Jensen (mechanical engineering, Mankato State U., Minn.) is a prolific designer/interpreter/reporter of mechanisms for the user of mechanical movements. This collection offers solutions or inspirations in some 20 areas including the slider crank, cycloid, screw and clamping mechanisms, antibacklash
Preface
Five Basic Mechanisms
Motion and Force Transmission in Linkages
The Slider Crank
Geneva and Star-Wheel Mechanisms
Planetary Gear Systems
Cycloidal Mechanisms
Chain-Driven Mechanisms
Screw Mechanisms
Clamping Mechanisms
Antibacklash Devices
Infinite-Variable-Speed Drives
Snap-Action Switching Mechanisms
Parallelogram Mechanisms
Gears, Gearing, and Noncircular Gears
Detent, Indexing, and Ratchet Mechanisms
Overload and Overrunning Clutches
Systematic Mechanism Design
General Bibliography
Bibliography: Planetary Gear Systems
Index
Biography
Preben W. Jensen
