US 12,320,515 B2
Cooking apparatus light
Philipp Henrici, Arnsberg (DE); Olaf Baumeister, Sundern (DE); and Frank Welslau, Arnsberg (DE)
Assigned to BJB GmbH & Co. KG, Arnsberg (DE)
Filed by BJB GmbH & Co. KG, Arnsberg (DE)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/113,195.
Claims priority of application No. DE102022108426.4 (DE), filed on Apr. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0324039 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. F24C 15/00 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21W 131/307 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 33/0044 (2013.01) [F24C 15/008 (2013.01); F21W 2131/307 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking apparatus light for ovens, microwave ovens or steam cookers, the cooking apparatus light comprising:
an illuminant configured as a circuit board including a LED arranged on the circuit board;
a light box with light emitted by the LED;
a light conductor rod extending from the illuminant into the light box and that conducts the light emitted by the LED into the light box:
a protective a arranged en the light box and the illuminant and that envelops and protects the light conductor rod;
a circumferential gap the light conductor rod and the protective tube, so that the light conductor rod is supported without contacting the protective tube;
a mounting device which supports the illuminant and a first end of the protective tube and a first end of the light conductor rod;
an arrangement device which fixes the protective tube and the light conductor rod at the light box;
a centering member which envelops the light conductor rod and arranges the light conductor rod in the protective tube while maintaining the circumferential gap between the light conductor rod and the protective tube,
wherein the centering member forms the arrangements device that fixes the light conductor rod at the light box,
wherein the centering member is a cylindrical sleeve shaped seal that seals the circumferential gap between the light conductor rod and the protective tube relative to an internal space formed by the light box,
wherein the light box includes an insertion opening into which the centering member that circumferentially envelops the light conductor rod is inserted, wherein the catering member also forms the arrangements device that fixes the protective tube at the light box.