DOOR SYSTEM FOR REFRIGERATED DISPLAY CABINETS
First Claim
1. A mullion-less door system for a refrigerated display cabinet including:
- at least one door, the or each door having at least one transparent pane surrounded by a peripheral frame having a pair of vertical stiles;
respective upper and lower hinge members incorporated in, or mountable to, respective top and bottom rails of the peripheral frame, located at or adjacent one of the vertical stiles of the door, when in use; and
at least one seal member, mounted on, or fixed to, one of the vertical stiles for sealing engagement with the other of the vertical stiles of an adjacent similar door and/or with an adjacent body or frame portion of the refrigerated display cabinet.
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Abstract
A mullion-less door system for refrigerated display cabinets, chillers, cold rooms or freezers, incorporates offset seal members on the respective vertical stiles of adjacent doors, to form a labyrinth seal or gasket between the doors, while still allowing free operation of each, and without requiring indirect sealing via door mullions of the cabinet body or frame. Secondary seal members, incorporating magnetic gaskets, seal the top and bottom rails of the peripheral door frames, supporting transparent door panes, to the adjacent cabinet body or frame portions. Lighting assemblies may be incorporated in the vertical stiles to illuminate the contents of the cabinets; and the hinge assemblies may incorporate self-closing mechanisms for the doors.
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13 Claims
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1. A mullion-less door system for a refrigerated display cabinet including:
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at least one door, the or each door having at least one transparent pane surrounded by a peripheral frame having a pair of vertical stiles; respective upper and lower hinge members incorporated in, or mountable to, respective top and bottom rails of the peripheral frame, located at or adjacent one of the vertical stiles of the door, when in use; and at least one seal member, mounted on, or fixed to, one of the vertical stiles for sealing engagement with the other of the vertical stiles of an adjacent similar door and/or with an adjacent body or frame portion of the refrigerated display cabinet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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