Refrigerator

a technology of refrigerator and circulating air, which is applied in the field of refrigerators, can solve the problems that the ion generating means used in the aforementioned conventional construction does not function as an effective sterilizing means, and is not a solution for everyone, and achieves the effects of ample air, effective use of space, and effective prevention of airborne germs entering the refrigerator
US20050268623A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-12-08SHARP KK
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
SHARP KK
Publication Date
2005-12-08
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A casing unit (8) with built-in ionizer (7) and blower (21) is integrated with a control panel (6) so as to emit plus ions and minus ions into an outside-refrigerator living space around the front side of the refrigerator, and an ionized air discharge port (11) is disposed in the front side thereof, whereby suspended bacteria in the outside-refrigerator living space are sterilized to provide a hygienic living space. Concurrently, suspended bacteria intruding into the inside of the refrigerator from the outside when the door is opened can be excluded to realize a hygienic inside-refrigerator environment.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present invention relates to a refrigerator furnished with an ion generating apparatus for generating positive and negative ions to be released into the living space outside the refrigerator. BACKGROUND ART

[0002] An example of a conventional refrigerator is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No 2002-95731. This refrigerator is furnished with a means for generating positive and negative ions for the purpose of killing airborne germs present in the cold air inside the refrigerator.

[0003] This conventional technique aims at killing microbes floating in the cold air inside the refrigerator, and therefore, for this technique to work, it is at least necessary that microbes that have entered the refrigerator from the living space outside it float in the cold air by themselves or in a form attached to particles.

[0004] In fact, however, it has been found that a large number of microbes are present inside a refrigerator furnished with an ion gener...

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