338 SYNTHESIS OF LINKAGES 11.6 THREE-POSITION SYNTHESIS In Fig. 11.8a motion of the input rocker 02 through the angle yz causes a motion of the output rocker 0; B through the angle 4,2. To employ inversion as a technique of synthesis, let us hold O4B stationary and permit the remaining links, including the frame, to occupy the same relative positions as in Fig. 11.84. The result (Fig. 11.8b) is called inverting on the output rocker. Note that A,B, is positioned the same in Fig. 11.8a and Fig. 11.8b. There- fore the inversion is made on the 048} position, Because Oy; is to be fixed, the frame will have to move in order to get the linkage to the A>B position, In fact, the frame must move backward through the angle #12. The second position is therefore 05.4% BS Oy, Figure 11.9 illustrates a problem and the synthesized linkage in which it is desired to determine the dimensions of a linkage in which the output lever is to occupy three speci- fied positions corresponding to three given positions of the input lever. In Fig. 11.9 the starting angle of the input lever is 62; and yri2, Y2s, and Yrs are the swing angk tively, between the three design positions I and 2, 2 and 3, and 1 and 3. Corresponding an- gles of swing d12, 2s, and 15 are desired for the output lever. The length of link 4 and the starting position 8; are to be determined. By. BS ® Figure 11.8 (a) Rotation of input rocker 2A through the angle yz causes the output rocker OB to rock through the angle #2. (b) Linkage inverted on the O;B position. Bp, Figure 11.9