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Granted Patent B2
US 10,080,446 · App. 15/317,317 · Granted Sep 25, 2018

Refrigerated sales furniture

Inventor: Ruediger Windrich (Mainz, DE)
Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,080,446
App. No.
15/317,317
Granted
Sep 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A refrigerated sales furniture ( 1 ) comprises at least one refrigerated goods storage space ( 2 ); at least two doors ( 3, 5 ) providing access to the refrigerated goods storage space ( 2 ), the at least two doors ( 3, 5 ) comprising a lower door ( 5 ) and an upper door ( 3 ) arranged on top of the lower door ( 5 ). The refrigerated sales furniture ( 1 ) further comprises a hinge ( 4 ), which is arranged between the upper door ( 3 ) and the lower door ( 5 ) for supporting the upper door ( 3 ) on the lower door ( 5 ) and allowing the doors ( 3, 5 ) to pivot around a vertical axis (A) independently from each other. The hinge ( 4 ) includes an upper pin ( 13 ) attached to or integral with the upper door ( 3 ) and a lower pin ( 11 ) attached or integral with to the lower door ( 5 ), the upper pin ( 13 ) is supported by the lower pin ( 11 ) and the two pins ( 11, 13 ) are rotatable with respect to each other around the vertical axis (A).

Claims (47)

1. Refrigerated sales furniture comprising:

at least one refrigerated goods storage space;

at least two doors providing access to the refrigerated goods storage space, the at least two doors comprising

a lower door, and

an upper door arranged on top of the lower door;

the refrigerated sales furniture further comprising:

a hinge, which is arranged between the upper door and the lower door for supporting the upper door on the lower door and allowing the doors to pivot around a vertical axis (A) independently from each other;

the hinge comprising an upper pin attached to or integral with the upper door and a lower pin attached to or integral with the lower door, wherein the upper pin is supported by the lower pin and the two pins are rotatable with respect to each other around the vertical axis (A);

wherein the upper pin is accommodated within the lower pin, wherein the upper pin in particular has a male shape and the lower pin in particular has a female shape.

2. Refrigerated sales furniture comprising:

at least one refrigerated goods storage space;

at least two doors providing access to the refrigerated goods storage space, the at least two doors comprising

a lower door, and

an upper door arranged on top of the lower door;

the refrigerated sales furniture further comprising

a hinge, which is arranged between the upper door and the lower door for supporting the upper door on the lower door and allowing the doors to pivot around a vertical axis (A) independently from each other;

the hinge comprising an upper pin attached to or integral with the upper door and a lower pin attached to or integral with the lower door, wherein the upper pin is supported by the lower pin and the two pins are rotatable with respect to each other around the vertical axis (A);

wherein the lower pin is accommodated within the upper pin, wherein the lower pin in particular has a male shape and the upper pin in particular has a female shape.

3. Refrigerated sales furniture of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the pins is rotationally symmetric with respect to the axis (A).

4. Refrigerated sales furniture of claim 2 , further comprising a frame which includes an intermediate horizontal portion located between the upper door and the lower door.

5. Refrigerated sales furniture of claim 2 , wherein the pins are secured against a lateral movement by means of a bracket which is fixed to the refrigerated sales furniture.

6. Refrigerated sales furniture of claim 5 , further comprising a bearing arranged between the pins and the bracket.

7. Refrigerated sales furniture of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the doors comprises a self-closing mechanism which is configured for closing the door automatically.

8. Refrigerated sales furniture of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the doors comprises a door frame and the pins are attached to said door frame.

9. Refrigerated sales furniture of claim 8 , wherein the frame supports a glass panel, in particular a panel of insulating glass comprising a plurality of glass panes, and/or wherein at least one of the frames comprises a heater and/or a lighting.

10. Refrigerated sales furniture of claim 2 , wherein the pins are respectively provided with an opening allowing to pass a cable from one of the doors to the other door, wherein the openings are in particular oriented coaxially along the axis (A).

11. Refrigerated sales furniture of claim 2 , the refrigerated sales furniture being configured to cool the refrigerated goods storage space to temperatures between 0° C. and 7° C. and/or to freezing temperatures between −20° C. and 0° C., wherein the refrigerated sales furniture in particular comprises a first refrigerated goods storage space portion, which is cooled to temperatures between 0° C. and 7° C., and a second refrigerated goods storage space portion, which is cooled to freezing temperatures between −20° C. and 0° C.

12. Refrigerated sales furniture of claim 11 wherein the first refrigerated goods storage space portion is confined by a first one of the at least two doors and the second goods storage space portion is confined by the other one of the at least two doors.

13. Refrigerated sales furniture comprising:

at least one refrigerated goods storage space;

at least two doors providing access to the refrigerated goods storage space, the at least two doors comprising

a lower door, and

an upper door arranged on top of the lower door;

the refrigerated sales furniture further comprising

a hinge, which is arranged between the upper door and the lower door for supporting the upper door on the lower door and allowing the doors to pivot around a vertical axis (A) independently from each other;

the hinge comprising an upper pin attached to or integral with the upper door and a lower pin attached to or integral with the lower door, wherein the upper pin is supported by the lower pin and the two pins are rotatable with respect to each other around the vertical axis (A);

wherein the pins are secured against a lateral movement by means of a bracket which is fixed to the refrigerated sales furniture;

wherein the bracket does not bear any weight of the upper door.

14. Method of mounting an upper door and a lower door to a refrigerated sales furniture, wherein

the upper door comprises an upper pin at its bottom;

the lower door comprises a lower pin at its top; and

one of the pins is formed as a female pin comprising an opening which is configured for receiving and accommodating at least a portion of the other pin which is formed as a male pin;

the method comprising:

attaching the bottom of the lower door to the refrigerated sales furniture at a lower hinge;

introducing the male pin into the female pin in order to support the upper door onto the lower door;

attaching the top of the upper door to the refrigerated sales furniture at an upper hinge; and

securing the pins against a movement in horizontal direction by means of a bracket which is fixed to the refrigerated sales furniture in particular to a frame of the refrigerated sales furniture.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2016
From: WINDRICH, RUEDIGER
To: CARRIER KALTETECHNIK DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 040604/0482 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2016
From: CARRIER KALTETECHNIK DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: CARRIER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040604/0631 →
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