Means for reducing shaft deflection

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MEANS FOR REDUCING SHAFT DEFLECTION IN ROTARY DEVICES HAVING PARALLEL COACTING SHAFTS, COMPRISING: (A) A FIXED INNER BEARING SUPPORT AT EACH END OF THE COACTING SHAFTS (B) A PAIR OF SPACED INNER BEARINGS FIXED IN EACH INNER BEARING SUPPORT IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE COACTING SHAFTS IN THE OPERATING POSITION OF SAID SHAFTS (C) A REDUCED EXTENSION ON EACH END OF EACH SHAFT EXTENDED THROUGH AND JOURNALLED IN THE ADJACENT SPACED INNER BEARING (D) A PAIR OF OUTER BEARING PLATES SPACED FROM SAID FIXED INNER BEARINGS (E) AN OUTER BEARING FIXED IN EACH OUTER BEARING PLATE INITIALLY IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE ADJACENT SHAFT AND JOURNALLING THE OUTER END OF THE ADJACENT REDUCED EXTENSION (F) JACK MEANS BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF ADJACENT BEARING PLATES FOR PRYING APART SAID OUTER BEARING PLATES WITH THE OUTER ENDS OF THE RESPECTIVE REDUCED EXTENSIONS THEREIN THEREBY TO SELECTIVELY PRESTRESS SAID SHAFTS (G) AND MEANS TO FASTEN SAID PAIRS OF PLATES IN SAID PRESTRESSING POSITION FIXEDLY RELATIVELY TO THE RESPECTIVE FIXED INNER BEARING SUPPORTS.