Motor shaft mounted speed reducer

Claim 1

IN A POWER TRANSMISSION OF THE TYPE COMPRISING A MOTOR WITH A ROTATABLE MOTOR OUTPUT SHAFT, A SPEED REDUCER AND POWER TAKE-OFF MEANS; SAID SPEED REDUCER COMPRISING AN INPUT SHAFT ADAPTED FOR MOUNTING ON THE MOTOR OUTPUT SHAFT, AN OUTPUT SHAFT INTERCONNECTED TO THE INPUT SHAFT THROUGH SPEED CHANGE GEARING WHICH HAS AN OVERALL SPEED REDUCTION RATIO OF G.R., A HOUSING ENCLOSING THE GEARING WITH A PORTION OF THE OUTPUT SHAFT PROJECTING THROUGH THE HOUSING; SAID POWER TAKEOFF MEANS INCLUDING A CHAIN SPROCKET WITH A PITCH RADIUS OF R ATTACHED TO THE PROJECTION PORTION OF THE SPEED REDUCER OUTPUT SHAFT IN DRIVING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH AND A CHAIN ARRANGED OVER THE CHAIN SPROCKET FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF AN OUTPUT FORCE WITH A LINE OF ACTION LYING IN A VERTICAL PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICUALR TO THE AXIS OF THE SPEED REDUCER OUTPUT SHAFT AND IN AN AXIAL PLANE SPACAED FROM THE AXIS OF THE SPEED REDUCER OUTPUT SHAFT, SAID OUTPUT FORCE THEREBY IMPOSING A BENDING MOMENT ON TH MOTOR OUTPUT SHAFT; THE COMBINATION WITH SAID POWER TRANSMISSION OF A MOTOR MOUNT COMPRISING A BASE PORTION UPON WHICH THE MOTOR REST AND A VERTICAL PORTION POSITIONED BETWEEN THE SPEED REDUCER AND THE MOTOR, SAID VERTICAL PORTION HAVING AN APERTURE FOR THE PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF THE MOTOR OUTPUT SHAFT; AND TORQUE REACTION LOCALIZING MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST MEMBER ATTACHED TO THE SPEED REDUCER HOUSING AND A SECOND MEMBER ATTACHED TO THE VERTICAL PORTION OF THE MOTOR MOUNT, THE RADIAL POSITIONS OF THE TWO MEMBERS BEING SELECTED SO THAT BOTH INTERSECT A PLANE THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE AFORESAID AXIAL PLANE OF THE OUTPUT FORCE AND SPACED FROM THE AXIS OF THE SPEED REDUCER OUTPUT SHAFT AT A PERPENDICULAR DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO