Lighting device on a laundry appliance
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Aug 30, 2016
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Jun 25, 2015
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Jul 2, 2013
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Jul 18, 2012
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To illuminate a structure 5 with informational content on components 3, 20 of a filling opening in a laundry appliance, particularly a washing machine or a washer/dryer, components 3, 20, which are made of a transparent or translucent material, have a pot-shaped laundry deflector 20 and a window cover 3 lying at least approximately flush with the front face 1 of the laundry appliance. Components 3, 20 bear lettering 4, 16 and/or a symbol to be illuminated. Light-emitting elements 6, 17 are arranged opposite lateral edge faces 10, 15 of at least one of the components 3, 20, the light beams 9, 19 emitted by said elements being directed onto the edge faces 10, 15. The lettering 4, 16 or the symbol consists of a three-dimensional structure 5 in the material with an at least microscopically small extension into the material. To specify a structural illumination in which a lower number of light sources is adequate, one of the components 3, which is located at least approximately flush with the front face 1 of the laundry appliance and which is provided with the structure 5, 16, has a light-conducting element 13 extending inwards away from the flush line, the light inlet area 15 of which element extends as an edge face to the other component 20 and is guided into the radiation range of the light-emitting element 17.
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