PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving apparatus for wheelchair, wherein severe wasting for driving is minimized to improve driving efficiency, whereby a hand required for driving is prevented from being stained with foreign matters and the like, and the hand is prevented from being damaged due to wheel.SOLUTION: A driving apparatus for wheelchair includes: a supporting part 110 rotatably fixed to a wheel and a driving part 120 rotatably fixed to the supporting part, abutting on the wheel by external force, and providing to the wheel a torque corresponding to the external force.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】駆動のための体力消耗を最小化し駆動効率を向上する同時に、駆動に必要な手が異物などによって汚れたりホイールによって損傷を受けることを未然に防止する車椅子用駆動装置を提供する。【解決手段】車椅子用駆動装置は、ホイールに回動可能に締結される支持部110と、前記支持部に回動可能に締結され、外力によって前記ホイールと接触して前記外力と相応する回転力を前記ホイールに提供する駆動部120と、を含む。【選択図】図2
