Transportation and/or storage device comprising a double-walled insulating bulb
US8181813B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01N1/145
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to a device (10) for transporting and/or storing products, particularly of cryostat type, having an external packaging structure (14) comprising walls defining an internal volume (16) within which is a double-walled insulating bulb (12) whose body (32) is formed by an outer wall (34) and an inner wall (36) defining an internal volume (38), bulb (12) comprising an upper neck (40) defining an upper filling opening (42), and the device (10) comprising bulb (12) supporting means (46) that comprise attachment means (48) capable of engaging with the inner wall (36) only of bulb (12) in order to suspend the bulb (12) vertically by its neck (40) in such a way that the bulb (12) hangs freely in the empty space inside the internal volume (16) defined by the packaging structure (14, 18, 22), with no contact between the outer wall (34) of the bulb (12) and the walls (24, 22) of the packaging structure (14), said device being characterized in that the means (46) for the suspended support of the bulb (12) consist of at least one (20) of the walls of the packaging (14).
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