US 12,117,177 B2
Handle for a door of a domestic appliance with specific light guidance, and door and domestic appliance
Peter Jell, Breitbrunn (DE); Maximilian Huber, Wasserburg am Inn (DE); Jakob Mayer, Kirchanschöring (DE); Alexander Kaltenhauser, Peterskirchen (DE); Veronika Barth, Munich (DE); and Charlotte Bick, Munich (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/424,512
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/051673
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/156930, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 201 325.2 (DE), filed on Feb. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0136706 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. E05B 1/00 (2006.01); E05B 15/16 (2006.01); E05B 17/10 (2006.01); F24C 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 15/024 (2013.01) [E05B 1/0015 (2013.01); E05B 15/16 (2013.01); E05B 17/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handle for a door of a household appliance, said handle comprising:
an elongated front strip configured as a plate having at least one region which is transparent;
a handle bracket connected to the front strip for positioning the handle on the door;
a light source arranged in the handle; and
a light-guiding element configured to guide light from the light source to the front strip to radiate from the front strip,
wherein the front strip covers a front side of the light-guiding element, with light radiated from the light-guiding element radiating at least through a light-permeable material region of the front strip, and
the light-guiding element is arranged as a compressible spacer element between the front strip and the handle bracket.