Patent ID: 6877329

Claim:
A service device for a refrigerator having a refrigerating chamber, said device comprising: an electric circuit portion and a mechanical portion; wherein said electric circuit portion is mountable in the refrigerator but outside said refrigerating chamber, and said mechanical portion is at least partly insertable inside said refrigerating chamber and cooperates with said electric circuit portion; said device further comprising a thermostat, wherein said electric circuit portion comprises an electric control circuit of said thermostat, and said mechanical portion comprises a flexible control cable; wherein said mechanical portion further comprises: a manual regulating device mechanically connected to an end of said flexible control cable, said manual regulating device being mountable inside the refrigerating chamber at a location accessible to a user of the refrigerator; and an electromechanical selector of said electric control circuit of said thermostat, said selector being mechanically connected to an opposite end of said flexible control cable, and mountable in the refrigerator but outside the refrigerating chamber.