Thermal energy storage pack, thermal exchange unit, and manufacturing method of thermal energy storage pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10919683-B2
Application number	US-201615577682-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2016
Priority date	May 28, 2015
Publication date	Feb 16, 2021
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021

Abstract

An object to be cooled is quickly brought to a suitable temperature. An object to be cooled is quickly brought to a suitable temperature. A thermal energy storage pack 1 according to the present invention is a thermal energy storage pack that performs temperature management of food and/or beverage, and includes a first deep-drawn container filled with a first thermal energy storage material that exhibits phase change at a predetermined temperature, a second deep-drawn container that is overlaid by the first accommodation portion and that is filled with a second thermal energy storage material that maintains a liquid phase state at the phase change temperature of the first thermal energy storage material, and a cover material that closes off the first deep-drawn container. The second deep-drawn container comes into contact with a wine bottle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A thermal energy storage pack that performs temperature management of food and/or beverage, the thermal energy storage pack comprising:
a first accommodation portion filled with a first thermal energy storage material that exhibits phase change at a predetermined temperature;
a second accommodation portion that is overlaid by the first accommodation portion and that is filled with a second thermal energy storage material that maintains a liquid phase state at the phase change temperature of the first thermal energy storage material; and
a cover material that closes off the first accommodation portion,
wherein the second accommodation portion comes into contact with the food and/or beverage,
wherein the first accommodation portion is formed of a first plastic film, while the second accommodation portion is formed of a second plastic film, and
wherein the second plastic film is more flexible than the first plastic film.

2. The thermal energy storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein the first accommodation portion and the second accommodation portion are deep-drawn containers, and wherein flanges of the first accommodation portion and the second accommodation portion are joined, as well as the flange portion of the first accommodation portion and the cover material are joined.

3. The thermal energy storage pack according to claim 2 , wherein a through hole is provided at an optional part of the flange portion of the first accommodation portion, with the flange portion of the second accommodation portion directly joining to the cover material at the through hole.

4. The thermal energy storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein the first thermal energy storage material and second thermal energy storage material have sufficient viscosity to maintain a shape under own weight.

5. The thermal energy storage pack according to claim 4 , wherein viscosity of the first thermal energy storage material and second thermal energy storage material is 1000 cP or higher.

6. The thermal energy storage pack according to claim 5 , wherein a gap layer is provided between the first thermal energy storage material with which the first thermal energy storage material is filled, and the cover material.

7. The thermal energy storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein the first accommodation portion further has an insulating material at a side opposite to the second accommodation portion.

8. The thermal energy storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein viscosity of the first thermal energy storage material and second thermal energy storage material is 100 to 200 cP.

9. The thermal energy storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein a volume of the second accommodation portion is larger than a volume of the first accommodation portion.

10. The thermal energy storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein the cover material is formed of an insulating material.

11. The thermal energy storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein the Young's modulus of the first plastic film is 3000 MPa or higher,
and wherein the Young's modulus of the second plastic film is lower than 3000 MPa.

12. The thermal energy storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein a face of the second accommodation portion that comes into contact with the food and/or beverage has a friction coefficient that is relatively smaller than that of other faces.

13. A thermal exchange unit where a plurality of thermal energy storage packs, each of which is the thermal energy storage pack according to claim 1 are connected, having joint mechanisms between adjacent thermal energy storage packs.

14. The Thermal exchange unit according to claim 13 , wherein the plurality of thermal energy storage packs are connected so as to be arrayed on concentric circles,
and wherein the joint mechanisms have elasticity.

15. A thermal energy storage pack that performs temperature management of food and/or beverage, the thermal energy storage pack comprising:
a first accommodation portion filled with a first thermal energy storage material that exhibits phase change at a predetermined temperature;
a second accommodation portion that is overlaid by the first accommodation portion and that is filled with a second thermal energy storage material that maintains a liquid phase state at the phase change temperature of the first thermal energy storage material; and
a cover material that closes off the first accommodation portion,
wherein the second accommodation portion comes into contact with the food and/or beverage,
wherein the first thermal energy storage material is made up of water, a hydrocarbon compound that forms a clathrate hydrate with part of the water at temperatures of 0° C. or higher, and an inorganic compound that hardens the phase change temperature of another part of water to 0° C. or lower.

16. A thermal exchange unit where a plurality of thermal energy storage packs, each being a thermal energy storage pack, wherein
the thermal energy storage pack that performs temperature management of food and/or beverage, the thermal energy storage pack comprising:
a first accommodation portion filled with a first thermal energy storage material that exhibits phase change at a predetermined temperature;
a second accommodation portion that is overlaid by the first accommodation portion and that is filled with a second thermal energy storage material that maintains a liquid phase state at the phase change temperature of the first thermal energy storage material; and
a cover material that closes off the first accommodation portion,
wherein the second accommodation portion comes into contact with the food and/or beverage,
wherein the plurality of thermal energy storage packs are connected, having joint mechanisms between adjacent thermal energy storage packs,
wherein the thermal exchange unit comprises:
an upper tier portion where the plurality of thermal energy storage packs having second accommodation portions that are relatively large are connected so as to be arrayed on a concentric circle; and
a lower tier portion where the plurality of thermal energy storage packs having second accommodation portions that are relatively small are connected so as to be arrayed on a concentric circle, and

wherein the second accommodation portions come into contact with the food and/or beverage, by the upper tier being positioned above in a vertical direction and the lower tier being positioned below in the vertical direction when in use.

17. The thermal exchange unit according to claim 16 , further comprising:
a pressing portion where the thermal energy storage packs are pressed in a center direction of the concentric circles.

18. The thermal exchange unit according to claim 17 , wherein pressing force of the pressing portion is 25 N or greater.

19. The thermal exchange unit according to claim 16 , wherein the thermal energy storage packs are connected so as to be arrayed on concentric circles,
and wherein the joint mechanisms have elasticity.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Bessho Hisanori
• Sawada Daiji
• Utsumi Yuka
• Yamashita Takashi
• Hwang Hwisim
• Urayama Masao
• Kamimura Yuichi

Classifications

• B65D81/3883 Primary

  provided with liquid material between double walls · CPC title

• F25D2303/0846

  around the neck of a bottle · CPC title

• F25D2303/08222

  Shape of the element · CPC title

• F25D2303/0843

  on the side of the product · CPC title

• B65D81/3886

  formed of different materials, e.g. laminated or foam filling between walls · CPC title