Rotary drive device, comprising a base unit (5) extending along a main axis (2), a driven unit (43) rotatably mounted on the base unit (5) about an axis of rotation (45) perpendicular to the main axis (2), and a drive device (42) for generating an intermittent unidirectional rotary output movement (44) of the driven unit (43) about the axis of rotation (45), - wherein the drive unit (42) has a drive slide (8) which is slidably mounted on the base unit (5) in the axial direction of the main axis (2), - wherein the drive device (42) further comprises a drive unit (23) fixed on one side to the base unit (5) and on the other side to the drive
carriage (8), by which the drive
carriage (8) can be driven in an oscillating manner to opposite first and second
linear drive movements (33a, 33b) relative to the base unit (5) in the axial direction of the main axis (2), - wherein the drive slide (8) has a drive gear arrangement (35) with two rack-like first and second drive gears (36, 37) opposing each other in the axial direction of a
transverse axis (3) perpendicular to the main axis (2) and to the axis of rotation (45), which extend parallel to the main axis (2) at the same distance from the axis of rotation (45) of the output unit (43), - wherein the output unit (43) has a circular arc-shaped output toothing (58) arranged between the two drive teeth (36, 37) of the drive slide (8), the center of curvature of which lies on the axis of rotation (45) and the
radius of curvature of which corresponds to the distance between the axis of rotation (45) and each of the two drive teeth (36, 37), such that the output toothing (58) is in meshing with either the first drive toothing (36) or the second drive toothing (37) during two gear-drive phases when the output unit (43) is in a corresponding rotational position, wherein the respective
linear drive movement (33a, 33b) of the drive slide (8) results in a rotary output movement (44) of the output unit (43), - wherein the
arc length of the circular arc-shaped output toothing (58) is less than 180 degrees, characterized in that, - that the output gear (58) is always in meshing with only one of the two drive gears (36, 37) regardless of the rotational position of the output unit (43), in order to receive a gear driving force from the drive slide (8) that causes the rotary output movement (44), - wherein the output unit (43) can also assume rotational positions in which the output gear (58) is not in engagement with either of the two drive gears (36, 37), - wherein a switching device (66) is provided by which the output unit (43) can be rotated further at the end of a gear-drive phase during a thrust-drive phase that is not in engagement with either of the two drive gears (36, 37) until its output gear (58) has switched into a gear engagement with the other drive gear (37, 36) that enables a new gear-drive phase, - wherein the switching device (66) has a pair of drivers arranged on the drive slide (8) and participating in its drive movement (33a, 33b), consisting of a first driver (67) and a second driver (68), wherein the first driver (67) is assigned to a first axial end region of the drive gear arrangement (35) and the second driver (68) to an opposite second axial end region of the drive gear arrangement (35), wherein the first driver (67) acts on the output unit (43) during the first
linear drive movement (33a) and the second driver (68) during the second linear drive movement (33b) to execute the thrust drive phase, - wherein the switching device (66) has an output stop (73) arranged radially spaced from the axis of rotation (45) on the output unit (43), which can be positioned in a thrust-receiving position in the travel path of one of the two drivers (67, 68) by the rotary output movement (44) of the output unit (43) taking place during the two gear-drive phases, in which at the same time the output gear (58) of the output unit (43) is disengaged from the drive gear (36, 37) which until then exerts a gear-drive force on the output unit (43), wherein the output stop (73) in the thrust-receiving position can be acted upon by this driver (67, 68) when the drive movement (33a, 33b) of the drive slide (8) is subsequently continued, in order to move the output unit (43) to continue rotating during the thrust-drive phase,until its output gear (58) has switched into a gear engagement with the respective other drive gear (37, 36), , - and wherein the output stop (73) is arranged in a spring-elastic manner on an output body (52) of the output unit (43) such that, in the state of a driver (67, 68) bearing against the output stop (73), a relative movement between the drive slide (8) and the non-rotatably blocked output unit (43) is possible by deflecting the output stop (73).