Abstract: A gear pump in which one rotating, toothed pump gear is supported axially displaceable in the pump casing and engaging an axially displaceable sliding part at least on the one face wall of the pump gear. The sliding part is adapted to overlap the operating space or zone of engagement of the displaceable pump gear against the other, axially stationary pump gear, with hydraulic relief provided by the pump casing and/or the sliding part by pocket-like recesses on the side diametrically opposing the pressure side of the pump across the displaceable pump gear, the recesses hydraulically communicating with the pressure side of the pump.

Abstract: A jaw for chucking devices, especially multiple-jaw chucks of machine tools, for example, for chucking workpieces having surfaces curved in only one direction, especially workpieces having round chucking surfaces. The contact face of the jaw is provided on a chucking element consisting of hard but flexible material to which the chucking force is applied in at least one line parallel to the curved surface of the workpiece.

Abstract: In a machine tool a bed-slide movable on a guide-way is driven by a motor mounted on the bed-slide and driving a pair of pinions journalled on the bed-slide and engaging racks provided on the bed of the machine tool in a stationary relationship thereto. Imbalance of the torques driving the pinions might interfere with proper guidance of the bed-slide on the bed. Therefore, the driving torques are perfectly balanced by the provision of a differential transmission connecting the motor to the pinions. Preferably, the differential transmission includes a shaft mounted on the bed-slide for axial displacement and a pair of helical gears of opposite hand fixed to said shaft, each helical gear driving one of said pinions.