Model: 078 Variable Reciprocating Movement

The combination of gearing in this model produces a variable speed and movement of the lever and arm. Many different combinations are worked out in this manner. A particular use is in textile machinery.
[Virginia Downward & William M. Clark, 1930]
Editor's Note:
This compound mechanism consisting of an elliptically-shaped gear and a lever was copied from the 1868 catalog of Henry T. Brown, page 52, mechanism number 201. FCM
[Virginia Downward & William M. Clark, 1930]
Editor's Note:
This compound mechanism consisting of an elliptically-shaped gear and a lever was copied from the 1868 catalog of Henry T. Brown, page 52, mechanism number 201. FCM
Francis Moon 2005-00-00
Reference :
- Brown : Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (p 52, 1871)
- Reuleaux, Kennedy : Kinematics of Machinery (1876)
- Clark, Downward : Mechanical Models (1930)



