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Refrigerated merchandiser with door having boundary layer

  • US 8,695,362 B2
  • Filed: 01/19/2012
  • Issued: 04/15/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A refrigerated merchandiser comprising:

  • a case including a product display area for supporting food product, an opening for providing customer access to the product display area, and an air passageway in fluid communication with the product display area to direct an airflow into the product display area;

    a door coupled to the case over the opening and including a charged glass pane connected to a power source which provides a potential on the charged glass pane; and

    a charge device in fluid communication with the air passageway to alter the polarity of the airflow to create a charged airflow, wherein the charged glass pane and the charged airflow have the same polarity such that the glass pane is insulated from the charged airflow.

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