Refrigerator and degassing container for refrigerator
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F25D-017/04
출원번호
US-0673113
(2008-09-19)
등록번호
US-8359879
(2013-01-29)
우선권정보
KR-10-2007-0096989 (2007-09-21)
국제출원번호
PCT/KR2008/005583
(2008-09-19)
§371/§102 date
20100211
(20100211)
국제공개번호
WO2009/038403
(2009-03-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Kim, Jeong-Yon
Shin, Jong-Min
Choi, Bong-Jun
Lee, Su-Won
Kim, Ill-Shin
Lim, Seok-Min
출원인 / 주소
LG Electronics Inc.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
1인용 특허 :
12
초록▼
The present invention relates to a refrigerator and a degassing container of the refrigerator which compulsorily degass a portion of air inside a space where foods are stored to the outside by a degassing means together with deformation of a gasket when a door is closely adhered. The present inventi
The present invention relates to a refrigerator and a degassing container of the refrigerator which compulsorily degass a portion of air inside a space where foods are stored to the outside by a degassing means together with deformation of a gasket when a door is closely adhered. The present invention includes a degassing container of a refrigerator comprising a case whose one side is opened; a door which shields the opened one side of the case selectively; a gasket interposed between the door and case and elastically deformed to be closely adhered when the door is shielded; a degassing means provided on the door and exhausting air inside the case to the outside when the gasket is compressively deformed; and a release means provided on the door and flowing external air into an inner side of the case when the door is opened. According to the present invention, the storage performance is improved.
대표청구항▼
1. A degassing container of a refrigerator, comprising: a case whose one side is opened;a door that shields the opened one side of the case selectively;a gasket interposed between the door and case and elastically deformed to be closely adhered when the door is shielded;a degassing means provided on
1. A degassing container of a refrigerator, comprising: a case whose one side is opened;a door that shields the opened one side of the case selectively;a gasket interposed between the door and case and elastically deformed to be closely adhered when the door is shielded;a degassing means provided on the door and exhausting air inside the case to the outside when the gasket is compressively deformed; anda release means provided on the door and flowing external air into an inner side of the case when the door is opened. 2. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the degassing means is configured of a valve, the valve configured to be opened only in a direction permitting air in the inner side of the case to be exhausted to the outside. 3. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a handle provided on one side of the door, the handle configured to operate such that the release means can be opened compulsorily. 4. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: restricting devices provided on the door and one side of the case, the restricting devices configured to maintain a state that the door is closely adhered to the case. 5. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 4, wherein the restricting means comprises: a dial provided on the door such that a user can rotatingly operate the dial;a restricting part provided on a rear surface of the dial, and extended to move right and left according to the rotation of the dial; anda receiving member provided on both sides of the case, and received by end portions of the restricting lever. 6. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein a drawer drawn in and out together with the door is provided on the rear surface of the door, and a guide means that guides the drawing in and out of the drawer is further provided on the inner side of the case. 7. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gasket is formed in a rib shape to be able to be bent outwardly at the time of contact. 8. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gasket is hollow in its inside to be able to be compressed at the time of contact. 9. A degassing container of a refrigerator, comprising: a drawer provided in an inner side of a storage space, the drawer capable of being slidingly drawn in and out;a door drawn in and out together with the drawer and shielding the storage space selectively;a gasket made of elastically deformable material, the gasket provided on the door and closely adhered to a front end of the storage space; anda degassing means provided on the door or one side of the storage space, the degassing means controlling the entrance and exit of air inside the storage space according to the elastic deformation of the gasket. 10. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, wherein the degassing means comprises: an exhaust port which is an exhaust passage of air inside of the storage space; a valve plate opening the exhaust port selectively by being elastically deformed according to pressure in the inner side of the storage space to guide the exhaust of air inside the storage space to the outside; anda restricting part which restricts the valve plate. 11. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, further comprising: a release means provided on one side of the door, the release means being opened by a user's operation to allow external air to be flowed into the inner side of the storage space. 12. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 11, wherein the release means comprises: a valve body formed with an entrance hole that air enters through;a shielding member that shields the entrance hole of the valve body selectively; andan elastic member interposed between the valve body and shielding member and providing elasticity to the shielding member so that the shielding member can shield the entrance hole. 13. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 11, further comprising an opening handle on one side of the door, wherein the opening handle opens the release means and comprises: a handle body which is held by a user;rotating shafts formed on both sides of the handle body and rotating the handle body; andan acting part provided on one side of the handle body and pressing and opening the release means according to the rotation of the handle body. 14. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, further comprising: a restricting device provided on one side of the door, the restricting device allowing the door to be restricted to one side of the storage space. 15. The degassing container of the refrigerator as claimed in claim 10, wherein the gasket is provided around a rear surface of the door and is formed to have curvature outward from the rear surface of the door. 16. A refrigerator, comprising: a body forming a storage space;one or more refrigerator doors which shield the storage space selectively;a case provided in the inner side of the storage space and forming a separately partitioned space;a door that shields an opened front surface of the case selectively;a gasket provided around a rear surface of the door and closely adhered to the case selectively to be elastically deformed;a degassing means provided on the door and opened only when the gasket is compressively deformed to allow air inside the case to be exhausted to the outside;an opening handle mounted to the door and rotatably operated; anda release means provided on the door and selectively opened according to the operation of the opening handle to allow external air to be flowed into the inner side of the case. 17. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 16, wherein the case is selectively detachable to the inner side of the storage space. 18. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 16, wherein a receiving member is formed on the case, and a restricting member is formed on the door and the restricting member is selectively coupled to the receiving member according to a user's operation to maintain the door in a closed state. 19. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 16, wherein a dial that can rotatingly operate is provided on the door, and the restricting member is mounted to the dial and selectively inserted into the receiving member according to the operation of the dial. 20. A refrigerator, comprising: a body which forms a storage space;a degassing container provided in the storage space and having a case and a door that shields the case selectively;a gasket provided between the case and door and compressively deformed when the door is shielded to close an inside of the degassing container;a degassing means provided on one side of the degassing container and exhausting air inside the case to the outside only when the gasket is compressively deformed; anda release means provided on the other side of the degassing container and allowing air to be selectively flown into the inside of the case according to a user's operation. 21. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 20, wherein a restricting member and a receiving member selectively coupled to each other so as to maintain the door in a shielded state are provided on the door and case, respectively. 22. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, wherein the door is provided with a dial coupled to the restricting member to operate the restricting member coupled to the receiving member. 23. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 20, wherein the door is provided with a handle held by a user for opening the door, and the release means is opened when the handle is operated. 24. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 20, wherein a drawer that can be selectively drawn in and out in the inner side of the case is provided to a rear surface of the door.
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