Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B22/00—Buoys
  • B63B22/18—Buoys having means to control attitude or position, e.g. reaction surfaces or tether
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B22/00—Buoys
  • B63B22/003—Buoys adapted for being launched from an aircraft or water vehicle;, e.g. with brakes deployed in the water
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B22/00—Buoys
  • B63B22/24—Buoys container type, i.e. having provision for the storage of material
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
  • B63B27/36—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for floating cargo
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
  • B63G8/00—Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines; Equipment specially adapted therefor
  • B63G8/14—Control of attitude or depth
  • B63G8/24—Automatic depth adjustment; Safety equipment for increasing buoyancy, e.g. detachable ballast, floating bodies
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
  • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
  • F42B19/00—Marine torpedoes, e.g. launched by surface vessels or submarines; Sea mines having self-propulsion means
  • F42B19/36—Marine torpedoes, e.g. launched by surface vessels or submarines; Sea mines having self-propulsion means adapted to be used for exercise purposes, e.g. indicating position or course
  • F42B19/38—Marine torpedoes, e.g. launched by surface vessels or submarines; Sea mines having self-propulsion means adapted to be used for exercise purposes, e.g. indicating position or course with means for causing torpedoes to surface at end of run
  • F42B19/44—Marine torpedoes, e.g. launched by surface vessels or submarines; Sea mines having self-propulsion means adapted to be used for exercise purposes, e.g. indicating position or course with means for causing torpedoes to surface at end of run by enlarging displacement
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
  • B63C11/00—Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects
  • B63C11/02—Divers' equipment
  • B63C2011/023—Accessories for diving arranged or for use outside the water
  • B63C2011/025—Transporting units specially adapted for transporting diver's equipment, such as breathing air tanks, diving suits, or the like
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F41—WEAPONS
  • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
  • F41F3/00—Rocket or torpedo launchers
  • F41F3/08—Rocket or torpedo launchers for marine torpedoes
  • F41F3/10—Rocket or torpedo launchers for marine torpedoes from below the surface of the water

Definitions

• the invention relates to an underwater transport container, which allows Mattiereschwimmern to bring equipment, which are stored in the underwater transport container, as unrecognized to the place of use.
• Fighter swimmers are exposed for unidentified use, for example, from a submerged submarine, and usually take their equipment from a transport container which may be attached to the outside or stored in the weapon barrel.
• the disadvantage is that regularly the charge must be taken on site and then a transport of the charge takes place at the water surface, where the probability of detection is increased.
• the object of the invention is to provide an underwater transport container, which can be safely transported by combat swimmers in the submerged state and can only be emptied at the site above the water surface.
• the underwater transport container according to the invention has a front section, a middle section and a rear section.
• the underwater transport container further has a cylindrical basic shape for storage in a weapon barrel, thus it has a diameter which is smaller than or equal to a diameter of a ejection body intended for ejection from a weapon barrel, preferably a diameter of less than or equal to 600 mm but greater than 100 mm is.
• the middle section has at least one storage area.
• the front section has at least one first buoyancy compensating element, the rear section has at least one second buoyancy compensating element.
• the first buoyancy compensating element and the second buoyancy compensating element are disposed inside the underwater transporting container.
• the front section has at least a first surface buoyancy element
• the rear section has at least one second surface buoyancy element.
• the first buoyancy compensation element and the second buoyancy compensation element are suitable for adapting the buoyancy to the ambient conditions.
• the first surface buoyancy member and the second surface buoyancy member are switchable between a compacted state inside the submarine transport container and a drive generating state.
• the underwater transport container may have a large storage area, which also allows the accommodation of a large piece of equipment. Alternatively, the underwater transport container may also have two or more separate storage areas. Advantage of this embodiment is that when water enters a single storage area the buoyancy is reduced only to a lesser extent.
• Buoyancy compensating elements serve to adjust the buoyancy purposefully and time-dependent.
• the buoyancy can be adjusted for example to salinity and temperature but also to the depth. In particular, the latter can be very important in order to keep the charge stable even at different decompression levels.
• the surface buoyancy elements serve to ensure a safe and stable buoyancy for driving to the surface and removal of the cargo from the storage area.
• the surface buoyancy elements are arranged largely outside the cylindrical basic shape of the underwater transport container in the case of the generation of power, thus ensuring maximum stabilization at the water surface.
• the surface buoyancy elements should also be able to compensate for the penetration of water into the storage area during unloading.
• the surface buoyancy elements are arranged horizontally to the surface of the water and transversely to the longitudinal direction of the underwater transport container in the state generating the drive.
• at least two surface buoyancy elements are arranged at opposite ends in the longitudinal direction of the underwater transport container. This results in a quasi stabilization at the four corners of the underwater transport container.
• the buoyancy compensation elements are preferably located in a water flushed area of the underwater transport container. In a preferred embodiment, only the storage space or only the storage spaces are not flushed with water.
• the storage space of the underwater transport container is pressure-tight against an external water pressure. In this way, penetration of water can be safely prevented even in the submerged state.
• the first surface buoyancy element is formed from a first first surface buoyancy subelement and a second first surface buoyancy subelement and the second surface buoyancy element is formed from a first second surface buoyancy subelement and a second second surface buoyancy subelement.
• the first first surface buoyancy sub-element and the second first surface buoyancy sub-element may be connected or completely separated from each other.
• the first second surface buoyancy sub-element and the second second surface buoyancy sub-element may be interconnected or completely separate.
• first first surface buoyancy sub-element and the second first surface buoyancy sub-element each have the same buoyancy in the state generating the drive.
• first second surface buoyancy sub-element and the second second surface buoyancy sub-element each have the same buoyancy in the state generating the run.
• the first first surface buoyancy subelement and the first second surface buoyancy subelement are disposed on the starboard side, and the second first surface buoyancy subelement and the second second surface buoyancy subelement are disposed on the port side.
• the first and second surface buoyancy sub-elements are arranged symmetrically to the longitudinal axis of the underwater transport container.
• the first surface buoyancy element and the second surface buoyancy element are arranged substantially transversely to the longitudinal direction of the underwater transport container in the state that generates the drive.
• Substantially transversely in this context means on the one hand an orientation transversely, ie at 90 ° to the longitudinal axis.
• the surface buoyancy elements for example, take an X-shape are conceivable. It is important that the surface buoyancy elements in this case have an essential component in the transverse direction, ie an angle greater than 45 ° to the longitudinal axis.
• the maximum lift of the first buoyancy compensating element and the second buoyancy compensating element together amount to between 2% and 30%, preferably between 5% and 15% of the buoyancy of the whole Underwater transport container with the first surface buoyancy element and the second surface buoyancy element in the compacted state.
• the underwater transport container is preferably balanced during loading so that it has a slight downforce, so slightly more mass than displacement. This can be done with a relatively low buoyancy volume of the buoyancy compensation elements adjustment to depth and environmental conditions. This makes it possible in particular to gradually adjust the depth between the Ausbringianae and the surface and thus give the divers at various depths the time for decompression.
• an adaptation to the height profile, especially in the coastal or shore area, or in rivers possible.
• the maximum lift of the first surface buoyancy element and the second surface buoyancy element together is between 90% and 200%, preferably between 100% and 125% of the output of the entire subsea transport container with the first surface buoyant element and the second surface buoyancy element in the on-the-fly state.
• the underwater transport container with the first surface buoyancy element and the second surface buoyancy element in the compacted state and minimum buoyancy of the first buoyancy compensating element and the second buoyancy compensating element has a buoyancy which is between 1% and 15%, preferably between 2% and 8% lower is as the bulk of the underwater transport container.
• the middle section below the storage area comprises at least one gas storage device.
• the storage area and the area of the at least one gas storage device are separated by a floor.
• the floor is removable.
• a gas storage device for example, and in particular gas pressure bottles, in particular commercially available breathing air bottles can be used. 2 to 20, more preferably 4 to 12 gas pressure bottles are particularly preferably used.
• reactive gas storage devices may be used, for example, sodium azide. These have the advantage of a very compact design and a very fast release rate.
• the first surface buoyancy element and the second surface buoyancy element have a larger volume than the dust area in the state that generates the power. This serves to ensure the buoyancy even with complete flooding of the storage area.
• the volume of the surface buoyancy elements is chosen so large that not only penetrating water can be compensated, but additionally can compensate for the charge, which usually has a higher density than water.
• the first surface buoyancy element and the second surface buoyancy element have a larger volume than the dust area plus the volume needed to compensate for the mass of equipment stowed in the storage space.
• the outer skin of the underwater transport container consists of one or more materials selected from the group comprising aluminum and fiber-reinforced plastic, in particular carbon fiber reinforced plastic and glass fiber reinforced plastic.
• the underwater transport container comprises at least a first gas distribution system, the first gas distribution system being configured to distribute gas between at least one gas bearing device and the first buoyancy compensating element, the second buoyancy compensating element, the first surface buoyant element and the second surface buoyant element, the gas distribution system being manual from the back of the rear section is operable.
• the underwater transport container comprises at least a first gas distribution system, the first gas distribution system being configured to distribute gas between at least one gas bearing device and the first buoyancy compensating element, the second buoyancy compensating element, the first surface buoyant element and the second surface buoyant element, the gas distribution system being automatic electronically regulated.
• the subsea transport container comprises a first gas distribution system, wherein the first gas distribution system is configured to distribute gas between at least a first gas bearing device and the first buoyancy compensating element and the second buoyancy compensating element, the first gas distribution system being manually operable from the rear of the rear section is.
• the underwater transport container has a second gas distribution system, wherein the second gas distribution system is designed for distributing gas between a second gas storage device and the first surface buoyancy element and the second surface buoyancy element, wherein the second gas distribution system is manually operable from the back of the rear section.
• the first gas distribution system and the second gas distribution system are separated, that is not connected to each other. This leads to the fact that even in case of failure of a system or exhaustion of the gas supply for in particular the buoyancy compensation elements a safe emergence and thus removal of the transported cargo is possible.
• the underwater transport container comprises a first gas distribution system, wherein the first gas distribution system is designed for distributing gas between at least one first gas storage device and the first buoyancy compensating element and the second buoyancy compensating element, wherein the first gas distribution system is automatically electronically controlled.
• the underwater transport container comprises a second gas distribution system, wherein the second gas distribution system is designed to distribute gas between a second gas storage device and the first surface buoyancy element and the second surface buoyancy element, wherein the second gas distribution system is automatically electronically controlled.
• the first gas distribution system and the second gas distribution system are separated, that is not connected to each other.
• the underwater transport container has at least one first closure element for closing the storage area of the middle section, wherein the first closure element is completely detachably connectable to the underwater transport container.
• the first closure element may for example also be connected in the form of a flap to the underwater transport container.
• the first closure element can be prevented from drifting even after complete detachment, for example by means of a cable or wire.
• the underwater transport container has at least one first closure element for closing the storage area of the middle section, wherein the first closure element can be connected to the underwater transport container with a hinge.
• the underwater transport container on the back of the rear section on a weapon coupling for application from a gun barrel Such gun couplings are known, for example, from mines or torpedoes.
• the underwater transport container at the front of the front section on a coupling for coupling to an underwater vehicle Preferred example of such an underwater vehicle are vehicles that are used by divers as a support for overcoming longer distances and therefore have an energy supply and a drive.
• the underwater transport container at the front of the front section and at the rear of the rear section each have a coupling for coupling two underwater transport containers.
• several underwater transport containers can be coupled to a Unterwasserjant.
• the underwater transport container has a diameter of 533 mm.
• FIG. 1 longitudinal section through an underwater transport container
• Fig. 2 top view of an underwater transport container
• Fig. 3 further supervision of an underwater transport container
• Fig. 6 gun barrel with two underwater transport containers in cross section
• FIGS. 1 to 5 show an underwater transport container 10 from different perspectives.
• Fig. 1 the front section 20, the middle section 30 and the rear section 40 of the underwater transport container 10 can be seen.
• the front section 20 has a first buoyancy compensation element 50 and a first surface buoyancy element 70
• the rear section comprises a second buoyancy compensation element 60 and a second surface buoyancy element 80.
• the first surface buoyant member 70 and the second surface buoyant member 80 are disposed in the compacted state inside the underwater transportation container 10. In the power generating state, these protrude far out of the underwater transport container 10, as clearly visible in FIG.
• the middle section 30 of the storage area 90 and gas storage devices 110 are arranged.
• a weapon coupling 100 is arranged to eject the underwater transport container 10 from a weapon barrel 160 can.
• Fig. 2 shows the underwater transport container 10 in an oblique plan view. Visible are the first first surface buoyancy subelement 72, the second first surface buoyancy subelement 74, the first second surface buoyancy subelement 82, and the second second surface buoyancy subelement 84, respectively, in the impeller Status.
• the first buoyancy compensating member 50, the second buoyancy compensating member 60, the first surface buoyant member 70, the first first buoyancy subelement 72, the second first buoyancy subelement 74, the second surface buoyant member 80, the first second buoyant subelement 82 and the second second surface buoyant subelement 84 are, for example, and preferably made of a plastic material manufactured, which is also suitable for example for the production of inflatable boats.
• the first second surface buoyancy sub-member 82 is shown in the compacted state to show the difference from the state generating the blade. In the compacted state, the first second surface buoyancy subelement 82 is disposed completely inside the submarine transport container 10.
• handles 120 can be seen, which hold a diver or with which a diver can push the underwater transport container 10.
• the handles 120 are at least partially designed so that a crane hook for resuming the underwater transport container 10 can be arranged thereon.
• the submarine transport container 10 has a fire extinguisher coupling 130, as is customary in the submarine range.
• a corresponding extinguisher can be connected via the coupling in the event of a fire in order to extinguish a fire in the interior.
• the closure element 140 is shown enlarged in FIG. 4.
• the closure element 140 has a retaining lug 142, which allows a fixation of the underwater transport container 10 in a weapon barrel 160.
• the closure element 140 is fastened via ten tension locks 144, five each on each side. As a result, the closure member 140 can be easily removed by divers completely.
• the Underwater transport container 10 a seal 146.
• Fig. 6 schematically shows two submarine transport containers 10 in a weapon barrel 160. After opening the estuarine flap 162, the two submarine transport containers 10 may be ejected by means of an ejector 164 and received by divers. reference numeral

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