JPH018936Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to a refrigerator deodorizer that deodorizes odors emitted from food stored in the refrigerator.

As is well known, refrigerators store various foods such as fresh fish, vegetables, and meat at low temperatures. It may cause the odor to stick to food or cause discomfort when the refrigerator is opened. In order to prevent such discomfort caused by food odors inside the refrigerator, deodorizers that utilize the odor absorbing properties of activated carbon or the like have been commonly used.

This invention is based on a refrigerator deodorizer that uses a completely new deodorizer that the creator of this application previously proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 1095-1985, instead of the conventional deodorizer that uses activated carbon or the like. The purpose is to provide That is, since this deodorizing agent is completely new, this invention was made in view of the fact that no equipment has been developed for deodorizing the inside of a refrigerator using this deodorizing agent.

The above-mentioned deodorizing agent previously proposed by the inventor of this application is made by adding an aqueous solution to humic plants. Humic plants include humus containing humus precursors, or humus containing humus precursors, and in either case, contain a large amount of humus precursors. This humic precursor is an intermediate product in the transformation process of organic matter leading to humus, and contains trace amounts of inorganic components such as silicic acid and iron, which are metabolites by aerobic bacteria and facultative anaerobic bacteria. This metabolite is a mixture of compounds with exposed phenol groups, oxidizing enzymes such as phenol oxidase, or quinones, polysaccharides, amino acids, etc. that are oxidized products of phenol compounds. When water or the like is added to such humic plants, the humic precursors contained in the humic plants are activated. When odor, which is an organic volatile component, comes into contact with or mixes with this, a polycondensation reaction for humification occurs with the metabolites, silicic acid, and organic matter in the humic precursor, increasing the molecular weight of the organic volatile component. This prevents evaporation and immobilizes the odor to prevent the release of odor, that is, to obtain a deodorizing effect. This immobilization does not inhibit the progress of the enzymatic reaction. As a form of using humic plants, water is sprayed on the humic plants to elute the deodorizing components such as humic precursors and inorganic components necessary for deodorization, and scatter them into the air together with water molecules. There is a form of use in which the odor components emitted inside are immobilized.

This invention provides a device that embodies this type of usage inside a refrigerator.

The refrigerator deodorizer of this invention consists of a water tank provided outside the refrigerator, a water-permeable basket containing humus provided inside the refrigerator, a water pipe connecting the basket and the water tank, and a water pipe that connects the water tank to the water tank. It consists of a water pump that sends water in the water tank into the basket, a water receiver provided around the lower part of the basket inside the refrigerator, and a water return pipe that connects the water receiver and the water tank.

With this configuration, when the water in the water tank installed outside the refrigerator is released into the basket containing humic plants installed inside the refrigerator through the water pipe by the water pump, the water will become rotten. The deodorizing ingredients in the plants leach out and are returned to the aquarium from the water receiver through the return pipe with the water, repeating the cycle, but at this time, the water vapor that evaporates when the water falls from the basket to the water receiver is absorbed into the water vapor. The deodorizing ingredients contained in
It deodorizes by reacting with odor components in the refrigerator.
Furthermore, by providing the water tank outside the refrigerator, there is an advantage that the water does not freeze.

Examples of this invention will be described below based on the drawings.

The refrigerator deodorizer 1 of this embodiment has a water tank 3 provided outside the refrigerator 2, a water-permeable basket 4 containing humus A provided inside the refrigerator 2, and a communication between the basket 4 and the water tank 3. a water pump 6 that sends water from the water tank 3 into the basket 4 through the water pipe 5; and a water receiver 7 provided around the bottom of the basket 4 inside the refrigerator 2.
and a water return pipe 8 that connects the water receiver 7 and the water tank 3.
It consists of

The water tank 3 has a water replenishment port 9 at the top, so that water can be replenished at any time. and,
It is fixed to the outside of the side wall 10 of the refrigerator 2 with a metal fitting 11 or the like. The basket 4 is made of a wire mesh or a porous material and is permeable to water, and is not connected to the refrigerator 2.
The refrigerator 2 is supported by the water pipe 5 fixed to the side wall 10 of the refrigerator 2 so as to be located inside the refrigerator 2. The outlet of this water pipe 5 is located approximately at the center of the lower surface of the basket 4, so that the discharged water reaches almost the entire area of the humic plant A. A water pump 6 for pumping out water from the water tank 3 is provided in the water tank 3 and is driven to rotate by a power switch (not shown). The water receiver 7 is also configured to receive water discharged from the outlet of the water pipe 5 that comes into contact with the humic plants A in the basket 4 and return it to the water tank 3 through the water return pipe 8. It is something. For this reason, it is provided around the bottom of the basket 4.

To explain the operation of the refrigerator deodorizer 1 according to the embodiment of this invention having the above-mentioned configuration, when the water pump 6 installed in the water tank 3 operates, the water in the water tank 3 flows into the basket 4 through the water pipe 5. Water is sent. The water released from the outlet of the water pipe 5 comes into contact with the solid deodorizing agent A and falls into the water receiver 7, but at the time of this contact, the deodorizing components in the humic plant A are leached out and fall together with the water. At the same time, it scatters around,
Odor components in the surrounding air are deodorized for the reasons mentioned above. In this case, the water pump 6 does not need to be rotated all the time, but a timer switch may be provided so that the water pump 6 is rotated for a certain period of time at predetermined intervals, or it is activated when the door of the refrigerator 2 is opened and closed for a certain period of time. All you need to do is provide a switch like this.

As is clear from the above description, the refrigerator deodorizer of this invention can effectively remove refrigerator odors. Furthermore, since the water supplied to the basket containing humic plants always returns to the water tank, and the water tank is provided outside the refrigerator, there is no risk of the water freezing. In addition, the water containing deodorizing ingredients that has fallen into the water container is returned to the aquarium through the return pipe, but while this water pump is repeatedly circulating the water, the water in the aquarium is deodorized. As the component concentration increases, the deodorizing effect further increases.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of this invention, and FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a refrigerator equipped with this invention, and FIG.
A partially enlarged explanatory view of the figure and FIG. 3 show an overall perspective view of the external appearance of a refrigerator equipped with this invention. 1... Refrigerator deodorizer, 2... Refrigerator, 3... Water tank, 4... Basket, 5... Water pipe, 6... Water pump, 7... Water receiver, 8... Water return pipe, A...
Humic plant.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A water tank provided outside the refrigerator, a water-permeable basket provided inside the refrigerator, humic plants placed in the basket, a water pipe connecting the basket and the water tank, and a water pipe connecting the water pipe to the water tank. a water pump that sends water into the basket;
A refrigerator deodorizer comprising a water receptacle provided around the lower part of the basket inside the refrigerator, and a water return pipe connecting the water receptacle and the water tank.