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1. A fluid valve assembly comprising:
a generally hollow cylinder coupled to an axially aligned piston chamber, the cylinder defining an internal void extending from one side of the cylinder to another side of the cylinder, wherein the cylinder includes at least one fluid inlet path and at least one fluid outlet path;
a shuttle arranged within the internal void of the cylinder, the shuttle being slidable between a first position and a second position around an axially located piston rod of the piston chamber, wherein a sealed chamber exists between a portion of the shuttle and the cylinder and when the shuttle is in the second position, the chamber is fluidly coupled to the fluid inlet path and the fluid outlet path to provide a controllable fluid flow into and out of the cylinder.
2. The fluid valve assembly of claim 1, wherein the fluid configured to flow into and out of the cylinder is compressed gas.
3. The fluid valve assembly of claim 1, wherein the valve functions as a pilot valve to actuate a larger fluid flow control valve.
4. The fluid valve assembly according to claim 1, wherein the axially aligned piston chamber is at least a portion of a pole saw.
5. The fluid valve assembly according to claim 1, wherein axial movement of the piston rod moves the shuttle between the first position and the second position.
6. The fluid valve assembly according to claim 1, further comprising:
a first biasing mechanism and a spring holder positioned adjacent the shuttle within the internal void, wherein when the shuttle is in the second position, the first biasing mechanism is at least partially compressed between the spring holder and the shuttle.
7. The fluid valve assembly according to claim 1, further comprising at least one o-ring configured to seal the chamber.
8. The fluid valve assembly according to claim 1, further comprising at least one elastomeric diaphragm configured to seal the chamber.
9. The fluid valve assembly according to claim 1, wherein the piston rod includes a biasing member adjacent a free end, the biasing member being in contact with the shuttle and applying a force thereto when the shuttle is in the second position.
10. The fluid valve assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder includes a vent hole configured to reduce backpressure within the cylinder.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A slow and controlled-release polymeric fertilizer having the general formula of (I):
wherein n is in the range of from 50 to 200, m is in the range of from 0 to 5, and for each repeat unit, M is same or different and is independently selected from the group consisting of K, NH4, NHCONH2 and the like.
2. The slow and controlled-release polymeric fertilizer according to claim 1, based on the total mass of the slow and controlled-release polymeric fertilizer, comprising:
27.9% K2O, 42% P2O5 and 16.6% N when m is 0 and all M is K;
12% K2O, 18.2% P2O5 and 28.7% N when m is 3 and all M is K; and
8.2% K2O, 12.5% P2O5 and 29.4% N when m is 5 and all M is K,
wherein the amounts of K, P and N are calculated as that of K2O, P2O5 and N respectively.
3. The slow and controlled-release polymeric fertilizer according to claim 1, based on the total mass of the slow and controlled-release polymeric fertilizer, comprising:
48.4% P2O5 and 28.6% N when m is 0 and all M is NH4; and
19.5% P2O5 and 34.5% N when m is 3 and all M is NH4,
wherein the amounts of K, P and N are calculated as that of K2O, P2O5 and N respectively.
4. The slow and controlled-release polymeric fertilizer according to claim 1, wherein the contents of nutrients K, P and N are adjusted respectively in the preparing process of preparation according to the requirements of crops and soils, with the content of the nutrients being in the adjustable range of 16\u02dc35% by mass of nitrogen, 13%\u02dc48% by mass of phosphorus and 6%\u02dc27% by mass of potassium.
5. The slow and controlled-release polymeric fertilizer according to claim 1, wherein M is further selected from the group consisting of Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, Mg and other microelements which the crops and soils demand, with the content of each microelement being in the range of 0.1% to 1% by mass.
6. A process for the preparation of a slow and controlled-release polymeric fertilizer of claim 1, comprising the steps of:
(1) adding reactants and phosphoric acid into a reactor and heating to generate dihydric phosphate, wherein said reactants are chloride, hydroxide or carbonate of potassium;
(2) adding carbamide and formaldehyde into another reactor and adjusting the pH value to generate methylene urea oligomer at a suitable temperature;
(3) adding the dihydric phosphate obtained in step (1) and the product of step (2) or carbamide sufficient to provide enough nitrogen into aher reactor (4) heating to start the polycondensation reaction, and continuing the polycondensation reaction under the action of the reaction heat; granulating the melted polycondensation product.
7. The process according to claim 6, wherein the reactants are further selected from the group consisting of oxides or hydroxides of Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, Mg and other metal elements that are needed.
8. Use of the slow and controlled-release polymeric fertilizer of claim 1, wherein said fertilizer is applied independently or in combination with farmyard manure.

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1. A computer-implemented method for processing a data packet, comprising:
under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,
obtaining a data packet including a payload portion and specifying a first address;
placing address information for the first address in the payload such that portions of the address information are positioned to be in different transmission segments upon segmentation of the payload, the first address capable of being replicated after a minimum number of information portions is received;
generating a transmission frame including a transmission header and the payload portion, the transmission header comprising a second address associated with the first address and specifying a location to which to deliver the payload portion; and
transmitting the transmission frame to the second address.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first address is a virtual address and the second address is a corresponding physical address.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second address is obtained by providing the first address to a mapping service.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the portions of the address information are further encoded with redundancy.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein each of the portions of the address information is an information portion determined by executing a hashing algorithm against the first address and any overlay network data to generate a series of hashes.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:
segmenting the transmission frame into a plurality of transmission segments at each of a plurality of segmentation boundaries.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:
contacting a discovery service to determine a maximum transmission size, the maximum transmission size being used to determine a location of each of the plurality of segmentation boundaries.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein each of the information portions is adjacent one of the segmentation boundaries in the payload portion.
9. A system for processing a data packet, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive a data packet including a payload portion and specifying a first address;
insert address information for the first address into the payload such that portions of the address information are in a different transmission segment upon segmentation of the payload;
generate a transmission header for the payload portion, the transmission header including a second address specifying a location to which to deliver the payload portion; and
transmit the payload portion with the transmission header to the second address.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein any overlay network metadata is also inserted in the payload such that portions of the overlay network metadata are in different transmission segments upon segmentation of the payload.
11. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:
determine the portions of the address information by executing a hashing algorithm against the first address and overlay network data to generate a series of hashes.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first address and overlay network metadata are capable of being replicated after a minimum number of information portions is received.
13. The system of claim 11, wherein transmission header further includes protocol information comprising one of a transmission control protocol (TCP) header or a user datagram protocol (UDP) header.
14. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:
generate a transmission frame including the payload portion and the transmission header; and
segment the transmission frame into a plurality of segments at each of a plurality of segmentation boundaries.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the transmission frame is capable of being segmented into a plurality of transmission segments using commodity hardware.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the commodity hardware includes at least one network interface card (NIC) configured to perform segmentation offload for the transmission frame.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to:
obtain a data packet to be delivered to a first address;
inject one or more information portions for the first address and any other overlay network metadata into a payload of the data packet, each information portion positioned to be in a different transmission segment upon segmentation of the payload;
generate a transmission frame including a transmission header and the payload, the transmission header comprising a second address to which to deliver the payload; and
transmit the transmission frame to the second address.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the payload is a level four payload in a network stack.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising:
including port information in the transmission header.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:
segment the transmission frame into a plurality of segments at each of a plurality of segmentation boundaries; and
determine the plurality of information portions by executing a hashing algorithm against the first address and any overlay network metadata to generate a series of hashes.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed:

1. A hydrostatic and gear transmission comprising a housing structure defining a hydrostatic chamber and a gear chamber; an interior bulkhead wall formed in said housing structure between respective hydrostatic and gear chambers and where said bulkhead wall is provided with a corridor; a hydrostatic transmission disposed in said hydrostatic chamber and said hydrostatic chamber substantially full to capacity with hydrostatic fluid; a gear train disposed in said gear chamber and said gear chamber holding lubricating fluid for said gear train; a duct disposed in said housing structure and said duct fluidly interconnecting said hydrostatic chamber and said gear chamber wherein said gear chamber acts as an overflow receiver for volume changes of said hydrostatic fluid in said hydrostatic chamber, said duct comprising:
first and second openings at respective ends of said duct and where said first opening is in said hydrostatic chamber and where said second opening is in said gear chamber; said duct further comprising at least three distinctly shaped portions,
a first portion disposed exclusively in said hydrostatic chamber and decending downwardly from the first opening,
a second portion disposed in said gear chamber and accending upwardly,
a third portion disposed in said gear chamber and decending downwardly towards the second opening,

and wherein the first and second portions meet at a first joint and where said first joint extends through said corridor, second and third portions meeting at a second joint and where said second joint resides above said first joint.
2. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 1 wherein said second opening resides adjacent the bottom of said gear chamber.
3. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 1 wherein said first opening resides adjacent the top of said hydrostatic chamber.
4. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 3 wherein said first joint resides at an elevation substantially midway the elevation between respective said first and second openings.
5. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 4 wherein the engaging interface between said duct and said corridor comprises a fluid seal.
6. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 3 wherein said second joint resides adjacent the top of said gear chamber.
7. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 3 wherein said second joint resides above the elevation of said first opening.
8. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 7 wherein said second opening resides below the elevation of said first joint.
9. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 3 wherein said third portion extends generally from the top to the bottom of said gear chamber and where said second opening resides nearer to said bottom of said gear chamber.
10. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 9, and further comprising means for the removal of metal particles of contamination in said gear chamber from entering said hydrostatic chamber, said means disposed near said second opening.
11. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 9 wherein said first opening remains submerged in said hydrostatic fluid during all temperature conditions.
12. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 11 wherein said second opening remains submerged in said lubricating fluid during all temperature conditions.
13. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 12 wherein said first opening receives fluid from said hydrostatic chamber and said second opening dispenses said fluid into said gear chamber during one operational temperature mode of said hydrostatic and gear transmission, said second opening receives fluid from said gear chamber and said first opening dispenses fluid into hydrostatic chamber during the other operational temperature mode of said hydrostatic and gear transmission.
14. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 13, and further comprising a vertically orientated input drive shaft rotatably supported in said housing structure, the longitudinal axis of said input drive shaft exending into said hydrostatic chamber to connect with the input side of said hydrostatic transmission, and where said first opening resides to the one side of said longitudinal axis at substantially the same elevation where said input shaft enters said hydrostatic chamber.
15. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 14 wherein at least one of said at least three distinctly shaped portions has its longitudinal axis inclined with respect to said longitudinal axis of said vertical orientated input drive shaft.
16. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 15 wherein the first, second and third portions of said duct reside radially spaced from said longitudinal axis of said input drive shaft at increasingly greater radial distances.
17. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 15 wherein said housing structure comprises a lower transaxle housing element and an upper transaxle housing element joined together along a substantially planar parting plane, said parting plane disposed perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said vertical orientated input drive shaft, said upper housing element including transverse channels opening on said parting plane to receive said pair of axle shafts.
18. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 17 wherein said corridor has its longitudinal axis disposed parallel to said parting plane.
19. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 17 wherein said corridor has its longitudinal axis coincident with said parting plane.
20. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 1 wherein said second and third portions and said second joint are disposed entirely in said gear chamber.
21. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 1 wherein said second and third portions are disposed entirely in said gear chamber.
22. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 1 wherein said first joint is interiorly disposed in said housing.
23. A hydrostatic and gear transmission comprising a housing structure defining a hydrostatic chamber and a gear chamber, an interior bulkhead wall formed in said housing structure between respective hydrostatic and gear chambers and where said bulkhead wall is provided with a corridor; a hydrostatic transmission disposed in said hydrostatic chamber and said hydrostatic chamber substantially full to capacity with hydrostatic fluid; a gear train disposed in said gear chamber and said gear chamber holding lubricating fluid for said gear train; a mechanical differential disposed in said gear chamber; a pair of axle shafts rotatably supported in said housing structure and extending outwardly from said housing structure, said axle shafts drivingly connected to said mechanical differential and said mechanical differential drivingly connected to said gear train; a duct disposed in said housing structure and said duct fluidly interconnecting said hydrostatic chamber and said gear chamber wherein said gear chamber acts as an overflow receiver for volume changes of said hydrostatic fluid in said hydrostatic chamber, said duct comprising:
first and second openings at respective ends of said duct and where said first opening is in said hydrostatic chamber and where said second opening is in said gear chamber; said duct further comprising at least three distinctly shaped portions,
a first portion disposed exclusively in said hydrostatic chamber and decending downwardly from the first opening,
a second portion disposed in said gear chamber and accending upwardly,
a third portion disposed in said gear chamber and decending downwardly towards the second opening,

and wherein the first and second portions meet at a first joint and where said first joint extends through said corridor, second and third portions meeting at a second joint and where said second joint resides above said first joint.
24. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 23 wherein said second opening resides adjacent the bottom of said gear chamber.
25. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 23 wherein said first opening resides adjacent the top of said hydrostatic chamber.
26. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 25 wherein said first joint resides at an elevation substantially midway the elevation between respective said first and second openings.
27. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 26 wherein the interface between said duct and said corridor comprises a fluid seal.
28. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 25 wherein said second joint resides adjacent the top of said gear chamber.
29. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 25 wherein said second joint resides above the elevation of said first joint.
30. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 29 wherein said second opening resides below the elevation of said first joint.
31. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 25 wherein said third portion extends generally from the top to the bottom of said gear chamber and where said second opening lies nearer to said bottom of said gear chamber.
32. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 31, and further comprising means for the removal of metal particles of contamination in said gear chamber from entering said hydrostatic chamber, said means disposed near said second opening.
33. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 31 wherein said first opening remains submerged in said hydrostatic fluid during all temperature conditions.
34. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 33 wherein said second opening remains submerged in said lubricating fluid during all temperature conditions.
35. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 34 wherein said first opening receives fluid from said hydrostatic chamber and said second opening dispenses said fluid into said gear chamber during one operational temperature mode of said hydrostatic and gear transmission, said second opening receives fluid from said gear chamber and said first opening dispenses fluid into hydrostatic chamber during the other operational temperature mode of said hydrostatic and gear transmission.
36. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 35, and further comprising a vertically orientated input drive shaft rotatably supported in said housing structure, the longitudinal axis of said input drive shaft exending into said hydrostatic chamber to connect with the input side of said hydrostatic transmission, and where said first opening resides to the one side of said longitudinal axis at subtantially the same elevation where said input shaft enters said hydrostatic chamber.
37. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 36 wherein at least one of said at least three distinctly shaped portions has its longitudinal axis inclined with respect to said longitudinal axis of said vertically orientated input drive shaft
38. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 37 wherein the first, second, third portions of said duct reside radially spaced from said longitudinal axis of said input drive shaft at increasingly greater radial distances.
39. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 37 wherein said housing structure comprises a lower transaxle housing element and an upper transaxle housing element joined together along a substantially planar parting plane, said parting plane disposed perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said vertically orientated input drive shaft, said upper housing element including transverse channels opening on said parting plane to receive said pair of axle shafts.
40. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 39 wherein said corridor has its longitudinal axis disposed parallel to said said parting plane.
41. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 39 wherein said corridor has its longitudinal axis coincident with said parting plane.
42. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 23 wherein said second and third portions and said second joint are disposed entirely in said gear chamber.
43. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 23 wherein said second and third portions are disposed entirely in said gear chamber.
44. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 23 wherein said first joint is interiorly disposed in said housing.
45. A hydrostatic and gear transmission comprising a housing structure defining a hydrostatic chamber and a gear chamber; an interior bulkhead wall formed in said housing structure between respective hydrostatic and gear chambers and where said bulkhead wall is provided with a corridor; a hydrostatic transmission disposed in said hydrostatic chamber and said hydrostatic chamber substantially full to capacity with hydrostatic fluid; a gear train disposed in said gear chamber and said gear chamber holding lubricating fluid for said gear train; a duct disposed in said housing structure and said duct fluidly interconnecting said hydrostatic chamber and said gear chamber wherein said gear chamber acts as an overflow receiver for volume changes of said hydrostatic fluid in said hydrostatic chamber, said duct comprising:
first and second openings at respective ends of said duct and where said first opening is in said hydrostatic chamber and where said second opening is in said gear chamber, said duct extending through said corridor; and further comprising means for the removal of metal particles of contamination in said gear chamber from entering said hydrostatic chamber, said means disposed near said second opening.
46. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 45 wherein said second opening resides adjacent the bottom of said gear chamber.
47. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 45 wherein said first opening resides adjacent the top of said hydrostatic chamber.
48. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 45, and further comprising a vertically orientated input drive shaft rotatably supported in said housing structure, the longitudinal axis of said input drive shaft exending into said hydrostatic chamber to connect with the input side of said hydrostatic transmission, and where said first opening resides to the one side of said longitudinal axis at subtantially the same elevation where said input shaft enters said hydrostatic chamber.
49. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 48 wherein said housing structure comprises a lower transaxle housing element and an upper transaxle housing element joined together along a substantially planar horizontal parting plane, said parting plane disposed perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said vertical orientated input drive shaft, said upper housing element including transverse channels opening on said parting plane to receive said pair of axle shafts.
50. A hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 49, and further comprising at least one axle shaft rotatably supported in said housing structure and extending outwardly from said housing structure, said at least one axle shaft drivingly connected to said gear train.
51. A hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 50 wherein said duct includes a portion disposed in said gear chamber and shaped to ascend upwardly from said second opening before doubling back on itself at a height elevation said to be above the height elevation of said first opening.
52. A hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 49, and further comprising a pair of axle shafts rotatably supported in said housing structure and extending outwardly from said housing structure; and further comprising a mechanical differential disposed in said gear chamber, said axle shafts drivingly connected to said mechanical differential and said mechanical differential drivingly connected to said axle shafts.
53. A hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 52 wherein said duct includes a portion disposed in said gear chamber and shaped to ascend upwardly from said second opening before doubling back on itself at a height elevation said to be above the height elevation of said first opening.
54. A hydrostatic transmission comprising a housing structure defining a hydrostatic chamber and a fluid overflow receiver chamber; an interior bulkhead wall formed in said housing structure between respective hydrostatic and fluid overflow receiver chambers and where said bulkhead wall is provided with a corridor; a hydrostatic transmission disposed in said hydrostatic chamber and said hydrostatic chamber substantially full to capacity with hydrostatic fluid; a duct disposed in said housing structure and said duct fluidly interconnecting said hydrostatic chamber and said fluid overflow receiver chamber wherein said fluid overflow receiver chamber acts as an overflow receiver for volume changes of said hydrostatic fluid in said hydrostatic chamber, said duct comprising:
first and second openings at respective ends of said duct and where said first opening resides in said hydrostatic chamber and where said second opening resides in said fluid overflow receiver chamber; said duct further comprising at least three distinctly shaped portions,
a first portion disposed exclusively in said hydrostatic chamber and decending downwardly from the first opening,
a second portion disposed in said fluid overflow receiver chamber and accending upwardly,
a third portion disposed in said fluid overflow receiver chamber and decending downwardly towards the second opening,

and wherein the first and second portions meet at a first joint and where said first joint extends through said corridor, second and third portions meeting at a second joint and where said second joint resides above said first joint.
55. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 54 wherein said second opening resides adjacent the bottom of fluid overflow receiver chamber.
56. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 54 wherein said first opening resides adjacent the top of said hydrostatic chamber.
57. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 56 wherein said first joint resides at an elevation substantially midway the elevation between respective said first and second openings.
58. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 57 wherein the engaging interface between said duct and said corridor comprises a fluid seal.
59. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 56 wherein said second joint resides adjacent the top of said gear chamber.
60. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 56 wherein second joint resides above the elevation of said first opening.
61. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 60 wherein said second opening resides below the elevation of said joint.
62. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 56 wherein said third portion extends generally from the top to the bottom of said fluid overflow receiver chamber and where said second opening resides nearer to said bottom of said fluid overflow receiver chamber.
63. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 62 wherein said first opening remains submerged in said hydrostatic fluid during all temperature conditions.
64. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 63 wherein said first opening receives fluid from said hydrostatic chamber and said second opening dispenses said fluid into fluid overflow receiver chamber during one operational temperature mode of said hydrostatic transmission, said second opening receives fluid from said fluid overflow receiver chamber and said first opening dispenses fluid into hydrostatic chamber during the other operational temperature mode of said hydrostatic transmission.
65. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 64, and further comprising a vertically orientated input drive shaft rotatably supported in said housing structure, the longitudinal axis of said input drive shaft exending into said hydrostatic chamber to connect with the input side of said hydrostatic transmission, and where said first opening resides to the one side of said longitudinal axis at subtantially the same elevation where said input shaft enters said hydrostatic chamber.
66. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 65 wherein the first, second and third portions of said duct reside radially spaced from the longitudinal axis of said input drive shaft at increasingly greater radial distances.
67. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 66 wherein said at least one of said at least three distinctly shaped portions has its longitudinal axis inclined with respect to said longitudinal axis of said vertically orientated input drive shaft.
68. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 65 wherein said housing structure comprises a lower transaxle housing element and an upper transaxle housing element joined together along a substantially planar parting plane, said parting plane disposed perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said vertically orientated input drive shaft.
69. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 68 wherein said corridor has its longitudinal axis disposed parallel to said said parting plane.
70. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 68 wherein said corridor has its longitudinal axis coincident with said parting plane.
71. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 54 wherein said second and third portions and said second joint are disposed entirely in said fluid overflow receiver chamber.
72. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 54 wherein said second and third portions and said second joint are disposed entirely in said fluid overflow receiver chamber.
73. The hydrostatic and gear transmission according to claim 54 wherein said first joint is interiorly disposed in said housing.