GASEOUS FLUID PUMP

1 . An apparatus for pumping and compressing fluids, comprising:

a compression chamber, the chamber containing at least one inlet and one outlet, and a plurality of open volumes created by an inner surface of the compression chamber; and

a plurality of pistons within the compression chamber, each piston containing a body with at least a first diametrically polarized magnet centered in the body, such that the polarities attract or repel depending on the relative position of the magnet;

a plurality of flux paths centered around each of the pistons, each flux path containing a coil to act as a polarizing motor stator.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the compression chamber is made of glass.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each piston body is comprised of graphite.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

an additional magnet centered within the compression chamber between two of the plurality of pistons.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the compression chamber contains a magnet on a first end of the compression chamber.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 wherein each piston comprises:

a second and a third magnet on respective first and second outer sides of the piston body.

7 . The apparatus of claim 5 wherein each of the plurality of pistons is separated from an inner surface of the compression chamber by an air bearing surface on the respective piston.

8 . A gaseous fluid pump comprising:

at least one cylinder having a wall defining an inner volume and containing a central axis;

a first piston and a second piston that both move along the central axis, wherein the first piston and second piston have similar mass;

wherein the first and second pistons are propelled by magnetic forces in an oscillating motion with a 180 degree phase difference between the first and second pistons.

9 . The pump of claim 8 wherein the first and second pistons and the cylinder have similar thermal coefficient coefficients.

10 . The pump of claim 9 wherein the first and second pistons are supported in the inner volume of the cylinder with gaseous bearings.

11 . The pump of claim 9 wherein the cylinder is constructed from glass.

12 . The pump of claim 9 wherein the first and second pistons are constructed from graphite.

13 . The pump of claim 8 wherein the first and second pistons are driven by magnetic force through the cylinder wall that is non-magnetic.

14 . The pump of claim 13 wherein the first and second pistons are constructed from a low electrical conductivity material.

15 . A gaseous fluid pump comprising:

a cylinder with first and second ends connected by a wall to define an inner volume, wherein the first and second ends each contain a respective first and second permanent magnet;

at least one piston capable of travel within the cylinder, the piston comprising a first end and a second end, and at least one magnet;

wherein the magnetic poles of the first and second permanent magnets face like poles of the piston magnet to produce a repelling spring effect to push the piston towards the center of the cylinder.

16 . The pump of claim 15 wherein the first and second permanent magnets and piston form an oscillating mass and spring system with a specific oscillation frequency for the piston.

17 . The pump of claim 15 wherein the piston magnet and first and second permanent magnets are circular in cross-section and magnetized across the diameter of the cross-section.

18 . The pump of claim 15 wherein the piston magnet and first and second permanent magnets are magnetized across the diameter of the circular cross-section.

19 . The pump of claim 15 wherein the first and second ends of the cylinder each contain a respective inlet and outlet.

20 . The pump of claim 19 wherein the piston does not contain a physical connection to the cylinder allowing for either the first end or the second end to displace a fluid through the respective inlet and outlets of the first and second ends of the cylinder.