Motive drive system

Claim 1

A DRIVE SYSTEM MOUNTED IN AN EVACUATED CHAMBER FOR PRODUCING MECHANICAL MOTION THEREIN COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A VACUUM CHAMBER MOUNTING AT ONE END AS A PORTION THEREOF A VACCUUM BARRIER, A CYLINDRICAL HOUSING MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER AND DISPOSED ABOUT AN AXIS, A DRIVE SHAFT ON SAID AXIS AND SUPPORTED BY SAID HOUSING, A SPIDER WHEEL FIXED TO SAID SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS MOUNTED AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID WHEEL, CONTINUOUS FLEXIBLE TUBING ARRANGED ON THE RADIALLY INNER SURFACE OF SAID HOUSING AND INTERMEDIATE SAID ROLLER AND SAID INNER HOUSING SURFACE, THE RADIALLY OUTERMOST PORTION OF SAID ROLLERS BEING SPACED FROM SAID HOUSING SURFACE, BUT AT A LESSER DISTANCE THEREFROM THAN THE UNDEFORMED DIAMETER OF SAID TUBING, THE TUBING EXTENDING THROUGH AND BEING SEALED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BARRIER, WHERE IT TRAVERSES SAID BARRIER, SAID TUBING TRANSPORTING A PRESSURIZED FLUID MEDIUM WHEREBY SAID ROLLERS PARTIALLY RESTRICT A PORTION OF THE TUBING CAUSING A PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL ACROSS SAID RESTRICTION RESULTING IN A FORCE COMPONENT ACTING TO DRIVE SAID ROLLERS AND SAID SPIDER WHEEL IN OPPOSITE RELATIVE DIRECTIONS TO EXERT A DRIVING FORCE ON SAID DRIVE SHAFT.