Patent ID: 7765819

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet within which is defined a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment; a door pivotally mounted relative to the cabinet, said door being adapted to selectively close at least one of the fresh food and freezer compartments; an evaporator arranged in the cabinet, said evaporator including an evaporator fan; a duct leading from the freezer compartment to the fresh food compartment; a damper pivotally mounted in the duct, said damper being selectively shiftable between an open position, wherein the fresh food compartment is fluidly connected to the freezer compartment, to a closed position, wherein the fresh food compartment is substantially isolated from the freezer compartment; an air mixing fan arranged in the fresh food compartment, said air mixing fan being selectively activated to establish a recirculating airflow within the fresh food compartment; an ice maker provided in the freezer compartment for selectively producing ice; a user interface including a plurality of control elements for selectively adjusting operating parameters of the refrigerator; and a controller operatively coupled to the user interface, said controller including a memory having stored therein a plurality of operating parameters including: a temperature control mode for establishing, maintaining and sensing an increasing or decreasing trend of at, least one of a fresh food compartment temperature and a freezer compartment temperature; a super cool mode for adjusting the fresh food compartment temperature to prevent stratification wherein, when the super cool mode is active, said controller activates the air mixing fan at full power if the damper is closed and maintains the air mixing fan off if the damper is open; a food saver mode for rapidly lowering the fresh food compartment temperature and the freezer compartment temperature wherein, when the food saver mode is active, said controller automatically lowers the fresh food compartment temperature and the freezer compartment temperature to low settings for a predetermined period of time; and a quick ice mode for rapidly forming ice in the ice maker wherein, when in the quick ice mode, said controller automatically lowers the freezer compartment temperature to a minimum setting for a first predetermined time period and. when the ice maker is filled with water, activates the evaporator fan for a second predetermined time period.