Adaptive design on crank and slotted lever mechanism

Abstract

One of the famous mechanisms for quick return motion to obtain reciprocating motion is crank and slotted lever mechanism. In this paper an adaptive design on this mechanism is briefly discussed. Certain changes have been made to the crank and the slotted lever mechanism to incorporate the class 1 lever instead of class 3 lever used in the mechanism. Moreover a possible approach for obtaining more than one reciprocating motion simultaneously from the same mechanism is discussed.