Appliance control assembly

An appliance control assembly, including:

• an escutcheon adapted to support controls for said appliance and including a slot;
• a push button switch mechanism including a plurality of push buttons arranged in a row, each of said push buttons having an extended position and a depressed position;
• said switch mechanism also including a plurality of indicator flags arranged in a row, each indicator flag being movable with a corresponding push button between the extended and depressed positions of that push button;
• said switch mechanism also including a plurality of prisms arranged in a row with each prism positioned adjacent to a corresponding push button;
• said switch assembly being mounted on the inner side of said escutcheon with said push buttons, said indicator flags and said prisms aligned with said escutcheon slot;
• a cover including a plurality of touch pads arranged in a row and a plurality of light ports arranged in a row with each light port positioned adjacent a corresponding touch pad, each of said light ports being adapted to pass light through said cover;
• said cover being mounted over the outer side of said escutcheon and overlying said slot with each touch pad aligned with a corresponding push button and with each light port aligned with a corresponding prism;
• each prism being adapted to direct toward the corresponding indicator flag ambient light passing through the corresponding light port and to direct toward the corresponding light port light reflected by the corresponding indicator flag;
• each indicator flag including a reflective surface positioned to reflect ambient light received from the corresponding prism only when the corresponding push button is in a predetermined one of its position.