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The Tusi couple is also known as Cardan's movement,[1] named after Gerolamo Cardano.

Technical usage

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A toothed tusi couple can be used as an Straight line mechanism.

This application is also known as hypocycloid Straight-line Mechanism.[2][3]

Printing presses

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Hypocycloid Straight-line Mechanism where used in some Printing presses.

Engines

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James White, an English engineer living in France, published the mechanism in 1801 in his book "New Century of Ineventions".[4] He received 1801 a medal from Napoleon Bonaparte for his design featuring a hypocycloid Straight-line Mechanism and a few steam engines where build with this mechanism.[5][6]

Matthew Murray introduced his Hypocycloidal Engine in 1802.[7]

Raoul Marchou Elie was 1937 granted a patent for a Hypocycloid Engine which employed a hypocycloid Straight-line Mechanism and one cylinder.[8] In 2006 Randall Wiseman was granted a patent for a Hypocycloid Engine which employes a hypocycloid Straight-line Mechanism and two cylinders.[9] An opposed piston engine design using a hypocycloid Straight-line Mechanism was patented 2007.[10]