Pantograph Transmission

Input: pink crank rotating regularly.
Output: orange crank rotating regularly.
The cranks rotate in the same direction with the same velocity
Lengths of cranks : a
Lengths of blue bars : 2.5a
Lengths of green bars: 2.5a + 2.5a
Distances between stationary bearings: b + b
b can not be larger than 4a.
Green curve: locus of center of joint between two green bars.
Because here b = 2a, part of the locus is nearly straight.

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