Patent ID: 6151908
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A large-volume shipping container comprising:a pair of upright and spaced side walls;a floor extending between lower edges of the side walls and formed with at least two side groups and one center group of full-length passages upwardly open at respective full-length slots, the side groups flanking the center group, the passages of the center group having a flow cross section different from the passages of the side groups;a roof extending between upper edges of the side walls;a rear end door wall extending between rear edges of the roof, floor, and side walls;a front end wall extending between front edges of the roof, floor, and side walls and defining with the roof, floor, and other walls a closed cargo-containing space; andmeans including a refrigerating apparatus in the front end wall for forcing cool air into front ends of the passages and for distributing the cool air through the space differentially according to the flow cross sections of the passages.