Roberts Straight-Line Linkage

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WM2D File

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Info

The Roberts linkage, a non-Grashof linkage, traces an approximate straight line segment.

Source

This Working Model file is adapted from Figure 3-29 Part 1 (b) on p.131 in Design of Machinery, 3rd ed. by Norton, R.L., McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Credits

This Working Model file was first developed by Fan (Michael) Mo.