3. Slide mechanisms
3.1 Definitions
A slide mechanism is an articulated system made up of at least two guided parts, one of which has an end that slides in a groove carried by the other; these two parts, or cranks, can be driven in rotation or translation. The driving part is referred to as a crankpin, the driven part as a slide.
Such a mechanism transmits movement from one organ to another, modifying it according to an imposed law.
In elementary mechanisms, the two cranks of lengths O 1 B and O 2 M (figure 47 ) rotate around two fixed points O ...
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