Refrigerator and electrostatic atomization device

• Main Authors: HASHIDA TAKASHI, UEDA YOSHIHIRO, WATANABE MASATO, YAMADA MUNETO, SUZUKI KUMIKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 24.10.2012
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; BLASTING; COLD ROOMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHERSUBCLASS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; ICE-BOXES; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; REFRIGERATORS; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A refrigerator (100) is provided with a storage compartment (108) divided by a heat-insulating partition wall (125), an electrostatic atomization device (131) for spraying mist into the storage compartment (108), and a cooling unit (107) for cooling the electrostatic atomization device (131). The electrostatic atomization device (131) comprises a heat transfer cooling unit (134) which is buried in the heat-insulating partition wall (125) and cooled by the cooling unit (107), an atomization tip (135) which is thermally connected to the heat transfer cooling unit (134) and sprays, as the mist, dew condensation water generated therearound by cold air conducted from the heat transfer cooling unit (134) into the storage compartment (108), and a dew condensation prevention member (142) which covers the surface on the side facing the atomization tip (135) of the heat transfer cooling unit (134).