Patent ID: 9607788
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. An appliance switch comprising: a frame having a faceplate with an opening in it and a longitudinal extent having a periphery that may be received along a horizontal axis through a hole in a vertical wall of an appliance with a rear surface of the faceplate abutting a front surface of the vertical wall; a pushbutton supported by the frame within the periphery to move between an on and off position with respect to the frame along the horizontal axis through the opening in the faceplate as received; a contact housing supported by the frame within the periphery behind the pushbutton along the horizontal axis as received; and an electrical contacts assembly supported within the contact housing to be shielded by the contact housing from water directed downward across the contact housing or inward through the faceplate as received; wherein the pushbutton includes an arm member extending from the pushbutton along an outside of the contact housing to a rear lower portion of the contact housing as received; and an operator communicating through the contact housing between the electrical contact assembly and a distal portion of the arm member to activate the electrical contact assembly with movement of the pushbutton.