Hydraulic gear apparatus

Claim 1

IN A HYDRAULIC GEAR APPARATUS HAVING A HOUSING, A SUN GEAR IN SAID HOUSING, A PLURALITY OF PLANET GEARS IN SAID HOUSING AROUND THE PERIPHERY AND MESHING WITH THE SUN GEAR, A HYDRAULIC INLET PORT ON ONE SIDE OF EACH PLANET GEAR AND A HYDRAULIC OUTLET PORT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF EACH PLANET GEAR, THE HOUSING POSITIONED ADJACENT THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID SUN GEAR AND EXTENDING BETWEEN ADJACENT PLANET GEARS A DISTANCE GREATER THAN THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL DISTANCE BETWEEN ALTERNATE TEETH ON SAID SUN GEAR, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING, ALTERNATE TEETH OF SAID SUN GEAR BEING MOUNTED IN THE SUN GEAR FOR RADIAL MOVEMENT INWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE TEETH OF THE SUN GEAR ARE SECURED TO SAID SUN GEAR, SAID SUN GEAR HAVING RADIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS FOR SUPPORTING EACH INDIVIDUAL RADIALLY MOVABLE TOOTH, MEANS LIMITING THE OUTWARD RADIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ALTERNATE MOVABLE TEETH, TWO FLUID PASSAGEWAYS, ONE OF WHICH COMMUNICATES BETWEEN THE FACE OF EACH MOVABLE TOOTH ON ONE SIDE OF THE TOOTH CREST TO THE SLOT CONTAINING THE TOOTH AT A POINT RADIALLY BEHIND THE TOOTH, AND THE SECOND OF SAID PASSAGEWAYS COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE TOOTH FACE OF EACH MOVABLE TOOTH ON THE SECOND SIDE OF THE TOOTH CREST TO SAID SLOT AT A POINT RADIALLY BEHIND SAID MOVABLE TOOTH.