Claims
- 1. A fixture for magnetizing a magnetic material to produce magnetic poles of non-uniform strength, the fixture comprising:
- a support;
- an electrically conductive wire disposed in a planar serpentine path on said support forming a plurality of serpentine loops; and
- a plurality of magnetic field intensifiers and magnetic field suppressors, the magnetic field intensifiers and magnetic field suppressors being placed in the areas of said support between the serpentine loops of the conductive wire whereby the strength of adjacent magnetic poles produced in non-uniform.
- 2. A fixture according to claim 1 wherein the strength of a magnetic pole being produced is greater than the strength of adjacent magnetic poles being produced.
- 3. A fixture according to claim 1 wherein the magnetic field suppressors are diamagnetic material.
- 4. A fixture according to claim 1 wherein the magnetic field intensifiers are ferromagnetic material.
- 5. A fixture according to claim 1 wherein a spacer material is located within a first serpentine loop, magnetic field intensifiers being located in the adjacent serpentine loops and proximate the first serpentine loop, and magnetic field suppressors being located in the adjacent serpentine loops proximate the magnetic field intensifiers and distal the first serpentine loop.
- 6. A fixture according to claim 5 wherein said spacer material is selected from the group consisting of air, plastic, aluminum and steel depending upon the desired strength of the magnetic pole produced by said first serpentine loop.
- 7. A fixture according to claim 1 wherein a spacer material is located within a first serpentine loop, magnetic field suppressors being located in the adjacent serpentine loops and proximate the first serpentine loop, and magnetic field intensifiers being located in the adjacent serpentine loops proximate the magnetic field suppressors and distal the first serpentine loop.
- 8. A fixture according to claim 7 wherein said spacer material is selected from the group consisting of air, plastic, aluminum and steel depending upon the desired strength of the magnetic pole produced by said first serpentine loop.
- 9. A fixture according to claim 1 wherein a magnetic field intensifier and a magnetic field suppressor are located within a first serpentine loop.
- 10. A fixture according to claim 9 wherein the magnetic field intensifier in the first serpentine loop is proximate a magnetic field intensifier in an adjacent serpentine loop and the magnetic field suppressor in the first serpentine loop is proximate a magnetic field suppressor in an adjacent serpentine loop.
- 11. A fixture for magnetizing a magnetic material to produce magnetic poles of non-uniform strength, the fixture comprising:
- a support;
- an electrically conductive wire disposed in a planar serpentine path on said support forming a plurality of serpentine loops;
- a spacer material; and
- a pluality of magnetic field intensifiers and magnetic field suppressors, the spacer material is located within a first serpentine loop, the magnetic field suppressors being located in the adjacent serpentine loops and proximate the first serpentine loop, and the magnetic field intensifiers being located in the adjacent serpentine loops proximate the magnetic field suppressors and distal the first serpentine loop whereby the strength of adjacent magnetic poles produced is non-uniform.
- 12. A fixture according to claim 11 wherein the magnetic field suppressors are diamagnetic material.
- 13. A fixture according to claim 11 wherein the magnetic field intensifiers are ferromagnetic material.
- 14. A fixture according to claim 11 wherein said spacer material is selected from the group consisting of air, plastic, aluminum and steel depending upon the desired strength of the magnetic pole produced by said first serpentine loop.
- 15. A fixture for magnetizing a magnetic material to produce magnetic poles of non-uniform strength and non-uniform spacing, the fixture comprising:
- a support;
- an electrically conductive wire disposed in a planar serpentine path forming a plurality of serpentine loops on said support, the serpentine loops having non-uniform spacing; and
- a plurality of magnetic field intensifiers and magnetic field suppressors the magnetic field intensifiers and magnetic field suppressors being placed in the areas of said support between the serpentine loops of the conductive wire whereby the strength of adjacent magnetic poles produced is non-uniform and the spacing of the magnetic poles produced in non-uniform.
- 16. A fixture according to claim 15 wherein the magnetic field suppressors are disamagnetic material.
- 17. A fixture according to claim 15 wherein the magnetic field intensifiers are ferromagnetic material.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 482,693 filed Feb. 21, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,097,209.
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