@Neroaddict I am late to this party and the video is no longer available at the link. Did you complete the rest of the video and can you share a link again?
Sadly I am currently having a heavy semester, but I have worked through most of what i to be done. I wil hopefully finish it overthis weekend in the form of a google doc and a video
In the meanwhile, Here are the most important parts of the mechanism poorly described in my rough draft and a few hastily taken pictures to ease comprehension.
(edit: apologies for the poor formating and walls of text)
Decelerator Unit
Purpose: To transform the vertical and rotational forces of the Rotational Unit into a slower rotational force onto the top Count Ring
Parts:
a. Input Cam (top)
b. Output cam(bottom)
The Unit slows the 40 stroke/360 degree rotation to a ~301 stroke/360 degree rotation accoarding to the patent. In reality, tests have concluded this slowdown to be even more pronounced, slowing the 40 stroke/360 degree rotation to a ~440 stroke/360 degree rotation.
The Imput Cam is connected vertically and rotationally to the Middle Rotational Unit while the output cam is fixed vertically and rotationally conected to the top count ring.
Starting the state with the middle rotator in the topmost position, the imput cam ( also in the topmost position) touches the output cam. As writing pressure is released, the middle rotator and thus imput cam travels straight down until the middle rotator meshes with the bottom rotator, rotating the imput cam 4.5 degrees. In this state, since the imput cam is not touching the output cam, this 4.5 degree rotation is not applied to the output cam. As writing pressure is applied once again, the middle rotator moves up until it touches the top cam face. In this state there is a 3.304 degree distance between the imput cam and output cam. The imput cam travels said 3.304 degree without touching the output cam. Once it touches the output cam, it moves the remining 1.196 degrees. It end up in the starting position. As writing pressure is released, is once again moves down, thus the cycle continues.
Through the decelerator as specified in the patent, the 40 stroke/360 degree is transferred to the next part as 360/1.196=approx 301 strokes.
Count Rings
Parts:
Tooth Ring(purple)
slope cam(dark blue)
Transfer Part(gree)
The Transfer Part is fixed to the output cam of the decellerator unit. As the transfer part rotates with the rotation of the output cam, it transfers this force to the tooth ring. The tooth ring travels around and up the slope cam until it reaches the ledge and drops down. The tooth ring is vertically connected to the sleeve, thus as it travels up, the sleeve is also pulled up, revealing lead. As it drops, the sleeve also drope down, pulling lead out from the ball clutch.
Asjustor.
Parts:
Regulator wall(grey and highlighted in blue)
slope cam(dark blue)
By rotating the regulator wall, the wall spins inside of the slope cam, delaying the drop of the tooth cam and thus also decreasing the drop distance. This reduces both the sleeve retraction distance and the length of the tooth ring fall distance, limiting lead output.
To sum it all up, the rotator spins the lead 360 degrees every 40 strokes, proving the energy for the decelerator unit which transers the rotatorâs spin to the tooth ring, all while slowing it to some 301 strokes per 360 degrees. The tooth ring travels on the slope cam, pulling the lead sleeve up a set amount, which releases lead every time the tooth ring makes a full rotation. The adjustor dictates the amount of lead released per tooth ring rotation by decreasing the vertical travel distance of the tooth ring. The ball clutch allows the lead to only travel in one direction, transferring the upper vertical motionthe lead recieves while writing to the middle rotator while letting the sleeve pull lead out.
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I canât possibly consider purchasing one until they put one out in a decent orange. Roll on their neon wave!
Isnât there already an orange Dive?
https://zenmarket.jp/mercariproduct.aspx?itemCode=m37696177871
Be careful what you wish for!
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I donât know if itâs orange ENOUGHâŚ
(Iâve never had the opportunity to see one in the flesh so I donât know just what shade of orange it is!)
You wait to buy EVERY pencil until AFTER you see it in person?
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I donât have an unlimited budget for MPs - and many of my choices (up until recently) have been current retail models and mostly because of the colour of the pencil. (Of course - with all your advice - that has quickly changed!!)
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