Apparatus for packaging temperature sensitive materials for transportation

摘要

An apparatus for packaging temperature sensitive materials for transportation are provided in which an insulating container is assembled from a corrugated fiberboard carton, a plastic liner bag and slab-like rigid foam insulating wall liners. The slab-like rigid foam insulating wall liners are of a size to snugly fit the inner walls of the carton and are positioned against the inner walls of the carton inside the plastic liner bag to create an insulated chamber. The insulated chamber is capable of holding two frozen bottle style refrigerant packs against its inner lined sidewall and two refrigerated brick style refrigerant packs against its top and bottom lined walls to create a cooling chamber within which temperature sensitive materials housed in a flexible foam insulation lined container are cooled by a heat transfer cooling mechanism which is capable of maintaining the temperature sensitive materials at a temperature in the range of 2 DEG C. to 10 DEG C. (36 DEG F. to 50 DEG F.) even if ambient air temperatures outside the carton reach extreme high or low temperatures for several hours.