Variable climate zone compartment

A refrigeration appliance comprising:

• a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment;
• a partition dividing said compartment into a first compartment and a second compartment, said first compartment disposed horizontally adjacent said second compartment, said first compartment having a user-selectable target freezer temperature, said second compartment having a user-selectable target variable climate zone temperature between a predetermined temperature below 0 degrees Centigrade and a predetermined temperature above 0 degrees Centigrade, the partition defining a through passage between the first compartment and the second compartment;
• an evaporator disposed in the first compartment;
• an evaporator fan disposed in the first compartment for conveying cooling air from the evaporator to the first compartment and the second compartment;
• and
• a temperature control module positioned in the second compartment, the temperature control module comprising:
• a body having a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface facing a rear wall of the second compartment and the front surface facing an open end of the second compartment,
• an air passage formed in the body extending between a side inlet opening of the body and at least one outlet opening on the front surface of the body, the side inlet opening of the air passage aligned with the through passage in the partition between the first compartment and the second compartment,
• a second inlet opening extending through the front surface of the body to the air passage, and
• a damper assembly positioned proximate the air passage, the damper assembly comprising:
• a frame assembly defining a damper air passage through the damper assembly fluidly communicating with the air passage formed in the partition, and a door rotatably attached to the frame assembly, the door moveable between a first position and a second position,
• wherein when the door is in the first position the door fluidly isolates the through passage in the partition from the first compartment while allowing the second inlet opening in the body to fluidly communicate with the air passage in the body, and when the door is in the second position the door fluidly isolates the second inlet opening in the body from the air passage in the body while allowing the through passage in the partition to fluidly communicate with the first compartment.

A refrigeration appliance comprising:

• a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment;
• a vertical partition dividing said compartment into a first compartment and a second compartment, said first compartment disposed horizontally adjacent said second compartment, said first compartment having a user-selectable target freezer temperature, said second compartment having a user-selectable target variable climate zone temperature between a predetermined temperature below 0 degrees Centigrade and a predetermined temperature above 0 degrees Centigrade, the vertical partition defining a through passage between the first compartment and the second compartment;
• and
• a temperature control module positioned in the second compartment, the temperature control module comprising:
• a body positioned in the second compartment, the body having:
• a front surface facing an open end of the second compartment,
• a rear surface facing a rear wall of the second compartment,
• at least one outlet opening on the front surface of the body,
• a side inlet opening aligned with the through passage in the vertical partition between the first compartment and the second compartment,
• an air passage formed in the body between the front surface and rear surface, the air passage extending between the side inlet opening of the body and the at least one outlet opening on the front surface of the body, and
• a second inlet opening extending through the front surface of the body to the air passage, and
• a damper assembly positioned proximate the air passage, the damper assembly comprising a door moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein when the door is in the first position the door fluidly isolates the through passage in the vertical partition from the first compartment while allowing the second inlet opening in the body to fluidly communicate with the air passage in the body.