Claims
- 1. An apparatus for reducing friction between two vessels comprising:
- an outer vessel having an inner chamber,
- an inner vessel disposed within said chamber,
- a first inner vessel magnet disposed at one end of said inner vessel and proximate to at least one first outer vessel magnet having an opposing magnetic field,
- a second inner vessel magnet disposed at an opposite end of said first inner vessel magnet,
- a plurality of second outer vessel magnets positioned in proximity to and having opposing magnetic fields to said second inner vessel magnet whereby opposing magnetic fields of said inner and outer magnets are employed to maintain concentric suspension of said inner vessel.
- 2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein a distance between said first inner vessel magnet and said first outer vessel magnet may be adjusted to compensate for different weights of fluids to be contained within said vessels.
- 3. The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said first outer vessel magnet is a ring magnet.
- 4. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said first inner vessel magnet is a disk magnet.
- 5. The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said second inner vessel magnet is centered within the flux fields of said plurality of second outer vessel magnets.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/799,746, filed Feb. 12, 1997.
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