Door for structure for presenting and displaying goods
View Patent ↗A door for merchandise display cabinets that show refrigerated or frozen merchandise, features a vertical opening for accessing the merchandise space, is subdivided into compartments arranged vertically on top of each other, and its front part that is accessible by the customer can be closed with transparent doors and be moved horizontally. These doors have been executed as frameless insulating glass planes on which swivel bolts have been directly arranged on the insulating glass pane.
1. A door for a merchandise display cabinet that displays and provides access to customers to refrigerated or frozen goods stored in vertical stacked compartments within the display cabinet, said door comprising:
a frameless insulated glass assembly comprising at least two separate panes of glass separated by a spacer so as to define an insulating air space between said glass panes;
said spacer disposed between said glass panes and attached to opposite inner facing surfaces of said glass panes without extending beyond circumferential edges of said glass panes; and
mechanical components on said door configured for mounting said door to the merchandise display cabinet so that said door opens and closes relative to said merchandise display cabinet, said mechanical components attached to said door without a supporting frame member that attaches over or encompasses said circumferential edges of said glass panes; wherein said door is configured to swing open and closed relative to said merchandise display cabinet, said mechanical components comprising swivel bolt assemblies attached directly to said glass panes in corners of said door; wherein said swivel bolt assemblies further comprise a reinforcer member attached to said inner facing surfaces of said glass panes in said corners; further wherein said spacer is bent inwardly at said corners so as to define cutout recesses in said corners for accommodating said reinforcer members between said glass panes.
2. The door as in claim 1 , wherein said spacer sets inward of said circumferential edges of said glass panes so as to define a circumferential recess around said glass panes, said spacer having a shape in said corners such that said recess is expanded to said cutout recess that accommodates said reinforcer members.
3. The door as in claim 1 , wherein said reinforcer members are glued to said panes of glass.
4. The door as in claim 1 , wherein said spacer sets inward of said circumferential edges of said glass panes so as to define a circumferential recess around said glass panes, and wherein said glass panes extend past said spacer by a different degree around at least a portion of said door.
5. The door as in claim 1 , wherein said spacer sets inward of said circumferential edges of said glass panes so as to define a circumferential recess around said glass panes, and further comprising a combination of sealing or closing elements that sets into said recess along at least one edge of said door and extends outward from said recess past said edges of said glass panes.
6. The door as in claim 5 , wherein said sealing or closing elements have a configuration so as to enclose said edge of said glass pane configured as a front panel of said door.
7. The door as in claim 5 , further comprising a fastening element within said recess, said sealing or closing elements attached to said fastening element.
8. The door as in claim 1 , wherein said spacer sets inward of said circumferential edges of said glass panes so as to define a circumferential recess around said glass panes, and further comprising a lighting installation configured in said recess along at least one edge of said door.
9. A merchandise display cabinet that displays and provides access to customers to refrigerated or frozen goods stored in vertical stacked compartments within the display cabinet, said display cabinet further comprising a frame and a door mounted to said frame, said door comprising:
a frameless insulated glass assembly comprising at least two separate panes of glass separated by a spacer so as to define an insulating air space between said glass panes;
said spacer disposed between said glass panes and attached to opposite inner facing surfaces of said glass panes without extending beyond circumferential edges of said glass panes; and
mechanical components on said door configured for mounting said door to said frame so that said door opens and closes relative to said merchandise display cabinet, said mechanical components attached to said door without a supporting frame member that attaches over or encompasses said circumferential edges of said glass panes wherein said door is configured to swing open and closed relative to said merchandise display cabinet, said mechanical components comprising upper and lower swivel bolt assemblies attached directly to said glass panes in corners of said door; wherein said swivel bolt assemblies further comprise a reinforcer member attached to said inner facing surfaces of said glass panes in said corners; further wherein said spacer is bent inwardly at said corners so as to define cutout recesses in said corners for accommodating said reinforcer members between said glass panes.
10. The merchandise display cabinet as in claim 9 , wherein said frame comprises a bearing bushing in an upper frame member, said upper swivel bolt assembly comprising a bolt that is axially moveable within said bearing bushing such that a space between an upper edge of said door and said upper frame member is adjustable.
11. The merchandise display cabinet as in claim 10 , wherein said frame comprises an adjustable cup bearing in a lower frame member that receives a bolt of said lower swivel bolt assembly, whereby adjustment of said cup bearing adjusts the space between said upper edge of said door and said upper frame member.
12. The merchandise display cabinet as in claim 9 , wherein said frame comprises a bearing in a lower frame member that receives a bolt of said lower bolt assembly, said bearing further comprising an automatic closing mechanism.
13. The merchandise display cabinet as in claim 12 , wherein said bolt comprises a pin that slides along an inclined sliding surface in said bearing when said door is opened.
14. The merchandise display cabinet as in claim 13 , wherein said closing mechanism further comprises a latch that maintains said door in an open position.
15. The merchandise display cabinet as in claim 9 , wherein said spacer sets inward of said circumferential edges of said glass panes so as to define a circumferential recess around said glass panes, said spacer having a shape in said corners such that said recess is expanded to said cutout recess that accommodates said reinforcer members.