Drawer illuminating device

A drawer illuminating device comprising a housing having a pair of compartments therein, a transparent lens removably secured to the housing covering an opening communicating to one of the compartments, a lamp having terminals, a socket, the lamp being removably secured within the socket, the lamp having a light emitting portion disposed in said one compartment, a battery having terminals, a switch having terminals, the terminals of the battery and the terminals of the switch and the terminals of the lamp being disposed in a series electrical circuit, the battery being removably secured within the other compartment, the switch being fixedly secured with the other compartment, the switch having an operating lever extending outwardly from said other compartment, the switch having normally closed contacts connecting to the terminals thereof, a bar, a shaft, a portion of the shaft extending outwardly from the housing and journaled thereto, means to bias the shaft about the axis of rotation thereof, the bar having a hole, the extended portion of the shaft beinb disposed removably engaged within the hole, the bar extending radially outwardly from the shaft and rotatable therewith when the bar is carried by the extended portion of the shaft, means to secure the housing to an interior vertical surface of a drawer.