Foldable heat insulating container and distribution method
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsMasato Sasaki, Takao Sato, Haruyuki Ishio
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Abstract
Frozen products requiring cold insulation are housed inside of the cold-insulating container structured of a vacuum heat-insulating material, and the cold-insulating containers are loaded in a refrigerator vehicle, cold-insulating vehicle, or room-temperature vehicle other than a freezer vehicle for delivery. Each of the peripheral walls, lids, and bottom faces of this container is made of a sheet material enveloping the vacuum heat-insulating material therein. In each of the peripheral walls adjacent to the peripheral walls connected to the lids, the vacuum heat-insulating material is divided along folding line so as to be foldable.
Claims23
A method of delivering frozen products comprising:
- storing frozen products in a cold-insulating container;
- the cold-insulating container comprising:
- a collapsible cold-insulating container comprising four peripheral walls, a bottom face, and a flexible rectangle bottom face sheet, the container being collapsible with the four peripheral walls, the bottom face, and the bottom face sheet remaining connected with each other,
- wherein
- the four peripheral walls are connected into a square shape so as to be foldable relative to one another,
- the bottom face is connected to the peripheral walls along a lower side edge of at least one of the peripheral walls, the bottom face being rotatable around the lower side edge toward an inside of the container,
- the bottom face is formed enveloping a vacuum heat-insulating material therein,
- two of the peripheral walls on opposing sides of the container each have a folding line extending from an upper side edge to a lower side edge thereof, each folding line being located at a middle of the respective peripheral wall, each of the peripheral walls having the folding line also including two vacuum heat insulators, the insulators being separated along the folding line, respective halves of the peripheral wall on each side of the folding line being rotatable around the folding line such that the folding line moves toward the inside of the container,
- the bottom face sheet is attached to the four peripheral walls along lower side edges of the walls, so as to cover an entire outer surface of the bottom face, when the bottom face is rotated into a close position to form the box, and
- the container has a collapsed state, in which the bottom face is rotated inward around the lower side edge and positioned approximately parallel with and between two opposing peripheral walls not having the folding lines, and the halves of the two of the peripheral walls having the folding lines are rotated around the folding lines such that the two peripheral walls are folded approximately in half, with each half positioned approximately parallel with and between the two opposing peripheral walls not having the folding lines;
- and
- loading the cold-insulating container in a vehicle that is maintained at a temperature higher than a freezing temperature of the frozen products.
A collapsible cold-insulating container comprising four peripheral walls, a bottom face, and a flexible rectangle bottom face sheet, the container being collapsible with the four peripheral walls, the bottom face, and the bottom face sheet remaining connected with each other,
- wherein
- the four peripheral walls are connected into a square shape so as to be foldable relative to one another,
- the bottom face is connected to the peripheral walls along a lower side edge of at least one of the peripheral walls, the bottom face being rotatable around the lower side edge toward an inside of the container,
- the bottom face is formed with a vacuum heat-insulating material enveloped therein,
- two of the peripheral walls on opposing sides of the container each have a folding line extending from an upper side edge to a lower side edge thereof, each folding line being located at a middle of the respective peripheral wall, each of the peripheral walls having the folding line also including two vacuum heat insulators, the insulators being separated along the folding line, respective halves of the peripheral wall on each side of the folding line being rotatable around the folding line such that the folding line moves toward the inside of the container,
- the bottom face sheet is attached to the four peripheral walls along lower side edges of the peripheral walls, so as to cover an entire outer surface of the bottom face, when the bottom face is rotated into a close position to form the box, and
- the container has a collapsed state, in which the bottom face is rotated inward around the lower side edge and positioned approximately parallel with and between two opposing peripheral walls not having the folding lines, and the halves of the two of the peripheral walls having the folding lines are rotated around the folding lines such that the two peripheral walls are folded approximately in half, with each half positioned approximately parallel with and between the two opposing peripheral walls not having the folding lines.
A collapsible cold-insulating container comprising four peripheral walls, two bottom faces, and a flexible rectangle bottom face sheet, the container being collapsible with the four peripheral walls, the bottom faces, and the bottom face sheet remaining connected with each other,
- wherein
- the four peripheral walls are connected into a square shape so as to be foldable relative to one another,
- the two bottom faces are connected to two opposite peripheral walls along lower side edges of the two opposite peripheral walls, the bottom faces being rotatable around the lower sides edges toward an inside of the container,
- the bottom face is formed with a vacuum heat-insulating material enveloped therein,
- two of the peripheral walls on opposing sides of the container each have a folding line extending from an upper side edge to a lower side edge thereof, each folding line being located at a middle of the respective peripheral wall, each of the peripheral walls having the folding line also including two vacuum heat insulators, the insulators being separated along the folding line, respective halves of the peripheral wall on each side of the folding line being rotatable around the folding line such that the folding line moves toward the inside of the container,
- the bottom face sheet is attached to the four peripheral walls along lower side edges of the walls, so as to cover an entire outer surface of the two bottom faces, when the two bottom faces are rotated into a close position to form the box, and
- the container has a collapsed state, in which the bottom faces are rotated inward around the lower side edges and positioned approximately parallel with and between two opposing peripheral walls not having the folding lines, and the halves of the two of the peripheral walls having the folding lines are rotated around the folding lines such that the two peripheral walls are folded approximately in half, with each half positioned approximately parallel with and between the two opposing peripheral walls not having the folding lines.
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