Multi-bank radial type machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CYLINDERS AND PISTONS RECIPROCABLE THEREIN, SAID CYLINDERS BEING ARRANGED IN SEPERATE PLANES, EACH PLANE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CYLINDERS ARRANGED ANGULARLY DISPOSED THEREIN, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES MEANS FOR RECIPROCABLY ACTUATING SAID PISTONS AND FOR BALANCING THE REACTION FORCES OF SAID PISTONS, THE LAST MENTIONED MEANS COMPRISING A DRIVEN SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED, SAID SHAFT HAVING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR, ELONGATED, AXIALLY EXTENDING GROOVES DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AND ANGULARLY SPACED IN A CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION THEREON AND TERMINATING AT ONE END OF SAID SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF REMOVABLE BEARINGS HAVING OUTER PERIPHERAL SURFACES FOR RECIPROCABLY DRIVING SAID PISTONS, SAID BEARINGS HAVING AN INNER BORE HAVING PROJECTIONS FOR COMPLEMENTARY FITTING INTO SAID GROOVES FOR ROTATABLY DRIVING SAID BEARINGS WITH SAID SHAFT, SAID BEARINGS BEING MOUNTABLE ON SAID SHAFT OVER SAID END OF SAID SHAFT AND SLIPPED OFF THEREFROM, DISPOSED IN OPERATION AXIALLY ON SAID SHAFT WITH ONE BEARING IN EACH OF SAID PLANES, SAID PLANES BEING DISPOSED AXIALLY ALONG SAID SHAFT, EACH PASSING THROUGH A RESPECTIVE BEARING, SAID CYLINDERS BEING FURTHER ARRANGED AND SAID BEARINGS HAVING THEIR BORES ECCENTRIC EACH IN A DIRECTION FOR DISPLACING THE PISTONS RADIALLY IN ALTERNATE ONES OF SAID PLANES IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS TO CAUSE THE REACTION FORCES OF ONE OF SAID PLANES TO COMPENSATE BY OPPOSITE REACTION FORCES GENERATED IN A NEXT ADJACENT PLANE.