Switchgear

A switchgear comprising a first contact disposed to be capable of reciprocating along a motion axis, and a second contact disposed on the motion axis, wherein

• the second contact includes
• a facing unit made of an insulating material and facing a distal end part of the first contact, the distal end part being located in a first direction, the first direction being a direction from the first contact toward the second contact, the facing unit being disposed to be movable in the first direction when the facing unit is pushed in by the distal end part of the first contact moving in the first direction,
• an urging unit to urge the facing unit in a second direction, the second direction being a direction opposite to the first direction,
• a spaced unit spaced from the motion axis and urged in a direction toward the motion axis, and
• a regulating unit coupled to the facing unit,
• the spaced unit abuts on the regulating unit to regulate movement of the spaced unit in the direction toward the motion axis as the facing unit is located in the second direction under action of an urging force of the urging unit,
• the spaced unit is released from abutment on the regulating unit to remove the regulation of the movement of the spaced unit in the direction toward the motion axis as the facing unit is pushed in by the distal end part of the first contact to move in the first direction, and
• the spaced unit is disposed without abutting on the first contact that reciprocates, as the regulating unit regulates the movement of the spaced unit in the direction toward the motion axis, and the spaced unit moves in the direction toward the motion axis into abutment on the first contact as the regulation by the regulating unit is removed.