Domestic cooling appliance with a specific receptacle for a light module

Abstract

A domestic cooling appliance includes a receiving space for foodstuffs which is delimited by walls and an illuminating device for illuminating the receiving space. One wall has at least one receptacle for a light module of the illuminating device. The receptacle is spaced further from the receiving space than an inner side facing the receiving space of a wall region of the one wall adjacent the receptacle.

1 . A domestic cooling appliance, comprising:
 a receiving space for foodstuffs;   walls delimiting said receiving space, one of said walls having a wall region with an inner side facing said receiving space;   an illuminating device for illuminating said receiving space, said illuminating device including at least one light module and at least one receptacle for said at least one light module; and   said at least one receptacle being disposed at said one wall and spaced further from said receiving space than said inner side of said wall region of said one wall adjacent said at least one receptacle.   
     
     
         2 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one receptacle is formed in one piece with said one wall. 
     
     
         3 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one receptacle is formed as a stamping in said one wall. 
     
     
         4 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one light module has a front side facing said receiving space, and said at least one light module is mounted with said front side being flush with said inner side of said wall region or being disposed in said at least one receptacle with an outward offset relative to said inner side of said wall region, as viewed from said receiving space towards said at least one receptacle. 
     
     
         5 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one receptacle has a circumferential abutment flange delimiting a continuous hole in said at least one receptacle, and said abutment flange is formed with an outward offset relative to said inner side of said wall region, as viewed from said receiving space in a direction towards said at least one receptacle. 
     
     
         6 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 5 , wherein said at least one light module extends through said hole. 
     
     
         7 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 5 , wherein:
 said abutment flange has an inner surface facing said receiving space;   said at least one light module includes a housing having a front flange with an outer side; and   said at least one light module is mounted in said at least one receptacle with said outer side of said front flange abutting on said inner surface of said abutment flange.   
     
     
         8 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 7 , wherein said front flange has an inner side forming a front side of said at least one light module being flush with said inner side of said wall region or disposed with an outward offset relative to said inner side of said wall region. 
     
     
         9 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 5 , wherein said abutment flange has at least one flange section with at least one recess forming an assembly coding for said at least one light module. 
     
     
         10 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one light module is non-destructively detachably disposed in said at least one receptacle. 
     
     
         11 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 10 , wherein:
 said at least one receptacle has an abutment flange with an outer side facing away from said receiving space;   said at least one light module has a housing and latching elements formed on and in one piece with said housing; and   said latching elements engage behind said outer side of said abutment flange to enable mounting of said at least one receptacle with retention through latching.   
     
     
         12 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 1 , which further comprises an evaporator, said one wall being a top wall covering said evaporator. 
     
     
         13 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 12 , wherein said top wall is a stepped wall having a lowermost step and a rearmost step, and said at least one receptacle is formed in said lowermost step or is formed in said rearmost step as viewed in a depth direction of the domestic cooling appliance. 
     
     
         14 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one light module has a plurality of light emitting diodes. 
     
     
         15 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said illuminating device includes a further light module irradiating light through at least one light transmission opening in said one wall into said receiving space; and   a distance adapter is disposed adjacent said at least one light transmission opening, said further light module is disposed on said distance adapter, said distance adapter spaces said further light module from said one wall outside said receiving space, and said distance adapter causes light from said further light module to be directed to said light transmission opening.   
     
     
         16 . The domestic cooling appliance according to  claim 15 , wherein said distance adapter has a stepped inner side.