Vegetable container for refrigerators and refrigerator having the same

摘要

A vegetable container for a refrigerator includes a case having an opening formed at a front thereof, the case being provided with a receiving space to receive objects to be stored, a drawer to seal an interior of the case, a discharge port formed through a bottom surface of the case to discharge water from the case, a negative pressure part to lower pressure in the case, and an opening and closing valve to open and close the discharge port.

主权项

1. A vegetable container for a refrigerator, comprising:
a case having an opening formed at a front thereof, the case being provided with a receiving space to receive objects to be stored; a drawer to seal an interior of the case; a discharge port formed through a bottom surface of the case to discharge water from the case; a negative pressure part to lower pressure in the case; and an opening and closing valve to open and close the discharge port, wherein the opening and closing valve is closed by a difference in pressure between an inside and an outside of the case and is opened when the difference in pressure between the inside and the outside of the case is released, wherein the opening and closing valve comprises: a fixing part having a space, through which water is collected, the fixing part being disposed in the discharge port; and at least two contact lips disposed at a lower part of the fixing part and come into contact with each other when there is a difference in pressure between the inside and the outside of the case, wherein the contact lips come into contact with each other to close the opening and closing valve when the pressure inside the case is lower than the pressure outside the case, and the contact lips become spaced apart from each other to open the opening and closing valve when the difference in pressure between the inside and the outside of the case is released.