CONTAINER FOR SPECIAL MATERIALS
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Abstract
A rigid-walled, block-shaped box is internally provided with a compartment arranged adjacent to a vertical wall of the box and having a first chamber with a first window open to the inside of the container and a second window open to the outside, and a second chamber with a third window open to the inside of the container and a fourth window open to the outside. The windows are each provided with a shutter. A mass of phase change material is housed within the compartment between said first chamber and second chamber, for absorbing heat from the air flowing from one chamber to the other chamber when said first window and third window are open and said second window and fourth window are closed, and releasing heat to the air flowing from one chamber to the other chamber when said first window and third window are closed and said second window and fourth window are open.
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1-12. -12. (canceled)
- 13. A container comprising a rigid-walled, block-shaped box, wherein it is provided with an internal compartment adjacent to a vertical wall of the box, in which a first chamber having a first window open to the inside of the container and a second window open to the outside, and a second chamber having a third window open to the inside of the container and a fourth window open to the outside, are defined, each of said windows being provided with a shutter, and in that a mass of phase change material is arranged within the compartment between said first chamber and second chamber, for absorbing heat from the air flowing from one chamber to the other chamber when said first window and third window are open and said second window and fourth window are closed, and releasing heat to the air flowing from one chamber to the other chamber when said first window and third window are closed and said second window and fourth window are open.
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