Patent ID: 9250017
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: F16C,F26B

Claim Text:
1. A rotary drum system allowing throughput of process material from an input end to an output end comprising: a cylindrical drum configured with a rotational axis being roughly horizontal, said input end and said output end being open, said input end providing an inlet for said process material and said output end providing an outlet for said process material, said cylindrical drum having a plurality of first magnets affixed thereto and positioned to form at least two spaced apart rings encircling an exterior surface of said drum, said at least two rings being spaced along the length of said drum to provide even and balanced vertical support, all of said magnets being positioned with the same pole facing outwards from said exterior surface of said drum; at least two U-channel support members wherein an open end of said U-channel support members faces upwards, each U-channel support member having a plurality of second magnets affixed in an arc inside said U-channel support member, each of said second magnets having the same pole facing inwards with respect to said U-channel as that pole of said first magnets facing outwards from said drum, said at least two U-channel support members having said arc of second magnets being positioned directly under said at least two rings of said first magnets affixed to said drum so that like poles of the said second magnets repel adjacent said first magnets and cause said drum to levitate above said U-channel supports; an axial stabilizer means; and a means of causing spinning motion of said drum.