SUPPORT-ROTATING DEVICE Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC B66C23/84 A01G23/00 A01G23/08 

FIELD: mechanics.

SUBSTANCE: support-rotating device (SRD) incorporates rotary-roller support with its lower part rigidly attached to the self-propelled chassis frame and furnished gear ring arranged along its outer edge, and its upper movable part accommodating platform rigidly fixed thereon. The platform supports manipulator and mechanism to turn the said platform with the manipulator horizontally and relative to the self-propelled chassis frame, the latter being furnished with a motor and a reduction gear with its output shaft provided with a drive gear in mesh with the aforesaid gear ring of the support fixed part. A rotary plate is fitted on the reduction gear output shaft, furnished with additional gears driven from the drive gear via a flexible link, e.g. a roller chain and lantern gears, one of them being fitted on the drive gear shaft, the others on the additional gear shafts. The said additional gears are in mesh with the fixed support gear ring.

EFFECT: longer life of SRD and machine proper.

4 cl, 2 dwg