Luminous door for display units, in particular for refrigerators and refrigerators fitted with the said door

• US 20060075696A1
• Filed: 09/20/2005
• Published: 04/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thermo Glass Door SpA
• Original Assignee: Thermo Glass Door SpA
• Inventors: Alessandro, Cremaschi
• Application Number:
  US11/231,145
• Publication Number:
  US 20060075696A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/171.100
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/001 Devices for lighting, humidifying, heating, ventilation
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/02 Wings made completely of glass E06B3/4681 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/28 Other arrangements on doors or windows, e.g. door-plates, windows adapted to carry plants, hooks for window cleaners edge protecting devices for door leaves E06B3/88; special glazing; emergency glazing; double glazing E06B3/66
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/305 for refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

The invention proposes a door of the kind composed of a double-glazing unit made of transparent material for display units or refrigerators, which is equipped with a panel made of transparent plastic material slotted into a double-glazing unit and which bears, on at least one side, a figure consisting of a plurality of slight superficial engravings, being the said panel lightened by a plurality of LEDs fitted just close one of its edges.

Claims

1. Transparent door for luminous displays in particular for refrigerators characterized in that it provides for a panel made of transparent material lightened by a side source of light fitted just close an edge of the said panel, and in which, on at least a surface of the said panel, there is a figure made by a series of small superficial engravings on one side of the said panel, in such a way that these engravings, stricken by the light coming from the panel edge, create a luminous image.

2. Transparent door of the kind equipped with double-glazing unit for luminous display units and refrigerators according to claim 1, characterized in that it provides for, in the hollow space of the said double-glazing unit, a panel made of transparent material lightened by a side source of light fitted just close an edge of the said panel, and in which, on at least a surface of the said panel there is a figure made by a series of small superficial engravings on one side of the said panel, in such a way that these engravings, stricken by the light coming from the panel edge, create a luminous image.

3. Transparent door for display units and refrigerators according to the claim 1, characterized in that the said source of light consists of LEDs.

4. Transparent door for display units and refrigerators according to the claim 3, characterized in that the said panel is made of plastic material.

5. Transparent door for display units and refrigerators according to the claim 4, characterized in that the said panel is made of Plexiglas.

6. Transparent door for display units and refrigerators according to the claim 3, characterized in that the said panel is made of glass.

7. (canceled)