Marvelous array of mechanisms all coming off the one motor drive or it
would
be
if it worked. What sort of mind designs these mechanisms, rotary,rack and
pinion, latches, slideways,reciprocating motions

e-mail (removing .....) electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~diverse

Nigel,Diverse Devices,Southampton,England



twenty years ago i accidentally came across a series of books in a
library,stuffed full of weird and wonderful mechanisms.
Should anyone have an interest in this sort of area including repair of
automota etc I just went back to the on-line catalogue of the same library
and it is still on their shelves.

Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors
Volume I: Franklin D. Jones; 1930, 536 pp, illustrated, ISBN 0-8311-1029-5
more detailed info found on
http://www.normas.com/INDLPR/pages/10848.html


Each of the four volumes of Ingenious Mechanisms is an independent treatise
on the subject of mechanisms. The books are similar in size and general
character, but the contents are different. The mechanisms described are
grouped into chapters according to general types. Together with the complete
index, this arrangement by function makes it easy to find the class of
movement desired, and enables you to compare mechanisms which are similar in
purpose but different in design. The descriptions and illustrations are
confined to the important and fundamental elements, so that time is not
wasted reading a lot of useless or irrelevant detail. You are told plainly
and briefly what each mechanism consists of, how it operates, and the
features which make it of special interest. The particular mechanisms have
been selected because they have stood the test of actual practice. Among the
mechanisms described and illustrated by working diagrams a cam
applications and special cam designs; intermittent motions from gears and
cams; interlocking devices; valve diagrams; reversing mechanisms of special
design; tripping or stop mechanisms; drives of crank type for reciprocating
driven members; feeding mechanisms and auxiliary devices; feeding and
ejecting mechanisms; and many, many more.

Features:
.. Gives inventors and designers concise, illustrated descriptions of many of
the most ingenious mechanical movements ever designed.
.. Presents specific ingenious mechanisms that have stood the test of actual
practice.
.. Each volume represents an independent treatise, making it self-contained.
.. Fully describes and illustrates with working diagrams cam applications and
special cam designs, interlocking devices, valve diagrams, tripping or stop
mechanisms, feeding and ejecting mechanisms for power presses, and more.