Drive apparatus

Apparatus for inducing drive including a primary drive shaft and a plurality of secondary drive shafts arranged around the primary drive shaft, the primary shaft and the secondary shafts each fitted with magnetic means oriented such that when the primary shaft is rotated the secondary shafts are caused to rotate due to attractive or repulsive magnetic forces.

Apparatus for inducing drive including a primary drive shaft and one or more secondary drive shafts, the primary shaft and secondary shaft(s) each fitted with magnetic means oriented such that, when the primary shaft is rotated, the or each secondary shaft is caused to rotate due to magnetic forces, with the secondary shaft(s) each being fitted with an additional mass to increase its rotational inertia.

Apparatus for inducing drive including a primary drive shaft and one or more secondary drive shafts, the primary shaft and secondary shaft(s) each fitted with magnetic means oriented such that, when the primary shaft is rotated, the or each secondary shaft is caused to rotate due to attractive or repulsive magnetic forces, with one of the primary or secondary shaft(s) having a motive mechanism associated therewith for transferring a motive force to or receiving a motive force from another source.

Apparatus for inducing drive including a primary elongate drive shaft having a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of secondary elongate drive shafts each having a longitudinal axis parallel or inclined to the primary shaft axis and to each other secondary shaft axis, with the secondary shafts being arranged in series adjacent to and extending away in the series from the primary shaft, the primary shaft and secondary shafts each fitted with magnetic means oriented such that, when the primary shaft is rotated, the secondary shafts are caused to rotate due to attractive or repulsive magnetic forces.

Apparatus for vertically supporting the weight of a shaft, the apparatus including a magnetic means having at least two magnets, a first magnet being mountable on the shaft and a second magnet being locatable with respect to the first magnet to maintain it in a vertical position by either an attractive or repulsive magnetic force between them.

Apparatus for inducing drive including a primary shaft fitted with magnetic means and locatable within a housing, and a plurality of individually activatable electromagnets arranged around the housing, and which can be activated in sequence such that by attractive or repulsive magnetic forces imparted to the magnetic means they cause the primary shaft to rotate within the housing.