Domestic appliance with an interior which can be illuminated from the direction of a glass door
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorsSebastian Knöll, Gerhard Nüssler
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Abstract
A domestic appliance includes an interior that can be illuminated by a light source and is surrounded by walls and a door, wherein the interior is illuminated by the light source from the direction of the door, in particular wherein the door has at least one glass area, light from the light source is coupled into the glass area from the direction of an edge, with the result that the light is at least partially guided in the glass area, and the glass area has elements through which some of the light which is guided in the glass area is conducted into the interior. This manner of illumination prevents articles in the interior from having a silhouetted appearance.
Claims21
A domestic appliance comprising:
- an interior;
- a light source;
- the interior being illuminated with the light source;
- the interior being surrounded by walls and a door;
- the light source associated with the door;
- the interior being illuminated by the light source from the door, wherein the door includes at least one glass surface;
- light from the light source being coupled on to the glass surface from an edge, whereby the light is guided at least partially on to the glass surface;
- the glass surface including elements having at least two optically active layers through which some of the light guided on to the glass surface is transmitted into the interior.
A domestic appliance comprising:
- an interior having plurality of walls and a door, the door includes at least one glass surface;
- a light source, and a collimator arranged between the light source and the glass surface, wherein the light source is associated with the glass surface of the door, and wherein light from the light source is guided at least partially into the glass surface;
- and elements provided in the glass surface, wherein the interior is illuminated through at least a portion of the light conducted by the elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.