The idea to automate simple tasks is very common today. We decided to design a mechanism for dealing cards based on concepts learned in class. This mechanism allows the user to turn a crank and automatically deal cards to four multiple different people. For our design, we used the following guidelines:
- 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)
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 create tracer a specific profile. The cards will be released along this profile.
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