Safety switch

Safety switch (2) with a latching unit (12), by means of which an associated actuator (3) is held in a latched position, characterized in that the latching unit (12) has an arrangement of latching jaws (14), wherein each latching jaw is spring-mounted by means of a spring unit (15), that the latching laws (14) are concentrically arranged and each, with a first free end, face one another and delimit an insertion opening (A), that the latching jaws are held in latched positions by means of the spring forces generated by the spring units (15), and that the latching jaws (14) can be displaced against the spring forces of the spring unit (15), whereby the insertion opening (A) is enlarged, wherein the latching unit (12) has a locking unit (17) associated with it by means of which the latching jaws (14) are locked in their latched positions, wherein the locking unit (17) has a link (18) with a cavity delimited by a wall segment that forms an inner contour, wherein the latching jaws (14) are arranged inside the cavity and wherein segments (23) of the inner contour form means to lock the latching jaws (14) in place, and wherein the link (18) is rotatable about a rotational axis.