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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1987
Filed:
May. 19, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles H Meis, Albion, NE (US);
Duane B Overvaag, Columbus, NE (US);
Assignee:
Lindsay Manufacturing Co., Lindsay, NE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G / ; B05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
239735 ; 74391 ; 74740 ;
Abstract
This is concerned with a drive for a movable irrigation system and the like and is more specifically concerned with a gear drive arrangement between an electric drive motor and one or more of the wheels of a tower of a movable irrigation system with two gear assemblies between the electric motor and the ground engaging wheel, one of the gear assemblies being constructed and arranged for maximum speed reduction and minimum torque capacity and the other being driven by the first and constructed and arranged for minimum speed reduction and maximum torque capacity and driving the output shaft to the ground engaging wheel.