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A refrigerator comprising side-by-side freezer and fresh food storage compartments cooled to their respective low and high operating temperatures by the circulation of streams of below-freezing air thereto includes a storage chamber in the fresh food compartment door maintained at an intermediate te

A refrigerator comprising side-by-side freezer and fresh food storage compartments cooled to their respective low and high operating temperatures by the circulation of streams of below-freezing air thereto includes a storage chamber in the fresh food compartment door maintained at an intermediate temperature by conducting air from the freezer compartment through the chamber.

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In a refrigerator comprising an insulated cabinet containing freezer and fresh food storage compartments separated by an insulated partition and having separate access openings at the front of said cabinet: a door having an outer door member and an inner door member movable to open and close said ac

In a refrigerator comprising an insulated cabinet containing freezer and fresh food storage compartments separated by an insulated partition and having separate access openings at the front of said cabinet: a door having an outer door member and an inner door member movable to open and close said access opening to said fresh food storage compartment; an evaporator chamber in said freezer compartment; an evaporator in said evaporator chamber; air supply means including fan means for drawing return air from both of said compartments over said evaporator and discharging refrigerated air into said freezer compartment and into said fresh food compartment; wall means on said inner door member defining a storage chamber separate from said fresh food storage compartment; means on said outer door member forming an exterior access opening leading into said storage chamber; a secondary door on said outer door member movable to open and close said exterior access opening for providing access to said storage chamber; and means for maintaining a desired temperature in said storage chamber comprising a conduit in said partition and a passageway in said wall means of said storage chamber positioned so as to communicate with said conduit when said door is in its closed position for conveying a controlled amount of refrigerated air from said freezer compartment to said storage chamber to thereby maintain said storage chamber at said desired temperature and to replenish refrigerated air to said storage chamber lost to outside ambient when said secondary door is in its open position.