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.
• 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.
VOLUME 1
Preface
Chapter 1 : Cams and Their Applications
Chapter 2 : Intermittent Motions from Ratchet Gearing
Chapter 3 : Intermittent Motions from Gears and Cams
Chapter 4 : Tripping or Stop Mechanisms
Chapter 5 : Electrical Tripping Mechanisms
Chapter 6 : Reversing Mechanisms for Rotating Parts
Chapter 7 : Overload Relief Mechanisms and Automatic Safeguards
Chapter 8 : Interlocking Devices
Chapter 9 : Driving Mechanisms for Reciprocating Parts
Chapter 10 : Quick-Return Motions for Tool Slides
Chapter 11 : Speed-Changing Mechanisms
Chapter 12 : Differential Motions
Chapter 13 : Straight-Line Motions
Chapter 14 : Miscellaneous Mechanical Movements
Chapter 15 : Hydraulic Transmissions for Machine Tools
Chapter 16 : Automatic Feeding Mechanisms
Chapter 17 : Design of Automatic Feeding Mechanisms
Chapter 18 : Hopper Design for Automatic Feeding Machinery
Chapter 19 : Magazine Feeding Attachments for Machine Tools
Chapter 20 : Design of Magazine Carriers and Slides
Index
VOLUME 2
Preface
Chapter 1 : Cam Applications and Special Cam Designs
Chapter 2 : Intermittent Motions from Gears and Cams
Chapter 3 : Intermittent Motions from Ratchet Gearing
Chapter 4 : Intermittent Motions of the Geneva Type
Chapter 5 : Tripping or Stop Mechanisms
Chapter 6 : Overload Relief Mechanisms and Automatic Safeguards
Chapter 7 : Reversing Mechanisms of Special Design
Chapter 8 : Drives of the Crank Type for Reciprocating Driven Members
Chapter 9 : Reciprocating Motions Derived from Cams, Gears, Levers and Special Mechanisms
Chapter 10 : Speed-Changing Mechanisms
Chapter 11 : Special Transmissions and Over-running Clutches
Chapter 12 : Self-Centering Pivoted Levers and Sliding Members
Chapter 13 : Multiple-Lever Mechanisms with Dwelling or Idle Periods and Other Special Lever Combinations
Chapter 14 : Feeding Mechanisms and Auxiliary Devices
Chapter 15 : Feeding and Ejecting Mechanisms for Power Presses
Chapter 16 : Miscellaneous Mechanisms or Mechanical Movements
Chapter 17 : Engine Valve Diagrams and Their Applications in Studying Valve Action
Index
VOLUME 3
Chapter 1 : Cam Applications and Special Cam Designs
Chapter 2 : Intermittent Motions from Gears and Cams
Chapter 3 : Intermittent Motions from Ratchet and Geneva Mechanisms
Chapter 4 : Overload, Tripping, and Stop Mechanisms
Chapter 5 : Locking, Clamping, and Locating Devices
Chapter 6 : Reversing Mechanisms of Special Design
Chapter 7 : Reciprocating Motions Derived from Cams, Gears, and Levers
Chapter 8 : Crank Actuated Reciprocating Mechanisms
Chapter 9 : Variable Stroke Reciprocating Mechanisms
Chapter 10 : Mechanisms Which Provide Oscillating Motion
Chapter 11 : Mechanisms Providing Combined Rotary and Linear Motions
Chapter 12 : Speed Changing Mechanisms
Chapter 13 : Speed Regulating Mechanisms
Chapter 14 : Feed Regulating, Shifting, and Stopping Mechanisms
Chapter 15 : Automatic Work Feeding and Transfer Mechanisms
Chapter 16 : Feeding and Ejecting Mechanisms for Power Presses
Chapter 17 : Hoppers and Hopper Selector Mechanisms for Automatic Machines
Chapter 18 : Miscellaneous Mechanisms
Index
VOLUME 4
Preface
Chapter 1 : Cam Applications and Special Cam Designs
Chapter 2 : Intermittent Motions from Gears and Cams
Chapter 3 : Intermittent Motions from Ratchet and Geneva Mechanisms
Chapter 4 : Overload, Tripping, and Stop Mechanisms
Chapter 5 : Locking, Clamping, and Locating Devices
Chapter 6 : Reversing Mechanisms of Special Design
Chapter 7 : Reciprocating Motions Derived from Cams, Gears, and Levers
Chapter 8 : Crank Actuated Reciprocating Mechanisms
Chapter 9 : Variable Stroke Reciprocating Mechanisms
Chapter 10 : Mechanisms Which Provide Oscillating Motion
Chapter 11 : Mechanisms Providing Combined Rotary and Linear Motions
Chapter 12 : Speed Changing Mechanisms
Chapter 13 : Speed Regulating Mechanisms
Chapter 14 : Feed Regulating, Shifting, and Stopping Mechanisms
Chapter 15 : Automatic Work Feeding and Transfer Mechanisms
Chapter 16 : Feeding and Ejecting Mechanisms for Power Presses
Chapter 17 : Hoppers and Hopper Selector Mechanisms for Automatic Machines
Chapter 18 : Varying Continuously Rotating Output
Chapter 19 : Clutch and Disconnecting Devices
Chapter 20 : Miscellaneous Mechanisms
Index
