Patent ID: 6914339

Claim:
A method of turning a load such as a generator using compressed air comprising: providing a rotatable shaft operationally coupled with the load and configured to deliver rotational energy to the load; providing a guide pipe fixedly connected the rotatable shaft, wherein the guide tube is perpendicular to the rotatable shaft; providing a sliding rod mounted in the guide pipe, wherein the sliding rod is longer than the guide pipe; providing a first and a second weight attached at opposite ends of the sliding rod each having a pressure diverter configured to receive a discharge of compressed air; providing a valve operationally coupled with a source of compressed air; initiating rotational motion in the rotatable shaft, the guide, the sliding rod and the first and second weight; and discharging the source of compressed air through the valve, alternately, against the first and second weight to lift the sliding rod from a position of lesser potential energy to a position of greater potential energy wherein the sliding rod so lifted operates to turn the rotatable shaft.