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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:
Aug. 25, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1986
William J Linstromberg, Lincoln Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Donald E Janke, Benton Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, , DE (US);
Abstract
The baffle for controlling flow of chilled air through the divider wall between the frozen food and fresh food compartments of a refrigerator is coupled to a motor driven cam which indexes the baffle open or closed in response to commands from a conventional control unit. Electrical switches positioned around the control surface of the cam, actuated successively during rotation of the cam, operate the compressor, evaporator fan and defrost heater synchronously with the baffle to maintain the frozen food and fresh food compartments at desired temperatures and to control defrosting.