...
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 to create a specific profile. The cards will be released along this profile.
The dealing of the cards is achieved with a slider-crank. The cranking motion is provided by a gear train that connects the rotation of the crank-rocker crank shaft to the slider crank shaft; this means that both shafts rotate with only one input and this is what drives the mechanism. Attached to the slider is a custom 3D printed piece that pushes the cards, one at a time, out of the card holder.
Figure 1: Final CAD assembly
| View file | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Video 1: A MATLAB simulation of the rocking mechanism with the used link lengths