Display case with removable and liftable tray for hygroscopic material
AssigneeGoppion S.P.A.
InventorAlessandro Goppion
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Abstract
A museum display case with climate control comprises a case bottom, a display space above the case bottom, a shelf inside the display space, and a housing for hygroscopic material facing into the display space below the shelf. The housing includes a housing window open in the case bottom, a housing frame fixed to the case bottom below the housing window, and a tray mounted in the housing frame. The tray is horizontally and vertically movable between a working position where the tray is raised vertically towards the display space at the window and a service position where the tray is at least partly pulled horizontally out of the housing frame.
Claims8
A museum display case with climate control, comprising:
- a case bottom,
- a display space above the case bottom,
- a shelf inside the display space,
- a housing for hygroscopic material, facing into the display space below the shelf, the housing comprising:
- a housing window open in the case bottom,
- a housing frame, fixed to the case bottom below the housing window, and
- a tray, mounted in the housing frame, the tray being horizontally and vertically movable between a working position wherein the tray is raised vertically towards the display space at the housing window and a service position wherein the tray is at least in part pulled horizontally out of the housing frame,
- wherein the housing comprises a perimeter flange of the tray and a gasket between the perimeter flange and the case bottom, and
- wherein, in the working position, the gasket is compressed between the case bottom and the perimeter flange providing an air-tight sealing.
The museum display case according to claim, 2, wherein the connecting rods are identical and parallel connecting rods.
A museum display case with climate control, comprising:
- a case bottom,
- a display space above the case bottom,
- a shelf inside the display space,
- a housing for hygroscopic material, facing into the display space below the shelf, the housing comprising:
- a housing window open in the case bottom,
- a housing frame, fixed to the case bottom below the housing window, and
- a tray, mounted in the housing frame, the tray being horizontally and vertically movable between a working position wherein the tray is raised vertically towards the display space at the housing window and a service position wherein the tray is at least in part pulled horizontally out of the housing frame,
- wherein
- the housing comprises a horizontally movable slide mounted on the housing frame, and
- the tray is mounted on the slide by four identical and parallel connecting rods, each connecting rod being pivoted to the slide at a first rod end and being pivoted to the tray at a second rod end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.