Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage
Mechanical linkage transforming rotary motion into linear
Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage
The Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage (or Peaucellier–Lipkin cell, or Peaucellier–Lipkin inversor), invented in 1864, was the first true planar straight-line mechanism – the first planar linkage capable of transforming rotary motion into perfect straight-line motion, and vice versa. It is named after Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier (1832–1913), a French army officer, and Yom Tov Lipman Lipkin (1846–1876), a Lithuanian Jew and son of the famed Rabbi Israel Salanter. Until this invention, no planar method existed of converting exact straight-line motion to circular motion without reference guideways. In 1864, all power came from steam engines, a steam engine having a piston moving in a straight line within a cylinder. This piston needed to keep a good seal with the cylinder in order to retain the driving medium and not lose energy efficiency due to leaks. The piston does this by remaining perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder, retaining its straight-line motion. Converting the straight-line motion...
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