Household appliance, particularly built-in household appliance
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
InventorsMichael Rosenbauer, Bernd Schessl
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Abstract
A household appliance includes a front door having an upper edge, a front cover disposed in front of the front door; and an optical status display device mounted on the household appliance. The one optical status display device is hidden in a built-in state of the household appliance or is hidden when the front door is closed. The optical status display device is located at a spacing from the upper edge of the front door. The household appliance also includes a light guide for transmitting a signal light emitted by the optical status display device.
Claims25
1-24. (canceled)
A household appliance comprising:
- a front door having an upper edge;
- a front cover disposed in front of the front door;
- at least one optical status display device mounted on the household appliance such that the one optical status display device is a selected one of hidden in a built-in state of the household appliance and hidden when the front door is closed;
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- at least one light guide for transmitting a signal light emitted by the optical status display device, the optical status display device being located at a spacing from the upper edge of the front door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.