Vintage plastic cooling box or fridge box from the 70s in orange-brown and white

Vintage plastic cooling box or fridge box from the 70s in orange-brown and white. 

• Manufacturer: unknown
• Date of manufacture: 1960 - 1970

Description
Double-walled vintage cooling box or fridge box from the late 60s and early 70s. Orange-brown exterior with brown handle and brown closures. Cream white on the inside.

This original vintage plastic cooling box, also called a fridge box, is a sealed, thermally well insulated, plastic box in which food or other products can be stored or kept cool or fresh. The cooling box shown here is double-walled with a double-walled lid.

With this cooling box model, cooling is achieved by placing separate cooling elements in the box that absorb heat. Water is poured into such a cooling element, which must then be frozen in a freezer. There are also sealed cooling elements that contain a special liquid with a high heat capacity, so that the element can absorb a lot of heat after cooling in the freezer.

This cooling box is ideal for use at the campsites or for a day at the beach, for example. The advantage of a cooling box is that the food and drinks can be kept cold for a long time, which means that it can be kept longer and therefore often tastes better.

A real original vintage sixties/seventies cooler. Say for yourself, camping or picnicking will be very pleasant.

Condition
This cooling box or fridge box is in a vintage condition with normal traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Closing damaged on one side, but still closes very well

Size

• Height: 38 cm.
• Length: 40 cm.
• Width: 25 cm.

A cooler, portable ice chest, ice box, cool box, chilly bin (in New Zealand), or esky (Australia) is an insulated box used to keep food or drink cool.

Ice cubes are most commonly placed in it to help the contents inside stay cool. Ice packs are sometimes used, as they either contain the melting water inside, or have a gel sealed inside that stays cold longer than plain ice (absorbing heat as it changes phase).

Coolers are often taken on picnics, and on vacation or holiday. Where summers are hot, they may also be used just for getting cold groceries home from the store, such as keeping ice cream from melting in a hot automobile. Even without adding ice, this can be helpful, particularly if the trip home will be lengthy. Some coolers have built-in cupholders in the lid.

Insulated beverage cooler
They are usually made with interior and exterior shells of plastic, with a hard foam in between. They come in sizes from small personal ones to large family ones with wheels. Disposable ones are made solely from polystyrene foam (such as is a disposable coffee cup) about 2 cm or one inch thick. Most reusable ones have molded-in handles; a few have shoulder straps. The cooler has developed from just a means of keeping beverages cold into a mode of transportation with the ride-on cooler. A thermal bag or cooler bag is very similar in concept, but typically smaller and not rigid.