RU2210050C1 - Transport-launching pack - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: armament, applicable for storage, transportation and launching of rockets, mainly from a shipboard launcher. SUBSTANCE: the pack has a body with a bottom and cover on the front end, rocket attachments in the transport positioned and at least two frames with manipulators. The pack is also equipped with a device for forced ejection of the rocket and with an additional frame with a bearing flange located on the front end. For attachment in the compartment the bearing flange is provided with supporting platforms with holes. The bearing flange may be made rectangular for putting on the rectangular supporting frame in the launching pack compartment. The supporting platforms may be made on the flange angles and provided with holes for the guide pins. The device for forced ejection of the rocket may be made in the form of a catapult equipped with a power air cylinder engageable with the rocket body. The catapult may have a gas generator with a powder charge communicating with the cavity of the power air cylinder. EFFECT: simplified construction, reduced labor content of manufacture. 4 cl, 2 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to weapons and is intended for storage, transportation and launch of a rocket, mainly from a ship's launcher.

 Known transport and launch container for storing and launching a rocket, consisting of a housing with a bottom and a quick cover (see application GB 2168713, CL F 41 F 3/042, publ. 1987). This container, made of plastic, is unsuitable for use as part of a ship launcher.

 A ship launcher is also known, which uses a metal multi-purpose container that provides joint storage and independent launch of up to four missiles of various types (see US patent 5942713, class F 41 F3 / 04, 1999). This container is notable for its complexity of construction and is rather laborious to manufacture.

 The closest in technical essence to the proposed invention is a transport and launch container (TPK), developed in the USA for a shipboard installation of a vertical launch of the Mk-41 type (see the journal "Foreign Military Review". M., "Red Star", 4, 1999 city, p. 46, Fig. 2 - prototype).

 The specified TPK, containing a housing with a bottom and a lid, reinforced with spars, is designed to "hot" launch a rocket by turning on its regular engine directly in a container fixed in the cell of an integrated ship module located in the rocket cellar of the ship. Such a startup scheme requires the use of special technical means for protection against shock overloads and chemical effects of rocket fuel combustion products, which complicates the design of the TPK and increases the complexity of its production.

 The task is greatly simplified if the launch of a rocket is divided into two stages. The rocket must first be thrown out of the container using the built-in catapult to a certain (safe) height and only then remotely turn on the rocket engine.

 The technical task is to simplify the design of the TPK while maintaining safety, reducing the complexity. In addition, the TPK device must be coordinated with the design of the ship’s launcher (launcher), in which it is supposed to be used. A description of such a launcher with a lattice-mesh design is given in our application for the invention "Integrated ship module", filed simultaneously with this application for a transport and launch container.

 The technical result is achieved in that the transport and launch container, mainly for the vertical launch of rockets from under the deck of the ship, comprising a housing with a bottom and a cover at the front end, where there is an opening for launching the rocket, with nodes inside to hold the rocket in transport position, equipped with with at least two frames with tilting units, equipped with a device for forced ejection of a rocket and an additional frame with a bearing flange placed at the front end and equipped with supporting platforms and evils attaching to the launcher cell.

 The container is characterized in that the device for the forced release of the rocket is made in the form of a catapult equipped with a power pneumatic cylinder interacting with the rocket body. The container is also characterized in that the catapult contains a gas generator with a powder charge. The container is characterized in that for mounting in a launcher cell equipped with a rectangular support frame with guide pins at the corners, its bearing flange is made rectangular with the possibility of overlapping on the support frame, while the support pads are placed at the corners of the flange and provided with orienting holes for the pins.

 The invention is illustrated by drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a general view of the container, FIG. 2 is a view A of FIG. 1 (view from the side of the lid).

 The transport and launch container (TPK) consists of a housing 1 of predominantly cylindrical shape with a bottom 2 and a cover 3. On the housing there are power frames 4 with rigging units in the form of eyebolts 5 and trunnions 6 for tilting. An additional frame 7 with a supporting flange 8 is fixed at the front end of the container, on which there are bearing pads 9 and trunnions 10. On the pads 9 there are orienting holes "a" for the guide pins, which are in the cell 11 PU.

 A catapult is mounted inside the container for the forced release of a rocket (not shown). Supports 12 on the container with openings "b" and supports 13 with protrusions 14 are designed to store containers in a horizontal position during storage or transportation. On the bottom 2 there are also standard electrical connectors for connecting the container’s electrical equipment to the starting automation equipment (ASA) and the ship’s launcher control panel (not shown). Positions 15 and 16 indicate the deck (floor) and the bulkhead (wall) of the ship’s rocket cellar.

 TPK is used in the following order. For transportation, containers with missiles are placed on a vehicle in a horizontal position with supports 12 down. For loading, the rigging units are used 5. The TPK of the second tier is mounted on the containers of the first so that the protrusions 13 of the 1st tier coincide with the holes “b” of the 2nd tier, after which they are fixed in a known manner.

 The containers delivered to the ship are installed in cells 11 of the launcher, which are a lattice-honeycomb structure mounted instead of the ceiling of a rocket cellar. The container is hooked on the pins 10, turned over into a vertical position and lowered down to the bottom of the PU cell so that the guide pins fall into the orientation holes "a" on the platforms 9 TPK. Then the flange 8 is fixed in the cell using the L-shaped strips (not shown, since they are elements of PU). After that, the electrical connectors on the bottom of the TPK are connected with electric cables to the ACA and the electrical equipment of the PU.

 TPK operates as follows. To eject a rocket without turning on its engine, an electrical impulse is first supplied from the ACA through the cable to the container, which undermines the pyro cartridge located in the catapult. The igniter ignites the powder charge in the gas generator. When the charge is burned, a large amount of gases is formed, which enter the rod cavity of the pneumatic cylinder through the adapter and create high pressure in it. The rod begins to mix and, through the hook, transmits an ejection pulse to the rocket. The missile with its head part presses on the cover of the TPK. A cover made of polyurethane foam easily breaks into pieces that fly off to the sides using existing notches.

 The parameters of the gas generator and the pneumatic cylinder provide the rocket with an ejection speed of about 30 m / s when leaving the TPK. At this initial speed, the rocket can be catapulted to a height of up to 45 m, after which the rocket engine is remotely switched on. This method of "cold" start significantly increases the safety of the rocket and simplifies the design of the container, which no longer needs the means of removal and neutralization of rocket fuel combustion products.

 According to the described scheme, the enterprise of NPP Start (Yekaterinburg) developed design documentation for a metal TPK with an integrated catapult. The design of the TPK does not contain particularly scarce materials and can be manufactured at a medium-sized machine-building enterprise. Calculations show that the complexity of this TPK is 2-3 times less in comparison with containers designed for the "hot" launch of rockets.

 The technical solution described above meets the criteria of novelty, non-obviousness and industrial applicability, in connection with which a patent for an invention is proposed for legal protection.

Claims (4)

 1. Transport and launch container mainly for the vertical launch of rockets from under the deck of the ship, comprising a housing with a bottom and a cover at the front end, where there is an opening for launching the rocket, with nodes inside to hold the rocket in transport position, equipped with at least two frames with tilting units, characterized in that it is equipped with a device for forced ejection of a rocket and an additional frame with a supporting flange placed at the front end, equipped with supporting platforms with holes for cr Heat in the launcher cell.  2. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that its bearing flange is made rectangular with the possibility of overlapping on a rectangular support frame in the launcher cell having guide pins at the corners, while the support pads are made at the corners of the flange and provided with holes for the guide pins.  3. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the device for the forced release of a rocket is made in the form of a catapult equipped with a power pneumatic cylinder interacting with the rocket body.  4. The container according to claim 2, characterized in that the catapult contains a gas generator with a powder charge, in communication with the cavity of the power pneumatic cylinder.

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