Digital controlled machine

Claim 1

A COMPONENT DRIVE MECHANISM FOR SHIFTING A WORK PLATEN COMPRISING AN INPUT SHAFT ADAPTED TO BE ROTATED CONTINUOUSLY, AN OUTPUT SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF PAWL AND RATCHET WHEEL ASSEMBLIES, EACH OF SAID PAWL AND RATCHET ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING A FORWARD PAWL, A REVERSE PAWL, AND RATCHET WHEELS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID PAWLS, ECCENTRIC CAM MEMBERS MOUNTED FOR ROTATION WITH SAID INPUT SHAFT, EACH OF SAID PAWLS BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED UPON AN ECCENTRIC MEMBER, THE FORWARD PAWLS OF EACH SET BEING EFFECTIVE TO ROTATE ITS ASSOCIATED RATCHET WHEEL IN ONE DIRECTION, THE REVERSE PAWL BEING ADAPTED TO ROTATE ITS ASSOCIATED RATCHET WHEEL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, THE RATCHET WHEEL OF EACH PAWL AND RATCHET ASSEMBLY BEING MOUNTED FOR ROTATION WITH A BEVEL GEAR, THE BEVEL GEARS OF ADACENT PAWL AND RATCHET ASSEMBLIES BEING IN DRIVING ENGAGEMENT WITH A PLANETARY GEAR, EACH OF SAID PLANETARY GEARS BEING MOUNTED UPON A TRANSVERSE SHAFT, INTERMEDIATE SHAFTS FOR SUPPORTING EACH OF SAID TRANSVERSE SHAFTS, BEVEL GEARS MOUNTED ON THE ENDS OF SAID INTERMEDIATE SHAFTS, SAID BEVEL GEARS BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER AND IN DRIVING RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAIN PLANETARY GEAR, SAID MAIN PLANETARY GEAR BEING MOUNTED UPON A MAIN TRANSVERSE SHAFT, SAID MAIN TRANSVERSE SHAFT BEING SECURED TO THE OUTPUT SHAFT, AND BEING EFFECTIVE TO CAUSE ROTATION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF CONTROL SOLENOIDS, ONE OF SAID SOLENOIDS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID PAWL AND RATCHET ASSEMBLIES, SHIFTABLE ABUTMENT MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID SOLENOIDS AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID PAWLS TO PREVENT ENGAGEMENT OF SAID PAWLS WITH SAID RATCHET WHEELS.