Page Turner Linkage Lab

A fourbar path generator synthesized from Figure 2 of the ME339 brief: crank O2A, coupler A–B–C, rocker O4B. Move the pedal input to flip a page, and move O4 (sliders, or drag it on the drawing) to re-run the three-position synthesis live.

Pedal input

Cable pull at 550 mm bell-crank arm

Design: rocker pivot O4

At this position

Coupler angle θ₃
Rocker angle θ₄
Transmission angle μ
Tip C (x, y)
Tip travel per input degree

Link dimensions (mm)

Lengths are measured off Figure 2 at about 1 mm per pixel of the brief's figure (open book ≈ 300 mm wide). Scale every length by the same factor for your book.

Transmission angle over the stroke