Patent ID: 8319131

Claim:
A device for switching an electrical switch on and off, comprising: a drive shaft; and an output shaft, the drive shaft and the output shaft running transversely with respect to one another and cooperating in such a way that a rotation of the drive shaft entails a rotation of the output shaft, the drive shaft being rotatable between an ON position and an OFF position, and the output shaft being rotatable correspondingly thereto between a switch-on position and a switch-off position, the output shaft being connected to the electrical switch which is switchable on into the switch-on position as a result of the rotation of the output shaft and which is switchable off into the switch-off position by rotation, the drive shaft and the output shaft being connected to one another via a displaceable sliding element which, during the rotation of the drive shaft, is displaced and rotates the output shaft about its axis of rotation in the course of displacement wherein the sliding element is connected to a spring mechanism which automatically pushes the sliding element further on after the sliding element has passed a tipping point.