Housing unit for a multi-part beam-like work tool

摘要

An extended housing for an array of working tools e.g. a cultivator, is assembled from a number of segments each containing meshing gear trains and the rotating shafts for the tools. The segments are separated by sloping flanges with meshing gears between the segments. The flanges are sloped at between 20 and 40 deg. to the transverse plane through the housing to enable individual segments to be removed and replaced. The housing is braced on a support beam and the flanges are secured together by threaded fasteners at right angles to the flanges.