Reach-in door for refrigerated cabinets
First Claim
1. A door for a refrigerated cabinet comprisingan insulated glass unit of rectangular shape, said unit having at least a pair of glass panes and a perimeter spacer system maintaining said glass panes in parallel spaced apart relation;
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each said rail having four walls permanently connected to each other to define a fully enclosed central hollow box and a first pair of walls extending outwardly away from an interior of said box to define a first channel receiving said insulated glass unit in a recessed manner;
each said stile having a flat body and a pair of walls extending from said flat body to define a channel receiving said insulated glass unit in a recessed manner; and
a door closing mechanism hingedly mounting said frame thereon for movement between a closed position relative to a cabinet and an open position relative to the cabinet and a foam gasket mounted on at least one of said stiles for sealing against a stile of an adjacent door in said closed position of said frame and for projecting into the cabinet in said open position of said frame.
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Abstract
A door is constructed for a refrigerated cabinet and includes an insulated glass IG unit of rectangular shape and a frame surrounding the unit. The frame is formed of a pair of horizontally disposed aluminum rails and a pair of vertically disposed plastic stiles. Each stile is secured at each end to a respective end of each of the rails by screws. Each rail and stile receives the insulated glass unit in a recessed manner. Full perimeter gasketing of the door is obtained by a vertical gasket on the stile on the hinged side of the door and a pair of horizontal seals on the cabinet opposite the rails of the door.
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9 Claims
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1. A door for a refrigerated cabinet comprising
an insulated glass unit of rectangular shape, said unit having at least a pair of glass panes and a perimeter spacer system maintaining said glass panes in parallel spaced apart relation; - and
a frame surrounding said insulated glass unit, said frame including a pair of horizontally disposed aluminum rails and a pair of vertically disposed plastic stiles, each said stile being secured at each end thereof to a respective end of each of said rails; each said rail having four walls permanently connected to each other to define a fully enclosed central hollow box and a first pair of walls extending outwardly away from an interior of said box to define a first channel receiving said insulated glass unit in a recessed manner; each said stile having a flat body and a pair of walls extending from said flat body to define a channel receiving said insulated glass unit in a recessed manner; and a door closing mechanism hingedly mounting said frame thereon for movement between a closed position relative to a cabinet and an open position relative to the cabinet and a foam gasket mounted on at least one of said stiles for sealing against a stile of an adjacent door in said closed position of said frame and for projecting into the cabinet in said open position of said frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A door for a refrigerated cabinet comprising
an insulated glass unit of rectangular shape, said unit having at least a pair of glass panes and a perimeter spacer system maintaining said glass panes in parallel spaced apart relation; - and
a frame surrounding said insulated glass unit, said frame including a pair of horizontally disposed aluminum rails and a pair of vertically disposed plastic stiles, each said stile being secured at each end thereof to a respective end of each of said rails; each said rail having four walls defining a fully enclosed central hollow box and a first pair of walls extending outwardly away from an interior of said box to define a first channel receiving said insulated glass unit in a recessed manner; each said stile having a pair of walls defining a channel receiving said insulated glass unit in a recessed manner; and wherein each said rail has a pair of integrally formed C-shaped ears within said box and at each end thereof, each said stile has a pair of recessed bores at each end thereof aligned with a respective pair of C-shaped ears of a respective rail and a plurality of screws passing through said bores of said stiles and into said C-shaped ears of said rails to secure said stiles to said rails.
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7. In combination
a refrigerated cabinet; -
a plurality of doors mounted on said cabinet in side-by-side relation for movement between a closed position relative to said cabinet and an open position relative to said cabinet, each said door having an insulated glass unit of rectangular shape, said unit having at least a pair of glass panes and a perimeter spacer system maintaining said glass panes in parallel spaced apart relation; and a frame surrounding said insulated glass unit, said frame including a pair of horizontally disposed aluminum rails and a pair of vertically disposed plastic stiles, each said stile being secured at each end thereof to a respective end of each of said rails; each said rail having four walls permanently connected to each other to define a fully enclosed central hollow box and a first pair of walls extending outwardly away from an interior of said box to define a first channel receiving said insulated glass unit in a recessed manner; each said stile having a flat body and a pair of walls extending from said flat body to define a channel receiving said insulated glass unit in a recessed manner; and a foam gasket mounted on at least one of said stiles of each respective door for sealing against a stile of an adjacent door of said plurality of doors in said closed position thereof and for projecting into said cabinet in said open position thereof. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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