Patent ID: 6148563
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: A47F,E05C,E05D,E05Y,E06B,F25D

Abstract:
A transparent door that, in use, is movably mounted to provide reach-in access to the lighted interior product area of a refrigerated merchandiser, the door comprising:an unsealed glass subassembly having first and second spaced apart glass lites with inward and outward facing surfaces, a unitary spacer extending around and in contact with an outer periphery of the glass lites and having a separator section disposed between said glass lites and flanges integrally formed as one piece with the separator section to engage outer peripheral edges of said glass lites, and key locking means cooperatively engaged with said spacer for lockingly maintaining it in peripheral contact around the glass lites; anda molded frame surrounding the outer periphery of the glass subassembly and sealably encasing said spacer and adjacent marginal edges of said glass lites around the flanges.