Patent ID: 9734960
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. A switching device configured for sudden switching-on operation and including an operating mechanism having an operating element and connected by a first transmission mechanism to a latching mechanism for operating a switching lever via a second transmission mechanism, and a contact arrangement formed of a fixed switching piece having first contacts and arranged opposite a moveable switching piece having second contacts and guided for movement in a contact slide, the switching device further comprising: a device for sudden switching-on of the switching device, arranged in the latching mechanism and comprising a locking part, a lever arranged in operative connection with the locking part, said lever having first and second limbs connected by a connecting web, the first limb defining two larger passage holes and two smaller passage holes arranged respectively above and below one of the larger passage holes, and a transmission element operatively connected to the locking part and arranged to act on the moveable switching piece of the contact arrangement.