EP1039258A1 - Multicalibre torpedo launching tube - Google Patents

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EP1039258A1
EP1039258A1 EP00400841A EP00400841A EP1039258A1 EP 1039258 A1 EP1039258 A1 EP 1039258A1 EP 00400841 A EP00400841 A EP 00400841A EP 00400841 A EP00400841 A EP 00400841A EP 1039258 A1 EP1039258 A1 EP 1039258A1
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Claude Grondin
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41WEAPONS
    • F41FAPPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
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    • F41F3/08Rocket or torpedo launchers for marine torpedoes

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  • the present invention relates to the field of maritime launching vessels of machines and more particularly for object a torpedo tube.
  • the tube torpedo boat On board a submarine or any other type of launcher, the tube torpedo boat is submerged and its operation requires equipping from the inside of the tube with the ambient medium, i.e. water, before putting it in communication with it. It must therefore, in particular withstand the pressure of water, which in the case of submarines can be of the order of 100 bars; for that he is generally made of steel and its dimensions are fixed once and for all when designing the building.
  • the ambient medium i.e. water
  • torpedo tubes have slides, for example a slide upper and two lower slides, arranged in an equilateral triangle or isosceles and which are fixed and define a maximum circumference for the machine to launch. These slides limit the friction of the machine with the tube during its expulsion.
  • the machine can even rest directly on the tube if the diameter of the machine is less than the space separating the two lower slides.
  • the object of the invention is to solve these drawbacks by proposing a tube technically simple and very space-saving multicaliber torpedo launcher and requiring little bondage.
  • a torpedo tube comprising suitable means to withstand the torpedo and to limit its friction during its expulsion, such as slides, tube characterized in that these means are of variable geometry and suitable to take at least two positions, one of which passes through a circle of diameter equal to the maximum admissible diameter of the torpedo and the second by which passes a circle of diameter smaller than said admissible diameter, these means having inflatable bladders.
  • said bladders are connected to a same circuit, this circuit possibly comprising a pipe comprising a fitting connectable for example to a compressed air network or to an air compressor or to a liquid network or pump.
  • said bladders are connected to a network compressed gas or liquid, the latter may be water.
  • the tube comprises a slide upper with a groove.
  • said groove has the shape of a cavity opening into its lower part.
  • the cavity has the shape of a Tee (T) or an omega ( ⁇ ).
  • a device makes it possible to launch objects of different sizes, these objects being able to consist of torpedoes, lures, machines uninhabited, containers ..., and reduces the number of tubes required to these launches.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show means 10 capable of supporting the torpedo and limit its friction during its expulsion according to a first embodiment of the invention and respectively in the erased position and in the active position.
  • These means 10 capable of supporting the torpedo and of limiting its friction during his expulsion involve on the one hand.
  • four longitudinal rails 2 attached to one support 3 secured to the tube.
  • the upper slide 2 has a U-shaped groove 4 inverted intended to cooperate with a longitudinal protrusion present on the periphery of the torpedo.
  • inflatable bladders 5 regularly distributed over the along the tube and on each side of the lower slide, and connected, in a known manner, to the same circuit, not shown, comprising a pipe comprising a self-sealing connection and a trap located near the rear of the tube.
  • said self-sealing connection can be connected, in a known manner, to a capacity comprising a deformable membrane separating water and compressed air connected to a compressed air network comprising a valve, the water being on the side of the connection between the capacity and said self-sealing connection.
  • the airlock of the tube being open, the torpedo 6 is pushed inside the lance tube torpedo as it rests on the lower slide.
  • the self-sealing connection is then connected to the capacity and said valve is then open.
  • the air in the capacity is then put under pressure.
  • the pressure is exerted on the water which is sent into the bladders and then causes an increase in simultaneous volume of all of these, leading to a vertical displacement of the torpedo against the top slide.
  • the bladders 5 are then in the active position.
  • the self-sealing connection is then disconnected from the capacity and the airlock is closed.
  • the airlock before launching an object, can be opened and the connection connected to the capacity in order to slightly decrease the pressure exerted by the bladders 5 on the torpedo by activating for example a calibrated valve placed on capacity, compressed air side.
  • the airlock is then closed and the torpedo 6 can then be launched.
  • Such a device has the advantage of adapting to any caliber of the torpedo or of the object to launch.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show means capable of supporting the torpedo, mainly during its storage according to a second embodiment of the invention and respectively in the erased position and in the active position.
  • These means 10 capable of supporting the torpedo and of limiting its friction during its expulsion comprises on the one hand an upper longitudinal slide 2 fixed to a support 3 secured to the tube.
  • This upper slide 2 has a groove 4 Tee designed to cooperate with a longitudinal T-shaped protuberance present on the periphery of the torpedo so as to form a slide.
  • inflatable bladders 5 regularly distributed over the along the tube, in its lower part and on either side of its vertical plane of symmetry, and connected, in a known manner, to the same circuit, not shown, comprising a pipe on which sqnt a self-sealing connection, a calibrated valve and a vent valve.
  • said self-closing connector can be connected, in known manner, to a compressed air network comprising a manual valve.
  • the self-sealing connection is then connected to the compressed air network and said manual valve is open.
  • the compressed air then produces an increase simultaneous volume of all bladders which are then in the active position and support the torpedo 6 in its position, thus limiting the forces exerted by the torpedo 6 on the slide 2.
  • the fitting is then disconnected from the air network compressed and the airlock closed.
  • the airlock Before launching the torpedo, the airlock is open and the venting valve is opened to deflate the bladders, then the airlock is closed.
  • Such a device has the advantage of adapting to any caliber of the torpedo.

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Launcher tube has supporting means (10) comprising four longitudinal slides (2), and inflatable pockets (5). Slides are attached to support (3) fixed on tube. Upper slide has inverse U-shaped slot (4) working with outgrowth on torpedo. Inflatable pockets are placed along tube and on each side of lower slide. All pockets are linked to same liquid network.

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La présente invention concerne le domaine des bâtiments maritimes lanceurs d'engins et à plus particulièrement pour objet un tube lance-torpille.The present invention relates to the field of maritime launching vessels of machines and more particularly for object a torpedo tube.

A bord d'un sous-marin ou de tout autre type de lanceur d'engins, le tube lance torpille est immergé et son fonctionnement nécessite la mise en équipression de l'intérieur du tube avec le milieu ambiant, c'est-à-dire l'eau, avant sa mise en communication avec celui-ci. Il doit donc, en particulier résister à la pression de l'eau, qui dans le cas des sous-marins peut être de l'ordre de 100 bars ; pour cela, il est généralement réalisé en acier et ses dimensipns sont fixées une fois pour toute lors de la conception du bâtiment.On board a submarine or any other type of launcher, the tube torpedo boat is submerged and its operation requires equipping from the inside of the tube with the ambient medium, i.e. water, before putting it in communication with it. It must therefore, in particular withstand the pressure of water, which in the case of submarines can be of the order of 100 bars; for that he is generally made of steel and its dimensions are fixed once and for all when designing the building.

Ces tubes lance-torpille comportent des glissières, par exemple une glissière supérieure et deux glissières inférieures, disposées selon un triangle équilatéral ou isocèle et qui sont fixes et définissent une circonférence maximale pour l'engin à lancer. Ces glissières limitent les frottements de l'engin avec le tube lors de son expulsion.These torpedo tubes have slides, for example a slide upper and two lower slides, arranged in an equilateral triangle or isosceles and which are fixed and define a maximum circumference for the machine to launch. These slides limit the friction of the machine with the tube during its expulsion.

Afin d'accroítre les capacités offensives et défensives de ces bâtiments, il est prévu de pouvoir lancer, avec un même tube, différents engins dont les tailles peuvent être très différentes.In order to increase the offensive and defensive capabilities of these buildings, it is planned to be able to launch, with the same tube, different machines whose sizes can be very different.

Or, si le positionnement des glissières est correct pour le lancement dans de bonnes conditions d'un engin de grand calibre, il n'en est pas de même pour un engin de plus faible calibre, l'engin pouvant même reposer directement sur le tube si le diamètre de l'engin est inférieur à l'espace séparant les deux glissières inférieures.However, if the positioning of the slides is correct for launching in good conditions of a large caliber machine, it is not the same for a lower caliber machine, the machine can even rest directly on the tube if the diameter of the machine is less than the space separating the two lower slides.

Le but de l'invention est de résoudre ces inconvénients en proposant un tube lance torpille multicalibre et peu complexe techniquement et très peu encombrant et nécessitant peu de servitude.The object of the invention is to solve these drawbacks by proposing a tube technically simple and very space-saving multicaliber torpedo launcher and requiring little bondage.

La solution apportée est un tube lance torpille comprenant des moyens aptes à supporter la torpille et à limiter ses frottements lors de son expulsion, tels des glissières, tube caractérisé en ce que ces moyens sont à géométrie variable et aptes à prendre au moins deux positions, dont l'une par laquelle passe un cercle de diamètre égal au diamètre maximal admissible de la torpille et la seconde par laquelle passe un cercle de diamètre inférieur audit diamètre admissible, ces moyens comportant des vessies gonflables.The solution provided is a torpedo tube comprising suitable means to withstand the torpedo and to limit its friction during its expulsion, such as slides, tube characterized in that these means are of variable geometry and suitable to take at least two positions, one of which passes through a circle of diameter equal to the maximum admissible diameter of the torpedo and the second by which passes a circle of diameter smaller than said admissible diameter, these means having inflatable bladders.

Selon une caractéristique additionnelle, lesdites vessies sont connectées à un même circuit, ce circuit pouvant comprendre un tuyau comportant un raccord raccordable par exemple à un réseau d'air comprimé ou à un compresseur d'air ou à un réseau de liquide ou à une pompe.According to an additional characteristic, said bladders are connected to a same circuit, this circuit possibly comprising a pipe comprising a fitting connectable for example to a compressed air network or to an air compressor or to a liquid network or pump.

Selon une autre caractéristique, lesdites vessies sont connectées à un réseau de gaz comprimé ou de liquide, ce dernier pouvant être de l'eau.According to another characteristic, said bladders are connected to a network compressed gas or liquid, the latter may be water.

Selon une caractéristique additionnelle, le tube comporte une glissière supérieure comportant une rainure.According to an additional characteristic, the tube comprises a slide upper with a groove.

Selon une caractéristique particulière, ladite rainure a la forme d'une cavité débouchant dans sa partie inférieure.According to a particular characteristic, said groove has the shape of a cavity opening into its lower part.

Selon une caractéristique, la cavité a la forme d'un Té (T) ou d'un oméga (Ω).According to one characteristic, the cavity has the shape of a Tee (T) or an omega (Ω).

Un dispositif selon l'invention permet de lancer des objets de différentes tailles, ces objets pouvant consister en des torpilles, des leurres, des engins inhabités, des conteneurs..., et permet de diminuer le nombre de tubes nécessaires à ces lancements.A device according to the invention makes it possible to launch objects of different sizes, these objects being able to consist of torpedoes, lures, machines uninhabited, containers ..., and reduces the number of tubes required to these launches.

D'autres avantages et caractéristiques apparaítront dans la description de modes particuliers de réalisation de l'invention au regard des figures annexées parmi lesquelles :

  • les figures 1 et 2 montrent un schéma des moyens aptes à supporter la torpille et à limiter ses frottements lors de son expulsion selon un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention.
  • les figures 3 et 4 montrent un schéma des moyens aptes notamment à supporter la torpille en stockage selon un second mode de réalisation de l'invention.
Other advantages and characteristics will appear in the description of particular embodiments of the invention with regard to the appended figures among which:
  • Figures 1 and 2 show a diagram of the means capable of supporting the torpedo and limiting its friction during its expulsion according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show a diagram of the means capable in particular of supporting the torpedo in storage according to a second embodiment of the invention.

Les figures 1 et 2 montrent des moyens 10 aptes à supporter la torpille et à limiter ses frottements lors de son expulsion selon un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention et respectivement en position effacée et en position active.Figures 1 and 2 show means 10 capable of supporting the torpedo and limit its friction during its expulsion according to a first embodiment of the invention and respectively in the erased position and in the active position.

Ces moyens 10 aptes à supporter la torpille et à limiter ses frottements lors de son expulsion comportent d'une part. quatre glissières longitudinales 2 fixées à un support 3 solidaire du tube. La glissière supérieure 2 comporte une rainure 4 en U inversé destinée à coopérer avec une excroissance longitudinale présente sur la périphérie de la torpille.These means 10 capable of supporting the torpedo and of limiting its friction during his expulsion involve on the one hand. four longitudinal rails 2 attached to one support 3 secured to the tube. The upper slide 2 has a U-shaped groove 4 inverted intended to cooperate with a longitudinal protrusion present on the periphery of the torpedo.

Ils comportent d'autre part des vessies gonflables 5 régulièrement réparties le long du tube et de chaque côté de la glissière inférieure, et reliées, de façon connue, à un même circuit non représenté comprenant un tuyau comportant un raccord auto-obturable et un purgeur situés prés de l'arrière du tube.They also comprise inflatable bladders 5 regularly distributed over the along the tube and on each side of the lower slide, and connected, in a known manner, to the same circuit, not shown, comprising a pipe comprising a self-sealing connection and a trap located near the rear of the tube.

Lorsque le sas arrière du tube est ouvert ledit raccord auto-obturable peut être relié, de façon connue, à une capacité comportant une membrane déformable séparant de l'eau et de l'air comprimé relié à un réseau d'air comprimé comportant une vanne, l'eau se trouvant du côté de la connection entre la capacité et ledit raccord auto-obturable.When the rear airlock of the tube is open, said self-sealing connection can be connected, in a known manner, to a capacity comprising a deformable membrane separating water and compressed air connected to a compressed air network comprising a valve, the water being on the side of the connection between the capacity and said self-sealing connection.

Le fonctionnement de ce dispositif est le suivant.The operation of this device is as follows.

Le sas du tube étant ouvert, la torpille 6 est poussée à l'intérieur du tube lance torpille alors qu'elle repose sur la glissière inférieure. Le raccord auto-obturable est alors connecté à la capacité et ladite vanne est alors ouverte. L'air contenu dans la capacité est alors mis sous pression. La pression s'exerce alors sur l'eau qui est envoyée dans les vessies et provoque alors un accroissement du volume simultané de toutes ces dernières, conduisant à un déplacement vertical de la torpille contre la glissière supérieure. Les vessies 5 sont alors en position active. Le raccord auto-obturable est ensuite déconnecté de la capacité et le sas est refermé.The airlock of the tube being open, the torpedo 6 is pushed inside the lance tube torpedo as it rests on the lower slide. The self-sealing connection is then connected to the capacity and said valve is then open. The air in the capacity is then put under pressure. The pressure is exerted on the water which is sent into the bladders and then causes an increase in simultaneous volume of all of these, leading to a vertical displacement of the torpedo against the top slide. The bladders 5 are then in the active position. The self-sealing connection is then disconnected from the capacity and the airlock is closed.

Eventuellement, avant le lancement d'un objet, le sas peut être ouvert et le raccord connecté à la capacité afin de diminuer légèrement la pression exercée par les vessies 5 sur la torpille en activant par exemple une soupape tarée disposée sur la capacité, côté air comprimé. Le sas est ensuite refermé et la torpille 6 peut alors être lancée.Optionally, before launching an object, the airlock can be opened and the connection connected to the capacity in order to slightly decrease the pressure exerted by the bladders 5 on the torpedo by activating for example a calibrated valve placed on capacity, compressed air side. The airlock is then closed and the torpedo 6 can then be launched.

Un tel dispositif à l'avantage de s'adapter à n'importe quel calibre de la torpille ou de l'objet à lancer.Such a device has the advantage of adapting to any caliber of the torpedo or of the object to launch.

Les figures 3 et 4 montrent des moyens aptes 10 à supporter la torpille, principalement lors de son stockage selon un second mode de réalisation de l'invention et respectivement en position effacée et en position active.FIGS. 3 and 4 show means capable of supporting the torpedo, mainly during its storage according to a second embodiment of the invention and respectively in the erased position and in the active position.

Ces moyens 10 aptes à supporter la torpille et à limiter ses frottements lors de son expulsion comportent d'une part une glissière longitudinale supérieure 2 fixées à un support 3 solidaire du tube. Cette glissière supérieure 2 comporte une rainure 4 en Té destinée à coopérer avec une excroissance longitudinale en forme de Té présente sur la périphérie de la torpille de façon à former une glissière.These means 10 capable of supporting the torpedo and of limiting its friction during its expulsion comprises on the one hand an upper longitudinal slide 2 fixed to a support 3 secured to the tube. This upper slide 2 has a groove 4 Tee designed to cooperate with a longitudinal T-shaped protuberance present on the periphery of the torpedo so as to form a slide.

Ils comportent d'autre part des vessies gonflables 5 régulièrement réparties le long du tube, dans sa partie basse et de part et d'autre de son plan vertical de symétrie, et reliées, de façon connue, à un même circuit non représenté comprenant un tuyau sur lequel sqnt disposés un raccord auto-obturable, une soupape tarée et un robinet d'évent.They also comprise inflatable bladders 5 regularly distributed over the along the tube, in its lower part and on either side of its vertical plane of symmetry, and connected, in a known manner, to the same circuit, not shown, comprising a pipe on which sqnt a self-sealing connection, a calibrated valve and a vent valve.

Lorsque le sas du tube est ouvert ledit raccord auto-obturable peut être relié, de façon connue, à un réseau d'air comprimé comportant une vanne manuelle.When the airlock of the tube is open, said self-closing connector can be connected, in known manner, to a compressed air network comprising a manual valve.

Le fonctionnement de ce dispositif est le suivant.The operation of this device is as follows.

Le sas du tube étant ouvert, la torpille 6 est poussée à l'intérieur du tube lance torpille alors qu'elle est suspendue à la glissière supérieure 2 par l'intermédiaire de son excroissance longitudinale en Té.The airlock of the tube being open, the torpedo 6 is pushed inside the lance tube torpedo while it is suspended from the upper slide 2 by means of its longitudinal outgrowth in Tee.

Le raccord auto-obturable est alors connecté au réseau d'air comprimé et ladite vanne manuelle est ouverte. L'air comprimé produit alors un accroissement simultané du volume de toutes les vessies qui sont alors en position active et soutiennent la torpille 6 dans sa position, limitant ainsi les efforts exercés par la torpille 6 sur la glissière 2 . Le raccord est ensuite déconnecté du réseau d'air comprimé et le sas refermé.The self-sealing connection is then connected to the compressed air network and said manual valve is open. The compressed air then produces an increase simultaneous volume of all bladders which are then in the active position and support the torpedo 6 in its position, thus limiting the forces exerted by the torpedo 6 on the slide 2. The fitting is then disconnected from the air network compressed and the airlock closed.

Avant le lancement de la torpille, le sas est ouvert et la vanne de mise à l'évent est ouverte de façon à dégonfler les vessies, puis le sas est refermé.Before launching the torpedo, the airlock is open and the venting valve is opened to deflate the bladders, then the airlock is closed.

Un tel dispositif à l'avantage de s'adapter à n'importe quel calibre de la torpille.Such a device has the advantage of adapting to any caliber of the torpedo.

De nombreuses modifications peuvent être apportées aux variantes de réalisation décrites sans sortir du cadre de l'invention.Many modifications can be made to the variants of embodiment described without departing from the scope of the invention.

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Tube lance torpille comprenant des moyens (1) aptes à supporter la torpille et à limiter ses frottements lors de son expulsion, tels des glissières (2), tube caractérisé en ce que ces moyens sont à géométrie variable et aptes à prendre au moins deux positions, dont l'une par laquelle passe un cercle de diamètre égal au diamètre maximal admissible de la torpille et la seconde par laquelle passe un cercle de diamètre inférieur audit diamètre admissible, ces moyens comportant des vessies gonflables (5).Torpedo tube comprising means (1) capable of supporting the torpedo and to limit its friction during its expulsion, such as slides (2), tube characterized in that these means are of variable geometry and able to take at minus two positions, one of which passes through a circle of diameter equal to maximum admissible diameter of the torpedo and the second through which a circle passes of diameter smaller than said admissible diameter, these means comprising bladders inflatable (5). Tube lance torpille selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdites vessies sont reliées à un même circuit.Torpedo tube according to claim 1, characterized in that said bladders are connected to the same circuit. Tube lance torpille selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le circuit comprend un tuyau comportant un raccord.Torpedo tube according to claim 2, characterized in that the circuit includes a hose with a connector. Tube lance torpille selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les vessies sont connectées à un réseau d'air comprimé ou à un compresseur d'air.Torpedo tube according to claim 2, characterized in that the bladders are connected to a compressed air network or an air compressor. Tube lance torpille selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdites vessies sont connectées à un réseau de liquide.Torpedo tube according to claim 1, characterized in that said bladders are connected to a network of liquid. Tube lance torpille selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le liquide est de l'eau.Torpedo tube according to claim 5, characterized in that the liquid is water. Tube lance torpille selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que le tube comporte une glissière supérieure comportant une rainure (4).Torpedo tube according to any one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the tube has an upper slide comprising a groove (4). Tube lance torpille selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que ladite rainure (4) a la forme d'une cavité débouchant dans sa partie inférieure.Torpedo tube according to claim 7, characterized in that said groove (4) has the shape of a cavity opening in its lower part. Tube lance torpille selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que la cavité a la forme d'un Té (T) ou d'un oméga (Ω).Torpedo tube according to claim 8, characterized in that the cavity has the shape of a T (T) or an omega (Ω).
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FR33272E (en) * 1926-12-16 1928-08-20 Schneider & Cie Device for launching torpedoes of reduced caliber with a tube established for launching torpedoes of a higher caliber
US3395670A (en) * 1967-06-22 1968-08-06 Navy Usa Surface launching topedo tubes
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US5438948A (en) * 1994-08-22 1995-08-08 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Elastomeric launch system for submarines

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FR621733A (en) * 1926-01-21 1927-05-16 Schneider & Cie Device for launching torpedoes of reduced caliber with a tube established for launching torpedoes of a higher caliber
FR33272E (en) * 1926-12-16 1928-08-20 Schneider & Cie Device for launching torpedoes of reduced caliber with a tube established for launching torpedoes of a higher caliber
US3395670A (en) * 1967-06-22 1968-08-06 Navy Usa Surface launching topedo tubes
DE2455994A1 (en) * 1974-11-27 1979-01-11 Mak Maschinenbau Gmbh Torpedo tube with linear motor - has static motor at tube mouth acting with longitudinal runner on torpedo
US5438948A (en) * 1994-08-22 1995-08-08 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Elastomeric launch system for submarines

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