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(11) EP 1 221 416 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/28

(21) Application number: 01000724.3

(22) Date of filing: 06.12.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B65D 8/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 07.12.2000 JP 2000373285
11.06.2001 JP 2001175672

(71) Applicants:
  • Yushin System Co., Ltd.
    Tokyo 162-0825 (JP)
  • Daiseki Co. Ltd.
    Hyogo 673-0898 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Okamura, Kousaku, Kousaku
    330-0037, Saiatama (JP)
  • Nakabayashi, Yasuo
    655-0873, HYOGO (JP)
  • Ichimura, Akihiro
    152-0012, TOKYO (JP)
  • Itoh, Hiroji
    651-2124, HYOGO (JP)
  • YUDO, Yasuhito
    651-2104, HYOGO (JP)
  • Ura, Hiroshi
    653-0016, HYOGO (JP)
  • Yamada, Hideo
    670-0063, HYOGO (JP)

(74) Representative: Hooiveld, Arjen Jan Winfried 
Arnold & Siedsma Sweelinckplein 1
2517 GK Den Haag
2517 GK Den Haag (NL)

   


(54) Foldable distribution container for confeying perishable foods


(57) Conventionally, distribution containers, particularly, corrugated cardboard containers and EPS containers, have been used as containers for conveying perishable foods. These containers are disposed as waste after the containers have been used repeatedly by a few times. The amount of these containers disposed as waste is huge, and it has been necessary to reduce the waste, from the viewpoint of resource protection and environmental protection. Particularly, in the EPS containers, bacteria are easily propagated on the inner walls. Further, in the case of the corrugated cardboard containers, they have not been satisfactory from the viewpoint of heat insulation and cooling of the contents. The present invention provides a foldable distribution container for conveying perishable foods of which a foldable container main body and a lid unit covered on the upper opening of the container main body are manufactured as three-wall structures made of a transparent synthetic resin material and having two air layers.







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