Railways – Amusement – Submarines
Patent
1996-08-07
1998-07-07
Morano, S. Joseph
Railways
Amusement
Submarines
104 231, 104139, 105348, 114325, A63G 300
Patent
active
057752265
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an underwater and land travel vehicle, and particularly, to an underwater and land travel vehicle which is capable of traveling between on a land and in the water along a travel rail.
BACKGROUND ART
In general, a ship or boat with passengers or loads loaded therein is conventionally used as a vehicle cruising on the water such as sea or lake, and a ship or boat having a glassed bottom and a submarine cruising in the water are conventionally used as a vehicle capable of viewing the sight in the water by a passenger.
However, each of the above ship or boat and the above submarine suffers a problem that it is impossible to operate it in a stormy weather, resulting in a disadvantage arisen in many cases, and it is impossible to give a sightseer satisfaction. When a passenger gets on or off the ship or the submarine, the passenger need move to a pier or the like, which is extremely inconvenient, and moreover, there is another problem that the getting-on and-off is accompanied by a danger.
A further problem arisen in the above submarine is that if a trouble or the like should be produced in the water, a water pressure is applied and hence, it is impossible for the passenger to escape by himself or herself from the submarine. For this reason, there is no escape means except for the floating of the submarine itself, resulting in an extremely high dangerous condition.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an underwater and land travel vehicle which is capable of being reliably and safely moved from on the land into the water irrespective of the weather or the like.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an underwater and land travel vehicle, wherein even when trouble is produced in the water, the passenger can be allowed to reliably escape from the vehicle, leading to a remarkably enhanced safety.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
To achieve the above object, according to an aspect and feature of the present invention, there is provided an underwater and land travel vehicle comprising a bilged type vehicle body formed for movement along a pair of travel rails which are laid to extend from on the land into the water and which each have an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the vehicle further includes main tires which are located between the upper and lower surfaces of the travel rails, so that they abut against the lower surfaces of the travel rails during traveling of the vehicle on the land, and auxiliary tires each of which is disposed on an upper portion of each of the main tires to abut against the main tire, so that they abut against the upper surfaces of the travel rails under influence of the buoyancy of the vehicle body during traveling of the vehicle in the water.
With such feature of the present invention, by driving the main tires in rotation, the force of gravity is applied to the travel vehicle body on the land, thereby causing the main tires to be brought into abutment against the lower surfaces of the travel rails, so that the vehicle body is moved along the travel rails by the rotative driving of the main tires.
Then, when the vehicle body has been moved along the travel rails and submerged into the water, water is permitted to enter the inside of the vehicle body, causing the vehicle body to float under influence of the buoyancy thereof. As a result, the main tires are spaced apart from the lower surfaces of the travel rails, and the auxiliary tires abut against the upper surfaces of the travel rails. In this case, the auxiliary tires are rotated in a direction opposite from the direction of rotation of the main tires, because they are in contact with the main tires. Thus, the direction of rotation of the main tires are maintained intact, and the vehicle body is moved in the water along the upper surfaces of the travel rails by virtue of the auxiliary tires.
When the vehicle body has been moved from in the water into the air along the travel rails, the buoyancy is lost and the force of gra
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Morano S. Joseph
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