Ventilator door and fan control assembly for range hood of a recreational vehicle

Claim 1

A ventilator door and fan control assembly for use with a recreational vehicle range hood where the range hood includes an electrical fan and is mounted on the inside surface of an exterior wall of said recreational vehicle and an opening through said exterior wall is provided and said opening communicates with said range hood, said assembly comprising; a frame member adapted to be fitted in said opening; a ventilator door having a top, sides and a bottom and of an area at least as great as the area of said opening, said door overlying said frame and hingedly mounted thereto; ventilator door control positioning means associated with said frame and said ventilator door, said means adapted to move said hinged ventilator door between closed and open positions; switch holder and guide means remote from said frame member adapted to receive and maintain an electrical switch thereon adapted to activate and deactivate said electrical fan; operator handle means slideably mounted in said switch holder and guide means adapted to be linked with said electrical switch to open and close said switch during sliding movement of said operator handle means; cable means having a first and second end linking said ventilator door control positioning means and said operator handle means so that movement of said operator handle means will simultaneously move said ventilator door and activate-deactivate said electrical fan; said ventilator door control positioning means includes on said door a cam plate having a cam slide surface; and a cam follower pivotally independently mounted in said frame cammingly engaging said cam slide surface whereby pivotal movement of said cam follower will cause said follower to move along said cam slide surface moving said ventilator door between said closed and open positions.