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A transport system for food products contemplates a land vehicle with a van body and a refrigeration unit and a food product carrier which may be inserted and withdrawn from the interior of the van body. The carrier has a plurality of compartments for housing the refrigerated food products and when

A transport system for food products contemplates a land vehicle with a van body and a refrigeration unit and a food product carrier which may be inserted and withdrawn from the interior of the van body. The carrier has a plurality of compartments for housing the refrigerated food products and when the carrier is in its operative position in the van body, it is arranged to cooperated with the refrigeration unit so that the unit serves to refrigerate the food products in one of the end compartments of the carrier. Between the compartments, the carrier is provided with movable panels that are equipped with motorized fans for circulating air between adjacent compartments. This circulates air between the compartments and the arrangement is such the temperature range maintained in each compartment rises from one compartment to the next. Each compartment is accessible from the exterior of the van body and through aligned doorways in the adjacent side walls of the van body and carrier. These doorways in the carrier are panel type, track mounted doors whereas those in the van body may be hinged for pivotal movement about a vertical axis. Non-refrigerated food products are stored in a compartment located in the van body and between the rear wall of the van body and the carrier as it is located in its operative position therein.

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A food product transport system comprising: a land vehicle that includes an elongated van body having a floor with opposite ends that include a front end and a rear end, an upright rear end wall that extends transversely of the van body and is mounted at the rear end of said floor and provided with

A food product transport system comprising: a land vehicle that includes an elongated van body having a floor with opposite ends that include a front end and a rear end, an upright rear end wall that extends transversely of the van body and is mounted at the rear end of said floor and provided with an entranceway to the interior of the van body, and an upright side wall that extends between said opposite ends, an elongated insulated cargo carrier located in the interior of said van body and being shaped and arranged for withdrawal therefrom through said entranceway thereto, said carrier having opposite end walls that are spaced apart longitudinally of the van body and extend transversely thereof, opposite side walls that are spaced apart transversely of the van body and extend between said opposite end walls of the carrier, a plurality of compartments that extend transversely of the carrier between said opposite walls and are longitudinally spaced apart in the interior of the carrier between said opposite end walls, an upright wall panel located in the space between a pair of said compartments, said panel extending transversely of the carrier and between the opposite side walls thereof, and means for circulating air between said pair of compartments including an electric fan that is mounted on said panel, means mounted on the vehicle at the exterior of said van body for refrigerating food products located in one of said pair of compartments, one of said opposite side walls of said carrier having a pair of doorways that are horizontally spaced apart and communicate with the respective compartments of said pair thereof, each of said doorways being adapted and arranged for the passage of cargo between the interior and exterior of said carrier, said one of said opposite side walls being proximate to the interior side of said upright side wall, said upright side wall having a pair of entranceways to the interior of said van body and which are arranged in horizontal working alignment with the respective doorways in said one of said opposite side walls of said carrier so that access to the respective compartments of said pair thereof may be gained through said upright side wall of said van body.