Scotch Yoke
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Software copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Info
This RRPP mechanism converts the rotary motion of a crank to a reciprocating motion of the slider (in blue). The mechanism can be used as sinusoid generator.
Source
This Working Model file is adapted from Figure 2.10b on p.43 in Design of Machinery, 3rd ed. by Norton, R.L., McGraw-Hill, 2004, and also from figure 2.30a on p.57 in Kinematic Synthesis of Linkages by Hartenberg, R.S. and Denavit., McGraw-Hill, 1964.
Credits
This Working Model file was first developed by Fan (Michael) Mo.