Category
page 1Straight line mechanisms
Watt's linkage
mechanical linkage that converts rotary motion to approximately-straight motion, invented by James Watt
Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage
mechanical linkage capable of transforming rotary motion into linear motion
Sarrus linkage
six-bar straight-line mechanism
Chebyshev linkage
four-bar straight-line mechanism
Hoeckens linkage
four-bar straight-line mechanism
Hart's inversor
mechanisms that provide a perfect straight line motion without sliding guides
straight line mechanism
mechanisms generating real or approximate straight line motion
Parallel motion
mechanical engineering
Roberts mechanism
linkage generating approximate straight line motion
Chebyshev's Lambda Mechanism
linkage that generates approximate straight-line motion