Pivot and Fanning Drive for Solar Panels

A pivot and fanning drive for solar panels, comprising:

• a base support,
• a rotary table (t, which is mounted on the base support pivotingly about a substantially vertical first axis,
• a swivel plate, which is mounted on the rotary table pivotingly about a substantially horizontal second axis, and
• a fanning shaft, which is mounted on the swivel plate pivotingly about a third axis and on which the solar panels can be mounted such that they can be fanned in and out about the aforesaid third axis,
• wherein the rotary table mounts one end of the swivel plate about the aforesaid second axis and, at a distance therefrom, mounts at least one crank, which is coupled by means of a connecting rod to an other end of the swivel plate to form a crank-rocker linkage, and
• further wherein the fanning shaft is driven via a coupling by the swivel plate or drive thereof or via a coupling by the rotary table or drive thereof.