Driving mechanism for driving a plurality of machines in synchronism and in phase

Claim 1

IN A SYSTEM OF MACHINES IN SERIES, AT LEAST TWO MACHINES, A FIRST DRIVE SHAFT FOR ONE SAID MACHINE, A SECOND DRIVE SHAFT FOR THE OTHER SAID MACHINE, A MOTOR ARRANGED TO DRIVE ONE OF SAID DRIVE SHAFTS, A FIRST TRANSVERSE SHAFT DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST DRIVE SHAFT, A FIRST BEVEL GEAR BOX HAVING AT LEAST A FIRST AND A SECOND MESHING BEVEL GEAR, SAID FIRST BEVEL GEAR BEING ON SAID FIRST TRANSVERSE SHAFT, A FIRST LONGITUDINAL SHAFT ON WHICH SAID SECOND BEVEL GEAR IS MOUNTED, A SECOND BEVEL GEAR BOX INTO WHICH SAID FIRST LONGITUDINAL SHAFT EXTENDS, THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH BEVEL GEARS IN SAID SECOND BEVEL GEAR BOX, SAID THIRD BEVEL GEAR BEING ON SAID FIRST LONGITUDINAL SHAFT, SAID FOURTH BEVEL GEAR BEING AN IDLER AND MESHING WITH SAID THIRD BEVEL GEAR, SAID FIFTH BEVEL GEAR MESHING WITH SAID FOURTH GEAR, A SECOND LONGITUDINAL SHAFT EXTENDING FROM SAID SECOND GEAR BOX ON WHICH SAID FIFTH BEVEL GEAR IS MOUNTED, A WORM WHEEL ON SAID SECOND BEVEL GEAR BOX, A WORM MESHING WITH SAID WORM WHEEL, MEANS STATIONARILY ROTATIVELY MOUNTING SAID WORM, MEANS FOR TURNING SAID WORM WHEREBY SAID SECOND BEVEL GEAR BOX TURNS ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID WORM WHEEL TO SHIFT THE PHASE OF SAID SECOND LONGITUDINAL SHAFT RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST LONGITUDINAL SHAFT, A THIRD BEVEL GEAR BOX, A SIXTH BEVEL GEAR IN SAID THIRD BEVEL GEAR BOX ON SAID SECOND LONGITUDINAL SHAFT, A SEVENTH BEVEL GEAR IN SAID THIRD BEVEL GEAR BOX MESHING WITH SAID SIXTH BEVEL GEAR, A SECOND TRANSVERSE SHAFT ON WHICH SAID SEVENTH BEVEL GEAR IS MOUNTED, MEANS DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SAID SECOND TRANSVERSE SHAFT WITH SAID SECOND DRIVE SHAFT AND A SECOND MOTOR DRIVING SAID SECOND TRANSVERSE SHAFT.