Refrigerator floral display cabinet

Claim 1

A refrigerator floral display cabinet comprising: a horizontally elongated open-topped casing having a bottom wall, generally vertical spaced-apart first, second and third longitudinal walls, and end walls, said second longitudinal wall extending upwardly above the level of the top of said first and third longitudinal walls and positioned therebetween; b. said second longitudinal wall comprising laterally spaced parallel wall elements defining air passage means extending upwardly from adjacent said bottom wall to the top of said second longitudinal wall, said second longitudinal wall further including a plurality of longitudinally spaced vertical partitions disposed transversely between said wall elements and dividing said air passage means into a plurality of air passages; c. first and second merchandise-receiving trays mounted in said casing and each including a bottom portion upwardly spaced from said bottom wall and a generally vertical side portion inwardly spaced from said first and third longitudinal walls, respectively, said trays extending from one of said end walls to the other thereof and cooperating therewith and with said longitudinal walls and bottom wall to define a first and second plenum, said side portions having upper longitudinal edges disposed in downwardly spaced relation to the top of said first and third longitudinal walls and cooperating with said first and third longitudinal walls to provide air inlets to said first and second plenums, respectively; d. cooling mechanism including a first and second plurality of evaporator units disposed in said first and second plenums, respectively, in spaced apart relationship longitudinally of the cabinet, each evaporator unit in said first plurality having an air inlet communicating with said first plenum and an air outlet communicating with alternate ones of said plurality of air passages in said air passage means adjacent said bottom wall and each evaporator unit in said second plurality having an air inlet communicating with said second plenum and an air outlet communicating with the remaining ones of said plurality of air passages in said air passage means adjacent said bottom wall; e. blower means for imparting an airflow through said evaporator units and upwardly through said passage means; f. deflector means overlying said second wall for directing airflow angularly downwardly across said first and second trays and toward said air inlets to said first and second plenums; and g. a plurality of longitudinally spaced tubular elements extending transversely through said wall elements to provide sight openings through said second longitudinal wall.