Insulating container

Abstract

The invention relates to containers for the dispatch and storage of commodities under controlled temperature conditions, in which the refrigerating or heating agents used for maintaining a specific temperature range can be introduced, spatially separated from the commodities in the interior of the container by one or more separators.

1 . A container with a bottom part ( 4 ) and with a top part ( 1 ) consisting of thermally insulating material for the dispatch and storage of commodities, wherein the refrigerating or heating agents ( 12 ) used for maintaining a specific temperature range can be introduced, spatially separated from the commodities ( 11 ) in the interior of the container by one or more separators ( 9 ).  
     
     
         2 . The container as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the separators ( 9 ) are designed as inner walls which, preferably together with the container outer walls ( 4 . 1 ,  1 ), form one or more reception spaces ( 13 ) for the refrigerating or heating agents ( 12 ) and one or more reception spaces ( 14 ) for the commodities ( 11 ).  
     
     
         3 . The container as claimed in  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the separators ( 9 ) consist of a material which conducts the heat better than the material of the container outer walls ( 1 ,  4 . 1 ), or wherein the separators consist of the same material as the container outer walls, but then have a smaller wall thickness than that of the container outer walls.  
     
     
         4 . The container as claimed in one of claims  1 - 3 , wherein the separators ( 9 ) have one or more orifices ( 10 ).  
     
     
         5 . The container as claimed in one of claims  1 - 4 , wherein the -separators ( 9 ) are connected fixedly or releasably to the outer walls ( 1 ,  4 . 1 ) of the container.  
     
     
         6 . The container as claimed in one of claims  1 - 5 , wherein the separators are designed as removable partitions ( 9 ).  
     
     
         7 . The container as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the bottom part has one or more reception devices ( 6 ) for one or more, preferably two, vertical removable partitions.  
     
     
         8 . The container as claimed in  claim 6  or  7 , which has one or more horizontal removable partitions as separators.  
     
     
         9 . The container as claimed in one of claims  1 - 8 , wherein the container bottom ( 7 ) has elevations ( 8 ), onto which a horizontal removable partition can be laid.  
     
     
         10 . The container as claimed in one of claims  1 - 9 , wherein the outer walls ( 1 ,  4 . 1 ) consist of foamed polystyrene or polyurethane.  
     
     
         11 . The container as claimed in one of claims  1 - 10 , wherein the separators ( 9 ) consist of polystyrene, polypropylene, polyethylene or corrugated cardboard.  
     
     
         12 . The container as claimed in one of claims  1 - 11 , wherein web plates are used as separators.  
     
     
         13 . The use of a container for the storage and/or dispatch of commodities, in particular of pharmaceuticals and/or diagnostic aids.  
     
     
         14 . The use of removable partitions for the spatial separation of thermal control agents and commodities in containers for the storage and/or transport of frozen commodities, refrigerated commodities or commodities which are to be dispatched at a temperature above the ambient temperature.