Sealing bar for a vacuum drawer and vacuum drawer

1. A sealing bar ( 22 ) for a vacuum drawer for the vacuuming of food, having a base support ( 40 ) comprising at least one welding wire ( 42 ), a frame ( 25 ), and a non-stick tape ( 26 ), wherein

the frame ( 25 ) is releasably fastenable to the base support ( 40 ),

the frame ( 25 ) has an opening ( 28 ) on a side facing a bag to be sealed which is continuous in a longitudinal direction and covered by the non-stick tape ( 26 ),

the longitudinal edges ( 29 ) of the non-stick tape ( 26 ) are bent or folded to project into the opening ( 28 ) of the frame ( 25 ),

at least one edge around the opening ( 28 ) comprises a sealing lip ( 32 ) for preventing or reducing dirt from collecting between the non-stick tape ( 26 ) and the opening ( 28 ) edge, said sealing lip ( 32 ) extending above and over a surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ), and

the bent or folded longitudinal edges ( 29 ) the non-stick tape ( 26 ) extending between the sealing lip ( 32 ) and base support ( 40 ), said frame ( 25 ) comprises inner ( 33 ) and outer ( 34 ) walls, with adjacent inner ( 33 ) and outer ( 34 ) walls separated from one another by a gap, and the surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ) comprises a pair of projections ( 43 ) each defining a groove ( 44 ) with an adjacent side wall ( 41 ) of the base support ( 40 ) for receiving a respective inner wall ( 33 ) of the frame ( 25 ) between the respective projection ( 43 ) and side wall ( 41 ).

2. A sealing bar in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the non-stick is a Teflon tape.

3. A sealing bar in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the welding wire of the base support extends directly below the non-stick tape with the frame installed.

4. A sealing bar in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the non-stick tape is fixed at the frame and/or at the base support.

5. A sealing bar in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the non-stick tape ( 26 ) is adhesively bonded at points to the frame and/or at the base support.

6. A sealing bar in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the non-stick tape is fixed to the sealing bar by a clamping connection between the frame and the base support.

7. A sealing bar in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the frame releasably fastenable to the base support by latching.

8. A vacuum drawer, suitable for installation into a piece of furniture, having a vacuum chamber and at least one sealing bar in accordance with claim 1 supported in the vacuum chamber.

9. A sealing bar in accordance with claim 1 , additionally comprising

a clamping connection ( 50 ) at least at one end side of the base support ( 40 ) for fastening the welding wire ( 42 ) to the base support ( 40 ),

the welding wire ( 42 ) being received by said clamping connection ( 50 ) at the end side of the base support ( 50 ), with the clamping connection ( 50 ) being releasably connectable to the base support ( 40 ), and

the clamping connection ( 50 ) comprising a hook ( 51 ) hung from the base support ( 40 ) at a location underneath the welding wire ( 42 ), with the clamping connection ( 50 ) additionally being fixed to a lower side of the base support ( 40 ) below the surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ) and the hook ( 51 ) being hung at a transverse edge of the surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ).

10. A sealing bar ( 22 ) in accordance with claim 9 , wherein the clamping connection ( 50 ) additionally comprises cutouts ( 54 , 55 ) for the respective latching hooks ( 47 , 48 ),

with one cutout ( 55 ) on an upper surface of the clamping connection ( 50 ) and the other cutout ( 54 ) on a normally-extending surface to the upper surface of the clamping connection ( 50 ).

11. A sealing bar ( 22 ) in accordance with claim 10 , wherein the clamping connection ( 50 ) additionally comprises a groove ( 53 ) on a lower surface thereof into which the welding wire ( 42 ) is pressable by a pivotally-mounted plug ( 52 ) of the clamping connection ( 50 ).