US Patent 7107779 Refrigerating appliance, especially a refrigerator

The invention relates to a refrigerating appliance, especially a refrigerator, comprising a plate which consists of photoconductive material which can be removed from the refrigerating appliance with an electric light source which comprises a first electrical or electromagnetic transmission element which interacts—in the inserted or mounted state of the plate—with a second electrical or electromagnetic transmission element applied to the refrigerating appliance, in such a way that electrical current can be transmitted from the second electrical or electromagnetic transmission element.