Front-End Loader
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Info
The fourbar linkage in the front-end loader can trace a straight line upward. This is handy in controlling its motion.
Source
This Working Model file is adapted from Figure P2.3 on p.77 in Design of Machinery, 3rd ed. by Norton, R.L., McGraw-Hill, 2004.
It is also from Figure 9.13(b) on p.605 in Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery, 2nd ed. by Wilson, C.E. and Sadler, J.P., HarperCollins College Publishers, 1993.
Credits
This Working Model file was first developed by Jie (Jeff) Yang.