Refrigerating and freezing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11280537-B2
Application number	US-201716468278-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2017
Priority date	Dec 9, 2016
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

Abstract

A refrigerating and freezing device comprises a box body, a modified atmosphere film assembly and a suction pump. The box body has an inner container, a casing and a heat insulation layer; the inner container is internally provided with a storage space; the modified atmosphere film assembly is configured in such a way that more oxygen, relative to nitrogen, of a gas flow in a space around the modified atmosphere film assembly penetrates a modified atmosphere film and enters a rich-oxygen gas collecting cavity; and the suction pump is provided in the heat insulation layer, and an inlet end of the air extracting pump, through a pipeline, is in communication with the oxygen-rich gas collecting cavity of the modified atmosphere film assembly to pump and discharge the gas penetrated into the oxygen-rich gas collecting cavity out of a storage container.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refrigerating and freezing device, comprising:
a box body having an inner container, a casing disposed outside the inner container and a heat insulation layer located between the inner container and the casing, wherein a storage space is defined in the inner container, a storage container is disposed in the storage space, and the storage container has an air-conditioning freshness-keeping space therein;
a modified atmosphere film assembly having at least one modified atmosphere film and an oxygen-rich gas collecting chamber, wherein a surrounding space of the modified atmosphere film assembly is communicates with the air-conditioning freshness-keeping space, and the modified atmosphere film assembly is configured such that more oxygen in the airflow in the surrounding space of the modified atmosphere film assembly permeates through the modified atmosphere film to enter the oxygen-rich gas collecting chamber relative to the nitrogen in the airflow in the surrounding space of the modified atmosphere film assembly; and
a suction pump disposed in the heat insulation layer between the inner container and the casing, wherein the inlet end of the suction pump is communicated with the oxygen-rich gas collecting chamber via a pipeline to extract the gas permeating into the oxygen-rich gas collecting chamber to the outside of the storage container;
wherein the storage container is a drawer assembly and comprises:
a drawer cylinder having a forward opening and disposed in the storage space; and
a drawer body slidably mounted in the drawer cylinder, to be outwardly withdrawn from and inwardly inserted into the drawer cylinder operatively from the forward opening of the drawer cylinder;

an accommodating chamber communicating with the air-conditioning freshness-keeping space is disposed in a top wall of the drawer cylinder to accommodate the modified atmosphere film assembly;
at least one first vent hole and at least one second vent hole spaced apart from the at least one first vent hole are formed in a wall surface between the accommodating chamber of the top wall of the drawer cylinder and the air-conditioning freshness-keeping space to communicate the accommodating chamber with the air-conditioning freshness-keeping space at different positions; and the refrigerating and freezing device further comprises a fan disposed in the accommodating chamber to promote the gas in the air-conditioning freshness-keeping space to be returned to the air-conditioning freshness-keeping space via the at least one first vent hole, the accommodating chamber, and the at least second vent hole in sequence;
the fan is a centrifugal fan, and is located above the at least one first vent hole, an axis of rotation of the centrifugal fan is vertically downward, and an air inlet of the centrifugal fan faces the at least one first vent hole; and the modified atmosphere film assembly is disposed above the at least one second vent hole, such that each of the modified atmosphere films of the modified atmosphere film assembly is parallel to the top wall.

2. The refrigerating and freezing device according to claim 1 , wherein the casing comprises a back plate, and the suction pump is disposed between the rear wall of the inner container and the back plate, and is located behind the storage container.

3. The refrigerating and freezing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sealing box mounted between the inner container and the casing; and
a mounting frame mounted in the sealing box via a plurality of damping cushion blocks, wherein the suction pump is mounted on the mounting frame.

4. The refrigerating and freezing device according to claim 1 , wherein the centrifugal fan is disposed at the front of the accommodating chamber, and the modified atmosphere film assembly is disposed behind the centrifugal fan.

5. The refrigerating and freezing device according to claim 1 , wherein the modified atmosphere film assembly further comprises a support frame having a first surface and a second surface parallel to each other, the support frame is provided with a plurality of airflow channels extending on the first surface and the second surface respectively and penetrating the support frame to communicate the first surface with the second surface, and the plurality of airflow channels forms the oxygen-rich gas collecting chamber together; and at least one modified atmosphere film is two planar modified atmosphere films which are paved on the first surface and the second surface of the support frame respectively.

6. The refrigerating and freezing device according to claim 1 , wherein the storage space is a refrigerating space; the box body further defines a freezing space and a temperature-changing space, the freezing space is disposed below the storage space, and the temperature-changing space is disposed between the freezing space and the refrigerating space.

Assignees

• Qingdao Haier Joint Stock Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Lei
• Jiang Bo
• Zhang Hao
• Wang Jing
• He Guoshun

Classifications

• A23B2/708

  in a controlled atmosphere, e.g. partial vacuum, comprising only CO2, N2, O2 or H2O · CPC title

• F25D11/02 Primary

  with cooling compartments at different temperatures · CPC title

• F25D25/025

  Drawers · CPC title

• F25D2317/04

  Treating air flowing to refrigeration compartments · CPC title

• F25D17/042 Primary

  Air treating means within refrigerated spaces (air conditioning in general F24F) · CPC title