Ishikawajima-harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

Katsumi Kai

Naoya Hirose

Yuuichi Miura

Koji Kobayashi

Toshihiko Sasahara

Yuichi Miura

Rumi Kuramata

Kenji Okamoto

Aya Matsuyama

A vehicle or robot movable in the water includes a body having a first opening in its abdomen. A float is provided at the front portion of the body so that the vehicle body suspends in the water with its front portion up. A pressure reducing device is provided in the body for reducing an inner pressure of the body so as to cause the body to suctionally adhere on a wall in the water with its abdomen facing the wall. A sealing skirt is attached along the first opening formed in the abdomen so that it contacts the wall to maintain the body's inner pressure negative as the body adheres on the wall. A drive unit is also provided in the body for moving the body on the wall. The pressure reducing device includes a hose communicated with the body at its one end and a pump connected with the other end of the hose for pulling water out of the body.

Underwater vehicle and method of positioning same

A carriage movable in waste including: a body having a float at its upper portion and a weight at its lower portion to suspend in the water, the body having an opening in its abdomen; a thrust fan provided on a back of the body, the fan being rotatable in a normal or reverse direction thereby enabling the body to translate in the water and to suctionally attach itself onto a wall or leave the wall; a skirt provided around the opening formed in the abdomen of the body to contact the wall thereby maintaining the bodies interior to a negative pressure as the body suctionally attaches itself onto the wall; and a drive wheel provided on the abdomen of the body to contact the wall upon suctional attachment on the wall. This underwater carriage can move on a vertical wall, have small dimensions and be lightweight.

Carriage movable in water

A working apparatus comprising openings formed as gondola access holes in tank web frame of a ship, a rail passed through the openings and secured to the tank web frame, a trolley adapted to travel along the rail, a hoist mounted on the trolley, and a gondola elevatably suspended from the hoist is provided. The working apparatus can transport workers or necessary articles to a working place to be inspected or repaired for carrying out the inspection and/or repair within tanks of a ship.

Working apparatus traveling through tank web frame of ship

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Mitaka, Japan

Katsumi Kai