Means for varying work cycles

Claim 1

A MECHANICO-HYDRAULIC MOTION TRANSFER ARRANGEMENT FOR SHIFTING A LOAD DEVICE TO AND FRO ON A MACHINE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A PLURALITY OF LOAD DEVICES TO BE SHIFTED, A PLURALITY OF SHIFTABLE PISTON TYPE FLUID MOTORS CONNECTED TO SHIFT THE LOAD DEVICES, A PLURALITY OF CAMS ROTATED IN UNISON BY COMMON CAMSHAFT MEANS, A PLURALITY OF EXPANSIBLE CHAMBER TYPE PULSE TRANSMITTERS ONE CONNECTED TO BE OPERATED BY EACH CAM, A PLURALITY OF LIQUID COLUMNS EACH CONNECTED AT ONE END WITH A TRANSMITTER, MEANS CONNECTING ALL BUT ONE OF THE LIQUID COLUMNS AT THEIR OTHER ENDS WITH ALL BUT ONE OF THE FLUID MOTORS TO SHIFT THEM THROUGH CAM DETERMINED CYCLES EVERY ROTATION OF THE CAMSHAFT MEANS, AND MEANS CONNECTING THE ONE LIQUID COLUMN AT ITS OTHER END WITH THE ONE FLUID MOTOR ONLY DURING GIVEN ROTATIONS OF THE CAMSHAFT MEANS WHEREBY THE LOAD DEVICE SHIFTED BY THE ONE FLUID MOTOR OPERATES LESS FREQUENTLY THAN THE OTHER LOAD DEVICES ON THE MACHINE.