JPH07309227A - Rail type diving traveling system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To move a diving traveling vehicle body securely and safely from land to underwater regardless of the weather, etc. CONSTITUTION:A pair of traveling guides 10 each of which has a submersible traveling surface 12 and land traveling surface 13 are laid in a closed loop shape in such a way that at least a part of each of them is located on land and the other part thereof is located in water. A diving traveling vehicle body 1 moved along these traveling guides 10 is arranged between these respective traveling guides 10 and driving tires 9 which are brought into contact with the land traveling surface 13 a traveling on land and also brought into contact with the submersible traveling surface 12 at traveling in water are arranged on both side parts of this diving traveling vehicle body 1 for freely turning and driving. The diving traveling vehicle body 1 is reciprocated along the traveling guides 10 by turning and driving reciprocally these driving tires 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rail type submersible traveling system, and more particularly to a rail type submersible traveling system capable of traveling a submersible traveling vehicle between land and water along a traveling guide.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, ships have been generally used to carry people and luggage on the water such as the sea and lakes. Vessels and submarines that sail underwater are used.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned ships and submersibles, it is impossible to operate in stormy weather, which often causes inconvenience, and it is possible to sufficiently satisfy tourists and the like. It has the problem of not being able to. In addition, it is extremely inconvenient because it is necessary to move to a bridge or the like when getting on or off the vessel or the like.
There is also a problem that it is dangerous when getting on and off.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rail-type submersible traveling system which can reliably and safely move from land to water regardless of weather. To do.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a rail-type submersible traveling system according to the invention of claim 1 includes at least one pair of traveling guides having an upper surface for underwater traveling and a lower surface for land traveling. Laying an open loop so that one part is located on land and the other part is located underwater,
A submersible vehicle body to be moved along these traveling guides is arranged between these traveling guides, and the underwater traveling upper surface and the land traveling surface of the traveling guides are provided on both sides of the submersible vehicle body. A drive that is located between the lower surfaces and contacts the lower surface for running of the above-mentioned running guide when running on land, and contacts the upper surface for running underwater of the above-mentioned running guide by buoyancy adjusted by the vehicle body buoyancy adjustment tank chamber when running underwater. It is characterized in that a tire is rotatably driven and the submersible vehicle main body is reciprocally moved along the traveling guide by rotating the driving tire forward and backward.

The invention according to claim 2 is a closed loop in which at least a part of a pair of running guides having an underwater running upper surface and a land running lower surface are located on land and the other parts are located underwater. The submersible vehicle body that is moved along these traveling guides is arranged between these traveling guides, and the above-mentioned traveling guides for underwater traveling are disposed on both sides of this submersible vehicle body. It is located between the upper surface and the lower surface for land running, and comes into contact with the lower surface for land running of the running guide when running on land, and for underwater running of the running guide by the buoyancy adjusted by the vehicle body buoyancy adjustment tank chamber when running underwater. A drive tire that abuts on the upper surface is rotatably arranged, and the drive tire is rotated to move the submersible vehicle main body along the traveling guide. It is characterized in that the.

[0007]

According to the rail type diving traveling system of the present invention, when the driving tire is rotationally driven, gravity is applied to the body of the diving traveling vehicle on land, so that the driving tire is the underside for land traveling of the traveling guide. And is moved along the traveling guide by the rotational driving of the driving tire.

Subsequently, when the body of the submersible vehicle is moved along the traveling guide and submerged in water, water is automatically injected into the tank chamber for adjusting the buoyancy of the body of the submersible vehicle to adjust the buoyancy. Is performed, the submersible vehicle body floats up due to the buoyancy of the submersible vehicle body, the drive tire is separated from the landing lower surface of the traveling guide, the driving tire comes into contact with the underwater traveling upper surface of the traveling guide, As a result, the main body of the submersible vehicle is moved in water along the upper surface of the traveling guide.

When the main body of the submersible vehicle is moved from the water into the air along the traveling guide, the water in the tank chamber for adjusting the buoyancy of the vehicle body is automatically drained, and the weight of the main body of the submersible vehicle is reduced by its own weight. The body of the submersible vehicle descends, the driving tire comes into contact with the lower surface of the traveling guide for land traveling, and the driving tire is rotated to move along the traveling guide.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a rail type diving traveling system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a submersible vehicle used in the rail-type submersible traveling system of the present invention. Above the inside of the main body 1 of the submersible vehicle, a hermetically-sealed viewing room 2 is provided. At the lower part of the viewing room 2, a drive unit 3 such as an electric motor and an engine room 4 accommodating a drive source are installed. Further, the lower part of the engine room 4 is configured to store water therein by automatic water injection and drainage for adjusting the buoyancy of the submersible vehicle body 1 when traveling underwater, and discharge the water when traveling on land. The tank chamber 5 for adjusting the buoyancy of the vehicle body is provided.

On the side surface and the ceiling of the viewing room 2,
A plurality of viewing windows 6 are formed at appropriate places, and a viewing seat 8 is arranged in the center of the floor 7 of the viewing cabin 2.

Further, a drive shaft 15 projecting from both sides of the submersible vehicle body 1 and driven to rotate by the drive device 3 is connected to the drive device 3 disposed inside the engine room 4. Driving tires 9, 9 are attached to the tip of each driving shaft 15. The drive tire 9 is provided inside a traveling groove portion 11 formed so as to project from the upper inner surface of traveling guides 10, 10 which are erected from the upper surface of the ground A and symmetrically arranged on both sides of the submersible vehicle body 1. It is designed to be fitted loosely. The inner upper end surface of the running groove portion 11 is made into underwater running surfaces 12 and 12, and the inner lower end surface of the running groove portion 11 is made into land running surfaces 13 and 13. Further, at positions on both side surfaces of the submersible vehicle body 1 corresponding to the upper and lower end surfaces of the traveling groove of the traveling guide 10,
An anti-sway roller 14 is attached which comes into contact with the upper and lower end surfaces of the running groove during running.

As shown in FIG. 2, the drive tire 9 is detachable from a part of the drive shaft 15, and in an emergency, the drive tire 9 is detached from a part of the drive shaft 15. As a result, the submersible vehicle body 1 floats toward the water surface due to its buoyancy, and the place where the submerged traveling car body floats can be rescued or towed by a rescue ship.

Next, FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the rail-type diving traveling system of the present invention. The traveling guide 10, so that it can pass from the land B, which is the quay of the sea or lake, to the underwater C.
10 is laid, and this running guide 1
The submersible vehicle body 1 is supported between 0 and 10. The traveling guide 10 may be reciprocated on the traveling guide 10 by the traveling guide 10 having an open loop shape having both ends. Alternatively, the traveling guide 10 may be laid in an annular closed loop shape. Alternatively, the traveling guide 10 may be rotated.

In this embodiment, the underwater running surface 12 and the land running surface 13 are formed in the running groove portions 11 of the running guide 10, respectively. It is sufficient that the underwater C has at least the underwater running surface 12 and the land B has at least the overland running surface 13. In this case, the land B and the underwater C of the running guide 10 are required. Both the land traveling surface 13 and the underwater traveling surface 12 may be formed at the boundary portion between and.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

In the present embodiment, first, with the submersible vehicle body 1 being positioned on the traveling guide 10 located on the land B, the passenger is placed in the viewing cabin 2 of the submersible vehicle body 1. After that, the inside of the viewing room 2 is kept airtight.

Next, the drive shaft 15 is rotationally driven by the drive device 3, whereby the drive tire 9 is rotationally driven, and the submersible vehicle main body 1 travels along the travel guide 10. In this case, on the land B, as shown in FIG. 4, the driving tire 9 comes into contact with the land traveling surface 13 due to the weight of the submersible vehicle main body 1, and the driving tire 9 is driven to rotate to the traveling guide 10. Will be moved along.

At the same time that the submersible vehicle body 1 is moved along the traveling guide 10 to dive into the underwater C, water is automatically poured into the vehicle body buoyancy adjusting tank chamber 5 to adjust the buoyancy. As shown in FIG. 5, the driving tires 9 are attached to the land guide surface 1 of the running guide 10.
It comes in contact with the underwater traveling surface 12 while being separated from As a result, the driving tire 9 rotates by rolling friction while contacting the underwater running surface 12, and the submersible vehicle main body 1 can run underwater C along the running guide 10.

When the submersible vehicle body 1 is moved from the underwater C to the land B along the traveling guide 10, the water in the vehicle body buoyancy adjusting tank chamber 5 is automatically drained, and the submersible vehicle is moved. Due to the own weight of the main body 1, the submersible vehicle main body 1 descends and its driving tires 9 come into contact with the land traveling surface 13,
The driving tire 9 is rotated to move along the traveling guide 10.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the driving tire 9 of the submersible vehicle body 1 is rotationally driven so that the driving tire 9 is brought into contact with the land traveling surface 13 of the traveling guide 10 when traveling on the land B. When driving underwater C, the driving tire 9 is brought into contact with the underwater running surface 12 of the running guide 10 by the buoyancy adjustment of the submersible vehicle main body 1 to allow the submersible vehicle main body 1 to travel safely. To
In addition, the vehicle can be reliably driven on the land B and the water C. As a result, it is possible to perform the viewing operation even in the case of stormy weather, and further, it is possible to travel safely and reliably with less swaying due to the waves of a ship. Further, since it is possible to travel from the land B to the water C, getting on and off is very convenient.

Further, for example, by combining the traveling guide 10 with a resort facility such as a hotel, further sightseeing can be realized, and, for example, electricity installed in advance between the main island and a remote island. It is also possible to lay the traveling guide 10 along an underwater installation such as an electric wiring such as a telephone or a pipeline such as oil.

In such a case, by driving the submersible vehicle body 1 along the traveling guide 10, the submersible vehicle body 1 can be used also as traffic between the main island and the remote island. Also, by removing the viewing seat 8 of the submersible vehicle main body 1 and using the viewing cabin 2 as a luggage compartment, the submersible vehicle main body 1 can also be used as a freight carrier.

Further, the submersible vehicle body 1 on which the passengers board and the submersible vehicle body 1 used as the cargo carrier.
It is also possible to connect a plurality of and to run.

Further, as described above, if the traveling guide 10 is laid along the submarine installation such as electric wiring such as electricity or telephone or pipeline such as petroleum, the passenger of the traveling body can use the electricity. It is possible to reliably check the inspection of wiring and pipelines. Further, the submersible vehicle body 1 is equipped with one or a plurality of video cameras, and the position and direction of the video cameras can be arbitrarily adjusted, and the video from the video cameras is transmitted wirelessly. If the submersible vehicle main body 1 is left unattended, it is possible to inspect the submarine installation object and the like so that the submarine traveling vehicle main body 1 can be visually recognized at the remote control position.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and for example, an amusement park,
It can be applied to vehicles such as amusement parks and when viewing underwater C in aquariums, etc. In addition, underwater C such as indoor water tanks
It is possible to make various changes as necessary, such as running a car or applying it as a toy running underwater C such as an outdoor pond.

[0028]

As described above, the rail-type submersible traveling system according to the present invention rotates the driving tire of the body of the submersible vehicle so that the driving tire can be used to drive the driving tire to the underside of the traveling guide. When driving in water, the buoyancy of the body of the submersible vehicle is adjusted to bring the driving tire into contact with the underwater traveling upper surface of the traveling guide so that the submersible vehicle body can be safely and ,
It can be reliably driven on land and in water. As a result, it is possible to perform the viewing operation even in the case of stormy weather, and further, it is possible to travel safely and reliably with less swaying due to the waves of a ship. Further, since it is possible to travel from land to underwater, it is very convenient to get on and off.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of a submersible vehicle used in a rail-type submersible traveling system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a levitation mechanism in an emergency of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a rail type diving traveling system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state of a driving tire on land.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state of a driving tire in water.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Submersible vehicle main body 2 Viewing cabin 3 Drive unit 4 Engine room 5 Tank chamber for body buoyancy adjustment 9 Driving tires 10 Driving guide 12 Underwater running surface 13 Land running surface

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pair of traveling guides having an upper surface for underwater traveling and a lower surface for land traveling are laid in an open loop shape so that at least a part is located on land and the other part is located underwater. A submersible vehicle body that is moved along the traveling guide is disposed between the traveling guides, and the underwater traveling upper surface and the land traveling lower surface of the traveling guide are provided on both sides of the diving traveling vehicle main body. Is located at the bottom of the running guide and comes into contact with the underside of the running guide for running, and the buoyancy adjusted by the vehicle buoyancy adjustment tank chamber during running underwater rotates the driving tire that comes into contact with the underside of the running guide. The submersible vehicle main body is reciprocally moved along the traveling guide by driving the driving tire in forward and reverse directions. Le-type dive system. 2. A pair of running guides having an underwater running upper surface and a land running lower surface are laid in a closed loop so that at least a part of the running guide is located on land and the other part is located underwater. A submersible vehicle body to be moved along the traveling guide is arranged between the guides, and on both sides of the submersible vehicle body, between the underwater traveling upper surface and the land traveling lower surface of the traveling guide. It is located and contacts the underside of the above-mentioned running guide when running on land, and drives the driving tire that comes into contact with the underwater running upper surface of the above-mentioned running guide by buoyancy adjusted by the vehicle body buoyancy adjustment tank chamber when running underwater. A rail type in which the submersible vehicle main body is circulated along the traveling guide by freely arranging and rotating the driving tire. Diving traveling system.