Patent ID: 7017366

Claim:
A storage apparatus for boxes containing fruit, comprising: a cabinet including side walls, a rear wall, front walls, and a cover portion, said cabinet having an interior volume of a size sufficient to house a stack of said boxes; said front walls of said cabinet defining an access opening for insertion and withdrawal of one or more of said boxes; each of said side walls of said cabinet comprising an outer wall, an inner wall separated from said outer wall by a space, and a plurality of vertically oriented partitions disposed between said inner and outer walls, said partitions being spaced from one another and being in intimate contact with said inner and outer side walls, so that said inner and outer side walls define, with said partitions, air flow channels; and said cover portion being positioned atop the front, side and rear walls, said cover portion housing blowers disposed atop the air flow channels of each side wall and conduit means interconnecting said blowers and said channels for fluidly communicating said blowers with said air flow channels.