Provided is an underwater elevating apparatus, wherein the cable is not paid out unexpectedly by self-buoyancy while waiting underwater, excessive paying out of the cable may be prevented by a latch unit having simple mechanisms, and electric power does not be used needlessly. An underwater elevating apparatus (1), which rises or descends together with a flame (10) having an underwater observation apparatus (80) and buoyancy bodies (12) connected through a cable (11) anchored to the bottom, comprises: a stopper (51) halfway attached to the cable (11) at a lower position than the frame (10); a winch provided to the frame (10) for spooling and paying out of the cable (11); and a latch unit (30) provided to the frame (10), having opening or closing a plurality of hooks surrounding the cable (11), for causing the winch to stop spooling of the cable (11) while causing the plurality of hooks closed to seize the stopper (51) on the basis of a trigger according to pressure and contact with the stopper (51) by spooling thereof, and for causing the winch to start paying out of the cable from the plurality of hooks opened on the basis of the trigger by release of the stopper (51).
Underwater rising/falling device
2015-08-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63C LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS , Zuwasserlassen, Trockenstellen, Docken oder Bergen von Schiffen / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / B66D Haspeln , CAPSTANS / G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / G01L Messen von Kraft, mechanischer Spannung, Drehmoment, Arbeit, mechanischer Leistung, mechanischem Wirkungsgrad oder des Drucks von Fluiden , MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE |
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