Food Drawer Sealing and Storage System

Abstract

A drawer sealing system includes a drawer cabinet with a face formed with at least one drawer opening and a substantially flat wall surrounding the drawer opening. A drawer has a drawer face plate with a size to cover the entire drawer opening and the flat wall surrounding the drawer opening with its inner wall facing towards the drawer cabinet. A circumferential recess is formed in the inner wall of said drawer face plate, and a gasket is inserted in the recess. The gasket forms a circumferential sealing lip projecting from the inner wall. The recess and the gasket have an outline shape such that the sealing lip comes to lie on the flat wall surrounding the drawer opening when the drawer is closed and to form a closed face seal between the drawer face plate and the drawer cabinet.

1 . A drawer sealing system, comprising:
 a drawer cabinet having a face formed with at least one drawer opening and a substantially flat wall surrounding said drawer opening;   a drawer with a drawer face plate having a size sufficient to cover the entire said drawer opening in said face of said drawer cabinet and said flat wall surrounding said drawer opening, said drawer face plate having an inner wall facing towards said drawer cabinet;   a circumferential recess formed in said inner wall of said drawer face plate; and   a gasket formed for insertion into said recess in said inner wall and forming a circumferential sealing lip projecting from said inner wall, said recess and said gasket having an outline shape such that said sealing lip comes to lie on said flat wall surrounding said drawer opening when said drawer is closed and to form a closed face seal between said drawer face plate and said drawer cabinet.   
     
     
         2 . The drawer sealing system according to  claim 1 , wherein said recess formed in said inner wall of said drawer face plate is a continuous track groove with a substantially rectangular cross section. 
     
     
         3 . The drawer sealing system according to  claim 2 , wherein said gasket has an insertion base dimensioned for insertion into said track groove and a sealing lip projecting above a level of said inner wall of said drawer face plate. 
     
     
         4 . The drawer sealing system according to  claim 3 , wherein said gasket includes wings laterally adjoining said sealing lip and configured to abut flat and in a sealing manner against said inner wall of said drawer face plate, marginally outside said track groove. 
     
     
         5 . The drawer sealing system according to  claim 1 , wherein said drawer face plate is formed of stainless steel sheets and a foam-filled interior. 
     
     
         6 . The drawer sealing system according to  claim 5 , wherein said stainless steel sheets are hermetically welded and sealed, with only one or two foaming plugs at a bottom of said face plate enabling access to the interior. 
     
     
         7 . The drawer sealing system according to  claim 5 , which further comprises a drip edge structure formed at a top of said drawer face plate. 
     
     
         8 . The drawer sealing system according to  claim 7 , wherein said drip edge structure is integrally formed with a handle for the drawer. 
     
     
         9 . The drawer sealing system according to  claim 1 , wherein said gasket is formed of an extruded sealing strip. 
     
     
         10 . The drawer sealing system according to  claim 9 , wherein said recess and said gasket have a rectangular shape, with said gasket being formed from sections of said extruded sealing strip integrally connected at respective corners of said gasket.