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APPARATUS INCORPORATED WITHIN A DRIVEN AUXILIARY UNIT FOR COUPLING AND DECOUPLING AN ENGINE FROM SAID DRIVEN AUXILIARY UNIT COMPRISING: A HOLLOW DRIVEN SHAFT FOR SUPPORTING THE ROTATIVE PORTION OF SAID AUXILIARY UNIT; A TORQUE ROD DISPOSED COAXIALLY WITHIN SAID HOLLOW DRIVEN SHAFT AND ADAPTED FOR AXIAL MOVEMENT THEREIN, SAID TORQUE ROD BEING ADAPTED FOR ENGAGEMENT AT ONE END WITH SAID ENGINE AND AT THE OTHER END WITH SAID HOLLOW DRIVEN SHAFT FOR DRIVING SAID AUXILIARY UNIT, SAID TORQUE ROD FURTHER INCLUDING AN INTERNALLY THREADED REGION AT SAID OTHER END; A DISCONNECT SHAFT COAXIAL WITH SAID HOLLOW DRIVEN SHAFT AND INCLUDING THREAD MEANS AT ONE END PARTIALLY ENGAGING THE INTERNALLY THREADED REGION OF SAID TORQUE ROD; MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID TORQUE ROD AND SAID DISCONNECT SHAFT TENDING TO MAINTAIN THE INITIAL PARTIALLY THREADED POSITION OF SAID TORQUE ROD AND DISCONNECT SHAFT AND PROVIDE FOR ROTATION OF SAID TORQUE ROD AND DISCONNECT SHAFT IN UNISON; MEANS ADAPTED FOR SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OTHER END OF SAID DISCONNECT SHAFT OPERATIVE WHEN ENGAGED TO PREVENT ROTATION OF SAID DISCONNECT SHAFT SO THAT SAID TORQUE ROD IS THREADED ONTO SAID DISCONNECT SHAFT AND CAUSED TO SLIDE AXIALLY OF SAID HOLLOW DRIVEN SHAFT A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE TO EFFECT DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID TORQUE ROD FROM SAID ENGINE; AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID DISCONNECT SHAFT TO EFFECT RE-ENGAGEMENT OF SAID TORQUE ROD WITH SAID ENGINE.