EP2746715B2 - Container for missile - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a missile container with a container housing, at least one canister arranged therein in the storage position for carrying a missile and a movement means for moving the canister from a storage position into an operating position. A missile of the type mentioned with a corresponding container and carrier is made GB 1 294 006 A known. So-called surface-to-air missiles are known for defense tasks, which are stored in a canister and fired from the canister, either vertically or at an angle upwards. When a missile is launched from its canister, a hot exhaust gas jet is created, in the vicinity of which there must be no sensitive components if their destruction is to be avoided. To protect the missile container and its internal components from such damage, it is known to lift the canisters out of the container housing, for example, to mount them on a mount of a vehicle and to fire them from there. When firing at an angle, the hot exhaust gas jet is directed freely downwards and to the side and does not hit any sensitive components. In order to achieve this, however, it is necessary to lift the canisters with their missiles out of the container housing and to mount them on a suitable launch device.

Missiles are usually stored for long periods of time and are stored in the container housing of the missile container for this purpose. Even during transport, they are arranged within the container housing of the missile container and held tightly closed therein. In order to be able to be put into combat readiness, the missiles and their canisters must be removed from the container housing and positioned accordingly so that they can take off without causing damage from their exhaust gas jet.

To protect the missile during storage and transport, the container housing should be closable in such a way that the contents are at least splash-proof so that the missile container can be transported through rain, wind and snow without internal elements suffering. However, it is also possible that the missile container must remain in combat readiness or on alert for a long time. Here, too, the missile container may be exposed to the elements, be it rain, snow or wind, or even dust or desert sand. In order to avoid damage to the elements in the interior of the missile container, it is therefore advantageous if the container housing can also be closed in the operating position of the canister. At least parts of the interior of the container housing should be protected by a container roof.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a missile container in which elements arranged in the interior of the container housing can be at least partially protected from external weather influences. The object is achieved by a missile container according to claim 1. This object is achieved by a missile container of the type mentioned, in which, according to the invention, in the operating position, the canister is at least partially held by the moving means outside the container housing and the container roof is closed to shield a container interior from the outside. Devices arranged in the interior of the container can be protected from external weather conditions and the missile container can be kept in alert or combat readiness for a longer period of time.

The operating position of the canister can be a combat position from which a missile held in the missile is regularly launched. However, the operating position can be a maintenance or repair position in which the canister is held for servicing or repairing the missile or the canister.

The moving means is anchored in a structurally fixed manner inside the container housing, so that it has to be passed through the container housing in order to hold the canister outside the container housing. In a departure from the invention, this passage can take place through one or more of the container side walls, according to the invention it is passed through the container roof. In the container housing there is therefore expediently a recess through which the movement means is passed in the operating position. If the movement means is arranged outside this recess in the storage position, the recess is expediently closed in order to keep the container housing tight in the storage position.

The missile is expediently a rocket missile, that is to say a missile with a rocket engine, in particular a surface-to-air missile, a surface-to-surface missile or a sea-based missile. The missile is an unmanned missile and expediently equipped with a warhead that can accommodate a detonation charge. The invention is not limited to missiles and a container for a missile. Instead of a missile, another object can be moved.

The canister serves to carry the missile and also expediently to store it in the closed missile container and advantageously also to hold it when it is launched. The missile is thus expediently launched from the canister and the canister is prepared for such a launch. The storage position is a position of the canister in which the missile or the canister is stored over a storage period, for example over several months, in particular over several years.

The storage position is a position in which the missile or the canister with the missile is stored for a longer period of time. It can also be a transport position in which the canister and the missile are transported on or in a vehicle. The operating position is a position in which the canister is operating. Such an operation can be a launching of the missile from the canister, a maintenance operation in which the canister is serviced or repaired, a test operation, for example for testing sensors of the canister or the missile, or another suitable operation of the canister. The operating position is a different position than the storage position, the canister expediently being pivoted relative to the storage position in the operating position.

The container housing is expediently a housing that is closed around the missile. It expediently has the dimensions of a 20-foot ISO transport container. As a result, the missile container can be combined and used with typical logistic systems for containers. It is also advantageous if the container housing can be closed in a splash-proof manner, so that the interior of the container housing is protected from bad weather influences, such as rain or storms. Such weather protection can be achieved if the container housing is designed externally in the same way as a standard transport container. In addition, easy and inconspicuous transport is possible. The container housing is expediently equipped with solid side walls and an access door. In addition, a control panel area with a protective cover, for example a protective flap, and in particular a connection for supply lines is advantageous.

During storage and transport, the missile container or its container housing is expediently closed, as described above. However, it can also be the case that the missile container is in a state of alert or readiness for activation over a longer period of time in which the canister is arranged in the combat position. In order to protect the interior of the container housing from external influences over a longer period of time in this state as well, it is advantageous if the container housing is also closed when the missile container is ready for action or when the canister is in combat position. As in the storage or transport state, splash resistance, in particular from all sides, is advantageous here too.

A plurality of canisters each for carrying at least one missile are expediently arranged on the moving means. Four or eight canisters per canister unit, which are used as a unit, e.g. firmly joined together, attached to the means of movement.

The moving means is used to move the canister from the storage position into the operating position and can for this purpose comprise a coupling gear. The movement means is expediently prepared to carry out a movement which has more degrees of freedom than a simple rotation about a simple rotation axis. Here, a higher degree of freedom is not necessarily to be understood as a higher dimensionality of the movement, since a one-dimensional movement is sufficient. Rather, a more complex movement path than a straight line or a simple circular or elliptical path should be made possible, for example a combination of two circular paths with different centers.

The container housing advantageously comprises a roof unit through which a roof opening of the container housing can be opened and closed again. For this purpose, the roof unit is movably supported by the rest of the container housing, so that it can close the roof opening by a pivoting movement, a translational movement or a combination movement. The roof unit can comprise several roof elements, for example two roof wings or other elements that can be moved symmetrically to one another. It is useful for a good sealing of the container housing if the roof unit has two roof wings which partially cover one another in the closed position. A seal that seals the container interior from the outside can be arranged between the two roof wings.

The roof unit and the movement means are expediently coordinated with one another in such a way that the roof unit can be closed both when the movement means is in the storage position and when the movement means is in the operating position. In the closed state of the roof unit, the interior of the container is shielded from the outside, the entire interior of the container housing expediently being shielded from the outside and closed. Regardless of the roof unit, there can be further openings in the container housing, for example a door for entering the container interior, a window, another roof flap or several of these elements or other elements. Here, the shielding of the interior of the container from the outside can be understood to mean that all of these elements are closed.

According to the invention, the container roof has a passage through which the movement means protrudes in the operating position. The passage can be a recess that can be closed by a roof flap or another closure element. The roof flap or the other element is expediently different from the roof unit, such as a roof wing, and is present in addition to it. If the moving means is not passed through the leadthrough but is positioned elsewhere, the leadthrough should be closed or at least be able to be closed so that the missile container can also be adequately closed in the storage position of the canister. It is therefore useful if the bushing is closed when the moving means is moved out of the bushing, for example by a roof flap. The term roof flap, like the term roof wing, implies a rotary opening or closing movement. However, these terms should not be reduced to such a closing movement, so that an element that opens or closes purely translationally or in a combination movement is also referred to as a roof flap or roof wing.

The bushing is advantageously arranged directly next to an area of the roof opening that can be closed by a roof wing. This roof opening area and the implementation are thus directly adjacent to one another, so that the implementation and the roof opening form a coherent opening. As a result, the moving means can move out of the roof opening into the bushing and thus move out of this area of the roof opening, which is closed by the roof wing.

The roof flap is advantageously designed in such a way that it closes automatically when the movement means is moved out of the passage. This closing can be motor-driven, spring-driven or in some other way. A spring-driven closing is particularly easy, inexpensive and reliable to achieve.

The roof flap can also be held in a simple manner if it and the movement means are arranged and designed in relation to one another in such a way that the movement means presses the roof flap open by moving it into the operating position. For example, the movement means can press the roof flap open against a spring force which, when the movement means is moved out of the passage, presses the roof flap back into its closed position. Advantageously, the movement means completely fills the passage, so that the interior of the container is closed with a closed roof element and in the position of the movement means in the operating position, ie the passage is also closed.

Another embodiment of the invention proposes that the roof unit has at least one roof element, for example in the form of a roof wing, which rests on the container housing. The roof opening can be opened in a simple manner by moving the roof element, referred to in the following simply as the roof wing, upwards. The roof wing can expediently be lifted completely upwards from the container housing. This can be understood to mean that the roof wing can be lifted off the container housing on all of its side edges, for example its four side edges. The ability to be lifted upwards is expediently designed in such a way that there is no need to mount the roof wing in the container housing. Sealing of the container housing can hereby be facilitated, since a mounting of the roof wing in the container housing may not be easily sealable. The lift-off is expediently motor-driven. For this purpose, the missile container expediently comprises an opening means for opening the roof wing, in particular by lifting the roof wing completely from the container roof. A single roof wing can be sufficient to close the roof opening, and two or more roof wings can just as easily be present for this task.

A good seal of the container housing to the outside is useful if the roof wing engages around the upper side edge of the container side wall from above and from the side. The container side wall is part of the container housing and expediently protrudes vertically upwards. By reaching around the upper side edge from above and from the side, a seal of the container roof that is accessible from above can be dispensed with, so that water can flow off the side of the container roof without touching such a sealing point.

During storage, transport or even when on alert, water, drifting sand, leaves or the like may collect on the container roof. If opening the roof wing is associated with tilting, the water flows or the dirt slips off the side of the roof wing. It makes sense here if the water, or the dirt, falls down where it cannot be blown into the interior of the container even when there is wind, that is to say expediently a little way away from the outer wall of the container. For this purpose, it is proposed that the missile container has an opening means for opening the roof wing by pivoting the roof wing upwards and to the side. When opening, the wing expediently tilts outwards so that, for example, sand slides outwards on the wing without being able to touch the outside of the container.

A simple construction of the opening means for opening the roof wing is beneficial if the roof wing is mounted pivotably in a single axis of rotation. The axis of rotation is expediently arranged in the interior of the container, that is to say encompassed by the container housing. The movable mounting of the roof wing, that is to say a bearing, a hinge or the like, is also positioned within the container interior.

A lateral movement of the roof wing when opening can easily be achieved if the axis of rotation is arranged by more than 5% of the container width below the upper edge of the container on which the roof wing rests. In particular, the axis of rotation is arranged by more than 10%, expediently even by more than 25% of the container width below the upper edge of the container.

In order to prevent or at least keep the roof wing from dipping sideways at the beginning of the opening movement, it is advantageous if the axis of rotation is less than 20%, in particular less than 10% of the container width away from the lateral one Container wall is arranged around which the roof wing pivots.

A lateral sealing surface of the container housing and / or the roof wing can be sealed particularly easily and reliably if the roof wing approaches the upper side edge of the container side wall rather horizontally when it is closed. For this purpose, it is advantageous if the missile container has an opening means for moving the roof wing by pivoting the roof wing in such a way that the outside of the roof wing when closing with a push angle of less than 20 °, in particular less than 10 °, to the horizontal on the container wall is moved. Advantageously, the roof wing lifts up on its inside more upwards than to the side.

To protect a seal, it is also advantageous if the roof wing has an inner cover which, when the roof wing is open, covers the upper side edge of the container housing so that it is protected. This can also protect a seal on the top edge of the side or on the top edge of the side. At least 50% of the total length of the top edge is covered.

In order to be able to safely enter the missile container, it is advantageous if the opening means is force-free both in the open and in the closed state of the roof wing. This can easily be achieved if the roof wing is supported on a support means in the open state, so that the opening means is free of forces and the roof wing remains in a secure opening position. The support can take place directly or indirectly, for example via one or more elements of the opening means. The support means can be an element of the container housing, for example a container side wall.

The invention in its general form is directed to a missile canister having a canister housing, a missile stored therein, and a canister roof.

In order to at least partially protect elements arranged inside the container housing from external weather conditions, it is proposed according to the invention that the missile is held in its launch position at least partially outside the container housing and the container roof is closed and shields a container interior from the outside. The details of the invention described above and in the description of the figures can also be combined with this general form.

A method is described for operating a missile container with a container housing and at least one canister stored therein for carrying a missile, in which the canister is moved from a storage position into an operating position by a movement means.

In order to at least partially protect elements arranged inside the container housing from external weather conditions and still allow the missile to move out of the container housing, it is proposed according to the invention that a roof wing of the container housing is opened and a roof opening is thereby released.

Expediently, after the roof opening has been released, the canister is moved from the storage position into an operating position and through the roof opening. Further advantageously, the roof wing is closed again in the operating position of the canister, whereby the roof opening is closed. In this way, the container housing advantageously achieves an at least splash-proof state, as a result of which elements in the container interior are also well protected in the operating position.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is proposed that the movement means, when moving into the operating position, press on a closure means of the container roof, which thereby releases a passage in the container roof. The closure means can be opened without its own motorized drive, so that it is easy to manufacture.

With the same advantage, the closure means closes in a spring-driven manner when the movement means is moved out of the operating position and closes the passage.

A good protection of the container interior from contamination can be achieved if the roof wing pivots to the side when it moves out of its closed position and immediately moves to the side so that water on the roof wing flows off to the side and falls down at a distance from the container side wall. Water, sand or dirt can be reliably thrown off the tank roof or roof wing without getting into the tank interior.

Also described is a method for operating a missile container with a container housing and at least one canister stored therein for carrying a missile, in which a roof wing of the container housing is opened and the canister is moved by a moving means from a storage position to an operating position at least partially through the opened container roof . To protect elements in the container interior, it is proposed that the roof wing according to the invention, while the movement means remains in the operating position, is closed again and at least partially shields a container interior from the outside.

The previously given description of advantageous embodiments of the invention contains numerous features, some of which are summarized in the individual subclaims. The person skilled in the art will, however, also expediently consider these features individually and combine them into meaningful further combinations.

The properties, features and advantages described above, as well as the way in which they are achieved, will become clearer and more clearly understandable in connection with the following description of the exemplary embodiments, which are explained in more detail in connection with the drawings. The exemplary embodiments serve to explain the invention and do not restrict the invention to the combination of features specified therein, not even with regard to functional features. In addition, suitable features of each exemplary embodiment can also be considered explicitly in isolation, removed from one exemplary embodiment, introduced into another exemplary embodiment to supplement it, and / or combined with any of the claims.

Fig. 1

einen Flugkörperbehälter in einem Lager- oder Transportzustand mit geschlossenem Behältergehäuse,

Fig. 2

einen Ausschnitt aus dem Behälterdach des Flugkörperbehälters aus Fig. 1,

Fig. 3

den Flugkörperbehälter in einer Betriebsposition mit ebenfalls geschlossenem Behältergehäuse,

Fig. 4

den Flugkörperbehälter mit in Betriebsposition gehaltenen Kanistern und geöffnetem Behälterdach,

Fig. 5

den Flugkörperbehälter aus Fig. 4 in einer teilgeschnittenen Ansicht,

Fig. 6

eine schematische Seitenansicht des Flugkörperbehälters mit Kanistern in Betriebsposition,

Fig. 7

der Flugkörperbehälter aus Fig. 6 mit Kanistern in Lagerposition,

Fig. 8

den Flugkörperbehälter aus Fig. 5 mit Kanistern in Lagerposition,

Fig. 9

den Flugkörperbehälter aus Fig. 8, bei dem die Kanister aus der Lagerposition senkrecht nach oben abgehoben sind,

Fig. 10

die Kanister bei einem beginnenden Schwenkvorgang,

Fig. 11

die Kanister in fortgeschrittenerem Schwenkvorgang,

Fig. 12

die Kanister senkrecht ausgerichtet und mit dem rückwändigen Ende nach oben gestellt,

Fig. 13

die aus dem Behältergehäuse vollständig herausgehobenen Kanister in einer waagerechten Position,

Fig. 14

eine schematisierte Seitendarstellung des Behältergehäuses und des Kanisters in Lagerposition mit Bewegungskurven des Kanisters von seiner Bewegung von der Lagerposition in die Betriebsposition,

Fig. 15

der Kanister aus Fig. 14 in einer um 90° gedrehten Stellung auf den eingezeichneten Bewegungsbahnen,

Fig. 16

eine schematische Darstellung von zwei Dachflügeln zum Öffnen und Verschließen des Behälterdachs eines Flugkörperbehälters aus den vorangegangenen Figuren,

Fig. 17

die beiden Dachflügel in einer leicht geöffneten Position,

Fig. 18

die beiden Dachflügel in vollständig geöffneter Position,

Fig. 19

eine schematische Detailansicht eines Dachflügels kurz vor und in Schließstellung,

Fig. 20

eine Antenne in einer Lagerposition und

Fig. 21

die Antennenmechanik aus Fig. 20 bei einer Betriebsposition der Antenne.

Show it:

Fig. 1

a missile container in a storage or transport state with a closed container housing,

Fig. 2

a section from the container roof of the missile container Fig. 1 ,

Fig. 3

the missile container in an operating position with the container housing also closed,

Fig. 4

the missile container with the canisters held in the operating position and the container roof open,

Fig. 5

the missile canister Fig. 4 in a partially cut view,

Fig. 6

a schematic side view of the missile container with canisters in the operating position,

Fig. 7

the missile canister off Fig. 6 with canisters in storage position,

Fig. 8

the missile canister Fig. 5 with canisters in storage position,

Fig. 9

the missile canister Fig. 8 , in which the canisters are lifted vertically upwards from the storage position,

Fig. 10

the canisters when a pivoting process begins,

Fig. 11

the canisters in a more advanced pivoting process,

Fig. 12

the canisters are aligned vertically and placed with the rear end up,

Fig. 13

the canisters completely lifted out of the container housing in a horizontal position,

Fig. 14

a schematic side view of the container housing and the canister in the storage position with movement curves of the canister from its movement from the storage position to the operating position,

Fig. 15

the canister off Fig. 14 in a position rotated by 90 ° on the trajectories shown,

Fig. 16

a schematic representation of two roof wings for opening and closing the container roof of a missile container from the previous figures,

Fig. 17

the two roof wings in a slightly open position,

Fig. 18

the two roof wings in fully open position,

Fig. 19

a schematic detailed view of a roof wing shortly before and in the closed position,

Fig. 20

an antenna in a storage position and

Fig. 21

the antenna mechanics Fig. 20 at an operating position of the antenna.

Fig. 1 shows a missile container 2 with a closed container housing 4. The container housing 4 has the dimensions of a standard 20-foot container and also contains the standardized mounting recesses and fastening means for fastening to other 20-foot containers and corresponding loading devices. On its front side, the container housing 4 comprises an access door 6 for entering the interior of the container, which door is designed like conventional container doors. From the outside, the missile container 2 also corresponds in shape and design to a 20-foot ISO transport container. As is customary in the case of refrigerated containers, for example, the missile container 2 comprises an interface 8 for connection to a power supply, with one or more further connections also being optionally possible, for example a data connection. The missile container 2 further comprises a cover 10 through which a display and input means 12 (see FIG Fig. 3 ) is protected from the outside.

On its upper side, the container housing 4 has a container roof 14 with two roof wings 16 which are symmetrical to one another and which each extend over more than half the length of the missile container 2. At the rear end of the container roof 14, two roof flaps 18 are arranged, which are shown in FIG Fig. 2 are shown enlarged.

Fig. 2 shows a section of the rear container roof 14 of the missile container 2. The two roof flaps 18 arranged at the rear end of the container roof 14 each adjoin a roof wing 16 and, like the roof wing 16, can be opened so that a roof opening released by the roof wings 16 is adjacent the roof opening released by the roof flaps 18 is adjacent, so that a single large roof opening is created.

Fig. 3 shows the missile container 2 also in a closed state, the container housing 4 is therefore closed, but canisters 20 and missiles stored therein are outside the container housing 4 held and arranged in an operating position. An antenna 22 is also folded out and is located outside the container housing 4. The cover 10 is open so that a display and input means 12 located behind it is accessible.

Both the in Fig. 1 shown state, in which the canisters 20 are stored in a storage position within the container housing 4, as well as in the in Fig. 3 shown condition, in which they are arranged outside the container housing, the missile container 2 is closed to the extent that the container interior, which is enclosed by the container housing 4, is largely protected from the effects of the weather. In the two states, the container housing 4 is rainproof and splash-proof as well as sand and dustproof, so that elements in the interior of the container are protected from these influences.

The in Fig. 1 The shown state of the missile container 2 is a storage and transport state in which the container housing 4 is firmly closed and protects the device in the container interior. Opposite is the in Fig. 3 The state shown is an operating state of the missile container 2, in this case a combat state. The missile container 2 can also remain in this state for a long time without the device in the container interior being exposed to the corresponding external influences, for example in the case of rain or strong wind with drifting sand. In the operating position, the canisters 20 are aligned vertically with the canister front side up, so that the missiles stored in the canisters 20 emerge from the corresponding canister 20 through the rocket thrust when they start their rocket engine and take off vertically upwards.

In order to keep the repercussions of the exhaust gas jet of the launching missiles on the container housing 4 as low as possible, the canisters 20 are arranged outside the container housing 4 and are also positioned at an appropriate height above the ground. The height of the lower edge of the canister 20 is at least 80 cm, in particular at least 1 m. The rear wall of the container, which is not shown in the figures, is always closed so that gases from the hot exhaust gas jet do not penetrate into the interior of the container housing 4.

The missile container 2 can be used universally. It can be used standing on a solid floor as well as on a truck. Use on a ship or other objects to be protected, for example an oil platform, is also easily possible.

Fig. 4 shows the missile container 2 in an operating position of the canister 20, but with the container roof 14 open. The two roof flaps 16 are pivoted upwards and to the side and thus reveal a roof opening 24 of the container housing 4. The canister 20 can be moved into and out of the container interior through this roof opening 24. For this purpose, the missile container 2 comprises a movement means 26, which is represented by the sectional view of the missile container 2 in Fig. 5 is shown more clearly.

Fig. 5 shows the missile container 2 from Fig. 4 in a representation in which a side wall of the container housing 4 is cut and thus shown open. For the sake of a better view, one of the roof wings 16 has been omitted from the illustration. In addition, only four of the eight canisters are attached to a holding unit 28 of the movement means 26, which in the in Fig. 3 shown condition are used. The other four canisters 20 are arranged in the storage position in the interior of the container and rest on a base 30 of the missile container 2. Fig. 5 shows a loading state of the missile container 2 in which the stored canisters 20 have already been brought into the missile container 2 but are not yet attached to the means of movement 26.

The movement means 26 comprises a kinematic coupling gear, which in this embodiment has two mirror-symmetrical units on both longitudinal sides of the container. A container side wall represents the stationary part of the linkage. The holding unit 28 forms the movable part of the linkage, which is connected to or forms the two rockers or links of the two units of the linkage.

The two units of the movement means 26 are each designed as coupling gears 46 in the form of a four-link kinematic chain. The container housing 4 serves as a housing member or a stationary housing element. The holding unit 28 serves both units as a coupling or coupling member or operating member. The coupling gear 46 comprises a lever linkage with four pivot points fixed to the housing.

Each coupling gear 46 comprises two movable members 32, 34 in the form of rigid elements, for example rods. Each of the movable members 32, 34 is rotatably connected to the housing member or the container housing 4 at a pivot point 36, 38 which is fixed to the housing, but is otherwise fixedly connected. Furthermore, the movable members 32, 34 are connected to the operating member or the holding unit 28 via movable pivot points 40, 42. The pivot points 40, 42 are rigidly mounted relative to the coupling member or the holding unit 28.

Parts of the coupling gears 46 are located next to the holding unit 28. This embodiment allows narrow elements, so that a very wide holding unit 28 can be used or the arrangement of moving means 26 and canisters 20 can be made particularly compact.

The coupling gear 46 is in the Figures 6 and 7 shown from the side so that the front unit hides the mirror-symmetrical rear unit. Fig. 6 shows the canister 20 here in the same position as Fig. 5 , being in contrast to Fig. 5 however, all canisters 20 are arranged on the moving means 26. Fig. 7 shows the moving means 26 and the canisters 20 in the storage position. The canisters 20 are placed on the base 30, for example inserted there, and the moving means 26 is attached to the canisters 20.

In the Figures 8 to 13 a sequence of movements of the movement means 26 or the canister 20 from the storage position into the operating position is shown, the operating position from Fig. 5 as the end of the last range of the motion sequence between the positions Fig. 13 and Fig. 5 to think about. The trajectories of this movement are in the Figures 14 and 15 shown schematically. Such a sequence of movements is described below.

The Figures 7 and 8th show the canister 20 or the moving means 26 in the storage position. In this position, the canisters 20 are at least positively connected to the container housing 4, for example via the base 30, that a horizontal movement of the canisters 20 relative to the container housing 4 is blocked. The moving means 26 or its holding unit 28 is lowered from above onto the stationary canisters 20 and connected to them, so that the canisters 20 are rigidly connected to the holding unit 28 in all directions.

A first part of the movement is through the Figures 8 and 9 shown. The canisters 20 are lifted up to a certain extent from the base 30. This is done by a movement motor 48 rotating the movable member 32 about the pivot point 36. Out Fig. 8 it can be seen that the two units or coupling gears 46 are opposite one another in the container housing 4, so that their two pivot points 36 form a fixed axis 50 around which the movable member 32 of both coupling gears 46 is rotated. In Fig. 8 a further fixed axis 52 is shown, which connects the two pivot points 38 fixed to the housing with one another. The two movable members 34 of the two coupling gears 46 rotate about this fixed axis 52. Both fixed axes 50, 52 are shown in FIG Fig. 8 shown with long dashed lines.

As a result of the rotation of the movable members 32 of the coupling gears 46, their movable pivot point 40 also rotates about the pivot point 36 fixed to the housing. The two movable pivot points 40 form a pivot axis 54 which runs through the two movable pivot points 40 and which is shown in FIG Fig. 8 is shown in phantom. Another pivot axis 56, which runs through the pivot points 42 of the movable members 34 of the two coupling gears 46, is also shown in phantom. This pivot axis 56 rotates in a circle about the fixed axis 52.

The degree of freedom of movement of the holding unit 28 or the canister 20 with respect to the container structure or the stationary container housing 4 is realized only with swivel joints. Each coupling gear 46 thus generates the curvilinear movement from merely pivoting movements about two fixed axes 50, 52.

The movement of the movement means 26 is generated by two movement motors 48, each coupling gear 46 being assigned a movement motor 48. Each movement motor 48 comprises two motor units 58, 60, both of which are designed as push rods. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the two motor units 58, 60 are hydraulic cylinders which are connected to a hydraulic pump and controlled by a control means 62. The hydraulic cylinders act directly on the main support member 32 of the coupling gear 46. The drive power is transmitted via four hydraulic cylinders, two on each side. In the event of a hydraulic leak, the holding unit 28 can thus be stopped in any position in order to avoid consequential damage.

The two motor units 58, 60 each engage a single lever 64 of the linkage 46, which is rigidly connected to one of the movable members 32, 34, in the embodiment shown in the figures, the movable member 32. The drive for moving the movement means 26 acts only on one gear element, in this case the movable member 32. Both motor units 58, 60 generate the movement of the movement means 26 by means of a change in length, that is to say a contraction and expansion. In this case, both motor units 58, 60 can generate the motive force exclusively through expansion, or at least one of the motor units 58, 60 is additionally prepared for the application of motive force to the moving means 26 through contraction. In the present case, this is the case with the motor unit 60.

In the present exemplary embodiment, each movement motor 48 comprises exclusively variable-length motor units 58, 60 which are each pivotable about a fixed axis 66, 68. These two fixed axes 66, 68 are in Fig. 8 shown briefly in dashed lines and connect the corresponding motor units 58 and 60 of the two movement motors 48. However, it is also possible to produce the movement of the movable member 32 by another movement motor without such fixed axes 66, 68.

The bearing receptacles for the fixed pivot points 36, 38 as well as those for the pivot points of the motor units 58, 60 lie together in a relatively small area, so that the required highly stressed structural areas do not have to be guided over large distances. A four-sided to the four fixed axes 50, 52, 66, 68 here comprises a maximum extent that is less than half a canister length.

By driving the two movement motors 48, the canisters 20 move from the in Fig. 8 bearing position shown translationally away from the base 30, in this exemplary embodiment vertically upwards. Such a translational movement has the advantage that holding members 70, which ensure that the canisters 20 are fixed to the base 30, can be removed from the base 30 or the canisters 20 without tilting. In the exemplary embodiment shown in the figures, a holding member 70 engages in a recess in the base 30, so the upward translational movement causes the holding member 70 to be removed from the corresponding recess Recess drawn.

This translational movement is shown in Figures 14 and 15 by the beginning of the movement paths 72, 74, which are shown in the Figures 14 and 15 are shown dotted. The movement path 72 of the front lower end of the canister 20 and the movement path 74 of the rear lower end of the canister 20 are shown. From the front movement path 72 it can be seen that the front of the canister is moved substantially vertically upwards, with an angular deviation of up to 20 °, in particular up to 10 °, is harmless and is also to be understood conceptually under the vertical translation in this context. It can be seen from the rear movement path 74 that the rear end of the canister 20 is also initially lifted upwards, so that the translational movement results from the upwards lifting of the front and rear ends of the canister 20. How out Fig. 15 As can be seen, the first part of the two movement paths 72, 74 is parallel to one another, from which the translational movement, in this exemplary embodiment essentially vertically upwards, results. This translational part of the movement runs over at least 110 cm, in particular over at least 15 cm. To ensure a reliable release even with larger holding members 70, the in Fig. 15 Shown translational part of the movement about 25 cm.

While the front end of the canister 20 is continuously lifted upwards in the further course of its movement, the movement of the rear part of the canister 20 after the translational phase makes a sharp bend of at least 60 °, in the embodiment shown even 90 °. The translational phase changes into a rotation phase of the canister 20. In the rotation or pivoting phase, the rear part of the canister 20 in the storage position moves essentially horizontally. The transition between vertical and horizontal movement is shorter than the translational movement, only a few centimeters in the embodiment shown.

The transition from the translational movement phase to the rotational movement phase of the canister 20 takes place very sharply, as from the movement paths 72, 74 Fig. 15 you can see. This sharp transition is advantageous because a very precise translational movement can initially be used to detach the canister 20 from the container housing 4, for example from the base 30. The rapid onset of the rotational movement phase leads to a relatively low volume requirement for the overall movement of the canister 20 from its storage position to its operating position. With this type of movement, not only can the movement be kept compact, but a relatively large amount of space in the container housing 4 can also be used for other objects, for example switch cabinets 76, so that a compact design of the missile container 2 is possible overall.

The movement of the canister 20 vertically upwards is made possible by the position of the fixed axis 50 relative to the pivot axis 54 and the fixed axis 52 relative to the pivot axis 56. The two pairs of axes of the fixed axis 50 and the pivot axis 54 or the fixed axis 52 and the pivot axis 56 each form a plane that is arranged substantially horizontally. As a result, the first part of the movement paths 72, 74 takes place essentially vertically upwards by raising the two pivot axes 54, 56. The translational movement can be achieved through the extensive parallelism of these two planes in the storage position. Due to the different lengths of the two movable members 32, 34, this parallelism is dissolved in the course of the movement, as a result of which the canister 20 is pivoted. However, this only happens when the movable member 32 or the plane comprising the fixed axis 50 and the pivot axis 54 has moved away from the horizontal.

Another criterion of the movement paths 72, 74, which leads to a low space requirement of the movement paths 72, 74 or the canister 20 in the course of its movement, is that the geometric center of gravity 78 of the canister 20 is not only during the translational phase of the movement but also moved vertically upwards during the first part of the rotational movement. This is in the Figures 14 and 15 shown by the dash-dotted line of movement of the center of gravity 78. This trajectory of the center of gravity 78 remains essentially vertical until the center of gravity 78 has left the container housing 4. Only then does a significant pivoting of this center of gravity path from the straight line and especially from the vertical take place. During the phase of the center of gravity path within the container housing 4, there is a deviation of up to 20%, in particular up to a maximum of 10% in a direction transverse to the main direction of movement of the center of gravity 78, in the example shown a maximum of 10% forwards, backwards or laterally relative to the Main movement upwards, still to be seen as a straight path and especially a vertical path.

Like from the Figures 10 to 12 As can be seen, the translational movement phase of the canister is followed by a pivoting phase, during which the canister 20 is pivoted strongly upward with a relatively small movement, namely by 90 °. During this phase, not only is the gravitation and thus the weight of the canister 20 and the moving parts of the movement means 26 to be overcome by the movement motors 48, but the strong pivoting movement must also be carried out, which begins relatively quickly after the translational movement phase and thus the Movement motors 48 opposed a certain inertia. In this respect, the greatest expenditure of force for the movement motors 48 has to be made during the first 90 ° pivoting of the canisters 20. Therefor the motor units 58, 60 are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that during this phase they engage opposite one another on the lever 64 and can thereby apply forces particularly well. This also applies in particular because both push rods are extended relatively briefly in this phase and the motor units 58, 60 are thereby still in their most powerful pushing or pulling phase. The motor unit 58 acts here by pressure and the motor unit 60 by pulling, with the motor unit 60 also being prepared for the application of force by thrust, as in the movement phase shown in FIG Fig. 13 is shown, can be seen. From a rotation of about 180 °, the motor unit 60 also acts by pressure on the lever 64 and thus brings the canisters 20 into their operating position, which is shown in FIG Fig. 5 is shown.

In order to carry out a backward movement from the operating position to the storage position, the motor unit 60 acts on tension, whereas the motor unit 58, which is only designed to act on pressure, is moved passively with it. The fact that only one of the motor units 58, 60 brings the motor force into the coupling gear 46 is not critical, since the load of the canister 20 and the holding unit 28 only needs to be increased slightly in order to reach the highest position, from which onwards the backward movement no longer has to exert a force pulling the canister 20.

Both in the in Fig. 5 operating position shown as well as in the in Fig. 8 The illustrated storage position of the canister 20 or the movement means 26, the movement motors 48 can remain force-free. In the storage position, this can be easily seen, since the moving means 26 is placed on the container bottom or the base 30. However, the movement means 26 is also stored in the operating position, in this exemplary embodiment on a storage surface 82, for example the top of the rear container wall, as shown in FIG Fig. 5 can be seen. Here, the underside of a support arm 80 of the movement means 26 or the holding unit 28 lies on the upper side (see FIG Fig. 13 ) the rear container wall. The weight of the canister 20 and the holding unit 28 holds the moving means 26 and the canister 20 in the operating position. In this position, too, the movement motor 48 can be held without force and the canisters 20 remain securely in their operating position. The two inherently stable positions of the storage position and the operating position have the advantage that an operator can safely enter the container housing 4 and the movement motors 48 can be switched off without the danger of the moving means 26 or the canisters 20. The hydraulic lines are also depressurized and therefore safe.

During the entire course of movement from the storage position to the operating position, the canisters 20 rotate through 270 °. You are not only lifted from the horizontal to the vertical position, but also rotated by 180 °. This form of movement has the advantage that it is very compact and therefore only requires a small amount of space both inside and outside the container housing 4. It also has the advantage that the rear of the canister is arranged facing away from the coupling gears 46 or the movement motors 48. This side is particularly easy to access, so that this side is easily and quickly accessible when entering the container housing 4 or the container through the access door 6. Since interfaces are usually located more at the rear end of the canister 20, these can easily be connected.

To operate the missile container 2, it must be loaded with an operating item, for example a canister 20. Instead of the canister (s) 20, other operational items can generally also be used for operating the missile container 2. In this respect, the missile container 2 and its operation are not limited to one or more canisters 20, but other operating objects can also be used, for example other mountings for one or more missiles or other objects.

To load the missile container 2 with a canister 20 or another operational item, an operator can first open the cover 10 and activate the control means 62 via the input means 12. The operator then opens the container roof 14 - expediently via the input means 12 and control means 62 - by opening the roof wing 16. To load the container housing 2 with an operating item, hereinafter referred to simply as canister 20, the operator can now move the movement means 26 in this way that a shelf for the canister 20, in the illustrated embodiment the base 30, becomes free in order to place the canister 20 thereon. For this purpose, the moving means 26 from its in the Figures 7 and 8th are moved away storage position shown, for example into the operating position shown in the Figures 5 and 6 is shown. Canisters 20 are not yet attached to holding unit 28 at this point in time.

A canister 20 can now be lowered into the container housing 4 from above, for example with a crane. The roof opening 24 is open so wide that the canister 20 can be lowered vertically from above onto the shelf in the container housing 4, for example the base 30. In order to assist this laying down, the operator can open the access door 6 of the container housing 4 and enter the interior of the missile container 2. For example, the operator can guide the canisters 20 attached to crane ropes by hand so that the holding members 70 are positively connected between the canister 20 and the base 30 and the canister 20 is thus correctly positioned in the storage position.

It is useful if only a part the canister 20, to which the holding unit 28 is prepared to be carried, is inserted into the container housing 4. This is in Fig. 5 shown, wherein the missile canisters 20 on the holding unit 28 can be imagined. This leaves enough space within the container housing 4 for the operator to be able to stand at the side of the canister 20 and in this way to guide the canister 20 easily into its storage position. Instead of the base 30, another suitable storage unit can also be used. The loading position in which one or more canisters are stored in the container housing 4 for connection to the holding unit 28 can also differ from the storage position. In the embodiment shown in the figures, however, the storage position is identical to the loading position.

If the canister or canisters, four canisters 20 are shown in the exemplary embodiment, are stored in their loading position in the container housing 4, the operator can leave the container housing 4 again and cause the movement means 26 to be moved towards the stored canisters. This is expediently done via the input means 12 and the control means 62, which expediently controls all movements of the movement means 26. For this purpose, the control means 62 expediently comprises one or more control programs as well as electronic elements, such as a processor and data memory, which are necessary for running the control programs.

The holding unit 28 is made, as by the movement paths 72, 74 Fig. 15 shown, brought translationally to the lying canister 20, in the illustrated embodiment, translationally perpendicular from above. In this way, fastening means on the canister 20 and / or the holding unit 28 can be reliably brought into a holding position in which the canister 20 is firmly connected to the holding means 28. The holding means can be a latching means which, when the holding unit 28 moves towards the canister 20, latches in such a way that the canister 20 is firmly connected to the holding unit 28.

The operator can now move the moving means 26 into a loading position or - as is shown by way of example in the figures - into the operating position. In this position, the holding unit 28 is now only with some of the canisters which the holding unit 28 is prepared to carry. This is for example in Fig. 5 shown.

Another canister 20 or a further package with several canisters 20 can now be stored in the container housing 4 as described above. This situation is exactly in Fig. 5 shown. The holding unit 28 can now be lowered again onto the stored canisters 20 and fastened with them, so that the holding unit 28 is now completely equipped. The missile container 2 is completely loaded and the loading process can be completed by the operator closing the container roof 14 again and protecting the display and input means 12 by the cover 10. The missile container 2 is now ready for transport or longer storage.

To make the missile container 2 operational, for example combat readiness, it is expediently brought to an operating location, for example a building to be protected, an oil platform, a ship, a truck or a floor; the possible uses are very diverse . An operator can now open the cover 10 and activate the control means 62 via the input means 12, expediently with a protected access code. The container roof 14 is opened by pivoting the roof wing 16, the antenna 22 is folded out and the means of movement is brought from the storage position into the operating position, for example as described above. The canisters 20 or the missiles stored therein are now ready for operation, for example a take-off.

A maintenance operation of the missile container 2 can also be carried out easily and quickly. For example, an operator can enter the interior of the container housing 4 through the access door 6 and inspect the canisters 20. In addition, since the back or front of the canisters 20 face the access door 6, interfaces on the canisters 20, which are usually located at their rear end, can easily be checked or a test device can easily be connected.

A test of sensors of the missiles can also be carried out quickly and easily with the aid of the movement means 26. If, for example, a position sensor, a direction sensor, an inertial navigation system, an acceleration sensor or the like is to be tested, it is advantageous to read out measured values from this sensor at different positions of the missile or of the canister 20 supporting the missile. For this purpose, the canister 20 can, for example, in the four in the Figures 8 , 12th , 13 and 5 positions shown are moved in which the canister is tilted by 90 ° to the other adjacent positions. Sensor measured values can be recorded and an offset or scale factor of the sensor can be checked or determined.

In order to bring the missile container 2 from its storage state into its combat state or operating state, the container roof 14 must be opened in order to be able to lead the canisters 20 out of the container housing 4. For this purpose, the missile container 2 comprises roof elements; in the exemplary embodiment shown, these are designed as roof wings 16, the function and movement of which are explained below.

Fig. 1 shows the roof wing 16 in a closed position, in which the container roof 14 is closed and the missile container 2 is sealed splash-proof. This position of the roof wing 16 is in Fig. 16 shown schematically and simplified. The container roof 14 has a movable roof unit which, in this exemplary embodiment, comprises the two movable roof wings 16. The roof wings 16 each rest on a side wall of the container housing 4 of the missile container 2 and are supported on the inside by an opening means 88. The opening means 88 comprises an articulation 92 which is rotatable about a fixed axis 90 and which can be moved by a motor unit 96 via a lever 94.

The position of the fixed axis 90 lies in the inner volume of the container housing 4, so that the hinge axes of the fixed axes 90 are arranged in a protected manner in the inner region of the missile container 2. The axes of rotation 90 of the roof wing 16 are well below the roof line and within the container housing 4. As a result, the roof wing 16 can be fully opened with a pivot angle of well below 90 °. In addition, the roof wing 16 can be sealed outside the axis of rotation 90 and independently of it. The fixed axes 90 are between 25% and 30% of the container width of the container housing 4 below the upper edge of the container 102, which is each formed by the upper edge of the corresponding side wall 86, the upper lateral roof edge 104 also being seen as the upper edge of the container. In addition, the fixed axis 90 is less than 5% of the container width away from the lateral container wall 86.

The fixed axis 90 is an axis of rotation in the form of a fixed axis which runs parallel to the longitudinal direction of the roof wing 16. The pivot axis is articulated via a lever arm 94 with a lever rod fastened to the pivot axis 90. The lever rod is connected to a motor unit 96 for actuating the lever rod. The linkage takes place from above, in particular via pulling hydraulics.

The motor unit 96 comprises a push rod, which in this embodiment is designed as a hydraulic cylinder. The motor unit 96 is for its part pivotably mounted in a fixed axis 98 and is movably connected to the link 92 via a joint 100. The motor unit 96 is active here on pulling, that is to say develops its force in one pulling direction, that is to say during contraction.

To open the roof unit 84, the two motor units 96 are activated by the control means 62, so that they pivot the links 92 about the fixed axis 90. Here, the two roof wings 16 lift up and to the side, as in FIG Fig. 17 you can see.

Fig. 17 shows the schematic representation of the container housing 4 in a sectional front view with the roof unit 84 slightly open.The trajectories of the inner edge and the outer side of the roof wing 16 are shown in dashed lines the outer sides move essentially sideways outwards, that is to say move away from the side wall 86 in a lateral direction.

Fig. 18 shows the roof unit 84 in a fully open position. The roof wings 16 are located to the side of the side walls 86, i.e. outside the imaginary side plane of the container housing 4 spanned by the side walls 86. This provides a lot of space for lowering objects into the interior of the container housing 4 from above, for example for introducing the canisters 20 on the base 30.

How out Fig. 19 As can be seen, a seal 106 is arranged in the upper region of the side wall 86, against which the corresponding roof wing 16 rests in the closed wing 16 with a lateral overhang 108 with which the roof wing 16 encompasses the upper side edge 102 of the container side wall 86 from above and from the side . This overhang 108 presses from the side against the seal 106 from the outside. The closed position of the roof wing 16 is in FIG Fig. 19 indicated in dotted lines. It is also possible that the roof wing 16 rests on the seal 106 from above when this, as in FIG Fig. 19 is shown, the upper side edge of the container side wall 86 engages around the top. When closing, the outer edges of the roof wing 16 move towards the lateral container wall 26 and the seal 106 at a sliding angle of less than 10 ° to the horizontal.

Due to the overhang 108, which overhangs slightly downwards, the roof wings 16 close very tightly against the side wall 86, so that even rain driven by the wind cannot penetrate between the roof wing 16 and the side wall 86 into the interior of the container housing 4. The opening movement of the roof unit 84 also has the advantage that water, sand or dirt lying on the container roof 14 slides laterally outward when it is opened and is moved a little away from the side wall 86 by the sideways movement of the outer edge of the roof wing 16. Dirt or water thus flows off the side of the roof wing 16 and falls down from the container side wall 86 at a distance. Penetration of dirt, sand or water into the interior of the container is thus avoided.

To protect the seal 106, the roof unit is provided with an inner cover 110, each roof wing 16 having an inner cover 110. In the open state of the roof unit 84, the inner cover 110 overlaps the upper side edge 102 of the container housing 4 or the upper edge of the side wall 86, so that it is protected from rain or falling dirt in the course of the inner cover 110. The inner cover 110 covers about 75% of the seal 106 and is designed as an elongated plate that is in the Figures 4 , 5 , 8th , 9 , 10th you can see. It can also be seen from these figures that each roof wing 16 comprises two links 92 and two motor units 96, so that each roof wing 16 can be lifted symmetrically in terms of forces and pivoted outward. In order not to collide with the means of movement 26, the rear link 92 can be set a little forward in relation to the position shown in the figures.

To the motor units 96 in the open state To keep the roof unit 84 free of forces, the links 92 are supported in the open state on the side wall 86 of the container housing 4, as from Fig. 18 you can see. The motor units 96 can be switched to free and the roof wings 16, pushed to the side by their weight, remain securely in their open position. In the closed position, the roof wings 16 rest on the container side walls 86 and front and rear supports (not shown), so that the motor units 96 can also be switched free of force in this position and the roof unit 84 remains securely closed.

In a method for operating the missile container 2, after opening the cover 10 via the input means 12, an operator controls the control means 62 via corresponding commands for opening the container roof 14 via the input means 12. The control unit 62 controls the motor units 96 of the roof unit 84 so that they bring the roof wings 16 from their closed position or closed position into their open position, as in FIG Fig. 18 is shown. As a result, the missile container 2 is removed from the in Fig. 1 closed state shown in Fig. 8 Brought open state shown. The movement means 26 is then transferred from the in FIG Fig. 8 in the storage position shown in Fig. 4 shown operating position brought. Here, the movement means 26, specifically the movable members 32 in the exemplary embodiment shown, presses against the roof flaps 18, which are shown in FIG Fig. 2 are shown. Due to the inclined position of the two movable members 32, the roof flaps 18 are pressed downward into an open position against a spring force pressing in the closed position. The roof flaps 18 are closure means which release a corresponding passage for the movement means 26 and close it again. The movement means 26 moves completely into its operating position and leans against the rear wall of the container housing 4.

On the basis of corresponding commands in the input means 12, the antenna 22 is folded up. It also presses against a roof flap 18, which in Fig. 1 is shown so that it is pressed downwards. Alternatively, the antenna 22 can also be unfolded before the movement means 26 is moved into its operating position.

By means of corresponding operating commands on the input means 12, the operator controls the closing of the roof unit 84 so that the two roof wings 16 close again and the in Fig. 3 reach shown closed position. When the roof wing 16 is closed, the container roof 14 is completely closed. The openings in the container roof 14 released by the roof flaps 18 now serve to enable the antenna 22 and the moving means 26 to be guided through the closed container roof 14 without the roof unit 84 having to be open for this purpose. The missile container 2 can thus also be kept closed in its operating position, in which case it is expediently closed in a splash-proof manner. Rain or flying dust therefore does not get into the interior of the container.

If the missile container 2 is to be returned to its storage position, the roof unit 84 can be opened again and the antenna 22 and the moving means 26 can be returned to the storage position. In this case, the corresponding elements move out of the bushings and the roof flaps 18 move back into their closed position with a spring drive. This closes the leadthroughs so that when the roof wing 16 is closed, the container roof 14 is closed again. In order to block the roof flaps from being pressed down in the closed state, positive locking means 112 (see FIG Fig. 19 ) the roof wing 16 behind retaining means 114 of the closed closure means or roof flaps 18. This is in FIG Fig. 19 from which it can be seen that a form-fit means 112 approaches the holding means 114 laterally and engages behind or under it, so that the form-fit means 112 and the holding means 114 form a form fit. It is no longer possible to press down the roof flap 18 since the holding means 114 rests on the form-fitting means 112.

The roof wings 16 are secured in their closed position in that a securing means 116 fixed to the housing (see Fig. 18 ), which can be designed as a retaining bolt, for example, moves into the upper roof wing from the front and thus blocks an opening movement of the roof wing. The upper wing 16, in Fig. 18 if it is the left roof wing, it engages in the closed position in the inner area over the lower roof wing 16, which in Fig. 18 the right roof wing 16 is. This overlapping also prevents the lower roof wing 16 from moving out of the closed position without opening the upper roof wing 16.

The Figures 20 and 21 show the antenna 22 in a storage state of the missile container 2 ( Fig. 1 and Fig. 20 ) and an operating state of the missile container 2 ( Fig. 3 and Fig. 21 .) By means of a movement motor 118 in the form of a hydraulic cylinder, the antenna 22 is unfolded from the position completely inside the container volume to a vertical position in which the antenna 22 protrudes through the roof opening 24. The movement motor generates a rotation of the antenna 22 around an axis of rotation from a linear movement. The antenna 22 is also folded in by the movement motor 118.

Reference list

2

Missile container

4th

Container housing

6

Access door

8th

interface

10

cover

12th

Display and input means

14th

Container roof

16

Roof wing

18th

Roof flap

20th

canister

22nd

antenna

24

Roof opening

26th

Means of Movement

28

Holding unit

30th

base

32

movable link

34

movable link

36

pivot point

38

pivot point

40

pivot point

42

pivot point

44

Paddock

46

Linkage

48

Motion motor

50

Fixed axis

52

Fixed axis

54

Swivel axis

56

Swivel axis

58

Motor unit

60

Motor unit

62

Tax funds

64

lever

66

Fixed axis

68

Fixed axis

70

Holding member

72

Trajectory

74

Trajectory

76

switch cabinet

78

main emphasis

80

Support arm

82

Top

84

Roof unit

86

Side wall

88

Opening means

90

Axis of rotation

92

Link

94

lever

96

Motor unit

98

Fixed axis

100

joint

102

Container top edge

104

Roof edge

106

poetry

108

Overhang

110

Inner cover

112

Positive locking means

114

Holding means

116

Security means

118

Motion motor

Claims (5)

1. Missile container (2) having a container housing (4), a container roof (14), at least one canister (20) arranged in a storage position in the container housing (4) for supporting a missile, and a movement means (26) for moving the canister (20) from a storage position into an operating position,
   wherein, in the operating position, the canister (20) is held at least partially outside the container housing (4) by the movement means (26),
   characterized
   in that

   a) the container roof (14) is closed and outwardly shields a container interior,

   b) the movement means (26) is anchored in a structurally fixed manner within the container housing (4), such that, to hold the canister (20) outside the container housing (14), said movement means must be led through the container roof (14),

   c) the container roof (14) comprises at least two roof wings (16) by means of which a roof opening (24) of the container housing (4) can be opened and closed again, wherein

   - the roof wings (16) rest on the container housing (4),

   - each roof wing (16) is provided for being opened by an opening means (88) by pivoting upwards and to the side,

   - the roof wings (16), in the open state, are supported in each case by means of one or more elements of their opening means (88) on a container side wall (86) such that their opening means (88) for opening the roof wings (16) are force-free,

   d) the container roof (14) has a passage through which the movement means (26) projects in the operating position when the roof opening (24) is closed, and which is closed by a closure means (18) when the movement means (26) is moved out of the passage.
2. Missile container (2) according to Claim 1,
   characterized in that
   the closure means (18) and the movement means (26) are arranged with respect to each other in such a manner that the movement means (26) presses on the closure means (18) by moving into the operating position.
3. Missile container (2) according to either of the preceding claims,
   characterized in that
   each roof wing (16) engages around in each case one side upper edge (102) of the container side wall (86) from above and to the side.
4. Missile container (2) according to either of the preceding claims,
   characterized in that
   each roof wing (16) is mounted pivotably in each case in a single axis of rotation (90).
5. Missile container (2) according to Claim 4,
   characterized in that
   the axis of rotation (90) is arranged by more than 25% of the container width under the container upper edge (102) on which the roof wing (16) rests.

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