Shaft stabilizer

Claim 1

A SHAFT STABILIZER COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL ELONGATED HOUSING, A MEMBER AFFIXED TO AND CLOSING EACH END OF THE HOUSING, A CENTRAL OPENING IN ONE OF SAID MEMBERS; A PISTON RECIPROCABLE IN SAID HOUSING; MEANS SUPPLYING PRESSURE TO SAID HOUSING TO RECIPROCATE SAID PISTON; A PISTON ROD AFFIXED CENTRALLY TO SAID PISTON AND SLIDABLE IN THE CENTRAL OPENING IN SAID MEMBER UPON RECIPROCATION OF SAID PISTON THEREBY NORMALLY PERMITTING ROTATION OF THE PISTON AND PISTON ROD WITHIN THE HOUSING; A RIGID STATIONARY ROD POSITIONED IN SAID HOUSING, ONE END OF THE ROD BEING AFFIXED TO ONE MEMBER, THE OTHER END OF THE ROD BEING AFFIXED TO THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS; AN OPENING IN SAID PISTON RADIALLY DISPLACED FROM THE CENTER OF THE PISTON; SAID STATIONARY ROD PASSING THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE PISTON, SAID PISTON SLIDING ON THE STATIONARY ROD UPON RECIPROCATION OF THE PISTON; SAID PISTON INCLUDING TWO CIRCULAR DISCS POSITIONED IN FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP, A SPACER BETWEEN SAID DISCS; FASTENING MEANS ENGAGED WITH THE PISTON ROD TO MAINTAIN THE DISCS TIGHTLY AGAINST THE SPACER; AN OPENING IN SAID SPACER IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID OPENING IN THE PISTON; SAID STATIONARY ROD PASSING THROUGH SAID OPENINGS, THE OPENING IN THE SPACER BEING SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE CROSS SECTION OF THE STATIONARY ROD, GASKETING MEMBERS POSITIONED AROUND AND TIGHTLY ENGAGING THE STATIONARY ROD, SAID GASKETING MEANS BEING POSITIONED IN THE OPENING IN THE SPACER AND SQUEEZED TIGHTLY AROUND THE STATIONARY ROD AND BETWEEN SAID DISCS BY SAID FASTENING MEANS.