RU2287127C2 - Rocket launcher - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: rocket armament of ships.

SUBSTANCE: the launcher has turret 1 mounted on frame 4 located on the deck, and a drum installed on a column under the deck. Power booms 2 for packs 3 with rockets linked with an elevation drive are provided on turret 1. Beams 10 for the replaceable packs are fastened on the drum. Beams 14 and carriages 15 for moving the packs with rockets on the beams to booms 2 and for returning of empty packs are installed on the column. The drum has a turning drive for feeding the replaceable packs to the carriages.

EFFECT: enhanced rate of fire and efficiency of the launcher.

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Description

The present invention relates to rocket weapons of surface ships.

Known launcher (PU), containing a rotary support, on which are fixed racks with attachment points for packages of launching guide tubes with missiles (see US patent No. 54452640, 1995). In this installation, a universal support secures different packages of starting guides. Its disadvantages include the open placement of ammunition on the upper deck. In addition, the packages take up a lot of space, and their replacement is quite time-consuming.

The closest, in our opinion, to the proposed invention is a shipboard launcher, including a hoist mounted below the deck (see German patent DE 3545343 A1, B 63 G 1/00, 1987 - prototype). The specified installation contains a base fixed to the platform of the elevator with locking pins. Based on the tower mounted with a package of launch tubes. In the stowed position, the PU is located below the deck. To launch missiles, it is lifted through a rectangular hatch, rotated 90 ° and lowered. In this case, the pins fall into the corresponding holes on the deck and fix the base of the PU.

The disadvantages of the prototype include a low rate of fire, since the PU must first be raised together with the rockets from under the deck, deployed, hit with pins in the holes and only then lowered. These operations take a lot of time and reduce efficiency.

The technical task is to increase the rate of fire and the effectiveness of shipboard launchers.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that in the launcher for launching missiles, mainly from the deck of a surface ship, including an elevator of missile launcher tube packages located below the deck, a tower with missile guidance units comprising at least one power boom for the packet, the elevator is made in in the form of a charging device, which contains a drum with beams for packages equipped with runners and a pin, a carriage mounted to move along the beams and equipped with a spring-loaded lever with a L-shaped protrusion mention to capture the pin on the package. The charging device also includes intermediate beams fixed with the possibility of docking with beams on the drum, and transition beams mounted on a frame attached to the deck with the possibility of pairing with one end with transition beams and the other with arrows on the tower, which are fixed on an axis connected to vertical guidance drive, while the tower is installed on the deck with the possibility of communication with the charging device through the hatches in the frame.

The launcher is characterized in that the arrows on the tower are equipped with stoppers for the packages. The drum contains an even number of beams that are fixed at equal distances between them.

The non-obviousness of the solution is that the tower with guidance drives is installed on the deck, and the missile packages are stored under the deck in a charging device that only moves the packages. The share of the payload on the lift increases, and the installation rate and its efficiency increase accordingly.

The invention is illustrated by drawings, which show the following types: figure 1 is a side view of the PU, figure 2 is a top view, figure 3 is a top view of a drum with packages; figure 4 is a side view when reloading, figure 5 is the position of the stoppers when fixing the package on the boom, figure 6 is the position of the lever on the carriage when removing the package from the boom.

In an example of a specific embodiment, the device consists of an above-deck part in the form of an actual launcher, including a tower 1 with a pedestal, inside of which horizontal and vertical guidance drives are placed (not shown). Two power booms 2 for interchangeable bags 3 are connected to the vertical guidance drive. The tower is mounted on a frame 4 attached to the deck of the ship. The frame has covers 5 hatches for feeding packages 3 to the boom 2. The packages are located under the deck in the charging device (charger), which contains a central column 6 and a drum 7. The column is fixed to the base 8 and connected to the support 9, which is attached to the frame 4 The drum contains eight beams 10 for packages. The package has runners 11 for moving along the beams, a pin 12 and a stop 13. Two intermediate beams 14 are fixed on the column and two carriages 15 are installed for moving the packages. The ends 16 of the beams 14 are made on cylindrical surfaces. The power plant of the charger includes a pumping station 17 and electric motors 18, which are connected by cardan gears 19 with mechanisms for sending carriages (not shown). Each carriage is equipped with a bag gripping mechanism. The specified mechanism includes a lever 20 with a L-shaped protrusion 21 for gripping the pin 12 on the package and the spring 22.

At the end of each boom 2 there is a lever 23 with rollers for interacting with the lever 20 on the carriage, as well as stoppers 24 and 25 for fixing the package. The ends 26 at the ends of the arrows are made on cylindrical surfaces. Two transition beams 27 are mounted on the frame 4 under the hatches 5. The ends of the beams 27 are made on cylindrical surfaces for interfacing with the ends 26 on the arrows and the ends 16 on the beams 14. The stops 28 at the ends of the arrows serve to fix the packages.

Launcher operates as follows. The combat position of the launcher is shown in figure 1. After obtaining the coordinates of the targets include guidance drives in the tower 1 and produce multiple launch rockets in areas. To continue shooting, it is required to quickly remove empty packets from the PU and replace them with charged ones that are stored in the memory. To do this, open the lids 5, while the beams 27 are installed vertically. Figure 4 shows the position of arrows 2 on the tower, as well as beams 27, 14 and 10 when reloading PU. In the indicated position, the ends at the ends of the beams 27 are mated along cylindrical surfaces with the ends 26 of the arrows 2 and the ends 16 of the beams 14. In this case, a sending path 10-14-27-2 is formed for supplying charged packets from the memory to the PU and returning empty packets from the PU to Memory

To return empty packages, the carriages 15 are moved up to the stop in the packages 3 on the arrows 2. When the levers 20 are turned, the protrusions 21 grab the pins 12. After that, the stops 24, 25 are turned off on the arrows, releasing the stops 13. As a result, the packages are held only by the carriages 15. Then include slide carriage drives. The carriages connected by levers 20 with packages remove them from arrows 2 and lower them through hatches 5 along beams 27, 16 and 10 into the drum. Here, empty bags are fixed with locks (not shown), and the levers 20 are turned in the opposite direction, releasing the pins 12. After disconnecting the levers 20, the carriages are left under the drum on the base 8.

To supply charged packets to the PU, the drum drive is turned on and rotated by an angle multiple of 45 °. In this case, the next pair of packages with missiles is installed above the carriages 15. Then include the carriage drives on the rise. First, the carriages are raised to dock with the bags. In this case, the levers 20 under the influence of copiers on the beams 10 (not shown) are rotated to the position shown in Fig.5. After picking up the packages, the carriages open the locks that fix the packages on the drum. Then, the carriages with packages are sharply moved up the delivery path. In the final section, the speed of the carriages is reduced, the packages smoothly reach the stops 28 on the arrows 2.

Figure 5 shows the position of the mechanisms when fixing the package on the boom. After the income of the package to the stop 28, the stoppers 24 and 25 are activated and fix the package on the arrow. The freed carriages are lowered under the deck, and hatches 5 are closed so that the hot gases from the launching missiles do not fall under the deck. To rotate the launcher to the required firing angle, they include horizontal and vertical guidance drives, after which the missiles are launched from the next pair of packets.

According to the scheme described above, the enterprise NPP Start launched a prototype launcher with the following technical characteristics:

- the number of pipes in the package is 20;

- the number of packets in the drum - 8;

- sending time of two packets on the control panel, s, - 50, no more;

- PU reloading time, s, - 120, no more;

- maximum guidance speed of the launcher, deg / s: vertical - 20, horizontal - 25;

- time interval between starts, s, - 0.5;

- installed power, kW, - 70.

Tests of the prototype showed good results. Compared with the known analogues of this class, the proposed installation has a significantly higher rate of fire (40 starts in 20 seconds) and efficiency (8 packets of 20 missiles each).

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 (3)

1. Launcher for launching missiles mainly from the deck of a surface ship, including a launcher stack of missile launcher tubes placed below the deck, a tower with missile guidance units that contain at least one power boom for the missile, characterized in that the elevator is designed as a charging device including a drum with beams for packages equipped with runners and a pin, a carriage mounted to move along the beams and equipped with a spring-loaded lever with a L-shaped protrusion for gripping the pin in the bag, intermediate beams fixed with the possibility of docking with beams on the drum, and transition beams mounted on a frame attached to the deck with the possibility of interfacing with one end with intermediate beams and the other with arrows on the tower, which are mounted on an axis connected to the drive vertical guidance, while the tower is installed on the deck with the possibility of communication with the charging device through the hatches in the frame. 2. Launcher according to claim 1, characterized in that the arrows are equipped with stoppers packages. 3. Launcher according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the drum contains an even number of guides that are fixed at equal distances between them.

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