Container for transporting temperature-sensitive goods

Abstract

Container for transporting temperature-sensitive goods, comprising a wall structure which surrounds an loading space for receiving the goods and comprising an opening for loading and unloading the loading space, further comprising a door device for selectively opening and closing the opening, wherein at least one coolant reservoir for holding a coolant is arranged and/or fastened in the loading space on at least one wall of said wall structure, in particular an upper wall, wherein the at least one coolant reservoir or a coolant contained therein is exchangeable via a coolant access portion of the opening, characterized in that a barrier element is arranged to separate the loading space from the outside in a remaining portion of the opening when the door device is in an open position.

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         15 . A container for transporting temperature-sensitive goods, comprising:
 a wall structure which surrounds a loading space for receiving the goods and comprising an opening for loading and unloading the loading space;   a door device for selectively opening and closing the opening;   at least one coolant reservoir for holding a coolant at least one of arranged and fastened in the loading space on an upper wall, the at least one coolant reservoir or a coolant contained therein being exchangeable via a coolant access portion of the opening; and   a barrier element arranged to separate the loading space from an outside in a remaining portion of the opening when the door device is in an open position;   wherein the door device comprises at least one inner door leaf and at least one outer door leaf, the at least one outer door leaf and the at least one inner door leaf each sized to entirely cover the opening, including the coolant reservoir and the barrier element; and   wherein the at least one coolant reservoir is a drawer which is guided in a guidance element such that it can be pulled out of and into the loading space and that the barrier element is removably fixed to at least one of the wall structure and the guidance element of the drawer.   
     
     
         16 . The container according to  claim 15 , wherein the barrier element is substantially impermeable to ambient air. 
     
     
         17 . The container according to  claim 15 , wherein the barrier element is made of a sheet of material. 
     
     
         18 . The container according to  claim 17 , wherein the material is one of metal, wood, fabric, plastic, and a combination thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The container according to  claim 15 , wherein the barrier element covers at least 50% of an air exchange flow sectional area between the loading space and the outside. 
     
     
         20 . The container according to  claim 19 , wherein the barrier element covers at least 80% of the air exchange flow sectional area between the loading space and the outside. 
     
     
         21 . The container according to  claim 20 , wherein the barrier element covers at least 90% of the air exchange flow sectional area between the loading space and the outside. 
     
     
         22 . The container according to  claim 18 , wherein the air exchange flow sectional area is defined as a rectangular area enclosed by three walls of the wall structure and the coolant reservoir arranged on a fourth wall. 
     
     
         23 . The container according to  claim 22 , wherein the coolant reservoir is arranged on the upper wall. 
     
     
         24 . The container according to  claim 15 , wherein a distance between the barrier element and a bottom wall of the wall structure is less than 50 mm. 
     
     
         25 . The container according to  claim 24 , wherein the distance between the barrier element and the bottom wall of the wall structure is less than 30 mm. 
     
     
         26 . The container according to  claim 15 , wherein the barrier element is arranged to cover at least 70% of a width of the opening. 
     
     
         27 . The container according to  claim 26 , wherein the barrier element is arranged to cover at least 90% of the width of the opening. 
     
     
         28 . The container according to  claim 27 , wherein the barrier element is arranged to cover at least 98% of the width of the opening. 
     
     
         29 . The container according to  claim 15 , wherein the barrier element comprises elastic sealing elements on at least one lateral rim thereof. 
     
     
         30 . The container according to  claim 15 , wherein the barrier element is pivotably mounted to at least one of a wall of the wall structure and the guidance element of the drawer. 
     
     
         31 . The container according to  claim 15 , wherein at least one of the wall structure and the door device is designed as a layered structure comprising, from the outside to the inside, a first insulating layer, and an energy distribution layer bounding the loading space and made of a material with a thermal conductivity of >100 W/(m·K). 
     
     
         32 . The container according to  claim 31 , wherein the layered structure further comprises a second insulating layer arranged between the first insulating layer and the energy distribution layer. 
     
     
         33 . The container according to  claim 15 , wherein dry ice is arranged in the at least one coolant reservoir.