Refrigerated display merchandiser with light filter
OwnerLeo LaRoseinventor
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Abstract
A refrigerated display merchandiser in which is stored food products and which is ordinarily exposed to prevailing ambient light is provided with transparent sheets which function as filter media to prevent harmful light from reaching the foods stuffs. The filtering media comprises a transparent sheet affixed to the display merchandiser as well as about any fluorescent lighting disposed within the merchandiser. The transparent sheet is either clear (untinted), or tinted, and passes either red or blue light or alternatively, absorbs ultraviolet light including both UV-A light and UV-B light.
Claims17
A display merchandiser comprising:
- a display case having an exterior and an interior, said interior defining a refrigerated product display region and said display case having a transparent front viewing area for viewing perishable foods displayed in the display region, and
- first means for protecting the perishable foods in said product display region from exposure to harmful effects of light of a predetermined frequency, said first means for protecting comprising a clear and untinted transparent sheet of polymeric material juxtaposed against the transparent front viewing area.
A display merchandiser for perishable articles of food comprises:
- means for defining an enclosed refrigerated space for the articles of food, said means for defining including an array of enclosure walls,
- at least one display shelf in said refrigerated space, said shelf being associated with the enclosure walls and cooperating to divide the refrigerated space into a first and a second zone, said first zone for storing and displaying the perishable food,
- at least one view panel, said view panel providing visual access to the refrigerated space and the zones therein whereby to enable the user to identify at item of interest and ambient light to pass freely into the refrigerated space,
- means for permitting user access into the refrigerated space and the zones therein whereby to enable the user to select and remove a perishable article from the first zone or an item from the second zone,
- means for lighting the refrigerated space, said means for lighting being disposed within the refrigerated space, and
- means for protecting the perishable foods in said first zone from exposure to harmful effects of light of a predetermined frequency from reaching the perishable food articles in the refrigerated space
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.