U.S. Patent Specifications

In a gear transmission, input and output shafts disposed at a right angle to one another, a first plurality of layshafts spaced around, parallel to and driven by the input shaft, the layshaft most remote from the output shaft being short and said layshafts as they near the output shaft being proportionally longer, bevel pinions on the ends of said layshafts, a second plurality of layshafts spaced around, parallel to and in driving relation with the output shaft, and bevel gears on the layshafts of the second plurality respectively meshed with the layshafts of the first plurality.