ILLUMINATION DEVICE HAVING AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND DOMESTIC REFRIGERATION DEVICE HAVING SUCH AN ILLUMINATION DEVICE

摘要

An illumination apparatus includes at least one illumination device and an elongated optical waveguide. The optical waveguide has a length, two ends, a back side and a front side opposite the back side. One of the two ends is optically coupled to the at least one illumination device, or each of the two ends is optically coupled to at least one illumination device. The back side of the optical waveguide has a coupling-out structure, which is an integral component of the back side of the optical waveguide and is configured to couple the light coupled into the optical waveguide out of the optical waveguide at least over a majority of the entire length of the optical waveguide through the front side of the optical waveguide. A domestic refrigeration appliance having such an illumination apparatus as an interior illumination apparatus is also provided.