Patent ID: 7028784

Claim:
A motor-driven hand-held tool, comprising a housing ( 4 ) having a switch recess ( 6 ) formed therein, and an actuation member ( 8 ) displaceably arranged in the switching recess ( 6 ) for shifting a functional unit between different functional steps; and functional step display means including a read-out device ( 16 ) having a plurality of marks ( 18 ) for identifying respective functional steps, means for mechanically connecting the read-out device ( 16 ) with the actuation member ( 8 ) and carrying the identifying marks ( 18 ), and display means ( 14 ) provided in the housing ( 4 ) for displaying the identifying marks ( 18 ) and spaced from the switching recess ( 6 ), the mechanically connecting means having a plurality of different positions corresponding to the different functional steps, and the display means ( 14 ) displaying only one identifying mark, which corresponds to an actual functional step, in each position of the mechanically connecting means, wherein the display means ( 14 ) is formed by a recess provided in the housing, and wherein both the switching recess ( 6 ) and the display means recess ( 14 ) are formed in an upper, with respect to the handle, surface of the housing ( 4 ), wherein the mechanically connecting means comprises a slide member ( 10 ) formed, together with the actuation ( 8 ) member, as a one-piece element, and wherein the marks ( 18 ) are arranged on the slide ( 10 ) in a row, one after another, and wherein the slide ( 10 ) is displaceable in a region of the display means ( 14 ).