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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1979
Bernard J Grimm, Louisville, KY (US);
Richard A Dossett, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A movable storage assembly for a refrigerator having a freezer compartment and fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment being separated by a partition interconnected by an air duct, with the air duct having an inlet opening in the freezing compartment and an air outlet opening in the fresh food compartment. The movable storage assembly includes a removable storage pan, a shroud for the pan having a bottom wall and two side walls and open at the front and rear. There is a cover for the pan secured to the shroud and the shroud and pan cooperate to provide an air flow path therebetween. An air director pivotally attached to the rear of the shroud is provided and there are controls, including a movable control mechanism assembly, a linkage member cooperating with the air director and the movable control mechanism assembly to move the air director to open and closed positions to regulate the amount of cold air flowing around the storage pan. The storage assembly is arranged so that it may be removably secured to the inside of the fresh food compartment.