Abstract: A gear case for a rotary cutter head of a suction cutter dredger, comprising at least two connecting members each suitable for pivotally coupling the gear case to the ladder frame, said connecting members being located at the acute angles of an imaginary right-angled triangle, and the drive shaft extending approximately along, or approximately parallel to, one of the legs of said triangle.
Abstract: A cutter head for a cutter dredger, which cutter head has a disc-like configuration with a bottom plate being rotatable and carrying a row of blades adjacent the circumference. The soil loosened by the blades, whether or not aided by the bottom plate, is transported to a suction nozzle arranged in scooping relationship within the row of blades, which nozzle may be fitted with an attachment adapted to bring the effective suction nozzle opening to adjacent the soil loosening location.