Sinusoidal Reciprocator

Original project made with Autodesk Inventor 2014 as a Dynamic Simulation. The action is due to an imposed motion applied to the „Spherical Shaft” (20 rot/min = 120 deg/s). The spherical shaft rotates and the „T Lever” starts an oscillation movement because of the contact between the two „Roller” and the sloped plane. Remarkable is that a 3D-like mechanism makes the T lever oscillate in its plane, on its revolution joint. The vertical arm of the T lever is connected with a real plane linkage, to see how it works. If you use Inventor, you have to download all the files in a single directory, then open the .iam file with Inventor 2014, 2015..., enter Environments/Dynamic Simulation, and click on the Play button. Instead of 5000 images, you can apply 1000 images if you have to wait too much for the simulation. Enjoy!