Patent SG-11201807798P-A (SG)
Title: Environmental control and transport system for agricultural products and method
Inventor: CHOPKO ROBERT A
IPC: A01G31/02
Filed: 2017-03-08
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization IIIM141101110101011111 HO 11111011101110110110101101110111110111011 International Bureau 0.. .... .. ..... ..or::,„, (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/156109 A2 14 September 2017 (14.09.2017) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, F25D 17/04 (2006.01) AO1G 31/02 (2006.01) KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, AO1G 9/24 (2006.01) F25D 29/00 (2006.01) MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, AO1G 31/00 (2006.01) NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, (21) International Application Number: TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, PCT/US2017/021334 ZA, ZM, ZW. (22) International Filing Date: (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 8 March 2017 (08.03.2017) kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (25) Filing Language: English GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, (26) Publication Language: English TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, (30) Priority Data: DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, 62/306,475 10 March 2016 (10.03.2016) US LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, (71) Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION [US/US]; One GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Carrier Place, Farmington, Connecticut 06032 (US). Declarations under Rule 4.17: (72) Inventor: CHOPKO, Robert A.; P.O. Box 4805, Carrier Parkway, TR20, Syracuse, New York 13221 (US). — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(ii)) (74) Agent: RODRIGUEZ, Paul A.; CANTOR COLBURN — as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the — LLP, 20 Church Street, 22nd Floor, Hartford, Connecticut earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) — 06103-3207 (US). — — of inventorship (Rule 4.17(iv)) = (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, Published: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, _ without international search report and to be republished = BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, upon receipt of that report (Rule 48.2(g)) = DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, = = = = (54) Title: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL = = CLOUD = = = _ - ei . 4 0 \ © O 68 DATA ((( )) 20 f3 D AND 10 ''''' ..(zi -----\ TRANSPORT Yt 18 24 26 0 0 411P • 0 • • • 0 Ili 16 SYSTEM ...e- II • 14 0 0 • • 0 • • • 0 • 18 A • FOR AGRICULTURAL ....- -,-. • 0 • 0 0 . 0 . 4. • 12 / i PRODUCTS AND METHOD I14r) FIG. 1 1-1 IN 1—I (57) : An environmental control and transport system for agricultural products is provided and includes a shipping contain- = er comprising at least one zone for containing an agricultural product therein, wherein the shipping container is a self-powered elec - N tric unit. Also included is an evaporator operatively coupled to the shipping container, the evaporator controlling at least one envir - n onmental condition of the at least one zone.