JPH0425490Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial Application Field" The present invention relates to an underwater living facility that allows a person to experience normal life underwater.

``Conventional technology'' Recently, it has been proposed to establish underwater living facilities for the purpose of underwater observation and leisure sports in the sea, lakes, rivers, etc., and some have been experimentally created in Japan. There is. This underwater living facility is designed to allow people to experience the same life underwater as they do on land for a certain amount of time, and it allows them to experience a change in their way of thinking due to a marked change in their living environment. It is intended to enable

If we were to carry out our daily life underwater for several days, we would have to replenish food, daily necessities, and other daily necessities from land or water, and transport waste.

As a means of replenishing this supply, the specified food etc. are packed into a container on land, the container is sealed to prevent water from entering, and the container is attached with weights and lowered to an underwater residential facility, or it is carried by a diver. Conversely, in the case of transport, a similar process was carried out inside the residential facility and the material was floated up.

``Problem that the invention aims to solve'' However, transporting a container by a diver is not easy, even if the weight of the container can be reduced by some buoyancy, and is extremely dangerous work. be.

Additionally, when containers are suspended from the water and lowered, assistance from divers is required to transport them to the entrance of a residential facility.

The present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to make it possible to easily transport daily necessities into underwater living facilities.

``Means for Solving the Problems'' This invention consists of a top wall, side walls, and a bottom wall, and is installed underwater with an entrance and exit at the end of the bottom wall, and high-pressure air is injected into the interior. An operating rod that can move up and down and freely rotate around its axis is attached to the interior of the house body formed in an airtight air chamber space near the entrance, protruding from the bottom wall and supported by a shaft. It is constructed by providing a support plate that protrudes to the side of the side wall in a predetermined axial rotational position, and is located directly below the entrance/exit when the operation stick is in another axial rotational position.

"Function" With the above-mentioned configuration, the house body installed underwater is composed of a top wall, side walls, and bottom wall, and the interior is formed into an airtight air chamber space by pressurizing high-pressure air. Therefore, you can have the same experience of living inside as you would on the ground. In this case, access to and from the interior will be through the entrance and exit provided at the end of the bottom wall, but as mentioned above, high-pressure air is constantly being injected into the interior, so leave it open. However, water does not enter the system; rather, the excess air that has been contaminated by the air that has been pumped in can be exhausted.

In addition, inside the house near the entrance, an operating rod that can move up and down and freely rotate around its axis is mounted on a shaft that protrudes from the bottom wall, and the lower end of this operating rod is attached to the side wall in a predetermined rotational posture of the operating rod. A support plate is provided that protrudes laterally and is located directly below the entrance and exit opening when the operating stick is in the other axis rotational position.

Therefore, with the control stick in the lowered position and the support plate protruding to the side of the side wall, from above the water or from the ground,
The necessities of daily life are packed into a transport container, sealed to prevent water from entering, and then the container is lowered onto an underwater support plate with weights attached and loaded.

In this state, the operating rod is rotated to position the support plate directly below the entrance and exit, and the operating rod is raised to carry the transport container mounted on the support plate into the house. When transporting from the house body, the opposite method may be used.

"Embodiment" The drawing shows an embodiment of the underwater living facility of the present invention, in which a house body 1 installed underwater has a top wall 2,
It is composed of a side wall 3 and a bottom wall 4, and an entrance 5 is opened at the end of the bottom wall 4. The internal size is selected depending on the purpose of use, etc., and it has a cylindrical shape as shown in the embodiment shown in Fig. 3. , or a rectangular tube shape, and may have a hierarchical structure of two or more floors.

As an air supply means for this house body 1 whose interior is formed into an airtight air chamber space, for example, high-pressure air may be injected from an external compressor (not shown) on water or on the ground, or a predetermined amount of air may be injected into the interior. A high pressure cylinder (not shown) may be provided.

Furthermore, although the entrance/exit 5 is always open, there is no risk of water entering if the internal air pressure is kept higher than the water pressure.

Next, in the vicinity of the entrance/exit 5 opened at the end of the bottom wall 4, an operating rod 6 is pivotally supported in the vertical direction so as to protrude from the bottom wall 4 by appropriate means. This operating rod 6 can freely move up and down and rotate around its axis, so that the amount of protrusion from the bottom wall 4 can be controlled by moving it up and down.

A support plate 7 is provided at the lower end of the operating rod 6. When the operating rod 6 is in a rotational position on a predetermined axis, the support plate 7 protrudes to the side of the side wall 2, so the transport container A filled with daily necessities is lowered onto the support plate 7 from the water or the ground and loaded thereon. If it is possible and installed,
By rotating the operation stick 6, the support plate 7 is positioned directly below the entrance/exit 5, and when the operation stick 6 is raised, the transport container A on the support plate 7 is moved to the house body 1.
It can be brought into the country.

``Effects of the invention'' Since the present invention has the configuration described above, when transporting goods to an underwater accommodation facility using a transportation container, it is extremely easy to carry the transportation container into and out of the facility. Moreover, it is easy to use, the diver only needs to perform auxiliary operations when necessary, so there is no danger, and the structure is simple, and many other excellent effects are exhibited.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view during operation. FIG. 3 is a reduced plan view of the house body. Explanation of symbols, 1...House body, 2...Top wall, 3
...Side wall, 4...Bottom wall, 5...Entrance/exit, 6...Operation stick, 7...Support plate.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It is composed of a top wall 2, a side wall 3, and a bottom wall 4, and an entrance 5 is opened at the end of the bottom wall 4, and it is installed underwater, and high-pressure air is pressurized to form an airtight air chamber inside. Inside the house body 1 near the entrance 5,
An operating rod 6 that can move up and down and freely rotate around its axis is mounted on a shaft so as to protrude from the bottom wall 4, and further protrudes to the side of the side wall 3 at the lower end of the operating rod 6 in a predetermined axis rotational posture. The underwater accommodation facility is provided with a support plate 7 which is located directly below the entrance/exit 5 and is opposite to the entrance/exit 5 when the operating rod 6 is rotated on another axis.