摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tunnel in which such the problem is solved that a conventional train is affected by the weather and can not travel, when there is a heavy snowfall or strong wind, and becomes heavy due to an incorporated motor and a leading vehicle has a sharp nose since it receives air resistance and the noise of the train annoys surrounding residents, and which is constituted such that a capsule (2) travels in a tube (1) and consequently the noise thereof does not reach the surrounding residents and since the air in the tube (1) is moved by a blower (3), the motor is not incorporated in the capsule (2) and the head of the capsule (2) is not formed into a streamline shape. <P>SOLUTION: The capsule (2) travels in the tube (1). A branch pipe (4) is fitted to the tube (1). The air in the branch pipe (4) is moved by the blower (3) and the capsule (2) is made to travel by the movement of the air. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |