COMPONENTS
The mechanism consists of five gears , and a torsional
spring whose engagements in the normal position are shown in the figure
given below.
GEARS
The specifications of the gears are given below.The subscripts "a" and
"b" represent parts of the same gear with different radii and hence different
number of teeth , where "a" refers to the part with larger number of teeth.
GEAR 1 :
- Status : Fixed
- Connected to : Torsional Spring
- 1a:
- No. of teeth - 40
- Connected to - Gear 4b(always)
- 1b:
- No. of teeth - 14
- Connected to - Gear 2(backward motion)
GEAR 2 :
- Status - Movable(in slot 2)
- No. of teeth - 10
- Connected to -
- Gear 1b(backward motion)
- Gear 3a(always)
GEAR 3 :
- 3a :
-
No. of teeth - 12
-
Connected to -
-
Gear 2(always)
-
Gear 5(always)
-
3b :
-
No. of teeth - 10
-
Connected to -Gear 4a(forward motion)
GEAR 4 :
-
4a :
-
No. of teeth - 19
-
Connected to - Gear 3b(forward motion)
-
4b :
-
No. of teeth - 10
-
Connected to - Gear 1a(always)
GEAR 5:
-
Status - Fixed
-
Mounted on shaft connecting the rear wheels
-
No. of teeth - 9
-
Connected to - Gear 3a(always)
TORSIONAL SPRING
-
Spiral
-
connected to - Gear 1
REAR WHEEL SHAFT
-
Connects the two rear wheels.
-
Has Gear 5 attached to it
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