Storage System Having Two Pouches

Abstract

A storage system has a first pouch for receiving an electronic device, and a second pouch for receiving the first pouch. The first pouch is at least partially surrounded by the second pouch when the first pouch is received in the second pouch. The first pouch has a first fabric layer. Furthermore, the first pouch has an insulating layer which is adjacent to the first fabric layer and is designed to absorb material arising in the event of combustion. The second pouch is closable in such a manner that, in the closed state of the second pouch, an opening for dissipating heat energy remains.

Claims

1. A storage system comprising, having: a first pouch for receiving an electronic device; a second pouch for receiving the first pouch, wherein the first pouch is at least partially surrounded by the second pouch when the first pouch is received in the second pouch, wherein the first pouch has a first fabric layer, wherein the first pouch has an insulating layer adjacent to the first fabric layer and configured to absorb material arising in an event of combustion, and wherein the second pouch is closable in such a manner that, in a closed state of the second pouch, an opening for dissipating heat energy remains.

2. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the first pouch has a second fabric layer which, together with the first fabric layer, surrounds the insulating layer.

3. The storage system according to claim 2, wherein the first fabric layer and the second fabric layer have a silicate fabric; and/or wherein the insulating layer has a glass fibre layer.

4. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the first pouch has an access region for inserting the electronic device into the first pouch, wherein the access region of the first pouch is provided with a closure mechanism configured to hold the electronic device in the first pouch.

5. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the second pouch has a first fabric layer; and wherein the second pouch has an insulating layer adjacent to the first fabric layer of the second pouch and configured to absorb material arising in an event of combustion.

6. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the second pouch has a second fabric layer which, together with the first fabric layer of the second pouch, surrounds the insulating layer of the second pouch.

7. The storage system according to claim 6, wherein the first fabric layer of the second pouch and the second fabric layer of the second pouch have a silicate fabric; and/or wherein the insulating layer of the second pouch has a glass fibre layer.

8. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the second pouch has an access region, and wherein, in the access region of the second pouch, the second pouch has a closure mechanism for closing the second pouch, wherein the closure mechanism is configured in such a manner that the opening for dissipating the heat energy always remains in order to prevent complete closing of the second pouch.

9. The storage system according to claim 8, wherein the closure mechanism of the second pouch extends between a first end of the access region of the second pouch and a second end of the access region of the second pouch, wherein the opening for dissipating the heat energy is arranged at the first end of the access region of the second pouch.

10. The storage system according to claim 8, wherein the closure mechanism is a zip fastener having a single continuous row of teeth arranged in an at least partially encircling manner on the access region of the second pouch.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0033] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first pouch according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0034] FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a second pouch according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0035] FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the first pouch with an electronic device inserted into the first pouch according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0036] FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the second pouch, which is designed for receiving the first pouch shown in FIG. 3, according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0037] FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the first pouch and of the second pouch according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0038] FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of a storage system having a first and second pouch according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0039] FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of the second pouch in a closed state according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0040] FIG. 8 shows a detailed view of a remaining opening of the closure mechanism of the second pouch in the closed state according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0041] FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of the compacted storage system according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0042] FIG. 10 shows a schematic view of a cross section through the first pouch and/or through the second pouch according to an exemplary embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

[0043] The illustrations in the figures are schematic and are not to scale.

[0044] If the same reference signs are used in different figures in the description below of the figures, said reference signs refer to identical or similar elements. However, identical or similar elements may also be referred to by different reference signs.

[0045] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first (inner) pouch 10 for receiving an electronic device, not illustrated. FIG. 2 shows a second pouch 20 for receiving the first pouch 10 illustrated in FIG. 1. The first pouch 10 is at least partially surrounded by the second pouch 20 when the first pouch 10 is received in the second pouch 20, or when the first pouch 10 is inserted into the second pouch 20, as illustrated in FIG. 6. The two pouches 10, 20 together form a storage system for storing objects, preferably electronic devices, such as transmission modules or the like.

[0046] The first pouch 10 has a first fabric layer 11 which lines the insides of the first pouch 10, as illustrated in FIG. 1. Furthermore, a cloth layer 40a which forms the outsides of the first pouch 10 can be seen in FIG. 1. The cloth layer 40a can have a blue colouring, in particular a gentian blue colouring.

[0047] The first pouch 10 can have four side walls 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d and a closed bottom 15e, wherein edges are not necessarily provided between the walls 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d, but rather the walls 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d merge continuously or in a rounded manner into one another and into the closed bottom 15e. The side walls 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d define an access region 14 via which the electronic device, not illustrated, can be inserted into the first pouch 10. Furthermore, the first pouch 10 has a closure mechanism 16 in the form of a touch and close fastener, wherein the touch and close fastener has a touch and close fastener band attached to the side wall 15b and a touch and close fastener band which is attached to the opposite wall 15d and which can be put over the access region 14.

[0048] The second pouch 20, which is illustrated in FIG. 2, can have a similar design to the first pouch 10. It can have four side walls, a closed bottom and an access region 24 via which the first pouch 10 can be inserted into the second pouch 20. The second pouch 20 likewise has a closure mechanism 26 which is designed in the form of a zip fastener which extends between a first end 24a and a second end 24b of the access region 24. A single zip fastener row of teeth 26a runs here along at least three mutually adjacent side walls of the second pouch 10 in an encircling manner around the access region 24 such that, when the zip fastener is closed starting from the second end 24b to the first end 24a, an opening 25 always remains, as is illustrated in FIG. 8. Gas and therefore also heat energy from the interior of the first pouch 10 and also the second pouch 20 can be dissipated through said opening 25. As a result of the fact that the opening 25, as is apparent from a combination of FIGS. 2 and 8, is located at the first end 24a of the closure mechanism 26 of the second pouch 20, the outflowing gas has already covered a certain distance inside the second pouch 20, as a result of which the gas flowing out through the opening 25 has been cooled to a defined temperature which is acceptable for the requirements regarding the environment of the storage system.

[0049] The second pouch 20 likewise has a first fabric layer 21 which lines the side walls and the bottom in the interior of the second pouch 20. The second pouch 20 also has an insulating layer, not illustrated in FIG. 2, which is adjacent to the first fabric layer 21 of the second pouch 20 and is designed to bind or collect material arising in the event of combustion. Furthermore, a cloth layer 40b which forms the outsides of the second pouch 20 can be seen in FIG. 2. The cloth layer 40b like the first pouch 10 can have a blue colouring, in particular a gentian blue colouring.

[0050] The second pouch 20 furthermore has a second closure mechanism 27 in the form of a touch and close fastener with which the second pouch 20, as illustrated in FIG. 9, can be compacted when the first pouch 10 including the electronic device is inserted into the second pouch 20.

[0051] FIG. 3 shows the first pouch 10 with the electronic device 30 which is received therein and which, in the example illustrated, is a transmission module 30 (what is referred to as an ELT (emergency locator transmitter)). The dimensions of the first pouch 10 are coordinated with the dimensions of the transmission module 30 such that, in the inserted state, the transmission module 30 can be in contact with the heat-resistant first fabric layer 11 of the first pouch 10. The access region 14, likewise illustrated in FIG. 3, permits the insertion of the transmission module 30 into the first pouch 10. The closure mechanism 16, that is to say the touch and close fastener of the first pouch 10, is put over the access region 14 after the transmission module 30 is inserted into the first pouch 10, and therefore the transmission module 30 can be held or fixed inside the first pouch 10.

[0052] FIG. 4 shows the second pouch 20 into which the first pouch 10, illustrated in FIG. 3, together with the transmission module 30 is inserted. The first pouch 10 together with the transmission module 30 is inserted here into the second pouch 20 via the access region 24, and therefore the second pouch 20 can be subsequently closed by means of the closure mechanism 26, that is to say by pulling the zip fastener from the second end 24b to the first end 24a of the access region 24. Subsequently, in turn, the touch and close fastener 27 can be put over in order to compact the second pouch 20 and therefore the storage system.

[0053] FIG. 5 shows the first pouch 10 on the right-hand side and the second pouch 20 on the left-hand side, wherein the transmission module 30 has already been inserted into the first pouch 10. The arrow illustrated in FIG. 5 shows that the first pouch 10 including the transmission module 30 which is located therein is inserted into the second pouch 20 via the access region 24 of the second pouch 20.

[0054] The two pouches 10, 20 together form the storage system 1, as illustrated in FIG. 6. The state can be seen there in which the transmission module 30 is inserted into the first pouch 10 and the first pouch 10 is inserted into the second pouch 20. A holding band 21 of the transmission module 30 remains exposed here in such a manner that it protrudes out of the access region 14 of the first pouch 10 and out of the access region 24 of the second pouch 20.

[0055] FIG. 7 shows the storage system 1 after the second pouch 20 is closed by means of the closure mechanism 26. The second pouch 20 has, for example, a height h of greater than 200 mm, a width b of greater than 150 mm, and a thickness t of greater than 100 mm. In one example, the second pouch has a height h of approx. 210 mm, a width b of approx. 165 mm, and a thickness t of approx. 120 mm.

[0056] FIG. 8 shows a detailed view of the closure mechanism 26 of the second pouch 20 in the virtually closed state, wherein the closure mechanism 26 is designed in such a manner that complete closing of the second pouch 20 remains undone, that is to say an opening 25 remains. This is achieved, as is apparent in FIG. 8, by the fact that an encircling zip fastener row of teeth is formed at the first end 24a of the access region 24 in such a manner that the zip fastener itself cannot be completely closed. Gases, for example combustion gases, can then flow out of the interior of the second pouch 20 via said opening 25. Nevertheless, it can be provided that the side walls and the bottoms of the first and second pouches 10, 20 are likewise at least partially designed to be gas-permeable, and therefore, when a large gas volume is formed within a short period, sufficient dissipation of gas from the interior of the two pouches 10, 20 is ensured.

[0057] FIG. 9 shows the storage system 1 in compacted form, in which the second closure mechanism 27 has been put over along the concealed zip fastener of the second pouch 20. A form of the storage system 1 that is suitable for handling can therefore be provided.

[0058] FIG. 10 shows a cross section through a side wall or a bottom of the first pouch 10 and/or through a side wall or a bottom of the second pouch 20.

[0059] The walls of the first pouch 10 have a first fabric layer 11 which is produced from a silicate fabric. Such a silicate fabric is heat-resistant and can therefore withstand heat energy emanating from the adjacently arranged transmission module, not illustrated. Similarly, good mechanical stability is provided by the first fabric layer 11, this in particular retaining fragments of a possibly destroyed transmission module. The walls of the first pouch 10 likewise have an insulating layer 13 which is produced from a glass fibre material, in particular a glass fibre fabric. This insulating layer 13 provides good heat insulation of heat arising in the interior of the first pouch 10 in relation to the environment. Similarly, combustion products, such as soot particles or the like, arising in the interior of the first pouch 10 in the event of combustion, are caught in the glass fibre fabric, and therefore they escape only in very small quantities, if at all, into the environment. Furthermore, the walls of the first pouch 10 also comprise a second fabric layer 12 which, together with the first fabric layer 11, surrounds the insulating layer 13. Said second fabric layer 12 is likewise produced from silicate fabric and has the same or at least similar properties as the first fabric layer 11. The walls of the first pouch 10 likewise have a cloth layer 40a.

[0060] The walls of the second pouch 20 have a first fabric layer 21 which is produced from a silicate fabric. Such a silicate fabric is heat-resistant and can therefore withstand heat energy originating from the adjacently arranged transmission module, not illustrated. Similarly, good mechanical stability is provided by the first fabric layer 21, this in particular retaining fragments of a possibly destroyed transmission module. The walls of the second pouch 20 likewise have an insulating layer 23 which is produced from a glass fibre material, in particular a glass fibre fabric. This insulating layer 23 provides good heat insulation of heat arising in the interior of the second pouch 20 in relation to the environment. Similarly, combustion products, such as soot particles and the like, arising in the interior of the second pouch 20 in the event of combustion are caught in the glass fibre fabric, and therefore they escape only in very small quantities, if at all, into the environment. Furthermore, the walls of the second pouch 20 also comprise a second fabric layer 22 which, together with the first fabric layer 21, surrounds the insulating layer 23. This second fabric layer 22 is likewise produced from silicate fabric and has the same or at least similar properties as the first fabric layer 21. Similarly, the walls of the second pouch 20 have a cloth layer 40b.

[0061] The first fabric layers 11, 21 of the two pouches 10, 20 have a thickness of approx. 1 mm. The second fabric layers 12, 22 of the two pouches 10, 20 have a thickness of approx. 1.5 mm. The insulating layers 13, 23 of the two pouches 10, 20 have a thickness of approx. 10 mm. The cloth layers 40a, 40b of the two pouches 10, 20 have a thickness of approx. 1 mm.

[0062] It is additionally pointed out that “comprising” does not rule out other elements or steps, and “a” or “an” does not rule out a multiplicity. It is also pointed out that features or steps that have been described with reference to one of the above exemplary embodiments may also be used in combination with other features or steps of other exemplary embodiments described above. Reference signs in the claims are not to be regarded as limiting.