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Refrigerator

US4788832A · kind A · utility

37Cited by
4References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 1, 1987
Grant dateDec 6, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 1, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D2400/04
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A refrigerator according to the present invention is so designed that the refrigerating chamber is divided by a partition plate into an upper cooling chamber and a lower cooling chamber in which a vegetable storing container in a sealed structure is accommodated, the vegetable storing container having a lid member attached with a humidity permeable film of gas permeability, whereby the humidity inside the vegetable storing container is maintained within a predetermined range suitable for preservation of vegetables, such that the vegetables are prevented from being dried to be withered and can be kept fresh for relatively a long period of time.

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