Patent ID: 8783927

Claim:
An illuminator for an appliance control, the appliance control having a shaft that may extend through an opening in a console to be received by a knob on a front surface of the console, the illuminator comprising: a light pipe having a first portion adapted to fit beneath the knob on the front surface of the console with a second portion passing through the opening with the shaft and presenting a light-receiving surface extending within the console; a housing positionable adjacent to the opening on a rear surface of the console to receive and retain the second portion of the light pipe, the housing holding a plurality of electrical lamps positioned to project light into the light-receiving surface when the light- receiving surface is so received and to capture the console between the housing and light pipe; wherein the second portion of the light pipe may be adjusted to and retained at multiple different positions within the housing to accommodate consoles of different thicknesses while maintaining a substantially constant separation between the electrical lamps and the light-receiving surface.