Patent ID: 11959732
Assignee: AOB PRODUCTS COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 30:
31. A target turner comprising:
a target support including a target holder configured to hold a target;
a base configured to engage a support surface and to support the target with respect to the support surface, the target support being rotatable with respect to the base about a target turning axis; and
a turning assembly supported by the base and operatively connectable to the target support for turning the target support about the target turning axis, the turning assembly including a motor and a drive train, the motor including an output shaft operatively connected to the drive train, the motor configured to rotate the output shaft in a first direction of rotation, the drive train configured to, in response to rotation of the output shaft in the first direction of rotation, transmit force from the output shaft to the target support so that force from the output shaft turns the target support in a first turning direction about the target turning axis from a non-shooting orientation toward a shooting orientation and the drive train is configured to, in response to further rotation of the output shaft in the first direction of rotation after the target support is in the shooting orientation, transfer force received from the output shaft after the target support is in the shooting orientation to the target support to turn the target support in a second turning direction opposite the first turning direction about the target turning axis from the shooting orientation toward the non-shooting orientation;
wherein the drive train includes first and second turning bodies configured to turn intermittently while the output shaft rotates in the first direction of rotation, the first turning body being rotatable about a first axis of rotation responsive to rotation of the output shaft, the second turning body being rotatable about a second axis of rotation responsive to rotation of the output shaft, the first and second axes of rotation being different from each other,
wherein the first and second turning bodies engage one another when the target support is in the shooting orientation and the non-shooting orientation.