Push-button operated switch with illuminated push button

Claim 1

IN AN ILLUMINATED PUSH-BUTTON OPERATED ELECTRIC SWITCH; A SWITCH BODY HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT FRONT WALL; A SWITCH MEMBER MOVABLY MOUNTED IN SAID BODY BETWEEN DIFFERENT OPERATIVE CONDITIONS; A ROTARY OPERATING WHEEL FOR SAID SWITCH MEMBER DISPOSED IN SAID BODY AND HAVING A SERIES OF ALTERNATE HIGH AND LOW PORTIONS ON ITS PERIPHERY; MEANS ON SAID SWITCH MEMBER WHICH IS SEATABLE ALTERNATELY ON SAID HIGH AND LOW PORTIONS FOR THEREBY POSITIONING SAID SWITCH MEMBER IN DIFFERENT OPERATIVE CONDITIONS; MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID WHEEL COMPRISING A ROTATABLE RATCHET MEMBER HAVING A SERIES OF PERIPHERALLY SPACED SHOULDER FORMING TEETH; A PUSH BUTTON MADE OF A TRANSLUCENT MATERIAL PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BODY, SAID PUSH BUTTON HAVING A CAVITY ACCESSIBLE FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID BODY AND MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID FRONT WALL AND ACCESSIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR OF SAID BODY; A SPRING FINGER ON SAID PUSH BUTTON POSITIONED WITHIN SAID BODY AND ARRANGED TO COOPERATE WITH SAID RATCHET MEMBER TO ROTATE IT WITH STEP-BY-STEP MOVEMENT ON SUCCESSIVE MANUAL DEPRESSION OF SAID PUSH BUTTON; AND A MINIATURE ILLUMINATING LAMP POSITIONED IN SAID BODY SO AS TO BE GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID FRONT WALL AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION THEREOF POSITIONED IN SAID CAVITY IN SAID PUSH BUTTON, SAID LAMP BEING ELECTRICALLY WIRED IN SAID SWITCH IN SUCH A MANNER THAT DURING CERTAIN OPERATIVE CONDITIONS IT IS ENERGIZED AND THEREBY CAUSES A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF SAID PUSH BUTTON TO GLOW AND BE VISIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR OF SAID BODY.