Patent ID: 9596873
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A23B,A23L,A23V,F25D

Claim:
1. A refrigerator ( 1 ) comprising at least one fresh food compartment ( 2 ) wherein foodstuffs to be cooled are placed, a vacuum compartment ( 3 ) situated in the fresh food compartment ( 2 ), wherein foodstuffs are placed for being stored without spoiling, a pump ( 4 ) that enables the air inside the vacuum compartment ( 3 ) to be evacuated and at least one ultraviolet lamp ( 5 ) that is situated on the vacuum compartment ( 3 ) and that provides sterilization, characterized by a control unit ( 6 ) that operates the pump ( 4 ) during a pump operation time (t p ) predetermined by the producer for each type of food and operates the ultraviolet lamp ( 5 ), prior to operating the pump for the pump operation time (t p ), during a sterilization time (t s ) predetermined by the producer according to the pump operation time (t p ) and wherein the control unit never simultaneously operates ultraviolet lamp and the pump.