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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1985
Roger P Sepso, Stratford, CT (US);
Robertshaw Controls Company, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator system, a control device and methods of making the same are provided, the system having a frozen food compartment and a fresh food compartment operatively interconnected together by the control device having a housing provided with a passage interconnecting the compartments together, the housing having a movable damper valve member controlling the passage and a temperature responsive unit operatively interconnected to the valve member to move the valve member between open and closed positions thereof in relation to the temperature sensed by the unit. An electrical heater is carried by the housing and is disposed adjacent the temperature responsive unit to cause the temperature responsive unit to open the passage when the electrical heater has been energized for a certain period of time.