Vacuum packaging arrangement, kitchen cabinet and kitchen furniture
AssigneeElectrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
InventorsLucia Chierchia, Piero Turchetti, Christoph Walther
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Abstract
A vacuum packaging arrangement comprises a drawer configured to cooperate with a kitchen cabinet, and a vacuum packaging device. The vacuum packaging device is functionally integrated in a ready-to-operate configuration within the drawer and provides, within the drawer, an operational interface to receive a minor first section of a vacuum bag, and to vacuum the vacuum bag upon activation of the vacuum packaging device. The vacuum packaging device is implemented such that a major second section of the vacuum bag comprising a closed end of the vacuum bag is arranged outside of the vacuum packaging device.
Claims21
A vacuum packaging arrangement comprising:
- a drawer configured to cooperate with a kitchen cabinet, the drawer having different first and second sections, the second section being lower than the first section;
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- a vacuum packaging device configured for vacuum packaging items in vacuum bags, the vacuum packaging device comprising an operational interface configured to receive a minor first section of a vacuum bag that comprises an open end of said vacuum bag during a vacuuming operation, and to vacuum the vacuum bag during said vacuuming operation upon activation of the vacuum packaging device, wherein a major second section of the vacuum bag that comprises a closed end of the vacuum bag is arranged outside of the vacuum packaging device, and wherein the vacuum packaging device is disposed in the first section of the drawer, and the major second section of the vacuum bag is disposed in the second section of the drawer during the vacuuming operation.
A vacuum packaging arrangement comprising:
- a drawer configured to cooperate with a kitchen cabinet, the drawer having different first and second sections, the second section being lower than the first section;
- a vacuum packaging device configured for vacuum packaging items in vacuum bags, the vacuum packaging device comprising an operational interface configured to receive a minor first section of a vacuum bag, said minor first section comprising an open end of said vacuum bag, said operational interface configured to vacuum the vacuum bag upon activation of the vacuum packaging device, wherein a major second section of the vacuum bag, comprising a closed end thereof, is arranged outside of the vacuum packaging device, the operational interface comprising a welding unit configured to vacuum-tightly seal the vacuum bag by generating a vacuum bag welded seam, and a clamping unit configured to clamp the minor first section of the vacuum bag while generating the vacuum bag welded seam, and wherein the vacuum packing device is disposed in the first section of the drawer and the major second section of the vacuum bag is disposed in the second section of the drawer during a vacuuming operation;
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- a sensor arrangement configured to detect liquid flowing out of the major second section of the vacuum bag during the vacuuming operation, in a direction towards a vacuum pump of the vacuum packaging device, the sensor arrangement comprising a liquid sensor and a control unit adapted to stop the vacuuming operation or issue a warning if a liquid flows from the major second section towards the vacuum pump, said liquid sensor being arranged between the clamping unit and the vacuum pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.