Design a spring-operated four-bar linkage to support a heavy lid, like the trunk lid of an automobile.

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Design a spring-operated four-bar linkage to support a heavy lid, like the trunk lid of an automobile. The lid is to swing through an angle of 80◦ from the closed to the open posture. The springs are to be mounted so that the lid will be held closed against a stop, and they should also hold the lid in a stable open posture without the use of a stop.

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Theory Of Machines And Mechanisms

ISBN: 9780190264482,9780190264536

5th Edition

Authors: John J. Uicker Jr, Gordon R. Pennock, Joseph E. Shigley

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