Patent ID: 8794019
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet having top, bottom, and opposing side walls that collectively define a freezer compartment and a fresh food compartment; a cooling system for developing and delivering a cooling air flow for the freezer and fresh food compartments; an air plenum interconnecting the cooling system, freezer compartment and fresh food compartment; a fresh food plenum including an inlet portion, an outlet portion and an intermediate portion, said outlet portion leading to the fresh food compartment; and an air damper slidably mounted for linear movement within the air plenum, said air damper including an arcuate portion defining an air scoop, said air scoop constituting the inlet portion of the fresh food plenum and being slidably re-positionable to selectively: enable the cooling air flow into the freezer compartment while blocking the cooling air flow from entering the fresh food plenum and the fresh food compartment in a first position; block the cooling air flow from entering the freezer compartment while redirecting the cooling air flow along the air scoop and into the fresh food compartment in a second position; and enable the cooling air flow to be delivered into both the freezer compartment and the fresh food compartment in at least one position between the first and second positions.