Box-Type Transport Container

• US 20170305639A1
• Filed: 10/20/2015
• Published: 10/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: va-Q-tec AG
• Original Assignee: va-Q-tec AG
• Inventors: Kuhn, Joachim, Wallaschek, Ines, Bauer, Peter, Heinemann, Martin, Taraschewski, Thomas, Eschenbach, Fabian
• Granted Patent: US 10,766,685 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/2897 formed in the wall(s), e.g. roughenings, cavities or projections
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/16 hinged for upward or downward movement cigar or cigarette receptacles A24F15/00; suitcases, ètuis A45C; casings for cosmetic substances with hinged covers A45D40/22; toolboxes B25H3/02; hinges of door or similar type E05D ; boxes for switchboards with hinged covers H02B1/066
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/3621 collapsed along two fold lines of the tubular body
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/46088 formed by extensions of closure flaps, by closure flaps or by extensions of side flaps of a container formed by folding a blank to form a tubular body
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/38 with thermal insulation vacuum bottles or the like A47J41/00 ; thermal insulation of domestic water storage heaters F24H1/182
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3813 rigid container being in the form of a box, tray or like container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3853 formed with double walls, i.e. hollow
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 59/065 using vacuum F16L59/075 takes precedence

Abstract

A box-type transport container has a box-type outer container with a base, four side walls and at least one lid. The lid is hinged on a side wall. Sheet-type vacuum insulation panels are arranged in the outer container to cover the surface of the side walls. At least one carrying opening, which can be gripped by hand in order to carry the transport box, is provided in each of two opposing, side walls. The material of the side wall is weakened above and to the side of the carrying opening, such that the material can be easily separated from the surrounding material of the side wall and together with the carrying opening can be folded out of the side wall. Alternatively, the vacuum insulation panels of the side wall are secured in their relative positions by at least one peripheral tensioning means.

Claims

1-27. -27. (canceled)

28. A box-type transport container comprising:

a box-type outer container having a bottom, four side walls and a cover, wherein the cover is pivotally attached to one of the side walls; and

board-like vacuum insulation panels disposed in the outer container and covering surfaces of the side walls;

wherein the vacuum insulation panels have a design that is selected from a group consisting of

a prismatic design having smooth edges and being arranged in pairs opposite one another and having edges abutting or edges projecting freely,

a prismatic design having smooth edges and being arranged, circumferentially, so as to abut at one edge and to project freely at an opposite edge, and

a prismatic design having edges mitered at 45 degrees and being arranged with respect to each other so as to form an abutting miter joint;

wherein the vacuum insulation panels are fixed in position relative to one another by at least one tensioning means and can thus be handled as a coherent frame-type insert for the outer container.

29. The transport container as claimed in claim 28, wherein the vacuum insulation panels have peripheral edges and wherein the at least one tensioning means is arranged close to at least one of the peripheral edges.

30. The transport container as claimed in claim 28, further comprising a supporting frame disposed inside the vacuum insulation panels, wherein the at least one tensioning means is arranged outside of and close to peripheral edges of the vacuum insulation panels, the supporting frame providing an abutment for forces applied externally by the at least one tensioning means.

31. The transport container as claimed in claim 28, wherein the at least one tensioning means is selected from a group consisting of a tensioning strap disposed around the vacuum insulation panels, a tensioning cable disposed around the vacuum insulation panels, a U-shaped clamp, a shrink film shrunk onto the vacuum insulation panels, and a foamed sheath composed of foamable plastic.

32. The transport container as claimed in claim 28, further comprising corner protection elements disposed between the vacuum insulation panels and the at least one tensioning means.

33. The transport container as claimed in claim 28, further comprising another vacuum insulation panel firmly attached to the cover in a position matching the vacuum insulation panels of the sidewalls.

34. The transport container as claimed in claim 33, wherein the vacuum insulation panels of the sidewalls have outside height dimensions that are slightly larger than inner height dimensions of the outer container, so that the vacuum insulation panels of the sidewalls and vacuum insulation panel of the cover are pressed against one another when the cover is tightly closed.

35. The transport container as claimed in claim 28, further comprising another vacuum insulation panel disposed at the bottom of the container in a position matching the vacuum insulation panels of the side walls.

36. The transport container as claimed in claim 35, wherein the vacuum insulation panel of the bottom is disposed below the vacuum insulation panels of the side walls and corresponds in length and width to an external length and external width of the vacuum insulation panels of the side walls.

37. The transport container as claimed in claim 36, further comprising corner protection elements protecting disposed between the vacuum insulation panels of the sidewalls and the at least one tensioning means, wherein the corner protection elements extend as far as the vacuum insulation panel of the bottom, so that the vacuum insulation panel of the bottom is jointly clamped with the vacuum insulation panels of the side walls.

38. The transport container as claimed in claim 35, wherein the vacuum insulation panel of the bottom is disposed inside the vacuum insulation panels of the side walls and corresponds in length and width to a free internal length and internal width of the insulation panels of the side walls, collectively.

39. The transport container as claimed in claim 28, further comprising lateral guide tabs on the cover, wherein the lateral guide tabs enter guides on the side walls of the outer container when the cover is closed.

40. The transport container as claimed in claim 28, wherein edges or surfaces of the vacuum insulation panels define a gap and are provided with additional sealing means, in particular with at least one of sealing surfaces and sealing strips.

41. The transport container as claimed in claim 28, wherein the bottom of the outer container is a self-folding bottom, and wherein the bottom of the outer container has an inside that is covered with an additional protective layer.

42. The transport container as claimed in claim 28, wherein the at least one tensioning means comprises two spaced apart tensioning means that fix the vacuum insulation panels in position relative to each other.

43. The transport container as claimed in claim 28, further comprising a stiff supporting frame disposed inside of the vacuum insulation panels, wherein the at least one tensioning means comprises a tensioning means located close to outside peripheral edges of the vacuum insulation panels, wherein the supporting frame provides an abutment for forces applied externally by the at least one tensioning means, and further comprising corner protection elements that protect corners of the vacuum insulation panels, the corner protection elements being disposed between the vacuum insulation panels and the at least one tensioning means.

44. The transport container as claimed in claim 43, wherein the tensioning means is selected from a group consisting of a tensioning strap running around the vacuum insulation panels of the sidewalls, a tensioning cable running around the vacuum insulation panels of the side walls, a U-shaped clamp, a shrink film shrunk onto the vacuum insulation panels, and a foamed sheath composed of foamable plastic.

45. The transport container as claimed in claim 44, further comprising another vacuum insulation panel that is firmly attached, in particular adhesively bonded or fixed by hook-and-loop tape, to the cover in a position matching the vacuum insulation panels of the side walls, wherein the outside dimensions of the vacuum insulation panels of the sidewalls are made slightly larger than inside dimensions of the box-type outer container in height, so that the vacuum insulation panels of the sidewalls and vacuum insulation panel of the cover are pressed against one another when the cover is tightly closed.

46. A box-type transport container comprising:

a box-type outer container having a bottom, four side walls, and a cover, wherein the cover is pivotally attached to a side wall, and

board-like vacuum insulation panels arranged in the outer container so as to cover surfaces of the side walls,

wherein the vacuum insulation panels have outside height dimensions that are slightly larger than inside height dimensions of the outer container, so that the vacuum insulation panels are pressed against one another when the cover is tightly closed.

47. A coherent frame-type insert for a box-type outer container of an altogether box-type transport container, the insert comprising:

board-like vacuum insulation panels that have a design selected from a group consisting of;

a prismatic design having smooth edges and being arranged in pairs opposite one another and having edges abutting or edges projecting freely,

a prismatic design having smooth edges and being arranged, circumferentially, so as to abut at one edge and to project freely at an opposite edge, and

a prismatic design having edges mitered at 45 degrees and being arranged with respect to each other so as to form an abutting miter joint;

wherein the vacuum insulation panels are fixed in position relative to one another by at least one tensioning means.

48. The insert as claimed in claim 47, wherein the at least one tensioning means is located close to peripheral edges of the vacuum insulation panels.

49. The insert as claimed in claim 47, further comprising a stiff supporting frame disposed inside of the vacuum insulation panels, wherein the at least one tensioning means is arranged outside of and close to peripheral edges of the vacuum insulation panels, the supporting frame providing an abutment for forces applied externally by the at least one tensioning means.

50. The insert as claimed in claim 49, further comprising corner protection elements that protect corners of the vacuum insulation panels, the corner protection elements being disposed between the vacuum insulation panels and the at least one tensioning means.

51. The insert as claimed in claim 50, wherein the tensioning means is selected from a group consisting of a tensioning strap running around the vacuum insulation panels, tensioning cable running around the vacuum insulation panels, a U-shaped clamp, a shrink film shrunk onto the vacuum insulation panels, and a foam sheath composed of foamable plastic.

52. The insert as claimed in claim 47, wherein the tensioning means is selected from a group consisting of a tensioning strap running around the vacuum insulation panels, a tensioning cable running around the vacuum insulation panels, a U-shaped clamp, a shrink film shrunk onto the vacuum insulation panels, and a foam sheath composed of foamable plastic.

53. The insert as claimed in claim 47, further comprising corner protection elements that protect corners of the vacuum insulation panels, wherein the corner protection elements are disposed between the vacuum insulation panels and the at least one tensioning means.

54. The insert as claimed in claim 47, wherein the vacuum insulation panels comprise vacuum insulation panels associated with the sidewalls and a vacuum insulation panel associated with the bottom and being disposed below the vacuum insulation panels of the side walls and corresponding in length and width to an external length and external width of the vacuum insulation panels of the side walls, collectively.

55. The insert as claimed in claim 47, wherein a vacuum insulation panel of the bottom is disposed inside the vacuum insulation panels of the side walls and corresponds in length and width to a free internal length and internal width of the vacuum insulation panels of the side walls, collectively.

56. The insert as claimed in claim 55, wherein the at least one tensioning means comprises two spaced apart tensioning means that fix the vacuum insulation panels in position relative to each other.

57. The insert as claimed in claim 56, further comprising corner protection elements that extend as far as the vacuum insulation panel associated with the bottom, so that the vacuum insulation panel associated with the bottom is clamped jointly with vacuum insulation panels associated with the side walls.