Release for an electrical switching arrangement

A release for an electrical switching arrangement, arranged over a course of a current path, the electrical switching arrangement including at least two switching contacts arranged in a housing, the at least two switching contacts being isolated upon a current flowing across the at least two switching contacts exceeding a threshold value, the release comprising:

• an actuating element configured to,
• respond, counter to a force of a restraining apparatus, to a gas pressure generated by an electric arc struck in an event of an electrodynamic recoil of the at least two switching contacts in an isolating zone of the at least two switching contacts, the isolating zone being surrounded by the housing, and
• actuate a shutdown mechanism effecting automatic interruption of the current path, the actuating element including,
• a moving element with a swivel axis, the moving element including a blocking element in a flow channel connected to the isolating zone, the blocking element being configured to perform a control movement in the presence of the pressure to result in disconnection, the moving element, being guided by way of a brace, the moving element being mounted such that a trajectory of the blocking element essentially runs in a plane that extends transversely to a direction of gas flow in the flow channel.