A kitchen appliance
AssigneeBreville Pty Limited
InventorsEddie SIU, Richard Lehonde HOARE, Joshua Matthew MORABITO, Scott Barrington FRYER
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Abstract
There is disclosed herein a kitchen appliance including: a lighting arrangement including: a light pipe (50) having a start portion (60), an end portion (62), and an upper surface (54) and an opposing lower surface (56), wherein the upper surface (54) includes a plurality of facets (68) that extend along a length of the light pipe (50) between the start and end portions (60, 62); and a light source (75) associated with the light pipe (50) and configured to emit light along the length of the light pipe (50).
Claims22
A kitchen appliance including:
- a lighting arrangement including:
- a light pipe having a start portion, an end portion, and an upper surface and an opposing lower surface, wherein the upper surface includes a plurality of facets that extend along a length of the light pipe between the start and end portions;
- and
- a light source associated with the light pipe and configured to emit light along the length of the light pipe.
A method of illuminating a kitchen appliance using a lighting arrangement, the lighting arrangement including a light pipe having a start portion, an end portion, and an upper surface and an opposing lower surface, wherein the upper surface includes a plurality of facets that extend along a length of the light pipe between the start and end portions, the lighting arrangement including a light source, the method including:
- positioning the light pipe around an accessory-receiving portion of the kitchen appliance;
- emitting a light from the light source through the start portion of the light pipe;
- and
- illuminating a length of the light pipe by reflecting the light across the plurality of facets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.