DE102018213408A1 - Container for an underwater buoyancy aid that can be inserted into a torpedo tube and method for launching an underwater buoyancy aid from a submarine with the aid of such a container - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a container (1) which can hold at least one underwater buoyancy aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) and can be inserted into the torpedo tube (Tr) of a submarine. The invention also relates to a method for releasing an underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) from a submarine. The container (1) comprises a housing (2) which surrounds a cavity, a holding device (11) and an actuating device. The underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) is housed in the cavity. In the holding state, the holding device (11) holds the underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) in the cavity. In the release state, the holding device (11) enables the underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) to be removed from the housing (2). An actuation of the actuating device causes the holding device (11) to be transferred from the holding state to the release state.

Description

The invention relates to a container which is able to accommodate at least one underwater swimming aid and can be inserted into a torpedo tube of a submarine. The invention also relates to a submarine with such a container and a method for releasing at least one underwater swimming aid from a submarine.

Underwater swimming aids (Diver Propulsion Vehicles), which can be transported to a place of use by means of a submarine and deployed into the water, are for example out DE 102004049615 A1 and DE 102005001817 A1 known. The underwater buoyancy aid is transported to the place of use in a torpedo tube of the submarine.

The object of the invention is to provide a device and a method which facilitate the transport and deployment of an underwater swimming aid from a torpedo tube of a submarine.

This object is achieved by a container with the features specified in claim 1 and a method with the features specified in claim 22. Advantageous further developments result from the subclaims, the following description and the drawings.

• - ein Gehäuse,
• - eine Halte-Einrichtung und
• - eine Betätigungs-Einrichtung.

The invention provides a container which is designed for use under water. This container includes

• - a housing,
• - A holding device and
• - an actuator.

The housing surrounds a cavity. This cavity is designed to accommodate at least one underwater swimming aid.

The container extends along a longitudinal axis of the container. In a plane that is perpendicular to this longitudinal axis of the container, the outer dimensions of the container are adapted to the inner dimensions that a torpedo tube of a submarine has in this vertical plane. In particular, each outer dimension of the container in this plane is smaller than or equal to the inner dimension of a torpedo tube in this plane. Thanks to the adapted dimensions, the container can be inserted into a torpedo tube of a submarine, this torpedo tube being designed for receiving a torpedo.

The holding device can either be brought into a holding state or into a release state. When the holding device is in the holding state, it can hold at least one underwater swimming aid inside the cavity of the housing. When released, the holding device enables the underwater swimming aid to be removed from the housing.

The actuating device is spatially separated from the holding device and can be actuated. After an actuation, the actuation device transfers the holding device from the holding state to the release state.

The invention further provides a method for deploying at least one underwater buoyancy aid from a torpedo tube of a submarine. Before the underwater buoyancy aid is exposed, it is located in the housing of a container according to the solution. This container together with the or each underwater swimming aid is located inside the torpedo tube. The holding device of the container is in the holding state.

• - Die Betätigungs-Einrichtung des Behälters wird betätigt.
• - Durch die Betätigung wird die Halte-Einrichtung von dem Haltezustand in den Freigabezustand überführt.
• - Die oder jede auszusetzende Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfe wird aus dem Torpedorohr hinaus gezogen.
• - Die oder jede auszusetzende Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfe wird aus dem Behälter hinausgezogen.

The method according to the solution comprises the following steps:

• - The actuating device of the container is actuated.
• - By actuation, the holding device is transferred from the holding state to the release state.
• - The or each underwater buoyancy aid to be deployed is pulled out of the torpedo tube.
• - The or each underwater buoyancy aid to be deployed is pulled out of the container.

According to the solution, the housing of the container encloses a cavity which is able to accommodate at least one underwater swimming aid which is to be transported and later to be deployed. This housing protects the underwater buoyancy aid from mechanical damage during transport. The container can be used both for transporting the underwater buoyancy aid in the housing inside a torpedo tube and for transporting the underwater buoyancy aid to the submarine with the torpedo tube.

When the holding device is in the holding state, it holds the or each underwater swimming aid inside the housing. This prevents movement of the or each underwater buoyancy aid in the housing relative to the container. Without the holding device, such a relative movement can occur in particular if the container together with the underwater Buoyancy aid is transported on board a vehicle, for example a submarine or surface ship or land vehicle, and the vehicle with the container moves, for example due to wave movements or bumps on land or in the air. This relative movement can damage the underwater buoyancy aid or a transported underwater buoyancy aid.

Because the container is adapted in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container to the outer dimensions of a torpedo in this plane, the container together with at least one underwater swimming aid can be inserted into a torpedo tube of a submarine in the housing of the container and out of this torpedo tube again pull. The torpedo tube surrounds the container. As a rule, thanks to this feature, little or no modifications to the torpedo tube are required. Nevertheless, the torpedo tube can either accommodate a torpedo or a container in accordance with the solution. The torpedo tube, which is designed to guide and hold a torpedo, can guide and carry the container in the same way. A relative movement of the container relative to the torpedo tube is avoided as long as the holding device is in the holding state. Such a relative movement could occur if the submarine is moved in the water due to wave movements or currents. The dimensions of the container in the vertical plane can be determined such that the container has only a small amount of torpedo tube play and can therefore only move a short distance in the torpedo tube, if at all.

The length of the container according to the solution, that is to say the extent along the longitudinal axis, can deviate from the length of a torpedo. The length of the tank is only limited by the length of the torpedo tube and down by the length of the underwater buoyancy aid, but can be significantly less than the length of the torpedo tube.

As a rule, a submarine inside the pressure hull has a device for storing and transporting torpedoes, for example a kind of shelf or plate-shaped troughs. Instead of a torpedo, a container according to the solution can also be placed on such a stowage and transport device. This makes it possible to transport an underwater swimming aid to be deployed in a solution container inside the pressure hull of the submarine in the vicinity of a place of use, to place the container with the underwater swimming aid in a torpedo tube in the pressure hull, and then to take the underwater Pull the buoyancy aid out of the container. Preparatory work can be carried out while the tank and the underwater buoyancy aid are being transported. It is not necessary to have to provide a receiving device in the pressure body specifically for an underwater swimming aid. It is also possible that the submarine transports the container to the place of use while the container is in the torpedo tube.

As a rule, the submarine comprises a lid for the torpedo tube, which is arranged on the pressure body and / or on the outer shell of the submarine and can be opened and closed. The closed lid separates the torpedo tube from the surrounding water and can withstand the water pressure. As a result, it is not necessary to design the container so that it can withstand the water pressure up to the maximum submersible depth. Rather, the closed lid, the outer shell and / or the pressure body of the submarine ensure that the container in the torpedo tube and the or each underwater swimming aid accommodated in the housing are not damaged by the water pressure.

The container bridges deviations between the external dimensions of an underwater swimming aid to be transported and deployed and the internal dimensions of a torpedo tube in the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container. This means that it is not necessary to adapt the underwater buoyancy aid to the internal dimensions of the torpedo tube. Furthermore, it is not necessary to adapt the torpedo tube to the dimensions of the underwater swimming aid. Thanks to the container, the torpedo tube can accommodate different underwater swimming aids with different dimensions simultaneously or in succession without the torpedo tube having to be adapted to different underwater swimming aids.

According to the solution, the holding device can be brought into the release state with an actuating device which is spatially separated from the holding device. This spatially separate arrangement makes it easier to get the or an underwater buoyancy aid from the container.

The container according to the solution makes it easier to pick up a suspended underwater swimming aid again in the torpedo tube. Typically, the container remains in the torpedo tube after the or each underwater buoyancy aid has been released. The underwater swimming aid only needs to be pushed back into the housing after use, the housing being adapted to the underwater swimming aid. Especially when the submarine is submerged, it is easier and requires less time to put the underwater buoyancy aid in an adapted housing instead of inserting it directly into a torpedo tube located below the water surface. In many situations, the same underwater buoyancy aid can therefore be deployed and resumed one after the other and is not lost after use.

The container according to the solution also enables a different procedure to bring an underwater swimming aid into the water and later to take it back in the torpedo tube: the container together with the or each underwater swimming aid is pulled out of the torpedo tube. After use, the or each underwater buoyancy aid is pushed back into the container while the container is outside the torpedo tube. The filled container is inserted into the torpedo tube.

In one embodiment, the container comprises a vehicle guiding device. This vehicle guiding device is arranged inside the housing. The vehicle guide device can guide at least one underwater buoyancy aid relative to the housing, specifically along the longitudinal axis of the container.

Thanks to the vehicle guiding device, the or each underwater buoyancy aid is guided in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vessel, while the underwater buoyancy aid is pulled out of the vessel or pushed into the vessel. This reduces the risk of the underwater buoyancy aid crashing into the housing while the holding device is in the release state.

In one embodiment, the housing is able to accommodate at least two underwater swimming aids at the same time, namely - seen in the longitudinal axis of the container - one behind the other or also one above the other or next to one another. The container includes a vehicle coupling device. This vehicle coupling device is able to couple the two underwater swimming aids to one another, while these underwater swimming aids are accommodated in the housing. The coupling between the two underwater swimming aids can be released.

In one embodiment, the housing can accommodate at least two underwater swimming aids at the same time. This makes better use of the available space inside the torpedo tube and only one torpedo tube is required for the simultaneous transport of several underwater swimming aids. The holding device preferably holds one of the underwater swimming aids inside the housing and prevents this underwater swimming aid from moving relative to the container. A vehicle coupling device releasably couples the underwater swimming aid held to the or any other underwater swimming aid in the housing. It is therefore sufficient that the holding device can only hold an underwater swimming aid. The same container can be used for the transport of only one underwater buoyancy aid or at least two underwater buoyancy aids without having to change the holding device. The or any other underwater buoyancy aid is held with the help of the vehicle coupling device.

The coupling between the two underwater swimming aids is preferably retained while the two underwater swimming aids are moved out of the container. It is sufficient to pull one underwater buoyancy aid or push the other underwater buoyancy aid. The coupling is released when both underwater swimming aids have been removed from the container.

A container coupling device is preferably attached to the outside of the container. In one embodiment, the submarine with the torpedo tube comprises a container holding device, for example a holding device which is able to hold a torpedo in the torpedo tube. The container coupling device on the outside of the container can be connected to the container holding device. This connection can be broken again.

Thanks to this container coupling device, the container can be coupled to a corresponding container holding device of a submarine after the container has been inserted into a torpedo tube of the submarine. The container coupling device prevents movement of the container relative to the torpedo tube in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container. Such a relative movement can otherwise be triggered by a movement of the submarine under water and can lead to the container bumping against a flap of the torpedo tube from the inside.

In one embodiment, a projecting element is attached to the outside of the container, for example a retaining pawl. This projecting element protrudes radially over a cross-sectional area of the container, specifically in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container. In one embodiment, the submarine comprises a torpedo guide device which is accommodated in the interior of the torpedo tube. This torpedo guide device is designed to guide a torpedo relative to the torpedo tube, for example when the torpedo is inserted into the torpedo tube and / or is ejected from the torpedo tube. According to the configuration, the projecting element acts together on the outside of the container with this torpedo guide device in order to guide the container, in particular when it is inserted into the torpedo tube and / or pulled out of the torpedo tube.

It is possible to position and project this projecting element on the container in such a way that the projecting element corresponds to a guide device inside the torpedo tube. Such a guide device is often present anyway to guide a torpedo when it is inserted into the torpedo tube and when it is ejected from the torpedo tube. For example, the projecting element engages in a corresponding guide rail inside the torpedo tube. Thanks to the projecting element on the container and the guide device in the torpedo tube, the container is guided when the container is inserted into the torpedo tube in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container. The projecting element and the guide device cooperatively prevent the container from rotating about the longitudinal axis of the container when it is pushed in. This prevents the or an underwater buoyancy aid in the housing from tipping over. The holding device of the container can be smaller.

In one configuration, the actuating device comprises an actuating element and a transmission means. The actuating element can be actuated from a position outside the container. An actuation of the actuating element causes the transmission means to transfer the holding device from the holding state to the release state.

In a preferred embodiment, the actuating element can be actuated by a person who is largely outside the container. This feature is particularly important because the torpedo tube is usually below the surface of the water, even when the submarine is exposed. Thanks to this feature, a user, for example a diver, can actuate the actuating element from the outside without having to swim into the torpedo tube or otherwise have to get inside the torpedo tube. It is sufficient if the user reaches into the container from the outside and actuates the actuating element. Thanks to the transmission means, the holding device itself can be arranged on that side of the container which faces away from the mouth of the torpedo tube. The transmission means transfers the actuation of the actuating element to the holding device. This releases the underwater buoyancy aid in the housing.

In one embodiment, the actuating element comprises a handle. The transmission means comprises a cable pull. This cable is connected to the handle and preferably to the holding device.

A user, for example a diver, can operate the handle. The actuation of the handle causes the cable to be pulled and exerts a pulling movement on the holding device. This purely mechanical configuration enables a particularly simple construction and does not require a supply of electrical energy.

In an alternative embodiment, the actuating device comprises a drive for the holding device, which can be controlled from the outside. The actuator includes a remote control. The transmission means provides a wireless or wired transmission channel, for example according to a mobile radio standard.

A user, such as a diver, can carry the remote control with them as the user moves to the container. It is possible, but thanks to the remote control, it is not necessary to permanently attach a mechanical actuating element to the container in such a way that the actuating element is accessible from the outside. Thanks to the remote control, the risk is reduced that the holding device cannot be brought into the release state because a mechanical actuating element or a mechanical transmission means is damaged.

In one embodiment, the holding device comprises a spring element. This spring element strives to keep the holding device in the holding state. The holding device can be moved against the spring force of this spring element from the holding state to the release state.

The spring element prevents the holding device from being automatically transferred from the holding state to the release state and an underwater swimming aid in the housing thereby inadvertently executing a movement relative to the container. Furthermore, thanks to the spring element, it is sufficient that the confirmed actuating element causes the holding device to be transferred from the holding state to the release state. The spring element automatically causes a transfer back to the holding state.

In the embodiment with the handle, actuation of the handle preferably causes the holding device is brought into the release state against the spring force of the spring element. In the embodiment with the remote control, the controllable drive causes the holding device to be brought into the release state against the spring force of the spring element.

In one embodiment, the submarine comprises a displacement unit. In one embodiment, this displacement unit is designed to push a torpedo out of the torpedo tube. Such a displacement unit is usually already installed. Thanks to the invention, this displacement unit can also be used to push a container according to the solution together with an underwater swimming aid out of the torpedo tube. In another embodiment, a displacement unit is mounted especially for the container on board the submarine. This displacement unit can preferably be activated from the outside. It is therefore not necessary for a diver to swim into the torpedo tube to pull the container out of the torpedo tube.

In one embodiment, the container comprises a tube. This tube extends along the longitudinal axis of the container. The tube is - seen in one direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container - closed at one end and opened at the other. In one embodiment, this tube forms the housing in which the or each underwater swimming aid is received. In another embodiment, this tube encloses the housing at least over part of the length of the housing.

In one embodiment, the container comprises a tube which is closed at one end only. The housing can be arranged inside this tube. Or the tube or part of the tube also provides the housing. The outer dimensions of this tube are preferably equal to the outer dimensions of a torpedo. It is made possible to insert the container into a torpedo tube so that the open end to the mouth of the torpedo tube and the closed end point in the other direction. This configuration avoids the need for a user to open a closure on the container to gain access to the or each underwater buoyancy aid in the housing.

In one embodiment, the container comprises a drive. This drive is able to move the or each underwater buoyancy aid in the housing and thereby move the underwater buoyancy aid relative to the container without the housing necessarily being moved.

The drive is able to move the or each underwater buoyancy aid in the housing relative to the container along the longitudinal axis of the container. In order to remove the or each underwater buoyancy aid from the container, the drive moves the underwater buoyancy aid towards the mouth of the torpedo tube. Thanks to the drive, there is no need for a user to manually pull an underwater buoyancy aid out of the container. It is easier to move the underwater buoyancy aid against the resistance of the surrounding water from the container.

In one embodiment, the container comprises a base unit in addition to the housing. The housing can be moved relative to the base unit, at least in two opposite directions, both of which are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container. In one embodiment, the drive is able to move the housing relative to the base unit and thus is also able to move an underwater swimming aid inside the housing relative to the base unit.

In one embodiment, the drive moves the or each underwater buoyancy aid in the container relative to the housing. In another embodiment, the drive moves the entire housing with the or each underwater swimming aid in the container relative to a base unit. This configuration further reduces the risk of an underwater swimming aid being damaged during the movement.

It is even possible that the housing is at least partially pushed out of the torpedo tube. Thanks to the drive, the distance between the container and the mouth of the torpedo tube in the outer skin of the submarine is reduced. This configuration makes it easier for a user, for example a diver, to gain external access to the or each underwater swimming aid in the housing.

This makes it possible to change the length, ie the extent of the container in the longitudinal axis of the container. While the container with the underwater buoyancy aid is being transported inside a torpedo tube, the container preferably has the smallest possible length and the greatest possible distance from the mouth of the torpedo tube in the outer skin of the submarine. The distance further reduces the risk of damaging the container or an underwater buoyancy aid in the housing. It is possible that the container with the underwater swimming aid is completely inside the pressure hull of the submarine and that a closed flap embedded in the pressure hull protects the container from the surrounding water pressure. In order to remove an underwater swimming aid from the container, the length of the container is increased in one embodiment. This means that the entire container does not have to be moved towards the mouth of the torpedo tube.

In one embodiment, the container comprises a transmission unit and a drive. The transmission unit is connected to the drive. Furthermore, the transmission unit is detachably connected to the or at least one underwater swimming aid in the housing. The drive can move the transmission unit. This movement of the transmission unit causes the or at least one underwater buoyancy aid to be moved out of the housing.

This configuration facilitates the removal of an underwater swimming aid from the housing of the container. A user is supported during the removal, which facilitates the removal especially when the underwater swimming aid has to be removed from the housing at an angle from above.

In one embodiment, the container comprises a display device. The or at least one underwater swimming aid, which is located in the housing, can be moved back and forth between two positions relative to the container, the underwater swimming aid being completely or at least partially in the container in the two positions. One item is a transport item, the other item is a removal item. The display device can indicate that the underwater swimming aid has reached a position, that is to say the transport position and / or the removal position. It is also possible that the display device can display both positions in different ways.

This embodiment shows a user outside the container, for example inside a submarine, in which position the underwater swimming aid is currently located. It is not necessary for a user to go inside the container to determine this. In particular, the display device can signal the situation that a lid or a flap of the torpedo tube, which receives the container, can now be closed because the underwater swimming aid has reached the transport position. It is prevented that the moving lid or the moving flap collides with the container or the underwater swimming aid. The display device reduces the risk of injury to a person who takes an underwater swimming aid from the torpedo tube.

According to the solution, the dimensions of a container in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container are adapted to the internal dimensions of a torpedo tube that can accommodate a torpedo. In one embodiment, the container comprises an adapter, which is preferably detachably or permanently attached to the outside of the housing. Thanks to this adapter, at least one dimension of the container can be changed in the vertical plane. The adapter enables the same container to be used in succession in different torpedo tubes with different internal dimensions. With the help of several adapters, several similar containers can be used in different submarines. Only the adapter has to be adapted to the respective inner dimensions of the torpedo tube in the vertical plane, otherwise the container can remain unchanged. The adapter can also have a damping function and in particular reduce the transmission of vibrations.

According to the solution, the or each underwater buoyancy aid is pulled out of the container according to the solution in order to bring it into the water. In one embodiment, the container remains in the torpedo tube and the or each underwater buoyancy aid is pulled out of the container in the torpedo tube. The underwater buoyancy aid is later pushed back into the container in the torpedo tube.

In another embodiment, the container together with the or each underwater swimming aid in the container is first pulled out of the torpedo tube. In this case, the holding device is preferably still in the holding state. Then the or at least one underwater buoyancy aid is pulled out of the container. The empty container is then preferably pushed back into the torpedo tube. It is possible that an underwater swimming aid is removed from the container and another underwater swimming aid remains in the container.

• 1 in einer Ebene, die senkrecht auf der Längsachse des Torpedorohrs steht, eine Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfe, welche ohne einen lösungsgemäßen Behälter direkt in einem Torpedorohr aufgenommen ist;
• 2 in einer Ebene, in der die Längsachse des Torpedorohrs liegt, wie gemäß dem Stand der Technik ein Taucher in ein Torpedorohr schwimmt;
• 3 in einer Ebene, in der die Längsachse des Behälters liegt, ein Gehäuse eines lösungsgemäßen Behälters, in dem gleichzeitig zwei Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfen aufgenommen sind;
• 4 in der Blickrichtung von 1 ein Torpedorohr mit dem lösungsgemäßen Behälter, der eine Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfe aufnimmt;
• 5 in der Blickrichtung von 3 einen lösungsgemäßen Behälter mit dem Gehäuse von 3;
• 6 in perspektivischer Darstellung in einer Blickrichtung von schräg oben den Behälter von 5;
• 7 in der Blickrichtung von 3 und 5 ein Torpedorohr mit einem lösungsgemäßen Behälter, der gleichzeitig zwei Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfen aufnimmt.

The container according to the invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of an exemplary embodiment shown in the drawings. Here show:

• 1 in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the torpedo tube, an underwater swimming aid, which is accommodated directly in a torpedo tube without a container according to the solution;
• 2 in a plane in which the longitudinal axis of the torpedo tube lies, as in the prior art, a diver swims into a torpedo tube;
• 3 in a plane in which the longitudinal axis of the container lies, a housing of a container according to the solution, in which two underwater swimming aids are accommodated at the same time;
• 4 in the direction of 1 a torpedo tube with the container according to the solution, which receives an underwater buoyancy aid;
• 5 in the direction of 3 a container according to the solution with the housing of 3 ;
• 6 in a perspective view looking obliquely from above the container of 5 ;
• 7 in the direction of 3 and 5 a torpedo tube with a container according to the solution, which holds two underwater swimming aids at the same time.

In the exemplary embodiment, the invention is used to simultaneously transport and suspend several underwater swimming aids in the vicinity of a place of use. Each underwater buoyancy aid (scooter, diver propulsion vehicle) has its own drive in the form of a propeller or a water jet drive and can pull a diver through the water under the surface of the water. With the help of an underwater buoyancy aid, the diver can quickly go to a location. Such an underwater swimming aid is for example in DE 102004049615 A1 and DE 102005001817 A1 described.

In the exemplary embodiment, a submarine (submarine) is used to simultaneously transport and deploy several such underwater swimming aids in the vicinity of a place of use. Two underwater buoyancy aids are simultaneously picked up and transported in a torpedo tube of the submarine. Of course, it is possible that two underwater swimming aids are transported in several torpedo tubes of the submarine.

1 and 2 illustrate such a transport without a container according to the solution. A torpedo tube is shown Tr , whose longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the plane of the drawing 1 and in the drawing plane of 2 lies.

In 1 is an underwater swimming aid DPV.v (Diver Propulsion Vehicle) can be seen, the rear of which points towards the viewer. The underwater buoyancy aid DPV.v rests on a piston in one embodiment kb , which is designed to have a torpedo (not shown) in the torpedo tube Tr to move. Two side elements TFE.1 and TFE.2 and a lower element TFE.u a torpedo guide device are on the side or bottom of the inner wall of the torpedo tube Tr assembled. This torpedo guide device guides a torpedo when the torpedo enters the torpedo tube Tr inserted or out of the torpedo tube Tr is expelled. A torpedo holding facility THE is on top of the inner wall of the torpedo tube Tr assembled. In the exemplary embodiment, this torpedo holding device comprises THE two jacks that can be moved independently of each other. The torpedo holding device THE is able to hold a torpedo in the torpedo tube when it is stopped Tr to keep and thereby prevent the torpedo from extending along the longitudinal axis of the torpedo tube Tr emotional. In a release state, the torpedo holding device enables THE it that the torpedo from the torpedo tube Tr is expelled. Such a torpedo holding device THE is for example in DE 102014015970 A1 described.

In 2 are still the pressure hull Dr and part of the outer shell Au of the submarine. In the 2 Contour of the outer shell, not shown Au runs in the bow area approximately circular or spherical around the bow end of the torpedo tube Tr around. The direction of travel of the submarine is in 2 from left to right, and the bow is placed on the right. A lid de closes the inner end of the torpedo tube Tr and prevents that when the torpedo tube is flooded Tr Water inside the pressure hull Dr can penetrate. In the example shown, the lid closes de flush with the pressure hull Dr from. It is also possible that the lid de is further inside. A flap VK closes the outer end, i.e. the mouth of the torpedo tube Tr , against the surrounding water. An outer skin flap AK is in the outer shell Au of the submarine. It closes the tube part of the torpedo tube Tr in the water-flooded area between the bow end of the torpedo tube Tr and the outer skin Au form-fitting.

3 . 5 and 6 show a first embodiment of a container according to the solution 1 , This container 1 extends along a longitudinal axis LA , In a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container LA stands, this container has 1 the same outer dimensions as a torpedo coming from the torpedo tube Tr can be recorded in this vertical plane. At least when transporting the container 1 is the expansion of the container 1 as large as or less than the extent of a torpedo in that direction.

For these two reasons, the container leaves 1 instead of a torpedo in the torpedo tube Tr of 1 and 2 slide in and out of the torpedo tube Tr pull out, both from the inside, i.e. from the pressure hull Dr out of the submarine, as well as from the outside, i.e. with the flap open VK and open outer skin flap AK through the mouth of the torpedo tube Tr therethrough.

If the container 1 inside the torpedo tube Tr is included, the longitudinal axis of the container runs LA parallel to the longitudinal axis of the torpedo tube Tr , 4 shows in the viewing direction of 2 a container according to the solution 1 that is inside the torpedo tube Tr is recorded. The piston kb for a torpedo is removed in this example. In the exemplary embodiment, further changes are required on the torpedo tube Tr not to be made. The torpedo holding device THE and the torpedo guidance facility TFE.1 . TFE.2 . TFE.u now hold the container 1 and no longer a torpedo.

Thanks to the external dimensions matching a torpedo, the container leaves 1 itself inside the pressure hull Dr stow and transport, in a storage and transport device for torpedoes, not shown, which is usually already inside the pressure body Dr is provided. Such a storage and transport device has, for example, the shape of a shelf or a tubular trough and is adapted to the external dimensions of the torpedo.

In the first embodiment, the container comprises 1 a housing 2 and a base unit 3 , Both the housing 2 as well as the base unit 3 have the shape of a tube. In one embodiment, the outer diameter of the housing 2 slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the base unit 3 , In another embodiment, the housing 2 and the base unit 3 the same outside diameter. In both configurations, both outer diameters remain along the entire longitudinal axis of the container LA equal. The housing 2 can be relative to the base unit 3 in two anti-parallel directions parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container LA move linearly. In the design in which the housing 2 a smaller outside diameter than the base unit 3 the container 1 collapse and pull apart telescopically. Preferably the container 1 the smallest length, i.e. the smallest extent along the longitudinal axis of the container LA while the container 1 in the torpedo tube Tr or inside the pressure body Dr is transported. In the configuration with the matching outer diameters, the housing can 2 firmly with the base unit 3 be connected or from the base unit 3 can be pushed away.

A circular back wall 7 closes the base unit 3 on one side. This back wall 7 points to the inside of the pressure hull Dr when the container 1 into the torpedo tube Tr is inserted.

On the other side are the housing 2 and with it the whole container 1 open, not closed by a wall. 3 . 5 and 6 show the estuary mu of the container 1 , If the container 1 into the torpedo tube Tr inserted, shows the mouth mu to the flap VK of the torpedo tube Tr out.

A cone 14 is on the outside of the back wall 7 of the container 1 assembled. A corresponding holding device (in 5 not shown) on a rear cover (in 5 not shown) in the torpedo tube Tr , for example on the lid de of 1 , can optionally use this pin 14 to hold or this cone 14 release. Thanks to the spigot 14 prevents the container 1 along the longitudinal axis of the torpedo tube Tr emotional. This cone 14 belongs to a container coupling device with which the container 1 detachable with the torpedo tube Tr can couple.

Another circular back wall 12 closes the case 2 and also points to the inside of the pressure hull Dr , This back wall 12 is preferably waterproof. Therefore, the housing 2 be flooded and filled with water without the water entering the base unit 3 penetrates. It is also possible that only the base unit 3 is waterproof sealed.

As mentioned above, is on the inside wall of the torpedo tube Tr a torpedo holding device THE mounted, for example as in DE 102014015970 A1 can be described. On the outer wall of the base part 3 is a corresponding projection in the form of a pawl 13 mounted with this torpedo holding device THE interacts. The torpedo holding device stops in the stopped state THE this lead 13 and thus the base part 3 and the entire container 1 , When released, the torpedo holding device enables THE it that the container 1 from the torpedo tube Tr is pulled. At the torpedo holding facility THE no change needs to be made to a container 1 instead of holding a torpedo.

3 and 5 show the container 1 in a side view, 6 in a perspective view obliquely from above. The estuary mu is on the right, the back wall 7 Left. The longitudinal axis of the container LA lies in the drawing levels of 3 and 5 , In the housing 2 are two underwater swimming aids at the same time DPV.h and DPV.v added, so that the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v - Seen in the longitudinal axis of the container LA - are arranged one behind the other.

The two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v in the housing 2 are through a vehicle coupling device 10 detachably coupled together. A spring element holds the Vehicle coupling device 10 in a stop position. The vehicle coupling device can be operated with a single movement 10 Transfer to a release position, for example by pulling back a ring and then pulling one underwater buoyancy aid away from the other underwater buoyancy aid.

The rear underwater buoyancy aid DPV.h is also with the help of a vehicle stopping device 11 to the back wall 12 of the housing 2 coupled. In one embodiment, the vehicle holding device 11 just like the vehicle coupling device 10 built up. In another embodiment, the vehicle holding device has 11 a locking body 21 as well as a spring element 22 , The spring element 22 is supported on the back wall 12 or the outer surface of the housing 2 and strives to lock the body 21 to move into a holding position and to hold in this holding position. The locking body engages in this holding position 21 in a corresponding recess on the rear underwater swimming aid DPV.h on. This makes the rear underwater buoyancy aid DPV.h with the housing 2 coupled. The front underwater buoyancy aid DPV.v is about the vehicle coupling device 10 with the rear underwater buoyancy aid DPV.h and thus indirectly also with the housing 2 coupled. The locking body 21 can be against the force of this spring element 22 move from the stop position to a release position. If the locking body 21 is in the release position, you can use both underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v out of the case 2 pull.

• - einen L-förmigen Kipphebel 5,
• - eine Halterung 9 für den Kipphebel 5,
• - einen Seilzug 16, der den Kipphebel 5 mit dem Arretierkörper 21 verbindet, und
• - eine Abfolge 17.1, 17.2,... von Hülsen, durch welche der Seilzug 16 geführt ist.

In the exemplary embodiment, a diver can T the coupling between the rear underwater buoyancy aid DPV.h and the housing 2 to solve without entering the container 1 having to swim in. A purely mechanical actuation device for the locking body 21 includes

• - an L-shaped rocker arm 5 .
• - a bracket 9 for the rocker arm 5 .
• - a cable 16 that the rocker arm 5 with the locking body 21 connects, and
• - a sequence 17.1 . 17.2 , ... of sleeves through which the cable pull 16 is led.

The bracket 9 and the sequence 17.1 . 17.2 , ... of sleeves are firmly attached to the bottom of the case 2 assembled. The rocker arm 5 is movable in the holder 9 stored and positioned so that a user T can reach it from the outside without entering the container 1 having to swim in, and only with one hand through the mouth mu to reach through. If a user T - depending on the design - the rocker arm 5 turns or on the rocker arm 5 pulls, the cable pull transmits 16 this movement on the locking body 21 , This will lock the body 21 pulled against the spring force of the spring element from the holding position to the release position and gives the rear underwater swimming aid DPV.h free. On the inside wall of the case 2 near the mouth mu are two handles 6.1 . 6.2 mounted on which a diver T can hold when he the rocker arm 5 emotional.

In another embodiment (not shown), an actuator is capable of the locking body 21 to move against the spring force of the spring element from the holding position into the release position. The actuator can be activated wirelessly, for example using a remote control.

The two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v rest on two elongated guide rails 8.1 and 8.2 that are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container LA extend and to the inner wall of the housing 2 are installed, approximately in the position of the small hand at 4:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. Thanks to this laterally offset arrangement of two parallel guide rails 8.1 and 8.2 can use the underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v do not tip over. If the locking body 21 is in the release position, the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v over the guide rails 8.1 and 8.2 out of the case 2 go out.

As already mentioned, the housing can be in the first embodiment 2 relative to the base unit 3 along the longitudinal axis of the container LA move. The lead 13 is on the base unit 3 mounted, and the torpedo holding device THE holds the base unit 3 even if the housing 2 relative to the base unit 3 is moved.

It is possible that the diver T the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v manually from the container 1 draws. In a preferred embodiment, the base unit takes 3 inside, however, a drive 4 on. Over a rigid pole 15 is this drive 4 with the back wall 12 of the housing 2 connected. If the drive 4 the pole 15 extends, so the rod moves 15 the housing 2 relative to the base unit 3 on the estuary mu to until the housing 2 relative to the base unit 3 reached a fully extended end position. In one embodiment, the housing is 2 in the fully extended end position to the outside through the torpedo tube Tr about. Conversely, the drive can 4 the pole 15 move in and thereby the housing 2 up to a fully retracted end position on or in the base unit 3 implicate. If the housing 2 is in this fully retracted end position, let the flaps VK and AK of the torpedo tube Tr close. By this movement of the case 2 relative to the base unit 3 So the changes Length of the container 1 , The drive 4 is designed in the first embodiment so that it the housing 2 together with the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h . DPV.v able to move.

7 shows a container according to the solution 1 inside the torpedo tube Tr , In the situation that in 7 is shown is the lid de of the torpedo tube Tr closed, and the container 1 is located inside the pressure body Dr , The closed lid de protects the container 1 in the torpedo tube Tr before the pressure of the surrounding water. The container 1 of 7 is designed according to a second embodiment. In this second embodiment, the rod 15 not with the back wall 12 connected but through the back wall 12 of the housing 2 passed through and with the vehicle holding device 11 releasably connected. In this embodiment, too, the rear wall prevents one embodiment 12 that water into the base unit 3 can penetrate.

In one embodiment, the rod 15 firmly with the back wall 12 connected so that, as in the first embodiment, movement of the rod 15 causes the housing 2 relative to the base unit 3 is moved. In another embodiment, the housing can be 2 not relative to the base unit 3 move. If the rod 15 is extended, so the rod 15 rather relative to the back wall 12 postponed. The pole 15 then push the two underwater buoyancy aids DPV.h and DPV.v out of the case 2 out.

It is also possible that the drive 4 instead of a rigid rod 15 pulling on a rope (not shown) or rotating a chain (not shown) around the housing 2 relative to the base unit 3 to move or around the underwater buoyancy aids DPV.h and DPV.v relative to the housing 2 to move.

In a preferred embodiment is on the container 1 a visual display unit (not shown) is mounted. This display unit signals a diver T , which is now the underwater swimming aid DPV.h and DPV.v from the container 1 can be pulled and / or into the container 1 can be inserted. This display unit only signals this state if it is ensured that the closure flap VK and the skin flap AK are open and are locked against being closed or locked. This prevents accidental closing of the flap VK the diver T injured or an underwater buoyancy aid DPV.h or DPV.v is damaged.

In a preferred embodiment is on the container 1 furthermore a signaling unit (not shown) is installed. With the help of this signaling unit, the diver can T after removing or inserting the underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v signal that now the shutter VK can be closed.

In an alternative embodiment, the visual display unit and the signaling unit belong to the remote control, which is the diver T with him when he goes to the container 1 swims.

• - In einem Hafen oder an Bord eines Überwasserfahrzeugs werden die beiden Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfen DPV.h und DPV.v miteinander gekoppelt, in das Gehäuse 2 eingeschoben und dort an die Rückwand 12 gekoppelt.
• - Der Behälter 1 mit den beiden Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfen DPV.h und DPV.v wird in das Innere des Druckkörpers Dr verbracht, beispielsweise durch ein Torpedorohr Tr hindurch. Der Behälter 1 wird bevorzugt auf einer Stau- und Transport-Vorrichtung für ein Torpedo gelegt und dort arretiert.
• - Der Deckel De wird geschlossen. Der arretierte Behälter 1 mit den beiden Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfen DPV.h und DPV.v wird vom U-Boot im Inneren des Druckkörpers Dr bis zum Einsatzort transportiert. Die beiden Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfen DPV.h und DPV.v befinden sich während des Transports im Gehäuse 2, und das Gehäuse 2 ist in der vollständig eingezogenen Endposition.
• - Am Einsatzort wird der Behälter 1 wird von innen in ein Torpedorohr Tr eingeschoben, bis der Behälter 1 eine gewünschte Position im Torpedorohr Tr erreicht. Bei dieser Bewegung sind die Klappen VK und AK geschlossen. Die Torpedo-Führungs-Einrichtung TFE.1, TFE.2, TFE.u führt bei dieser Bewegung den Behälter 1. Die Torpedo-Halte-Einrichtung THE hält die Halteklinke 13 am Behälter 1. Eine weitere Haltevorrichtung hält den Stift 14 an der Rückwand 7 des Behälters 1. Dadurch kann der Behälter 1 sich nicht relativ zum Torpedorohr Tr bewegen.
• - Sobald das U-Boot die Position erreicht hat, an der die beiden Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfen DPV.h und DPV.v ausgesetzt werden sollen, werden die Verschlussklappe VK und die Außenhautklappe AK des Torpedorohrs Tr geöffnet.
• - Das Torpedorohr Tr wird geflutet. Hierbei wird auch das Gehäuse 2 geflutet. Dank der wasserdichten Rückwand 12 bleiben in einer Ausgestaltung die Basiseinheit 3 und damit der Antrieb 4 trocken.
• - Der Antrieb 4 fährt die Stange 15 aus oder bewegt ein Seil oder eine Kette. Hierdurch wird das Gehäuse 2 relativ zur Basiseinheit 3 in die vollständig ausgefahrene Endposition bewegt (erste Ausführungsform und erste Ausgestaltung der zweiten Ausführungsform). In einer Ausgestaltung steht die Mündung Mü des Behälters 1 aus dem Torpedorohr Tr hervor. Oder die beiden Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfen DPV.h und DPV.v werden aus dem Gehäuse 2 hinausgeschoben (zweite Ausgestaltung der zweiten Ausführungsform).
• - In beiden Ausführungsformen bleiben die beiden Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfen DPV.h und DPV.v noch mit dem Gehäuse 2 gekoppelt.
• - Ein Taucher T schwimmt zur Mündung Mü des Behälters 1. Wenn auf der visuellen Anzeigeeinheit eine entsprechende Anzeige zu sehen ist, bewirkt der Taucher T, dass der Arretierkörper 21 in die Freigabeposition überführt wird.
• - Falls die Betätigungs-Einrichtung rein mechanisch ausgestaltet ist, betätigt der Taucher T hierfür den Kipphebel 5. Diese Bewegung des Kipphebels 5 wird durch die Seilzug 16 auf den Arretierkörper 21 übertragen. Dadurch wird der Arretierkörper 21 in die Freigabeposition überführt.
• - Falls die Betätigungs-Einrichtung einen drahtlos aktivierbaren Antrieb aufweist, so führt der Taucher T eine Fernbedienung mit sich. Sobald er vor der Mündung Mü des Behälters 1 eingetroffen ist, aktiviert der Taucher T diese Fernbedienung. Die Fernbedienung übersendet drahtlos einen Aktivierungsbefehl an den Stellantrieb. Der Stellantrieb bewegt den Arretierkörper 21 in die Freigabeposition.
• - Der Taucher T zieht die vordere Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfe DPV.v aus dem Gehäuse 2 hinaus. Die hintere Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfe DPV.h ist weiterhin über die Fahrzeug-Kopplungs-Einrichtung 10 mit der vorderen Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfe DPV.v gekoppelt. Der Behälter 1 verbleibt im Torpedorohr Tr.
• - Der Taucher T löst nunmehr die Fahrzeug-Kopplungs-Einrichtung 10. Die beiden Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfe DPV.h und DPV.v werden dadurch voneinander getrennt und sind nunmehr einsatzbereit.
• - Mit Hilfe der Signalisierungs-Einheit signalisiert der Taucher T einem Besatzungsmitglied im Inneren des Druckkörpers Dr, dass nunmehr die Entnahme der beiden Unterwasser-Schwimmhilfen DPV.h und DPV.v abgeschlossen ist.

Preferably in the embodiment of the container 1 the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v transported to and exposed to a place of operation as follows:

• - The two underwater buoyancy aids are in a port or on board a surface vehicle DPV.h and DPV.v coupled together, in the housing 2 inserted and there on the back wall 12 coupled.
• - The container 1 with the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v is inside the pressure body Dr spent, for example through a torpedo tube Tr therethrough. The container 1 is preferably placed on a stowage and transport device for a torpedo and locked there.
• - The lid de will be closed. The locked container 1 with the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v is from the submarine inside the pressure hull Dr transported to the place of use. The two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v are in the housing during transport 2 , and the housing 2 is in the fully retracted end position.
• - The container is at the place of use 1 is inside a torpedo tube Tr inserted until the container 1 a desired position in the torpedo tube Tr reached. The flaps are in this movement VK and AK closed. The torpedo management facility TFE.1 . TFE.2 . TFE.u guides the container during this movement 1 , The torpedo holding device THE holds the pawl 13 on the container 1 , Another holding device holds the pen 14 on the back wall 7 of the container 1 , This allows the container 1 not relative to the torpedo tube Tr move.
• - As soon as the submarine has reached the position where the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v the shutter will be exposed VK and the skin flap AK of the torpedo tube Tr open.
• - The torpedo tube Tr is flooded. This is also the case 2 flooded. Thanks to the waterproof back wall 12 stay in one Design the base unit 3 and thus the drive 4 dry.
• - The drive 4 drives the bar 15 out or moving a rope or chain. This will make the housing 2 relative to the base unit 3 moved into the fully extended end position (first embodiment and first embodiment of the second embodiment). In one embodiment, the mouth is mu of the container 1 from the torpedo tube Tr out. Or the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v are out of the housing 2 pushed out (second embodiment of the second embodiment).
• - In both embodiments, the two underwater swimming aids remain DPV.h and DPV.v still with the case 2 coupled.
• - A diver T swims to the mouth mu of the container 1 , If a corresponding display can be seen on the visual display unit, the diver acts T that the locking body 21 is transferred to the release position.
• - If the actuation device is designed purely mechanically, the diver actuates T for this the rocker arm 5 , This movement of the rocker arm 5 is through the cable 16 on the locking body 21 transfer. This will lock the body 21 transferred to the release position.
• - If the actuating device has a drive that can be activated wirelessly, the diver guides T a remote control with it. Once he was in front of the mouth mu of the container 1 the diver activates T this remote control. The remote control wirelessly sends an activation command to the actuator. The actuator moves the locking body 21 in the release position.
• - The diver T pulls the front underwater buoyancy aid DPV.v out of the case 2 out. The rear underwater buoyancy aid DPV.h is still on the vehicle coupling device 10 with the front underwater buoyancy aid DPV.v coupled. The container 1 remains in the torpedo tube Tr ,
• - The diver T now releases the vehicle coupling device 10 , The two underwater buoyancy aids DPV.h and DPV.v are separated from each other and are now ready for use.
• - The diver signals using the signaling unit T a crew member inside the pressure hull Dr that now the removal of the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v is completed.

The appropriate steps are carried out in reverse order to the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v back into the case 2 to spend and the housing 2 together with the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v into the torpedo tube Tr collect.

In an alternative embodiment, the container 1 at the place of use of the torpedo tube Tr Cut. The entire container 1 together with the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v becomes from the torpedo tube Tr drawn. After that, the container 1 open, and at least one underwater buoyancy aid DPV.h . DPV.v becomes from the housing 2 drawn.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

The container according to the solution is cylindrical and encompasses the housing 2 and the base unit 3 as well as the lead 13 and the cone 14

2

Housing of the container according to the solution 1 , takes the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v on, has the back wall 12

3

Basic unit of the container according to the solution 1 , takes the drive 4 on, covers the back wall 7

4

Drive in the base unit 3 , the rod can 15 to move and thereby the housing 2 relative to the base unit 3 to postpone

5

L-shaped rocker arm of the actuator, acts as an actuator

6.1, 6.2

Handles for a diver T , on the inner wall of the housing 2 disposed

7

circular rear wall of the container 1 , carries the cone 14

8.1, 8.2

parallel guide rails for guiding the underwater swimming aids DPV.h . DPV.v in the housing 2 , on the inner wall of the housing 2 arranged belong to the vehicle guidance device

9

Bracket for the rocker arm 5 , on the inner wall of the housing 2 disposed

10

Vehicle coupling device, which the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v in the housing 2 detachably couples together

11

Vehicle holding device, which is the rear underwater buoyancy aid DPV.h detachable with the housing 2 couples, includes the locking body in one embodiment 21

12

rear end (rear wall) of the housing 2 , with the pole 15 connected

13

Projection in the form of a pawl on the outer surface of the cylindrical container 1 , corresponds to the torpedo holder THE , which comprises two jacks

14

Pin on the back wall 7 of the container 1 , belongs to the container coupling device

15

rigid rod, which from the drive 3 is moved and the housing 2 or the rear underwater buoyancy aid DPV.h relative to the base unit 3 able to move

16

Cable pulling the rocker arm 5 with the locking body 21 the vehicle stopping device 11 combines

17.1,

Sequence of sleeves which are on the bottom of the container 1 are mounted

17.2, ...

and the cable 16 to lead

21

Locking body of the vehicle holding device 11

22

Spring element of the vehicle holding device 11

AK

Flap in the outer shell Au , closes the torpedo tube Tr

Au

Outer shell of the submarine

de

flameproof lid on the inner end of the torpedo tube Tr

DPV.h

rear underwater buoyancy aid (Diver Propulsion Vehicle)

DPV.v

front underwater buoyancy aid (Diver Propulsion Vehicle)

Dr

Pressure body of the submarine, carries the lid de

kb

Pistons holding a torpedo in the torpedo tube Tr along the longitudinal axis of the torpedo tube Tr able to move

LA

Container longitudinal axis

mu

Mouth of the container 1

T

Diver holding the two underwater buoyancy aids DPV.h and DPV.v from the container 1 get

TFE.1,

lateral elements of a torpedo guide device, on the side of the

TFE.2

Inner wall of the torpedo tube Tr attached, a torpedo or the container 1 when moving along the longitudinal axis of the container LA respectively

TFE.u

lower element of a torpedo guide device, in the middle and below on the inner wall of the torpedo tube Tr attached, a torpedo or the container 1 to be carried from below and when moving along the longitudinal axis of the container LA respectively

THE

Torpedo-holding device, includes two pawls, which the projection 13 of the container 1 or hold a corresponding lead on a torpedo

Tr

Torpedo tube, which the solution container 1 able to absorb inside, becomes pressure-tight from the lid at the inner end de closed, can be closed with the outer skin flap AK and the flap VK close

VK

Closing flap for the torpedo tube Tr , closes the mouth of the torpedo tube Tr ,

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Patent literature cited

• DE 102004049615 A1 [0002, 0057]
• DE 102005001817 A1 [0002, 0057]
• DE 102014015970 A1 [0060, 0071]

Claims (27)

Container (1) for use under water, the container (1) - a housing (2), - A holding device (11) and - comprises an actuating device (5, 16, 17.1, ...), the housing (2) surrounding a cavity for receiving at least one underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v), the container (1) extending along a longitudinal axis of the container (LA), the external dimensions of the container (1) in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container (LA) to the internal dimensions of a torpedo tube of a submarine in this vertical plane are adapted wherein the holding device (11) can optionally be converted into a holding state and a release state, wherein the holding device (11) is able to hold the or at least one underwater swimming aid (DPV.h) in the interior of the cavity and the actuating device (5, 16, 17.1, ...) being designed to - to be operated and - After actuation, the holding device (11) to be transferred to the release state. Container (1) after Claim 1 , characterized in that the container (1) comprises a vehicle guiding device (8.1, 8.2) which - is arranged in the interior of the housing (2) and - is designed to provide at least one underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) relative to the housing (2) along the longitudinal axis of the container (LA). Container (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the housing (2) is designed to accommodate at least two underwater swimming aids (DPV.h, DPV.v), and the container (1) is a vehicle coupling Device (10), wherein the vehicle coupling device (10) is designed to releasably couple the two or at least two underwater swimming aids (DPV.h, DPV.v). Container (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (1) comprises a container coupling device (14) attached to the outside of the container (1), which is designed to detachably connect the container (1) with a To couple the torpedo tube (Tr). Container (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (1) has a projecting element (13) which - is attached to the outside of the container (1) and - in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container (LA) protrudes radially over a cross-sectional area of the container (1). Container (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the actuating device (5, 16, 17.1, ...) - an actuating element (5) which can be actuated from a position outside the container (1) and - a transmission means ( 16, 17.1, ...), the actuating device (5, 16, 17.1, ...) being designed such that actuation of the actuating element (5) causes the transmission means (16, 17.1, .. .) transferred the holding device (11) into the release state. Container (1) after Claim 6 , characterized in that the actuating element comprises a handle (5) and the transmission means (16, 17.1, ...) comprises a cable (16) connected to the handle. Container (1) after Claim 6 or Claim 7 , characterized in that the actuating device (5, 16, 17.1, ...) comprises a drive for the holding device (11), the actuating element comprises a remote control and the transmission means provides a wireless or wired transmission channel for data transmission, wherein the transmission means is configured to transmit an activation signal to the drive for the holding device (11) via the transmission channel, and wherein the drive is configured to receive the activation device after receiving the activation signal To release release state. Container (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding device (11) comprises a spring element (22) which strives to hold the holding device (11) in the holding state. Container (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (1) comprises a tube which - extends along the longitudinal axis of the container (LA) and - closed at one end and open at the other. Container (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (1) comprises a drive (Kb), the drive (Kb) being designed to carry out the or each underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v ) to move in the housing (2) relative to the container (1). Container (1) after Claim 11 characterized in that the container (1) comprises a base unit (3), the housing (2) being movable relative to the base unit (3) in two opposite directions parallel to the longitudinal axis (LA) of the container and the drive (4) is designed to move the housing (2) together with at least one underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) in the housing (2) relative to the base unit (3). Container (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (1) comprises a transmission unit (15) and a drive (4), the transmission unit (15) with the drive (4) and with at least one underwater Buoyancy aid (DPV.h) is connected or connectable in the housing (2) and the drive (4) is designed to - move the transmission unit (15) and - thereby move an underwater buoyancy aid (DPV.h) from the To effect housing (2) out. Container (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (1) comprises a display device and the or at least one underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) in the housing (2) relative to the container ( 1) can be moved back and forth between a transport position and a removal position, the display device being designed to indicate that the underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) the transport position and / or has reached the removal position. Container (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (1) comprises an adapter, the adapter being designed to adjust the outer dimensions of the container (1) in the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (LA) of the container. to change. Use of a container (1) according to one of the Claims 1 to 15 for transporting at least one underwater buoyancy aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) inside a torpedo tube (Tr) of a submarine, the underwater buoyancy aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) in the housing (2) of the container (1) is received and wherein the container (1) is received inside the torpedo tube (Tr). Submarine with - at least one torpedo tube (Tr) and - a container (1) according to one of the Claims 1 to 15 , wherein the container (1) is at least temporarily housed inside the or a torpedo tube (Tr). Submarine after Claim 17 , characterized in that the submarine comprises a torpedo guide device (TFE.1, TFE.2, TFE.u), the torpedo guide device (TFE.1, TFE.2, TFE.u) - inside of the torpedo tube (Tr) is received, - is designed to guide a torpedo relative to the torpedo tube (Tr) and - is designed to guide the container (1) during a movement relative to the torpedo tube (Tr). Submarine after Claim 18 , characterized in that the container (1) has a projecting element (13), the projecting element (13) - being attached to the outside of the container (1) and - radially above a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (LA) of the container Cross-sectional area of the container (1) protrudes, the projecting element (13) interacting with the torpedo guide device (TFE.1, TFE.2, TFE.u). Submarine after one of the Claims 17 to 19 , characterized in that the submarine comprises a torpedo holding device (THE) and the container (1) has at least one projecting element (13), the or at least one projecting element (13) of the container (1) - on the outside Container (1) is attached and - protrudes radially above a cross-sectional area of the container (1) in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container (LA), the torpedo holding device (THE) - being received in the interior of the torpedo tube (Tr) and - can optionally be converted into a holding state or into a release state, the torpedo holding device (THE) being designed to hold the or at least one projecting element (13) of the container (1) in the holding state and - to enable movement of the container (1) relative to the torpedo tube (Tr) in the release state. Submarine after one of the Claims 17 to 20 , characterized in that the submarine comprises a displacement unit, the displacement unit being designed to either push a torpedo or the container (1) out of the torpedo tube (Tr). A method of launching at least one underwater buoyancy aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) from a torpedo tube (Tr) of a submarine, the or at least one underwater buoyancy aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) being released inside the torpedo tube (Tr) and the method comprises the step of pulling the or at least one underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) out of the torpedo tube (Tr), characterized in that the or each underwater to be deployed Buoyancy aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) before exposure in the housing (2) of a container (1) according to one of the Claims 1 to 15 is located, - the holding device (11) of the container (1) is in the holding state and - the container (1) is located inside the torpedo tube (Tr), the underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) from the torpedo tube (Tr), the steps are carried out so that - the actuating device (5, 16, 17.1, ...) of the container (1) is actuated and - thereby the holding device (11) is brought into the release state, and the step of pulling the underwater buoyancy aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) out of the torpedo tube (Tr) comprises the step of the underwater buoyancy aid (DPV.h , DPV.v) is pulled out of the container (1). Procedure according to Claim 22 , characterized in that at least two underwater swimming aids (DPV.h, DPV.v) are located in the housing (2) of the container (1) before being released, the two underwater swimming aids (DPV.h, DPV.v) are releasably coupled to one another with the aid of a vehicle coupling device (10), the holding device (11) holding at least one of the two coupled underwater swimming aids (DPV.h, DPV.v) in the housing (2) in the holding state, the step of pulling the or each underwater buoyancy aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) out of the container (1) is carried out for at least one of the two underwater buoyancy aids (DPV.h, DPV.v) and wherein additionally the step is carried out to release the coupling (11) of the two underwater swimming aids (DPV.h, DPV.v). Procedure according to Claim 23 , characterized in that the step of pulling the or each underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) out of the container (1) is carried out for both underwater swimming aids (DPV.h, DPV.v), while the two underwater swimming aids (DPV.h, DPV.v) are coupled to each other, the step of releasing the coupling (11) of the two underwater swimming aids (DPV.h, DPV.v) being carried out after the two underwater swimming aids (DPV.h, DPV.v) are pulled out of the tank (1). Procedure according to Claim 23 , characterized in that the step of releasing the coupling (11) of the two underwater swimming aids (DPV.h, DPV.v) is carried out while the two underwater swimming aids (DPV.h, DPV.v) are in the Housing (2). Procedure according to one of the Claims 22 to 25 , characterized in that the step of pulling the underwater buoyancy aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) out of the container (1) is carried out while the container (1) is in the torpedo tube (Tr). Procedure according to one of the Claims 22 to 25 , characterized in that the step of pulling the underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) out of the torpedo tube (Tr) comprises the step that the container (1) together with the or each underwater swimming aid (DPV .h, DPV.v) is pulled out of the torpedo tube (Tr), and the step of pulling the underwater swimming aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) out of the container (1) is carried out after the container ( 1) together with the or each underwater buoyancy aid (DPV.h, DPV.v) is pulled out of the torpedo tube (Tr).

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