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

Claim 25:
26. A target turner comprising:
a target support including a target holder configured to hold a target;
a base including a housing, the base being 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 about a first axis of rotation 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, turn the target support in a first turning direction about the target turning axis from a non-shooting orientation to a shooting orientation and to, in response to further rotation of the output shaft in the first direction of rotation, turn the target support in a second turning direction opposite the first turning direction about the target turning axis from the shooting orientation to the non-shooting orientation, wherein the target turning axis extends into the housing and a portion of the turning assembly in the housing pivots about the target turning axis in response to rotation of the output shaft;
wherein the drive train includes a first turning body, a crank and a lock, the crank being arranged to rotate about a crank axis of rotation responsive to rotation of the output shaft in the first direction of rotation to transmit force from the output shaft to the target support to turn the target support, the crank including an actuator configured to rotate about the crank axis to transmit force from the crank to the target support for turning the target support, the first turning body being arranged with respect to the crank such that force from the output shaft is transmitted to the first turning body via the actuator of the crank so that force from the output shaft turns the first turning body to turn the target support, the lock being connected to the crank and arranged to rotate with the crank about the crank axis of rotation, the lock arranged to selectively block the target support from moving out of at least one of the non-shooting orientation or the shooting orientation via engagement of the lock with the first turning body, the lock being different from the actuator,
wherein the crank axis of rotation is different from and spaced apart from the target turning axis;
wherein the crank axis of rotation is different from and spaced apart from the first axis of rotation.