REFRIGERATOR

To provide a refrigerator which can properly irradiate stored food which needs irradiation of an ultraviolet ray in a storage chamber with an ultraviolet ray, and does not exert an excessive influence of the ultraviolet ray on stored food which does not need the irradiation of the ultraviolet ray.SOLUTION: A refrigerator 10 comprises: a refrigerator main body 20 having a storage chamber 22 therein; a light source 60 arranged in the storage chamber 22, and capable of radiating an ultraviolet ray; and a placing part which can place stored food thereon. An upper-side accommodation space 50 which can accommodate the stored food at an upper part of the placing part made by partitioning the inside of the storage chamber 22 into upper and lower parts, and a lower-side accommodation space 40 which can store the stored food at the lower part of the placing part are formed in the placing part. The placing part is constituted so as to be capable of radiating the ultraviolet ray radiated from the light source 60 to the upper-side accommodation space 50 side through the inside of the placing part, and also so as to be incapable of radiating the ultraviolet ray radiated from the light source 60 and passing through the inside of the placing part to the lower-side accommodation part side 40, or so that the ultraviolet ray radiated to the lower-side accommodation space side 40 is reduced more than the ultraviolet ray radiated to the upper-side accommodation space side 50.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】貯蔵室内で紫外線の照射が必要な貯蔵物には適切に紫外線を照射できるとともに、紫外線の照射が不要な貯蔵物については紫外線の過度な影響を及ぼさない冷蔵庫を提供する。【解決手段】冷蔵庫１０は、貯蔵室２２を内部に有する冷蔵庫本体２０と、貯蔵室２２内に設けられて紫外線を照射可能な光源６０と、貯蔵物を載置可能な載置部と、を備える。載置部は、貯蔵室２２内を上下に区画して載置部の上方に貯蔵物を収容可能な上側収容空間５０及び載置部の下方に貯蔵物を収容可能な下側収容空間４０を形成するとともに、光源６０から照射された紫外線を載置部内に通して上側収容空間５０側に照射可能に構成され、かつ、光源６０から照射されて載置部内を通る紫外線を下側収容空間側４０に照射不可に構成され又は下側収容空間側４０に照射される紫外線が上側収容空間側５０に照射される紫外線よりも低減されるように構成する。【選択図】図１