Home appliance with lighting system

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EP 1 332 708 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.02.2004 Bulletin 2004/07

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	06.08.2003 Bulletin 2003/32

(21)	Application number: 02026282.0

(22)	Date of filing: 27.11.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A47L 15/42, D06F 39/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

05.02.2002 IT PN20020007

(71)	Applicant: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
	1930 Zaventem (BE)

(72)	Inventor:
	Favaro, Daniele 30020 Pramaggiore, Venezia (IT)

(74)	Representative: Giugni, Valter
	PROPRIA S.r.l., Via Mazzini 13 33170 Pordenone 33170 Pordenone (IT)

(54)	Home appliance with lighting system

(57) The home appliance has a functional cavity (3) capable of being closed by an access door (4) and provided with a lamp (5) that is adapted to be operated selectively to illuminate said cavity. Through a window (14), part of the light generated by the lamp (5) is transferred outside the home appliance in the form of coded light information under control of a programme sequence control unit (9).

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