 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.
Features
- 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.
- Readers 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 are: 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.
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