ROTATING DEVICE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61G7/15 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to equipping health care facilities, particularly patient's and invalid's beds for supporting patient's body. The bed comprises a bearing surface (3) for a mattress formed by a bearing frame (2). The bearing frame (2) is formed by segments (4) which can rotate relatively to each other with a rotating device (12) arranged between two adjacent segments (4) respectively. The rotating device (12) comprises a driving mechanism (13) where the driving mechanism (13) comprises an engine (14) and a transmission (15). The transmission (15) of the driving mechanism (13) has a flange mounting with the shaft (17) where the shaft consists of two semi-shafts (18, 19). The each semi-shaft (18, 19) extends in the body (20). The rotating device (12) comprises a bearing element (22) formed by two segments (23) where two segments (23) are formed by the body (20) which encloses a respective semi-shaft (18, 19).

EFFECT: rotating device considerably saves the space in terms of installation, have safety advantages as the whole structure module is closed.

7 cl, 66 dwg