Geneva drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

August 17 2010, 12:06pm

Geneva drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSource: en.wikipedia.orgThe 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 ci...    Cool! I should learn some basic mechanical engineering.