WO2024042810A1 - 断熱壁及び断熱容器 - Google Patents

断熱壁及び断熱容器 Download PDF

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WO2024042810A1
WO2024042810A1 PCT/JP2023/020642 JP2023020642W WO2024042810A1 WO 2024042810 A1 WO2024042810 A1 WO 2024042810A1 JP 2023020642 W JP2023020642 W JP 2023020642W WO 2024042810 A1 WO2024042810 A1 WO 2024042810A1
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政文 大河
秀司 河原崎
章浩 野末
弥朗 小島
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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  • the present disclosure relates to insulated walls and insulated containers.
  • a heat insulating box body disclosed in Patent Document 1 has been known as a heat insulating wall. It is described that this heat insulating box body is formed by filling a hollow part of a case with urethane foam and evacuating the inside of this hollow part to create a vacuum.
  • the present disclosure has been made to solve such problems, and aims to provide a heat insulating wall and a heat insulating container that can achieve both heat insulation and strength.
  • a heat insulating wall includes a core material made of urethane foam having a plurality of cells, and an outer covering material having an internal space for accommodating the core material and in which the internal space is depressurized.
  • the core material has a skin layer including a surface in contact with the outer covering material, and an inner layer located further from the outer covering material than the skin layer and including a plurality of cells, and the inner layer includes a plurality of cells.
  • the plurality of cells include first cells that open to the surface through the skin layer, and second cells that do not open to the surface.
  • the cells of the core communicate with the outside of the core through the first cells that open on the surface.
  • the air from the core cell to the outside through the first cell it is possible to improve the heat insulation properties of the heat insulation wall.
  • by tightening the skin layer covering the second cell it is possible to ensure the strength to suppress deformation of the heat insulating wall.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a heat insulating container including a heat insulating wall according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the core material and outer sheathing material of the heat insulating wall of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the core material of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the heat insulating wall of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 5A is an SEM image of the core material obtained by cutting the first layer in a cross section perpendicular to the thickness direction and photographing the skin layer using a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
  • FIG. 5B is a SEM image of the core material taken by cutting the skin layer and the first layer in a cross section parallel to the thickness direction and using a scanning electron microscope.
  • FIG. 6A is an enlarged image of the portion surrounded by the dotted line frame in the SEM image of FIG. 5B.
  • FIG. 6B is an enlarged image of the portion surrounded by the dotted line frame in the SEM image of FIG. 6A.
  • FIGS. 7A and 7B are SEM images of the core material, taken using a scanning electron microscope, of a planar partition wall provided with communication holes.
  • FIG. 8 is an SEM image of the core material taken by cutting the skin layer, the first layer, and the second layer in a cross section parallel to the thickness direction using a scanning electron microscope.
  • FIG. 9A is a perspective view schematically showing a flat cell having a flat ellipsoid shape.
  • FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional view of the third cell in FIG. 9A taken along the short axis, the first long axis, and the second long axis, respectively.
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing the relationship between the short axis of the third cell in FIG
  • the heat-insulating container 10 has, for example, a box shape with an open top surface 11, and has an inner surface 15, an outer surface 16, and a container space 14 that is an internal space.
  • the inner surface 15 circumscribes the container space 14 and the outer surface 16 circumscribes the inner surface 15.
  • the upper surface 11 is connected to the outer periphery of the inner surface 15 and the outer periphery of the outer surface 16 .
  • the heat insulating container 10 includes a heat insulating wall 20.
  • the heat insulating wall 20 has the same shape and size as the heat insulating container 10, and the heat insulating container 10 is formed by one heat insulating wall 20.
  • the heat insulating wall 20 can be said to be synonymous with the heat insulating container 10.
  • the shape of the heat insulating walls 20 and the number of heat insulating walls 20 forming the heat insulating container 10 are not limited to this.
  • the heat insulating wall 20 may have a flat plate shape.
  • the heat insulating container 10 may be formed by a plurality of (for example, five) heat insulating walls 20.
  • the heat insulating wall 20 has a core material 30 made of urethane foam having cells 40 (FIG. 4) and a heat insulating space 22 which is an internal space for accommodating the core material 30. 22 is provided with an outer cover material 21 whose pressure is reduced.
  • the core material 30 is a porous body containing a large number of cells 40 (FIG. 4), and serves as the skeleton of the heat insulating wall 20.
  • the cells 40 are air bubbles (small spaces) formed by foaming within urethane.
  • the core material 30 is made of urethane resin and is a rigid urethane foam. Details of the core material 30 will be described later.
  • the outer cover material 21 has gas barrier properties and maintains the pressure in the heat insulating space 22 lower than atmospheric pressure.
  • the outer cover material 21 is a laminate film including a heat-weldable thermoplastic resin layer, an air barrier layer such as an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer or a polyvinyl alcohol polymer, and a water vapor barrier layer such as polypropylene. Good too.
  • the outer cover material 21 may be a metal foil or a laminate film having a resin film on which a metal is vapor-deposited as a gas barrier layer.
  • the outer cover material 21 accommodates the core material 30 in its heat insulating space 22, and covers and seals the surface 31 of the core material 30.
  • a gas adsorbent may be accommodated in the heat insulating space 22 of the outer cover material 21.
  • the gas adsorbent adsorbs gases such as water vapor and air that remain in or enter the heat insulating space 22 of the jacket material 21 . Thereby, the pressure in the heat insulating space 22 of the jacket material 21 can be maintained low.
  • the heat insulating wall 20 has a core material 30 and an outer covering material 21, and the outer covering material 21 has an inner member 23 and an outer member 24.
  • Each of the inner member 23 and the outer member 24 has a box shape with an open top surface, and is provided with collar portions 23a and 24a surrounding the opening.
  • Each of the inner member 23 and the outer member 24 is formed into a predetermined shape by vacuum forming, pressure forming, blow molding, or the like.
  • the mold for the core material 30 is heated to a predetermined temperature higher than room temperature (for example, 20° C. ⁇ 15° C.), for example, 50° C. or higher, and the urethane liquid is injected into the inside of the heated mold.
  • the urethane liquid contains a compound having a hydroxyl group such as a polyol, a polyisocyanate, and a chemical blowing agent such as water.
  • the urethane liquid may further contain a physical blowing agent such as hydrofluoroolefin if control of filling properties and reaction temperature is required.
  • the polyol and polyisocyanate in the urethane liquid undergo a polymerization reaction in the mold, and the foaming agent is heated and foamed by the heat generated by this polymerization reaction, forming a plurality of cells 40 within the urethane.
  • the urethane foam thus formed is then released from the mold, and a box-shaped core material 30 with an open top end is molded.
  • the surface 31 of this core material 30 is the surface that was in contact with the mold.
  • the core material 30 is accommodated within the outer member 24, and the inner member 23 is accommodated within the core material 30.
  • the core material 30 is accommodated in the heat insulating space 22 between the outer member 24 and the inner member 23, and the collar portion 23a of the inner member 23 overlaps the collar portion 24a of the outer member 24.
  • the flange portion 24a and the flange portion 23a are welded together, and the heat insulating space 22 is evacuated through an opening provided in either the inner member 23 or the outer member 24.
  • the pressure in the heat insulating space 22 is reduced, and the inner member 23 and the outer member 24 are brought into close contact with the surface 31 of the core material 30.
  • the outer covering material 21 is sealed by sealing the opening with a sealing material.
  • a heat insulating wall 20 is manufactured in which the pressure in the heat insulating space 22 is lower than atmospheric pressure.
  • the inner member 23 constitutes the inner surface 15 (FIG. 1) of the insulating wall 20
  • the outer member 24 constitutes the outer surface 16 (FIG. 1) of the insulating wall 20.
  • the core material 30 of the heat insulating wall 20 has a box shape with an open top, and has five flat parts 32 and corner parts 33.
  • the five flat parts 32 four flat parts 32 form cylindrical side surfaces with open upper and lower surfaces, and the remaining one flat part 32 covers the opening on the lower surface.
  • the corner portion 33 is linearly provided at a position where the two plane portions 32 are connected.
  • a corner portion 33 is provided at a connecting portion between the flat portion 32 forming the lower surface and the flat portion 32 forming the side surface.
  • corner portions 33 are provided at the connecting portions of the plane portions 32 forming each of the two side surfaces.
  • the core material 30 has a skin layer 36 and an inner layer 38.
  • the outer surface of the skin layer 36 faces and contacts the outer sheathing material 21, and forms the surface 31 of the core material 30.
  • the surface 31 is flat and extends in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to the thickness direction.
  • the inner layer 38 is located further away from the outer cover material 21 than the skin layer 36 in the thickness direction perpendicular to the surface 31.
  • a plurality of cells 40 are dispersed in the inner layer 38 in the thickness direction and in the orthogonal direction.
  • the skin layer 36 is provided between the cells 40 of the inner layer 38 and the outside of the core material 30, and covers the cells 40.
  • a planar partition wall 34 made of resin is provided between two adjacent cells 40.
  • Columnar partition walls 35 made of resin are provided between three or more cells 40 adjacent to each other.
  • the planar partition 34 has a membrane shape, and the dimensions of the planar partition 34 between the cells 40 are smaller than the dimensions of the columnar partition 35 between the cells 40, for example, 2 ⁇ m or more and 20 ⁇ m or less. .
  • the cells 40 communicate with each other through communication holes 43.
  • the skin layer 36 extends orthogonally over a plurality of cells 40 that are orthogonally distributed. Further, as shown in the examples of FIGS. 4 and 5B, the skin layer 36 covers the cells 40 closest to the surface 31 among the plurality of cells 40 dispersed in the thickness direction.
  • the thickness L1 of the skin layer 36 is 20 ⁇ m or less, for example, 2 ⁇ m or more and 20 ⁇ m or less.
  • the cells 40 covered by the skin layer 36 include a first cell 41 and a second cell 42.
  • This second cell 42 does not have a through hole 46 that penetrates the skin layer 36 and is not open to the surface 31 of the core material 30. Therefore, communication between the second cells 42 and the outside of the core material 30 is blocked by the skin layer 36, and the second cells 42 are covered by the skin layer 36.
  • tensioning the skin layer 36 it is possible to ensure the strength to suppress deformation of the heat insulating wall 20.
  • the first cell 41 has a through hole 46 that penetrates the skin layer 36.
  • the first cells 41 are open to the surface 31 of the core material 30 through the through holes 46 and communicate with the outside of the core material 30 via the through holes 46 .
  • Each of the first cell 41 and the second cell 42 communicates with the other cell 40 through a communication hole 43. Further, the cells 40 other than the first cell 41 and the second cell 42 also communicate with other cells 40 through communication holes 43 . Therefore, all or almost all the cells 40 in the core material 30 communicate with each other through the communication holes 43. Furthermore, the first cell 41 of the cells 40 communicates with the outside of the core material 30 through the through hole 46 . Therefore, all or almost all the cells 40 in the core material 30 have an open cell structure that communicates with the outside of the core material 30 through the communication holes 43 and the through holes 46. Therefore, by evacuating and reducing the pressure inside the core material 30, the heat insulation properties of the heat insulating wall 20 can be improved. In this way, the first cells 41 and the second cells 42 can achieve both heat insulation properties and strength of the heat insulating wall 20.
  • the ratio of the number of first cells 41 to the total number of first cells 41 and second cells 42 included in the unit volume of the corner part 33 is calculated as the ratio of the number of first cells 41 included in the unit volume of the flat part 32
  • the ratio of the number of first cells 41 to the total number of second cells 42 may be made larger. In this way, by providing a large number of first cells 41 in the corner portion 33 where structural strength is ensured, the exhaust efficiency is improved and the heat insulating properties of the heat insulating wall 20 can be improved. Therefore, it is possible to achieve both heat insulation properties and strength of the heat insulating wall 20.
  • the ratio of the number of second cells 42 to the total number of first cells 41 and second cells 42 included in the unit volume of the flat part 32 is included in the unit volume of the corner part 33.
  • the ratio of the number of second cells 42 to the total number of first cells 41 and second cells 42 may be greater than the ratio of the number of second cells 42 to the total number of first cells 41 and second cells 42.
  • the through hole 46 and the communication hole 43 are formed, for example, by the following method.
  • the stress of the cell 40 creates a hole in the planar partition wall 34 or tears the planar partition wall 34 .
  • communication holes 43 are formed that penetrate the planar partition walls 34 between the cells 40.
  • the through holes 46 are also punctured or torn in the skin layer 36 due to the stress of the cells 40, and penetrate the skin layer 36 between the cells 40 and the outside of the core material 30. It is formed like this.
  • a polyol mixture having a plurality of different compositions is used as a compound having a hydroxyl group in the urethane liquid when manufacturing the core material 30.
  • the difference in the composition of the plurality of polyols causes distortion at the molecular level, and this distortion causes the planar partition wall 34 to be damaged and a communicating hole 43 passing through the planar partition wall 34 to be formed.
  • the through hole 46 is also formed so as to penetrate the skin layer 36 when the skin layer 36 is damaged due to strain at the molecular level.
  • a through hole 46 is formed in the corner 33 of the core material 30. That is, as shown in the example of FIG. 3, a parting line where the mold is divided is provided at the corner 33 of the core material 30 made of urethane foam released from the mold, and the mold is divided along the parting line. As a result, burrs 37 may be formed on the surface 31 of the core material 30. In this case, when the burr 37 is removed with a file or the like, the skin layer 36 forming the surface 31 of the core material 30 is damaged, and a through hole 46 passing through the skin layer 36 is formed, as shown in the example of FIG. be done.
  • the through holes 46 and the communication holes 43 are formed in the core material 30 using one or more methods.
  • the cells 40 in the core material 30 communicate with the outside of the core material 30 through the through holes 46 and the communication holes 43 . Therefore, the air in the cells 40 is exhausted to the outside of the core material 30 through the through holes 46 and the communication holes 43, thereby reducing the pressure inside the core material 30, reducing heat conduction by the air, and It is possible to improve the heat insulation properties of 20.
  • the thickness of the planar partition wall 34 of the skin layer 36 is reduced. For this reason, through holes 46 are likely to be formed in the skin layer 36 due to stress in the cells 40, strain at the molecular level, and scraping of the burrs 37. Therefore, it is not necessary to add particles for forming the through holes 46 to the urethane liquid, and there is no step of adding particles, no highly durable equipment for particles, and no increase in viscosity due to particles. Therefore, it is possible to improve the heat insulating properties of the heat insulating wall 20 while suppressing the increase in cost due to the addition of particles.
  • the inner layer 38 has a first layer 38a.
  • the first layer 38a is disposed further away from the outer cover material 21 than the skin layer 36 in the thickness direction, and is laminated on the skin layer 36.
  • the thickness L2 of the first layer 38a in the thickness direction is 5 mm or less.
  • the cells 40 of the first layer 38a include flat cells 44 having a flat ellipsoidal shape.
  • the flat cell 44 has a flat ellipsoidal shape in which the dimension in the thickness direction is smaller than the dimension in the orthogonal direction.
  • the flat cell 44 has three axes: a short axis, a first long axis, and a second long axis.
  • the short axis, the first long axis, and the second long axis are orthogonal to each other.
  • the flat cell 44 has a rotating body shape with its short axis as the rotation axis.
  • the dimension M0 along the short axis is shorter than the dimension M1 along the first major axis and the dimension M2 along the second major axis. Further, in the flat cell 44, the dimension M1 along the first major axis and the dimension M2 along the second major axis are equal to each other or approximately equal to each other. Therefore, the cross section of the flat cell 44 perpendicular to the short axis has a circular shape or a substantially circular shape.
  • the cross section of the flat cell 44 with respect to the first long axis has an elliptical shape or a substantially elliptical shape.
  • the cross section of the flat cell 44 with respect to the second long axis has an elliptical shape or a substantially elliptical shape.
  • the angle ⁇ 1 between the thickness direction of the core material 30 and the short axis of the flat cell 44 is smaller than the angle ⁇ 2 between the orthogonal direction of the core material 30 and the short axis of the flat cell 44. It's also small. Therefore, the flat cells 44 are arranged in the first layer 38a of the core material 30 such that the dimension N0 in the thickness direction of the core material 30 is smaller than the dimension N1 in the orthogonal direction. This increases the number of flat cells 44 in the thickness direction, so the heat transfer path of the heat insulating wall 20 in the thickness direction becomes longer, and the heat insulation properties of the heat insulating wall 20 can be improved.
  • the dimension of the flat cells 44 in the orthogonal direction becomes larger than the dimension in the thickness direction.
  • the planar partition walls 34 between the flat cells 44 adjacent to each other in the orthogonal direction are torn, and communication holes 43 through which the flat cells 44 communicate with each other are easily formed. Therefore, at least one of the number and area of the communication holes 43 increases due to the flat cells 44.
  • some or all of the flat cells 44 in the core material 30 communicate with the outside of the core material 30 via other cells 40, through holes 46, communication holes 43, and the like. Therefore, the exhaust efficiency from the cells 40 of the core material 30 to the outside of the core material 30 is good, and the heat insulation properties of the heat insulating wall 20 can be improved.
  • the thermal conductivity of the heat insulating wall 20 in the thickness direction is smaller than that in the orthogonal direction. Therefore, in the heat insulating wall 20, the amount of heat transmitted per unit time and unit area is smaller in the thickness direction than in the orthogonal direction. The amount of heat propagating from the outside of the heat insulating container 10 through the heat insulating wall 20 and reaching the inner container space 14 can be suppressed to a small value, and the heat retention time in the container space 14 can be extended.
  • the heat insulating wall 20 has a higher thermal conductivity in the orthogonal direction than in the thickness direction. For this reason, for example, when the container space 14 of the heat insulating container 10 is cooled with a coolant, the temperature in the orthogonal direction of the coolant and the heat insulating wall 20 is made uniform. Therefore, it is possible to prolong the uniform cold preservation effect of the cold insulating material and to make the temperature of the container space 14 of the heat insulating container 10 uniform.
  • the cells 40 included in the first layer 38a may include spherical spherical cells 45 in addition to the flat cells 44 having a flat ellipsoidal shape. Some or all of the spherical cells 45 in the core material 30 communicate with the outside of the core material 30 via other cells 40, through holes 46, communication holes 43, and the like.
  • the flat cells 44 are more easily deformed and more easily ruptured than the spherical cells 45; This number is larger than the average number of communication holes 43 that communicate with the cells 40 of .
  • the average number of communication holes 43 for this flat cell 44 is the total number of communication holes 43 through which each flat cell 44 communicates with other cells 40 for a predetermined number of flat cells 44 of 2 or more. is the quotient divided by a predetermined number.
  • the average number of communication holes 43 through which each spherical cell 45 communicates with other cells is the total number of communication holes 43 through which each spherical cell 45 communicates with other cells 40 for a predetermined number of spherical cells 45 of 2 or more.
  • the flat cells 44 are more easily deformed than the spherical cells 45, and are more likely to burst into bubbles. is larger than the average area of the communication holes 43 communicating with other cells 40.
  • the average area of the communication holes 43 through which this flat cell 44 communicates with other cells 40 is calculated by adding up the areas of the communication holes 43 through which each flat cell 44 communicates with other cells 40 for a predetermined number of two or more flat cells 44. It is the quotient of the total area divided by the predetermined number of flat cells 44.
  • the average area of the communication holes 43 through which each spherical cell 45 communicates with other cells 40 is the sum of the areas of the communication holes 43 through which each spherical cell 45 communicates with other cells 40 for a predetermined number of spherical cells 45 of two or more. It is the quotient of the area divided by the predetermined number of spherical cells 45.
  • the flat cells 44 increase the area of the communication holes 43 in the core material 30, so that the efficiency of exhaust air from the cells 40 of the core material 30 to the outside of the core material 30 is improved, and the heat insulation properties of the heat insulating wall 20 are improved. can be achieved.
  • the inner layer 38 has a second layer 38b.
  • the second layer 38b is disposed further away from the skin layer 36 than the first layer 38a in the thickness direction, and is laminated on the first layer 38a. That is, in the core material 30, the skin layer 36, the first layer 38a, and the second layer 38b are laminated in this order in the thickness direction.
  • the cells 40 included in the second layer 38b include spherical cells 45.
  • the volume of each cell 40 in the second layer 38b is larger than the volume of each cell 40 in the first layer 38a. In this way, since the cells 40 of the second layer 38b are large in size but have a spherical shape, the heat insulating wall 20 can achieve both heat insulating properties and strength.
  • the cells 40 included in the first layer 38a may include spherical cells 45 in addition to the flat cells 44
  • the cells 40 included in the second layer 38b may include flat cells 44 in addition to the spherical cells 45.
  • the first layer 38a is a region of the inner layer 38 in which the number of flat cells 44 per unit volume is greater than or equal to the number of spherical cells 45
  • the second layer 38b is a region of the inner layer 38 in which the number of flat cells 44 per unit volume is greater than the number of spherical cells 45. It may be a region of the inner layer 38 in which the number is greater than or equal to the number of flat cells 44 .
  • the boundary between the first layer 38a and the second layer 38b may not be clearly distinguishable.
  • the first technique includes a core material made of urethane foam having a plurality of cells, and an outer covering material having an internal space for accommodating the core material and in which the internal space is depressurized, and the core material is , a skin layer including a surface in contact with the outer covering material, and an inner layer located further from the outer covering material than the skin layer and including a plurality of the cells, and a plurality of the cells included in the inner layer.
  • the cells of the core communicate with the outside of the core through the first cells that open on the surface.
  • the air from the core cell to the outside through the first cell it is possible to improve the heat insulation properties of the heat insulation wall.
  • by tightening the skin layer covering the second cell it is possible to ensure the strength to suppress deformation of the heat insulating wall.
  • a second technique is the heat insulating wall according to the first technique, wherein the skin layer has a thickness of 20 ⁇ m or less. According to this configuration, since the skin layer is thin, the first cell can penetrate the skin layer and open to the surface due to the stress of the cell, for example, without using particles to penetrate the skin layer. I can do it.
  • the inner layer of the core material has a first layer laminated on the skin layer in a thickness direction perpendicular to the surface, and the cells of the first layer are
  • the heat insulating wall according to the first or second technique includes flat cells having a flat ellipsoid shape whose dimension in the thickness direction is smaller than the dimension in the orthogonal direction perpendicular to the thickness direction.
  • a fourth technique is the heat insulating wall according to the third technique, wherein the first layer has a thickness of 5 mm or less. Since the flat cells of the first layer having an ellipsoidal shape have a lower compressive strength in the insulation thickness direction than the spherical cells, this configuration allows the strength of the entire insulation wall to be maintained.
  • a fifth technique is that the cells included in the first layer include spherical cells having a spherical shape in addition to the flat cells, and the average area of communication holes through which the flat cells communicate with other cells. is the heat insulating wall according to the third or fourth technique, wherein the spherical cells have a larger average area than the communication holes through which the spherical cells communicate with other cells.
  • the core material includes flat cells with a large average area of communication holes, so that the exhaust efficiency from the cells of the core material is good, and the heat insulation properties of the heat insulating wall can be improved.
  • the core material includes spherical cells whose communication holes have a small average area, thereby ensuring strength to suppress deformation of the heat insulating wall.
  • a sixth technique is that the cells of the first layer include spherical cells having a spherical shape in addition to the flat cells, and the average number of communication holes through which the flat cells communicate with other cells.
  • the inner layer of the core material has a second layer that is disposed farther from the skin layer than the first layer in the thickness direction and is laminated on the first layer, and
  • the cells included in the second layer are the heat insulating wall according to any one of the third to sixth techniques, including spherical cells having a spherical shape. According to this configuration, the spherical cells can ensure the strength to suppress deformation of the heat insulating wall.
  • the eighth technology is a heat insulating container equipped with the heat insulating wall of any one of the first to seventh technologies. According to this configuration, the heat-insulating container can achieve both heat-insulating properties and strength due to the heat-insulating walls having improved heat-insulating properties and strength.
  • a ninth technique is that the core material has a plurality of plane parts and a corner part to which the plurality of plane parts are connected, and the first cell and the second cell are included in a unit volume of the plane part.
  • the ratio of the number of the second cells to the total number of cells is larger than the ratio of the number of the second cells to the total number of the first cells and the second cells included in the unit volume of the corner.
  • the structure in which a plurality of flat parts are connected at the corners ensures strength to suppress deformation of the heat insulating container, and the large number of first cells increases exhaust efficiency and improves heat insulation. I can do it.
  • the skin layer of many second cells can ensure the strength to suppress deformation of the heat insulating container.
  • the heat insulating wall and heat insulating container of the present disclosure can be applied to a heat insulating wall and a heat insulating container that can achieve both strength and heat insulation properties.

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