Patent ID: 9300187
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B65G,H02J,H02K,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A power generation method comprising: a potential energy storage step of driving a bucket conveyor by using a rotational force of a rotating body that is rotationally driven by a kinetic energy produced when a first object, which is present at a high place in nature, falls and continuously transferring a plurality of second objects from a low place to the high place; and a power generation step of operating a power generator by using a kinetic energy of the second objects at an appropriate timing, the kinetic energy being generated by falling the second objects, wherein the bucket conveyor is connected with the power generator via an interrupter, the interrupter mechanically connects and disconnects the bucket conveyor with/from the power generator, in the potential energy storage step, the bucket conveyor is mechanically disconnected from the power generator by the interrupter, a motive power of the bucket conveyor produced by falling the first object is not transferred to the power generator, and the plurality of second objects is continuously transferred from the low place to the high place by the bucket conveyor, and in the power generation step, the bucket conveyor is mechanically connected with the power generator by the interrupter, and the motive power of the bucket conveyer produced by falling the second objects is transferred to the power generator to operate the power generator.