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Figure 1.36 Four-bar and slider-crank mechanisms
Conventions for specifying positions of the links
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Figure 1.34 (Continued)
m =3 x (3 - 1) 2 x 2 1 x 1 =1
m =3 x (n - 1) 2 x j
1
1 x j
2
=1
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Figure 6.12 (a) Planetary gear train. (b) Side view. (c) Skeleton representation.
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Figure 1.37 Friction gears.
m =3 x (3 - 1) 2 x 3 +1 =1
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Figure 1.38 Front-end loader mechanism [Model 1.38].
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Figure 1.43 Types of four-bar mechanisms (a) crank rocker,
(b) drag link, (c) rocker-rocker.
Grashofs criterion
S + l < p + q
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Figure 1.15 Straight-line mechanism:

(a) Chebyshev [Model 1.15A], (b) Robert [Model 1.15B], (c) Watt [Model 1.15C].
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Figure 1.14 Four-bar mechanism with coupler point C.
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Figure 1.36 (Continued)