JPH0777384A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide conditions of high humidity and low temperature adapted for preserving vegetables and fruits in a vegetable chamber of a refrigerator by a simple structure. CONSTITUTION:The refrigerator comprises a vegetable vessel 21 provided in a vegetable chamber 8, a moisture permeable film 14 provided in the chamber 8, a spring 22 disposed in the vessel 21, and a spring type vessel 23 held by the spring 22. Further, the refrigerator comprises a stretchable sealing member 23a on an outer periphery of the vessel 23, and communicating holes a24, b25 provided at a lower part of the vessel 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a vegetable container provided with conditions for better storing stored vegetables and fruits for a long period of time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent household refrigerators, vegetables and fruits are stored in a dedicated vegetable compartment, and the environmental conditions are about 5 ° C.
C-7C, humidity 80-90% R.C. H. Is set to. Regarding this temperature, consider the preservation of some vegetables and fruits that cause low temperature damage with respect to temperature, and with respect to humidity, most vegetables and fruits have a high humidity condition to suppress the transpiration action. It is set because it can be saved well. Such a conventional technique is disclosed, for example, in JP-A-62-284168.
An example thereof is shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4.

A description will be given below with reference to the drawings. First, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator main body, which is composed of an outer box 2, an inner box 3 and a heat insulating material 4 filled between the boxes 2 and 3. Reference numeral 5 is a partition wall, which forms a freezing compartment 6 in the upper part and a refrigerating compartment 7 in the lower part.

A vegetable compartment 8 is provided below the refrigerating compartment 7 and is separated from the refrigerating compartment 7 by a partition plate 9. A door 10 is provided to face the vegetable compartment 8. 11 is the door 10
It is a vegetable container with an open upper surface that is detachably held in the container, and by pulling out the door 10 at the same time, the vegetable container can be pulled out of the refrigerator for loading and unloading vegetables.

Next, referring to FIG. 3, reference numeral 12 denotes a lid which is disposed in close contact with the opening of the vegetable container 11, and is made of a resin flat plate 13 having a large number of through holes, and is welded to one side of the flat plate 13. The moisture permeable membrane 14 and the packing 15 made of vinyl chloride or the like arranged on the outer periphery of the flat plate 13.

Here, the moisture permeable film 14 will be described with reference to FIG. The moisture permeable film 14 is a laminate of a silicon thin film 16 having a film thickness of 10 to 50 μm and hydrophilic nylon fibers 17, and the silicon thin film 16 prevents liquid from passing therethrough and imparts appropriate gas permeability to the hydrophilic film. Nylon fiber 17
To prevent condensation.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a cold air inlet for taking in cold air from the refrigerating chamber 7, which is formed by a gap between the inner end face of the partition plate 9 and the inner box 3. Reference numeral 19 denotes a cold air convection passage that communicates with the cold air intake 18 and convects the cool air to the outer circumference of the vegetable container 11.
Reference numeral 0 is a cold air return port provided in front of the partition plate 9 in communication with the cold air convection passage 19.

In such a structure, the cold air taken in from the refrigerating compartment 7 through the cold air intake 18 is the vegetable container 1.
The inside of the vegetable container 11 is indirectly cooled from the outer periphery when convection in the cold air convection passage without directly flowing into the inside 1, and then returned to the inside of the refrigerating chamber 7 from the cold air return port 20. In addition, the moisture inside the vegetable container 11 is in a high humidity state due to the moisture evaporated from the vegetables stored in the vegetable container 11, but moisture having a saturated humidity or higher gradually permeates to the outside of the container through the moisture permeable membrane 14 of the lid 12. The inside of the vegetable container 11 has a humidity of 80 to 95% R.V. H. Kept in.

[0009]

However, when the amount of vegetables stored in the vegetable container is small and the moisture evaporated from the stored vegetables is small, the humidity in the vegetable container is 80 to 95% R.V. It becomes less than H and does not become high humidity.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a refrigerator that keeps each vegetable and fruit fresh for a longer period of time by making the humidity inside the vegetable container closer to an appropriate condition and keeping the condition stable. It is a thing.

[0011]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the refrigerator according to the present invention has a spring that moves up and down in a vegetable container of a refrigerator configured to store vegetables and fruits, and vegetables held by the spring.・ A spring-type container provided for storing and storing fruits, an elastic seal member provided on the outer periphery of the spring-type container, and a communication hole provided at the bottom of the vegetable container. .

[0012]

According to the present invention, the moisture permeable membrane is provided on the top surface, the spring that moves up and down in the vegetable container, and the spring type container that is held by the sprinkling and is provided for storing and storing vegetables and fruits are arranged. , Depending on the amount of vegetables stored
Since the spring type container is lowered and the space changes, it can be kept at high humidity regardless of the storage amount, so vegetables and fruits can be stored fresh.

Further, since the communication hole is provided in the lower portion of the vegetable container, the outer circumference of the spring container can be efficiently cooled with a small amount of cold air in order to keep the temperature inside the spring container low even when the storage amount is not large. In addition, since an elastic seal member is provided on the outer periphery of the spring type container, cold air does not enter through the communication hole.

[0014]

【Example】

(Embodiment 1) Hereinafter, a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The same components as those of the prior art will be designated by the same reference numerals, detailed description thereof will be omitted, and only different portions will be described.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 denotes an outer vegetable container which is detachably held by the door 10, and 22 denotes a vertically movable spring provided in the outer vegetable container 21. Reference numeral 23 denotes a spring type vegetable container which is held by the spring 22 and is provided for storing vegetables and fruits. When the door 10 is pulled out, it is pulled out to the outside of the refrigerator together with the outside vegetable container.

Reference numeral 23a is a seal member provided on the outer periphery of the spring type vegetable container. In such a configuration,
By providing the spring 22 and the spring type vegetable container 23 in the outer vegetable container 21, the spring 22 extends when the storage amount of vegetables and fruits is small, and the spring type vegetable container 23 rises accordingly and the spring type vegetable container 23 Since the space is small, the humidity in the spring-type vegetable container 23 is 80 to 9 even if the storage of vegetables and fruits is small.
0% R. H. High humidity.

When a large amount of vegetables and fruits are stored, the spring 22 contracts, and the spring-type vegetable container 23 lowers accordingly, and the space inside the spring-type vegetable container 23 increases. In other words, the spring 22 automatically changes the space in the spring-type vegetable container 23 according to the storage amount, so it is possible to always maintain a high humidity close to the optimum storage condition of vegetables and fruits, and fresh vegetables and fruits. It is possible to save.

(Example 2) In the refrigerator of Example 1,
Similarly, description will be made with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a vegetable container so that the cold air taken in through the cold air inlet 18 can directly cool the outer periphery of the spring container 23 even when the amount of vegetables and fruits stored in the spring container 23 is not large. Reference numeral 25 denotes a communication hole a provided at the lower portion of 21. Reference numeral 25 denotes a communication hole b provided at the lower portion of the vegetable container 21 for returning cold air after cooling the outer periphery of the spring type container 23 to the cold air return port 20.

In such a structure, when the amount of vegetables and fruits to be stored is considerably large, the cold air is cold air intake 18 as usual.
To cool the vegetables and fruits in the spring-type container 23 by passing through the cold air convection passage 19 for convection of cold air to the outer circumference of the vegetable container 21. Further, the communication hole a24 and the communication hole b25 are provided in the lower portion of the vegetable container 21. By this, vegetables
Even when the amount of fruits stored is not large, cold air is taken in from the communication hole a24 to cool the outer periphery of the spring-type vegetable container 23, and then passes through the communication hole b25 to return to the cold air return port 20, so that the amount of cold air in the container is small. It can be cooled efficiently and kept at a low temperature.

Further, since the spring type vegetable container 23 is provided with an expandable elastic seal member on the outer periphery thereof, the communication hole a2
Since the cold air taken in from No. 4 does not enter the spring type container 23, the vegetables and fruits stored therein are not dried. As a result, it is possible to keep vegetables and fruits at low temperature and high humidity, and to preserve vegetables and fruits for a longer period of time.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a vegetable compartment of a refrigerator, a spring which moves up and down in a vegetable container and a spring type which is held by sprinkling for storing and storing vegetables and fruits are provided. By providing the container, the spring-type container is lowered according to the amount of stored vegetables, and the space changes. Therefore, regardless of the stored amount, the humidity can be kept high, so that vegetables and fruits can be freshly stored.

Further, since the communication hole is provided in the lower portion of the vegetable container, the outer circumference of the spring type container can be efficiently cooled with a small amount of cold air when the storage amount is not large, so that the spring type container can be easily kept at a low temperature, Since the elastic container is provided on the outer periphery of the container, the vegetables and fruits in the spring container are not dried by the cold air entering through the communication hole.

In this way, the spring container can be automatically kept at high humidity and low temperature, and the optimum storage conditions for vegetables and fruits can be approached, so that vegetables and fruits can be stored fresh for a long time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts of a refrigerator showing first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of a refrigerator showing a conventional example.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a lid of a vegetable container of a refrigerator showing a conventional example.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part of a lid of a vegetable container of a refrigerator showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 7 Refrigerator 8 Vegetable room 10 Door 14 Moisture permeable membrane 21 Vegetable container 22 Spring 23 Spring type container 23a Seal member 24 Communication hole a 25 Communication hole b

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerating compartment, a vegetable compartment provided at a lower part of the refrigerating compartment, a door attached to face the vegetable compartment, a vegetable container detachably held by the door, and the vegetable container. A moisture permeable membrane arranged in close contact with the opening of the spring, a spring provided in the vegetable container to move up and down, and a spring type vegetable container held by the spring for storing and storing vegetables and fruits; Refrigerator with. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of communication holes are provided in a lower portion of the vegetable container, and a stretchable seal member is provided on an outer periphery of the spring type vegetable container.