Patent ID: 6012384
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: A23B,F25D

Abstract:
A mobile container adapted for transporting perishable goods, said container comprising:a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of side walls extending therebetween, a ceiling and a floor disposed spaced apart from one another by said front, rear and pair of side walls so as to define an elongated enclosure having a longitudinal axis and adapted to receive a cargo load;an air recirculation plenum defined in said enclosure adjacent said front wall;a refrigeration system in fluid communication with said air recirculation plenum and adapted to induct air at a first temperature and to exhaust air at a second temperature;a pair of air delivery plenums extending from said air recirculation plenum along the length of said elongated enclosure parallel to said longitudinal axis, each of said pair of air delivery plenums defined by a corresponding one of said pair of side walls and a plenum wall disposed spaced from said corresponding side wall and extending from the upper margins of said enclosure such that said plenum wall is adapted to be co-extensive and in abutting contact with a portion of the cargo load;a source of pressurized air having an inlet in fluid communication with the exhausted air from said refrigeration system and an outlet in fluid communication with said pair of air delivery plenums; anda return air plenum defined between said pair of air delivery plenums such that cool air is supplied under pressure along the longitudinal length of said enclosure parallel to and adjacent said pair of side walls and then flows through the cargo load in a direction substantially transverse to said longitudinal axis into said return plenum whereafter the air flows substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis back to said air recirculation plenum.