Abstract: A refrigerated enclosure, for example a household refrigerator, having improved appearance and functionality by including a view panel, for example a glass window in a door of the refrigerated enclosure, a door switch, a controller, and an intermittent fan for removing moisture that condenses on the view panel. The refrigerated enclosure may also include interchangeable components, for example exterior panels, for coordinating or matching the appearance of the refrigerated enclosure to the surroundings into which the refrigerated enclosure is placed.

Abstract: A cantilevered storage shelf assembly for supporting a deli/crisper drawer assembly within a refrigerator having a glass panel, a pair of L-shaped steel brackets aligned on each side of the panel and a frame molded around the edges of the panel with the steel brackets encapsulated in the frame to form a unitary structure, the brackets being located in a parallel spaced relation for mating engagement with slots provided in the vertical strips in the back of the refrigerator, the drawer assembly comprising a pair of rails mounted on the frame, each rail having a tab at each end for matingly engaging the slots in the front and back of each side of the frame and a drawer slidably mounted on the rails.

Abstract: A refrigerator door hinge assembly including a refrigerator bracket and a door bracket, a first link pivotally connected to the refrigerator bracket and the door bracket, a second link pivotally connected to the refrigerator bracket and the door bracket, the distance between the pivot connections of the second link being greater than the distance between the pivot connections of the first link, each of the first and second links being located in different but parallel planes and include a surface which engages the inner wall of the door bracket when the door is in the closed position thereby maintaining the parallel relation between the door and the refrigerator.

Abstract: An adjustable shelf assembly for illuminating the interior of a refrigerator, the refrigerator including a cabinet and a back wall having vertical electrically conductive standards having a number of slots, the shelf assembly including a pair of brackets mounted on the standards, an electrically conductive strip mounted in each bracket, each strip including a formed tab for engaging the slots in the standards, a panel supported between the brackets and a light assembly mounted on the front edge of the panel in electrical engagement with said strips for illuminating the space beneath the panel.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a freezer compartment with a freezer door separated by a divider wall from a refrigerator compartment having a refrigerator door, an ice service area in the refrigerator compartment, an automatic ice dispenser within the freezer compartment for dispensing ice pieces, a passage in the divider wall for receiving the ice pieces from the dispenser and a chute assembly mounted on the divider wall in the refrigerator compartment for connecting the passage to the ice service area whereby ice pieces passing through the opening are directed to the service area by the chute assembly.

Abstract: An ice sensing assembly for an ice making apparatus having a mold for making ice pieces and a bin for collecting ice pieces from the ice making apparatus, the ice sensing member including a bale and a triangularly shaped plastic member affixed to said bale to engage the ice pieces and having a minimal thickness and converging edges terminating at an apex for sensing the level of ice pieces in the bin.

Abstract: A comestible storage compartment for a refrigeration unit including a drawer slidably received in a supporting frame. The drawer is molded in the form of a tub having a bottom wall, side and end walls and a front wall lip. A front wall panel is disposed in a free standing relationship on the front wall lip approximate the forward edges of the side walls. A front wall cover is disposed over the front wall panel and is secured to the forward edges of the side walls to hold the panel on the lip.A lateral flange projects outwardly from the side walls and includes a downturned lip for defining a drawer track channel. Inwardly directed ribs extend longitudinally from the drawer frame and are disposed for spaced flow interrupting relationship with the lip on the lateral flanges.

Abstract: A door closer assembly for a household refrigerator of the type having a door frame with a front faced surface and a door having a confronting surface, the assembly including a hinge plate mounted on the door frame and having a pivot pin mounted on the hinge plate in a spaced relation to the front faced surface, a door plate mounted on the door and having an aperture spaced from the confronting surface of the door and a pivot post spaced from the aperature, the door plate being mounted on the hinge plate with the pivot pin aligned with the aperature, and an offset arm connected to the pivot post and biased by a spring in a door closing direction.

Abstract: A leveling apparatus for a refrigerator, the apparatus including a leveling assembly mounted on each side of the refrigerator, each assembly including a housing having a front and a back, a set of rollers and a leveler mounted in the front of the housing, a roller bracket assembly mounted in the back of the housing in a position to engage a ramp in the housing sloped upwardly toward the back of the housing, and a front adjusting rod connected to the roller bracket assembly for adjusting the position of the bracket assembly with respect to the ramp to level the back of the refrigerator.