| 摘要 |
A heated transportation container 2 is described. The container consists of at least a body and a lid, the body being generally cuboid and having one or more side walls 4,6,8,10 and a base 12 which together define an internal chamber 14 over which the lid 22 can be placed to close the container. Inside the chamber is disposed a pre-frozen or refrigerated cooling pack 24 to keep the temperature low and in accordance with the invention, a laminar heating panel 16 is affixed to at least a portion of the inner surface of one of the side walls and/or to base, said laminar panel 16 comprising an electrically resistive component and electrical connections through which power can be delivered to said laminar panel 16. Battery 28 powered control circuitry (34, fig 2) is also provided which communicates with a temperature measuring device disposed within the chamber. In a preferred embodiment, the control circuitry 34 also includes user adjustable means for setting the desired temperature within the chamber and acts to deliver electrical power to the laminar panel 16 to heat same and thus increase the temperature inside the chamber when the temperature measuring means indicates that the temperature is below a desired pre-set or user adjusted temperature. |
