Patent ID: 9010266
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B63B,B63C,E02B

Abstract:
1. An underwater-above water accommodation for residential purposes, adapted for human occupancy in a compartment located under water and in a compartment located above or on the surface of water, comprising an underwater accommodation, an above water accommodation, vertical legs, ballast tanks, a shaft, and a lift, wherein the underwater accommodation and the above water accommodation are slidably joined to vertical legs; the underwater accommodation is placed under water and at least one vertical shaft is fixed to it; the at least one vertical shaft contains a lift and stairs and is slidably mounted in the above water accommodation in a sleeve fixed to the above water accommodation; the underwater accommodation has a pressure shell, in the lower part of which a first ballast tank is located; the above water accommodation has a structure, in the lower part of which a second ballast tank is attached; at the sliding joint with the vertical legs the underwater accommodation has built-in sliding joint bushings, linked to the pressure shell of the underwater accommodation by a leak-proof joint; at the sliding joint with vertical legs the structure of the above water accommodation is fixed to the sliding joint bushings, at least one rack is attached to each vertical leg and cooperates with a toothed wheel being fixed to the structure of the above water accommodation and driven by a dive unit; a drive wheel is attached to the structure of the above water accommodation and it is connected to a brake drum and driven by a drive unit via a disengagable clutch; a chain or a rope is wound on the drive wheel and the brake drum is in contact with a brake pad, which is pressed against the brake drum by a pad actuator, by means of a actuator lever.