Motor-driven hand-held tool with functional step display

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).