EP0662599A1 - Behälter für das Ausstossen eines leichten Überwassen-Torpedos - Google Patents

Behälter für das Ausstossen eines leichten Überwassen-Torpedos Download PDF

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EP0662599A1
EP0662599A1 EP95400020A EP95400020A EP0662599A1 EP 0662599 A1 EP0662599 A1 EP 0662599A1 EP 95400020 A EP95400020 A EP 95400020A EP 95400020 A EP95400020 A EP 95400020A EP 0662599 A1 EP0662599 A1 EP 0662599A1
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René Vire
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
    • F41F3/00—Rocket or torpedo launchers
    • F41F3/08—Rocket or torpedo launchers for marine torpedoes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
    • F41F3/00—Rocket or torpedo launchers
    • F41F3/04—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets
    • F41F3/042—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets the launching apparatus being used also as a transport container for the rocket
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
    • F41F3/00—Rocket or torpedo launchers
    • F41F3/04—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets
    • F41F3/055—Umbilical connecting means

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  • the present invention relates to the launching of light torpedo type weapons from a surface building, and in particular a container intended to store the weapon to be launched up to its launching area.
  • Weapons of the light torpedo type are generally launched from surface vessels using horizontal launch tubes or catapults. These launching means are arranged on the deck of the boat where they are generally grouped by two or three. They are therefore subject to direct exposure to the marine environment and to bad weather, to the risks due to splinters during a naval combat, and in addition they need to be insulated to ensure the protection of the organs of the weapon.
  • the launch is carried out using compressed air bottles.
  • the compressed air bottles are placed in the cylinder head door; the sudden opening of a valve creates an overpressure at the rear of the weapon which is then propelled towards the front of the tube and ejected outside the boat.
  • the air cylinders supply energy to a jack which propels the weapon to eject it from the boat.
  • the light torpedo type weapon comprises batteries used to power the propulsion means and which is primed by entering water when the weapon leaves.
  • a security isolates the cocking box from the load and is erased when the weapon leaves.
  • the torpedo has a remote control socket connected to the control computer for programming the machine, and which should be removed the most late possible at launch.
  • the main object of the invention is to provide a container for a weapon of the light torpedo type, avoiding any manipulation of the weapon as much as possible.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a container of the above type intended to be brought to the launching bench with the weapon maintained in the storage position.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide a container of the above type having the safety devices necessary for launching the weapon, thus avoiding manipulation of the weapon when it is launched.
  • the object of the invention is a container intended to contain a weapon of the light torpedo type to be launched from a surface building, said weapon comprising a means of priming energy supply batteries for its propulsion, a means of extracting the security of armament at the time of launching and a remote control socket to provide the programming of the commands of the weapon from a command computer.
  • a means of priming energy supply batteries for its propulsion a means of extracting the security of armament at the time of launching
  • a remote control socket to provide the programming of the commands of the weapon from a command computer.
  • the object of the invention is to avoid manipulations of the torpedo when it is installed in its firing position.
  • the container according to the invention achieves this goal since it is itself brought with the torpedo it contains, on the launching bench.
  • the container 10, preferably cylindrical, has been shown in FIG. 1 without its upper part to reveal the torpedo 12 which it contains.
  • the torpedo 12 is immobilized in the container by slides (not shown) for the transverse immobilization, and by a terminal sphere 14 for the longitudinal immobilization and the explanation of which will be given below.
  • the conventional slides therefore serve for storing the torpedo in its container at the same time as sliding the torpedo forward and guiding it during launch.
  • the upper slide has reservations for the water inlet pin 16, the safety pin of the cocking box 18, and the remote adjustment socket 20.
  • this launch module comprises a reservoir of compressed gas and a launch valve.
  • the torpedo is immobilized longitudinally thanks to its end sphere 14 held by the device shown in Figure 2.
  • This device comprises two clamps 30 and 32 which are held in place and immobilize the torpedo via the sphere 14, thanks to locks for immobilizing the clamps 34 and 36 fixed to the rear support plate 38.
  • the valve is opened by means of explosive bolts. This abrupt opening releases the compressed gas at the same time as it blows up the two immobilization locks of the clamps 34 and 36, which allows the two clamps 30 and 32 to open and thus release the sphere 14. Thanks to the force exerted by the pressurized gas, the torpedo is pushed forward and acquires a speed allowing it to touch the water at a good angle.
  • the water inlet device for priming the batteries generally comprises a water inlet lever 40 which tends to disappear in a chamber provided for this purpose under the action of a spring 42. But the lever is in fact held in place, therefore preventing any entry of water, by the pin 44 (in the form of a pin) passing through the lever 40 in a housing located above the wall of the torpedo 46.
  • the ring of the pin 44 is placed in a carabiner 48 secured to a leaf spring 50.
  • the leaf spring 50 is rigidly fixed to the wall of the upper slide so that in the position of rest shown in Figure 3, the spring is under tension.
  • the pin 44 retained by the carabiner 48 is torn from its housing in the lever 40.
  • the spring 42 projects the lever 40 inside the chamber provided for this purpose, and the water inlet is released which will allow the priming of the batteries when the torpedo enters seawater.
  • the pin is torn from its housing, the leaf spring 50 relaxes and drives the pin laterally in a housing of the slide provided for this purpose, so that the pin is not in the path of the empennage of the torpedo.
  • the safety device intended to isolate the cocking box (16 in FIG. 1) until the launch of the torpedo is built identically to the battery priming device. Consequently, the tearing off and the retraction of the pin from the arming box which take place concomitantly with the tearing and the retraction of the pin from the battery priming device, will not be described from new.
  • the remote control socket 60 shown in FIG. 4a is located in a fork 62 illustrated in FIG. 4b (which is a top view of the assembly while FIG. 4a is the elevation view thereof), when the torpedo is being launched and receiving orders from a control computer.
  • the fork 62 is provided with an inclined plane which lifts the grip when the torpedo begins its forward movement when the launch valve is opened as explained above. .
  • the socket 60 is torn off, and the rod 64 also actuated by the opening of the valve, presses on the internal slide lever 66 and propels it in rotation.
  • the lever 66 rotates the internal tube lever 68 and evacuates on the side the fork coupling 62-socket 60, which clears the passage through which the drift of the torpedo passes.
  • the opening of the parachute is connected to a rope wound on a drum fixed to the container.
  • the length of the rope is greater than the length of the container to allow the parachute to be put into service after crossing a safety zone adapted to the boat.
  • the drum is housed in a slide located at the rear of the container.

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EP95400020A 1994-01-10 1995-01-05 Behälter für das Ausstossen eines leichten Überwasser-Torpedos Expired - Lifetime EP0662599B1 (de)

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FR9400160A FR2714964B1 (fr) 1994-01-10 1994-01-10 Conteneur pour le lancement d'une torpille légère à partir d'un bâtiment de surface.
FR9400160 1994-01-10
US08/371,746 US5551368A (en) 1994-01-10 1995-01-12 Container for launching a lightweight torpedo from a surface craft

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WO1999011996A1 (fr) 1997-08-28 1999-03-11 ETAT FRANCAIS représenté par LE DELEGUE GENERAL POUR L'ARMEMENT Conteneur de stockage et de lancement d'une arme du type torpille
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