Patent ID: 9097452
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A23B,A23L,A23V,F25D

Abstract:
1. A container for perishable products, the container comprising: a base plate and one or more walls dependent therefrom; a top plate; a cooling substance; an elongate thermal member extending from the base plate into a substantially central region of the container, the elongate thermal member including a cavity filled with the cooling substance to thereby reduce the temperature of the perishable products placed in the container; and a compression device configured to exert a downward compressive force on the perishable product, wherein the elongated thermal member constitutes part of the compression device, the compression device further comprises a clamping assembly, and an engagement of the clamping assembly and the elongated thermal member pulls the top plate toward the base plate, wherein an end of the elongated thermal member remote from the base includes a clamp engagement member to engage with the clamping assembly, and wherein the clamping assembly comprises: