Device and method employing magnetic and gravitational energy for mechanical power

An apparatus for imparting rotation to a rim, comprising:

• a rim body, said rim body having a circular sidewall, said sidewall having an exterior surface defining a circumference and having an interior surface defining a cavity diameter of an interior cavity;
• said rim body having at least one endwall engaged to one side edge of said rim sidewall,
• said rim body formed of non ferromagnetic material;
• a rotating component having a circular circumference defined by an circumferential surface, said rotating component formed of a ferromagnetic material, and having a diameter sized smaller than said cavity diameter;
• said rotating component positioned for a rotation of said circumferential surface in a contact with said interior surface of said sidewall when said exterior surface of said sidewall is positioned upon a support surface;
• a magnetic;
• means to position said magnet in a first location adjacent to said exterior surface of said rim body;
• and
• said magnet in said first location communicating a magnetic attraction of said rotating element toward said first location;
• said magnetic attraction causing said rotation of said circumferential surface upon said interior surface and a relocation of said rotating component from a first position in said contact with said interior surface at a first elevation above said support surface, to a second position in said contact with said interior surface at second elevation above said support surface higher than said first elevation;
• and
• said relocation causing a rotation of said rim body in a direction toward said first position of said magnet, said rotation of said rim body returning said rotating component to substantially said first position, whereby a rolling in a first direction, toward said magnet, may be imparted to said rim body by repeated said relocations of said rotating component from said first position to said second position.