Container with movable bulkheads
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsAlain Grand, Bernard Valentin, Philippe Vaas
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Abstract
An enclosed container for storing temperature sensitive goods. The container has opposed side walls and end walls as well as a floor and a ceiling. First and second bulkheads are moveably mounted within the container for dividing the container into three separate compartments. Two end compartments are services by fixed heat exchanges for conditioning the air in the compartments. A center compartment is serviced by a movable heat exchanger. By repositioning the bulkheads and the movable heat exchanger the volume and thus the load carrying capacity of the compartments can be varied to accommodate different types of cargo and the temperature levels in the compartment independently maintained.
Claims19
A container for storing heat sensitive goods that includes:
- a pair of opposed side walls, a pair of opposed end walls and a floor and a ceiling for enclosing the container,
- a first bulkhead and a second bulkhead extending between said ceiling and said floor for dividing the container into three separate compartments that include two end compartments and a center compartment,
- means to reposition said bulkheads within said container whereby the volume of the compartments may be varied,
- a first fixed heat exchanger mounted on one end wall of the container for providing conditioning air to one end compartment,
- a second fixed heat exchanger mounted on a second end compartment for providing conditioning air to a second end compartment;
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- a third movable heat exchanger mounted adjacent to one of said bulkheads that is repositionable with said one of said bulkheads for providing condition air to a center compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.