Electromagnetic rotating apparatus

Claim 2

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus comprising a rotating shaft, a bipolar permanent magnet fixed to said rotating shaft and radially magnetized, a fixed coil disposed to interlink with the magnetic flux of said permanent magnet, symmetrically with respect to said rotating shaft, the fixed coil providing a magnetic field perpendicular to the axis of said rotating shaft when energized, first and second stoppers to limit the rotation of said permanent magnet within an angular range of less than 180 degrees and stop the rotation thereof before said permanent magnet reaches a position where the number of magnetic flux interlinking with said fixed coil becomes maximum, and an energizing circuit to selectively energize said fixed coil positively or inversely.

Claim 3

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus comprising a rotating shaft, a bipolar permanent magnet fixed to said rotating shaft and radially magnetized, a fixed coil disposed to interlink with the magnetic flux of said permanent magnet, symmetrically with respect to said rotating shaft, the fixed coil providing a magnetic field perpendicular to the axis of said rotating shaft when energized, first and second stoppers to limit the rotation of said permanent magnet within an angular range of less than 180 degrees and stop the rotation thereof before said permanent magnet reaches a position where the number of magnetic flux interlinking with said fixed coil becomes maximum, a starting energizing circuit to energize said fixed coil while said permanent magnet moves halfway from a first stop position to a second stop position defined by the first and second stoppers, thereby providing energy for permitting said permanent magnet to rotate from the first stop position to the second stop position, a damping circuit to feed said fixed coil with a current to damp said permanent magnet from the completion of energizing by said starting energizing circuit to the arrival at the second position, and a holding energizing circuit to feed said fixed coil with a current flowing in the same direction as the current fed by said starting energizing circuit when said permanent magnet reaches the second stopper, thereby holding said permanent magnet in the second stop position.

Claim 4

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus comprising a rotating shaft, a bipolar permanent magnet fixed to said rotating shaft and radially magnetized, a fixed coil disposed to interlink with the magnetic flux of said permanent magnet, symmetrically with respect to said rotating shaft, the fixed coil providing a magnetic field perpendicular to the axis of said rotating shaft when energized, first and second stoppers to limit the rotation of said permanent magnet within an angular range of less than 180 degrees and stop the rotation thereof before said permanent magnet reaches a position where the number of magnetic flux interlinking with said fixed coil becomes maximum, a starting energizing circuit to energize said fixed coil while said permanent magnet moves halfway from a first stop position to a second stop position defined by the first and second stoppers, thereby providing energy for permitting said permanent magnet to rotate from the first stop position to the second stop position, a damping circuit to feed said fixed coil with a current to damp said permanent magnet from the completion of energizing by said starting energizing circuit to the arrival at the second position, and a holding energizing circuit to feed said fixed coil with a current flowing in the same direction as the current fed by said starting energizing circuit when said permanent magnet reaches the second stopper, thereby holding said permanent magnet in the second stop position.

Claim 5

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said fixed coil is wound around a core of non-magnetic material.

Claim 6

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said core of non-magentic material is a core of synthetic resin having a plurality of slots extending in the direction of the axis of said rotating shaft.

Claim 7

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said damping circuit feeds a damping current to said fixed coil in accordance with speed electromotive force generated therein.

Claim 8

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said holding energizing circuit starts energizing on detecting that speed electromotive force in said fixed coil has become substantially zero.

Claim 9

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said fixed coil is a solenoid coil that surrounds said permanent magnet to provide a substantially uniform magnetic field thereto.

Claim 10

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said damping circuit feeds a damping current to said fixed coil in accordance with speed electromotive force generated therein.

Claim 11

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said holding energizing circuit starts energizing on detecting that speed electromotive force in said fixed coil has become substantially zero.

Claim 12

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said damping circuit feeds a damping current to said fixed coil in accordance with speed electromotive force therein, and said holding energizing circuit starts energizing on detecting that said speed electromotive force in said fixed coil has become substantially zero.

Claim 13

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said fixed coil is a solenoid coil that surrounds said permanent magnet to provide a substantially uniform magnetic field thereto.

Claim 14

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said damping circuit feeds a damping current to said fixed coil in accordance with speed electromotive force generated therein.

Claim 15

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said holding energizing circuit starts energizing on detecting that speed electromotive force in said fixed coil has become substantially zero.

Claim 16

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said damping circuit feeds a damping current to said fixed coil in accordance with speed electromotive force generated therein.

Claim 17

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said holding energizing circuit starts energizing on detecting that speed electromotive force in said fixed coil has become substantially zero.

Claim 18

Electromagnetic rotating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said damping circuit feeds a damping current to said fixed coil in accordance with speed electromotive force therein, and said holding energizing circuit starts energizing on detecting that said speed electromotive force in said fixed coil has become substantially zero.