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CN-121993962-A - Oxygen regulating assembly and refrigerator

CN121993962ACN 121993962 ACN121993962 ACN 121993962ACN-121993962-A

Abstract

The invention discloses an oxygen regulating assembly and a refrigerator, wherein the oxygen regulating assembly comprises an oxygen regulating module and a liquid storage box, the oxygen regulating module is arranged in the refrigerator, the oxygen regulating module comprises an electrode, an electrolyte accommodating cavity and a product gas gathering cavity, the liquid storage box comprises a liquid storage area, a filtering area and a liquid supplementing area, the liquid supplementing area is communicated with the electrolyte accommodating cavity, an air inlet pipe communicated with the product gas gathering cavity and an air outlet communicated with an oxygen regulating space in the refrigerator are arranged in the liquid storage box, and one end of the outlet of the air inlet pipe extends to the filtering area and is lower than a liquid supplementing line of the liquid supplementing area. In the invention, oxygen generated by the oxygen regulating module is firstly introduced into the filtering area for filtering, and the filtered gas is introduced into the oxygen regulating space in the refrigerator through the gas outlet. Therefore, the refrigerator does not need to independently design a filtering structure, the refrigerator volume is not occupied, the pipeline connection is reduced, the gas leakage risk is further reduced, and the liquid is only required to be replenished into the liquid storage box, so that repeated liquid replenishing is not required.

Inventors

  • OUYANG JIA
  • MIAO JIANLIN
  • CHEN JIANQUAN
  • ZHANG HAO

Assignees

  • 青岛海尔电冰箱有限公司
  • 海尔智家股份有限公司

Dates

Publication Date
20260508
Application Date
20241108

Claims (16)

  1. 1. An oxygen regulating assembly comprising: The oxygen regulating module comprises an electrode, an electrolyte accommodating cavity and a product gas converging cavity; The oxygen regulating assembly is characterized by further comprising: The liquid storage box (10) comprises a liquid storage area (10 a), a filtering area (10 b) and a liquid supplementing area (10 c) which are communicated with each other, the liquid supplementing area (10 c) is communicated with the electrolyte containing cavity, the liquid supplementing line H of the liquid supplementing area (10 c) is higher than the first bottom wall (14) of the liquid storage box (10) positioned in the filtering area (10 b), and the liquid supplementing line H is the minimum liquid level required to be reached when liquid flows from the filtering area (10 b) to the liquid supplementing area (10 c); an inlet end of the air inlet pipe (18) is communicated with the product gas converging cavity, and an outlet end of the air inlet pipe (18) extends into the filtering area (10 b) and is lower than a liquid supplementing line H of the liquid supplementing area (10 c); And an air outlet (17) which communicates the filtering area (10 b) with the outside of the liquid storage box (10).
  2. 2. The oxygen regulating assembly according to claim 1, wherein a liquid control is arranged in the liquid supplementing region (10 c), the liquid control comprises a liquid inlet partition plate (41) for dividing the liquid supplementing region (10 c) into a first chamber and a second chamber, the liquid inlet partition plate (41) is provided with a liquid inlet hole (411) communicated with the first chamber and the second chamber, and the first chamber is communicated with the electrolyte containing cavity through the second chamber.
  3. 3. The oxygen regulating assembly according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a partition plate (30) extending upward from the first bottom wall (14) is arranged between the filtering area (10 b) and the liquid supplementing area (10 c), and a lowest horizontal line of an upper end edge of the partition plate (30) is the liquid supplementing level H.
  4. 4. The oxygen regulating assembly as set forth in claim 2, wherein the lowest horizontal line of the side of the liquid inlet hole (411) near the first chamber is the liquid supplementing line H.
  5. 5. The oxygen regulating assembly as set forth in claim 2, wherein the first chamber is located above the second chamber, and the horizontal line of the side surface of the liquid inlet partition plate (41) adjacent to the first chamber is the liquid supplementing level H.
  6. 6. The oxygen regulating assembly according to claim 2, wherein the liquid control further comprises a plug (44) for opening and closing the liquid inlet hole (411), and the plug (44) is arranged in the liquid supplementing zone (10 c) in a floating mode so as to be displaced between a blocking position for blocking the liquid inlet hole (411) and a non-blocking position for unblocking the liquid inlet hole (411).
  7. 7. The oxygen regulating assembly according to claim 6, wherein the liquid control further comprises a floating ball swing rod (43) arranged in the second chamber, the floating ball swing rod (43) comprises a connecting portion (431) rotating on the liquid storage box (10), a connecting rod portion (432) fixed on the connecting portion (431), a floating ball portion (433) fixed on the connecting rod portion (432) and far from the connecting portion (431), and the plug (44) is connected to the connecting rod portion (432).
  8. 8. The oxygen regulating assembly according to claim 2, wherein an air pressure balance pipe (23) communicating the second chamber and the outside of the liquid storage box (10) is connected in the liquid storage box (10).
  9. 9. The oxygen regulating assembly according to claim 1, wherein the liquid storage area (10 a), the filtering area (10 b) and the liquid supplementing area (10 c) are arranged in sequence along a liquid flow path.
  10. 10. The oxygen regulating assembly as set forth in claim 9, wherein a liquid filling opening (13) is provided on a side of the liquid storage area (10 a) away from the liquid replenishing area (10 c), and the second bottom wall (15) of the liquid storage box (10) located in the liquid storage area (10 a) is gradually inclined downwards from the liquid filling opening (13) toward the filtering area (10 b).
  11. 11. The oxygen regulating assembly according to claim 1, wherein a second shroud (21) extending downwards is arranged on the top wall of the liquid storage box (10) at the position of the filtering area (10 b), the lower end edge of the second shroud (21) is positioned between one outlet end of the air inlet pipe (18) and the first bottom wall (14), and the air inlet pipe (18) and the air outlet (17) are arranged in a space surrounded by the second shroud (21).
  12. 12. An oxygen regulating assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge (10) has a first top wall (24) located in the liquid storage area (10 a), a second top wall (25) located at least in the filtering area (10 b), the first top wall (24) being provided with a filling opening (13), the second top wall (25) being higher than the first top wall (24) to form an air cavity at least in the filtering area (10 b).
  13. 13. The oxygen regulating assembly according to claim 12, wherein an air inlet (16) communicated with one end of an inlet of the air inlet pipe (18) is arranged on the second top wall (25), the air inlet pipe (18) is communicated with the product gas converging cavity through the air inlet (16), and the air outlet (17) is arranged on the second top wall (25) and communicated with the air cavity.
  14. 14. The oxygen regulating assembly according to claim 1, wherein the liquid storage box (10) is provided with a third bottom wall (26) positioned in a liquid supplementing area (10 c), a liquid outlet (19) is arranged on the third bottom wall (26), and the liquid supplementing area (10 c) is communicated with the electrolyte containing cavity through the liquid outlet (19).
  15. 15. The oxygen regulating assembly according to claim 1, wherein the liquid storage box (10) is provided with a first part, a second part and a third part which are respectively arranged at two ends of the first part, the width dimension of the second part and the width dimension of the third part are larger than those of the first part, the liquid storage area (10 a) is positioned at the first part and the second part, and the filtering area (10 b) and the liquid supplementing area (10 c) are positioned at the third part.
  16. 16. A refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body and a storage room arranged in the refrigerator body, wherein the storage room comprises an oxygen-enriched space, and the refrigerator is characterized by further comprising an oxygen regulating assembly according to any one of claims 1-15, and the oxygen-enriched space is communicated with an air outlet (17).

Description

Oxygen regulating assembly and refrigerator Technical Field The invention relates to the technical field of refrigerators, in particular to an oxygen adjusting assembly and a refrigerator. Background With the improvement of living standard, the demands of consumers on the refrigerator are also improved, and the consumers hope that food materials in the refrigerator can be stored for a longer time. The oxygen content requirements of different food materials in the storage environment are different, and for the food materials of fruits and vegetables, the food and oxygen undergo oxidation reaction, so that nutrient substances, pigments, flavor substances and other components of the food are damaged, and the food materials are not easy to store in the oxygen-enriched environment, and for the food materials of fresh meat, enough oxygen is needed to prolong the storage time of the food materials. Aiming at the problems, the oxygen adjusting component is arranged in the existing refrigerator, and the oxygen adjusting component adopts electrochemical reaction to reduce oxygen in air and utilizes electrolyte to produce oxygen so as to realize the adjustment of oxygen content in different storage spaces. However, the oxygen generating module in the existing oxygen regulating assembly needs to be independently designed with a filtering structure, generated oxygen is connected into the filtering structure for filtering and then is introduced into a storage space requiring high oxygen storage through a pipeline, so that electrolyte or other harmful components in the oxygen are filtered, and the harmful components are prevented from entering a compartment to affect food safety. However, the existing oxygen regulating assembly has the defects that firstly, a filtering structure needs to be placed and installed in a space which occupies the volume of a refrigerator, secondly, excessive pipeline connection has leakage risk, thirdly, the filtering structure needs to be used for supplementing liquid independently, and the operation is complex. Disclosure of Invention The invention aims to provide an oxygen adjusting assembly and a refrigerator, which are used for solving the defects in the prior art. In order to achieve one of the above objects, the present invention provides an oxygen regulating assembly comprising: The oxygen regulating module comprises an electrode, an electrolyte accommodating cavity and a product gas converging cavity; the liquid storage box comprises a liquid storage area, a filtering area and a liquid supplementing area which are communicated with each other, the liquid supplementing area is communicated with the electrolyte containing cavity, a liquid supplementing line H of the liquid supplementing area is higher than a first bottom wall of the filtering area, and the liquid supplementing line H is the minimum liquid level required to be reached when liquid flows from the filtering area to the liquid supplementing area; the inlet end of the air inlet pipe is communicated with the product gas converging cavity, and the outlet end of the air inlet pipe extends to the filtering area and is lower than the liquid supplementing line H of the liquid supplementing area; And the air outlet is used for communicating the filtering area with the outside of the liquid storage box. As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, a liquid control is disposed in the liquid supplementing area, the liquid control includes a liquid inlet partition plate dividing the liquid supplementing area into a first chamber and a second chamber, a liquid inlet hole communicating the first chamber and the second chamber is disposed on the liquid inlet partition plate, and the first chamber is communicated to the electrolyte accommodating cavity through the second chamber. As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, a partition plate extending upward from the first bottom wall is disposed between the filtering area and the liquid replenishing area, and a lowest horizontal line where an upper end edge of the partition plate is located is the liquid replenishing line H. As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, a lowest horizontal line of a side of the liquid inlet close to the first chamber is the liquid supplementing line H. As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the first chamber is located above the second chamber, and a horizontal line where a side surface of the liquid inlet partition plate, which is close to the first chamber, is the liquid supplementing line H. As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the liquid control further includes a plug for opening and closing the liquid inlet, and the plug is floatingly disposed in the liquid replenishing area, so as to displace between a blocking position for blocking the liquid inlet and a non-blocking position for unblocking the liquid inlet. As a further im