US20080006041A1 - Refrigerator, Freezer, Storage Container and Cold Storage - Google Patents

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US20080006041A1
US20080006041A1 US10/528,123 US52812304A US2008006041A1 US 20080006041 A1 US20080006041 A1 US 20080006041A1 US 52812304 A US52812304 A US 52812304A US 2008006041 A1 US2008006041 A1 US 2008006041A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D17/00—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
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    • F25D17/042—Air treating means within refrigerated spaces
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D17/00—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
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    • F25D17/06—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation
    • F25D17/08—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation using ducts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2317/04—Treating air flowing to refrigeration compartments
    • F25D2317/041—Treating air flowing to refrigeration compartments by purification
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2317/04—Treating air flowing to refrigeration compartments
    • F25D2317/043—Treating air flowing to refrigeration compartments by creating a vacuum in a storage compartment

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  • the present invention relates to a refrigerator, freezer, storage container, and cold storage, and specifically, to a refrigerator, freezer, storage container, and cold storage which preserve the freshness of foods using the vacuum technology.
  • fruit vegetables such as cucumbers and tomatoes are okay to be refrigerated as they are but in the case of leaf vegetables such as cabbages and Chinese cabbages, air contained between leaves play a role of heat insulator, causing a problem that it takes about 10 hours to cool the inside when they are refrigerated as they are.
  • temperature is lowered to below 0° C. and they are rapidly cooled, ice may adhere to the leaf surfaces because of the effect of ambient moisture taken in when a door is opened or closed or the cell fluid inside the leaf cell is frozen, and freshness is conversely lost excessively.
  • bio-ceramics including tourmaline, zirconium, and others generate negative ions semi-permanently.
  • water clusters are fractionated by negative ions.
  • the present invention provides a refrigerator-freezer which has one or a plurality of storages and a cooling means for cooling the storages, comprising hermetically sealed containers installed inside the storages to store foods to be refrigerated/frozen, an exhaust means for individually discharge exhaust of the hermetically sealed containers, and a switching means for turning ON/OFF the exhaust means.
  • the present invention is characterized in that in the refrigerator-freezer, a vacuum breaking means for breaking the vacuum condition after discharging exhaust by the exhaust means is provided for the hermetically sealed containers.
  • the present invention is characterized in that the refrigerator-freezer has an open-close detection means for detecting open-close of container door section provided to the hermetically sealed containers.
  • the present invention is characterized in that the refrigerator-freezer further comprises a temperature detection means for detecting temperature inside the hermetically sealed container, wherein the exhaust means discharges exhaust after the temperature detection means detects that the temperature inside the hermetically sealed container lowers to the specified value.
  • the present invention is characterized in that a bio-ceramic element which has bioactivity for generating negative ions is located inside the hermetically sealed container.
  • the present invention also provides a refrigerator-freezer which has a plurality of storages and a cooling means for cooling the storages, comprising hermetically sealed containers installed inside the storages to store foods to be refrigerated and frozen, connection ends mounted to the storages, exhaust ducts that can be connected to the hermetically sealed containers by the connection ends, a common exhaust means for discharging exhaust of the hermetically sealed containers connected to the exhaust duct via the connection ends by discharging exhaust inside the exhaust duct, and an operating device for operating connections between the hermetically sealed containers and the exhaust duct.
  • the refrigerator can keep the hermetically sealed container in the vacuum condition by the common exhaust means and can prevent the food stuff from coming in contact with air, it is possible to achieve a refrigerator-freezer which can maintain the foodstuff freshness for a long time by preventing oxidation of the foodstuff and ice formation on the foodstuff surface.
  • the present invention is also characterized in that in the refrigerator-freezer, the operating means does not open the connection between the hermetically sealed containers and the exhaust duct when the hermetically sealed containers are not connected to the connection ends of the exhaust duct.
  • the present invention is also characterized in that the refrigerator-freezer further comprises a temperature detection means for detecting the temperature inside the hermetically sealed container wherein the operating means opens the connection between the hermetically sealed containers and the exhaust duct after detecting that the temperature inside the hermetically sealed container lowers to the specified value.
  • the present invention is also characterized in that the refrigerator-freezer has a vacuum breaking means for breaking the vacuum condition after exhaust by the exhaust means is mounted to the hermetically sealed containers.
  • the present invention is also characterized in that the refrigerator-freezer has a bio-ceramic element which has bioactivity to generate negative ions is located inside the hermetically sealed containers.
  • the present invention also provides a refrigerator-freezer which has one or a plurality of storages and a cooling means for cooling the storages, which are formed into a hermetically sealed construction, and is equipped with an exhaust means for discharging exhaust of the storages of the hermetically sealed construction.
  • the present invention is also characterized in that the refrigerator-freezer has a vacuum breaking means for breaking the vacuum condition after the exhaust means discharges exhaust equipped to the storage.
  • the present invention is also characterized in that the refrigerator-freezer has the exhaust means which waits until the temperature inside the storages lowers to the specified temperature and carries out the exhaust operation.
  • the present invention is also characterized in that the refrigerator-freezer has an open-close detection means for detecting the open-close of the storage door, which is installed to the storage.
  • the present invention is also characterized in that the refrigerator-freezer has the cooling means which has a plurality of heat exchangers inside the storage.
  • the present invention is characterized in that the refrigerator-freezer has a bio-ceramic element which has bioactivity to generate negative ions located inside the storage.
  • the present invention provides a storage container used for storing reserves in refrigerator-freezer which comprises a hermetically sealing means for hermetically sealing the storage containers, an exhaust means for individually discharging exhaust of the storage containers, and a switching means for turning ON/OFF the exhaust means.
  • the cold storage can keep the storage container hermetically sealed in the vacuum condition and can prevent the food stuff from coming in contact with air, it is possible to achieve a cold storage which can maintain the foodstuff freshness for a long time by preventing oxidation of the foodstuff and ice formation on the foodstuff surface.
  • the present invention is characterized in that the storage container has a vacuum breaking means for breaking the vacuum condition after exhaust is discharged by the exhaust means equipped to the storage containers.
  • the present invention is characterized in that the storage container has a bio-ceramic element which has bioactivity to generate negative ions located inside the storage containers.
  • the present invention provides a cold storage which has a freezer compartment that can refrigerate and store preserves in the warehouse which comprises a hermetically sealing means for hermetically sealing the freezer compartment, an exhaust means for individually discharging exhaust of the freezer compartment, and a switching means for turning ON/OFF the exhaust means.
  • the cold storage can keep the freezer in the vacuum condition and can prevent the food stuff from coming in contact with air, it is possible to achieve a cold storage which can maintain the foodstuff freshness for a long time by preventing oxidation of the foodstuff and ice formation on the foodstuff surface.
  • the present invention is also characterized in that the cold storage has a vacuum breaking means for breaking the vacuum condition after exhaust is discharged by the exhaust means equipped to the freezer compartment.
  • the present invention is also characterized in that the cold storage has a bio-ceramic element which has bioactivity to generate negative ions located inside the freezer compartment.
  • the present invention is also characterized in that the storage container has a temperature sensor for detecting the existence of humans or living organisms by temperature mounted inside the freezer compartment.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of one embodiment of the industrial refrigerator according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of the other embodiment of the industrial refrigerator-freezer according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of another embodiment of the industrial refrigerator-freezer according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the other embodiment of the household refrigerator-freezer according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of one embodiment of the industrial refrigerator-freezer 10 according to the present invention.
  • reference numeral 11 denotes a hermetically sealed container, 12 a housing covering, 13 an heat insulator, 14 a door, 15 an operation panel, 16 a heat exchanger, 17 a cold air circulating fan, 18 a compressor, 19 an exhaust pump, 20 an exhaust duct, 21 shelves catch, 22 shelf board, 23 , packing, and 24 vacuum breaker handle.
  • the present industrial refrigerator-freezer 10 is formed into a box by the housing covering 12 comprising metal sheets, etc. and the heat insulator 13 for cold insulation to back the housing covering.
  • the compressor 18 is driven by a motor not illustrated and when the compressor 18 is operated, steam of a refrigerant which is evaporated by the heat exchanger 16 and becomes low temperature and low pressure is sucked into the compressor 18 and compressed, and becomes steam at temperature considerably higher than room temperature.
  • This steam is allowed to pass a condenser not illustrated located outside the industrial refrigerator-freezer 10 and to discharge heat. Then, the steam is liquefied while it passes the condenser.
  • This liquefied refrigerant is allowed to pass a capillary tube not illustrated and directed to the heat exchanger 16 .
  • the refrigerant pressure is lowered by the fluid resistance of the capillary tube, the refrigerant expands to vaporize, and deprives itself from heat by the vaporization heat at the heat exchanger 16 inside the industrial refrigerator-freezer 10 as well as deprives the surrounding from heat to lower its temperature, and thereby lowers the temperature inside the refrigerator-freezer. This is same as the operation inside a regular refrigerator.
  • the storage inside of the industrial refrigerator-freezer 10 is formed into the hermetically sealed container 11 and the door section is built integral with the door 14 of the refrigerator 10 .
  • the shelf board 22 supported by the shelves catch 21 is mounted and foodstuff can be placed.
  • the shelf board 22 is of a mesh or grating construction to achieve vertical permeability and is intended not to serve as resistance to air flow during exhaust discharge.
  • the foodstuff is refrigerated, the foodstuff is stored by being placed on the shelf board 22 of the hermetically sealed container 11 .
  • the packing 23 equipped on the inner side of the door 14 hermetically seals the hermetically sealed container 11 .
  • Pressing an exhaust switch on the operation panel 15 equipped on the door 14 in advance can detect the complete closure of the door 14 and at the same time causes the exhaust pump 19 to operate to discharge air inside the hermetically sealed container 11 via the exhaust duct 20 .
  • a switch of the operation panel 15 equipped on the door 14 may be pressed after storing the foodstuff to make the exhaust pump 19 operating. By this, the inside of the hermetically sealed container 11 is brought to the negative atmosphere, vacuum state. When the specified negative pressure state is achieved, the exhaust pump 19 automatically stops.
  • the open-close state of the door 14 can be detected by a detection switch or others mounted on the door 14 side or to the door section of the hermetically sealed container 11 .
  • the freshness of foodstuff in the evacuated hermetically sealed container 11 can prevent oxidation of foodstuff, the freshness of foodstuff can be preserved for a long time and discoloration of foodstuff can be prevented.
  • the vegetables when leaf vegetables are stored, since air between leaves is discharged and the moisture content adhering to the leaf surface vaporizes to deprive them from vaporization heat, the vegetables can be cooled quickly to the inside and at the same time the moisture content does not adhere to the leaf surface in the form of ice, and the freshness can be preserved for a long time.
  • bio-ceramic element affixing a bio-ceramic element to the wall inside the hermetically sealed container 11 can preserve the freshness of foodstuff much longer by the effects of negative ions generated by the bio-ceramic, and the foodstuff can stay fresh for a long time.
  • the effect of this bio-ceramic can be semi-permanently maintained.
  • the vacuum breaker handle 24 is equipped, and when the door 14 is opened, this handle 24 is operated and the door is opened after breaking the vacuum first.
  • Any type and form of a vacuum breaker handle 24 may be used as long as it is of the type which opens the vent passage by operating the handle and closes the vent passage by returning.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the other embodiment of an industrial refrigerator-freezer 10 according to the present invention.
  • reference numerals 11 a and 11 b denote a hermetically sealed container, 12 housing covering, 13 a heat insulator, 14 a door, 15 an operation panel, 16 a heat exchanger, 17 a cold air circulating fan, 18 a compressor, 19 an exhaust pump, 20 an exhaust duct, 21 a and 21 b a shelves catch, 22 a and 22 b a shelf board, 23 a and 23 b packing, 24 a and 24 b a vacuum breaker handle, 25 a and 25 b a container door, and 26 a and 26 b an operating device.
  • like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts in FIG. 1 .
  • a plurality of hermetically sealed containers 11 a , 11 b are equipped inside the refrigerator-freezer. These hermetically sealed containers 11 a , 11 b are connected independently to the exhaust duct 20 , respectively, and between hermetically sealed containers 11 a , 11 b and the exhaust duct 20 , operating devices 26 a , 26 b are equipped.
  • container doors 25 a , 25 b are equipped, respectively and can be opened and closed independently.
  • vacuum breaker handles 24 a , 25 b are equipped, respectively, and can separately break vacuum of hermetically sealed containers 11 a , 11 b , respectively.
  • hermetically sealed containers 11 a , 11 b When the foodstuff is refrigerated, the foodstuff is housed in these hermetically sealed containers 11 a , 11 b , container doors 25 a , 25 b are closed, and hermetically containers 11 a , 11 b to be exhausted are designated from the operation panel 15 mounted to the door 14 , and exhaustion is directed.
  • the exhaust pump 19 begins exhaust action and at the same time, the operating device 26 a or 26 b that connects the exhaust duct 20 to the directed hermetically sealed container 11 a or 11 b is opened and air in the designated hermetically sealed container 11 a or 11 b is discharged.
  • hermetically sealed containers 11 with still smaller capacity are independently controlled, respectively, to refrigerate the foodstuff under vacuum.
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of industrial refrigerator-freezer 10 according to the present invention.
  • reference numeral 12 denote a housing covering, 13 a heat insulator, 14 a door, 16 a heat exchanger, 17 cold air circulating fan, 18 a compressor, 19 an exhaust pump, 20 an exhaust duct, 23 packing, 24 a vacuum breaker handle, and 27 a sealed compartment.
  • like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 .
  • the storage is replaced by a sealed compartment 27 .
  • the sealed compartment 27 is constructed to be sealed by door 14 , and to the door 14 , a vacuum breaker handle 24 is equipped.
  • a vacuum breaker handle 24 is equipped to the periphery of the hermetically sealed compartment 27 of the door 14 and to the side with which the door of the hermetically sealed compartment 27 comes in contact.
  • packing 23 is mounted to prevent air leakage.
  • the exhaust pump 19 may be located outside the housing and externally mounted.
  • a bio-ceramic element may be mounted inside as is the case of the above-mentioned examples, thereby preserving the foodstuff freshness much longer by the negative ion effects.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of one embodiment of a household refrigerator 10 according to the present invention.
  • reference numeral 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 denote a hermetically sealed container according to the present invention, 12 a housing covering, 13 a heat insulator, 14 a door, 14 - 1 a storage door, 14 - 2 vegetable crisper door, 14 - 3 and 14 - 4 freezer compartment doors.
  • reference numeral 16 - 1 a heat exchanger for storage
  • 16 - 2 a heat exchanger of freezer compartment
  • 17 - 1 a cold air circulating fan for storage and 17 - 2 a cold air circulating fan for freezer compartment
  • 18 a compressor
  • 19 an exhaust pump
  • 20 an exhaust duct
  • 28 an operating device
  • 29 refrigerator lighting lamp 30
  • storage 31 a vegetable crisper
  • 32 a freezer compartment A
  • 33 33 a freezer compartment B.
  • like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts in FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 , and FIG. 3 .
  • the compressor 18 is driven by a motor not illustrated.
  • steam of a low-temperature low-pressure refrigerant which is evaporated by the storage heat exchangers 16 - 1 and freezer compartment heat exchanger 16 - 2 is sucked in the compressor 18 and compressed, and acquires temperature considerably higher than room temperature.
  • This steam is allowed to pass a condenser not illustrated located outside the refrigerator 10 and to discharge heat.
  • the steam is liquefied while it passes the condenser.
  • This liquefied refrigerant is allowed to pass a capillary tube not illustrated and directed to the storage heat exchanger 16 - 1 and freezer compartment heat exchanger 16 - 2 .
  • the refrigerant pressure is lowered by the fluid resistance of the capillary tube, the refrigerant expands to vaporize, and deprives itself from heat by the vaporization heat at the storage heat exchanger 16 - 1 and freezer compartment heat exchanger 16 - 2 inside the refrigerator 10 as well as deprives the surrounding from heat to lower its temperature, and thereby lowers the temperature inside the refrigerator.
  • This is same as the operation inside a regular refrigerator.
  • hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 are removably mounted.
  • the hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 are individually connected to exhaust duct 20 , respectively, and between hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 and exhaust duct 20 , the operating device 28 is installed.
  • this operating device 28 is opened, air inside the container is discharged by the action of exhaust pump 19 , the inside of the hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 is depressurized and achieves the vacuum condition below atmospheric pressure.
  • the foodstuff When the foodstuff is refrigerated, the foodstuff is housed in the hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 , and after the temperature inside the hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 is lowered to a certain extent, air inside the hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 is discharged.
  • temperature inside the hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 is lowered, while temperature is comparatively high, it is effective to cool by the use of convection of air inside.
  • the freshness of foodstuff can be preserved for a long time and discoloration of foodstuff can be prevented.
  • leaf vegetables are preserved in the hermetically sealed container 11 - 3 of the vegetable crisper 31 , since air between leaves is discharged and the moisture content adhering to the leaf surface is likely to vaporize and deprives them from vaporization heat, the vegetables can be cooled quickly to the inside, and are difficult to lose the freshness.
  • the operating device 28 can be opened and closed by a panel switch not illustrated, which is mounted, for example, to the surface of the refrigerator proper 10 . In such event, by allowing the operating device 28 to open only when it recognizes that hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 are connected to the corresponding connection ends of the exhaust duct 20 and not to open when they are not connected, the exhaust pump 19 can be prevented from making unnecessary exhaust action.
  • a handle not illustrated for breaking vacuum is mounted to each of hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 and when the exhausted hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 are opened, the vacuum breaker handle is used to break vacuum before opening the containers.
  • a motor is necessary to operate the compressor 18 .
  • This motor for compressor is not continuously operated but intermittently operated only when the refrigerator inside must be cooled. Consequently, the motor for compressor can be used also as the motor for driving the exhaust pump 19 , and by this, the device can be fabricated less expensively and in a smaller size.
  • FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the household refrigerator 10 with such configuration according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 for convenience sake, like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts in FIG. 4 .
  • the exhaust system 35 - 1 through 35 - 5 is installed to each of hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 , respectively.
  • the exhaust system 35 - 1 through 35 - 5 comprises a small exhaust pump, blower, and others.
  • the power supply of exhaust systems 35 - 1 through 35 - 5 may be taken, for example, from outlets provided inside the refrigerator and exhaust systems 35 - 1 through 35 - 5 may be turned on/off by the switch mounted to the cover portion of the exhaust system 35 - 1 through 35 - 5 .
  • air inside the hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 may be discharged when the air temperature inside the hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 lowers to a certain degree or with the cover of the hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 closed and with a specified time provided after the exhaust is directed.
  • a bio-ceramic element may be mounted inside the hermetically sealed containers 11 - 1 through 11 - 5 as is the case of the above-mentioned examples, thereby preserving the foodstuff freshness much longer by the negative ion effects.
  • the household refrigerator-freezer according to the present invention has been described in keeping with the embodiment, it is understood that the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit of essential characteristics thereof.
  • one each of heat exchanger is mounted to each of the freezer compartment and the storage, respectively, but needless to say, one heat exchanger may be used and the refrigerator is of a type to separate the freezer compartment and the storage in accord with the cold air circulating position.
  • various changes and modifications may be made in the size and shape of the hermetically sealed container, mounting position of the exhaust duct or exhaust system, etc. without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

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