Vibration-proof and earthquake-immue mount system

A vibration-proof and earthquake immune mount system connecting g a structure to a foundation comprising;

• a number of mounts functioning to reduce disturbances in any direction, each mount comprising:
• a spring means connected to a bottom surface of said structure;
• a support mounted on a lower end of the spring means containing a multiplicity of smaller-diameter balls;
• a larger-diameter ball rollably abutting the smaller-diameter balls at an upper surface of said large-diameter ball;
• a saucer mounted on said foundation by a protrusion on a lower surface of said saucer and with an upper surface of said saucer in the form of a recess which receives lower surface of the larger-diameter ball in rollable contact;
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• a dam projecting radially outward from a periphery of the recess to prevent the larger-diameter ball from rolling out of the recess in response to an earthquake;
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• a number of dampers counteracting disturbances in a horizontal direction, each damper comprising:
• an electromagnet with north and south poles mounted on the foundation;
• a connector mounted on a bottom surface of the structure;
• a conductor plate connected to the connector in a manner such that the conductor plate is slidable in a vertical direction, the free end of the conductor plate being interposed between the north and south poles of the electromagnet;
• a sensor for detecting movement of the foundation and for generating a signal when movement of said foundation exceeds a predetermined amount;
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• a controller for receiving said signal from the sensor and for using said signal to control the electromagnet to develop a magnetic field which interacts with the conductor plate to produce eddy currents which generate a braking effect and absorb the disturbance energy when movement of said foundation exceeds a predetermined amount.