Electric field generating device and cold storage provided with same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12207674-B2
Application number	US-202117562485-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2021
Priority date	Jul 2, 2019
Publication date	Jan 28, 2025
Grant date	Jan 28, 2025

Abstract

An electric field generating device includes an electrode and a voltage applying device that applies a voltage to the electrode. The electric field generating device is configured to generate an electric field in an indoor space of a container. The electric field generating device is provided with a supporting member that supports the electrode to be movable between a predetermined use position at which an electric field can be generated in the indoor space of the container and a predetermined housing position that differs from the use position, and a fixing member that fixes the electrode immovably at the use position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric field generating device comprising an electrode and a voltage applying device configured to apply a voltage to the electrode, the electric field generating device being configured to generate an electric field in an inside of a storage for food,
wherein the electric field generating device comprises:
a supporting member configured to support the electrode to be movable between a predetermined use position at which an electric field can be generated in the inside of the storage and a predetermined housing position that differs from the predetermined use position; and
a fixing member configured to fix the electrode immovably at the predetermined use position;
the predetermined use position and the predetermined housing position are inside the storage, and
the fixing member is configured to fix the electrode immovably to the storage at the predetermined use position.

2. The electric field generating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electrode has an elongated shape, and
the predetermined use position is a position at which the electrode is in a state of extending from one end side to another end side of the storage through a center portion of the storage.

3. The electric field generating device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the electrode has flexibility,
the supporting member is configured to be able to wind up the electrode, and
the predetermined housing position is a position at which the electrode is in a state of being wound up by the supporting member.

4. The electric field generating device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the electrode has elasticity,
the supporting member is configured to be able to house the electrode, and
the predetermined housing position is a position at which the electrode is in a state of being contracted and housed in the supporting member.

5. The electric field generating device according to claim 3 ,
wherein one end portion of the electrode is fixed to the supporting member,
the supporting member is provided near a first side wall on the one end side of the storage, and
the fixing member is configured to fix the electrode immovably at the predetermined use position by fixing another end portion of the electrode to a second side wall on the other end side of the storage.

6. The electric field generating device according to claim 4 ,
wherein one end portion of the electrode is fixed to the supporting member,
the supporting member is provided near a first side wall on the one end side of the storage, and
the fixing member is configured to fix the electrode immovably at the predetermined use position by fixing another end portion of the electrode to a second side wall on the other end side of the storage.

7. A cold storage comprising a storage for food and a refrigeration apparatus configured to cool an inside of the storage,
wherein the cold storage comprises the electric field generating device according to claim 1 .

8. A cold storage comprising a storage for food and a refrigeration apparatus configured to cool an inside of the storage,
wherein the cold storage comprises the electric field generating device according to claim 2 .

9. A cold storage comprising a storage for food and a refrigeration apparatus configured to cool an inside of the storage,
wherein the cold storage comprises the electric field generating device according to claim 3 .

10. A cold storage comprising a storage for food and a refrigeration apparatus configured to cool an inside of the storage,
wherein the cold storage comprises the electric field generating device according to claim 4 .

11. A cold storage comprising a storage for food and a refrigeration apparatus configured to cool an inside of the storage,
wherein the cold storage comprises the electric field generating device ( 30 ) according to claim 5 .

12. A cold storage comprising a storage for food and a refrigeration apparatus configured to cool an inside of the storage,
wherein the cold storage comprises the electric field generating device according to claim 6 .

Assignees

• Daikin Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Inada Ryozo
• Tanaka Naohiro
• NISHIMOTO Motomi
• Matsui Hidenori

Classifications

• A23B2/80

  Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling · CPC title

• F25D23/00

  General constructional features (F25D21/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F25D11/00 Primary

  Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators · CPC title

• A23B2/805

  Materials not being transported through or in the apparatus with or without shaping, e.g. in the form of powders, granules or flakes · CPC title

• A23B2/60 Primary

  by treatment with electric currents without heating effect · CPC title