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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Michael Ernest Garrett, Woking, GB;
Michael John Heywood, Hythe, GB;
The BOC Group, plc, Windlesham, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus for refrigerating goods in a container storing a cryogenic fluid and means for discharging the fluid into the container in order to reduce the temperature therein, characterized in that the storing means is adapted to operate at atmospheric pressures but not at pressures substantially greater than atmospheric. Such a system provides a single and inexpensive means for refrigerating goods in a transportable container, which may be divisible into smaller compartments, and may also be provided with eutectic plates to act as a thermal “buffer” whenever the container/a compartment is opened for loading/unloading.