Learnt about this while solving a problem in 3rd semester from Meriam & Kraige (Dynamics, John Wiley). Unable to comprehend the image on the text , on refering the wiki animation I could not help let out a sigh of awe that only beauty so simple but yet so ingenious can inspire !! here it is :
Looks like it can be used in Watches ! Isn’t it ? Regular Circular Periodic motion . here’s the Wiki article : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_drive
I also plan to read this pdf soon ( gives the complete analysis of the mechanism) .
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