Patent ID: 8646390

Claim:
A device for using technical equipment underwater comprising: at least one guide rail configured to extend vertically underwater on an edifice from above a waterline; at least one device carriage including a basic unit having a reception flange configured to couple the technical equipment thereto, and at least one running unit that abuts against the at least one guide rail via guide rollers; a press-on unit disposed on a first side of the at least one device carriage and including a lever pivotable on an axis of the at least one device carriage so as to generate a pressing force of the at least one device carriage against the at least one guide rail, the lever including a support roller at a first end thereof and a weight packet at a second end thereof so as to exert a downward drifting force underwater that is greater than a buoyancy of the at least one device carriage; at least two spacers each disposed at a respective first end thereof on the at least one device carriage and abutting the edifice at a respective second end thereof; and a veering and hoisting device detachably connectable with the at least one device carriage via a coupling device, the veering and hoisting device being configured to control deployment and retrieval of the at least one device carriage.