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专利名称：IN-FLIGHT SERVICE CART AND THERMALLY
INSULATED CONTAINER FOR AN IN-FLIGHTSERVICE CART
发明人：KRZAK, Christopher,VANN, James,WILLMOR,
Martin,TRIVEDI, Chirag,SIMPSON, Robert
申请号：EP16790685.8申请日：20161027公开号：EP3368416A1公开日：20180905
摘要：An in-flight service cart (1) for use on an aircraft for maintaining a payload suchas foodstuffs and the like within a selected temperature range, said in-flight service cart(1) including: a housing (3) having a storage volume; and at least one thermally insulatedcontainer (5) removably mounted within the housing (3), said container having an outercasing (7), a thermally conductive inner casing (11), thermal insulation (9) located betweenthe outer casing (7) and the inner casing (11), said thermal insulation including at leastone vacuum insulation panel (9a-e), a payload volume for storing foodstuffs, an opening(29,47) providing access to the payload volume, a closure member (13) for closing theopening (29,47), at least one thermal energy storage unit (15) located within the innercasing (11), said thermal energy storage unit(s) (15) including a phase change materialthat is arranged to change phase at a temperature greater than or equal to −10° C.;wherein the inner casing (11) and closure member (13) define the payload volume forstoring the foodstuffs, and the thermal energy storage unit(s) (15) is positioned inthermal contact with the inner casing (11), the arrangement being such that the inner
casing (11) provides a thermally conductive pathway for conducting heat entering thecontainer (5) to the thermal energy storage unit (15). A thermally insulated container (5)for an in-flight service cart (1) is also provided.
申请人：Tower Cold Chain Solutions Limited,DHL Supply Chain Limited
地址：11 The Markham Centre Theale Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PE GB,Solstice House251 Midsummer Boulevard Milton Keynes MK9 1EQ GB
国籍：GB,GB
代理机构：Morris, Jonathan Paul
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