Food container

Abstract

Disclosed is food container, which includes a container body formed off a casing and a cover, a lock for locking the cover to the casing, a vacuum pump controlled by a control circuit to draw air out of the container body, and a relief installed in the cover of the container body for pressing by the user to release the inside space of the container body from the vacuum status.

1 . A food container comprising: 
 a container body, said container body comprising a casing, a cover closing said casing;    a vacuum pump adapted to draw air out of said container body;    a control circuit adapted to control operation of said vacuum pump;    a battery pack electrically connected to said control circuit and said vacuum pump to provide the necessary working voltage;    an on/off switch electrically connected between said control circuit and said battery pack;    a lock adapted to lock said cover to said casing, said lock comprising a fixed rail fixedly provided at a front side of said cover, a retaining block fixedly provided at a front side of said casing corresponding to said fixed rail, a sliding rail coupled to and movable along said fixed rail, a hook movable with said sliding rail for engagement with said retaining block to lock said cover to said casing; and    a relief valve, said relief valve comprising an air hole formed in said cover, a valve block fastened to said cover around said air hole, said valve block having an opening and two bottom notches, a button mounted in said opening of said valve block, said button having two bottom coupling rods respectively inserted through said bottom notches and pivotally coupled to said cover, a rod-like stopper adapted to close said air hole, and a spring member supported between said button and said cover to force said stopper to stop said air hole.