Patent ID: 7227092

Claim:
An actuation device for an electric switching device comprising a body onto which is mounted a control handle and a locking device configured to lock a rotation of the control handle, said locking device comprising: a locking member configured to move in a locking translation movement along a main axis in a locking direction between a locked position in which the rotation of the control handle is locked and an unlocked position; a sliding element mounted on the control handle and configured to move in a sliding translation movement along said main axis in a sliding direction opposite to the locking direction and define an opening that can receive one or more padlocks in a locked position; and an operating mechanism configured to interact with the locking member and with the sliding element to convert the sliding translation movement of the sliding element in the sliding direction into the locking translation movement of the locking member in the locking direction, and convert the locking translation movement of the locking member in the locking direction into the sliding translation movement of the sliding element in the sliding direction.