RU2749378C2 - Mobile unit for special treatment of helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: disinfection.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the area of treatment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the purpose of disinfection. A mobile unit for disinfection of helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles is comprised of distribution frames made of a hollow metal square cross-section pipe wherein technological holes are located along the perimeter of said pipe, wherein sprayers for supplying a solution are inserted; a unit for supplying the solution to the distribution frames and a unit for putting the distribution frames in the operating position. The unit for supplying the solution to the distribution frames is comprised of a container, a solution supply control unit, a distribution manifold and a tube. The distribution manifold therein is a hollow metal cylinder with an inlet hole, side outlet holes and an end outlet hole. The unit for putting the distribution frames in the operating position consists of an electric engine transmitting torque from the gear (18) of the electric engine to the gear (16) of the annular support of the driving frame to set said gear in motion.EFFECT: invention provides disinfection of UAVs in automatic (semi-automatic) mode, reduced time consumption for disinfection, consumption of formulations required for disinfection and reduction of labour intensity of the process.5 cl, 6 dwg

Description

The invention relates to weapons and means of NBC protection, in particular to NBC reconnaissance equipment.

Unmanned aerial vehicle (hereinafter referred to as UAV) is an aircraft that does not have a crew (pilot) on board and is capable of independently purposefully moving in the air in an autonomous mode or by means of remote control [1].

Currently, according to the estimates of most Western experts, the United States and NATO countries in future wars and armed conflicts will rely on the use of UAVs [2]. Modern UAVs make it possible to use them not only for solving RCB reconnaissance tasks in wartime, but also for monitoring the RCB situation during the elimination of the consequences of accidents at radiation, chemically and biologically hazardous facilities. Helicopter-type UAVs can be used quite effectively to identify and assess the RCB situation in view of the possibility of hovering in place.

Expanding the range of UAV applications poses a number of new tasks:

- the need to decontaminate a UAV that performed tasks under conditions of RCB contamination, moreover, in an automatic (semi-automatic) mode and without leaving the crew from the RCB reconnaissance vehicle;

- the possibility of implementing highly effective methods and methods for the disinfection of "sensitive equipment": irrigation with fine aerosols, steam-gas method, treatment with foam formulations;

- reducing the time spent on disinfection, the consumption of formulations required for disinfection, as well as reducing the labor intensity of this process.

One of the directions for solving the problems identified above is the development of a design of a technical means intended for the disinfection of helicopter-type RCB reconnaissance UAVs, with the possibility of placing it directly on the body of RCB reconnaissance vehicles for mobility of movement.

The proposed mobile installation for the disinfection of helicopter-type UAVs (Fig. 1) is a frame-type structure mounted on the body of reconnaissance vehicles, which provides automatic (semi-automatic) mode, without leaving the crew from the vehicle, the disinfection of the UAV.

A mobile unit for the disinfection of helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles consists of:

- a unit for providing solution supply to the distribution frames (2) (Fig. 2), which functions as follows: due to excess pressure, the solution from the container (4), passing through the solution supply control unit (5) and the distribution manifold (6), through the inner cavity of the frames and the tube (7) is supplied to the nozzles. The solution supply control unit provides automatic (upon actuation of the limit switch of the distribution frame position) solution supply from the container (4) to the distribution manifold (6).

- distribution manifold (Fig. 3), which is a hollow cylinder, which has one inlet (8) and 5 outlets (9) and (10). From the holes (9), the solution enters the distribution frames only when they are in the working position, the hole (10) provides the solution to the lower, fixed frame.

- distribution frames (1) (Fig. 4) made of a hollow metal pipe of square cross-section along the perimeter of which there are technological holes into which sprayers (11) are inserted for solution supply, in the lower part of each frame there is an annular support base (12) having an opening ( 13) for the flow of solution from the distribution manifold, while the driving frame has a toothed gear (14) on the right support ring, which allows it to move from the transport position to the working position. The distribution frames are fixed on single support nodes, which are the cylindrical distribution manifold on the left and the reference axis on the right.

- the unit for transferring the distribution frames to the working position (3) (Fig. 5), ensures the installation of the distributing frames (15) in a given (working and traveling) position by transferring torque from the gear (18) of the electric motor to the gear (16) of the annular support of the driving frame fixed on the axis of the base (17).

At the same time, in the process of movement of the leading frame, by means of tensioning the awning, the remaining distribution frames are sequentially installed in the working position. The transfer of the structure to the stowed position (Fig. 6) is ensured by transferring the pushing force from the leading frame to the rest, in the course of its movement in the opposite direction. r

Disinfection is carried out as follows: after landing an infected UAV on the base of the structure, the frames are installed in a working position and provide the supply and application of a solution for disinfection on the infected UAV. In addition, by means of an awning fixed on the frame, a frame structure based on the hood principle forms a working space that eliminates the influence of climatic factors on the disinfection process of an infected object, and also provides the possibility of implementing highly effective methods and methods for disinfecting "sensitive equipment": irrigation with fine aerosols, steam-gas processing, processing with foam formulations.

Information sources

1. The official website of the Great Russian Encyclopedia https://bigenc.ru/technology and technique / text / 4087725. Retrieved October 19, 2019.

2. Sytin L.E. The most modern weapons and military equipment. - M .: ACT, 2017 .-- 656 p. - ISBN978-5-17-090382-5.

Claims (5)

1. A mobile installation for disinfection of unmanned aerial vehicles of a helicopter type, characterized in that it contains a distribution frame made of a hollow metal tube of square cross-section, along the perimeter of which there are technological holes into which sprayers are inserted to supply the solution; a unit for supplying solution to the distribution frames, consisting of a container, a control unit for supplying a solution, a distribution manifold and a tube, the distribution manifold being a hollow metal cylinder having an inlet, side outlets and an end outlet; a unit for transferring the distribution frames to the operating position, consisting of an electric motor that transmits torque from the gear (18) of the electric motor to the gear (16) of the annular support of the driving frame to set it in motion. 2. The installation according to claim 1, characterized in that it is made with the possibility of transferring the structure from the folded state to the operating position when the UAV arrives at the installation, as well as with the possibility of supplying the solution through the nebulizers to the UAV due to excess pressure, which ensures the passage of the solution from the container through the solution supply control unit and the distribution manifold along the inner cavity of the frames. 3. Installation according to claim 1, characterized in that it is made with the possibility of forming a working space by means of an awning fixed on the framework, ensuring the elimination of the influence of climatic factors on the disinfection process of an infected UAV. 4. Installation according to claim 1, characterized in that it can be used for processing by methods: irrigation with fine aerosols, steam-gas processing, processing with foam formulations. 5. Installation according to claim 1, characterized in that for mobility it is located on the basis of the RCB reconnaissance vehicle.

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