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A refrigerator damper control and lighting assembly is mounted to a top wall of a fresh food compartment. The housing includes dials which are accessible from the front of the housing to a user to control thermostat and to control a damper located on a rear wall of the refrigerator. The dial control

A refrigerator damper control and lighting assembly is mounted to a top wall of a fresh food compartment. The housing includes dials which are accessible from the front of the housing to a user to control thermostat and to control a damper located on a rear wall of the refrigerator. The dial controlling the damper has a post onto which a connecting arm to the damper interconnects the damper with the dial so that rotation of the dial effectively operates the control of the damper. The dial has a peripheral flange that extends around only a portion of the circumference of the dial and is adapted to contact opposing sides of the connecting arm to thereby limit rotational movement of the dial and which in-turn limits opening and closing movement of the damper depending on direction of rotational movement of the dial. Further, the housing includes a recessed lamp receiving section which is provided with direct line of sight to the dials so as to allow for light to be directed rearwardly or towards the front of the housing to illuminate the dials while at the same time projecting light into the fresh food compartment.

대표청구항 ▼

[What is claimed is:] [1.]an air flow passageway disposed between the freezer and fresh food compartments with an air flow outlet in a rear wall of the fresh food compartment;an air damper mounted for sliding movement across the air flow passageway to control air flow into the fresh food compartment

[What is claimed is:] [1.]an air flow passageway disposed between the freezer and fresh food compartments with an air flow outlet in a rear wall of the fresh food compartment;an air damper mounted for sliding movement across the air flow passageway to control air flow into the fresh food compartment through the air flow outlet; and,a damper control and lighting assembly housing mounted to the upper wall of the fresh food compartment comprising:bridge section extending across the width of the fresh food compartment and mounted against the upper wall of the fresh food compartment;first and second rotating dials located in the bridge section, the first dial controlling the temperature of the refrigerator and the second dial operating the air damper to control air flow into the fresh food compartment;the second dial having a circumference disk shaped surface, a post extending outwardly from the disk shaped surface, and a dial flange extending circumferentially around a major portion of the disk shaped surface, the dial flange having two edges spaced circumferentially apart from each other around the dial;a connecting arm having the air damper at a first end thereof and extending towards the second dial, the connecting arm having at its second end an opening for receiving the post of the second dial; and,rotational movement of the second dial directly imparting substantially linear movement of the connecting arm to move the air damper to control air flow through the air flow outlet, linear movement of the connecting arm and rotational movement of the second dial being limited by the two edges of the dial flange engaging opposing sides of the connecting arm depending upon rotational directional movement of the second dial.