Domestic appliance comprising illumination device for recessed grip

US10921053B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ralph Staud · Munich, DE
• Thomas Tischer · Haar, DE
• Marco Reitwiessner · Munich, DE
• Andreas Kessler · Munich, DE
• Andreas Korte · Munich, DE
• Thomas Ott · Neubiberg, DE
• Guenter Gerold · Ellwangen, DE
• Robert Sachon · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 12, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 12, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09G2354/00
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A domestic appliance, in particular a refrigeration appliance, contains a door having a recessed grip and an illumination device for shining light onto the recessed grip. The illumination device has a projection device for projecting information onto the recessed grip. A method is used to operate a domestic appliance which contains the door having the recessed grip and the projection device for shining light onto the recessed grip, in which method information is projected onto the recessed grip by the projection device. The domestic appliance can be a refrigerator, a freezer, a preservation appliance or combinations thereof.