Patent ID: 7806582

Claim:
An illuminating module for mounting in a domestic appliance, the illuminating module comprising: either a first illuminating element or a second illuminating element being different from said first illuminating element; a housing including a receiving region configured to alternately receive one of said first illuminating element and said second illuminating element, said receiving region configured to receive only one of said first illuminating element and said second illuminating element at a time; said housing including a spring-mounted stop element with which said first illuminating element is releasably secured in the receiving region and a second spring-mounted stop element with which said second illuminating element is releasably secured in the receiving region the illuminating module with said first illuminating element received in said receiving region functioning as a passive illuminating module with said first illuminating element receiving light directed to it from a remote light source, and, alternately, the illuminating module with said second illuminating element received in said receiving region functioning as an active illuminating module with its own light source; and a first light conductor disposed in said housing and having a light admission surface through which light escaping from said illuminating elements enters said first light conductor, said first light conductor having a light exit surface from which the light escapes from the illuminating module.