JP2921767B2 - Rail type diving vehicle - Google Patents

Description

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

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, ships have been used as a means of carrying people or luggage and sailing on the water such as the sea and lakes. Submarines navigating are used.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, the above-mentioned ships and submersibles cannot be operated in stormy weather, so that inconveniences often occur and there is a problem that tourists and the like cannot be sufficiently satisfied. In addition, when getting on and off the ship, it is necessary to move to a bridge or the like, which is extremely inconvenient and has a problem that danger is involved when getting on and off.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide a rail-type submersible vehicle capable of moving completely from land to underwater regardless of the weather and the like. is there.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the rail type submersible vehicle according to the present invention has a pair of traveling guides having an underwater traveling upper surface and a land traveling lower surface, and the traveling guide is provided between the traveling guides. A submersible vehicle main body that is moved along the guide is disposed, and the submersible vehicle main body is located between the underwater traveling upper surface and the land traveling lower surface of the traveling guide, and the traveling guide While being in contact with the underground traveling lower surface, a driving tire that contacts the underwater traveling upper surface of the traveling guide during underwater traveling is rotatably driven, and is disposed so as to be detachable from the submersible vehicle main body,
A vehicle chamber buoyancy adjusting tank chamber for adjusting buoyancy is disposed in the submersible vehicle main body, and a swing prevention roller is provided on the submersible vehicle main body to abut on the traveling guide and prevent the submersible vehicle main body from shaking. The submersible vehicle body is driven for forward and reverse rotation by driving the drive tires in forward and reverse directions in a state where the anti-sway roller is brought into contact with a travel guide to prevent the submersible vehicle body from swinging. The vehicle is reciprocated along a guide, and at the same time the dive vehicle body dives into the water from the land, water is automatically injected into the vehicle body buoyancy adjustment tank chamber to adjust the buoyancy, and the dive vehicle body The submersible vehicle body is configured to discharge water from the vehicle body buoyancy adjusting tank chamber when the vehicle shifts from underwater to land, and further, to release the drive tire in an emergency underwater. It is characterized in that it has a possible floating.

(Operation)

According to the rail-type diving vehicle according to the present invention, by rotating the driving tire while the anti-sway roller is in contact with the traveling guide, on land, gravity is applied to the submersible vehicle main body. The driving tire abuts on the underside of the traveling guide for land traveling, and is moved along the traveling guide by rotational driving of the driving tire.

Subsequently, the dive vehicle body is moved along the travel guide and submerged, and at the same time, water is automatically injected into the vehicle buoyancy adjustment tank chamber of the dive vehicle body, and buoyancy adjustment is performed. At the same time, the driving tire is separated from the undersurface traveling surface of the traveling guide, and the driving tire comes into contact with the underwater traveling upper surface of the traveling guide, whereby the submersible vehicle main body is submerged along the traveling guide upper surface. Is to be moved. At this time, since the anti-swing roller is provided on the submersible vehicle main body, the submersible vehicle main body can be prevented from shaking, and the submersible vehicle main body can be stably held against the traveling rail. it can. Furthermore, since the drive tires are disposed so as to be detachable from the submersible vehicle main body, by disengaging the drive tires in an emergency underwater, the submersible vehicle main body can be lifted toward the water surface by its buoyancy. I can do it.

When the main body of the submersible vehicle is moved from underwater to the air along the traveling guide, the water inside the tank chamber for adjusting the buoyancy of the vehicle body is automatically drained, and the submersible vehicle is driven by its own weight. The main body is lowered, the driving tire comes into contact with the undersurface for traveling on the land of the traveling guide, and is moved along the traveling guide by rotational driving of the driving tire.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a rail-type submersible vehicle according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which a sealed passenger cabin 2 is provided above the inside of a dive vehicle body 1.
A drive unit 3 such as an electric motor and an engine room 4 in which a drive source is housed are provided below the viewing room 2. In the lower part of the engine room 4,
In order to adjust the buoyancy of the submersible vehicle body 1 during underwater traveling, water is stored therein by automatic water injection and drainage, and a body buoyancy adjusting tank chamber 5 configured to discharge water when traveling on land is provided. Has been established.

A plurality of viewing windows 6 are formed at appropriate locations on the side and ceiling of the viewing room 2, and a viewing seat 8 is provided at the center of the floor 7 of the viewing room 2. It is arranged.

A drive shaft 15 protruding from both sides of the submersible vehicle main body 1 and driven to rotate by the drive device 3 is connected to a drive device 3 disposed inside the engine room 4. Driving tires 9, 9 are attached to the tip of the fifteen. The driving tire 9 is provided inside a traveling groove 11 formed on the upper inner surface of traveling guides 10, which are erected from the upper surface of the ground A and are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the submersible vehicle main body 1. It is adapted to be loosely fitted. Further, the inner upper end surface of the running groove 11 is an underwater running surface 12, 12, and the inner lower end surface of the running groove 11 is a land running surface 13, 13. Further, at both sides of the dive vehicle main body 1 and at positions corresponding to the upper and lower end surfaces of the traveling grooves of the traveling guide 10, anti-sway rollers 14 are provided which come into contact with the upper and lower end surfaces of the traveling grooves during traveling. Have been.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the driving tire 9 can be detached from a part of the driving shaft 15,
For example, the drive shaft 15 can be disconnected by using a well-known shaft coupling means such as a pin clutch shown on page 202 of the encyclopedia of mechanism 1st edition (published by Shigeru Ito, published by Rigaku Corporation). . And by such a mechanism,
In an emergency, the drive tire 9 is detached from a part of the drive shaft 15, so that the submersible vehicle body 1 rises toward the water surface due to its buoyancy, and rescue or tow the passengers by the rescue boat. You can do it.

Next, FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a traveling system for traveling the submersible vehicle main body 1 configured as described above. The traveling system passes through the underwater C from the land B which is the shore of the sea or lake. The traveling guides 10, 10 are laid on the submerged traveling vehicle body 1 between the traveling guides 10, 10.
Is to be supported. The travel guide 10 may be reciprocated on the travel guide 10 by a travel guide 10 installed in an open loop having both ends, or the travel guide 10 is laid in an annular closed loop shape, It may be made to go around on this travel guide 10.

 Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

In the present embodiment, first, a passenger is boarded in the viewing cabin 2 of the submersible vehicle body 1 with the submersible vehicle body 1 positioned on the travel guide 10 located on land B, and The inside of the viewing room 2 is kept airtight.

Next, the drive tire 9 is driven to rotate by driving the drive shaft 15 by the drive device 3 in a state where the swing prevention roller 14 is in contact with the travel guide 10, and the submersible vehicle main body 1 is moved. The vehicle travels along the travel guide 10. In this case, on the land B, as shown in FIG. 4, the driving timer 9 abuts on the surface 13 for land driving due to the weight of the main body 1 of the submersible vehicle, and the driving guide 10 is driven by the rotation of the driving tire 9. Will be moved along.

Then, at the same time as the submersible vehicle body 1 is moved along the traveling guide 10 and dive into the underwater C, water is automatically injected into the vehicle body buoyancy adjusting tank chamber 5 to perform buoyancy adjustment. As shown in FIG. 5, the drive tire 9 comes into contact with the underwater traveling surface 12 at a distance from the land traveling surface 13 of the traveling guide 10. As a result, the driving tire 9 comes to rotate by rolling friction while abutting on the underwater traveling surface 12, and in order to continue the forward movement of the submersible vehicle main body 1, the rotation direction of the driving tire 9 is reversed from that during land running. By switching to rotate, the submersible vehicle body 1 advances along the travel guide 10 while
Can be run underground. In this case, in the present embodiment, the swing prevention roller 14 provided on the submersible vehicle main body 1 is brought into contact with the traveling rail 10, so that
The swing prevention roller 14 can reliably prevent the swing of the vehicle 1 when the vehicle 1 travels, particularly when the vehicle 1 dive into the underwater C. The submersible vehicle main body 1 can be stably held on the traveling rail 10.

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

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the swing prevention roller 14
By driving the driving tire 9 of the submerged vehicle main body 1 in a state where the driving tire 9 is in contact with the traveling rail 10, the driving tire 9 is brought into contact with the land traveling surface 13 of the traveling guide 10 when traveling on land B. When traveling in the underwater C, the driving tire 9 is brought into contact with the underwater traveling surface 12 of the traveling guide 10 by adjusting the buoyancy of the submerged traveling vehicle body 1 so that the vehicle 1 is driven. Safely and securely on land B
And underwater C. As a result, it is possible to perform viewing operation even in stormy weather, and furthermore, it is possible to prevent the sway caused by waves such as a ship, and to reliably and safely prevent it. In addition, since traveling from land B to underwater C is possible, getting on and off is very convenient.

Note that, for example, further sightseeing can be realized by combining the travel guide 10 with a resort facility such as a hotel.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a large-sized submersible vehicle that can be occupied by a plurality of people is shown, but a submersible vehicle that can be used by one or two people is also conceivable.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified as needed.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the rail-type diving vehicle according to the present invention, in a state where the swing prevention roller is in contact with the traveling rail,
By rotating and driving the driving tire of the submersible vehicle body, when driving on land, the driving tire abuts on the underside of the traveling guide for land driving, and when traveling underwater, the driving tire is adjusted by adjusting the buoyancy of the submersible vehicle body. Since it is made to run by contacting the underwater traveling upper surface of the traveling guide,
The submersible vehicle main body can be safely and reliably run on land and underwater. As a result, it is possible to perform viewing operation even in stormy weather, and furthermore, it is possible to travel safely and reliably with less shaking due to waves such as a ship. In addition, since traveling from the land to the underwater is possible, there is an effect that getting on and off is very convenient.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of a rail type submersible vehicle according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a levitation mechanism in an emergency according to the present invention, FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of a traveling system for traveling a rail-type submersible vehicle according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the state of driving tires on land. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state. 1 ... diving vehicle body 2 ... viewing room 3 ... driving device 4 ... engine room 5 ... tank buoyancy adjustment tank room
9 ... driving tire, 10 ... running guide, 12 ... underwater running surface, 13 ... land running surface.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A pair of traveling guides having an upper surface for underwater traveling and a lower surface for land traveling are laid, and a submersible vehicle main body which is moved along the traveling guides is arranged between the traveling guides. The submersible traveling vehicle body is located between the underwater traveling upper surface and the land traveling lower surface of the traveling guide and abuts on the land traveling lower surface of the traveling guide during land traveling, and the traveling guide A driving tire for contacting the underwater traveling upper surface is rotatably driven and detachably provided from the submersible vehicle main body, and a vehicle buoyancy adjusting tank chamber for buoyancy adjustment is disposed in the diving vehicle main body. The diving vehicle is provided with a swing-preventing roller that abuts on the traveling guide and prevents the submersible vehicle from swinging. By driving the drive tires in the forward and reverse directions while preventing the body from swinging, the submersible vehicle main body is reciprocated along the traveling guide, and the submersible vehicle main body is submerged from the land to the water. At the same time, water is automatically injected into the vehicle body buoyancy adjusting tank chamber to adjust buoyancy, and water is discharged from the vehicle body buoyancy adjusting tank chamber when the submersible vehicle body shifts from underwater to land. A rail-type submersible vehicle, wherein the main body of the submersible vehicle can be lifted by detaching the driving tire in an emergency underwater.