Temperature control device for refrigerators

A refrigerator comprising:

• a refrigerator housing including an inner box, an outer box surrounding said inner box, and insulating material disposed between said inner and outer boxes,
• said inner box defining at least one compartment having a top wall, a bottom wall and opposite side walls, wherein one of said side walls has a mounting hole formed therein;
• a refrigerator door connected to said refrigerator housing for selectively opening and closing said compartment;
• and
• a temperature control device including:
• a) a console casing aligned with said mounting hole and having a peripheral flange fixedly secured to the sidewall of said inner box so as to define a console pocket;
• b) a console disposed in said console pocket, said console having a front panel, a carrier board fixed secured to a rear surface of said front panel, and a peripheral flange extending rearwardly from said front panel,
• said peripheral flange having a water draining portion formed on an upper wall surface thereof for preventing the entrance of water droplets;
• c) electric wiring extending outwardly from said temperature control device;
• d) a display panel disposed on a front surface of said front panel;
• e) at least one manipulatable temperature control element mounted on said front panel;
• and
• f) a plurality of mounting elements engagable with an outer peripheral surface of the one side wall in the vicinity of said mounting hole in order to secure said console to the one side wall so that said display panel and said temperature control element confront the compartment and said electric wiring is accommodated within the console pocket.