Spatial Slider Crank Mechanism

It has only two links.
Inputs: blue crank.
Output: orange slider reciprocating angularly and linearly at the same time.
Joint between the crank and the slider is sphere-in-cylinder one.
Green line is the trajectory of the orange sphere center. It is line of intersection of two cylinders.
The mechanism has dead points when the crank is at its vertical positions.
Application: washing machine agitators.

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