Refrigerator, and electric device

Abstract

The refrigerator includes a vegetable compartment ( 107 ) thermally insulated by a rear partition ( 111 ), and a mist generation department ( 139 ) for atomizing a mist into the vegetable compartment ( 107 ), and the mist generation department ( 139 ) includes a atomizing electrode ( 135 ) for atomizing the mist into the vegetable compartment ( 107 ), a voltage applicator ( 133 ) for applying a voltage to the atomizing electrode ( 135 ), and a cooling pin ( 134 ) coupled to the atomizing electrode ( 135 ), in which the atomizing electrode ( 135 ) is cooled to a temperature lower than the dew point by a outlet air-duct for freezer compartment ( 141 ), and the moisture in the air is cooled to condense dew on the atomizing electrode ( 135 ), and is atomized as a mist into the vegetable compartment ( 107 ), and dew can be condensed from moisture onto the atomizing electrode ( 135 ) stably and in a simple configuration, and the freshness of the food is enhanced while the reliability of the refrigerator is enhanced.

1 . A refrigerator comprising storage compartments thermally insulated by partitions, and a mist generation department for atomizing a mist into the storage compartments, wherein the mist generation department includes a tip of the department mist for atomizing the mist into the storage compartments, a voltage applicator for applying a voltage to the tip of the department mist, a heat conduction material coupled to the tip of the department mist, and the tip of the department mist is cooled by a cooling section to a temperature lower than the dew point, and the moisture in the air is cooled to condense dew on the tip of the department mist, and the mist is atomized into the storage compartments. 
     
     
         2 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat conduction material is cooled by the cooling section by way of a heat cushioning material. 
     
     
         3 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat conduction material is cooled by the cooling section from the end portion side positioned at the opposite side of the tip of the department mist by way of the heat cushioning material. 
     
     
         4 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , further comprising a cooling compartment containing a evaporator for cooling the storage compartments, wherein the mist generation department is installed in the partition at the cooling compartment side of the storage compartments. 
     
     
         5 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein a low temperature storage compartment kept at a lower temperature than in the storage compartment having the mist generation department is provided at the ceiling side of the storage compartment having the mist generation department, and the mist generation department is installed in the partition at the ceiling side of the storage compartment having the mist generation department. 
     
     
         6 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein a recess is formed at the storage compartment side of the partition, and the heat conduction material is inserted in this recess. 
     
     
         7 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the refrigerator main body has an air duct for conveying a cold air, and the cooling section makes use of the cold air conveyed in the air duct. 
     
     
         8 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat conduction material is formed of a metal piece of heat conductive property. 
     
     
         9 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat conduction material has a protrusion at the reverse side of the tip of the department mist, and the end portion at the protrusion side of the mist generation department is closest to the cooling section. 
     
     
         10 . The refrigerator according to  claim 6 , wherein the heat conduction material has a protrusion at the reverse side of the tip of the department mist, and this protrusion is fitted into the recess of the partition. 
     
     
         11 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the cooling section utilizes the heat transfer from a cooling tube cooled by using the cooling source generated in the freezing cycle of the refrigerator main body. 
     
     
         12 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the tip of the department mist is composed of a atomizing electrode, the mist generation department has a opposite electrode disposed at a position opposite to the atomizing electrode, and the voltage applicator generates a potential difference between the atomizing electrode and the opposite electrode. 
     
     
         13 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the storage compartments have a holding member grounded at the reference potential part, and the voltage applicator generates a potential difference between the tip of the department mist and the holding member. 
     
     
         14 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , further comprising an outlet wall for containing the tip of the department mist, wherein the outlet wall is provided with an atomizing port for passing the mist, and a cold air supplying port for passing the cold air aside from the atomizing port. 
     
     
         15 . The refrigerator according to  claim 14 , wherein an opening is provided in the lower portion of the outlet wall.