Showing posts with label expanding chain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label expanding chain. Show all posts

Thursday

Expanding Cog/Sprocket/Gear

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This idea has been bouncing around in my head for years but I've never put it down on paper or tried to determine if it was even possible. An expanding gear could end the need for a traditional transmission. The way in which I imagine it working is when a gear's rotational momentum increases the size and amount of teeth of the gear are increased. Here are a few of my preliminary designs:

The Bart Simpson (Doh!)


Expanding Chain Gear


Reverse Aperture Gear



More illustrations COMING SOON