Patent ID: 6012348
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An angle drive for agricultural implements, comprising:a housing, a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear engaging one another and enclosed by the housing, and sealing means sealing said gears within said housing;said housing including a first housing portion which, with reference to a first rotational axis of said first bevel gear, includes a radial first inner annular wall and a first annular outer wall, radially spaced from said first inner annular wall, a first end wall unitarily formed with said first inner annular wall and said first annular outer wall, an annular chamber formed between said first end, said first annular inner wall and said first annular outer wall;a second housing portion extending at an angle relative to the first housing portion, said second housing portion including a second outer wall extending annularly around a second rotational axis, said second rotational axis arranged at an angle relative to the first rotational axis, said second outer wall being unitarily formed with said first annular outer wall of the first housing portion, an aperture defined by said second outer wall leading to the annular chamber, said second housing portion including a second end wall unitarily formed with the first end wall of the first housing portion, said annular chamber of the first housing portion accommodating the first bevel gear, said first bevel gear teeth pointing towards the first end wall and said second bevel gear being arranged in the second housing portion, with teeth of said second bevel gear pointing towards the second end wall and said teeth of the first and second bevel gears engaging in the region of the aperture between the two housing portions and said sealing means comprising a first seal sealing between said first bevel gear and said first inner annular wall and a second seal sealing between said first bevel gear and said first annular outer wall.