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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1992
Yutaka Hachinohe, Sapporo, JP;
Akihide Imamura, Chiba, JP;
Masatoshi Sasaki, Otaru, JP;
Shoichi Yokochi, Sapporo, JP;
Kazuyuki Ouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Obayashi Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Taihei Sangyo Co., Ltd., Hokkaido, JP;
Hazama Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The low temperature food storage equipment of the present invention is provided with an icehouse and a food storeroom each surrounded by a heat insulator. The icehouse and the storeroom are connected by a detachable heat exchanger disposed therebetween. In the icehouse there is stored water which is frozen into ice when the outside air grows cold. In the storeroom there are kept in cold storage a large amount of shippable food, for example, potatoes. In the case of shipping the food, the heat exchanger is removed and the food is transported on a truck or the like while being kept in cold storage in the storeroom.