Patent ID: 8317357
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: F21L,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A sealed push button actuator assembly for installation in an opening in the wall of a housing of an appliance, comprising: an actuator assembly supported in said opening of said housing, said assembly including a grommet having disposed there within a push button plunger having a concentric spring there around and configured for sliding movement against tension in said spring within said grommet; said push button plunger further comprising a cylindrical body capped at a first end by a transverse disc-shaped head having a substantially flat profile and a reduced diameter portion of said body at a second end thereof opposite said first end and forming a shoulder; and a resilient boot enclosing portions of said actuator assembly external to said housing, said boot having a circumferential, inward-extending lip clamped between said grommet and the periphery of said opening in said housing, to provide a dust and moisture resistant seal of said opening.