CN113803949A

CN113803949A - A sterilization structure, refrigerator for in household electrical appliances box

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Publication number: CN113803949A
Application number: CN202010550683.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈小平; 周翔; 李之龙; 李利伟
Original assignee: Yunmi Internet Technology Guangdong Co Ltd
Current assignee: Yunmi Internet Technology Guangdong Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-16
Filing date: 2020-06-16
Publication date: 2021-12-17

Abstract

The invention provides a sterilization structure used in a household appliance box body, which comprises a sterilization device body; the sterilizing device body includes: a container for containing raw materials for preparing sterilizing substances or sterilizing substances; the suspension part is used for fixedly mounting the container in the household appliance box body; the container is partially or wholly made of a material which is air-permeable and water-impermeable; after the sterilization device body is activated, the container suspended on the household appliance box body releases sterilization substances from the installation position of the container to the household appliance box body. The invention also provides a refrigerator. The sterilization structure for the household appliance box body is convenient to install, small in occupied space and strong in universality.

Description

A sterilization structure, refrigerator for in household electrical appliances box

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a sterilization structure used in a household appliance box body and a refrigerator.

Background

When the household appliance stores food, fruits and vegetables, poultry meat and other articles for a long time, the breeding of bacteria is facilitated by the sealed environment inside the household appliance, so that the articles stored inside the household appliance deteriorate. In order to solve the problem, in the prior art, a sterilization module is placed in a household appliance box body to inhibit the breeding of bacteria in the household appliance box body, and when the sterilization module is placed in the household appliance box body, the sterilization module is often required to be placed on a rack in the household appliance box body due to the lack of a fixing structure, so that the storage space of the rack is occupied; in addition, if the rack is used for placing more articles, the sterilization module is contaminated due to the contact with the articles on the rack, and the sterilization effect is affected.

So need improve current modular structure that disinfects, optimize its structural design, design a neotype structure of disinfecting that is used for in the household electrical appliances box and solve above-mentioned problem.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the invention aims to provide a sterilization structure used in a household appliance box body, which comprises a sterilization device body; the sterilizing apparatus body includes:

a container for containing raw materials for preparing sterilizing substances or sterilizing substances;

the suspension part is used for hanging and installing the container in the household appliance box body;

the container is partially or wholly made of a material which is air-permeable and water-impermeable; the sterilization device body is activated so that the container suspended from the household appliance cabinet releases the sterilizing substance from its mounting position toward the inside of the household appliance cabinet.

Preferably, the container further comprises at least one coating region located inside the container, and the container and the coating region are used for storing a first reactant and a second reactant respectively;

after the container is stressed, the coating area is broken so as to mix the first reactant and the second reactant.

Preferably, the container comprises a plurality of coating areas, and the coating areas are isolated from each other.

Preferably, the cladding region comprises a V-shaped structure bent toward the center of the cladding region.

Preferably, the inner surface of the container comprises at least one protrusion for rupturing the cladding region.

Preferably, the number of the protruding parts is a plurality, and the protruding parts are symmetrically arranged at two ends of the coating area.

The second purpose of the invention is to provide a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerator body and a door body; the sterilizing device body used in the refrigerator body is arranged in the refrigerator body and is used for sterilizing the refrigerator body.

Preferably, the container is suspended from the appliance cabinet near the top end of the cabinet.

Preferably, the box body further comprises a fixing part, the fixing part is used for hanging the sterilization module, and the fixing part and the household appliance box body are integrally formed or assembled and formed.

Preferably, the fixing part is located at an air outlet of the air duct in the box body.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:

(1) the hanging part is arranged on the sterilization device body, so that the sterilization device body is hung in the household appliance box body, the installation is convenient, the occupied space is small, and the universality is strong.

(2) At least one coating area positioned in the container is arranged in the container, and the container and the coating area are respectively used for storing a first reactant and a second reactant; after the container is stressed, the coating area is broken, so that the first reactant and the second reactant are mixed, and finally, a large amount of gas for disinfection is prepared in real time.

(3) By providing several coating areas within the container, and isolating the several coating areas from each other, multiple possibilities are provided for the preparation of the sterilizing substance.

(4) Through setting up the V type structure that cladding region includes toward cladding region center department bending type, be convenient for under the exogenic action, cladding region is changeed and is taken place the breakage.

(5) The inner surface of the container comprises at least one protruding part, and the protruding part is used for damaging the coating area, so that the applied external force is directly transmitted to the protruding part, and the protruding part is convenient to damage the coating area.

(6) The plurality of protruding parts are symmetrically arranged at the two ends of the coating area, so that the damage probability, the damage speed and the like of the coating area are improved, and finally, the content is damaged quickly.

(7) The sterilization device body used in the refrigerator body is hung in the refrigerator body of the refrigerator, so that the inside of the refrigerator body is sterilized.

(8) The container is arranged close to the top end side of the household appliance box body, so that the sterilizing material is conveniently released from the position of the container to the lower part of the container, and the household appliance box body is filled as soon as possible.

(9) Through set up the fixed part in the box, this fixed part is used for hanging the module that disinfects, fixed part and household electrical appliances box integrated into one piece or assembly forming to install the sterilizing equipment body.

(10) The fixing part is arranged at the air outlet of the air duct in the box body, so that volatile matters for disinfection can circulate in the box body conveniently.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and some embodiments are described in detail below in order to make the technical solutions of the present invention more clearly understood and to implement the technical solutions according to the content of the description. Specific embodiments of the present invention are given in detail by the following examples.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a sterilization apparatus body according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a sterilization device body with a covering region including a fragile part according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a sterilization apparatus body including a protrusion for a container according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a sterilization apparatus body including a protrusion for another container according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator having a main body of a sterilization apparatus according to the present invention;

in the figure: 200. a refrigerator;

100. the sterilization device body: 11. container, 111, protrusion, 12, coating area, 121, frangible portion, 13, hook portion.

Detailed Description

In order that the invention described herein may be more fully understood, the following examples are set forth. It should be understood that these examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention in any way.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present invention provides a sterilization structure for a cabinet of a household appliance, such as a refrigerator or a freezer, for storing food, flowers, etc. The sterilization structure comprises a sterilization device body 100, wherein the sterilization device body 100 comprises a container 11, and the container 11 is used for containing raw materials for preparing sterilization substances or containing the sterilization substances; the container 11 can be set to any shape and any volume, and preferably, for the convenience of placing the container 11 in the household appliance box, the container 11 is set to a strip container with a small volume, and the volume of the strip container is between ten milliliters and thirty milliliters; in some embodiments, the container 11 can be directly used for containing a sterilizing substance, preferably chlorine dioxide gas, which has a good sterilizing effect on the storage space where melons, fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, dairy products and the like are placed; in other embodiments, the container 11 stores raw materials for preparing sterilizing substances, and when the sterilizing apparatus body 100 needs to be used, the raw materials for preparing the sterilizing substances in the container 11 are activated to react to generate corresponding sterilizing substances. The sterilization apparatus body 100 further includes a hanging portion for hanging the container 11 in the household appliance case, the hanging portion may be any structure capable of hanging the container in the household appliance case, and the hanging portion and the container 11 are directly integrally formed or assembled. Since the sterilizing substance is preferably chlorine dioxide gas, in order to ensure that the chlorine dioxide gas can enter the household appliance box body from the container 11, the container is at least made of a material which is permeable to air and impermeable to water, so that the chlorine dioxide gas can be volatilized, and meanwhile, when the raw material for preparing the sterilizing substance is liquid, the raw material cannot leak out of the container 11. When chlorine dioxide gas is initially present in the container 11, the container 11 includes a gas permeable portion (not shown) made of a gas permeable, water impermeable material that is coated with a closure structure, i.e., a gas impermeable layer, which in some embodiments may be a film placed over the gas permeable portion, which closure structure may be any structure that can function to close the gas permeable portion; the container 11 is partially or wholly made of a breathable and waterproof material, and in an initial state, a closed structure, namely a breathable layer, needs to be arranged outside the container 11 aiming at the breathable part, namely, the breathable part of the container 11 needs to be closed to prevent chlorine dioxide gas from leaking before being used; when the household appliance is needed to be used, the closed structure (the air-tight layer) on the container is broken (torn, uncovered and the like), and then the container 11 is hung and installed in the household appliance box body, so that chlorine dioxide gas can enter the household appliance box body through the air-tight part on the container 11. When the raw material for preparing chlorine dioxide gas is initially arranged in the closed container 11, that is, in an initial state, chlorine dioxide gas does not exist in the container 11, at this time, the container 11 may be wholly or at least partially made of a gas-permeable and water-impermeable material, and since chlorine dioxide gas does not exist in the container 11 at this time, a closed structure does not need to be arranged for the gas-permeable portion; the air-permeable and water-impermeable material can be hydrophobic air-permeable membrane (such as PUW membrane), silica gel, natural rubber, non-woven fabric, etc. When the sterilization apparatus body 100 is required to be used, the sterilization apparatus body 100 is activated first, and after activation, the sterilization apparatus body 100 is installed in the household appliance cabinet in a suspended manner, so that the sterilization substance is slowly released from the installation position of the container 11 suspended in the household appliance cabinet toward the household appliance cabinet. Compare in the mode of other fixed sterilizing equipment bodies 100, the mount occupies the internal space of household electrical appliances box for a short time and can mount the optional position in the household electrical appliances box by hanging, in addition, through mounting sterilizing equipment body 100 to the regional that the household electrical appliances box is close to the top, be convenient for after the gaseous release of chlorine dioxide flow toward the box below (chlorine dioxide gas density of itself is greater than air density, if sterilizing equipment body 100 keeps flat or arranges the box below in, be unfavorable for the flow of chlorine dioxide in whole household electrical appliances box), in order to fill the internal space of household electrical appliances box as early as possible. In addition, a weight sensor may be provided at the installation position of the sterilization apparatus body 100 to acquire data to determine whether a new sterilization apparatus body 100 is replaced, and the state information of the sterilization apparatus body 100 is linked with the large screen of the home appliance through the sensor; or a gas sensor can be arranged near the sterilization device body 100, and when the gas sensor cannot detect the existence of the sterilization gas, a prompt is sent to a user through a large screen of the household appliance; or a turbidity sensor is arranged outside the sterilization device body 100 (in this case, the turbidity sensor is arranged right opposite to the transparent area of the sterilization device body 100), the turbidity sensor can detect the color of the sterilization substance in the sterilization device body, generally, the sterilization substance is a colored gel-like substance (such as gel containing chlorine dioxide gas), the color of the gel-like substance changes along with the volatilization of the chlorine dioxide gas, and the color change of the gel-like substance is detected to indicate the residual amount of the sterilization device body 100.

When the sterilizing device body 100 is activated, if chlorine dioxide gas is directly placed in the container 11, during activation, a closed structure (an impermeable layer) on the container 11 needs to be damaged, and then the sterilizing device body 100 is hung and installed in a household appliance box body, so that the chlorine dioxide gas in the container 11 enters the household appliance box body through the permeable impermeable part; if raw materials for preparing chlorine dioxide are placed in the container 11, the raw materials in the container 11 need to be activated to react before use, and then the sterilization device body 100 is hung and installed in the household appliance box body so that chlorine dioxide gas in the container 11 enters the household appliance box body.

When the container 11 is filled with raw materials for preparing chlorine dioxide gas, the container 11 is used for filling a first reactant; the container 11 comprises at least one coating area 12 for storing a second reactant; when the container 11 is stressed, the coating region 12 is damaged, so as to mix the first reactant in the container 11 and the second reactant in the coating region 12. In some embodiments, container 11 contains an acidic liquid, such as hypochlorous acid and/or hydrochloric acid, and coating zone 12 contains a solid powder, typically a chlorate or chlorite powder; it should be understood that the acidic liquid may be disposed in the coating region 12 and the solid powder may be disposed in the container 11. Preferably, when the acidic liquid is disposed in the container 11, when the container 11 is stressed, the liquid in the container 11 is stressed to generate a greater stress on the coating region 12, so as to cause the breakage of the coating region 12. It should be understood that the substance stored in the coating region 12 and the container 11 can be any substance that can combine to generate chlorine dioxide, and the state of the substance is not limited and can be liquid, solid or powder. For example, chlorine dioxide gas can be generated by reacting an acid solution with an aqueous sodium chlorite solution.

In some embodiments, the container 11 comprises a plurality of coating areas 12, the plurality of coating areas 12 are isolated from each other, different coating areas 12 can store different reactants, and in some embodiments, raw materials for preparing chlorine dioxide gas are stored in different coating areas 12; in other embodiments, the coating 12 may contain a flavoring agent that, when damaged, may enter the housing to flavor the housing. In addition, water can be stored in the coating area 12 and used for dissolving solid powder, so that high-efficiency preparation of chlorine dioxide gas is guaranteed.

In order to mount the sterilization apparatus body 100 in the household appliance cabinet, in some embodiments, the suspension portion is a hook portion 13, and the hook portion 13 is matched with a fixed portion in the household appliance cabinet to mount the sterilization apparatus body 100 in the household appliance cabinet. When the hanging part is the hook part 13, the fixed part in the refrigerator 200 may be a hanging part, and the hanging part may be a part (i.e., a part not installed with the sterilization apparatus) existing in the household appliance cabinet itself, such as a groove, a cavity, etc., which may be used as a hanging part for the object to be hung, or the hanging part may be a certain boundary of the outer contour of the rack. In addition, the fixing portion may be a specific hanging portion (a fixing portion separately provided for hanging the sterilization apparatus body 100) provided to match with the hanging portion. When the hook portion 13 is disposed on the sterilization apparatus body 100, the hook portion 13 may be disposed at any position of the sterilization apparatus body 100, preferably, when the sterilization apparatus body 100 is the elongated container 11, the hook portion 13 is disposed on the top end or the bottom end of the sterilization apparatus body 100, i.e., the hook portion 13 is disposed on the end portion of the long side of the container 11, at this time, the sterilization apparatus body 100 is suspended to the home appliance box, the gravity center of the sterilization apparatus body 100 is close to the bottom of the box, and if the user accidentally touches the sterilization apparatus body 100, the sterilization apparatus body 100 cannot easily slip off. It should be understood that the hanging portion may be other components capable of hanging, that is, the hanging portion is hooked, clamped, sleeved, adhered to a fixed portion of the household appliance to hang the sterilization device body 100 in the household appliance. Specifically, in some embodiments, a corresponding groove is provided on the sterilization device body 100, a groove body matched with the groove is provided on the household appliance inner container, and the sterilization device body 100 and the household appliance inner container are clamped or rotationally connected to each other to hang the sterilization device body 100 in the household appliance. In other embodiments, the inner container comprises a chamber, and the hanging part is a hook part hung in the chamber.

In other embodiments, can set up couple portion 13 on the household electrical appliances box, couple portion 13 can be directly with household electrical appliances box integrated into one piece or later stage through modes such as bonding, joint and household electrical appliances box assembly moulding, at this moment, only need set up on sterilizing equipment body 100 couple portion can, this couple portion can be for the part including hollow portion, when in-service use, only need to hang the hollow portion of sterilizing equipment body 100 to the couple portion 13 in the household electrical appliances box can.

In order to facilitate breakage of the coated region 12 caused by an external force applied to the container 100, the coated region 12 is made of a thin glass material, a film material, or the like. In order to make the covering region 12 more vulnerable to damage after being stressed, the outer contour of the covering region 12 includes at least one breakable portion 121, and the breakable portion 121 is more vulnerable to damage relative to other parts of the outer contour of the covering region 12. In some embodiments, the frangible portion 121 is a recessed structure extending toward the center of the cladding region 12; as shown in fig. 2, the fragile portion 121 is a V-shaped structure bent toward the center of the covering region 12, and when the container 11 is stressed, the covering region 12 is pressed, so that the V-shaped structure of the covering region 12 is easily damaged; in this case, two V-shaped structures bent toward the center of the cladding region 12 may be disposed on opposite sides of the cladding region 12, so that the cladding region 12 is more easily damaged. In order to avoid the loss and dispersion of the pressing force due to the applied external force on the container 11, in some embodiments, a corresponding breakage structure may be disposed inside the container 11, so that the breakage structure collides against the covering region 12 under the pressure to break the outer contour of the covering region 12. In some embodiments, the inner surface of the container 11 comprises at least one protrusion 111, the protrusion 111 being disposed opposite the cladding area 12 for breaking the cladding area 12; the protrusion 111 is a protrusion 111 extending from the inside of the container 11 to the covering region 12, for example, the protrusion 111 is a protrusion, and preferably, the protrusion 111 is a V-shaped structure bending toward the covering region 12, and after the container 11 is stressed, the V-shaped structure of the protrusion 111 abuts against the covering region 12 to damage the covering region 12. Preferably, the number of the protruding portions 111 is several, and the several protruding portions 111 are symmetrically or asymmetrically arranged at two ends of the cladding region 12, specifically, the number of the several protruding portions is two or more. As shown in fig. 3, the protrusions 111 are symmetrically disposed at two ends of the covering region, that is, two protrusions 111 are disposed opposite to each other, and when the container 11 is subjected to an external force, the two protrusions 111 act on two opposite positions on the covering region 12, so as to cause damage to multiple positions of the covering region 12. As shown in fig. 4, the plurality of protruding portions 111 are asymmetrically disposed at two ends of the covering region 12, when three protruding portions 111 are included, the protruding portions 111 are distributed at two opposite sides of the inside of the container 11 in a staggered manner, and when the container 11 is subjected to an external force, the three protruding portions 111 all press the covering region 12, so that the covering region 12 is more easily damaged.

Example two

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, a refrigerator 200 includes a cabinet, a door; the sterilization apparatus body 100 for the refrigerator 200 of the above embodiment is included in the cabinet to sterilize the inside of the cabinet. The case further includes a fixing portion (not shown) that is matched with the hanging portion of the sterilization apparatus body 100 to hang the sterilization apparatus body in the household appliance case, and the fixing portion is integrally formed or assembled with the case of the refrigerator 200. In some embodiments, the hanging portion is a hook portion 13, and the hook portion 13 is matched with a fixing portion inside the cabinet of the refrigerator 200 to hang the sterilization device body 100 inside the cabinet of the refrigerator. When the hanging part is the hook part 13, the fixed part in the refrigerator 200 may be a hanging part, and the hanging part may be a part (i.e., a part not installed with the sterilization apparatus) existing in the household appliance cabinet itself, such as a groove, a cavity, etc., which may be used as a hanging part for the object to be hung, or the hanging part may be a certain boundary of the outer contour of the rack. In addition, the fixing portion may be a specific hanging portion (a fixing portion separately provided for hanging the sterilization apparatus body 100) provided to match with the hanging portion. When the hook 13 is disposed on the main body 100, the hook 13 may be disposed at any position of the main body 100, preferably, when the main body 100 is a strip-shaped container 11, the hook 13 is disposed on the top or bottom of the main body 100, i.e., the hook 13 is disposed on the end of the long side of the container 11, at this time, the main body 100 is suspended to the refrigerator, the gravity center of the main body 100 is close to the bottom of the refrigerator, and if the user accidentally touches the main body 100, the main body 100 will not easily slide down.

In other embodiments, can set up couple portion 13 on the box of refrigerator, couple portion 13 can be directly with box integrated into one piece or later stage through modes such as bonding, joint and box assembly moulding, at this moment, only need set up on sterilizing equipment body 100 couple portion can, this couple portion can be for the part including hollow portion, when in actual use, only need hang the hollow portion of sterilizing equipment body 100 to the couple portion 13 in the box can.

In some embodiments, the container 11 is suspended from the top of the household appliance housing to facilitate the diffusion of the sterilizing gas having a density greater than that of air from the top to the bottom of the household appliance housing, and to facilitate the diffusion of the sterilizing gas in the household appliance housing if the container 11 is directly located at the bottom of the housing.

In some embodiments, in order to ensure that the sterilizing material generated by the sterilizing device body 100 can fill the whole box body as soon as possible along with the airflow, the fixing portion is preferably disposed near the air outlet of the air duct in the box body. When the air outlet of the air duct includes the air duct substrate, the air duct substrate includes an accommodating opening for accommodating the sterilization device body 100, so that the sterilization device body 100 is directly suspended at the air outlet of the air duct.

It should be understood that the descriptions of "first", "second", "third", etc. in the above embodiments are merely used for distinguishing the names for describing the same or similar structures or components, and are not limited in any order, size, appearance order, etc.

It should be understood that "snapping" as described in the above embodiments includes, but is not limited to, interconnecting through snap-fit structures, snapping into tight engagement through slots.

While embodiments of the invention have been disclosed above, it is not limited to the applications listed in the description and the embodiments, which are fully applicable in all kinds of fields of adaptation of the invention, and further modifications can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art, so that the invention is not limited to the specific details and the examples shown herein, without departing from the general concept defined by the claims and the scope of equivalents.

Claims

1. A sterilization structure used in a household appliance box body comprises a sterilization device body; it is characterized in that the sterilizing device body comprises:

2. The sterilization structure for household electrical appliance cabinets of claim 1, wherein the container further comprises at least one coating area located inside the container, and the container and the coating area are respectively used for storing a first reactant and a second reactant;

3. The sterilization structure for the household electrical appliance cabinet body as claimed in claim 2, wherein the container comprises a plurality of coating areas therein, and the coating areas are isolated from each other.

4. The sterilizing structure for household electrical appliance cabinets of claims 2 or 3, wherein the coating region comprises a V-shaped structure bent toward the center of the coating region.

5. The sterilizing structure for use in a household electrical appliance cabinet according to claim 2, wherein the inner surface of said container comprises at least one protrusion for breaking the coating area.

6. The sterilization structure for the household appliance box body as claimed in claim 5, wherein the number of the protruding parts is several, and the several protruding parts are symmetrically arranged at two ends of the coating region.

7. A refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body and a door body; the refrigerator body is characterized in that the sterilization device body used in the refrigerator body is arranged in the refrigerator body according to any one of claims 1 to 6, so as to sterilize the refrigerator body.

8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the container is suspended from the appliance cabinet near a top end of the cabinet.

9. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a fixing part for hanging the sterilization module, wherein the fixing part is integrally formed or assembled with the household appliance housing.

10. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, wherein the fixing portion is located at an air outlet of an air duct in the cabinet.