# US 5,707,700 A · Heat insulating box > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,707,700 A - Document ID: US5707700A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/348,484 - Filed: 1994-12-02 - Granted: 1998-01-13 - Earliest claimed: 1992-02-14 - Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Sumihisa Akahoshi; Yutaka Igarashi; Kouji Hirata; Masanori Tsujihara; Fumiaki Baba; Akira Yamada; Chisa Kato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5707700A ## CPC - F25D 23/064: {formed by moulding, e.g. moulding in situ} - F25D 2201/126: of cellular type - Y10T 428/1352: Polymer or resin containing [i.e., natural or synthetic] - Y10T 428/1376: Foam or porous material containing - Y10T 428/1386: Natural or synthetic rubber or rubber-like compound containing - Y10T 428/3154: Of fluorinated addition polymer from unsaturated monomers - Y10T 428/31573: Next to addition polymer of ethylenically unsaturated monomer - Y10T 428/31605: Next to free metal - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A heat insulating box, such as a refrigerator box, comprises a heat insulator and a box member that is in contact with the heat insulator. The heat insulator is formed of a urethane foam using either HCFC-123 (CHCl.sub.2 CF.sub.3) or HCFC-141b (CH.sub.3 CCl.sub.2 F) or both as a forming agent, and the box member is formed of an acrylonitrile/ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer/styrene resin (A/epdm/S resin), an acrylonitrile/alkyl acrylate ester rubbery polymer/styrene resin (ASA resin), a mixture of an A/epdm/s resin and an ASA resin, or a mixture of an ASA resin with an acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene resin. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A heat insulating box comprising: a heat insulator comprising a urethane foam; and a box member that is in contact with said heat insulator, characterized in that either CHCl.sub.2 CF.sub.3 or CH.sub.3 CCl.sub.2 F or both are used as a foaming agent of the urethane foam, and the box member is formed of an acrylonitrile/ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer/styrene resin (an A/epdm/S resin); wherein said acrylonitrile/ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer/styrene resin comprises an ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer phase and an acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer phase, said acrylonitrile/ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer/styrene resin includes 10-35 wt % ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer, and said acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer phase includes 25-50 wt % acrylonitrile. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The heat insulating box as recited in claim 1, wherein said ethylene-.alpha.-olefinic rubbery polymer comprises an ethylene-propylene copolymer or an ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene terpolymer. ### Claim 3 A heat insulating box comprising: a heat insulator comprising a urethane foam; and a box member that is in contact with said heat insulator, characterized in that either CHCl.sub.2 CF.sub.3 or CH.sub.3 CCl.sub.2 F or both are used as a foaming agent of the urethane foam, and the box member is formed of a resin composition comprising an acrylonitrile/ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer/styrene resin (A/epdm/S resin) and an acrylonitrile/alkyl acrylate ester rubbery polymer/styrene resin (ASA resin), wherein said resin composition includes 10-35 wt % ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer and 5-30 wt % alkyl acrylate ester rubbery polymer, and includes an acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer having 25-50 wt % acrylonitrile in the copolymer, said resin composition including a total amount of said ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer and said alkyl acrylate ester rubbery polymer of 15-40 wt % based on the weight of the resin composition. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The heat insulating box as recited in claim 3, wherein said ethylene-.alpha.-olefinic rubbery polymer comprises an ethylene-propylene copolymer or an ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene terpolymer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The heat insulating box as recited in claim 3, wherein said alkyl acrylate ester rubbery polymer comprises a rubbery polymer prepared by copolymerizing at least one monomeric acrylic acid ester having C.sub.1-16 alkyl groups with a polymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of a crosslinking agent and a grafting agent. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The heat insulating box as recited in claim 5, wherein said monomeric acrylic acid ester is selected from the group consisting of methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate. ### Claim 7 A heat insulating box comprising: a heat insulator comprising a urethane foam; and a box member that is in contact with said heat insulator, characterized in that either CHCl.sub.2 CF.sub.3 or CH.sub.3 CCl.sub.2 F or both are used as a foaming agent of the urethane foam, and the box member consists essentially of an acrylonitrile/ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer/styrene resin (an A/epdm/S resin); wherein said acrylonitrile/ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer/styrene resin comprises an ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer phase and an acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer phase, said acrylonitrile/ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer/styrene resin includes 10-35 wt % ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer, and said acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer phase includes 25-50 wt % acrylonitrile. ### Claim 8 A heat insulating box comprising: a heat insulator comprising a urethane foam; and a box member that is in contact with said heat insulator, characterized in that either CHCl.sub.2 CF.sub.3 or CH.sub.3 CCl.sub.2 F or both are used as a foaming agent of the urethane foam, and the box member consists essentially of a resin composition comprising an acrylonitrile/ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer/styrene resin (A/epdm/S resin) and an acrylonitrile/alkyl acrylate ester rubbery polymer/styrene resin (ASA resin), wherein said resin composition includes 10-35 wt % ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer and 5-30 wt % alkyl acrylate ester rubbery polymer, and includes an acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer having 25-50 wt % acrylonitrile in the copolymer, said resin composition including a total amount of said ethylene-.varies.-olefinic rubbery polymer and said alkyl acrylate ester rubbery polymer of 15-40 wt % based on the weight of the resin composition. ### Claim 9 A heat insulating box comprising: a heat insulator comprising a urethane foam; and a box member that is in contact with said heat insulator, characterized in that either CHCl.sub.2 CF.sub.3 or CH.sub.3 CCl.sub.2 F or both are used as a foaming agent of the urethane foam, and the box member consists essentially of a resin composition comprising an acrylonitrile/alkyl acrylate ester rubbery polymer/styrene resin (ASA resin) and an acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene resin (ABS resin) comprising a rubber component and a glassy polymer, wherein said acrylonitrile/alkyl acrylate ester rubbery polymer/styrene resin includes 5-50 wt % alkyl acrylate ester rubbery polymer, and said resin composition includes at least 5 wt % acrylonitrile/alkyl acrylate ester rubbery polymer/styrene resin.