Articulated apparatus
AssigneeWessex International Machinery
InventorsPaul WILLS, Charles BROWNING, Roy WOLFENDEN, Jack HORSFIELD
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Abstract
The articulated apparatus has a body portion and a wing portion. The wing portion includes an active member and is mounted on the body portion. The wing portion is moveable between a first position and a second position. The articulated apparatus further includes a gearbox configured to transmit a drive force from a drive source to the active member, wherein the articulated apparatus has a coupling system. The coupling system is configured to couple the gearbox with the active member when the wing portion is in the first position, and to decouple the gearbox from the active member when the wing portion is in a second position.
Claims24
An articulated apparatus, said articulated apparatus comprising;
- a body portion, and
- a wing portion, said wing portion comprising an active member,
- said wing portion mounted on said body portion, said wing portion moveable between a first position and a second position,
- said articulated apparatus further comprising a gearbox configured to transmit drive from a drive source to said active member,
- wherein said articulated apparatus comprises a coupling system, said coupling system configured to couple said gearbox with said active member when said wing portion is in said first position, and to decouple said gearbox from said active member when said wing portion is in said second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.