Lighting system for commercial refrigerator doors
CA 2136695 A1 · Owner: Kvamme, Damon F. · Inventors: Kvamme, Damon F.; Kim, Richard C.; Mamelson, Richard A.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A commercial refrigerator cabinet is illuminated by fluorescent lamps which are located closely behind insulated glass doors for closing the cabinet. Each lamp is located behind a reflector and is at least partially enclosed by a clear plastic lens having multiple facets on its inner side. The reflector and the lens cause the light emitted from the lamp to reflect and refract in such a manner as to distribute the light substantially uniformly on products located at various distances from the lamp and to reduce glare in the immediate vicinity of the lamp.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed November 25, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 25, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 25, 2016.
- We check Canadian rights only. A patent in its family in another country could still be in force: check its family on Google Patents.
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Sources & verification
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