Patent ID: 6499249
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A display apparatus for fresh products comprising:a first row of containers having a width and being arranged in an oblique disposition, each container of said first row of containers having a front opening, a liquid reservoir and a rear wall with a top edge, said top edge being lower in elevation than said opening; a first guide wall arranged in an oblique disposition opposite to the disposition of said first row of containers and having a width about equal to the width of said first row of containers, said first guide wall position to receive liquid flowing over said top wall of said rear wall of each container of said first row of containers; a second row of containers having a width and being arranged in an oblique disposition like that of said first row of containers and at a lower elevation than said first row of containers, each container of said second row of containers having a front opening, a reservoir and a rear wall with a top edge, said top edge of each container of said second row of containers being lower in elevation then said opening of each container of said second row of containers; a second guide wall arranged in an oblique disposition like that of said first guide wall and having a width about equal to the width of said second row of containers, said second guide wall position to receive liquid flowing over said top edge of said rear wall each container of said second row of containers; a collection tank at an elevation lower than the opening of each container of said second row of containers; a pump mounted connected to said tank; and a conduit for transporting liquid from said tank to flow to said reservoir of each container of said first row of containers wherein the liquid receive by said reservoir of each container of said first row of containers flows over said top edge of said rear wall of each container of said first row of containers and drops to said first guide wall, said liquid flowing along said first guide wall before dropping to said reservoir of each container of said second row of containers, each container of said first and said second rows of containers adapted to receive fresh products through said front opening wherein a portion of said fresh products are disposed in said reservoir, said liquid flowing over the top edge of said rear wall of each container of said second row of containers and dropping to said second guide wall, said liquid flowing along second guide wall and thereafter dropping into said tank.