Straight-line mechanism
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title:
Straight-line mechanism
text:
A straight-line mechanism is a mechanism that converts any type of rotary or angular motion to perfect or near-perfect straight-line motion, or vice versa. Straight-line motion is linear motion of definite length or "stroke", every forward stroke being followed by a return stroke, giving reciprocating motion. The first such mechanism, patented in 1784 by James Watt, produced approximate straight-line motion, referred to by Watt as parallel motion. Straight-line mechanisms are used in a variety o
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Mechanisms generating real or approximate straight line motion
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-line_mechanism
date created:
2007-05-17T18:38:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T21:57:02Z
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