Operating device

Control device for activating at least two devices, which has a toothed plate (20) with a plurality of teeth (28), a first arrangement of toothed wheels with at least one first toothed wheel (30) and a second arrangement of toothed wheels (40) with at least one second sprocket (42), wherein - the at least one first sprocket (30) of the first sprocket arrangement and the at least one second sprocket (42) of the second sprocket arrangement (40) are meshed with the teeth (28) of the toothed plate (20), - the at least one first sprocket (30) of the first sprocket arrangement and the at least one second sprocket (42) of the second sprocket arrangement (40) are mounted so that they can rotate about axes that they run orthogonally to each other, - the rear face (22) of the toothed plate (20) is accessible through an opening (16) in a control surface (14) of the control device (10), - the first gear wheel arrangement can be coupled with a first device and the second gear wheel arrangement (40) can be coupled with a second device, and - the toothed plate (20) is formed by two racks intersecting on two axes.