Refrigeration appliance with an ice maker

Abstract

A refrigerator includes an ice maker arranged in an interior compartment, and an illuminant integrated into a housing of the ice maker that illuminates a part of the interior compartment above the ice maker.

1 . A refrigerator comprising:
 an ice maker arranged in an interior compartment; and   an illuminant integrated into a housing of the ice maker that illuminates a part of the interior compartment above the ice maker.   
   
   
       2 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , further comprising a vertical light channel on the housing and wherein the illuminant is arranged on the light channel in order to radiate upward and downward. 
   
   
       3 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the ice maker comprises an ice reservoir and the illuminant is adjacent to the ice reservoir. 
   
   
       4 . The refrigerator of  claim 3 , wherein an exterior of a wall surrounding an ice supply includes a cutout that accommodates the illuminant. 
   
   
       5 . The refrigerator of  claim 4 , wherein the cutout comprises a reflector. 
   
   
       6 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the illuminant comprises two illuminants symmetrically positioned on opposite sides of the housing of the ice maker. 
   
   
       7 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the illuminant comprises light-emitting diodes. 
   
   
       8 . The refrigerator of  claim 7 , wherein the light-emitting diodes are on an upper side and on a lower side of the housing of the ice maker.