Six bar linkage#
Stephenson mechanism#
Most of the popular 6 bar mechanisms are built from any kinematic inversion of two different kinematic chains, namely the Stephenson’s and Watt’s.
A simulation of the resulting mechanism can be seen in the performed by using the following applets.
Drag the point A to see how each inversion of the mechanism moves:
Watt mechanism#
Drag the point A to see how each inversion of the mechanism moves: