http://larsjansen.co.nz Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:51:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://larsjansen.co.nz/interesting/geneva-drive/ http://larsjansen.co.nz/interesting/geneva-drive/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:09:41 +0000 Lars http://larsjansen.co.nz/?p=7 The Geneva drive or Maltese cross is a mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion. It is an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step. The drive wheel also has a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps.

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