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Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors (4-Volume Set) (Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers & Inventors)

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4.1 out of 5 stars 20 customer reviews
ISBN-13: 978-0831110840
ISBN-10: 0831110848
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  • Series: Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers & Inventors
  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Industrial Press, Inc. (January 1, 1967)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0831110848
  • ISBN-13: 978-0831110840
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 4 x 14 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,304,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsInvaluable Resource for Beginners and Experts
By A Customer on April 15, 2000
Format: Paperback
This set of 4 volumes are chock-full of information on various mechanical devices, and how they work. The text explains how each device works, along with illustrations that point out what each part does in the mechanism. Since the all of the mechanisms are from real-world applications, the designs are proven. The organization of the 4 volumes are similar, for example: Cams & Special Cam Designs/Intermittent Motions.../Tripping or Stopping Mechanisms/Feeding Mechanisms/Etc. Also, the fact that the text is broken into 4 volumes, Its very convienient to browse through. I recommend this set to the beginner, up to the advanced application engineer, because most people don't have the time to re-invent the wheel.
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3.0 out of 5 starsPatent information repackaged
By Mike Gil on May 9, 2005
Format: Paperback
Have you ever read a US Patent all the way through? That's what this book consists of -- a group of interesting and ingenious patents. Ie: very text based and very tediously written. For example: "Shaft A rotates within the proximity of cam B in a concentric manner producing a force C which exposes gate D to a level of thrust.... and so on"

While you don't have to be an engineer to read a patent document (but it helps), it's very time consuming to read through them and gain a summary understanding of how the device/mechanism is supposed to work. Patent lawyers write patents to protect the invention and not to make it easy for the average person to understand them.

I was hoping that this book was more descriptive with better diagrams than just a collection patents. A better title would've been "Ingenious Mechanisms - A collection of patents for Designers and Inventors".
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3.0 out of 5 starsI expected more
By J. Allender on April 6, 2007
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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.
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1.0 out of 5 starsNot for me
By John W. Hubbard II on February 22, 2005
Format: Paperback
I was pretty dissapointed in this set. Perhaps it's better suited for an engineer. I bought 507 Mechanisms at the same time and found it to be much easier to understand even though it was originally published over 100 years ago. I sent this set back b/c it just wasn't worth the money to me.
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4.0 out of 5 starsVery comprehensive, detailed set!
By Dug North on November 30, 2004
Format: Paperback
These books are very comprehensive. There are lots of multi-component mechanisms described in great detail for mechanically inclined people.

The machines depicted are of an historical nature. I don't see this as a shortcoming, however. Mechanisms of the sort found in these volumes were state-of-the-art at one time. There were no electronic sensors and computer controls at the turn of the last century. Everything had to work -- and had to work mechanically. The mechanisms explained in these volumes are a testament to a certain real-world ingenuity that most of us can't comprehend until we read books like these.
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5.0 out of 5 starsCool mechanical contraptions
By Raymond Kline on November 6, 2002
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When the UPS man delivered this I was shocked at how huge it is! Four big volumes packed with the most incredible and interesting mechanisms in the world. I have read the first book from cover to cover and I have thumbed through the rest. I love this kind of stuff so these are the perfect books for me. If you are also into cool mechanical contraptions, you will also love these books!
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4.0 out of 5 starsIt's just OK
By Chris U. on March 23, 2009
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 starsI value this set sufficiently to put it in my will.
By Post Hoc Fallacy on December 1, 2013
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The four book set is great. They really were indeed in the advertised "excellent condition" when they arrived. The first volume was written in 1930, the second in 1936, the third in 1951, and the fourth in 1967. My particular set was printed in the second printing in 1969. Each volume starts with cams. Some of the cam mechanisms are incredibly difficult to visualize, but with some study the words eventually clarify the illustrations. The writing in very concise. There are no "frivolous" words in the descriptions. I was particularly interested some mechanisms, one which I found, a Geneva Mechanism, and two that I have not yet found but might be in there, a variable stroke mechanism similar to that used on a shaper, and a fly-ball governor. Each volume has a table of contents and also an index. I have looked both places and have not found the two mechanisms mentioned above. Different wording in the index might reveal what I want or, by just looking through the volumes I might still stumble upon that which I seek. Every time I open them up, whether I find what I am looking for or not, I find something of interest and value. My grandson and I have made some of these mechanisms out of wood, which was great fun and very instructional. He actually earned a Boy Scout merit badge with one of the wooden models. We haven't made anything that is overly complicated so far, but each item gets more involved. This is a great set that I value enough to place in my will for my grandson.
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5.0 out of 5 starsgreat purchase

I love this set. I frequently look through them for ideas or just to see how truly ingenious mechanisms can be.

Published on August 29, 2013 by Kenny J London
4.0 out of 5 starsRemarkable Document

Great resource, although it should be noted that the 4 volumes are 4 susequent editions: there are differences, but they are not immediately obvious.

Published on July 8, 2013 by Morgen Fleisig
5.0 out of 5 starsEssential

I have been looking for this since I was a cadet mechanical engineer - now that I have my own product development company, it is an essential stimulator of new ideas [particularly... Read more

Published on February 24, 2013 by david lugton
3.0 out of 5 starsOne of these books is not like the other.

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Published on August 23, 2010 by Woodman
4.0 out of 5 starsGreat books for my library.

My husband is an engineer and inventor. He loves these books. Full of great illustrations and ideas.

Published on September 12, 2009 by Ben
5.0 out of 5 starsSome many ideas !

This set of book is essential reading for all engineers - so many ideas are not new !!

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