REFRIGERATED CONTAINER

• US 20070193319A1
• Filed: 01/15/2007
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qingdao CIMC Special Reefer Co., Ltd. (China International Marine Containers Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: China International Marine Containers Limited (China International Marine Containers Company Limited), Qingdao CIMC Special Reefer Co., Ltd. (China International Marine Containers Company Limited)
• Inventors: Huang, Guohao, Huang, T.H., Sun, Jim, Liang, Hu
• Granted Patent: US 7,612,664 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 70/404
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/008 Doors for containers, e.g. ISO-containers locking E05B83/12
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/022 Laminated structures B65D90/029 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/22 Safety features floating covers B65D88/34; arrangements of indicating or measuring devices B65D90/48; fire-fighting A62C
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2400/40 Refrigerating devices characterised by electrical wiring
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2700/02 Sensors detecting door opening
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 29/003 for movable devices
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 29/008 Alarm devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/06 by tampering with fastening
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5004 For antitheft signaling device on protected article
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7853 Tubular

Abstract

A refrigerated container comprising a door composed of a first and a second door panels and a security device is disclosed. The security device includes a detection plate fixed to an inner side of the first door panel which has a free end extending towards the second door panel; a displacement sensor fixed to an inner side of the second door panel to cooperate with the free end of the detection plate; a monitoring module; and an antenna. Said displacement sensor, monitoring module and antenna are separately arranged in the door, and said monitoring module is arranged within a heat insulating layer in the first door panel or the second door panel, and said antenna is provided at an outer side of the first door panel or the second door panel.

Claims

1. A refrigerated container, comprising a security device and a door composed of a first door panel and a second door panel, said security device including:

a detection plate having a first end fixed to an inner side structure of the first door panel, and a second opposite end as a free end extending towards the second door panel and being positioned behind an inner side structure of the second door panel when the door is closed;

a displacement sensor fixed to the inner side structure of the second door panel and positioned adjacent to the free end of the detection plate so as to cooperate with the free end of the detection plate and to thus detect a relative displacement between the two door panels;

a monitoring module electrically connected to the displacement sensor to receive and process outputs from the displacement sensor; and

an antenna electrically connected to the monitoring module to receive and emit outputs from the monitoring module;

wherein said displacement sensor, monitoring module and antenna are separately arranged in the door, and said monitoring module is arranged within a heat insulating layer in the first door panel or the second door panel, and said antenna is provided at an outer side of the first door panel or the second door panel.

2. The refrigerated container as claimed in claim 1, wherein in case of arranging on the same door panel, said displacement sensor, monitoring module and antenna are connected with each other by means of electrical wires or cables embedded into said heat insulating layer of said the same door panel.

3. The refrigerated container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said displacement sensor is a travel switch, said inner side structure of the second door panel comprises an inner lining, and the travel switch is fixed to the inner lining;

and

a contact pin of the travel switch protrudes out of the inner lining, and said free end of the detection plate is configured to press against the contact pin of the travel switch when the door is closed and release the contact pin of the travel switch when the door is opened so as to switch states of the travel switch.

4. The refrigerated container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said displacement sensor is a Hall sensor, said inner side structure of the second door panel comprises an inner lining, and the Hall sensor is fixed to the inner lining;

and

said free end of the detection plate includes magnetic conductive materials configured to face the Hall sensor when the door is closed.

5. The refrigerated container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said displacement sensor is a Hall sensor, said inner side structure of the second door panel comprises an inner lining, and the Hall sensor is fixed to the inner lining;

and

said free end of the detection plate includes a magnetic member, and said magnetic member is fixed to a portion of said detection plate which faces the Hall sensor when the door is closed.

6. The refrigerated container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said displacement sensor is a proximity switch, and said inner side structure of the second door panel comprises an inner lining and a U-shaped member fixed to the inner lining;

and

the proximity switch is fixed to one of two opposite side walls of the U-shaped member, and a magnetic member opposite to the proximity switch is fixed to the other one of the two opposite side walls of the U-shaped member; and

said free end of the detection plate includes a bent portion which is inserted into a gap between the two opposite side walls of the U-shaped member and prevents magnetic lines of the magnetic member from reaching the proximity switch when the door is closed.

7. The refrigerated container as claimed in claim 6, wherein said proximity switch is a normally closed type or a normally open type of reed switch.

8. The refrigerated container as claimed in claim 6, wherein said proximity switch includes two reed switches electrically connected in series and arranged to be substantially in parallel with the inner lining and to be spaced apart from each other;

and

one of said two reed switches near an opening of said U-shaped member is a normally open type, the other one away from the opening of said U-shaped member is a normally closed type.

9. The refrigerated container of as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a reinforcer of heat-insulating materials arranged within the first door panel and abutting against an inner lining of the first door panel, said detection plate being fixed to the reinforcer of heat-insulating materials.

10. The refrigerated container of as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a reinforcer of heat-insulating materials arranged within the first door panel and abutting against an inner lining of the first door panel, said detection plate being fixed to the reinforcer of heat-insulating materials.

11. The refrigerated container of as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a reinforcer of heat-insulating materials arranged within the first door panel and abutting against an inner lining of the first door panel, said detection plate being fixed to the reinforcer of heat-insulating materials.

12. The refrigerated container of as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a reinforcer of heat-insulating materials arranged within the first door panel and abutting against an inner lining of the first door panel, said detection plate being fixed to the reinforcer of heat-insulating materials.

13. The refrigerated container of as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a reinforcer of heat-insulating materials arranged within the first door panel and abutting against an inner lining of the first door panel, said detection plate being fixed to the reinforcer of heat-insulating materials.

14. The refrigerated container of as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a reinforcer of heat-insulating materials arranged within the first door panel and abutting against an inner lining of the first door panel, said detection plate being fixed to the reinforcer of heat-insulating materials.

15. The refrigerated container of as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a reinforcer of heat-insulating materials arranged within the first door panel and abutting against an inner lining of the first door panel, said detection plate being fixed to the reinforcer of heat-insulating materials.

16. The refrigerated container of as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a reinforcer of heat-insulating materials arranged within the first door panel and abutting against an inner lining of the first door panel, said detection plate being fixed to the reinforcer of heat-insulating materials.

17. The refrigerated container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said antenna is arranged within an anti-collision block mounted on a pivot hinge of the first door panel or the second door panel.