Auxiliary unit drive mechanism

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AN AUXILIARY DRIVEN UNIT ADAPTED TO BE DRIVEN BY A PRIME MOVER MEANS COMPRISING A MECHANISM FOR TRANSMITTING TORQUE FROM A PRIME MOVER TO THE AUXILIARY UNIT COMPRISING, A HOLLOW QUILL SHAFT HAVING SPLINES ON ITS INNER PERIPHERY, A TORQUE ROD HAVING SPLINES ON ONE END THEREOF DRIVEABLY ENGAGING SAID QUILL SHAFT SPLINES, SAID TORQUE ROD HAVING A SECOND END EXTENDING BEYOND ONE END OF SAID QUILL SHAFT ADAPTED TO BE DRIVEABLY ENGAGED BY THE PRIME MOVER MEANS TO TRANSMIT TORQUE TO SAID QUILL SHAFT, SAID TORQUE ROD BEING AXIALLY MOVEABLE IN THE DRIVEN MEANS AND INTO SAID QUILL SHAFT A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO EFFECT DISENGAGEMENT THEREOF FROM SAID DRIVEN MEANS, A DISCONNECT DEVICE WITHIN SAID QUILL SHAFT IN THREADABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ONE END OF SID TORQUE ROD, BIASED LOCKING MEANS NORMALLY LOCKING SAID DISCONNECT DEVICE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID QUILL SHAFT TO PREVENT RELATIVE ROTATION THEREBETWEEN, BLOCKING MEANS FOR OVERCOMING THE BIAS ON SAID LOCKING MEANS AND BLOCKING ROTATION OF SAID DISCONNECT DEVICE TO CAUSE RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN SAID DEVICE AND SAID TORQUE ROD, SAID BIASED LOCKING MEANS BEING EFFECTIVE UPON DISCONNECTION OF SAID TORQUE ROD FROM THE PRIME MOVER MEANS TO LOCK SAID DISCONNECT DEVICE TO SAID QUILL SHAFT WHEREBY SAID DISCONNECT DEVICE AND SAID DISCONNECTED TORQUE ROD ARE BOTH SECURED TO SAID QUILL SHAFT TO PREVENT RELATIVE ROTATION THEREBETWEEN.