RU2509043C1 - Air-delivered munition storage rack - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: aviation.

SUBSTANCE: storage rack consists of posts, fixed beams and swing-type beams, cradles installed on them and provided with flexible tie-rods retaining munition against displacement in all directions. Storage rack is attached to a ship deck so that useful volumes are released on a top ceiling for arrangement of hoisting devices thereon and provides the possibility of increasing the number of replaceable cradles for different types of munition on beams depending on dimensions of a ship cabin and installation of the required number of air-delivered munition on the storage rack. Action of kinematics of a fixing mechanism with a handle results in swinging of the swing-type beam with the cradle located on it outside or inside the storage rack depending on a design.

EFFECT: flexibility of a storage rack and reliable fixation of munition at performance of loading and unloading operations under rolling movement conditions of a ship.

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Description

The invention relates to shipbuilding and relates to means of storing aircraft ammunition on ships, as well as on civilian ships, when transporting non-standard large-sized long products with special requirements for transportation.

The closest analogue of the invention is патент Patent No. 2042585, consisting of unconnected sections, in each of which columns located in the middle of the base and side racks are rigidly mounted on a common base. In the columns of the box-shaped form, tiers are mounted in pairs, which are mounted in the vertical plane in different directions, which carry levers that can be supported by the supports in the side racks. The counterweights on the supporting arms hold them upright in the column body with an unloaded rack. The shelf cell is ready when loading the underlying tier through a system of drive levers, rods and flags.

However, the known rack has several disadvantages, namely:

- not adapted to ship conditions (lack of reliable cargo fixation to the load-bearing elements of the rack);

- the presence of a large number of drive elements that reduce the reliability of the operation of automation on a wave.

The aim of the present invention is to develop a rack designed to store various aircraft ammunition and other large-sized long products, adapted for use in ship conditions.

In the present invention, this goal is achieved by the fact that the rack for storing aircraft ammunition is a prefabricated multi-tiered structure consisting of racks, fixed beams and folding beams installed on them with lodgements with means of restraint against displacement of aircraft ammunition in all directions under the conditions of the rolling ship.

A feature of the proposed rack is the unification of the components, namely: there is the possibility of adding the number of lodgements on the folding beams (to increase the number of ammunition on the tier), allowing, depending on the types and quantity of ammunition, as well as the size of the ship’s room, to select the optimal performance of the rack, and also increase manufacturability in manufacturing.

Figure 1 shows a rack for storing aircraft ammunition.

The rack consists of racks 1, lodgements 2, hinged beams 3 and fixed beams 4. The racks 1 are interconnected by couplers 6 and fixed beams 4. At the bottom of the racks 1 there are bases 7 for fastening to the ship's foundation on the deck, which does not require fixing to the ceiling, which allows you to place there hoisting devices, for example, bridge type. The sides of the racks facing the ammunition are pasted over with a rubber plate. The second and subsequent tiers of the rack are made with hinged beams 3. The number of tiers of the proposed rack is limited by the height of the ship's premises. Hinged beams can be made with folding both on the outside of the rack and inside the rack. On the beams on the clamps, the lodgements 2 are fixedly mounted, on which flexible ties 5 are installed, which are a means of restraining from displacement of the ammunition in all directions when the ship is rolling. The shape of the lodgement is selected based on the shape of the ammunition. Thus, with similar cross-sectional sizes of various ammunition, it is not necessary to develop a new rack, but only replace the lodgement, which increases the versatility of the proposed rack.

Figure 2 presents the hinged beam 13 having a locking mechanism with a handle 8. The handle 8 is connected to an adjustable rod included in the socket of the latch 9. The latch is attached to the rack rack. From the side of the loop 12, the rod 10 abuts against the spring-loaded stopper of the loop 11. When the handle 8 is turned towards the socket of the retainer 9, the rod 10 enters into the socket of the retainer 9 with its end, thereby securing the beam to the rack. When the handle 8 is turned towards the loop 12, the rod leaves the socket of the latch 9, the beam is released and can be tilted 90 ° around the loop 12. When the beam is rotated 90 °, the cutout in the loop 12 coincides with the axis of the beam. When installing the handle 8 in the direction of the loop, the spring-loaded stopper of the loop 11 enters the notch of the loop 12, and the beam is fixed at this moment, allowing loading or unloading of the aviation ammunition from the lodgement when the ship is rocking.

Figure 3 presents the flexible screed installed on the lodgements 18, designed to keep the aircraft ammunition from displacement during heavy waves and is a detachable structure consisting of flexible clamps 14, the lock 15 and the tension device 16. The screed is attached to the lodgement on one side through a tension device 16, providing the necessary clamping force of the entire screed to the munition body, and on the other hand, through the flexible clamp 14. Fixing the screed in the closed position is carried out by the lock 15, mounted on one m of the clamps 14, located on the side of the tensioning device 16. On the lock 15 is a spring-loaded bar 17, which serves as a stopper for stop, which enters the eye of the flexible clamp 14 and thereby fixes the screed in the closed position.

Aircraft ammunition is loaded (provided that the ties on the locks are not fastened and do not interfere with loading operations) as follows:

- Aviation ammunition is placed on the lodgements of fixed beams and secured with ties;

- screed clamps are thrown on the ammunition body;

- the lock bar is pulled until the rod is released, after which the lock stop is brought into the eye of the screed clamp;

- the lock is rotated towards the munition body, after which the bar is lowered and the munition is pressed against the lodgement, while, if necessary, it is possible to adjust the tension of the clamp ties using a tension device;

- the hinged beams are closed, and the next ammunition is loaded on the next upper tier, while the sequence of loading the remaining ammunition is similar to the previous steps.

Unloading of aviation ammunition from the rack is carried out in the reverse order to the previously given actions.

The convenience of the proposed rack is its quick-assembled design, which allows it to be used on civilian vessels for the transport of large, long-length large-weight products that have special requirements for transportation. Another advantage can be a single principle of operation during loading and unloading operations, which greatly facilitates the work of personnel.

Claims (1)

Aircraft ammunition storage rack, consisting of racks, fixed beams and hinged beams, lodges installed on them with flexible ties that hold the ammunition from displacement in all directions, characterized in that the rack is mounted to the ship's deck, freeing up useful volumes on the ceiling for placing hoisting devices there, with the possibility of increasing the number of replaceable lodgment ammunitions for various types of lodgements on beams, depending on the size of the ship’s space and setting the required quantity Aviation ammunition on the rack, in which, due to the kinematics of the locking mechanism with the handle, the hinged beam with the lodgement on it is folded outward or inward of the rack, depending on the version, and its reliable fixation in the folded-down and closed positions for loading and unloading operations under conditions pitching ship.

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