Refrigerating device comprising an evacuatable storage compartment

A refrigerating device, comprising:

• an exterior door;
• a non-evacatuable storage chamber;
• an exterior hollow-walled housing forming a hollow chamber therein, said hollow-walled housing and said door forming an interior space defining said storage compartment;
• an evacuatable storage compartment positioned within said storage chamber;
• a vacuum pump connected via a suction line to both said storage compartment and said hollow chamber;
• a switching valve coupled to said suction line for selective connection of said pump to at least one of said storage compartment and said hollow chamber;
• at least one pressure sensor arranged on the suction side of said pump;
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• a control circuit coupled to said pressure sensor for controlling said pump;
• and control circuit controlling said selective connection of said switching valve in response to said pressure sensor.

A refrigerating device, comprising:

• a door;
• at least one storage compartment;
• a hollow-walled housing forming a hollow chamber therein, said hollow-walled housing and said door surrounding said storage compartment;
• a vacuum pump connected via a suction line to both said storage compartment and said hollow chamber;
• at least one pressure sensor arranged on the suction side of said pump and a control circuit coupled to said pressure sensor for controlling said pump;
• a switching valve coupled to said suction line for selective connection of said pump to at least one of said storage compartment and said hollow chamber;
• said control circuit controlling said selective connection of said switching valve in response to said pressure sensor;
• a sensor coupled to said control circuit for recording the evacuatability of said storage compartment;
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• said storage compartment having a door and said evacuatability sensor coupled to said door to record the opening and closing state of said door.

A refrigerating device, comprising:

• a door;
• at least one storage compartment;
• a hollow-walled housing forming a hollow chamber therein, said hollow-walled housing and said door surrounding said storage compartment;
• a vacuum pump connected via a suction line to both said storage compartment and said hollow chamber;
• at least one pressure sensor arranged on the suction side of said pump and a control circuit coupled to said pressure sensor for controlling said pump;
• a switching valve coupled to said suction line for selective connection of said pump to at least one of said storage compartment and said hollow chamber;
• said control circuit controlling said selective connection of said switching valve in response to said pressure sensor;
• a sensor coupled to said control circuit for recording the evacuatability of said storage compartment;
• and
• said evacuatability sensor is a pressure sensor and said switching valve has a first switching connection in which said switching valve forms a high admittance between said storage compartment and said pump and has a second switching connection in which said switching valve forms a non-vanishing low admittance between said storage compartment and said pump.

A refrigerating device, comprising:

• a door;
• at least one storage compartment;
• at least one non-evacatuable storage chamber;
• a hollow-walled housing forming a hollow chamber therein, said hollow-walled housing and said door forming an interior space surrounding said storage compartment and a non-evacatuable storage chamber;
• a vacuum pump connected via a suction line to both said storage compartment and said hollow chamber;
• a switching valve coupled to said suction line for selective connection of said pump to at least one of said storage compartment and said hollow chamber;
• at least one pressure sensor arranged on the suction side of said pump;
• a control circuit coupled to said pressure sensor for controlling said pump, said control circuit controlling said selective connection of said switching valve in response to said pressure sensor;
• a sensor coupled to said control circuit for recording the evacuatability of said storage compartment and said control circuit controlling said selective connection of said switching valve in order to connect said storage compartment to said pump when said evacuatability sensor records a predetermined evacuatability of said storage compartment;
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• said storage compartment having a door and said evacuatability sensor coupled to said door to record the opening and closing state of said door.

A refrigerating device, comprising:

• a door;
• at least one storage compartment;
• at least one non-evacatuable storage chamber;
• a hollow-walled housing forming a hollow chamber therein, said hollow-walled housing and said door forming an interior space surrounding said storage compartment and a non-evacatuable storage chamber;
• a vacuum pump connected via a suction line to both said storage compartment and said hollow chamber;
• a switching valve coupled to said suction line for selective connection of said pump to at least one of said storage compartment and said hollow chamber;
• at least one pressure sensor arranged on the suction side of said pump;
• a control circuit coupled to said pressure sensor for controlling said pump, said control circuit controlling said selective connection of said switching valve in response to said pressure sensor;
• a sensor coupled to said control circuit for recording the evacuatability of said storage compartment and said control circuit controlling said selective connection of said switching valve in order to connect said storage compartment to said pump when said evacuatability sensor records a predetermined evacuatability of said storage compartment;
• and
• said evacuatability sensor is a pressure sensor and said switching valve has a first switching connection in which said switching valve forms a high admittance between said storage compartment and said pump and has a second switching connection in which said switching valve forms a non-vanishing low admittance between said storage compartment and said pump.

A refrigerating device, comprising:

• an exterior door;
• a non-evacuatable storage chamber;
• an exterior hollow-walled housing forming a hollow chamber therein, said hollow-walled housing and said door surrounding said storage chamber;
• an evacuatable storage compartment positioned within said storage chamber;
• a vacuum pump connected via a suction line to both said storage compartment and said hollow chamber;
• at least one pressure sensor arranged on the suction side of said pump and a control circuit coupled to said pressure sensor for controlling said pump;
• and
• an evacuatability sensor for recording the evacuatability of said storage compartment, said storage compartment having a door and said evacuatability sensor being coupled to said control circuit for recording the evacuatability of said storage compartment and to said door to record the opening and closing state of said door.