Abstract: A baking oven includes baking oven lighting reduced by a dimmer device of a control device not suddenly each time, but such that the lighting becomes continuously weaker over a time period visually evident to a user. The light intensity is, preferably, also continuously increased when the baking space lighting is switched on.

Abstract: A mullion assembly for a refrigerator quick chill pan is provided. The mullion assembly includes a base comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, a first light element coupled to said base for producing light above said top surface, and a second light element coupled to said base for producing light below said bottom surface.

Abstract: A light for a barbecue grill is provided. The light has a housing mounted to the lid of a barbecue grill, and the housing contains a light source, a power source, a controller and a switch. The switch may be a manual switch or an automatic tilt switch. The switches manipulate illumination of the light sources when the lid of the barbecue grill is opened.

Abstract: For a light emitting device using gallium nitride (GaN), on a substrate are sequentially formed a GaN-based layer, an AlGaN-based layer, and a light emitting layer. To prevent cracks in the AGaN-based layer, the AlGaN-based layer is formed before planarization of the surface of the GaN layer on a surface of the GaN layer which is not planar. For a laser, the AlGaN-based layers serve as clad layers which sandwich the light emitting layer.

Abstract: An appliance, such as an oven, including a cavity adapted to receive food items has an open frontal portion which can be closed off by means of a pivotable door. The door is provided with a transparent zone which enables viewing of the cavity when the door is closed. Mounted within the door is a lighting device which can be used to selectively illuminate the cavity. Preferably, the transparent zone is defined by a window pack assembly including a pair of spaced first and second transparent panels between which is arranged the lighting device such that the lighting device illuminates the cavity through one of the transparent panels. Wires are directed to the lighting device through the door, while entering a cabinet of the appliance adjacent a hinge axis area associated with the door.

Abstract: A connection between a ceiling fan and a lamp includes a bracket being a hollow conical member having an inner side formed with a projection, a notch extending through a side wall off said hollow conical member and two opposite recesses on an outer side of said hollow conical member, a pair of terminals made of insulation material and each provided at one end with a protrusion engaged with said circular hole and at another end with a conducting member extending into a bottom of said bracket, a suspending tube having a lower end for connecting to a lamp, a plug fitted inside said bracket, and two electrical wires extending upwardly out of an upper end of said suspending tube and then bent downwardly to go through said plug to contact respective conducting members of said terminals.

Abstract: A see through refrigerator door construction 10 for use on both the freezer section 102 and the refrigerator section 103 of a refrigerator 100. The door construction 10 includes a framework member 20 having an outer transparent pane 22 and an inner two way mirror pane 24 which is surrounded by an illumination unit 12 for projecting light into the interior of the refrigerator 100 to render the two way mirror pane 24 transparent in response to the actuation of a pressure switch 40.

Abstract: A modular lighting assembly is provided for a refrigerator which has a molded base plate carrying a light bulb, a light switch and electrical connectors between the light switch and light bulb. The light switch may be either a plunger type switch or other types of switch such as a magnetic switch. The light is positioned adjacent to the switch so as to avoid the necessity of having a wire harness extend within the refrigerator cabinet between those two components.

Abstract: A refrigerator door handle carries a contact sensor which, when touched by user, causes an interior lamp of the refrigerator to be illuminated. Thereafter, the illumination of the lamp is controlled by a conventional switch which senses when the door is open or closed, whereby the lamp remains on until the door is sensed to be closed.

Abstract: A fluorescent lamp lighting control apparatus and method for use in a refrigerator is provided. Here, power is supplied according to opening of a refrigerator door and a fluorescent lamp is preheated for a predetermined time and is turned on by a counter-electromotive force supplied from a stabilizer after being preheated. The fluorescent lamp lighting control apparatus detects whether or not said fluorescent lamp is lit up, and repeats the lighting operation until said fluorescent lamp is lit up when it is detected that said fluorescent lamp is not lit up. Accordingly, the lighting operation of a fluorescent lamp installed in a refrigerator is secured.

Abstract: A preheating device for an illuminating unit comprises a cold cathode fluorescent tube, a heater for heating the cold cathode fluorescent tube at the time of low temperature and ensuring the brightness, a temperature sensor, a door-unlocking detector, and a CPU controlling the heater. When a driver of a vehicle unlocks a door of a vehicle with a key to get it in, the door-unlocking detector detects unlocking of the door and sends the detected signal to the CPU. The CPU starts electric supply to the heater to preheat the cold cathode fluorescent tube when a detected signal of the unlocking of the door is input by the door-unlocking detector and a cold temperature signal is input by the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A lamp (34) for a refrigerator or freezer cabinet is located forwardly and above a horizontal edge (38) of an access opening (16) to a storage space (12) for goods in the cabinet. The lamp (34) illuminates the space (12) through the access opening by means of a reflector (36). The reflector (36) includes a cylindrical part (52) having a semi-elliptical cross-sectional shape. A concave side of the cylindrical part (52) faces the access opening (16). The lamp has a filament (42) which shines in the shape of a line (44) running parallel to the edge (38) and through one (42) of the focal points of the ellipse. The other focal point (58) of the ellipse is located quite close to and outside the edge (38), so that the light from the filament (42) first is reflected by the cylindrical part (52) of the reflector (36) and then passes through the other focal point (58) on its way into the space (12).

Abstract: A fluorescent lamp light-up control apparatus for use in a refrigerator having a plurality of fluorescent lamps which are installed in a plurality of cooling compartments, for illuminating a corresponding cooling compartment is provided, which includes a preheating starter which is commonly connected to the plurality of fluorescent lamps, a switch for selectively connecting the starter to one of the plurality of fluorescent lamps, and a light-up controller for controlling the switching means so that the starter is connected to the fluorescent lamp in an opened cooling compartment when a door of one of the plurality of cooling compartments is opened, thereby performing a preheating operation necessary for lighting up each fluorescent lamp installed in a fresh food compartment and a freezing compartment by using a single starter, which provides an economic product.

Abstract: In a refrigerator having a fluorescent lamp for illuminating a fresh food compartment in which the fluorescent lamp is installed in the fresh food compartment, and is turned on and off according to the opening and closing of a door for opening and closing the fresh food compartment, the refrigerator includes a heater which is installed adjacent to the fluorescent lamp to heat the peripheral portion of the fluorescent lamp. The refrigerator maintains a peripheral temperature of a fluorescent lamp at an appropriate temperature for lighting up the fluorescent lamp, to thereby prevent failure in the light-up of the fluorescent lamp and the reduction of illumination after lighting up the fluorescent lamp.

Abstract: A color-matching apparatus for visual on-light evaluation of flexible copies includes a support for at least one copy having a supporting surface being concave as viewed by an observer. An areally radiating illumination configuration emits light of a defined type onto copies and generates a defined intensity of illumination in the supporting surface. The illumination configuration has a radiating surface being substantially convex, as viewed by the observer.

Abstract: A portable light is provided which is operated and turned on automatically when the light is moved to a vertical or near vertical position and turns off automatically when in a non-vertical position. A highly reliable, sealed a reed switch is operated when an associated magnet moves into proximity. A locking mechanism retains the magnet to prevent operation of the light when not in use. A manually operated, mechanical switch is also provided and uses a metal strip to over ride the magnet/reed switch to allow for selective operation of the light in any position. The light can be used as a flashlight or attached to a cooler lid, car hood, visor attache case and the like to turn on automatically as the attached, hinged device is moved to a vertical or near vertical position.

Abstract: A light source device including a lamp-exchanging door which is attached/removed when a lamp is replaced and an electrode-connection/separation arrangement for making connection/separation between an electrode of a lamp driving circuit and an electrode of a lamp when the lamp-exchanging door is attached/removed.

Abstract: A refrigerator having functions to improve visibility in a space inside the refrigerator 1 and to have foods inside the refrigerator looking appetizing. Conventional refrigerators have only one, or at the most 2 lamps on an innermost wall surface of a refrigerator chamber, which makes it difficult to see foods and indications on the foods. The refrigerator of the invention overcomes this problem by providing interconnection-type lamps 6 on a front end of a refrigerator ceiling surface 4 and/or a front end of an under surface of a tray 5 over the entire width of the ceiling or the tray, and a reflection/shielding plates on front sides of the lamps 6. This arrangement offers enhanced utility of household and industrial refrigerators.

Abstract: A refrigerator has a refrigeration control mechanism including a base mounted in the food storage compartment. The base includes a support plate extending generally horizontally side-to-side in the compartment. A pair of thermostats are mounted under opposite end portions of the plate and a lamp is mounted between the thermostats. Each thermostat has an operating handle extending forward of the plate. A bezel is removably mounted to the base and extends along the front of the plate aligned with the thermostats and lamp. The bezel includes two slots which receive the handles and permit sliding movement of the handles to adjust the thermostats. The slots and handles are sized to permit removal of the bezel without removing the handles. A light shield, removably mounted to the base, includes a bottom wall extending under the plate, aligned with the thermostats and lamp, and a frame encompassing the periphery of the bezel. The upper edge of the frame overlaps the upper edge of the bezel.

Abstract: A refrigerated waste storage container is disclosed, the container having a refrigeration unit for cooling or freezing the contents therein and a germicidal lamp for producing radiation to kill microorganisms in the waste. The container includes a sealable cover which incorporates the germicidal lamp and appropriate controls for cycling the lamp and the refrigeration unit to eliminate objectionable odors and germs.

Abstract: A refrigerated waste storage container is disclosed, the container having a refrigeration unit for cooling or freezing the contents therein and a germicidal lamp for producing radiation to kill microorganisms in the waste. The container includes a sealable cover which incorporates the germicidal lamp and appropriate controls for cycling the lamp and the refrigeration unit to eliminate objectionable odors and microorganisms.

Abstract: A control apparatus for maximizing an inner space of a freezing chamber of a refrigerator and for providing ready access to a temperature control portion even when the inner space is filled with foodstuffs. The apparatus includes an upper cover recessed into an upper wall of the freezer chamber to contain the temperature control portion and a lamp, a case having a temperature adjustment lever an illumination cover protecting lamp, in which the temperature adjustment lever is engaged with a follower gear of the temperature control portion to control the temperature of the freezing chamber.

Abstract: The invention relates to a light-bulb holder for household appliances in general, and refrigerators and freezers in particular, comprising a board structure fabricated from an electrically insulating material and bounded by a peripheral edge and a pair of oppositely disposed lateral surfaces, and an electrically conductive plate divided into sections so as to define an electrical circuit and disposed inside the board structure.

Abstract: A light-bulb holding device for household appliances in general, and for refrigerators or freezers in particular, comprises a board structure equipped, at a first end, with a sleeve for accommodating a stem portion of a light bulb and, at a second end, opposite to the first end, with a longitudinal slot within which is mounted, in a freely slidable mode, a switch stem which interacts so as to strike, under the action of a biasing spring, with a pair of electrical contacts defined means of respective metal tabs carried laterally by a first lateral surface of the aforenoted board structure and projecting from it in a perpendicular direction. The stem is equipped with a head which projects from the slot and the board structure is equipped, on the first surface and on a second lateral surface opposite to the first surface, with opposed attaching means for, respectively, mounting and electrically connecting a thermostat and a multiple power supply connector.

Abstract: A lamp assembly for a clothes dryer for illuminating the interior of the dryer drum. The lamp socket assembly includes a pivotable socket whereby the assembly may be serviced by first pivoting the socket so that the lightbulb installed in the socket extends into the dryer drum. Positive stop and detent means are provided for positively indicating the operating and service positions of the lamp assembly. Furthermore, a handle is provided to pivot the lamp socket and the handle interferes with the installation of a protective lens for the assembly when the lightbulb has not been fully retracted to the operating position. The bracket for mounting the lamp assembly is formed integrally with reflectors for reflecting the light from the lightbulb into the dryer drum.

Abstract: A measuring and/or color matching table having a sheet support surface, including a device for assessing printing quality of a printed sheet deposited on the sheet support surface, and a lighting fixture disposed above and spaced from the sheet support surface, the table having a front side from which the device is operable by an operator, a front part of the sheet supported surface facing towards the operator at the front side of the table and being inclined upwardly at an obtuse angle to a rear part of the sheet support surface.

Abstract: An electrically heated oven for mobile vehicles, such as vans or recreational vehicles, includes a tightly closed oven compartment divided by an internal, imperforate, vertical secondary wall spaced from the back wall of the oven into a front cooking chamber and a rear heater chamber. A thermostatically controlled, plate-like, low wattage electric resistance heating element operable at the vehicle voltage is located within the heater chamber intermediate the upper and lower edges of the secondary wall, which edges are spaced from the top and bottom walls of the oven to allow convection air flow between the cooking and heater chambers. The front surface of the secondary wall is dull and roughened to readily dissipate heat into the cooking chamber and the rear surface of the secondary wall is smooth and shiny to minimize absorption of heat thereby from the heating element. The oven is mounted from a face plate for easy installation into the vehicle.