Product Description
The descriptions and illustrations are confined to the important and fundamental elements, so that time is not wasted reading a lot of useless or irrelevant detail. Readers are told plainly and briefly what each mechanism consists of, how it operates, and the features which make it of special interest. The particular mechanisms have been selected because they have stood the test of actual practice. Among the mechanisms described and illustrated by working diagrams are: cam applications and special cam designs; intermittent motions from gears and cams; interlocking devices; valve diagrams; reversing mechanisms of special design; tripping or stop mechanisms; drives of crank type for reciprocating driven members; feeding mechanisms and auxiliary devices; feeding and ejecting mechanisms; and many, many more.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 11 reviews)

Great books for my library. by Barbara Rainwater

4 Stars
September 12, 2009
My husband is an engineer and inventor. He loves these books. Full of great illustrations and ideas.

It's just OK by Chris Underwood (Las Vegas)

4 Stars
March 23, 2009
This is a nicely bound set of books. I'm not sure it's really that usefull. Information is not presented in an way that you can directly use it, but it does cover lots of ideas, has pictures, and could lead you to something you could then further research and use. The text appears to have been taken directly from the patent office documents, so it's a dry read filled with legalese with everything over explained in such a way as to decrease clarity not to mention any practical applications. As far as the Ingenious part goes...well, not so much. There are some clever items however. In all, I'd say it was a little over-sold and not as good as I was expecting. That being said, however, I am not inclined to return it. It may actually be of some use to me one day, and if not it is fairly entertaining to browse.

I expected more by J. Allender (Newport, KY)

3 Stars
April 06, 2007
I expected something truely ingenious that would leave me enlightened after buying and reading this set. They are very interesting, but I'm not so sure that ingenious is the right word, Clever maybe.. Just remember this was copyrighted in 1930, it's old technology now. It is a good basis to build upon, and you might get some ideas you hadn't seen before. I'm glad to have them.

Some many ideas ! by Josh LLoyd (Boston, MA)

5 Stars
December 21, 2006
This set of book is essential reading for all engineers - so many ideas are not new !!

Good by Rafael Muñiz (Bs As, Argentine)

3 Stars
November 06, 2006
More like a list of repeated patents. It helps to get some ideas in the design process.

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