Sample Linkage Mechanisms

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The Paddington Rolling Bridge mechanism. Information on the bridge in Paddington London can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Bridge

Reverse engineered mechanism based on Keith Newstead’s Owl and Pussycat Automaton seen here. Keith, if you don’t want this published, let me know and I’ll remove it.

This oscillating mechanism changes speed during an oscillation. A rotary input will normally change the speed of the oscillator but the added Whitworth quick return mechanism makes it change in two ways.

This is a chain connected table leveling mechanism. The table moves left and right while remaining level with it’s original position.

This is a pair of sliding links whose position is controlled by another sliding connector. This is only recently supported in the Linkage program.

This is a model of a front end loader bucket mechanism. I never actually tried to use “Always Manual” inputs during a video export, but it worked fine even with the animation running slower than real-time.