Patent ID: 6119536
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B41J,G01N,G03G,H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
A contactless system comprisingan aerodynamically floatable device,a member having an outer surface adjacent to and spaced from the aerodynamically floatable device,a support mechanism adapted to support the aerodynamically floatable device for free movement in a plane toward and away from the outer surface of the member,the aerodynamically floatable device having a side adjacent to, spaced from, parallel to and facing the outer surface of the member,the aerodynamically floatable device also containing at least one passageway for directing at least one stream of pressurized gas from the side of the aerodynamically floatable device toward the outer surface of the member with sufficient pressure to maintain the aerodynamically floatable device a constant equilibrium distance from the outer surface of the member.