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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1985
Roque D Marcade, Lincoln Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Sandra S Thurlow, Benton Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Donald W Bookout, Ohio Township, Warrick County, IN (US);
Andrew T Tershak, Center Township, Vanderburgh County, IN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator control according to the present invention allows a user to establish one or more set points for controlling the temperature of one or more refrigerated compartments. Means are provided for selecting either a normal mode of operation whereby the set points may be manually established by a user or a priority mode of operation which overrides the normal mode whereby each set point is established at a preselected value so that the refrigerator is optimally operated in anticipation of expected operating conditions. Means are additionally provided for preventing erroneous entry of manually established set points.