Patent ID: 7891747
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: A47F,E05D,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A glass cabinet ( 13 ) for storage and/or display of objects, having a front, a rear, a right and a left lateral surface, a bottom piece and an upper piece forming the top, the front lateral surface being formed as a glass door ( 1 ), in the closed state of the glass cabinet the interior thereof is sealed in an airtight manner to the environment, said glass door ( 1 ) being mounted displaceably laterally parallel by a guide means ( 7 ) mounted in a location selected from the region of said upper piece, the region of said lower piece or both the regions of said upper and lower pieces, said guide means ( 7 ) comprising a first arrangement ( 8 ) associated with said glass cabinet ( 13 ) and a second arrangement ( 9 ) associated with said glass door ( 1 ), said second arrangement ( 9 ) includes a fixed piece ( 10 ) and a movable piece ( 11 ) rotatably connected to said fixed piece ( 10 ) by a bearing ( 12 ) mounted in the region of the center of said glass door ( 1 ) with the rotational axis of said bearing ( 12 ) being parallel to said glass door ( 1 ), said movable piece ( 11 ) being fixedly connected to said fixed piece ( 10 ) during the lateral displacement of said glass door ( 1 ) up to release of half of the door opening at which point the fixed connection is released so that said movable piece ( 11 ) is free to rotate relative to said fixed piece ( 10 ) about said bearing ( 12 ), whereby said glass door ( 1 ) is pivotable about said bearing ( 12 ) so that the projecting part of the door ( 1 ) adjoins the left lateral surface ( 4 ) or the right lateral surface ( 3 ) in parallel.