Axial shaft positioning means

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A SHAFT POSITIONING MEANS COMPRISING: AN APERTURED MOUNTING PLATE; AN AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE SHAFT PROJECTING THROUGH SAID MOUNTING PLATE AND ROTATABLY JOURNALLED THEREIN, SAID SHAFT INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUMFERENTIAL GROOVES DISPOSED THEREIN; HAIRPIN SPRING MEANS FIXEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID MOUNTING PLATE AND INCLUDING TWO SPRING FINGERS, SAID FINGERS MATING WITH FIRST ONE OF SAID GROOVES; RAMP MEANS SLIDABLY INTERFITTING WITH SAID APERTURE IN SAID PLATE, SAID RAMP MEANS INCLUDING A RAMP, A WEDGE PROJECTION AND A STOP FLANGE, SAID FLANGE ENGAGING WITH SAID MOUNTING PLATE AFTER PREDETERMINED DISPLACEMENT WITH SAID RAMP MEANS IN SAID APERTURE; AND A PIN CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH SUCH THAT ROTATIONAL DISPLACEMENT OF SAID SHAFT CAUSES SAID PIN TO ENGAGE WITH SAID RAMP, SAID PIN RIDING UP SAID RAMP THEREBY SLIDABLY DISPLACING SAID RAMP MEANS DOWNWARDLY IN SAID APERTURE, SAID WEDGE PROJECTION ENGAGING WITH SAID EXTREMITIES OF SAID SPRING FINGERS AND DISPLACING SAID EXTREMITIES OUTWARDLY FROM SAID FIRST GROOVE THEREBY STORING ENERGY THEREIN, CONTINUED DISPLACEMENT OF SAID PIN CAUSES SAID STOP FLANGE TO ENGAGE WITH SAID PLATE THEREBY PREVENTING FURTHER DISPLACEMENT OF SAID RAMP MEANS IN SAID APERTURE, THEREAFTER SAID PIN DISPLACES SAID SHAFT AS SAID PIN CONTINUES TO RIDE UP SAID RAMP ALLOWING SAID STORED ENERGY TO BE RELEASED THEREBY SLIDABLY DISPLACING SAID RAMP MEANS AND AXIALLY DISPLACING SAID SHAFT SO THAT SAID FINGERS MATE WITH SAID SECOND GROOVE.