WO2009117774A1 - Tissu pour réduire l'eau libre due à la condensation et conditionnement thermique l'incorporant - Google Patents

Tissu pour réduire l'eau libre due à la condensation et conditionnement thermique l'incorporant Download PDF

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WO2009117774A1
WO2009117774A1 PCT/AU2009/000344 AU2009000344W WO2009117774A1 WO 2009117774 A1 WO2009117774 A1 WO 2009117774A1 AU 2009000344 W AU2009000344 W AU 2009000344W WO 2009117774 A1 WO2009117774 A1 WO 2009117774A1
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Donald Lindley Henry
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/38—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F7/00—Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
    • A61F7/10—Cooling bags, e.g. ice-bags
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F7/00—Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
    • A61F7/02—Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
    • A61F2007/0244—Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling with layers
    • A61F2007/0258—Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling with layers with a fluid permeable layer
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F7/00—Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
    • A61F7/02—Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
    • A61F2007/0244—Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling with layers
    • A61F2007/026—Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling with layers with a fluid absorbing layer
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F7/00—Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
    • A61F7/0097—Blankets with active heating or cooling sources
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D21/00—Defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water
    • F25D21/04—Preventing the formation of frost or condensate
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D3/00—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies
    • F25D3/02—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies using ice, e.g. ice-boxes

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  • the present invention relates to the elimination or reduction of free water due to condensation associated with cold packing material.
  • the invention finds particular application where a cold pack is required that will have improved resistance to the formation of free water.
  • Cold packages are frequently used, for example to assist in the transportation of goods that must be kept at a reduced temperature to avoid spoilage, or in the treatment of athletic injuries.
  • the packaging assembly is comprised of a plurality of pouches, each having a flexible outer skin containing a thermal controlling agent.
  • the pouches may be provided in a continuous sheet in bubble pack form to be laid upon an item to be packed.
  • Condensation may occur over a wide range of temperatures, for example where room temperature atmosphere contacts refrigerator temperature packaging.
  • the temperature range most susceptible to production of condensation is 0° C. to 1O 0 C, which is considered the standard refrigerator temperature.
  • Production of condensation, particularly where the ambient atmosphere has a high humidity content may result in substantial free water that can be deleteriously affect packaging and in some circumstances damage the very goods that are packed.
  • One method of reducing damage due to free water is to include absorbent paper towels about the cold packaging to prevent the free water pooling.
  • dehumidifying materials may also be used to combat the problem of free water.
  • dehumidifying agents include silica gel and soda powder for example. However, such agents are usually insufficient to overcome the problem of free water formation.
  • a thermal packaging assembly including: a moisture impervious inner layer for location adjacent a refrigerant; and a condensate dispersal layer disposed on a side of said inner layer opposing the refrigerant.
  • the condensate dispersal layer includes a hydrophilic material.
  • the condensate dispersal layer includes a non-woven fabric.
  • the non-woven fabric is impregnated with a surfactant.
  • the non-woven fabric may comprise spunbond polypropylene.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a prior art cold packaging blanket.
  • Figure 2 is a cross-section of the blanket of Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is cross-section of a blanket similar to Figure 1 incorporating a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a prior art thermal blanket comprised of a continuous sheet of pillow-shaped pouches.
  • the blanket is typically made with polyethylene walls 4 enclosing a refrigerant 6.
  • Figure 2 is a cross section through two pouches of the same blanket. Each of the pouches is filled with a suitable refrigerant 6 as detailed in the previously mentioned U.S. patent No. 4,931 ,333 for example.
  • the polyethylene walls 4 present a moisture impervious inner layer adjacent refrigerant 6.
  • Figure 3 is a cross section through a blanket according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • dispersal layer 8 has been incorporated.
  • the dispersal layer is provided in the form of a hydrophilic material being a non-woven hydrophilic fabric treated with a surfactant.
  • the inventor has identified a suitable material for dispersal layer 8 being a non-woven spunbond polypropylene fabric with incorporated surfactant available from Jen-Coat, Inc. of 132 North Elm Street, Westfield, MA 01086 U.S.A.
  • non-woven cloth absorbs condensate on the outside of the blanket.
  • the surfactant acts to disperse the condensate into a thin film on the outside of the non-woven cloth which is then more easily evaporated before it can pool to form free water globules.
  • Other mechanisms which achieve the same dispersal effect might also be employed. For example micro roughening of the outer surface of the non-woven fabric may also provide for a sufficiently large surface to reduce free water formation.
  • a blot test was used to measure the moisture on the surface of the alternative products. Frozen sheets, 21.6cm x 10.2cm of cooling blanket with and without the dispersal layer were laid on a granite sink top for 30 minutes at ambient temperature of 25°C and a relative humidity of 82% prior to the blot test.
  • each sheet was given a blot test and its surface temperature was measured.
  • the blot test placing a double folded absorbent tissue on the top surface of each frozen sheet and gently pressing it on to the surface. The tissue was then weighed on an electronic scale calibrated to measure in grams. The weights shown below are the average of ten replicated tests.
  • the dispersal layer allows the surface moisture to evaporate more readily, due in part, to the much larger moisture surface made possible by the surfactant.
  • the surfactant reduces the surface tension of a liquid allowing it to spread out without forming globules of water as would otherwise be the case.
  • condensation formed by ambient air coming in contact with the cold surface 4 of blanket 5 is absorbed by the non-woven hydrophilic cloth 8.
  • the surfactant impregnated within cloth 8 causes the condensation to disburse into a thin film of water that will more readily evaporate.
  • a cooling blanket, or similar product incorporating the laminate may be most efficiently produced by operation of a Lane W-18 pouch making machine.
  • a Lane W-18 pouch making machine is available from Winpak Ltd of 100 Saulteaux Crescent, Winnipeg, MB R3J3T3 Canada.

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Abstract

L'invention s'attaque à un problème associé à des systèmes de conditionnement à froid, ce problème étant celui de la formation d'eau libre en raison de la condensation. Une couverture de conditionnement à froid selon un mode de réalisation de la présente invention comprend une couche de dispersion disposée sous la forme d'un matériau hydrophile, qui est un tissu hydrophile non-tissé traité par un agent tensio-actif. De préférence, la couche de dispersion comprend un tissu de polypropylène filé-lié non-tissé. En raison de sa nature hydrophile, le tissu non-tissé absorbe un condensat sur l'extérieur de la couverture. L'agent tensio-actif sert à disperser le condensat en un film mince sur l'extérieur du tissu non-tissé, qui est ensuite plus facilement évaporé en raison du fait qu'il peut se rassembler pour former des globules d'eau libre.
PCT/AU2009/000344 2008-03-25 2009-03-25 Tissu pour réduire l'eau libre due à la condensation et conditionnement thermique l'incorporant Ceased WO2009117774A1 (fr)

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AU2008901403A AU2008901403A0 (en) 2008-03-25 A fabric for reducing free water due to condensation and thermal packaging incorporating same
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