JP6427728B2 - Water bottom resource recovery system - Google Patents

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JP6427728B2
JP6427728B2 JP2017106085A JP2017106085A JP6427728B2 JP 6427728 B2 JP6427728 B2 JP 6427728B2 JP 2017106085 A JP2017106085 A JP 2017106085A JP 2017106085 A JP2017106085 A JP 2017106085A JP 6427728 B2 JP6427728 B2 JP 6427728B2
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本発明は資源回収用管を備えた水底資源回収装置に関する。本発明による水底資源回収装置は海中、湖中、及び川中の生物資源又は植物資源或いは有機物資源又は無機物資源の採取、深層水の取水、或いは海底、湖底、及び川底の生物資源又は植物資源の採取或いは有機物資源又は無機物資源の採掘に適用可能である。 The present invention relates to a bottom resource recovery apparatus provided with a resource recovery pipe . The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to the present invention is a collection of biological or plant resources or organic or inorganic resources in the sea, lake and river, intake of deep water, or collection of biological or plant resources on the seabed, lake bottom and river bottom. Alternatively, it is applicable to the extraction of organic resources or inorganic resources.

日本の国土は世界第60位であるが、日本の排他的経済区域の広さは世界第6位である。特に海底の有機物資源又は無機物資源を有効に活用する必要がある。しかしながら、海底地盤の掘削を行うときに用いるライザーシステム(特4427441)及び海上に浮遊する海上構造物から垂下される蛇腹を具備する水中長大管(実用新案登録2593664)が従来提案されているが、環境破壊等に課題があり未だ実施及び実用化されていない。   Japan is the 60th largest country in the world, but Japan's exclusive economic zone is the sixth largest in the world. In particular, it is necessary to effectively utilize organic or inorganic resources on the seabed. However, a riser system (Japanese Patent No. 4427441) used when excavating a submarine ground and an underwater long large pipe (utility model registration 2593664) having a bellows suspended from an offshore structure floating on the sea have been conventionally proposed. There is a problem in environmental destruction etc. and it has not been implemented and put into practical use yet.

特4427441Special 4274441 実用新案登録2593664Utility model registration 2593664

本発明は前記課題を解決し周囲環境に何ら影響を与えることはない新規な水底資源回収装置及び回収方法を提供することを目的とする。   An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a novel underwater resource recovery apparatus and recovery method which do not affect the surrounding environment.

本願発明は、一端の上部に水面上の下部の水排出用開口を具備し水底の生物資源又は植物資源を採取し或いは有機物資源又は無機物資源を採掘する資源回収開口を他端の下部に具備する資源回収用管により前記資源回収用管の海水又は湖水或いは川水を吸い上げて資源を前記資源回収開口より採取し或いは採掘することを特徴とする水底資源回収装置及び水底資源回収方法を提供するものである。
請求項1に記載の水底資源回収装置は、一端の上部に水面上の下部の水排出用開口を具備し資源を採取或いは採掘する資源回収開口を他端の下部に具備する資源回収用管と、前記資源回収用管内部の水面が前記資源回収用管外の水面と同じである際前記水排出用開口を閉鎖する比重が水より小さな内部部材と、下部開口を具備し下部以外は密閉され前記資源回収開口を内蔵する密閉部材を備え、前記資源回収用管内で上部の空気を排気することにより前記資源回収用管内の水面を前記資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させ前記内部部材を前記資源回収用管内の上部に移動させることにより前記水排出用開口を開放状態にして前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出して前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させ前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を吸い上げることにより前記密閉部材により密閉された資源回収開口より前記資源を前記資源回収用管内に採取或いは採掘して捕獲して前記資源を回収することを特徴とする。
請求項2に記載の水底資源回収装置は、一端の上部に空気排出開口と水面上の下部の水排出用開口を具備し資源を採取し或いは採掘する資源回収開口を他端の下部に具備する資源回収用管と、前記資源回収用管の一端の上部を保持する保持部材と前記水排出用開口から排出される水を貯水する貯水手段を具備すると共に前記資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更する角度変更手段を具備する浮体構造物と、前記資源回収用管内部の水面が前記資源回収用管外の水面と同じである際前記水排出用開口を閉鎖する比重が水より小さな内部部材と、自然エネルギー発電手段と、前記空気排出開口と接続され前記資源回収用管内での前記内部部材の上部の空気を前記自然エネルギー発電手段により排気する空気排気手段と、前記資源回収用管下部に具備された撮像手段及び発光手段と、前記資源回収用管の上端部に具備され前記撮像手段の出力を表示する表示手段と,下部開口を具備し下部以外は密閉され前記資源回収開口を内蔵する密閉部材を備え、前記角度変更手段により前記資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更して前記表示手段により前記資源回収用管下部の資源を検出し前記空気排気手段により前記資源回収用管内の前記内部部材の上部の空気を排気することにより前記資源回収用管内の水面を前記資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記内部部材を前記資源回収用管内の上部に移動させることにより前記水排出用開口を開放状態にして前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出して前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させ吸い上げることにより検出された前記資源を前記密閉部材により密閉された前記資源回収開口より挿入することにより前記資源を前記資源回収用管内に採取或いは採掘した後、前記資源を捕獲して前記資源を回収することを特徴とする。
請求項3に記載の水底資源回収装置は、一端の上部に空気排出開口と大きな内外径有し水面上の下部の水排出用開口を具備すると共に資源を効率良く採取し或いは採掘する内外径の小さな資源回収開口と前記資源回収開口を閉鎖する資源開口閉鎖手段を他端の下部に具備する資源回収用管と、前記資源回収用管上部の内部を貫通し前記内部の水面が前記資源回収用管外の水面と同じである際前記水排出用開口を閉鎖する比重が水より小さな内部部材と、前記空気排出開口と接続し前記資源回収用管内で前記内部部材の上部の空気を排気する空気排気手段と、前記水排出用開口より放出される水を貯水する貯水手段と、下部開口を具備し下部以外は密閉され前記資源回収開口を内蔵する密閉部材を備え、前記空気排気手段により前記資源回収用管の前記内部部材の上部の空気を排気することにより前記資源回収用管内の水面を前記資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記内部部材を前記資源回収用管内の上部に移動させることにより前記水排出用開口を開放状態にして前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出して前記貯水手段に貯水すると共に前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させて吸い上げ海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の小さな内外径の前記密閉部材により密閉された前記資源回収開口より資源を効率良く前記資源回収用管内に採取し或いは採掘した後前記資源開口閉鎖手段により前記資源開口を閉鎖し前記資源を捕獲し前記資源を回収することを特徴とする。
請求項4に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし下部は長さが調節可能な何重にも重なり下部にいくほど内外径が小さな管で構成することを特徴とする請求項1〜3に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項5に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし下部は長さが調節可能で下部にいくほど内外径が小さな蛇腹管で構成することを特徴とする請求項1〜3に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項6に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし前記資源回収用管の中間部はフレキシブル或いは柔軟で内外径が小さな管であることを特徴とする請求項1〜3に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項7に記載の水底資源回収装置は、長さが調節可能な前記資源回収用管を再び何重にも重なる状態にして資源を回収することを特徴とする請求項4に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項8に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記蛇腹管を再び短い状態にして資源を回収することを特徴とする請求項5に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項9に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記資源回収用管は資源回収開口を具備し長さが調節可能な下部資源回収用管と海面又は湖面或いは川面上の下部に水排出用開口を具備する上部資源回収用管の二体構成にして前記資源回収用管を敷設時に結合することを特徴とする請求項1〜8のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項10に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記資源回収用管が前記水排出用開口の真下に鍔を具備し、海上又は湖上或いは川上の浮体構造物により保持されることを特徴とする請求項1〜9のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項11に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記資源回収用管の下部にくさりを繋ぎ前記資源回収用管下部の資源を前記資源回収用管内に捕獲した後、前記くさりを介して前記資源回収用管の下部を海面又は湖面或いは川面近傍に海面又は湖面或いは川面近傍に移動させると共に前記資源回収用管を移送して捕獲した資源を回収することを特徴とする請求項1〜10のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項12に記載の水底資源回収装置は、空気排出開口と中央部近傍に水排出用開口と片方側に被保持部を具備する中央管と資源を採取或いは採掘する資源回収開口と前記資源回収開口を閉鎖する資源開口閉鎖手段を端部に備え前記中央管の片方側に位置する蛇腹により伸縮可能な片方蛇腹管と前記中央管のもう一方側に位置する蛇腹により伸縮可能な他方蛇腹管とを備えた資源回収用管と、前記中央管の内部を貫通し前記水排出用開口を閉鎖可能な比重が水より小さな内部貫通部材と、前記資源回収用管の被保持部を保持し前記資源回収用管を水平位置或いは前記資源回収開口を海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の垂直位置に移動させる浮体構造物と、下部開口を具備し下部以外は密閉され前記資源回収開口を内蔵する密閉部材を備え、前記資源回収用管が水平位置の際内部に水と空気を内蔵すると共に前記他方蛇腹管を畳前記資源回収用管を垂直位置に移動して前記資源回収開口を海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の垂直位置に移動させた後、前記資源回収用管内で前記内部貫通部材の上部の空気を前記空気排出開口より排気することにより前記資源回収用管内の水面を前記資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記内部貫通部材を前記資源回収用管内の上部に移動させることにより前記水排出用開口を開放状態にして前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出して前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させ前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を吸い上げることにより前記密閉部材により密閉された前記資源回収開口より前記資源回収用管内に資源を採取或いは採掘して捕獲した後前記資源開口閉鎖手段を閉鎖するとともに前記資源回収用管を再び水平位置に移動して捕獲した前記資源を回収することを特徴とする。
請求項13に記載の水底資源回収装置は、 空気排出開口と中央部近傍に水排出用開口と片方側に被保持部を具備する中央管と資源を採取或いは採掘する資源回収開口と前記資源回収開口を閉鎖する資源開口閉鎖手段を端部に備え蛇腹により伸縮可能な前記中央管の片方側に位置する片方蛇腹管と前記中央管のもう一方側に位置し蛇腹により伸縮可能な他方蛇腹管とを備えた資源回収用管と、前記中央管の内部を貫通し前記水排出用開口を閉鎖可能な比重が水より小さな内部貫通部材と、前記資源回収用管の被保持部を保持し前記資源回収用管を水平位置或いは前記資源回収開口を海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の垂直位置に移動させると共にその水面との角度を少し変更する角度変更手段を具備する浮体構造物と、前記資源回収用管下部に具備された撮像手段と前記資源回収用管の中央管に具備され前記撮像手段の出力を表示する表示手段と、下部開口を具備し下部以外は密閉され前記資源回収開口を内蔵する密閉部材を備え、前記資源回収用管が水平位置の際内部に水と空気を内蔵すると共に前記他方蛇腹管を畳前記資源回収用管を垂直位置に移動して前記資源回収開口を海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の垂直位置に移動させた後、前記角度変更手段により前記資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更して前記表示手段により前記資源回収開口付近の資源を検出すると共に前記資源回収用管内で前記内部貫通部材の上部の空気を前記空気排出開口より排気することにより前記資源回収用管内の水面を前記資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記内部貫通部材を前記資源回収用管内の上部に移動させることにより前記水排出用開口を開放状態にして前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出して前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させ前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を吸い上げることにより前記密閉部材により密閉された前記資源回収開口より検出された前記資源を前記資源回収用管内に採取或いは採掘して捕獲した後前記資源開口閉鎖手段を閉鎖するとともに前記資源回収用管を再び水平位置に移動して捕獲した前記資源を回収することを特徴とする。
請求項14に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記中央管が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし下部は前記資源回収用管の片方蛇腹管が長さを調節可能で何重にも重なり下部にいくほど内外径が小さな管で構成することを特徴とする請求項12〜13のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項15に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記浮体構造物が移動可能であることを特徴とする請求項2、10,12〜13のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項16に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記資源回収用管最下部の内外径を小さくしたことを特徴とする請求項1〜14のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項17に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記資源回収用管最下部の内外径を最下部直上部より大きくし前記最下部直上部の内外径を小さくしたことを特徴とする請求項1〜14のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項18に記載の水底資源回収装置は、海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の前記資源回収用管の下部又は外部或いは下部及び外部に海底又は湖底或いは川底を掘削する資源掘削手段を具備することを特徴とする請求項1〜14及び請求項16〜17のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項19に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記資源掘削手段を移動させる移動手段を前記資源回収用管が具備することを特徴とする請求項18に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項20に記載の水底資源回収装置は、海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の前記資源回収用管の下部又は外部或いは下部及び外部に海底又は湖底或いは川底の団塊を粉砕する団塊粉砕手段を具備することを特徴とする請求項1〜14及び請求項16〜17のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項21に記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記資源回収用管の下部又は外部或いは下部及び外部の資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段及び資源回収開口は下部開口を具備する外部筺体中に密閉して内蔵されていることを特徴とする請求項18〜20のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項22に記載の水底資源回収装置は、長さが調節可能で前記資源回収用管下部を操作可能な外部操作部材により資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段を操作することを特徴とする請求項18〜20のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項23記載の資源回収装置は、前記資源回収用管下部と前記外部操作部材により上部が貫通されると共に下部開口を具備する外部筺体内に前記資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段は密封して内蔵されることを特徴とする請求項22に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項24記載の資源回収装置は、前記資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段は前記外部筺体内で相対的に移動して掘削或いは粉砕することを特徴とする請求項23に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項25記載の水底資源回収装置は、前記浮体構造物は移動可能ことを特徴とする請求項2、10,12〜13いずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
請求項26記載の水底資源回収装置は、自然エネルギーの発電手段と蓄電手段を具備しその電力により前記浮体構造物を移動させることを特徴とする請求項25に記載の水底資源回収装置である。
The present invention comprises a lower water discharge opening above the water surface at one end and a resource recovery opening at the lower end of the bottom to collect biological resources or plant resources at the bottom of the water or extract organic or inorganic resources. It provides a seabed resource recovery apparatus and the bottom of the water resources recovery method characterized by siphoned seawater or lake water or Kawasui of the resource recovery pipe by the resource collecting tube taken from the resource recovery opening resources or mining It is.
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 1 has a lower water discharge opening above the water surface at the upper end of one end and a resource recovery pipe at the lower end of the other end including a resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources. , a small internal member specific gravity than water to close the water discharge opening when water inside the resource recovery pipe is the same as the water level outside the resource recovery tube, except the bottom comprises a bottom opening is sealed wherein comprising a sealing member having a built-in resource recovery opening, moves the water surface of the resource in the recovery pipe above the water surface outside the resource recovery pipe by evacuating the air in the upper in the resource recovery pipe in the and an internal member releases seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening with the water discharge opening in an open state by moving the upper portion of the resources in the recovery pipe to the outside of the resource recovery pipe seawater or lake of the resource in the collecting pipe Water or slowly the resource from the sealed resource recovery opening by the sealing member by Rukoto move siphoning seawater or lake water or Kawasui of the resource in the recovery tube on top of Kawasui the resource recovery pipe It is characterized by collecting or mining and capturing to recover the resources.
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 2 has an air discharge opening at the top of one end and a water discharge opening at the bottom above the water surface, and has a resource recovery opening at the other end for collecting or mining resources. A resource collection pipe , a holding member for holding an upper portion of one end of the resource collection pipe , and a water storage means for storing water discharged from the water discharge opening, and an angle with the water surface of the resource collection pipe and a floating structure having a angular change means for slightly changing the specific gravity to close the water discharge opening when water inside the resource recovery pipe is the same as the water level outside the resource recovery pipe is less than the water an inner member, and the natural energy power generation device, and an air exhaust means for exhausting the said natural energy power means the upper air inside member in the connected to the air discharge opening the resource recovery pipe, wherein a resource recovery the tube bottom An imaging means and light emitting means being Bei, display means for displaying the output of the imaging means is provided in the upper portion of the resource recovery tube, except the bottom comprises a lower opening sealed incorporates the resource recovery opening A sealing member is provided, the angle changing means slightly changes the angle with the water surface of the resource recovery pipe , the display means detects the resource lower portion of the resource recovery pipe, and the air exhaust means detects the resource recovery pipe the inner member upper portion of the inner member is moved to the water surface of the resource in the recovery pipe above the water surface outside the resource recovery pipe by evacuating the air in the inner upper portion of the resources in the recovery pipe and the water discharge opening in an open state by causing moved to release the seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening to the outside of the resource recovery pipe seawater or lake water or river of the resource in the collecting pipe The water After harvesting or mining the resources to the resource recovery pipe by inserting from people in the resource recovery opening which is sealed by the sealing member the resources detected by Rukoto siphoning is moved to the upper, the resource Capture and recover the resources.
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 3 has an air discharge opening at the upper end of one end and a water discharge opening at the lower side above the water surface having a large inner and outer diameter, and an inner and outer diameter for efficiently collecting or digging resources. A resource recovery pipe provided with a small resource recovery opening and resource opening closing means for closing the resource recovery opening at the lower end of the other end, and the inside of the upper part of the resource recovery pipe penetrates the inner water surface for the resource recovery specific gravity to close the water discharge opening when the same as the water level outside the tube is evacuated and small internal member than water, the upper part of the air of the inner member is connected to the air discharge opening in the resource recovery pipe An air exhaust means, a water storage means for storing water discharged from the water discharge opening, and a sealing member provided with a lower opening and hermetically sealed except for the lower part and incorporating the resource recovery opening, the air exhausting means for resource recovery Said water surface inner member upper part of the resources in the recovery pipe by evacuating the air is moved above the water surface outside the resource recovery tube moves the inner member at the top of the resource in the collecting pipe the resource recovery pipe while the water in the water storage means to release the seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening with the water discharge opening in an open state outside of the resource recovery pipe by seawater or lake water or Kawasui gradually the sealing member resource from the resource collection opening which is sealed by a small inner and outer diameters of the seabed or lakebed or riverbed near wicking is moved to the upper efficiently the resource recovery pipe After harvesting or mining, the resource opening and closing means closes the resource opening to capture the resource and recover the resource.
In the bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 4, the upper portion of the resource recovery pipe has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower portion, and the lower portion has an inner and outer diameter such that the length can be adjusted by overlapping several folds. It is comprised with a small pipe | tube, It is a water bottom resource collection | recovery apparatus of the Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned.
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the upper portion of the resource recovery pipe has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower portion, the lower portion has an adjustable length, and the lower portion has a smaller inner and outer diameter. The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that:
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the upper portion of the resource recovery pipe has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower portion, and the middle portion of the resource recovery pipe is a flexible or flexible tube having a small inner and outer diameter. It is a bottom resource recovery device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that:
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the resource recovery pipe whose adjustable length is adjustable is again made to overlap in multiple layers to recover resources. It is a recovery device.
Underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 8 is a bottom of water resource recovery apparatus of claim 5, wherein recovering the resources by the bellows tube again short state.
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the resource recovery pipe has a resource recovery opening, and the length is adjustable, the lower resource recovery pipe and the water discharge opening at the lower part above the sea surface, lake surface or river surface. The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the resource recovery pipe is coupled at the time of installation in a two-piece configuration of the upper resource recovery pipe .
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the resource recovery pipe has a weir directly below the water discharge opening, and is held by a floating structure on the sea, on a lake, or on a river. It is a water bottom resource recovery device according to any one of Items 1 to 9.
The bottom of the water resource recovery apparatus of claim 11, after the resource recovery pipe bottom resources connecting the chain to the lower part of the resource recovery tube captured in the resource recovery pipe, the resource via the Chain The lower portion of the recovery pipe is moved to the sea surface, the lake surface, or the vicinity of the river surface to the sea surface, the lake surface, or the vicinity of the river surface, and the resource recovery pipe is transported to recover the captured resources. It is the bottom resource recovery device according to any one of the above.
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 12 includes an air discharge opening, a central pipe having a water discharge opening in the vicinity of the central portion and a holding portion on one side, and a resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources. A resource opening closing means for closing the opening is provided at one end, and one bellows tube expandable by a bellows located on one side of the central tube and another bellows tube expandable by a bellows located on the other side of the central tube A resource recovery pipe , an inner penetrating member having a smaller specific gravity than water which can penetrate the inside of the central pipe and close the water discharge opening, and the held portion of the resource recovery pipe holds the resource A floating structure for moving the recovery pipe to a horizontal position or a vertical position near the bottom of the lake or the bottom of a lake or bottom of the resource recovery opening, and a sealing member having a lower opening and sealed except for the lower portion and incorporating the resource recovery opening. , Said resources The other bellows tube tatami seen the vertical position of the seabed or lakebed or riverbed near the resource recovery opening by moving the resource recovery pipe vertical position with a built-in water and air in the interior during the recovery pipe horizontal position after moving to the upper surface of the water surface of the water to outside the resource recovery pipe of the resources in the recovery pipe by evacuating from the air discharge opening an upper portion of air in said inner through member in the resource recovery pipe the resource recovery pipe seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening with the water discharge opening in an open state by moving to moving the internal through member at the top of the resource in the collecting pipe is to release the outside closed by said sealing member by Rukoto siphoning seawater or lake water or Kawasui of the resource in the recovery pipe to move the seawater or lake water or Kawasui of the resource in the recovery pipe gradually to the upper Before Recovering the resources that captured moving again horizontal position the resource recovery pipe with closing the resource opening closing means after captured harvested or mined resources in the resource recovery pipe from the resource recovery opening It is characterized by
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 13 includes an air discharge opening, a central pipe having a water discharge opening in the vicinity of a central portion and a holding portion on one side, and a resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources. A resource opening closing means for closing the opening is provided at one end, one bellows pipe positioned on one side of the central pipe expandable by bellows and the other bellows pipe positioned on the other side of the central pipe and expandable by bellows A resource recovery pipe , an inner penetrating member having a smaller specific gravity than water which can penetrate the inside of the central pipe and close the water discharge opening, and the held portion of the resource recovery pipe holds the resource A floating body structure comprising angle changing means for moving a recovery pipe to a horizontal position or a vertical position near the bottom of a lake or a lake or a bottom of a seabed or a bottom of a river, and the pipe for recovering a resource Equipped at the bottom By display means for the image pickup means is provided in the central tube of a resource recovery tube displays the output of said image pickup means is, except the bottom comprises a bottom opening is sealed with a sealing member which incorporates the resource recovery opening, the other bellows tube tatami see the resource recovery pipe moves in a vertical position the resource recovery opening seabed or lakebed or a riverbed near together with the resource recovery pipe incorporating a water and air inside during the horizontal position after moving in a vertical position, in the resource recovery pipe detects the resources around the resource recovery opening by slight modification to the display means the angle between the water surface of the resource recovery tube by the angle changing means the internal through member the resource recovery the upper air of the internal through member the water surface of the resource in the recovery pipe is moved to above the water surface outside the resource recovery pipe by evacuating from the air discharge opening To release the seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening with the water discharge opening in an open state outside of the resource recovery pipe by moving to the top of the tube of the resource in the collecting pipe seawater or lake water or Kawasui gradually said moving the resources by Rukoto siphoning seawater or lake water or Kawasui detected from the resource collection opening which is sealed by the sealing member of the resource in the recovery tube on top of the and recovering the resources that captured moving again horizontal position the resource recovery pipe with closing the resource opening closing means after capturing collected or mined by the resource recovery pipe.
Underwater resource recovery apparatus of claim 14, the lower larger inner and outer diameters the central tube as compared to the lower the lower also overlap many layers capable of adjusting the one bellows tube length of the resource recovery pipe The water bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 12 to 13, wherein the water bottom resource collecting apparatus is configured by a pipe having a smaller inner and outer diameter.
The water bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 15 is the water bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 10 , 12 to 13 , wherein the floating body structure is movable.
The water bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 16 is the water bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14 , wherein the inner and outer diameters of the lowermost portion of the resource recovery pipe are reduced.
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 17 is characterized in that the inner and outer diameter of the lowermost portion of the resource recovery pipe is made larger than that of the lowermost portion immediately above, and the inner and outer diameter of the lowermost portion immediately above is smaller . 14 is the bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of 14 .
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 18 is characterized by comprising resource excavating means for excavating the bottom or bottom of the seabed or bottom on the bottom or outside of the bottom of the resource recovery pipe on the bottom or near the bottom or bottom of the bottom. It is the bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14 and claims 16 to 17 .
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 19 is the bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 18, characterized in that the resource recovery pipe comprises moving means for moving the resource excavating means.
The water bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 20 comprises lump crusher means for shattering the bottom of the sea bottom or bottom of the bottom or outside of the bottom of the resource recovery pipe near the bottom or bottom of the bottom of the sea bottom or bottom. The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14 and any one of claims 16 to 17 , characterized in that
In the bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 21, the resource excavating means or resource shredding means and the resource recovery opening of the lower portion, the outer portion or the lower portion and the external portion of the resource recovery pipe are sealed in an outer casing having a lower opening. 21. The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 18 to 20, wherein the apparatus is incorporated.
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 22 operates the resource excavating means or the resource crushing means by an external operation member whose length can be adjusted and the lower part of the resource recovery pipe can be operated. It is a bottom resource recovery device given in any 1 paragraph of -20.
In the resource recovery apparatus according to claim 23, the resource excavating means or the resource crushing means is sealed and incorporated in an external casing having an upper portion penetrated by the lower portion of the resource recovery pipe and the external operation member and having a lower opening. The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 22, characterized in that:
In the resource recovery apparatus according to claim 24, the resource excavating means or the resource crushing means relatively move within the outer casing to excavate or pulverize. is there.
The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 25 is the bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 2, 10, 12 to 13 , wherein the floating body structure is movable.
The water bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 26 comprises a power generation means of natural energy and a storage means, and the floating body structure is moved by the electric power of the water bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 25 .

前記資源回収開口より海中又は湖中或いは川中の生物資源又は植物資源或いは有機物資源又は無機物資源を前記資源回収用管内に採取し或いは海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の生物資源又は植物資源或いは有機物資源又は無機物資源を前記資源回収用管内に採取或いは採掘し、採取或いは採掘した前記資源を前記資源回収用管内に捕獲し前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水の吸い上げのみであるので周囲環境に何ら影響を与えることはない。
また前記資源回収用管の前記資源回収開口を海面又は湖面或いは川面近傍に移動し前記資源回収用管を水平方向に移動して捕獲した前記資源を回収することが出来る。
The resource recovery sea from an opening or Mizuumichu or biological resources or plant resources or organic resource or inorganic resources midstream taken the resource recovery pipe or the seabed or lakebed or biological resources or plant resources or organic resources of river bed near or the inorganic resources harvested or mined the resource recovery tube, collected or because the resources mined captured in the resource recovery pipe is only sucked up seawater or lake water or Kawasui of the resource in the collecting pipe It has no effect on the surrounding environment.
Also it is possible to recover the resource that captured by moving the resource recovery opening of the resource recovery pipe sea or lake or river near moving the resource recovery pipe in the horizontal direction.

本発明による水底資源回収装置の第一の実施形態は、水底の生物資源又は植物資源或いは有機物資源又は無機物資源の採取の実施形態で、資源回収用管として一端の上部に空気排出開口と水面上の下部の水排出用開口を上部に具備すると共に海中又は湖中或いは川中の資源を採取する資源回収開口と前記資源回収開口を閉鎖する資源開口閉鎖手段を他端の下部に具備する例えば円形資源回収用管と、前記円形資源回収用管の一端の上部を保持する保持部材と前記水排出用開口から排出される水を貯水する着脱可能な貯水槽を具備すると共に前記円形資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更する角度変更手段を具備する浮体構造物と、円形内部部材として前記円形資源回収用管の内部を貫通し内部の水面が前記円形資源回収用管外の水面と同じの際前記水排出用開口を閉鎖する比重が水より小さく中央開口を具備する円形内部貫通部材と、風力発電等自然エネルギー発電手段と、前記空気排出開口と接続され前記円形資源回収用管内で前記円形内部貫通部材の上部の空気を前記自然エネルギー発電手段により排気する空気排気手段と、前記円形資源回収用管下部に具備された撮像手段及び発光手段と、前記円形資源回収用管の上端部に具備され前記撮像手段の出力を表示する表示手段とを備え、前記角度変更手段により前記円形資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更すると共に前記表示手段により前記円形資源回収用管下部の資源を検出し前記空気排気手段により前記円形資源回収用管内の前記円形内部貫通部材の上部の空気を排気することにより前記円形資源回収用管内の水面を前記円形資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記円形内部貫通部材を前記円形資源回収用管内の上部に移動させ前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記円形資源回収用管の外に放出して前記貯水槽に貯水すると共に前記円形資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させて吸い上げることにより前記資源回収開口より挿入された前記資源を前記円形資源回収用管内に採取又は採掘した後、前記資源開口閉鎖手段により前記資源回収開口を閉鎖して前記資源を捕獲すると共に前記円形資源回収用管の前記資源回収開口を海面又は湖面或いは川面近傍に移動し前記円形資源回収用管を水平方向に移動して捕獲した前記資源を回収することを特徴とする。 The first embodiment of the bottom resource recovery apparatus according to the present invention is an embodiment of the bottom bottom biological resource or plant resource or organic resource or inorganic resource collection, wherein the resource recovery pipe is provided with an air discharge opening and a water surface above one end. For example, a circular resource comprising a resource recovery opening for collecting resources in the sea, lake or river, and a resource opening closing means for closing the resource recovery opening at the upper end of the lower portion of the water outlet A recovery pipe , a holding member for holding an upper portion of one end of the circular resource recovery pipe , and a removable water storage tank for storing water discharged from the water discharge opening, and the circular resource recovery pipe a floating structure having a angular change means for slightly changing the angle between the surface of the water, through the interior of the circular resource recovery pipe as a circular inner member is water inside the same as the water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe A circular inner penetrating member having a specific gravity to close the water discharge opening is provided with a smaller central opening than water when the wind power like a natural energy power generation device, which is connected with the air discharge opening said by the circular resource recovery pipe and air exhaust means for exhausting by the natural energy power generation device the upper air of the circular inner through member, the imaging means and light emitting means, wherein is provided on the lower circular resource recovery pipe, the upper end portion of the circular resource recovery pipe And display means for displaying the output of the imaging means, the angle changing means slightly changing the angle with the water surface of the circular resource recovery pipe , and the display means using the display means for resource resources in the lower portion of the circular resource recovery pipe the water surface of the circular resource the collecting pipe by evacuating the upper part of the air of the circular inner through member of said circular resource the collecting pipe by detecting the air exhaust means Serial circular resource recovery pipe outside is moved to above the water surface the circular internal through member the circular resource is moved to the top of the recovery pipe the seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening circular Resource Recovery wherein said inserted from the resource recovery opening by Rukoto sucked up gradually moved to the upper seawater or lake water or Kawasui circular resources the collecting pipe together with discharged to the outside of use tube for water to said water storage tank after harvesting or mining resources to the circular resource recovery pipe, sea the resource recovery opening of the circular resource recovery tube while capturing the resources to close the resource recovery opening by the resource opening closing means or It is characterized in that it moves to a lake surface or a river surface and moves the circular resource recovery pipe horizontally to recover the captured resources.

本発明による水底資源回収装置の第二の実施形態は海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の例えばウニ等の生物資源又は植物資源を採取し或いはメタンハイドレート等の有機物資源又はレアメタル等の無機物資源を採掘する実施形態で、資源回収用管として一端の上部に空気排出開口と水面上の下部の水排出用開口を上部に具備すると共に海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍に資源を採取し或いは採掘する資源回収開口と前記資源回収開口を閉鎖する資源開口閉鎖手段を他端の下部に具備する例えば円形資源回収用管と、前記円形資源回収用管の一端の上部を保持する保持部材と前記水排出用開口から排出される水を貯水する着脱可能な貯水槽を具備すると共に前記円形資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更する角度変更手段を具備する浮体構造物と、円形内部部材として前記円形資源回収用管の内部を貫通し内部の水面が前記円形資源回収用管外の水面と同じの際前記水排出用開口を閉鎖する比重が水より小さく中央開口を具備する円形内部貫通部材と、風力発電等自然エネルギー発電手段と、前記空気排出開口と接続され前記円形資源回収用管内で前記円形内部貫通部材の上部の空気を前記自然エネルギー発電手段により排気する空気排気手段と、前記円形資源回収用管下部に具備された撮像手段及び発光手段と、前記円形資源回収用管の上端部に具備され前記撮像手段の出力を表示する表示手段とを備え、前記角度変更手段により前記円形資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更すると共に前記表示手段により前記円形資源回収用管下部の資源を検出し前記空気排気手段により前記円形資源回収用管内の前記円形内部貫通部材の上部の空気を排気することにより前記円形資源回収用管内の水面を前記円形資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記円形内部貫通部材を前記円形資源回収用管内の上部に移動させ前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記円形資源回収用管の外に放出して前記貯水槽に貯水すると共に前記円形資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させて吸い上げることにより前記資源回収開口より挿入された前記資源を前記円形資源回収用管内に採取又は採掘した後、前記資源開口閉鎖手段により前記資源回収開口を閉鎖して前記資源を捕獲すると共に前記円形資源回収用管の前記資源回収開口を海面又は湖面或いは川面近傍に移動し前記円形資源回収用管を水平方向に移動して捕獲した前記資源を回収することを特徴とする。 The second embodiment of the bottom resource recovery apparatus according to the present invention extracts biological resources such as sea urchin or plant resources such as sea urchin on the seabed or lake bottom or river bottom or mines mineral resources such as organic resources such as methane hydrate or rare metals In the embodiment, a resource recovery opening is provided with an air discharge opening at the top of one end and a water discharge opening at the bottom above the water surface as a resource recovery pipe and a resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources on the seabed or lake bottom or river bottom For example, a circular resource recovery pipe provided at the lower end of the other end with resource opening closing means for closing the resource recovery opening, a holding member for holding the upper portion of one end of the circular resource recovery pipe , and discharging from the water discharge opening a floating structure having a angular change means for slightly changing the angle between the water surface of the circular resource recovery pipe with comprises a removable water tank for holding water to be a circle Circular specific gravity inside a through the interior of the water surface closing the water discharge opening during the same and the water surface outside the circular resource recovery tube of the as inner member circular resource recovery pipe comprises a smaller central opening than water an inner penetrating member, and wind power generation, etc. natural energy power generation unit, the air exhaust means for exhausting by the natural energy power generation means an upper portion of air in said circular internal through member which is connected with the air discharge opening in said circular resource recovery pipe If an imaging means and light emitting means, wherein is provided on the lower circular resource recovery pipe is provided at an upper end portion of the circular resource recovery tube and display means for displaying the output of the imaging means, the angle changing means It said circular capital by detecting the air exhaust means to said circular resource recovery pipe lower portion of resources by the display unit together with slightly changing the angle between the water surface of the circular resource recovery pipe by Said circular inner penetrating member to move the water surface of the circular resource the collecting pipe at the top from the water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe by evacuating the upper part of the air of the circular inner through member in the collecting pipe said circular resource recovery tube while water seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening is moved to the top of the circular resource the collecting pipe to the water tank from being discharged to the outside of the circular resource recovery pipe after seawater or lake water or the resource that is inserted from the resource recovery opening by Rukoto sucked up gradually moves upward the Kawasui inner collected or mined the circular resource recovery pipe, the resource opening closing means By closing the resource recovery opening to capture the resources, moving the resource recovery opening of the circular resource recovery pipe to the sea surface, the lake surface or the vicinity of the river surface and moving the circular resource recovery pipe horizontally And collecting the captured resources.

前記円形資源回収用管を海中、湖中、川中或いは海底、湖底、川底まで敷設する前には、前記円形資源回収用管の下部にくさりを繋ぐと共に海水又は湖水或いは川水を充填した状態で前記円形資源回収用管下部を海中、湖中、川中或いは海底、湖底、川底まで敷設する。
深さが深い海底又は湖底の場合、前記円形資源回収用管の一実施例は例えば1キロメートルの長さで長さが調節可能で下部にいくほど内外径が小さな何重にも重なる円形資源回収用管で構成し、敷設する前に海上或いは湖上から海底或いは湖底の深さを計測し、何重にも重なる前記円形資源回収用管を海底或いは湖底の計測された長さにすると共に前記円形資源回収用管内に海水又は湖水を充填した状態で前記円形資源回収用管下部の前記くさりを介して海底或いは湖底まで敷設する。
また深さが深い海底又は湖底の場合、前記円形資源回収用管の他の実施例は例えば1キロメートルの長さで長さが調節可能で下部にいくほど内外径が小さな何重にも重なる円形資源回収用管と中心部を長さが調節可能で下部にいくほど内外径が小さな何重にも重なる軸で構成し、何重にも重なる前記軸により何重にも重なる前記円形資源回収用管の下部を海底又は湖底に到達させ海底又は湖底或いは川底まで敷設する。
第一及び第二の実施形態では、前記円形資源回収用管内の水面を前記円形資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させる水の容量は前記水排出用開口より排出する水の容量より比較的大きくなるべく円形資源回収用管上部の内外形を大きくする。なお、中央開口を具備する前記円形内部貫通部材の移動を制限するストッパを前記円形資源回収用管内に具備し、前記水排出用開口より排出する水量を制限する。前記円形資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし下部は前記円形資源回収用管中間部の内外径を徐々に小さな内外径にし、前記円形資源回収用管最下部の前記資源回収開口の内外径を生物資源或いは鉱物団塊が通過可能な程度に小さくする。小さくすると吸い上げる水流を早めることが可能となり採取或いは採掘の効率がよい。前記資源回収開口を前記円形資源回収用管最下部に複数個具備する構成も考えられる。
なお、前記資源回収開口は下部開口を具備する密閉筺体内に下部以外は密閉して内蔵され採取或いは採掘の際、環境に影響を与えないよう配慮されている。
最下部を広い面積で下部開口を具備する円形筺体とし最下部真上部に内外径を生物資源或いは鉱物団塊が通過可能な程度に小さく水流の吸い上げを早める資源回収開口を具備する構成により最下部での採取或いは採掘の面積を広くすることは可能である。
小さくした内外径の前記資源回収開口の直上部に前記資源回収開口を閉鎖する閉鎖手段を備え、採取或いは採掘した資源を捕獲する構成にする。
前記円形資源回収用管の一端の上部を保持するとともにその水面との角度を少し変更する手段を具備する海上又は湖上或いは川上の浮体構造物を備え、前記円形資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更すれば、海中又は湖中或いは川中の採取場所或いは海底又は湖底或いは川底の採取場所又は採掘場所を変更することが可能である。
前記円形資源回収用管下部に撮像手段及び発光手段と前記円形資源回収用管の上端部に前記撮像手段の出力を表示する表示手段を備え、前記円形資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更すれば、海中又は湖中或いは川中の採取場所或いは海底又は湖底或いは川底の採取場所又は採掘場所の資源の状況を前記表示手段により表示することが可能となる。
海上又は湖上或いは川上の前記浮体構造物は例えば風力、太陽光、波力等自然エネルギーの発電手段と蓄電手段を具備しその電力により移動する構成にすることも可能である。
前記円形資源回収用管の海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の下部又は外部に或いは下部及び外部に資源を掘削或いは粉砕する資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段を具備していれば資源を容易に採掘できる。また、前記資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段及び資源回収開口は下部開口を具備する密閉筺体内に下部以外は密閉して内蔵されている。したがって、掘削或いは粉砕された切り屑は前記密閉筺体内で密封され、内外径の小さい前記資源回収開口により吸い上げる早い水流で採掘の効率がよく採掘されるので周辺環境に影響を与えることはない。
なお、前記円形資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし前記円形資源回収用管の中間部をフレキシブル或いは柔軟で内外径が小さな管にする実施例、前記円形資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし下部は前記円形資源回収用管を何重にも重なり下部にいくほど内外径が小さな管で長さを調節する実施例、前記円形資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし下部は前記円形資源回収用管を下部にいくほど内外径が小さな長さを調節する蛇腹管の実施例が実施可能で、前記三実施例の場合、長さが調節可能で前記円形資源回収用管下部を操作可能な操作部材により前記資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段を操作する。
その場合、上部が前記円形資源回収用管下部と前記外部操作部材により貫通され開口を具備する筺体内に前記資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段は密封して内蔵され、掘削或いは粉砕された資源等を前記資源回収開口を介して前記円形資源回収用管内に採掘され前記円形資源回収用管の前記水排出用開口から排出される水が着脱可能な貯水槽により貯水されるので周辺環境に影響を与えない。
前記円形資源回収用管の海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の下部に前記資源掘削手段を具備している場合、前記資源掘削手段は移動する構成にして例えば比較的浅い海域の海山の頂部から斜面にある特にコバルトの含有量の高いコバルトリッチクラフトを掘削し、前記資源回収開口を介して前記円形資源回収用管の下面部に前記コバルトリッチクラフトの無機物資源を沈殿する構成となる。メタンハイドレートの有機物資源やレアアース泥、海水熱水鉱床等の無機物資源を採掘する際にも、前記円形資源回収用管の下面部に前記資源を沈殿する構成となる。メタンハイドレートの有機物資源を採掘する際、前記円形資源回収用管の下面部に電気冷却装置を具備する構成も実施可能である。
また、メタンハイドレートの有機物資源が気化した場合、前記円形内部貫通部材の中央開口を介して気化されたメタンハイドレートは回収される。
前記空気排気手段は前記円形内部貫通部材の上部の空気を例えば風力、太陽光、波力等自然エネルギーの電力等により排気する。
前記円形資源回収用管内の水面を前記円形資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させる水の容量は前記水排出用開口より排出する水の容量より比較的大きくなるように円形資源回収用管の上部の内外形にすれば前記水排出用開口より空気が挿入することはない。また仮に空気が挿入されても円形内部貫通部材は中央開口を具備しているので、前記円形内部貫通部材を前記円形資源回収用管内の上部に移動する際、前記円形資源回収用管内の海面又は湖面或いは川面と前記円形内部貫通部材の下面とを介在する前記水排出用開口から挿入された空気を前記中央開口により吸引することが可能である。なお、前記水排出用開口より排出される水に資源が混入している場合前記資源は前記貯水槽から回収される。
前記円形資源回収用管は外径が円形実施例で説明したが、正方形等任意の形状が可能である。
Before laying the circular resource recovery pipe in the sea, in the lake, in the river, on the bottom of the sea, in the bottom of the lake, connect a bridge to the bottom of the circular resource recovery pipe and fill it with seawater, lake water or river water. The lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe is laid under the sea, in the lake, in the river, or on the seabed, the bottom of the lake, the bottom of the river.
In the case of a deep sea floor or lake bottom, one embodiment of the circular resource recovery pipe is, for example, a circular resource recovery having a length of 1 kilometer, adjustable in length, and smaller in inner and outer diameters as it goes downward. said circular with configured by use tubes to measure the depth of the sea floor or lake bottom from sea or lake before laying to the circular resource recovery pipe also overlaps many layers in the seabed or lake bottom of the measured length while it filled with seawater or lake water resource recovery pipe through said circular resource recovery pipe under the Chain laying up seabed or lakebed.
Also, in the case of deep seabed or lake bottom, another embodiment of the circular resource recovery pipe is, for example, a 1-kilometer long, adjustable-length, and a circular shape in which the inner and outer diameters are smaller with decreasing inner diameter. The resource recovery pipe and the central portion are composed of an axis whose length is adjustable and the inner and outer diameters become smaller with decreasing diameter toward the lower portion, and for circular resource recovery which overlaps with many layers by the axis overlapping with many layers . The lower part of the tube reaches the bottom of the sea floor or bottom and is laid to the bottom of the sea bottom or bottom of the lake or bottom.
In the first and second embodiment, the volume of water moving water surface of the circular resource the collecting pipe at the top from the water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe than the volume of water discharged from the water discharge opening Increase the outer size of the upper part of the circular resource recovery pipe as much as possible. Incidentally, a stopper for limiting movement of the circular inner penetrating member having a central opening provided in said circular resource recovery pipe, limiting the amount of water discharged from the water discharge opening. Said top to increase the inner and outer diameters in comparison to the lower bottom of the circular resource recovery tube was gradually smaller inner and outer diameters of the inner and outer diameters of the circular resource recovery pipe intermediate portion, the circular resource recovery pipe bottom of the Reduce the inside and outside diameter of the resource recovery opening to the extent that biological resources or mineral lumps can pass through. Good efficiency can and become collected or mined to accelerate the water flow Ru and suction smaller. A configuration is also conceivable in which a plurality of the resource recovery openings are provided at the lowermost portion of the circular resource recovery pipe .
The resource recovery opening is enclosed in a closed casing having a lower opening except for the lower part, and it is considered not to affect the environment at the time of extraction or mining.
At the bottom the configuration having a resource recovery opening hasten wicking of reduced water flow inside and outside diameter enough to be passed through the biological resources or mineral Nodules the lowermost portion directly above portion is circular housing having a lower opening to the bottom in a wide area It is possible to widen the area of extraction or mining.
A closure means for closing the resource recovery opening is provided immediately above the reduced diameter inner and outer diameter resource recovery openings so as to capture the harvested or mined resource.
A floating structure on the sea, on a lake or on a river comprising means for holding the upper part of one end of the circular resource recovery pipe and changing the angle with the water surface slightly, the angle of the circular resource recovery pipe to the water surface It is possible to change the sampling place in the sea or lake or in the river or the bottom of the sea or the bottom of the lake or bottom of the river by changing the a little.
Comprising display means for displaying the output of the imaging means to the upper end of the said circular resource recovery tube imaging means at the bottom and the light emitting means circular resource recovery pipe, the angle between the water surface of the circular resource recovery pipe slightly If it changes, it will become possible to display the status of the resources in the underwater or lake or in the collection place in the river or the bottom of the sea or the bottom of the lake or the bottom of the river, by the display means.
The floating structure on the sea, on the lake, or on the river may be configured to be provided with power generation means for natural energy such as wind power, sunlight, wave power, and storage means, and to move by the power thereof.
Resources can be easily mined if resource excavating means or resource crushing means are provided for excavating or crushing resources on the bottom or outside near the bottom or the bottom of the circular resource recovery pipe or near the bottom of the circular resource recovery pipe . Further, the resource excavating means or resource shredding means and the resource recovery opening are enclosed in a sealed case provided with a lower opening, with the exception of the lower part. Thus, drilling or crushed chips are sealed within the closed housing, it does not affect the surrounding environment since the efficiency of mining in the early water that sucked by small the resource recovery opening of the inner and outer diameters are often mined .
Incidentally, the embodiments above the circular resource recovery tube inner and outer diameter flexible or flexible intermediate portion of a larger inner and outer diameters in comparison to the lower the circular resource recovery tube is a small tube, the circular resource for recovery An embodiment in which the upper part of the pipe has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower part, and the lower part has a tube with a smaller inner and outer diameter so as to overlap the circular resource collecting pipe several times, the length is adjusted example bellows tube inner and outer diameter as the upper part of the use tube is lower to increase the inner and outer diameters in comparison to the lower go the round resource recovery pipe in the lower portion to adjust the small length feasible, the third exemplary In the case of the example, the resource digging means or the resource crushing means is operated by the operation member whose length is adjustable and the lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe can be operated.
In that case, the resource excavating means or resource crushing means is sealed and incorporated in a housing having an opening at the upper part thereof which is penetrated by the lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe and the external operating member, and excavated or crushed resources etc. effects on the environment because the resource recovery through the opening mined in said circular resource recovery pipe water discharged from the water discharge opening of said circular resource recovery pipe is water by the water reservoir removable I will not give.
When the resource excavating means is provided on the bottom or near the bottom or near the bottom or bottom of the circular resource recovery pipe, the resource excavating means is moved, for example, from the top of the seamount in the relatively shallow water area to the slope. In particular, a cobalt-rich kraft having a high cobalt content is excavated, and mineral resources of the cobalt-rich kraft are precipitated on the lower surface of the circular resource recovery pipe through the resource recovery opening. Also in mining mineral resources such as methane hydrate organic resources and rare earth mud and seawater hydrothermal deposits, the resources are deposited on the lower surface of the circular resource recovery pipe . When mining the organic resources of methane hydrate, a configuration is also possible in which an electric cooling device is provided on the lower surface of the circular resource recovery pipe .
In addition, when the organic resource of methane hydrate is vaporized, the methane hydrate vaporized through the central opening of the circular inner penetrating member is recovered.
The air exhausting means exhausts the air above the circular inner penetrating member using, for example, power of natural energy such as wind power, sunlight, wave power, or the like.
Said circular resource capacity of the water to move the water surface above the water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe in the recovery pipe for circular recovering resources to be relatively larger than the volume of water discharged from the water discharge opening If the outer shape of the upper portion of the pipe is used, air will not be inserted from the water discharge opening. Since even circular inner piercing member is provisionally inserted air also have provided a central opening, the time of moving the circular inner penetrating member to an upper portion of said circular resource the collecting pipe, the circular resource the collecting pipe It is possible to suck in the air inserted from the water discharge opening which intervenes the sea surface or the lake surface or the river surface and the lower surface of the circular inner penetrating member by the central opening. When resources are mixed in the water discharged from the water discharge opening, the resources are recovered from the water storage tank.
Although the circular resource recovery pipe has been described in the embodiment having a circular outer diameter, any shape such as a square is possible.

前記円形資源回収用管は前記水排出用開口の真下に鍔を具備し、海面又は湖面或いは川面の例えば環状浮体構造物の円形の穴を貫通して前記環状浮体構造物に保持される構成も可能である。また前記円形資源回収用管は資源回収開口を具備し長さが調節可能な下部円形資源回収用管と、海面又は湖面或いは川面の水面上の下部に水排出用開口を具備する上部円形資源回収用管の二体構成にして前記円形資源回収用管を敷設時に結合する構成も可能である
又、前記環状浮体部材を例えば自然エネルギーの電力等で移動する構成も実施可能である。
The circular resource recovery pipe has a weir directly below the water discharge opening, and is configured to be held by the annular floating structure through the circular hole of the annular floating structure, for example, on the sea surface, lake surface or river surface. It is possible. In addition, the above-mentioned circular resource recovery pipe has a resource recovery opening and an adjustable length, a lower circular resource recovery pipe, and an upper circular resource recovery having an opening for water discharge at the lower part on the water surface of the sea surface or lake surface or river surface. A configuration in which the circular resource recovery pipe is connected at the time of laying may be a two-part construction of a pipe , or a construction in which the annular floating body member is moved by the power of natural energy, for example.

採取或いは採掘した前記資源の回収は前記空気排出開口と蛇腹管を介して資源回収船と接続し前記くさりを介して前記円形資源回収用管内に空気と採取或いは採掘した資源及び海水又は湖水を充填した状態で前記円形資源回収用管を海上又は湖上或いは川上に浮かべた後、前記円形資源回収用管を海面又は湖面或いは川面を水平方向に移動させると共に前記円形資源回収用管を移送地に移送して資源を回収する。
海底又は湖底が深い場合、前記円形資源回収用管の下部にくさりを繋げば海中又は湖中の資源を前記円形資源回収用管内に採取し或いは海底又は湖底近傍の資源を前記円形資源回収用管内に採取或いは採掘し、前記資源回収開口を閉鎖して前記円形資源回収用管の下部の資源を前記円形資源回収用管内に捕獲した後、前記空気排出口に前記空気排出開口に前記円形資源回収用管とほぼ同じ体積の容器を接続し又は前記空気排出開口と蛇腹管を介して資源回収船と接続し前記円形資源回収用管内に空気と採取或いは採掘した前記資源及び海水又は湖水を充填した状態で前記くさりを介して前記円形資源回収用管を海上或いは湖上に浮かべる。その際前記円形資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし下部は前記円形資源回収用管中間部の内外径を徐々に小さな内外径にしているので前記円形資源回収用管中間部の重量は少なくなりくさりを介して浮かべる際に引き上げが容易である。その後、前記円形資源回収用管が海面又は湖面上に水平方向に移動させ前記円形資源回収用管を移送地に移送して資源を回収できる。
長さが調節可能で下部にいくほど内外径が小さな何重にも重なる管を具備する前記円形資源回収用管は再び何重にも重なる状態にした後資源を回収する。また、長さが調節可能で下部にいくほど内外径が小さな蛇腹管で構成する前記円形資源回収用管は再び短い状態にした後資源を回収する。
Collection or recovery of the resources mined in the resources and seawater or lake water collected or mined with air resource recovery vessel and connected to said circular resource recovery tube through the chain via the air discharge opening and the bellows tube After filling the circular resource recovery pipe in the filled state, float the circular resource recovery pipe horizontally on the sea surface, the lake surface or the river surface and move the circular resource recovery pipe to the transfer site. Transfer to recover resources.
If the seabed or lakebed is deep, the circular resource if connecting a chain to the bottom of the recovery pipe to collect resources sea or in lakes to the circular resource recovery pipe or the seabed or said lacustrine vicinity resources circular resources for recovery harvested or mined in the tube, wherein the lower portion of resources of the circular resource recovery tube to close the resource recovery opening after captured in the circular resource recovery tube, the air discharge opening to the air outlet said resource and seawater or collected or mined with air connected to the circular resource recovery pipe substantially the same volume of the vessel is connected or resource recovery vessel through the air discharge opening and the bellows tube wherein the circular resource recovery pipe With the lake water filled, the circular resource recovery pipe is floated on the sea or on the lake through the bridge. Said circular resource recovery pipe so that when the upper portion of the circular resource recovery pipe is lower to increase the inner and outer diameters in comparison to the lower are gradually smaller inner and outer diameters of the inner and outer diameters of the circular resource recovery pipe intermediate portion The weight of the middle part is low and it is easy to lift when floating through the bridge. Thereafter, the circular resource recovery pipe can be moved horizontally on the sea surface or the lake surface to transfer the circular resource recovery pipe to a transfer site to recover resources.
The circular resource recovery pipe, which has an adjustable length and several smaller overlapping inner and outer diameters, is used to recover the resources after it is again in a state of overlapping several times. Moreover, the circular resource recovery pipe inner and outer diameters toward the lower adjustable in length is composed of a small bellows tube to recover the resources after a short state again.

本発明による資源回収方法の第一の実施形態は、浮体構造物から空気排出開口と水面上の下部の水排出用開口を一端の上部に具備すると共に資源回収開口を他端の下部に具備する例えば円形資源回収用管を海中又は湖中或いは川中、或いは海底又は湖底或いは川底まで敷設する第1のステップと、前記円形資源回収用管の内部を貫通し内部の水面が前記円形資源回収用管外の水面と同じの際前記水排出用開口を閉鎖する比重が水より小さな円形内部貫通部材の上部の空気を排気することにより前記円形資源回収用管内の水面を前記円形資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記円形内部貫通部材を前記円形資源回収用管内の上部に移動させ前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記円形資源回収用管の外の貯水槽に放出して前記円形資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させて吸い上げることにより海中又は湖中或いは川中、或いは海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の前記資源を前記円形資源回収用管内に採取し或いは採掘して前記円形資源回収用管の下部の生物資源又は植物資源或いは沈殿した有機物資源或いは無機物資源を前記円形資源回収用管内に捕獲する第2のステップよりなる。 The first embodiment of the resource recovery method according to the present invention comprises the air discharge opening from the floating structure and the lower water discharge opening on the water surface at the top of one end and the resource recovery opening at the bottom of the other end. for example circular resource recovery pipe underwater or Mizuumichu or midstream, or seabed or lakebed or a first step of laying up the riverbed, the circular resource water surface inside the through internal recovery tube the circular resource recovery pipe It said circular resource recovery pipe outside the water surface of the circular resource the collecting pipe by gravity to close out of the water discharge opening during the same and the water surface to exhaust the top of the air of a small circular inner through member than water reservoir outside of the seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening is moved to the top of the circular inner penetrating member is moved to the upper said circular resources in the recovery pipe from the water surface of the circular resource recovery pipe To release Serial circular resources seawater or lake water or Kawasui in collecting pipe gradually moves upward to suck up the sea or Mizuumichu by Rukoto or midstream, or seabed or lakebed or the said resources riverbed near circular resource recovery pipe collected or mined to made of the second step of capturing the lower part of the biological resources or plant resources or precipitated organic resource or inorganic resources of the circular resource recovery pipe to said circular resource recovery tube within.

本発明による資源回収方法の第二の実施形態は、浮体構造物から空気排出開口と水面の上下部の水排出用開口を一端の上部に具備すると共に資源回収開口を他端の下部に具備する例えば円形資源回収用管を海中又は湖中或いは川中、或いは海底又は湖底まで敷設する第1のステップと、前記円形資源回収用管の内部を貫通し内部の水面が前記円形資源回収用管外の水面と同じの際前記水排出用開口を閉鎖する比重が水より小さな円形内部貫通部材の上部の空気を排気することにより前記円形資源回収用管内の水面を前記円形資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記円形内部貫通部材を前記円形資源回収用管内の上部に移動させ前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記円形資源回収用管の外の貯水槽に放出して前記円形資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水を徐々に上部に移動させて吸い上げることにより海中又は湖中或いは川中、或いは海底又は湖底近傍の前記資源を前記円形資源回収用管内に採取し或いは採掘して前記円形資源回収用管の下部の生物資源又は植物資源或いは沈殿した有機物資源或いは無機物資源を前記円形資源回収用管内に捕獲する第2のステップと、前記空気排出開口に前記円形資源回収用管とほぼ同じ体積の容器を接続し或いは前記空気排出開口と蛇腹管を介して資源回収船と接続し前記円形資源回収用管内に空気と採取或いは採掘した資源及び海水又は湖水を充填した状態で前記くさりを介して前記円形資源回収用管を水平状態で海上或いは湖上に浮かべる第3のステップと、前記資源を捕獲した前記円形資源回収用管を移送地に移送する第4のステップよりなる。 The second embodiment of the resource recovery method according to the present invention comprises the air discharge opening from the floating structure and the water discharge opening at the upper end of the water surface and the resource recovery opening at the lower end of the other end. for example circular resource recovery pipe underwater or Mizuumichu or midstream, or a first step of laying up the seabed or lakebed, water inside the through inside of the circular resource recovery tube the circular resource recovery pipe outside water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe the water of the circular resource the collecting pipe by gravity to close the water discharge opening during the same and the water surface to exhaust the top of the air of a small circular inner through member than water release more seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening by moving the circular inner penetrating member is moved to the top of the circular resource the collecting pipe at the top to the water tank outside the circular resource recovery pipe Said circular capital Seawater or lake water in the collecting pipe is moved gradually to the upper suck up the sea by Rukoto or Mizuumichu or midstream, or the resources of the seabed or lakebed near taken the circular resource recovery pipe or mined to a second step of capturing the lower part of the biological resources or plant resources or precipitated organic resource or inorganic resources of the circular resource recovery pipe to said circular resource recovery pipe, the circular resource recovery pipe to said air discharge opening while filling substantially the same volume of the vessel is connected or resources and seawater or lake water collected or mined with air through the air discharge opening and the bellows tube connected to a resource recovery vessel said circular resource recovery pipe when transferring a third step of floated on the sea or lake in a horizontal state the circular resource recovery tube through the chain, the circular resource recovery pipe that captured the resource transfer destination Consisting of 4 steps.

資源回収開口を具備し長さが調節可能な下部円形資源回収用管と、空気排出開口と水排出用開口と前記水排出用開口の真下に鍔を具備する上部円形資源回収用管の二体構成の円形資源回収用管で構成し、前記第1のステップは、前記下部円形資源回収用管の長さを調節して前記資源回収開口を海中又は湖中或いは川中、或いは海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍に敷設するステップと、前記浮体構造物から前記上部円形資源回収用管を敷設し前記下部円形資源回収用管と結合するステップよりなる。 A lower circular resource recovery pipe having a resource recovery opening and adjustable in length, and an upper circular resource recovery pipe provided with a weir directly below the water discharge opening and an air discharge opening and a water discharge opening constituted by a circular resource recovery pipe structure, the first step, the lower circular resource recovery pipe length adjustment to the resource recovery opening underwater or Mizuumichu or midstream, or seabed or lakebed or riverbed The step of laying in the vicinity, and the step of laying the upper circular resource recovery pipe from the floating body structure and connecting with the lower circular resource recovery pipe .

本発明による水底資源回収装置の第三の実施形態は、例えばコバルト団塊等鉱物団塊を採掘する実施形態で、資源回収用管として大きな内外径有し空気排出開口と水面上の下部の水排出用開口を一端の上部に具備すると共に海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の他端の下部は内外径を小さくして団塊を効率良く採掘する資源回収開口と前記資源回収開口を閉鎖する資源開口閉鎖手段を具備する資源回収用管と、前記資源回収用管の一端の上部を保持する保持部材と前記水排出用開口から排出される水を貯水する着脱可能な貯水槽を具備すると共に前記資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更する角度変更手段を具備する浮体構造物と、内部部材として前記資源回収用管上部の内部を貫通し前記内部の水面が前記資源回収用管外の水面と同じの際前記水排出用開口を閉鎖する比重が例えば水より小さな内部貫通部材と、風力発電等自然エネルギー発電手段と、前記空気排出開口と接続され前記資源回収用管内で前記内部貫通部材の上部の空気を前記自然エネルギー発電手段により排気する空気排気手段と、前記資源回収用管下部に具備された撮像手段及び発光手段及び前記資源回収用管の上端部に具備され前記撮像手段の出力を表示する表示手段とを備え、前記角度変更手段により前記資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更すると共に前記表示手段により海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の鉱物団塊を検出し前記空気排気手段により前記資源回収用管内の前記内部貫通部材の上部の空気を排気することにより前記資源回収用管内の水面を前記資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記内部貫通部材を前記資源回収用管内の上部に移動させ前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出して前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させて吸い上げることにより検出した前記鉱物団塊を効率良く前記資源回収開口より挿入し前記資源開口閉鎖手段により前記資源回収開口を閉鎖して前記資源を捕獲すると共に前記資源回収用管の前記資源回収開口を海面又は湖面或いは川面近傍に移動した前記資源回収用管を水平方向に移動して捕獲した前記資源を回収することを特徴とする。
なお、前記水排出用開口より排出される水に資源が混入している場合前記資源は前記貯水槽から回収される。
自然エネルギーの発電手段と蓄電手段を具備しその電力により前記浮体構造物は移動可能な構成にする。
海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の前記資源回収用管の下部又は外部或いは下部及び外部に海底又は湖底或いは川底の鉱物団塊を粉砕する資源粉砕手段を具備し、小さな内外径の前記資源回収開口を鉱物団塊が貫通する大きさに粉砕する。また、資源粉砕手段及び資源回収開口は貫通する開口を介して密閉筺体内に下部以外は密閉して内蔵されているので、粉砕された切り屑は前記密閉筺体内で密封され内外径の小さい前記資源回収開口により吸い上げる早い水流で採掘の効率がよく採掘されるので周辺環境に影響を与えることはない。
また、前記前記資源回収用管は資源回収用管の下部を移動させる移動手段を具備する。
小さくした前記内外径の直上部に前記資源回収開口を閉鎖する閉鎖手段を備え、採取或いは採掘した資源を捕獲する構成にする。
前記資源回収用管は前記資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし下部は何重にも重なり前記資源回収用管中間部の内外径が下部にいくほど内外径が小さな管で構成して長さを調節することが可能である。また、前記資源回収用管は前記資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし下部は前記資源回収用管中間部の内外径を下部にいくほど内外径が小さな蛇腹管で構成し長さを調節することが可能である。長さが調節可能で下部にいくほど内外径が小さな何重にも重なる管を具備する前記資源回収用管を再び何重にも重なる状態にして資源を回収する。また、長さが調節可能で下部にいくほど内外径が小さな蛇腹管で構成する前記資源回収用管を再び短い状態にして資源を回収する。
The third embodiment of the bottom resource recovery apparatus according to the present invention is, for example, an embodiment for mining mineral nodules such as cobalt nodules, and has a large internal and external diameter as a resource recovery pipe and a lower water discharge outlet on the water surface. An opening is provided at the top of one end, and the bottom of the seabed or the bottom of the lake bottom or near the bottom of the river bottom is provided with a resource recovery opening for mining a lump efficiently by reducing inner and outer diameters and resource opening closing means for closing the resource recovery opening. and resource recovery tube, the resource recovery pipe with comprises a removable water tank for holding water to be discharged from the water discharge opening and the holding member for holding the upper end of the resource recovery pipe a floating structure having a angular change means for slightly changing the angle between the water surface, the resource recovery tube through the interior of the upper portion the internal water level during the same and the water surface outside the resource recovery pipe as an inner member Said Wherein a small internal through member gravity to close is higher than for example water discharge opening, a wind power like a natural energy power generation device, the upper portion of air in said inner through member which is connected with the air discharge opening the resource recovery pipe and air exhaust means for exhausting the natural energy power generation means, display means for displaying the output of the imaging means is provided in an upper end portion of the imaging means is provided on the lower pipe resource recovery and emission means and the resource recovery pipe wherein the angle changing means by said display means by seabed or lakebed or detects mineral nodules riverbed near the resource recovery pipe by the air exhaust means while slightly changing the angle between the surface of the water resource recovery pipe of the interior upper portion of the water surface of the resource in the recovery pipe by evacuating the air penetrating member is moved to above the water surface outside the resource recovery pipe in the The penetrating member by releasing seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening is moved to the top of the resource in the recovery pipe to the outside of the resource recovery pipe seawater or lake water or river of the resource in the collecting pipe the resource with water gradually closing the resource recovery opening by the mineral Nodules detected by Rukoto wicking move inserted from effectively the resource recovery opening the resource opening closure means at the top for capturing the resource The resource recovery pipe is moved in the horizontal direction to move the resource recovery opening of the recovery pipe to the sea surface, the lake surface, or the vicinity of the river surface, and the captured resource is recovered.
When resources are mixed in the water discharged from the water discharge opening, the resources are recovered from the water storage tank.
The floating body structure is configured to be movable by power generation means of natural energy and storage means.
A resource grinding means for grinding the seabed or bottom of the lake bottom or river bottom is provided at the bottom, outside or bottom and outside of the resource recovery pipe on the bottom of the sea bottom or lake bottom or near the bottom of the resource Crush to the size that it penetrates. Further, since the resource crushing means and the resource recovery opening are hermetically sealed in the closed casing except the lower part through the penetrating opening, the crushed chips are sealed in the closed casing and the inside and outside diameter is small. It does not affect the surrounding environment since the efficiency of mining in the early water that sucked by the resource recovery opening is often mined.
Further, the resource recovery pipe has moving means for moving a lower portion of the resource recovery pipe .
A closure means for closing the resource recovery opening is provided immediately above the reduced inner and outer diameters to capture the collected or mined resource.
In the resource recovery pipe , the upper portion of the resource recovery pipe is larger in inner and outer diameters compared to the lower portion, the lower portion is overlapped in multiple layers, and the inner and outer diameters are smaller as the inner and outer diameters of the resource recovery pipe are lower It is possible to configure the tube and adjust its length. Further, the resource recovery tube bottom a larger inner and outer diameter upper portion of the resource recovery tube as compared to the lower portion in the inner and outer diameter of the small bellows tube toward the bottom of the inner and outer diameters of the resource recovery pipe intermediate portion It is possible to adjust the configuration and the length. The resource recovery pipe , which has an adjustable length and has a plurality of overlapping tubes with smaller inner and outer diameters, is again placed in a state in which the resource recovery tubes overlap again to recover resources. Also, inner and outer diameters toward the lower adjustable in length to reclaim resources to re-short state the resource recovery tube constituting a small bellows tube.

本発明による資源回収方法の第二の実施形態は鉱物団塊資源回収方法で大きな内外径有し水面上の下部の水排出用開口を一端の上部に具備すると共に海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の他端の下部には内外径を小さくして団塊を効率良く採掘する資源回収開口を具備する円形資源回収用管の一端の上部を保持するとともにその水面との角度を少し変更する角度変更手段を具備する海上又は湖上或いは川上の浮体構造物から海底又は湖底或いは川底まで敷設する第1のステップと、前記角度変更手段より前記円形資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更すると共に前記円形資源回収用管下部に具備された前記撮像手段の出力を表示する表示手段の出力を前記円形資源回収用管の上端部で観察して鉱物団塊を探索する第2のステップと、前記円形資源回収用管の内部を貫通し内部の水面が前記円形資源回収用管外の水面と同じの際前記水排出用開口を閉鎖する比重が水より小さな円形内部貫通部材の上部の空気を排気することにより前記円形内部貫通部材を前記円形資源回収用管内の上部に移動させ前記円形資源回収用管内の水面を前記円形資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させる第3のステップと、前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記円形資源回収用管の外に放出して前記円形資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させて吸い上げることにより前記資源回収開口より資源を前記円形資源回収用管内に採取し或いは採掘して前記円形資源回収用管内に捕獲する第4のステップと、前記空気排出開口に前記円形資源回収用管とほぼ同じ体積の容器を接続し或いは前記空気排出開口と蛇腹管を介して資源回収船と接続し前記円形資源回収用管内に空気と採取或いは採掘した資源及び海水又は湖水を充填した状態で前記円形資源回収用管を水平状態で海上或いは湖上に浮かべる第5のステップと、前記資源を捕獲した前記円形資源回収用管を移送地に移送する第6のステップよりなる。 A second embodiment of the resource recovery method according to the present invention is a method of recovering a mineral nodule resource having a large inside / outside diameter and a lower water discharge opening above the water surface at the top of one end and the other end near the seabed or lake bottom or river bottom. In the lower part of the pipe , there is an angle changing means for holding the upper part of one end of the circular resource recovery pipe equipped with a resource recovery opening for reducing the inner and outer diameters and efficiently mining lumps and slightly changing the angle with the water surface a first step of laying a sea or lake, or upstream of the floating structure to the seabed or lakebed or riverbed, the circular resource for recovery with a small change an angle between the water surface of the circular resource recovery pipe from the angle changing means a second step of searching for a mineral Nodules the output of the display means for displaying the output of said image pickup means being provided in the tube bottom was observed at the upper end of the circular resource recovery pipe, the circular resource The specific gravity to close the interior penetrating the water discharge opening when the internal water level same as the water surface outside the circular resource recovery tubes yield pipe to exhaust the top of the air of a small circular inner through member than water a third step of moving from the upper water surface water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe of the circular interior penetrating member is moved to the top of the circular resource the collecting pipe said circular resource the collecting pipe by the the Rukoto wicking seawater or lake water or Kawasui than water discharge opening moves the seawater or lake water or Kawasui of said circular resources within collecting tube by releasing to the outside of the circular resource recovery pipe gradually to the upper a fourth step of capturing resources from the resource collection opening in the harvested circular resource recovery pipe or mined by the circular resource recovery tube, substantially to the circular resource recovery pipe to said air discharge opening Container of the same volume Said circular resource recovery tube connected or state filled with resources and seawater or lake water collected or mined with air resource recovery vessel connected to the aforementioned circular resource recovery tube through the air discharge opening and the bellows tube A fifth step of floating horizontally or on the lake, and a sixth step of transferring the circular resource recovery pipe which has captured the resources to a transfer site.

本発明による水底資源回収装置の第四の実施形態は深い海底又は湖底近傍メタンハイドレート等の有機物資源又はレアメタル等の無機物資源を採掘する伸縮可能な蛇腹を具備する実施形態で、資源回収用管として空気排出開口と中央部近傍に水排出用開口と片方側に被保持部を具備する中央管と資源を採取或いは採掘する資源回収開口と前記資源回収開口を閉鎖する資源開口閉鎖手段を端部に具備し蛇腹により伸縮可能な片方蛇腹管ともう一方側に蛇腹により伸縮可能な他方蛇腹管とを備えた資源回収用管と、内部部材として前記中央管の内部を貫通し前記水排出用開口を閉鎖可能な比重が水より小さな内部貫通部材と、前記資源回収用管の被保持部を保持する保持部材と前記水排出用開口から排出される水を貯水する着脱可能な貯水槽と水面との角度を少し変更する角度変更手段を具備すると共に前記資源回収用管を水平位置或いは前記資源回収開口を海底又は湖底近傍の垂直位置に移動させる浮体構造物と、風力発電等自然エネルギー発電手段と、前記資源回収用管内で前記内部貫通部材の上部の空気を前記自然エネルギー発電手段により排気する空気排気手段と、前記資源回収用管下部の資源回収開口近傍に具備された撮像手段及び発光手段と前記資源回収用管の中央管部に具備され前記撮像手段の出力を表示する表示手段とを備え、水平位置の際内部に水と空気を内蔵する前記資源回収用管を前記他方蛇腹管を折り畳むと共に垂直位置に移動して前記資源回収開口を海底又は湖底近傍の垂直位置に移動させた後、前記角度変更手段により前記資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更して前記表示手段により前記資源回収開口付近の資源を検出すると共に前記資源回収用管内で前記内部貫通部材の上部の空気を前記空気排出開口より排気することにより前記中央管内の水面を前記中央管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記内部貫通部材を前記中央管内の上部に移動させることにより前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出して前記貯水槽により前記水排出用開口から排出される水を貯水すると共に前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水を徐々に上部に移動させ前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水を吸い上げることにより前記資源回収開口より検出された前記資源を前記資源回収用管内に挿入し前記資源開口閉鎖手段を閉鎖して捕獲した後、もう一方の端部の伸縮可能な他方蛇腹管の蛇腹を伸ばすと共に前記資源回収用管を再び水平位置に移動して捕獲した前記資源を回収することを特徴とする。
前記中央管が下部の片方蛇腹管に比較して内外径を大きくし下部の片方蛇腹管の内外径を徐々に小さな内外径にしている。
海底又は湖底近傍の前記資源回収用管の下部又は外部或いは下部及び外部に海底又は湖底或いは川底を掘削する資源掘削手段或いは団塊を粉砕する団塊粉砕手段を具備する。また、前記資源回収用管の下部又は外部或いは下部及び外部の資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段及び資源回収開口は外部密閉筺体中に開口を介して密閉して内蔵されている。
In the fourth embodiment embodiment comprising an expandable bellows to mine the deep ocean floor or lake bottom near inorganic resources organic resource or rare metals of methane hydrate, etc. underwater resource recovery apparatus according to the present invention, resource recovery pipe A central pipe having an air discharge opening and a water discharge opening near the central part and a holding part on one side as an end, a resource collection opening for collecting or mining resources, and a resource opening closing means for closing the resource collection opening A resource recovery pipe having one bellows tube expandable and contractible by a bellows and another bellows tube expandable and contractible by a bellows on the other side, and the inside of the central tube as an internal member and the water discharge opening a small internal penetrating member closable specific gravity than water, removable water tank and water reservoir the water discharged from the holding member and the water discharge opening for holding the held portions of the resource recovery pipe Horizontal position or a floating structure that moves the resource collection opening in a vertical position of the seabed or lakebed near, wind power and the like renewable energy power means the resource recovery pipe with comprising an angle changing means for slightly changing the angle between the When the internal through an air exhaust means for exhausting by the natural energy power generation device the upper air member, the imaging means is provided in the resource recovery opening near the lower the resource recovery pipe and emission in the resource recovery pipe Means and a display means provided in the central pipe portion of the resource recovery pipe to display the output of the imaging means, the resource recovery pipe internally containing water and air in the horizontal position, the other bellows pipe after the resource recovery opening by moving in a vertical position is moved to the vertical position of the seabed or lakebed vicinity with folding, the angle between the water surface of the resource recovery pipe by the angle changing means The water surface of the central tube by evacuating from the air discharge opening an upper portion of air in said inner through member in the resource recovery pipe with by detecting the resource of the resource recovery opening near by the display unit by changing The water or water is discharged from the water discharge opening to the outside of the resource recovery pipe by moving the internal penetrating member to the upper part in the central pipe by moving the internal penetrating member to the upper part of the water surface outside the central pipe and storing the water said resource by Rukoto siphoning seawater or lake water of the resource seawater or lake water in the collecting pipe is moved slowly in the upper the resource the collecting pipe while holding water discharged from the water discharge opening by the vessel after the resources have been detected from the recovered opening is inserted into the resource recovery tube was captured by closing the resource opening closing means, if the bellows of the stretchable other bellows tube of the other end portion Shin The resource recovery pipe is again moved to the horizontal position to recover the captured resource.
The central tube has an inner and outer diameter larger than that of the lower one bellows tube, and the inner and outer diameters of the lower one bellows tube are gradually made smaller.
The bottom of the sea or the bottom of the lake or the bottom of the resource recovery pipe near the bottom of the lake or outside the bottom or outside of the bottom of the sea or the bottom of the lake or the bottom of the river is excavated. Further, resource excavating means or resource shredding means and resource recovering openings below or outside or outside and below the resource recovery pipe are sealed and incorporated in the external closed casing through the opening.

採取或いは採掘する前は前記浮体構造物が資源回収用管を内部に水と空気を内蔵する状態で水平位置に保持し、採取或いは採掘の際にはもう一方の端部の蛇腹により伸縮可能な他方蛇腹管を折り畳むと共に前記片方蛇腹管を前記資源回収開口が海底又は湖底近傍に移動するべく前記資源回収用管を垂直位置に移動させる。前記中央管の被保持部は片方側にあるので前記空気排出開口と中央部近傍に水排出用開口が水上に位置する。その後、前記角度変更手段により前記中央管の水面との角度を少し変更して前記表示手段により前記資源回収開口付近の資源を検出する共に前記中央管内で前記内部貫通部材の上部の空気を前記自然エネルギー発電手段により排気する空気排気手段によって前記空気排出開口から排気し前記中央管内の水面を前記中央管外の水面より上部に移動させ前記内部貫通部材を前記中央管内の上部に移動させることにより前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出し前記貯水槽に貯水する。したがって前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水を徐々に上部に移動し前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水を吸い上げることにより前記表示手段より検出された前記資源を前記資源回収用管内に挿入し前記資源開口閉鎖手段を閉鎖して前記資源を捕獲することが可能となる。捕獲された前記資源は前記資源回収用管内に収納されると共に前記水排出用開口より放出される海水又は湖水は着脱可能な前記貯水槽により貯水されるので周囲環境に影響はない。捕獲された前記資源が十分に前記資源回収用管内に蓄積収納された後、前記資源回収用管を再び水平位置に移動する前に中央管の前記水排出用開口を閉鎖しもう一方の端部の伸縮可能な他方蛇腹管の蛇腹を伸ばした後端部に資源回収開口を具備する前記片方蛇腹管を鎖により再び水平位置に移動し前記浮体構造物のバラスト水を制御することにより前記浮体構造物を沈めて蛇腹を伸ばした他方蛇腹管の空気と前記片方蛇腹管の蓄積収納された前記資源と海水又は湖水を内在し海水又は湖水上を浮力により浮く状態の前記資源回収用管を海水又は湖水上に浮べて前記資源を回収する。なお、前記資源回収用管を再び水平位置に移動する前に中央管の前記空気排出開口及び前記水排出用開口は閉鎖されるので周囲環境に影響はない。 Before collection or mining, the floating body structure holds the resource recovery pipe in a horizontal position with water and air contained therein, and can be expanded and contracted by a bellows at the other end during collection or mining. On the other hand, the resource recovery pipe is moved to a vertical position in order to fold the bellows pipe and move the resource recovery opening to the seabed or the vicinity of the bottom of the lake. Since the held portion of the central pipe is on one side, the water discharge opening is located on the water near the air discharge opening and the central portion. Thereafter, the angle changing means slightly changes the angle with the water surface of the central pipe, and the display means detects the resources in the vicinity of the resource recovery opening, and the air in the upper portion of the inner penetrating member in the central pipe is naturally The air is exhausted from the air discharge opening by the air exhausting means exhausted by the energy generation means, the water surface in the central pipe is moved to the upper side than the water surface outside the central pipe, and the internal penetrating member is moved to the upper part in the central pipe. Sea water or lake water is released from the resource recovery pipe from the water discharge opening and stored in the water storage tank. Thus the resource of the sea or lake water is gradually detected from said display means by Rukoto drawn up to move to the upper seawater or lake water of the resources in the recovery pipe of the resources in the recovery pipe to the resource recovery pipe It is possible to insert and close the resource opening closing means to capture the resource. It captured the resource seawater or lake water released from the water discharge opening while being accommodated in the resource recovery tube is not affected by the ambient environment because it is water by the water storage tank detachable. After captured the resources have been accumulated accommodated sufficiently the resource recovery tube, and closing the water discharge opening of the central tube before moving again to a horizontal position the resource recovery pipe the other end Said floating body by moving said one bellows tube having a resource recovery opening at the rear end of the stretchable other part of the bellows and extending the bellows of the bellows tube by a chain again to a horizontal position to control the ballast water of the floating body structure The resource recovery pipe with the structure sunk and the bellows extended while the air of the bellows tube and the resources stored in the one bellows tube and the seawater and lake water contained therein floated by floating force over the seawater or lake water Or float on the lake to recover the resources. Since the air discharge opening and the water discharge opening of the central pipe are closed before moving the resource recovery pipe to the horizontal position again, the surrounding environment is not affected.

本発明による資源回収方法の第四の実施形態は深い海底又は湖底の実施形態で、採取或いは採掘する前は前記浮体構造物が資源回収用管の内部に水と空気を内蔵する状態で水平位置に保持する第1のステップと、採取或いは採掘の際にもう一方の端部の蛇腹により伸縮可能な他方蛇腹管を折り畳むと共に前記片方蛇腹管を前記資源回収開口が海底又は湖底近傍に移動するべく前記資源回収用管を垂直位置に移動させ前記空気排出開口と中央部近傍の前記水排出用開口が水上に位置させる第2のステップと、前記角度変更手段により前記中央管の水面との角度を少し変更して前記表示手段により前記資源回収開口付近の資源を検出する第3のステップと、前記中央管内で前記内部貫通部材の上部の空気を前記空気排出開口から排気し前記中央管内の水面を前記中央管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記内部貫通部材を前記中央管内の上部に移動させることにより前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水を徐々に上部に移動させ前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水を吸い上げることにより前記表示手段より検出された前記資源を前記資源回収開口より前記資源回収用管内に挿入し前記資源を捕獲すると共に前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出し前記貯水槽に貯水する第4のステップと、捕獲された前記資源が十分に前記資源回収用管内に蓄積収納された後、前記資源回収用管を再び水平位置に移動する前に中央管の前記水排出用開口を閉鎖しもう一方の端部の伸縮可能な他方蛇腹管の蛇腹を伸ばした後前記空気排出開口を閉鎖すると共に端部に資源回収開口を具備する前記片方蛇腹管を鎖により再び水平位置に移動し前記浮体構造物のバラスト水を制御することにより前記浮体構造物を沈めて蛇腹を伸ばした他方蛇腹管の空気と前記片方蛇腹管の蓄積収納された前記資源と海水又は湖水を内在して海水又は湖水上を浮力により浮く状態の前記資源回収用管を海水又は湖水上に浮べる第5のステップと、資源を捕獲した前記資源回収用管を移送地に移送する第6のステップよりなる。

The fourth embodiment of the resource recovery method according to the present invention is a deep seabed or lake bottom embodiment, wherein the floating body structure has a horizontal position with water and air contained inside a resource recovery pipe before it is collected or mined. First step to hold the other, and collapsible by the bellows at the other end during collection or mining while folding the bellows tube and moving the resource recovery opening to the seabed or near the bottom of the lake A second step of moving the resource recovery pipe to a vertical position and positioning the air discharge opening and the water discharge opening near the central portion on the water, and the angle changing means determines an angle with the water surface of the central pipe A third step of detecting the resources in the vicinity of the resource recovery opening by the display means with a slight change, and air in the upper portion of the inner penetrating member in the central pipe is exhausted from the air discharge opening Gradually the moving to the upper resource recovery seawater or lake water of the resources in the recovery pipe by the water surface to move to above the water surface of the central tube outer moving the internal through member at the top of the central tube of seawater or from the water discharge opening with inserted seawater or wicking the lake the resources the detected from the display means by Rukoto in use pipes to the resource recovery the resource recovery pipe from the opening to capture the resource a fourth step of reservoir lakes to the water tank was discharged to the outside of the resource recovery pipe, after captured the resources have been accumulated accommodated sufficiently the resource recovery pipe, the resource recovery pipe Close the water discharge opening of the central tube before moving it to the horizontal position again and extend the bellows of the other end while expanding the bellows of the bellows tube while closing the air discharge opening and resources at the end Recovery opening The one bellows tube is moved to the horizontal position again by a chain and the ballast water of the floating structure is controlled by sinking the floating structure to extend the bellows, while the air of the bellows tube and the accumulation of the one bellows tube a fifth step of floating housed said resource recovery pipe of the resources and seawater or inherent lakes floats by buoyancy over sea or lake water conditions on sea water or lake water, the resource recovery pipe that captured resources And the sixth step of transferring the

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一端の上部に水面上の下部の水排出用開口を具備し資源を採取或いは採掘する資源回収開口を他端の下部に具備する資源回収用管と、前記資源回収用管内部の水面が前記資源回収用管外の水面と同じである際前記水排出用開口を閉鎖する比重が水より小さな内部部材と、下部開口を具備し下部以外は密閉され前記資源回収開口を内蔵する密閉部材を備え、前記資源回収用管内で上部の空気を排気することにより前記資源回収用管内の水面を前記資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させ前記内部部材を前記資源回収用管内の上部に移動させることにより前記水排出用開口を開放状態にして前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出して前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させ前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を吸い上げることにより前記密閉部材により密閉された資源回収開口より前記資源を前記資源回収用管内に採取或いは採掘して捕獲して前記資源を回収することを特徴とする水底資源回収装置。 And resource recovery pipe having a resource collection opening to the top in collecting or mine equipped with resources the bottom of the water discharge opening above the water at one end at the bottom of the other end, water is the resource inside the resource recovery pipe a small internal member specific gravity than water to close the water discharge opening when the same as the water level outside the collecting tube, except the bottom comprises a bottom opening is sealed with a sealing member which incorporates the resource recovery opening, on top of the resources of the water in the collecting pipe is moved to above the water surface outside the resource recovery pipe the inner member the resource the collecting pipe by evacuating the upper part of the air in the resource recovery pipe and the water discharge opening in an open state by causing moved to release the seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening to the outside of the resource recovery pipe seawater or lake water or river of the resource in the collecting pipe Move the water to the top gradually The resource serial the resource from the sealed resource recovery opening by the sealing member by Rukoto siphoning seawater or lake water or Kawasui resources in collecting tube and captured harvested or mined the resource recovery pipe A bottom resource recovery apparatus characterized by recovering. 一端の上部に空気排出開口と水面上の下部の水排出用開口を具備し資源を採取し或いは採掘する資源回収開口を他端の下部に具備する資源回収用管と、前記資源回収用管の一端の上部を保持する保持部材と前記水排出用開口から排出される水を貯水する貯水手段を具備すると共に前記資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更する角度変更手段を具備する浮体構造物と、前記資源回収用管内部の水面が前記資源回収用管外の水面と同じである際前記水排出用開口を閉鎖する比重が水より小さな内部部材と、自然エネルギー発電手段と、前記空気排出開口と接続され前記資源回収用管内での前記内部部材の上部の空気を前記自然エネルギー発電手段により排気する空気排気手段と、前記資源回収用管下部に具備された撮像手段及び発光手段と、前記資源回収用管の上端部に具備され前記撮像手段の出力を表示する表示手段と,下部開口を具備し下部以外は密閉され前記資源回収開口を内蔵する密閉部材を備え、前記角度変更手段により前記資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更して前記表示手段により前記資源回収用管下部の資源を検出し前記空気排気手段により前記資源回収用管内の前記内部部材の上部の空気を排気することにより前記資源回収用管内の水面を前記資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記内部部材を前記資源回収用管内の上部に移動させることにより前記水排出用開口を開放状態にして前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出して前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させ吸い上げることにより検出された前記資源を前記密閉部材により密閉された前記資源回収開口より挿入することにより前記資源を前記資源回収用管内に採取或いは採掘した後、前記資源を捕獲して前記資源を回収することを特徴とする水底資源回収装置。 And resource recovery pipe having a resource recovery opening at the top end to include a lower portion of the water discharge opening on the air discharge opening and the water collected resources or mining the bottom of the other end, of the resource recovery pipe A floating body structure comprising a holding member for holding an upper portion at one end, a water storage means for storing water discharged from the water discharge opening, and an angle changing means for slightly changing the angle of the water surface of the resource recovery pipe and goods, and the small internal member specific gravity than water to close the water discharge opening when a water level inside the resource recovery pipe is the same as the water surface outside the resource recovery tube, a natural energy power generation means, the air and air exhaust means for exhausting by the natural energy power generation means an upper portion of air in the inner member in connected with the discharge opening the resource recovery pipe, an imaging means and light emitting means which is provided on the lower pipe said resource recovery ,Previous Display means is provided in the upper portion of the resource recovery tube displays the output of said image pickup means, except the bottom comprises a bottom opening is sealed with a sealing member which incorporates the resource recovery opening, the by the angle changing means the angle between the surface of the water resource recovery pipe a little change exhausting top of air in the inner member of the resource in the recovery pipe by detecting the air exhaust means resources of lower the resource recovery pipe by the display means opening said water discharge opening by moving the inner member is moved to the water surface to above the water surface outside the resource recovery pipe of the resources in the recovery tube on top of the resources in the recovery pipe by isosamples a state siphoning moving seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening gradually the upper seawater or lake water or Kawasui in the resource recovery pipe from being discharged to the outside of the resource recovery pipe To After harvesting or mining the resources to the resource recovery pipe by inserting from the resource collection opening which is sealed said detected resource by the sealing member Ri, recovering the resource by capturing the resource A bottom resource recovery apparatus characterized in that. 一端の上部に空気排出開口と大きな内外径有し水面上の下部の水排出用開口を具備すると共に資源を効率良く採取し或いは採掘する内外径の小さな資源回収開口と前記資源回収開口を閉鎖する資源回収開口閉鎖手段を他端の下部に具備する資源回収用管と、前記資源回収用管上部の内部を貫通し前記内部の水面が前記資源回収用管外の水面と同じである際前記水排出用開口を閉鎖する比重が水より小さな内部部材と、前記空気排出開口と接続し前記資源回収用管内で前記内部部材の上部の空気を排気する空気排気手段と、前記水排出用開口より放出される水を貯水する貯水手段と、下部開口を具備し下部以外は密閉され前記資源回収開口を内蔵する密閉部材を備え、前記空気排気手段により前記資源回収用管の前記内部部材の上部の空気を排気することにより前記資源回収用管内の水面を前記資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記内部部材を前記資源回収用管内の上部に移動させることにより前記水排出用開口を開放状態にして前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出して前記貯水手段に貯水すると共に前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させて吸い上げ海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の小さな内外径の前記密閉部材により密閉された前記資源回収開口より資源を効率良く前記資源回収用管内に採取し或いは採掘した後前記資源開口閉鎖手段により前記資源開口を閉鎖し前記資源を捕獲し前記資源を回収することを特徴とする水底資源回収装置。 An air discharge opening at the top of one end and a water discharge opening at the bottom with a large inside and outside diameter and a water surface, and a resource collection opening with a small inside and outside diameter for collecting or mining resources efficiently and the resource collection opening closed. and resource recovery pipe having a resource recovery opening closing means at the bottom of the other end, the through the interior of the resource recovery tube top when the internal water is the same as the water level outside the resource recovery pipe water a small internal member gravity to close the discharge opening is above the water, and air exhaust means for exhausting the top of the air of the inner member is connected to the air discharge opening in the resource recovery pipe, from the water discharge opening A water storage means for storing water to be discharged, and a sealing member provided with a lower opening and sealed except for the lower part and incorporating the resource recovery opening, and the air exhausting means comprises an upper portion of the internal member of the resource recovery pipe Exhaust air Opening said water discharge opening by moving the inner member is moved to the water surface to above the water surface outside the resource recovery pipe of the resources in the recovery tube on top of the resources in the recovery pipe by in the state gradually seawater or lake water or Kawasui of the resource in the collecting pipe as well as water in the water storage means to release to the outside of the water seawater from the discharge opening or lake water or the resource recovery tube Kawasui the resource opening closed after smaller than the sealing member and the resource collection opening which is sealed by the inner and outer diameters of the resources collected efficiently the resource recovery pipe or the mining of the seabed or lakebed or riverbed near wicking is moved to the upper An underwater resource recovery apparatus characterized by closing said resource opening by means, capturing said resource and recovering said resource. 前記資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし下部は長さが調節可能な何重にも重なり下部にいくほど内外径が小さな管で構成することを特徴とする請求項1〜3に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 The upper part of the resource recovery pipe is larger in inner and outer diameters than the lower part, and the lower part is composed of a pipe whose inner and outer diameters are smaller as the lower part is overlapped with an adjustable number of lengths. It is a water bottom resource recovery device given in 1-3. 前記資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし下部は長さが調節可能で下部にいくほど内外径が小さな蛇腹管で構成することを特徴とする請求項1〜3に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 In claim 1 to 3 the upper part of the resource recovery pipe, wherein the inner and outer diameters as the bottom to increase the inner and outer diameters in comparison to the lower length toward the bottom adjustable constitutes a small bellows tube It is a water bottom resource recovery device of a statement. 前記資源回収用管の上部が下部に比較して内外径を大きくし前記資源回収用管の中間部はフレキシブル或いは柔軟で内外径が小さな管であることを特徴とする請求項1〜3に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 4. The resource recovery pipe according to claim 1, wherein the upper part of the resource recovery pipe is larger in inner and outer diameter than the lower part, and the middle part of the resource recovery pipe is flexible or flexible and small in inner and outer diameter. Bottom resource recovery equipment. 長さが調節可能な前記資源回収用管を再び何重にも重なる状態にして資源を回収することを特徴とする請求項4に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 5. The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the resource recovery pipe whose length is adjustable is again placed in a state in which the resource recovery pipe overlaps again in multiple layers. 前記蛇腹管を再び短い状態にして資源を回収することを特徴とする請求項5に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 The water resources recovery apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the bellows tube is made short again to recover resources. 前記資源回収用管は資源回収開口を具備し長さが調節可能な下部資源回収用管と海面又は湖面或いは川面上の下部に水排出用開口を具備する上部資源回収用管の二体構成にして前記資源回収用管を敷設時に結合することを特徴とする請求項1〜8のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 The resource recovery pipe has a resource recovery opening and an adjustable length, a lower resource recovery pipe and an upper resource recovery pipe having an opening for water discharge at the bottom of the sea surface, lake surface or river surface. The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the resource recovery pipe is coupled at the time of laying. 前記資源回収用管が前記水排出用開口の真下に鍔を具備し、海上又は湖上或いは川上の浮体構造物により保持されることを特徴とする請求項1〜9のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 10. The resource recovery pipe has a weir directly below the water discharge opening, and is held by a floating structure on the sea, on a lake, or on a river. It is a bottom resource recovery device. 前記資源回収用管の下部にくさりを繋ぎ前記資源回収用管下部の資源を前記資源回収用管内に捕獲した後、前記くさりを介して前記資源回収用管の下部を海面又は湖面或いは川面近傍に海面又は湖面或いは川面近傍に移動させると共に前記資源回収用管を移送して捕獲した資源を回収することを特徴とする請求項1〜10のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 After the resources of the lower resource recovery pipe connecting the chain to the lower part of the resource recovery tube captured in the resource recovery pipe, the lower the sea or lake or river near the resource recovery tube through the Chain The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the resource recovery pipe is moved to move to the sea surface, the lake surface or the vicinity of the river surface, and the resource recovery pipe is transported to recover the captured resources. . 空気排出開口と中央部近傍に水排出用開口と片方側に被保持部を具備する中央管と資源を採取或いは採掘する資源回収開口と前記資源回収開口を閉鎖する資源開口閉鎖手段を端部に備え前記中央管の片方側に位置する蛇腹により伸縮可能な片方蛇腹管と前記中央管のもう一方側に位置する蛇腹により伸縮可能な他方蛇腹管とを備えた資源回収用管と、前記中央管の内部を貫通し前記水排出用開口を閉鎖可能な比重が水より小さな内部貫通部材と、前記資源回収用管の被保持部を保持し前記資源回収用管を水平位置或いは前記資源回収開口を海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の垂直位置に移動させる浮体構造物と、下部開口を具備し下部以外は密閉され前記資源回収開口を内蔵する密閉部材を備え、前記資源回収用管が水平位置の際内部に水と空気を内蔵すると共に前記他方蛇腹管を畳前記資源回収用管を垂直位置に移動して前記資源回収開口を海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の垂直位置に移動させた後、前記資源回収用管内で前記内部貫通部材の上部の空気を前記空気排出開口より排気することにより前記資源回収用管内の水面を前記資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記内部貫通部材を前記資源回収用管内の上部に移動させることにより前記水排出用開口を開放状態にして前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出して前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させ前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を吸い上げることにより前記密閉部材により密閉された前記資源回収開口より前記資源回収用管内に資源を採取或いは採掘して捕獲した後前記資源開口閉鎖手段を閉鎖するとともに前記資源回収用管を再び水平位置に移動して捕獲した前記資源を回収することを特徴とする水底資源回収装置。 A central pipe having an air discharge opening, a water discharge opening near the central part and a holding part on one side, a resource collection opening for collecting or mining resources, and a resource opening closing means for closing the resource collection opening A resource recovery pipe provided with a bellows pipe expandable by a bellows located on one side of the central pipe and a bellows pipe expandable by a bellows positioned on the other side of the central pipe, and the central pipe The holding member of the resource recovery pipe , the internal penetration member having a smaller specific gravity than water, which can penetrate the inside of the container and close the water discharge opening, and hold the resource recovery pipe at a horizontal position or the resource recovery opening A floating structure to be moved to a vertical position on the seabed or lake bottom or river bottom, and a sealing member having a lower opening and sealed except for the lower part and incorporating the resource recovery opening, the resource recovery pipe being inside when in horizontal position Water and air After said moving the other bellows tube tatami viewed the resource recovery pipe in a vertical position by moving the resource collection opening in a vertical position of the seabed or lakebed or riverbed near with built, the in the resource recovery pipe the resource recovery pipe the inner penetrating member to move the water surface of the resource in the recovery pipe above the water surface outside the resource recovery pipe by evacuating the upper part of the air from the air discharge opening of the inner piercing member and to the water discharge opening in an open state by moving the upper part of the inner release seawater or lake water or Kawasui from the water discharge opening to the outside of the resource recovery pipe seawater of the resource in the collecting pipe or lake water or slowly the sealing said resource recovery pipe from the sealed the resource recovery opening of a member by Rukoto move siphoning seawater or lake water or Kawasui of the resource in the recovery tube on top of Kawasui to Underwater resource recovery apparatus characterized by recovering the resources that captured moving again horizontal position the resource recovery pipe with closing the resource opening closing means after captured harvested or mined sources. 空気排出開口と中央部近傍に水排出用開口と片方側に被保持部を具備する中央管と資源を採取或いは採掘する資源回収開口と前記資源回収開口を閉鎖する資源開口閉鎖手段を端部に備え蛇腹により伸縮可能な前記中央管の片方側に位置する片方蛇腹管と前記中央管のもう一方側に位置し蛇腹により伸縮可能な他方蛇腹管とを備えた資源回収用管と、前記中央管の内部を貫通し前記水排出用開口を閉鎖可能な比重が水より小さな内部貫通部材と、前記資源回収用管の被保持部を保持し前記資源回収用管を水平位置或いは前記資源回収開口を海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の垂直位置に移動させると共にその水面との角度を少し変更する角度変更手段を具備する浮体構造物と、前記資源回収用管下部に具備された撮像手段と前記資源回収用管の中央管に具備され前記撮像手段の出力を表示する表示手段と、下部開口を具備し下部以外は密閉され前記資源回収開口を内蔵する密閉部材を備え、前記資源回収用管が水平位置の際内部に水と空気を内蔵すると共に前記他方蛇腹管を畳前記資源回収用管を垂直位置に移動して前記資源回収開口を海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の垂直位置に移動させた後、前記角度変更手段により前記資源回収用管の水面との角度を少し変更して前記表示手段により前記資源回収開口付近の資源を検出すると共に前記資源回収用管内で前記内部貫通部材の上部の空気を前記空気排出開口より排気することにより前記資源回収用管内の水面を前記資源回収用管外の水面より上部に移動させて前記内部貫通部材を前記資源回収用管内の上部に移動させることにより前記水排出用開口を開放状態にして前記水排出用開口より海水又は湖水或いは川水を前記資源回収用管の外に放出して前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を徐々に上部に移動させ前記資源回収用管内の海水又は湖水或いは川水を吸い上げることにより前記密閉部材により密閉された前記資源回収開口より検出された前記資源を前記資源回収用管内に採取或いは採掘して捕獲した後前記資源開口閉鎖手段を閉鎖するとともに前記資源回収用管を再び水平位置に移動して捕獲した前記資源を回収することを特徴とする水底資源回収装置。 A central pipe having an air discharge opening, a water discharge opening near the central part and a holding part on one side, a resource collection opening for collecting or mining resources, and a resource opening closing means for closing the resource collection opening A resource recovery pipe provided with one bellows pipe positioned on one side of the central pipe expandable by bellows and the other bellows pipe positioned on the other side of the central pipe and expandable by bellows, and the central pipe The holding member of the resource recovery pipe , the internal penetration member having a smaller specific gravity than water, which can penetrate the inside of the container and close the water discharge opening, and hold the resource recovery pipe at a horizontal position or the resource recovery opening a floating structure having a angular change means for slightly changing the angle between the surface of the water is moved to a vertical position near the seabed or lakebed or riverbed, the resources for collecting and imaging means which is provided on the lower the resource recovery pipe the center of the tube Water and display means are provided to display the output of the imaging means, within the time other than the bottom provided with a lower opening is sealed with a sealing member which incorporates the resource recovery opening, the resource recovery pipe horizontal position and after said moving the other bellows tube tatami viewed the resource recovery pipe in a vertical position by moving the resource collection opening in a vertical position of the seabed or lakebed or riverbed near with a built-in air by the angle changing means the air discharge opening an upper portion of air in said inner through member in the resource recovery pipe and detects an angle of resources of the resource recovery opening near by the display means a little change in the water level of the resource recovery pipe wherein by moving the internal through member to move the water surface above the water surface outside the resource recovery pipe of the resources in the recovery tube on top of the resources in the recovery pipe by more exhaust Gradually upper seawater or lake water or Kawasui of being discharged to the outside the resource the collecting pipe of the discharge opening in an open state the water seawater from the discharge opening or lake water or the resource recovery tube Kawasui and the movement is not the resource by Rukoto siphoning seawater or lake water or Kawasui detected from the resource collection opening which is sealed by the sealing member of the resource in the collecting tube and collected or mined the resource recovery pipe An underwater bottom resource recovery apparatus characterized by closing the resource opening closing means after capture and moving the resource recovery pipe to a horizontal position again to recover the captured resource. 前記中央管が下部に比較して内外を大きくし下部は前記資源回収用管の片方蛇腹管が長さを調節可能で何重にも重なり下部にいくほど内外径が小さな管で構成することを特徴とする請求項12〜13のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 That the inner and outer diameter as the lower larger inside and outside the central tube as compared to the lower part goes to lower even overlap adjustable many layers in the one bellows tube length of the resource recovery tube is composed of a small tube It is a water bottom resource recovery device according to any one of claims 12 to 13 characterized by the above. 前記浮体構造物が移動可能であることを特徴とする請求項2、10,12〜13のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 The water bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 2 , 10, 12 to 13 , wherein the floating body structure is movable. 前記資源回収用管最下部の内外径を小さくしたことを特徴とする請求項1〜14のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 The water resources recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14 , wherein the inner and outer diameters of the lowermost portion of the resource recovery pipe are reduced. 前記資源回収用管最下部の内外径を最下部直上部より大きくし前記最下部直上部の内外径を小さくしたことを特徴とする請求項1〜14のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 The bottom resource recovery according to any one of claims 1 to 14 , wherein the inner and outer diameter of the lowermost portion of the resource recovery pipe is made larger than the lowermost portion immediately above and the inner and outer diameter of the lowermost portion immediately above is smaller. It is an apparatus. 海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の前記資源回収用管の下部又は外部或いは下部及び外部に海底又は湖底或いは川底を掘削する資源掘削手段を具備することを特徴とする請求項1〜14及び請求項16〜17のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 Claim 1-14 and claim 16, characterized in that it comprises a resource drilling means for drilling the sea floor or lake bottom or riverbed in the lower or outer or lower and external seabed or lakebed or the resource recovery pipe riverbed near 20 is the bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of 17 . 前記資源掘削手段を移動させる移動手段を前記資源回収用管が具備することを特徴とする請求項18に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the resource recovery pipe comprises moving means for moving the resource excavating means. 海底又は湖底或いは川底近傍の前記資源回収用管の下部又は外部或いは下部及び外部に海底又は湖底或いは川底の団塊を粉砕する団塊粉砕手段を具備することを特徴とする請求項1〜14及び請求項16〜17のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 Claim 1-14 and claims, characterized in that it comprises a boomer grinding means for grinding the nodules seabed or lakebed or riverbed in the lower or outer or lower and external seabed or lakebed or the resource recovery pipe riverbed near It is the bottom resource recovery apparatus as described in any one of 16-17 . 前記資源回収用管の下部又は外部或いは下部及び外部の資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段及び資源回収開口は下部開口を具備する外部筺体中に密閉して内蔵されていることを特徴とする請求項18〜20のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 The resource excavating means or resource shredding means under and outside or under and outside of the resource recovery pipe and the resource recovery opening are hermetically sealed and incorporated in an external housing having a lower opening. It is a bottom resource recovery device given in any 1 paragraph of -20. 長さが調節可能で前記資源回収用管下部を操作可能な外部操作部材により資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段を操作することを特徴とする請求項18〜20のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 The water bottom resource according to any one of claims 18 to 20, wherein the resource digging means or the resource crushing means is operated by an external operation member whose length is adjustable and the lower part of the resource recovery pipe can be operated. It is a recovery device. 前記資源回収用管下部と前記外部操作部材により上部が貫通されると共に下部開口を具備する外部筺体内に前記資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段は密封して内蔵されることを特徴とする請求項22に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 The resource excavating means or the resource crushing means may be sealed and incorporated in an external housing having an upper part penetrated by the lower part of the resource recovery pipe and the external operation member and having a lower opening. The bottom resource recovery apparatus according to 前記資源掘削手段或いは資源粉砕手段は前記外部筺体内で相対的に移動して掘削或いは粉砕することを特徴とする請求項23に記載の水底資源回収装置である。   24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the resource excavating means or the resource crushing means relatively moves within the outer casing to excavate or crush. 前記浮体構造物は移動可能ことを特徴とする請求項2、10,12〜13のいずれか一項に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 The water bottom resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 2, 10 , 12 to 13 , wherein the floating body structure is movable. 自然エネルギーの発電手段と蓄電手段を具備しその電力により前記浮体構造物を移動させることを特徴とする請求項25に記載の水底資源回収装置である。 The water bottom resource recovery apparatus according to claim 25 , further comprising: a power generation unit of natural energy and a storage unit; and the floating body structure is moved by the power of the unit.
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