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A reversible hinge for use on a freezer compartment door of a single door refrigerator includes a stationary leaf for mounting to the refrigerator cabinet and a movable leaf for mounting to the freezer compartment door, as well as a tension spring extending therebetween to provide bias toward either

A reversible hinge for use on a freezer compartment door of a single door refrigerator includes a stationary leaf for mounting to the refrigerator cabinet and a movable leaf for mounting to the freezer compartment door, as well as a tension spring extending therebetween to provide bias toward either an open position or a closed position. The spring is connected between a first pair of tabs when the hinge is mounted for left-hand opening of the freezer compartment door and between a second pair of tabs when the hinge is mounted for right-hand opening of the freezer compartment door.

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In a refrigerator having a single external door mounted on a cabinet and an inner freezer compartment door at an opening of a freezer compartment, an improved hinge comprising: a stationary leaf for mounting to the refrigerator cabinet at a first side of said opening to said freezer compartment and

In a refrigerator having a single external door mounted on a cabinet and an inner freezer compartment door at an opening of a freezer compartment, an improved hinge comprising: a stationary leaf for mounting to the refrigerator cabinet at a first side of said opening to said freezer compartment and alternately at a second side of said opening, said stationary leaf including first and second tabs extending therefrom in spaced apart disposition from one another; a movable leaf for mounting to said freezer compartment door including third and fourth tabs extending therefrom in spaced apart disposition from one another, said movable leaf being mounted adjacent a first edge of said compartment door when said stationary leaf is at said first side of said opening and said movable leaf being mounted adjacent a second edge of said compartment door when said stationary leaf is at said second side of said opening; a hinge pin pivotably connecting said stationary leaf to said movable leaf; said movable leaf being pivotable to a first center position having said first tab and said third tab in-line with said hinge pin, said movable leaf being pivotable to a second center position different than said first center position, said second center position having said second tab and said fourth tab in-line with said hinge pin; and an energy storing spring having a first end connected to one of said first and second tabs and a second opposite end connected to one of said third and fourth tabs, said spring biasing said movable leaf in a first pivotal direction with respect to said stationary leaf and when a predetermined movement of said movable leaf occurs past a respective one of said first and second center positions biasing said movable leaf in a second pivotal direction with respect to said secondary leaf; whereby said first position corresponds to a closed position of said freezer compartment door and said second position corresponds to an open position of said freezer compartment door.