Claims
- 1. A refrigerating apparatus comprising
- means for constituting a refrigerating space,
- cooling means for cooling air in said refrigerating space, and
- stink removing means for removing stink ingredient in said air comprising absorbent, a layer of photocatalyst provided on a surface of said absorbent and excited by light and a light source for exciting said photocatalyst disposed in a flow passage for said air.
- 2. A refrigerating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said flow passage is formed in a partition for dividing said refrigerating space into a refrigerating room and a freezing room.
- 3. A refrigerating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said light source is illuminated in synchronous with initiation of defrost due to said cooling means.
- 4. A refrigerating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said stink removing means has a blower fan, and air flow caused by said fan passes through said light source, said absorbent and said blower fan in order.
- 5. A refrigerating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said absorbent provided with said photocatalyst is formed as a honeycomb form, sponge form, net form, fibre form, plate form or particle form.
- 6. A refrigerating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said absorbent provided with said photocatalyst comprises honeycomb form active carbon, on which a layer of the photocatalyst of titanium dioxide group is formed.
Priority Claims (2)
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63-10601 |
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63-10602 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 295,754, filed Jan. 11, 1989.
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Divisions (1)
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