Container for cooling a cooled commodity
US4563881A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 6, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D3/125
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A container has a cooled commodity storage part and a coolant storage part. The container contains at least one heat pipe along one container wall wherein the hot part of the heat pipe extends through the cooled commodity storage part, while the cold part of the heat pipe extends into the coolant storage part. The heat transfer in the cooled commodity part is improved by metal walls, with which the hot part of the heat pipe is in contact, and by ribs in the coolant part. This considerably increases the heat flow compared with known containers, so as to give a more uniform and better temperature distribution in the cooled commodity part and wherein the heat can be removed from points where higher heat losses occur.
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