US 11,920,832 B2
Transport container
Nico Ros, Riehen (CH)
Assigned to REP IP AG, Zug (CH)
Appl. No. 16/324,149
Filed by REP IP AG, Oberwil b. Zug (CH)
PCT Filed Aug. 9, 2017, PCT No. PCT/IB2017/000941
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 8, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/029522, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. A 368/2016 (AT), filed on Aug. 9, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0178534 A1, Jun. 13, 2019
Int. Cl. F25B 17/08 (2006.01); F25D 11/00 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25B 17/08 (2013.01) [F25D 11/00 (2013.01); F25D 11/003 (2013.01); F25D 11/027 (2013.01); F25D 2201/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Transport container for transporting temperature-sensitive transport goods comprising a chamber for receiving the transport goods, a casing enclosing the chamber and at least one cooling element for temperature control of the chamber, the at least one cooling element comprising:
an element with a cooling surface,
a desiccant for receiving coolant evaporated in the evaporation element,
a transport path for transporting the evaporated coolant to the desiccant,
wherein the transport container further comprises a latent heat accumulator that communicates with the chamber for heat exchange in addition to the evaporation element, the latent heat accumulator comprising a phase change material and being separate and distinct from the evaporation element, wherein the evaporation element and the desiccant are separated by a first thermal insulation,
wherein the latent heat accumulator is arranged outside of the evaporation element and is arranged between the cooling surface and the chamber in a cascading manner such that, when viewed in a direction from outside to inside of the transport container through the first thermal insulation, first the evaporative cooling system is effective and then the latent heat accumulator relative to the chamber for heat exchange;
wherein the latent heat accumulator has a phase transition temperature of 3-10° C.;
wherein the evaporation element comprises a textile which contains the coolant; and
wherein the phase change material includes paraffins.