PADLOCK STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH AND AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH

The present disclosure relates to a padlock structure for an automatic transfer switch, which includes: a padlock member, arranged in a housing and configured to be movable between an extended position and a retracted position, at the extended position, a part of the padlock member can be extended outside the housing to perform a padlock operation, at the retracted position, the padlock member is located in the housing and cannot perform the padlock operation, and the mode selector is configured to prevent the padlock member from moving to the extended position at the first position and allow the padlock member to move to the extended position at the second position; the padlock structure further includes a stopper, which is arranged on the state indicator and can rotate together with the state indicator, and the stopper is configured to block a part of the mode selector at the closed indication position of the state indicator to prevent the mode selector from moving to the second position, thereby preventing the padlock element from moving to the extended position, and allow the mode selector to move to the second position at the double separation indication position of the state indicator, thereby allowing the padlock element to move to the extended position. Fig. 1 Fig. 2