Hospital bed

Structure of mechanism
Function	The motion device relates to a mechanism for the adjustment of a hospital bed. The adjustment is based on a linkage with 9 links and 12 joints, which is driven by a cylinder and a slider. The degree of freedom of the mechanism is F = 2.
Dimension of mechanism	planar
Number of links	9
Drive movement	Rectilinear translation
Output movement	Frame motion
Degree of freedom	2
Fundamental mechanism	Link containing mechanism
Number of inputs	2
Number of followers	1
Revolution ability	no
Revolution ability of input link	no
Relative position between drive and output	orthogonal intersecting

Guidance function
Direction of the path	reversed direction
Orientation of output link	general
Trace of a dedicated point on follower	Open trace Straight line motion
Dimension of mechanism	planar
Input reference	possible
Progress of orientation respecting output link	miscellaneous

Application
Application area	Medical Science

Collections

		Link containing mechanism
		Medical technology

Permanent links

DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?mcdsc=2676025
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_mcdsc_2676025.html