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Sanitation device for refrigerator

US11815302B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 22, 2021
Grant dateNov 14, 2023
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D2700/12
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A refrigerator includes a storage compartment and an air sanitation device mounted on a top wall of the storage compartment. The air sanitation device includes: a housing having an upper wall, a lower wall, and a peripheral wall connecting the upper wall to the lower wall; an air channel disposed in the housing and has an air inlet and an air outlet; a fan disposed in the air channel to force air to enter the air channel from the air inlet and leave the air channel from the air outlet; and an air detection device and/or an air purification device disposed in the air channel. The air outlet is disposed on the peripheral wall, and the air channel is configured in such a way that the air is discharged out of the air outlet obliquely downward.

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