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- Only one input drives the motion
- The mechanism deals to four people
- Only one card leaves with every forward movement of the prong, meaning no clusters of cards come out of the holder
- The mechanism needs to compensate for a diminishing stack of cards (i.e. mechanism doesn't fail once half the deck has been dealt)
Kinematic Challenge and Mechanism Description:
The main kinematic challenge we faced was how to translate the rotating motion of the crank to the releasing of the cards on the tip of the crank rocking mechanism. This was especially challenging because the rocker is on constant motion. We tackled this challenege by adding on a gear train and a slider crank to this mechanism.
The primary movement of the mechanism will stem from a four bar crank-rocker. We plan to rotate the crank in a full 360 motion which will allow for the rocker-coupler joint to tracer a specific profile. The cards will be released along this profile.
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