A drive mechanism for a medication delivery device containing a resilient member and having a rotation member configured to be rotated in a first direction during setting of a dose of a medication and to be rotated in a second direction during delivery of the dose, where the rotation member is coupled to a drive member that is coupled to a piston rod such that on dose delivery the piston rod is displaced in a distal direction to dispense a medicament and where the resilient member prevents movement of the drive member and the piston rod during dose setting.

A linear powered input device that utilizes linear input from a user and converts the linear input rotational energy to perform work. The linear input is generated by lever arms having a slotted attachment at a pivot point that allows a free end of the lever arms to move linearly rather than in an arcuate path. The lever arms are connected to a power transmission mechanism that wraps around one or more drive wheels having one-way bearings mounted on one or more output shafts. The output shafts can be connected to any type of auxiliary device to perform the desired work. Output wheels may be mounted on the output shafts and operatively connected by a transmission link that allows linear motion of any lever arm in any allowable direction to cause the output shaft to rotate in the same rotational direction so as to receive continuous input.

.[.The present invention discloses a.]. .Iadd.A .Iaddend.bidirectional mechanical converting unit.[., comprising.]. .Iadd.includes.Iaddend.: a main shaft; a driving mechanism, which including a driving .[.means.]. .Iadd.assembly .Iaddend.and a reversing .[.means.]. .Iadd.assembly .Iaddend.which are coupled to each other; and a rotation .[.means.]. .Iadd.assembly .Iaddend.for inputting torque, an rotation axis of the rotation .[.means.]. .Iadd.assembly .Iaddend.being coaxial with the main shaft, the rotation .[.means.]. .Iadd.assembly .Iaddend.and the driving mechanism being coupled to each other, and the driving mechanism delivering the torque to output at the main shaft at a predetermined direction, no matter in which direction the rotation .[.means.]. .Iadd.assembly .Iaddend.rotates; wherein the predetermined direction can be switched via the reversing .[.means.]. .Iadd.assembly.Iaddend.. .[.The present invention is simple structured, not only can efficiently utilizes the movements of the rotation means in either way, but also can switch the rotation direction of the output shaft conveniently upon demand, with easy operations..].

A drive train for a treadle scooter using a locking roller clutch on each side of a drive wheel substantially equalizes drive line pull at actuation pulleys operatively associated with the locking roller clutches as a user pivots a rocker board having its ends attached to ends of the drive line.

An electricity generation system using tire deformation comprises driving mechanisms converting deformation of a tire into a driving force; and an electricity generation mechanism generating electricity using the driving force converted by the driving mechanisms, wherein the driving mechanisms convert only deformation due to expansion after compression of the tire into the driving force.

Disclosed are instruments used in collecting fluid samples from a subject such as, for example, aqueous humor samples. The instrument involves a linear actuator that, when engaged by the user via a switch, causes a syringe held within the instrument to collect a defined amount of sample. Kits comprising the instrument as well as methods of using the instrument to collect fluid samples are also disclosed.

An injector for ejecting an intraocular lens into an eye, comprises a longitudinal injector body, in which an injector piston rod can be guided in an axially displaceable manner, an injector nozzle at a front end of the injector body, in the direction of which the injector piston rod can be displaced, a displacement mechanism for pushing the injector piston rod forwards, and an actuating element for the manual actuation of the displacement mechanism.

The displacement mechanism includes a transmission mechanism, by means of which the actuating element and the injector piston rod can be placed in an articulated driving connection, and an operating region for the actuation of the actuating element is formed at a longitudinal side of the injector body.

A power take-off arrangement for a wave energy converter is described. The arrangement has a gearbox having a first shaft (20) connected to the wave energy converter (1) which is adapted to receive, in use, rotational motion from the wave energy converter. The gearbox has a second shaft connecting the annulus gear (31) to the generator shaft (36). A third shaft (38) is connected to one or more means (39) of applying torque to it. Torque applied by the one or more means (39) may be varied in operation so as to alter the relative rotational velocities and accelerations of the second and third shafts in response to any given rotational velocity or acceleration of the first shaft.

A device for rotating a toothed wheel, including a linear piezoelectric motor including: a passive element having an elongated shape, a piezoelectric actuator capable of axially moving the passive element in a bidirectional manner, a transmission member fastened to the passive element, meshing with a toothing of the wheel in such a way as to rotate the wheel by one tooth in a first direction of rotation when the passive element is moved axially in a first direction of movement, a jumper mobile between two end positions, including a lowered position in which it blocks a rotation of the wheel in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation.

The invention discloses a heavy hammer type wave power generation method and device. According to the invention, under the action of wave power and gravity, a floating box enables driving sprockets and guiding sprockets to turn leftwards or rightwards along a chain, the driving sprockets turn leftwards or rightwards by means of a speed-increasing gear in a speed-increasing box and a transmission mechanism for converting bidirectional swinging to unidirectional rotation, a generator shaft always rotates in one direction to generate power. According to the invention, a wave energy collecting method is simple and easy, a large amount of wave energy can be collected, energy converting efficiency is high, the structure is simple, manufacturing costs are low, maintenance is avoided for a long time, service life is long, safety is good, a wave power generation station can be established by networking.