Patent ID: 7757512

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: an ice dispenser to dispense ice through an ice duct; a duct cap mounted on the ice dispenser that selectively opens and closes the ice duct; and a damper that is operably coupled to the duct cap, wherein the damper controls movement of the duct cap when the duct cap moves from an open position to a closed position, the damper comprising: a case coupled to the ice dispenser; a core mounted in the case; and a cap mounted in the case, wherein the cap is coupled to the duct cap and moves within the case relative to the core as the duct cap moves between the opened and closed positions, and wherein a protrusion on the core interacts with at least one guide surface on the cap, the interaction between the protrusion and the at least one guide surface causing friction which tends to slow movement of the cap within the case.