Altering speed with Reuleaux polygon 1

The mechanism is built based on the fact that while the n-sided Reuleax polygon makes 1 rev in an ambient polygon, its center traces a loop n times. See:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnvT45CjD-E
Transformation ratio is 3 (= n, number of Reuleax polygon sides)
Velocity of the output shaft is very inconstant.
Theoretically, by increasing number of sides of a Reuleax polygon (7, 9, 11 ...) it is possible to get large transformation ratio and make the velocity less inconstant.

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