Patent ID: 8334643

Claim:
A lamp for internal lighting of an electric household appliance, comprising: at least one first light source including a light emitting diode (LED); a printed circuit for supporting and powering the at least one first light source; and a supporting body for the printed circuit, the supporting body made of an electrically non-conductive material and provided, at a first end thereof, with a reflecting/diffusing element for light emitted from the at least one first light source, the reflecting/diffusing element defining an optical axis arranged substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the supporting body, wherein the at least one first light source is carried on a first flat face of the printed circuit and is mounted at a first end of the printed circuit, with a light diffusion axis of the at least one first light source oriented substantially perpendicular to the first flat face, the supporting body has a tubular shape and the printed circuit is supported inside the supporting body, with the first flat face arranged substantially coplanar with the optical axis of the reflecting/diffusing element and the first end of the printed circuit overhangingly protruding from the first end of the supporting body, within a concavity of the reflecting/diffusing element, so that the reflecting/diffusing element is arranged to collect at least a part of the light emitted from the at least one first light source, and the printed circuit extends over an entire length of the supporting body, to a second end of the supporting body opposite to the first end of the supporting body.