Abstract: Energy optimized reach in refrigerator overhead illumination system, for decreasing heat transfer from the environment to a reach in refrigerator, the reach in refrigerator having an opening facing upward, the illumination system including at least one refrigerator illuminator for illuminating at least one respective region of the opening, a curved opaque thermo reflective extension surrounding the at least one refrigerator illuminator, the opaque thermo reflective extension being located at a distance above the opening, the inner portion of the opaque thermo reflective extension, which points toward the opening, being made of a substantially low emissivity thermo reflective material, the inner portion reflecting infrared radiation which arrives external to the reach in refrigerator, to a region external to the reach in refrigerator, and an opaque thermo reflective extension fixation mechanism for fixing the at least one refrigerator illuminator, and the opaque thermo reflective extension above the opening.

Abstract: A flexible package for products sensitive to moisture, includes a front flexible sheet having moisture-barrier properties; and a back flexible sheet having moisture-barrier properties bonded along its peripheral edges to the peripheral edges of the front flexible sheet except for one edge to allow for the introduction of the product into the interior of the package and then the sealing of the package by bonding the unbonded edges. At least a section of the front flexible sheet having moisture-barrier properties is optically transparent such as to permit a moisture-indicator to be introduced with the product into the interior of the package before bonding the unbonded edges of the two sheets, and to be optically observed through the transparent section after the package has been sealed. Also described are various multi-layer constructions for the two flexible sheets, and methods of producing such packages to also include anti-static properties.

Abstract: A sealed vacuum thermal insulation panel having a thermal barrier that comprises a core made of thermal insulation material and two panel walls made of a barrier material substantially impermeable to atmospheric gases and water vapors. The two panel walls covers opposite sides of the core. The sealed panel further comprises at least one lateral strip of substantially impermeable to atmospheric gases and water vapor. The lateral strip is adapted to sealably enfold the edges of the obverse side of the two panel walls. Additionally, the sealed panel further comprises at least one sealing strip, each comprising sealing material. The sealing strip is adapted to sealably join the edges to the inner side of the lateral strip.