Patent ID: 7126806

Claim:
Control arrangement for apparatuses ( 1 ) with several functional actuators that are operated with a low voltage, and supplied by a mains-operated transformer ( 2 ) that is provided with a mains activation device, comprising: a) a switching unit ( 3 ) that is consolidated into a manually operated switching panel ( 12 ) and serves to control the functional actuators and the mains activation device of the apparatus ( 1 ) to be controlled, b) several electrical switching contacts on the switching panel ( 12 ) that are mechanically actuated, and c) transmission means for transmitting control commands to the mains activation device and to the functional actuators, wherein the switching unit ( 3 ) comprises separate actuator switching contacts ( 4 , 4 ′) and mains activation device contacts ( 5 , 5 ′), and said transmission means comprises separate actuator transmission means ( 4 A) and mains activation device transmission means ( 5 A) respectively provided for the functional actuators and for the mains activation device, such that the mains activation device and of the functional actuators are permanently electrically separated from one another.