Fresh-keeping drawer for refrigerator

By incorporating humidifiers and dividers into the refrigerator's crisper drawer, the problems of insufficient humidity and categorized storage are solved, resulting in better preservation and convenience.

CN223537914UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-11YANGZHOU JUNYI ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202423081916.2
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-13
Publication Date
2025-11-11
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-13

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Technical Problem

The existing refrigerator's crisper drawer has insufficient humidity, causing fresh food to dry out, affecting its preservation effect, and making it inconvenient to store food in different categories.

Method used

Design a refrigerator crisper drawer with built-in humidification components including a shell, fan, water storage box and wet film material board. The fan drives air circulation, causing the wet film material board to absorb moisture and form humid air, which diffuses into the drawer. Combined with adjustable dividers, it enables classified storage.

Benefits of technology

It effectively improves the preservation effect, prevents food from drying out, and facilitates the classification and storage of food, thus enhancing the ease of use of the food storage drawer.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a fresh-keeping drawer for a refrigerator, and belongs to the technical field of fresh-keeping drawers. Comprising a drawer body, sliding rails are arranged on the two side walls of the drawer body, a humidifying assembly is arranged on the side wall of an inner cavity of the drawer body, a plurality of partition assemblies are arranged on the side wall of the inner cavity of the drawer body, and an outer plate is arranged on the side wall of the drawer body. The drawer body is pulled through the sliding rails, clear water is added into the water storage box, moisture is fully absorbed through the wet film material plate, a uniform water film is formed, the fan is turned on to drive air circulation, dry air penetrates through the wet film material plate to be converted into wet air, the wet air is spread into the drawer body through the through holes, and the water film is formed. The fresh-keeping effect is effectively improved, air drying of food is avoided, and when the food needs to be stored in a classified mode, the interior of the fresh-keeping drawer for the refrigerator is partitioned through the partition assembly. According to the structural design, the interior of the fresh-keeping drawer can be humidified conveniently, the fresh-keeping effect is good, air drying is not prone to occurring, and food can be stored in a classified mode conveniently.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of food preservation drawer technology, and more specifically, to a food preservation drawer for refrigerators. Background Technology

[0002] A refrigerator is a refrigeration device that maintains a constant low temperature. It is also a consumer product that keeps food or other items at a constant low temperature. Inside the refrigerator is a compressor, an ice maker, a cabinet or box for freezing, and a storage box with a refrigeration unit. Fresh fruits and vegetables are usually stored in the fruit and vegetable crisper drawer of the refrigerator compartment.

[0003] Existing technology, patent document CN216790644U, provides a food preservation drawer and refrigerator. This device arranges a vacuum preservation drawer and a modified atmosphere preservation drawer in parallel, allowing the vacuum preservation drawer to be opened independently from the outside, thus providing more diverse preservation functions. Furthermore, it designs a drawer body with inner and outer layers and a hollow interlayer between them. The hollow interlayer serves as a transition chamber, providing better isolation and protection for the inner cavity of the drawer, helping to achieve a complete vacuum in the vacuum preservation drawer and thus providing better food preservation.

[0004] Although the device has many beneficial effects, it still has the following problems: During the use of the device, the humidity inside the crisper drawer is insufficient, which can easily cause fresh food to dry out in the air-cooled refrigerator, affecting the preservation effect; secondly, the device is not convenient for classifying and storing food during use, and needs to be improved. In view of this, we propose a crisper drawer for refrigerators. Utility Model Content

[0005] 1. Technical problems to be solved

[0006] The purpose of this utility model is to provide a refrigerator preservation drawer to solve the problems mentioned in the background art, such as insufficient humidity inside the existing preservation drawer, which easily causes fresh food to dry out in air-cooled refrigerators, affecting the preservation effect and making it inconvenient to classify and store food.

[0007] 2. Technical Solution

[0008] A refrigerator food storage drawer includes a drawer body with slide rails on both side walls. A humidifying component is provided on the inner side wall of the drawer body. The humidifying component includes a housing, a fan on the inner side wall of the housing, a water storage box at the bottom of the housing, multiple wet film material plates at the bottom of the water storage box, a fixing plate on the top of the multiple wet film material plates, ear plates on both side walls of the fixing plate, positioning grooves on the top of both side walls of the housing, multiple through holes on the side walls of the housing, multiple partition components on the inner side wall of the drawer body, an outer panel on the side wall of the drawer body, and the fan electrically connected to an external power source.

[0009] Preferably, the partition assembly includes a baffle, and the top of both side walls of the baffle is provided with connecting blocks, and the other end of each of the two connecting blocks is provided with a locking block, and the top of both side walls of the inner cavity of the drawer body is provided with multiple locking slots.

[0010] Preferably, the size and position of the ear plate match the size and position of the positioning groove, and the through hole is a strip-shaped square hole.

[0011] Preferably, the wet film material plate is made of Cydex polymer composite material, and the cross-section of the wet film material plate is wavy.

[0012] Preferably, the height of the baffle is less than the height of the drawer body, and the size and position of the card block match the size and position of the card slot.

[0013] Preferably, the slide rail has an L-shaped cross-section, and the height of the outer panel is greater than the height of the drawer body.

[0014] Preferably, the bottom of the outer plate is provided with a pull plate, and the cross-section of the pull plate is arc-shaped.

[0015] 3. Beneficial effects

[0016] Compared with existing technologies, the advantages of this utility model are:

[0017] This utility model allows the drawer body to be pulled out via a sliding rail. Water is added to the water storage box and fully absorbed by the wet film material plate to form a uniform water film. By turning on the fan to drive air circulation, the dry air passes through the wet film material plate and is transformed into humid air. The humid air is then diffused into the interior of the drawer body through the through holes, effectively improving the preservation effect and preventing food from drying out.

[0018] Secondly, when food needs to be stored separately, the baffle is placed in the desired position and inserted into the slot by moving the locking block downwards, which improves the stability of the baffle. It is then connected to the side wall of the slot by the connecting block, thus separating the refrigerator's food storage drawers. The structural design of this utility model facilitates the addition of humidity to the inside of the food storage drawers, resulting in good preservation, preventing the food from drying out, and making it easy to store food separately. Attached Figure Description

[0019] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of this utility model;

[0020] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the humidification component of this utility model;

[0021] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the shell structure of this utility model;

[0022] Figure 4This is a partial structural breakdown diagram of the humidification component of this utility model;

[0023] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the partial structure of the partition component of this utility model;

[0024] The following are the labels in the diagram: 1. Drawer body; 2. Slide rail; 3. Humidifier assembly; 4. Divider assembly; 5. Outer panel; 6. Pull-out panel; 301. Housing; 302. Fan; 303. Water reservoir; 304. Wet film material board; 305. Fixing plate; 306. Ear plate; 307. Positioning groove; 308. Through hole; 401. Baffle; 402. Connecting block; 403. Locking block; 404. Locking groove. Detailed Implementation

[0025] In the description of this utility model, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc., indicating the orientation or positional relationship are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing this utility model and simplifying the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or component referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of this utility model.

[0026] In the description of this utility model, "multiple" means two or more, unless otherwise explicitly specified.

[0027] In the description of this utility model, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "installed," "equipped with," "sleeved / connected," "connected," etc., should be interpreted broadly. For example, "connection" can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium; it can be a connection within two components. Those skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of the above terms in this utility model based on the specific circumstances.

[0028] Please see Figure 1-5 This utility model provides a technical solution:

[0029] A refrigerator crisper drawer includes a drawer body 1, with slide rails 2 fixedly mounted on both side walls of the drawer body 1, and a humidifying component 3 fixedly mounted on the inner side wall of the drawer body 1. The humidifying component 3 includes a housing 301, a fan 302 threadedly connected to the inner side wall of the housing 301, a water storage box 303 fixedly mounted at the bottom of the inner cavity of the housing 301, multiple wet film material plates 304 snapped onto the bottom of the inner cavity of the water storage box 303, a fixing plate 305 fixedly mounted on the top of the multiple wet film material plates 304, ear plates 306 fixedly mounted on both side walls of the fixing plate 305, positioning grooves 307 opened on the top of both side walls of the housing 301, multiple through holes 308 opened on the side walls of the housing 301, multiple partition components 4 snapped onto the inner side wall of the drawer body 1, an outer plate 5 fixedly mounted on the side wall of the drawer body 1, and the fan 302 electrically connected to an external power source. This invention allows the drawer body 1 to be pulled out via the slide rail 2. Water is added into the water storage box 303 and fully absorbed by the wet film material plate 304 to form a uniform water film. By turning on the fan 302, air circulation is achieved, and the dry air passes through the wet film material plate 304 and is transformed into humid air. The humid air is then diffused into the interior of the drawer body 1 through the through hole 308, effectively improving the preservation effect and preventing food from drying out.

[0030] In some embodiments, in order to prevent excessive humidity from accelerating food spoilage, bacterial growth, frost formation and odor, a humidity meter is installed on the side wall of the outer panel 5. When the humidity meter shows that the humidity meets the requirements, the fan 302 is controlled to stop humidifying.

[0031] Specifically, the divider assembly 4 includes a baffle 401, with connecting blocks 402 fixedly attached to the top of both side walls of the baffle 401. Each connecting block 402 has a locking block 403 fixedly attached to its other end. Multiple slots 404 are provided on the top of both side walls of the drawer body 1's inner cavity. When food needs to be stored separately, the baffle 401 is placed in the desired position, and the locking blocks 403 move downwards to insert into the slots 404, improving the stability of the baffle 401. The connecting blocks 402 then overlap the side walls of the slots 404, thus separating the refrigerator's crisper drawers.

[0032] Furthermore, the size and position of the ear plate 306 match the size and position of the positioning groove 307, and the through hole 308 is a rectangular slot. The ear plate 306, which matches the size and position of the positioning groove 307, facilitates the stability of the wet film material plate 304, and the through hole 308, which is rectangular, facilitates the more uniform diffusion of humidified air.

[0033] It is worth noting that the 304 wet membrane material is made of Cydex polymer composite material, and the cross-section of the 304 wet membrane material is wavy. The wavy wet membrane material 304 made of Cydex polymer composite material has extremely strong water absorption, excellent self-cleaning ability, is non-toxic, acid and alkali resistant, mildew resistant, and flame retardant, thus improving the humidification effect.

[0034] It is worth noting that the height of the baffle 401 is less than the height of the drawer body 1, and the size and position of the latch 403 match the size and position of the slot 404. The baffle 401, which is shorter than the drawer body 1, prevents obstruction of the diffusion of humidified air.

[0035] In addition, the slide rail 2 has an L-shaped cross-section, and the height of the outer panel 5 is greater than the height of the drawer body 1. The L-shaped slide rail 2 makes it easier for the refrigerator's crisper drawer to move more smoothly, and the outer panel 5, which is higher than the drawer body 1, prevents the drawer body 1 from going too deep into the refrigerator.

[0036] Furthermore, a pull plate 6 is fixed to the bottom of the outer panel 5, and the cross-section of the pull plate 6 is arc-shaped. The arc-shaped pull plate 6 makes it easy for users to pull out the refrigerator's crisper drawer.

[0037] In addition, the circuits, electronic components and modules involved in this utility model are all existing technologies, which can be fully implemented by those skilled in the art, and need not be elaborated upon. The content protected by this utility model does not involve any improvement to the internal structure and method.

[0038] The models of the devices or equipment mentioned in this article are as follows:

[0039] The model number for fan 302 can be: DE07020B12U-FAR.

[0040] Working principle: When this device is needed to use the refrigerator's crisper drawer, pull the pull plate 6 to pull out the drawer body 1, add clean water into the water storage box 303, install multiple wet film material boards 304 at the bottom of the fixing plate 305, insert the wet film material boards 304 into the water storage box 303, and the ear plate 306 enters the positioning groove 307 to complete the installation. The wet film material boards 304 fully absorb water and form a uniform water film. When the fan 302 is turned on, air passes through the wet film material boards 304 to humidify the inside of the drawer body 1. When it is necessary to store food in different categories, put the baffle 401 into the required position, and the locking block 403 moves downward and inserts into the locking slot 404 to complete the separation.

[0041] The foregoing has shown and described the basic principles, main features, and advantages of this utility model. Those skilled in the art should understand that this utility model is not limited to the above embodiments. The embodiments and descriptions in the specification are merely preferred examples and are not intended to limit the utility model. Various changes and modifications can be made to this utility model without departing from its spirit and scope, and all such changes and modifications fall within the scope of the claimed utility model. The scope of protection of this utility model is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A refrigerator food storage drawer, comprising a drawer body (1), characterized in that: The drawer body (1) has slide rails (2) on both sides of its sidewalls. A humidifying component (3) is provided on the inner sidewall of the drawer body (1). The humidifying component (3) includes a housing (301). A fan (302) is provided on the inner sidewall of the housing (301). A water storage box (303) is provided at the bottom of the inner cavity of the housing (301). Multiple wet film material plates (304) are provided at the bottom of the inner cavity of the water storage box (303). The top is provided with a fixing plate (305), and the fixing plate (305) is provided with ear plates (306) on both sides. The top of both sides of the housing (301) is provided with positioning grooves (307). The side wall of the housing (301) is provided with multiple through holes (308). The inner cavity side wall of the drawer body (1) is provided with multiple partition components (4). The side wall of the drawer body (1) is provided with an outer plate (5). The fan (302) is electrically connected to an external power source.

2. The refrigerator food storage drawer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The partition assembly (4) includes a baffle (401), and the top of the side walls of the baffle (401) is provided with connecting blocks (402). The other end of the two connecting blocks (402) is provided with a locking block (403). The top of the side walls of the inner cavity of the drawer body (1) is provided with multiple slots (404).

3. The refrigerator food storage drawer according to claim 2, characterized in that: The size and position of the ear plate (306) match the size and position of the positioning groove (307), and the through hole (308) is a strip-shaped square hole.

4. The refrigerator food storage drawer according to claim 3, characterized in that: The wet film material plate (304) is made of Cydex polymer composite material, and the cross-section of the wet film material plate (304) is wavy.

5. The refrigerator food storage drawer according to claim 4, characterized in that: The height of the baffle (401) is less than the height of the drawer body (1), and the size and position of the card block (403) match the size and position of the card slot (404).

6. The refrigerator food storage drawer according to claim 5, characterized in that: The slide rail (2) has an L-shaped cross-section, and the height of the outer panel (5) is greater than the height of the drawer body (1).

7. The refrigerator food storage drawer according to claim 6, characterized in that: The bottom of the outer plate (5) is provided with a pull plate (6), and the cross-section of the pull plate (6) is arc-shaped.

Citation Information

Patent Citations

  • Fresh-keeping drawer and refrigerator

    CN216790644U