Método de dar a partida em um motor usando uma pluralidade de motores pneumáticos e aparelhagem de partida de um motor.

摘要

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for starting an engine which can decrease the amount of compressed air consumed by air motors and can lessen an increase in a size of a compressed air tank and an increase in a size of an air compressor, and in a method of starting an engine 1 using a plurality of air motors 2 and 3, the number of air motors 2 and 3 being operative is decreased before the engine 1 can start increasing its engine speed for itself, at starting. That is, during increasing of the engine speed of the engine 1 at the starting, the number of air motors 2 and 3 being operative is decreased from, for example, two to one.