Patent ID: 7775065

Claim:
A method for operating a refrigerator including a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment, and a door configured to be moveable between an open position and a closed position, said method comprising: providing a fresh food evaporator to produce cool airflow for the fresh food compartment; directly coupling a quick chiller compartment to an inner liner of the door, wherein the quick chiller compartment includes at least one air inlet; providing a divider positioned adjacent to the fresh food evaporator, the divider defining a divider inlet for directing a portion of the cool air flow produced by the fresh food evaporator to flow into the quick chiller compartment and a divider outlet; and channeling cool airflow to the quick chiller compartment from the fresh food evaporator via the divider, wherein the divider inlet is adjacent to the fresh food evaporator and an the divider outlet is adjacent to the air inlet of the quick chiller compartment, such that the divider outlet is coupled directly to the air inlet of the quick chiller compartment to provide cool air flow into the quick chiller compartment when the door is in the closed position and the divider outlet is decoupled from the air inlet of the quick chiller compartment to prevent cool air flow into the quick chiller compartment when the door is in the open position.