Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F24C15/00—Details
  • F24C15/008—Illumination for oven cavities
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
  • A47B97/00—Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • F21V33/00—Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
  • F21V33/0004—Personal or domestic articles
  • F21V33/0012—Furniture
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
  • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • F25D23/00—General constructional features
  • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
  • H05B6/00—Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
  • H05B6/64—Heating using microwaves
  • H05B6/6444—Aspects relating to lighting devices in the microwave cavity
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
  • A47B2220/00—General furniture construction, e.g. fittings
  • A47B2220/0075—Lighting
  • A47B2220/0077—Lighting for furniture, e.g. cupboards and racks
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
  • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
  • F25D2400/18—Aesthetic features
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
  • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • F25D27/00—Lighting arrangements

Definitions

• the invention relates to a kitchen furnishing element with at least one illuminated section.
• Modern kitchens also have central lighting (for example, a ceiling light or a halogen light arrangement related to the room) usually work surface lighting. This is usually attached to the underside of the wall units and essentially illuminates the entire work surface.
• Individual lighting design solutions also include other lighting devices, for example the lighting of a dining counter or dining table integrated in the kitchen equipment or spotlights directed towards areas, objects, pictures, etc. that are worth highlighting.
• the invention is based on the object of specifying a lighting solution which fundamentally extends beyond the known lighting concepts, accentuates a kitchen furnishing element as such or certain sections of the same and offers significantly expanded design options.
• FIG. 1 and 2 illustrate in the manner of schematic diagrams a basic idea of the invention, namely the provision of actively or passively luminous edges or surfaces on the fronts of kitchen equipment elements or a correspondingly luminous work surface.
• Fig. 2 also specifically points to the function of passively illuminating edge areas as emergency lighting, which enables orientation for the user in the kitchen even in the event of a power failure and can also be used deliberately to generate a subdued lighting mood, which nevertheless provides certain accents includes and enables safe handling of the kitchen equipment.
• FIG. 3A to 3C - likewise in the form of schematic diagrams with commentary text - give indications of possibilities for a surface coating of edge or surface areas or handling elements of kitchen furniture elements. Coatings of this type (as the notes in FIG. 3A show) can also be implemented as a mechanically and chemically resistant coating, in particular of frequently touched handles or operating elements. While i n ig. 3 As a special reference to passively luminous coatings, FIG. 3B refers to the possibility and advantages of using resistant color holograms, and FIG. 3C indicates actively and passively luminous surface materials.
• a door, drawer or carcase edge is provided as the luminous edge, which edge is associated in particular with a linear LED arrangement.
• an edge region of a shelf or other furnishing element of the interior is provided as a luminous edge, which is assigned, in particular, a linear LED arrangement.
• an edge region of a handle can be provided as the luminous edge, to which, in particular, a linear LED arrangement is assigned.
• the aforementioned design variants can also be modified in such a way that instead of active lighting (in particular the LED arrangement mentioned), passive lighting is provided by a surface that uses extraneous light.
• Both options also exist for illuminating a surface of the kitchen element - in particular a door or drawer front surface or also a work surface or an inner wall of the same.
• a planar illumination is also possible in that a large-area gas discharge lamp with a low depth is provided on the corresponding area, which in the extreme case covers or forms the corresponding area as a whole.
• While colored light accents in a manner known per se from other areas of application, can be set with colored LEDs or elongated colored fluorescent tubes, color-neutral illumination of edges or surfaces of the kitchen elements can be achieved in a particularly energy-efficient manner by means of newly available white light LEDs.
• the very high efficiency of energy generation and the low operating voltage of these lamps enable the implementation of particularly simple connection solutions and the omission of any cooling measures.
• 4F to 41 specifically describe variants of the lighting of an ice maker as a special functional area of a refrigerator, which is to be accentuated by light for both functional and design considerations.
• FIG. 5A various possibilities for indirect light accentuation of edge or surface areas of kitchen furniture elements which are in a certain functional relationship to one another - here elements from the area of cooking / baking / heating - are pointed out.
• parameters of the lighting such as light color and / or light intensity and / or width of light strips, etc.
• FIG. 5B indicates - in several schematic diagrams - similar differentiation options in the context of a "box concept" of hot and cold functional areas of a kitchen device.
• 6A to 6E show and explain various lighting options for an interior of an oven or grill or microwave device (or a combination device from these), which can be seen in particular in connection with claims 24 to 29. These figures are essentially self-explanatory due to the labeling, so that additional explanations are not required here.
• 7 to 10 show, in the form of schematic diagrams, specific light source arrangements for realizing the above-mentioned luminous surfaces - especially for the interior of a refrigerator or baking or microwave device.
• 7 and 8 show in particular designs with one or (preferably) a plurality of elongate lamps.
• This can be an elongated fluorescent or halogen lamp known per se, but also an LED arrangement housed in an elongated lamp body.
• Fig. 9 particularly refers to such lamps, which are pivotable overall and / or have a pivotable partially cylindrical reflector.
• Fig. 10 are sketched ways of forming a luminous surface (such as a full-surface illuminated shelf of a refrigerator) by means of a narrow light source arranged in the edge area.
• a linear LED arrangement can be used as such a light source, and a "deflection" and diffusion of the light generated by it takes place in a particularly convincing manner in a surface element with light guide properties, as is known in principle from displays of electronic devices (laptops, mobile telephones) ,

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• Devices That Are Associated With Refrigeration Equipment (AREA)
• Arrangement Of Elements, Cooling, Sealing, Or The Like Of Lighting Devices (AREA)
• Joints Allowing Movement (AREA)
• Hooks, Suction Cups, And Attachment By Adhesive Means (AREA)
• Cold Air Circulating Systems And Constructional Details In Refrigerators (AREA)
• Combinations Of Kitchen Furniture (AREA)
• Control And Other Processes For Unpacking Of Materials (AREA)

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