Patent ID: 6702059
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: A01D,B60Y,F16H

Abstract:
Transmission device (1) of a reducing type for a self-propelled wheeled machine, this device, driven by a belt (2) from a drive shaft (3), comprising a housing (4) containing a mechanism for reducing and clutching between an input shaft (5) and at least one output shaft (6) to drive the wheels that move the machine, this housing (4) being mounted floating relative to the chassis (7) of the machine, wherein,the housing (4) comprises two half casings (4A, 4B), the two half casings are assembleable on a joint plane (4C), one (4A) of these half casings comprises an integrally molded tongue (8), the molded tongue acting on a tension spring (9) so as to exert on the housing (4), a couple for swinging the housing (4) about the output shaft (6) to maintain continuous tension in the belt (2), this tongue (8) moreover comprising, adjacent its end, an abutment (10) immobilizing a sheath (11) of a control cable (17) acting on a lever (12) that controls the clutching of the device.