Patent ID: 6042202
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A47F,Y10T

Abstract:
A sealed showcase, comprising a main frame, a plurality of panels so mounted to the main frame as to enclose an interior space in a tight manner, at least one of the panels being an opening panel movable relative to the main frame, a capping frame of the opening panel, a seal placed between the capping frame and the main frame, and seal compressing means arranged to act between the capping frame of the opening panel and the main frame, characterized in that the seal compressing means comprise:a closure rod formed with expanded cross-section segments and contracted cross-section segments, and being guided for axial movement on the main frame, in a lengthwise direction along one side of the main frame, between an opening position and a closure position;at least one binding element, said at least one binding element having a closure rod receiving socket whose cross-section can accommodate the expanded cross-section segments, the closure rod receiving socket being formed with a side gap for admitting the closure rod, which gap is sized to allow the contracted cross-section segments therethrough, but not the expanded cross-section segments, said at least one binding element being so mounted to the capping frame as to engage the rod when the opening panel is brought close against the main frame, specifically engage the expanded cross-section segments with the rod in the closure position and the contracted cross-section segments with the rod in the opening position.