JP2000097533A - Vehicle-mounted insulating container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To bring the front surface side of an insulating container body closer to the side wall of the loading platform of a vehicle by forming an opening/closing door at the upper portion of the side wall of the loading platform of the vehicle and at the same time providing the opening/closing door at the insulating container side so that it can be rotated freely at least by a specific angle. SOLUTION: An insulating container body 1 whose front surface is open is provided with a machine chamber 1a at one side surface side and accommodates refrigerating equipment for cooling the inside of the insulating container in the machine chamber 1a. Then, an opening/closing door 2 for opening or closing the upper portion of the front surface of the insulating container body 1 connects the lower end part to the upper end side of a front surface plate 3 by a plurality of hinges 2a, and is provided so that it can be rotated at least by 90 deg. from the upper side of the insulating container body 1 with each of the hinges 2a as a center. Also, in the opening/closing door 2, the height from the lower end of the insulating container body 1 is formed at the upper portion of the side wall of the loading platform of a vehicle, thus bringing the front surface side of the insulating container body 1 closer to the side wall of the loading platform of the vehicle.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an in-vehicle refrigerator for transporting frozen or chilled foods and beverages by vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the delivery of milk, for example, in the delivery of milk such as food and beverages, goods from retail stores are loaded on small trucks and transported to delivery destinations. It is necessary to control the temperature of products for the purpose. Therefore, conventionally, products are stored in a cool box mounted on a cargo bed of a vehicle such as a small truck, and the products are transported from a retail store to a delivery destination in a cooled state. Further, as an in-car cold storage used for such a purpose, for example, as described in JP-A-2-106677, an insulated cold storage main body has an opening / closing door on a front surface thereof, 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a refrigerator in which the inside of a refrigerator is cooled by a refrigerating device attached to a main body.

[0003]

In the meantime, the loading and unloading of goods in the delivery of milk is mainly performed at the rear of the cargo bed of the vehicle. Since it is formed so as to extend over, a space for opening and closing the door must be secured between the front side of the cool box and the rear side wall of the bed of the vehicle. For this reason,
There has been a problem that the loading capacity of the loading platform is reduced by the opening / closing space, and the distance from the end of the loading platform to the front of the cool box becomes long, which hinders the work for taking in and out of the product.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily carry out a product loading / unloading operation without unnecessarily reducing the space of a cargo bed of a vehicle. It is to provide an in-vehicle cool box that can be used.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided an insulated cold storage box having an opening / closing door on a front surface thereof, which is mounted on a vehicle carrier and used. In the cold storage box, the opening / closing door is formed above the side wall of the cargo bed of the vehicle, and one end in the vertical direction is rotatably connected to the cold storage body side. Thereby, the opening / closing door at the time of opening does not come into contact with the side wall of the cargo bed of the vehicle, and the front side of the cool box main body can be brought close to the side wall of the cargo bed of the vehicle.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the cold storage compartment for a vehicle according to the first aspect, the opening / closing door is provided so as to be rotatable by 90 ° or more. Accordingly, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, by rotating the opening and closing door by 90 ° or more, the opening and closing door in the opened state does not largely project forward.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the cold storage compartment for a vehicle according to the first or second aspect, a lower portion of a front surface of the cold storage main body is formed to be openable and closable. Thereby, in addition to the effect of claim 1 or 2, it is possible to open the lower part of the cool box main body as needed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the insulated refrigerator according to the third aspect, a lower portion of the front surface of the refrigerator compartment body is formed by a detachable front plate, and an opening / closing door is rotatably attached to the front plate. I have. Thereby, in addition to the effect of claim 3,
The door and the front panel are integrally removed from the cool box body.

[0009]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 1 and 2 are perspective views showing an entire insulated refrigerator for a vehicle, and FIG. 3 is a side view showing a mounted state in a vehicle. FIG.

The insulated cool box for a vehicle is provided with a cool box main body 1 having an open front, an opening / closing door 2 for opening and closing the upper front of the cool box main body 1, and a front panel for opening and closing the lower front of the cool box main body 1. 3 and the cold storage main body 1 and the opening / closing door 2
The front plate 3 and the front plate 3 are each formed of a member having heat insulating properties.

The cold storage main body 1 has a machine room 1a on one side, and a refrigerator (not shown) for cooling the inside of the refrigerator is accommodated inside the machine room 1a.

The opening / closing door 2 is connected at its lower end to the upper end of the front plate 3 by a plurality of hinges 2a, and is provided so as to rotate by 90 ° or more from the upper side of the refrigerator main body 1 around each hinge 2a. . As shown in FIG. 3, the opening / closing door 2 is formed above the height H from the lower end of the cool box main body 1, that is, above the side wall 4 b of the bed 4 a of the vehicle 4.

The front plate 3 includes a locking plate 1b provided at a lower part of the front surface of the cool box main body 1 and an opening edge step 1c of the cool box main body 1.
And is fixed to the cool box main body 1 side by a detachable well-known connecting mechanism 3a attached to both ends of the front surface thereof.

The in-vehicle cool box configured as above is
As shown in FIG. 3, a bed 4 of a vehicle 4 composed of a small truck.
a, and is fixed to the carrier 4a by a rope (not shown) or the like. In this case, the cool box main body 1 is arranged with the front face facing the rear of the vehicle 4, and goods are put in and out of the cool box main body 1 by opening and closing the opening / closing door 2 from the rear of the loading platform 4 a. That is, in the in-car cool box, for example, a product such as milk is stored in the cool box body 1, and the product is transported from a retail store or the like to a delivery destination while the product is kept cool in the cool box body 1. At this time, the door 2 of the cool box is attached to the rear side wall 4 of the vehicle 4.
Since it is formed above b, the opening / closing door 2 does not contact the side wall 4b when opened, and the front side of the cold storage main body 1 can be arranged close to the rear end of the vehicle 4. . In this case, by opening the opening and closing door 2 so that the rotation angle θ is 90 ° or more, the opening and closing door 2 in the open state does not protrude greatly forward, and the operator can operate the cool box main body 1.
It becomes easy to approach the front side of. In addition, by releasing the fixing of each connecting mechanism 3a and removing the front plate 3 from the cool box main body 1 as shown by the dashed line in FIG. 2, the lower part of the cool box main body 1 can also be opened. At that time, the door 2 is removed integrally with the front plate 3.

As described above, according to the in-vehicle cool box of the present embodiment, the open / close door 2 is formed above the side wall 4b of the loading platform 4a of the vehicle 4 so that the open / close door 2 can be opened.
So that it does not contact the side wall 4b of the refrigerator.
Can be arranged close to the side wall 4b of the vehicle 4,
The space of the bed 4a of the vehicle 4 is not unnecessarily reduced, and the operation of putting in and out of the goods behind the vehicle 4 can be performed extremely easily. In this case, the opening / closing door 2 is provided so as to be rotatable by 90 ° or more so that the opening / closing door 2 can be opened.
Is prevented from greatly projecting forward, so that the worker can easily approach the front side of the cool box main body 1 and the workability can be improved. Further, by removing the front plate 3 from the cool box main body 1, the lower part of the cool box main body 1 can be opened as needed, which is advantageous when cleaning the inside of the cool box. At this time, since the opening / closing door 2 and the front plate 3 are detached integrally, the front surface of the cold storage main body 1 can be easily fully opened.

[0016]

As described above, according to the insulated refrigerator according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the opening / closing door does not contact the side wall of the cargo bed of the vehicle when it is opened, the front side of the refrigerator compartment is placed on the cargo bed. Can be disposed in close proximity to the side wall of the vehicle, and the space for the cargo bed of the vehicle is not unnecessarily reduced, and the operation of putting in and out of goods at the rear of the vehicle can be performed extremely easily.

Further, according to the insulated refrigerator according to claim 2,
In addition to the effect of the first aspect, since the open / closed door does not greatly protrude forward, the operator can easily approach the front side of the cool box main body, and the workability can be improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided
In addition to the effects of the first and second aspects, the lower part of the cool box main body can be opened as needed, which is advantageous when cleaning the inside of the cool box or the like.

Further, according to the insulated refrigerator for vehicle according to claim 4,
In addition to the effect of the third aspect, the front surface of the cool box main body 1 can be easily fully opened.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an in-vehicle cool box showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the in-vehicle cool box showing a state where an opening / closing door is opened.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state of being mounted on a vehicle.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cold storage main body, 2 ... Opening / closing door, 3 ... Front plate, 4 ... Vehicle,
4a: bed, 4b: side wall.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An in-vehicle cool box having an opening / closing door on a front surface of a heat-insulating cool box main body and used by being mounted on a vehicle bed, wherein the door is formed above a side wall of the vehicle bed. An in-vehicle cool box characterized in that one end in the vertical direction is rotatably connected to the cool box body side. 2. The in-vehicle cold storage according to claim 1, wherein the opening / closing door is provided so as to be rotatable by 90 ° or more. 3. The in-vehicle cool box according to claim 1, wherein a lower portion of a front surface of the cool box body is formed to be openable and closable. 4. The insulated refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein a lower front portion of the refrigerator compartment body is formed by a detachable front plate, and an opening / closing door is rotatably attached to the front plate.