and make it possible to fill the container with foodstuffs through a hopper in a filling position in which the said partition walls are vertical, and to turn the container over 90 to a transport or storage position in which the said partition walls are horizontal, the intercommunicating hollows of the partition walls containing a cooling medium, the container being spaced above its underlying support by said legs in both of said positions.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
  • Packging For Living Organisms, Food Or Medicinal Products That Are Sensitive To Environmental Conditiond (AREA)

Abstract

A container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs, comprising vertical partition walls at right angle to a filling opening, which container after being filled is closed by a lid and turned over 90* to a transport or storage position with the partition walls horizontal. The partition walls are hollow and exposed to a cooling medium which fills the intercommunicating hollows. The hollows may alternatively be open to the outside of the container and exposed to cooled air in a cooling room.

Description

United States Patent 1191 Eriksen Apr. 23, 1974 CONTAINER FOR COOLED TRANSPORT AND TEMPORARY STORAGE OF FOODSTUFFS [75] Inventor: Jan Bergh Eriksen, Stavanger,
Norway [73] Assignees Trio Engineering Ltd. A/S, Forus,
Norway [22] Filed: Dec. 26, 1972 [21] Appl. No.: 318,551
[52] US. Cl 62/371, 62/60, 62/356,
[51] Int. Cl. F25d 3/08 [58] Field of Search 62/60, 371, 356, 407, 62,
[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,422,126 7/1922 Petersen 62/62 1,693,373 11/1928 Fahrni 1,708,085 4/1929 Dougherty 2,555,502 6/195'1 Morrison 62/60 2,559,101 7/1951 'w6o1 62/371 3,151,760 10/ 1 964 Cowley 3,401,535 9/1968 Palmer. 3,483,712 12/1969 Gram 62/356 FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 678,417 12/1929 France 62/356 1,196,678 7/1965 Germany 62/60 Primary Examiner-William J. Wye Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Young and Thompson [5 7] ABSTRACT A container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs, comprising vertical partition walls at right angle to a filling opening, which container after being filled is closed by a lid and turned over 90 to a 1 transport or storage position with the partition walls horizontal. The partition walls are hollow and exposed to a cooling medium which fills the intercommunicating hollows. The hollows may alternatively be open to the outside of the container and exposed to cooled air in a cooling room.
.2 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures CONTAINER FOR COOLED TRANSPORT AND TEMPORARY STORAGE OF FOODSTUFFS The present invention relates to a container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs, especially raw fish.
Such containers are known wherein raw fish and ice are packed in alternating horizontal layers with loose partition walls laid in between the layers.
Such containers are also known wherein raw fish and ice are packed in alternating vertical layers with loose or fixed partition walls between the layers, and when filled, the container is turned over 90 for transport or storage with the layers horizontal.
In both these cases the container is thermal insulated and there is intercommunication between the layers, and the cooling medium is therefore limited to ice.
The object of the invention is to eliminate the said limitation and to make the manufacture, filling and cooling of the container simpler and cheaper.
This is according to the invention achieved in that the container comprises a number of parallel and intercommunicating, hollow partition walls evenly spaced at right angle to the plane of a filling opening for the foodstuffs, formed by one complete side of the container which is closable by a lid, and the sidewall opposite the said filling opening and one adjacent sidewall having short legs which make it possible to fill the container with foodstuffs through a hopper in a filling position in which the said partition walls are vertical, and to turn the container over 90 to a transport or storage position in which the said partition walls are horizontal, and the intercommunicating hollows of the partition walls containing a cooling medium.
The cooling medium may be a liquid or a gas which fills or circulates through the communicating hollows.
The communicating hollows may also be open to the outside of the thermal uninsulated container and exposed to the cooled air in a cooling storage, vehicle or ship.
An embodiment of a container according to the invention will below be described in connection with the drawing, in which FIG. 1 shows a vertical section through the container in filling position,
FIG. 2 shows a vertical section of the same container in transport or storage position, closed with a lid, and
FIG. 3 shows a side view of three containers stacked in a cooling room.
In FIG. 1 the container is manufactured of pressed artificial material with sidewalls 1, bottom 2 and hollow partition walls 3 in one piece. The hollows 4 of the partition walls are in this embodiment open to the outside of the container so as to be exposed to cooled air in a cooled storage or the like. The container is surrounded by'a frame 5 with short legs 6 on two adjacent side walls of the container. In FIG. 1 the container is in filling position with the partition walls 3 vertical and the entire open top of the container forming the filling opening for simple filling of the foodstuffs, in this case, raw fish, through a hopper 7. The opening is then closed by means of a lid 8 as shown in FIG. 2, and the container isturned over to the storage or transport position shownin FIG. 2.
A number of containers may, as shown in FIG. 3, be stacked in a cooling storage, vehicle or ship in which the cooled air contacts the surfaces of the sidewalls, the lid and the partition walls of the container.
The intercommunicating hollows 4 of the container may alternatively be closed against the surroundings of the container and be filled with a cooling liquid for transport and temporary storage without a cooling room.
Having described my invention, I claim:
1. Container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs, especially raw fish, comprising a number of parallel hollow partition walls evenly spaced at a right angle to the plane of a filling opening for the foodstuffs, formed by one complete side of the container which is closable by a lid, and the sidewall opposite the said filling opening and one adjacent sidewall having short spaced apart legs which extend away from the container and make it possible to fill the container with foodstuffs through a hopper in a filling position in which the said partition walls are vertical, and to turn the container over 90 to a transport or storage position in which the said partition walls are horizontal, the intercommunicating hollows of the partition walls containing a cooling medium, the container being spaced above its underlying support by said legs in both of said positions.
2. Container according to claim I, wherein the hollows of the partition walls are open to the outside of the container.

Claims (2)

1. Container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs, especially raw fish, comprising a number of parallel hollow partition walls evenly spaced at a right angle to the plane of a filling opening for the foodstuffs, formed by one complete side of the container which is closable by a lid, and the sidewall opposite the said filling opening and one adjacent sidewall having short spaced apart legs which extend away from the container and make it possible to fill the container with foodstuffs through a hopper in a filling position in which the said partition walls are vertical, and to turn the container over 90* to a transport or storage position in which the said partition walls are horizontal, the intercommunicating hollows of the partition walls containing a cooling medium, the container being spaced above its underlying support by said legs in both of said positions.
2. Container according to claim 1, wherein the hollows of the partition walls are open to the outside of the container.
US00318551A 1972-12-26 1972-12-26 Container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs Expired - Lifetime US3805543A (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US00318551A US3805543A (en) 1972-12-26 1972-12-26 Container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs
DE2363839A DE2363839A1 (en) 1972-12-26 1973-12-21 CONTAINER FOR REFRIGERATED TRANSPORT AND TEMPORARY STORAGE OF FOOD
JP48144175A JPS49107900A (en) 1972-12-26 1973-12-26

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US00318551A US3805543A (en) 1972-12-26 1972-12-26 Container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3805543A true US3805543A (en) 1974-04-23

Family

ID=23238660

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US00318551A Expired - Lifetime US3805543A (en) 1972-12-26 1972-12-26 Container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs

Country Status (3)

Country Link
US (1) US3805543A (en)
JP (1) JPS49107900A (en)
DE (1) DE2363839A1 (en)

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4401150A (en) * 1980-09-25 1983-08-30 Badger R. Bazen Co., Inc. Polymer cooling can
US5310073A (en) * 1993-10-21 1994-05-10 Dynoplast Ltd. Freezing container
US20150204596A1 (en) * 2006-09-12 2015-07-23 Sunwell Engineering Company Limited Method and apparatus for cooling foodstuff
CN107176392A (en) * 2017-07-12 2017-09-19 张辉 A kind of cooling device of two-compartment oil tank

Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1422126A (en) * 1921-10-12 1922-07-11 Paul W Petersen Method and apparatus for handling comestibles
US1693373A (en) * 1926-07-26 1928-11-27 Fahrni Jacob Refrigerating apparatus
US1708085A (en) * 1923-11-05 1929-04-09 Ohio Galvanizing & Mfg Company Ice-making apparatus
FR678417A (en) * 1929-07-13 1930-03-24 Frigivite Ets Improvements to double-walled ice cream makers or other similar applications
US2555502A (en) * 1948-06-03 1951-06-05 Willard L Morrison Method of freezing food
US2559101A (en) * 1945-08-13 1951-07-03 Frank A Wool Frozen food package
US3151760A (en) * 1960-12-27 1964-10-06 Union Carbide Corp Container for the low temperature preservation of biological substances
DE1196678B (en) * 1956-06-30 1965-07-15 Linde Eismasch Ag Method and device for filling freezer cells
US3401535A (en) * 1967-06-22 1968-09-17 George L. Palmer Cooling container for beverages and the like
US3483712A (en) * 1967-03-21 1969-12-16 Gram Brdr As Multiple mold for a freezing machine

Patent Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1422126A (en) * 1921-10-12 1922-07-11 Paul W Petersen Method and apparatus for handling comestibles
US1708085A (en) * 1923-11-05 1929-04-09 Ohio Galvanizing & Mfg Company Ice-making apparatus
US1693373A (en) * 1926-07-26 1928-11-27 Fahrni Jacob Refrigerating apparatus
FR678417A (en) * 1929-07-13 1930-03-24 Frigivite Ets Improvements to double-walled ice cream makers or other similar applications
US2559101A (en) * 1945-08-13 1951-07-03 Frank A Wool Frozen food package
US2555502A (en) * 1948-06-03 1951-06-05 Willard L Morrison Method of freezing food
DE1196678B (en) * 1956-06-30 1965-07-15 Linde Eismasch Ag Method and device for filling freezer cells
US3151760A (en) * 1960-12-27 1964-10-06 Union Carbide Corp Container for the low temperature preservation of biological substances
US3483712A (en) * 1967-03-21 1969-12-16 Gram Brdr As Multiple mold for a freezing machine
US3401535A (en) * 1967-06-22 1968-09-17 George L. Palmer Cooling container for beverages and the like

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4401150A (en) * 1980-09-25 1983-08-30 Badger R. Bazen Co., Inc. Polymer cooling can
US5310073A (en) * 1993-10-21 1994-05-10 Dynoplast Ltd. Freezing container
US20150204596A1 (en) * 2006-09-12 2015-07-23 Sunwell Engineering Company Limited Method and apparatus for cooling foodstuff
US10088213B2 (en) * 2006-09-12 2018-10-02 Sunwell Engineering Company Limited Method and apparatus for cooling foodstuff
CN107176392A (en) * 2017-07-12 2017-09-19 张辉 A kind of cooling device of two-compartment oil tank

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
JPS49107900A (en) 1974-10-14
DE2363839A1 (en) 1974-06-27

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
AU690782B2 (en) Insulated storage/transport container for perishables
US2496296A (en) Portable refrigerated container
US5235819A (en) Method and apparatus for storing and distributing materials
US4286440A (en) Compartment cooler
JP2599802B2 (en) Methods for maintaining products at a desired temperature at or near 0 ° C. and containers therefor
US5425521A (en) Thermal spacer device
US4711356A (en) Container for freezing and storage of foodstuffs
JP2021502537A (en) Insulated transport box and structure of insulated transport box
US1993730A (en) Heat insulating container and material
US3805543A (en) Container for cooled transport and temporary storage of foodstuffs
US1871153A (en) Shipping jacket
KR20130058334A (en) Multi-stack styrofoam packing and cooling containers
GB1146029A (en) A stackable packing container for the transportation of food products
US1983768A (en) Art of refrigeration
JPH10197141A (en) Refrigerator
GB2113823A (en) Thermally-insulated container
JPH0142539Y2 (en)
KR102278888B1 (en) Lunch box that maintains confidentiality and is easy to store and transport
US668981A (en) Combined shipping and storage can.
GB2253899A (en) Chillable storage devices
KR200486363Y1 (en) Packaging box for meat
JP2547635Y2 (en) Transport container for keeping freshness
JPH0526448Y2 (en)
JPS5911900Y2 (en) Containers for cold transport of perishables
GB2186067A (en) Chilled storage device