Railways – Amusement – Submarines
Patent
1998-03-09
2000-05-09
Basinger, Sherman
Railways
Amusement
Submarines
114312, 114322, A63G 306
Patent
active
060588489
ABSTRACT:
An underwater and land travel system comprising an underwater and land travel vehicle which is capable of being reliably and safely moved from on the land into the water and which may also be used for viewing the sight in the water with delight and safety irrespective of the weather or the like. There is provided a vehicle capsule in an underwater and land travel system comprising a vehicle body which has a vehicle capsule releasably placed on an upper portion thereof and which is capable of being moved along the travel rails which are laid to extend from on the land into the water under influence of the buoyancy of the vehicle body in the water and under the force of gravity on the land, the vehicle body and the vehicle capsule being connected to each other by a wire, and a drawing and rewinding device disposed in the vehicle body for drawing and rewinding the wire, the vehicle capsule being separated from the vehicle body in the state in which the vehicle body has been moved at any location in the water, and the vehicle capsule being floated in the water or on the water by the drawing and rewinding device for drawing the wire at a certain length.
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Futami Hiroshi
Futami Kenjiro
Basinger Sherman
Koyo Engineering Co., Ltd.
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