System for Lighting Refrigeration Cabinets Using LED Lights
AssigneeVendo De Mexico, S.A. De C.V.
InventorFrancisco Pineda Hernandez
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Abstract
The invention relates to a lighting system intended to light the interior of cabinets of the type used in commercial refrigerators, having glass doors. The system is based on a series of three interconnected LEDs mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB). The assembly is inserted into a diffusion tube, the shape of which enables optimized light emission and is designed for sections installed inside cabinet door frames. The LEDs can be powered by a current or voltage source and the manner in which the LEDs are housed along the inner periphery of the door enables the optimized lighting of the items on display.
Claims16
A lighting system for the interior of the commercial-type refrigeration cabinets, with glass doors, wherein it includes modules formed by:
- a. a light source based on LED lights connected to each other,
- b. a driver or rectifier circuit with regulation of supply current to the light source,
- c. a diffusion tube to connect the set of LEDs mounted on the driver, said lighting system comprising:
- i) the light source is comprised by modules of two or three serial-connected LEDs, wherein the modules are interconnected to the rest of the modules, whether serial-connected or preferably parallel-connected;
- ii) the rectifier circuit or driver mounted on the printed circuit board or PCB, provides a direct current supply, rectifying the current signal with a diode bridge;
- the driver includes an arrangement of parallel-capacitors by which the current passes prior to correction;
- after correction, one or two linear preprogrammed integrated circuits are used by means of the resistances to provide a constant amount of current;
- iii) the set of LEDs mounted on the PCB are encapsulated at the interior of the diffusion tube, which also serves as heat dissipation means;
- LEDs mounted on the PCB are maintained at the interior of the diffusion tube by the application of hermetic caps in both ends of the diffusion tube;
- where said hermetic caps allow going through the wall, from the electric connectors to supply the current to the set;
- iv) modules can be connected to each other to form luminaries of several lengths;
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- v) luminaries thus formed can be connected to each other to be adapted to the geometric configuration of the interior of cabinets, thus comprising the lighting system.
A lighting system for refrigeration cabinets of claim 13, wherein plastic material is preferably polycarbonate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.