Patent ID: 8327784

Claim:
An apparatus for generating compressed air on a nautical vessel, comprising: at least one water intake opening; first and second air injectors; at least one descending pipe; at least one chamber; at least one pressure device; and at least one compressed air storage tank; wherein said at least compressed air storage tank has at least one air inlet valve; wherein said first air injector is comprised of first air intake and said second air injector is comprised of second air intake, said second injector disposed substantially below said first air injector; wherein a first stream of water, generated by a motion of a nautical vessel, enters said first air injectors and creates a depression that pulls an air into said first stream of water; wherein a plurality of air bubbles are formed in said first stream of water; wherein said plurality of air bubbles is carried in said first stream of water down said at least one descending pipe to said at least one chamber; wherein said first stream of water and said plurality of air bubbles separate in said at least one chamber forming at least one separated air portion and at least one water portion; wherein said at least one separated air portion is compressed by a pressure of said at least one water portion; and wherein said at least one compressed separated air portion passes through said at least one air inlet valve and into said at least one compressed air storage tank to form said at least one compressed air, wherein said compressed air storage tank is connected to said second injector such that said at least one compressed air is pulled into a second stream of water.