Automated glass entrance door assembly for walk-in coolers
AssigneeCommercial Refrigerator Door Company, Inc.
InventorsJerry Davey, Mark Smith
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Abstract
An automated glass cooler entrance door assembly for an opening in a walk-in cooler comprising at least one fixed, stationary side door that defines a walkway about the opening for ingress and egress into the cooler, at least one opposing sliding door operatively suspended from a concealed drive mechanism above the opening to slide sideways from a closed position across the opening to close-off the cooler to and from an opened position overlapping the fixed stationary side door to allow customer ingress and egress to the cooler via the walkway through the opening and each of the doors comprising heated glass that is electrically connected to electrical power to heat the same.
Claims10
A walk-in cooler, comprising in combination:
- an opening into the walk-in cooler, the opening being defined by left and right side edges, an upper edge and a floor;
- an automated glass cooler entrance door assembly installed between said left and right side edges and between said upper edge and said floor;
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- said automated glass cooler entrance door assembly including at least one sliding door operatively suspended from a drive mechanism positioned within a generally hollow header affixed to an underside of said upper edge of said opening and at least one fixed stationary side door mounted within a generally hollow door frame and affixed to a generally hollow door jamb affixed to one of said side edges of said opening and wherein said sliding door may slide sideways from a closed position across said opening to close-off the cooler to and from an opened position overlapping the fixed stationary side door to allow customer ingress and egress to the cooler through the opening, said generally hollow header including a heater wire to heat the interior thereof and minimize condensation on said drive mechanism and the interior of said door frame and said door jamb including heater wires to heat the same and minimize condensation and said doors each comprise heated glass that is electrically connected to electrical power to heat the same and minimize condensation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.