Wedding Chamber Crank Mechanism
- Title:
- Wedding Chamber Crank Mechanism
- Title (German):
- Wedding Kurbelkapselwerke
- Collection:
- Reuleaux Kinematic Mechanisms Collection
- Set:
- F. Crank Chamber Mechanisms
- Designer:
- Reuleaux, F. (Franz), 1829-1905
- Manufacturer:
- Gustav Voigt Werkstatt
- Date:
- 1882
- Country:
- Germany
- Voigt Catalog Model:
- F5
- File Name:
- F05.jpg
- Work Type:
- Mechanical model
- Materials/Techniques:
- cast iron and brass on wood pedestal
- Subject:
- Kinematics of Machinery
- Measurement:
- 200 x 88 (millimeters, width x depth)
242 x 148 x 243 (millimeters, width x depth x height) - Description:
- Crank Chamber Works For Pumps and Engines. Application: Ventilator. Blowing machine, patented in Prussia by Wedding in 1868. [Version August 2004] Title: Wedding Pump or Engine In this mechanism the inner cylinder moves on an axel fixed to a plate that rotates in the back of the fixed circular cylinder or chamber. This is in contrast to the sliding vane pumps in models F2, F3, F4. The sliding vane in model F5 is fixed to the moving inner cylinder and is allowed to penetrate the fixed chamber, with a fan-shaped side chamber attached to prevent escape of fluid. Such a mechanism can be operated as either a pump or an engine. There are two openings in the bottom of the fixed chamber to permit entrance and exit of fluid from the pump-engine. This mechanism is named after a German engineer, Wedding who patented this device as a blower in Prussia in 1868. Ref: F. Reuleaux (1876) Kinematics of Machinery, §81, Plate XVII Fig. 4, p. 356-359, Dover Edition, 1963. [H. Roehl 1950-00-00]
The 220 models in Cornell University’s Reuleaux Collection were built in the late 19th century to demonstrate the elements of machine motion, as theorized by the German engineer Franz Reuleaux. The University acquired the models in 1882 for use in teaching and research. The Reuleaux models are classified according to the alphanumeric schema employed in the catalog of the manufacturer, Gustav Voigt. The letter in a model's ID (e.g., B14 or S35) refers to a class of mechanism; the number is a specific instance of the class. This classification scheme is a simplified version of the taxonomy of machine elements elaborated in Reuleaux's work. - Repository:
- Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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