WO2020030524A1 - Récipient pour aide à la flottaison sous-marine, lequel peut être introduit dans un tube lance-torpille, et procédé de mouillage d'une aide à la flottaison sous-marine depuis un sous-marin à l'aide d'un tel récipient - Google Patents

Récipient pour aide à la flottaison sous-marine, lequel peut être introduit dans un tube lance-torpille, et procédé de mouillage d'une aide à la flottaison sous-marine depuis un sous-marin à l'aide d'un tel récipient Download PDF

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WO2020030524A1
WO2020030524A1 PCT/EP2019/070790 EP2019070790W WO2020030524A1 WO 2020030524 A1 WO2020030524 A1 WO 2020030524A1 EP 2019070790 W EP2019070790 W EP 2019070790W WO 2020030524 A1 WO2020030524 A1 WO 2020030524A1
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Andreas Malletschek
Andreas Kölsch
Sünje KRISCHAK
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Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems Gmbh
Thyssenkrupp Ag
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    • 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
    • B63G8/28—Arrangement of offensive or defensive equipment
    • B63G8/32—Arrangement of offensive or defensive equipment of torpedo-launching means; of torpedo stores or handlers
    • 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
    • B63C11/46—Divers' sleds or like craft, i.e. craft on which man in diving-suit rides
    • 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

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  • Container for an underwater buoyancy aid that can be inserted into a torpedo tube and method for launching an underwater buoyancy aid from a submarine with the aid of such a container
  • the invention relates to a container which is able to accommodate at least one underwater swimming aid and can be inserted into a torpedo tube of a submarine.
  • the invention also relates to a submarine with such a container and a method for releasing at least one underwater swimming aid from a submarine.
  • Underwater swimming aids (Diver Propulsion Vehicles), which can be transported to a place of use by means of a submarine and can be deployed into the water there, are known, for example, from DE 102004049615 A1 and DE 102005001817 A1.
  • the underwater buoyancy aid is transported to the place of use in a torpedo tube of the submarine.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a device and a method which facilitate the transport and deployment of an underwater swimming aid from a torpedo tube of a submarine.
  • the invention provides a container which is designed for use under water.
  • This container includes
  • the housing surrounds a cavity. This cavity is designed to accommodate at least one underwater swimming aid.
  • the container extends along a longitudinal axis of the container. In a plane that is perpendicular to this longitudinal axis of the container, the outer dimensions of the container are adapted to the inner dimensions that a torpedo tube of a submarine has in this vertical plane. In particular, each outer dimension of the container in this plane is smaller than or equal to the inner dimension of a torpedo tube in this plane. Thanks to the adapted dimensions, the container can be inserted into a torpedo tube of a submarine, this torpedo tube being designed for receiving a torpedo.
  • the holding device can either be brought into a holding state or into a release state. When the holding device is in the holding state, it can hold at least one underwater swimming aid inside the cavity of the housing. When released, the holding device enables the underwater swimming aid to be removed from the housing.
  • the actuating device is spatially separated from the holding device and can be actuated. After an actuation, the actuation device transfers the holding device from the holding state to the release state.
  • the invention further provides a method for deploying at least one underwater buoyancy aid from a torpedo tube of a submarine. Before the underwater buoyancy aid is exposed, it is located in the housing of a container according to the solution. This container together with the or each underwater swimming aid is located inside the torpedo tube. The holding device of the container is in the holding state.
  • the method according to the solution comprises the following steps:
  • the actuating device of the container is actuated.
  • the holding device is transferred from the holding state to the release state.
  • the or each underwater buoyancy aid to be deployed is pulled out of the torpedo tube.
  • the housing of the container encloses a cavity which
  • the container can be used both for transporting the underwater buoyancy aid in the housing inside a torpedo tube and for transporting the underwater buoyancy aid to the submarine with the torpedo tube.
  • the holding device When the holding device is in the holding state, it holds the or each underwater swimming aid inside the housing. This prevents movement of the or each underwater buoyancy aid in the housing relative to the container. Without the holding device, such a relative movement can occur, in particular, when the container together with the underwater buoyancy aid is transported on board a vehicle, for example a submarine or surface ship or land vehicle, and the vehicle moves with the container, for example due to wave movements or Bumps on land or in the air. This relative movement can damage or be transported
  • the container is adapted according to the solution in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container to the external dimensions of a torpedo in this plane, the container together with at least one underwater swimming aid in the housing of the
  • the torpedo tube surrounds the container. As a rule, thanks to this feature, little or no modifications to the torpedo tube are required. Nevertheless, the torpedo tube can either accommodate a torpedo or a container in accordance with the solution.
  • the torpedo tube that is used to guide and hold a torpedo is designed, can guide and carry the container in the same way. A relative movement of the container relative to the torpedo tube will
  • Relative movement could occur if the submarine is moved in the water due to wave movements or currents.
  • the dimensions of the container in the vertical plane can be determined such that the container has only a small amount of torpedo tube play and can therefore only move a short distance in the torpedo tube, if at all.
  • Longitudinal axis can differ from the length of a torpedo.
  • the length of the tank is only limited by the length of the torpedo tube and down by the length of the underwater buoyancy aid, but can be significantly less than the length of the torpedo tube.
  • a submarine inside the pressure hull has a device for storing and transporting torpedoes, for example a kind of shelf or plate-shaped troughs.
  • a container according to the solution can also be placed on such a stowage and transport device. This makes it possible to transport an underwater swimming aid to be deployed in a solution container inside the pressure hull of the submarine in the vicinity of a place of use, to place the container with the underwater swimming aid in a torpedo tube in the pressure hull, and then to take the underwater Pull the buoyancy aid out of the container.
  • Submarine transports the container to the site while the container is in the torpedo tube. If something is shown in the context of this disclosure that happens “from the outside”, then the aim is that a user, in particular a diver, is outside the submarine and the corresponding action by there, i.e. outside of the submarine, for example by the user reaching into the torpedo tube.
  • the submarine comprises a lid for the torpedo tube, which is arranged on the pressure body and / or on the outer shell of the submarine and can be opened and closed.
  • the closed lid separates the torpedo tube from the surrounding water and can withstand the water pressure.
  • underwater swimming aid is not damaged by the water pressure.
  • the container bridges deviations between the external dimensions of an underwater swimming aid to be transported and deployed and the internal dimensions of a torpedo tube in the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container. This means that it is not necessary to adapt the underwater buoyancy aid to the internal dimensions of the torpedo tube. Furthermore, it is not necessary to adapt the torpedo tube to the dimensions of the underwater swimming aid. Thanks to the container, the torpedo tube can work simultaneously or one after the other
  • the holding device can be brought into the release state with an actuating device which is spatially separated from the holding device.
  • This spatially separate arrangement makes it easier to get the or an underwater swimming aid from the container.
  • the container according to the solution makes it easier to take up an exposed underwater swimming aid again in the torpedo tube.
  • the container usually remains in the torpedo tube after the or each underwater buoyancy aid has been released.
  • the underwater swimming aid only needs to be pushed back into the housing after use, the housing being adapted to the underwater swimming aid. Especially when the submarine is submerged, it is easier and takes less time to slide the underwater buoyancy aid into a custom housing, rather than directly into an underwater surface
  • the container according to the solution also enables a different procedure to bring an underwater swimming aid into the water and later to take it back in the torpedo tube: the container together with the or each underwater swimming aid is pulled out of the torpedo tube. After use, the or each underwater buoyancy aid is pushed back into the container while the container is outside the torpedo tube. The filled container is inserted into the torpedo tube.
  • the container comprises a vehicle guiding device.
  • This vehicle guiding device is arranged inside the housing.
  • the vehicle guide device can guide at least one underwater buoyancy aid relative to the housing, specifically along the longitudinal axis of the container.
  • the or each underwater buoyancy aid is guided in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vessel, while the underwater buoyancy aid is pulled out of the vessel or pushed into the vessel. This reduces the risk of the underwater swimming aid hitting the housing while the holding device is in the release state.
  • the housing can accommodate at least two underwater swimming aids at the same time, as seen in the longitudinal axis of the container. one after the other or also one above the other or side by side
  • the container includes a vehicle coupling device. This vehicle coupling device is able to couple the two underwater swimming aids to one another, while these underwater swimming aids are accommodated in the housing. The coupling between the two underwater swimming aids can be released.
  • the housing can accommodate at least two underwater swimming aids at the same time. This makes better use of the available space inside the torpedo tube and only one torpedo tube is required for the simultaneous transport of several underwater swimming aids.
  • the holding device preferably holds one of the underwater swimming aids inside the housing and prevents this underwater swimming aid from moving relative to the container.
  • a vehicle coupling device releasably couples the underwater swimming aid held to the or any other underwater swimming aid in the housing. It is therefore sufficient that the holding device can only hold an underwater swimming aid.
  • the same container can optionally be used for transporting only one
  • underwater buoyancy aid or at least two underwater buoyancy aids without having to change the holding device.
  • the or any other underwater buoyancy aid is held with the help of the vehicle coupling device.
  • the coupling between the two underwater swimming aids is preferably retained while the two underwater swimming aids are moved out of the container. It is sufficient to pull one underwater buoyancy aid or push the other underwater buoyancy aid. The coupling is released when both underwater swimming aids have been removed from the container.
  • a container coupling device is preferably attached to the outside of the container.
  • the submarine with the torpedo tube comprises a container holding device, for example a holding device which is able to hold a torpedo in the torpedo tube.
  • the container coupling device on the outside of the container can be connected to the container holding device. This connection can be broken again.
  • the container can be coupled to a corresponding container holding device of a submarine after the container has been inserted into a torpedo tube of the submarine.
  • the container coupling device prevents movement of the container relative to the torpedo tube in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container. Such a relative movement can otherwise be triggered by a movement of the submarine under water and can lead to the container bumping against a flap of the torpedo tube from the inside.
  • a projecting element is attached to the outside of the container, for example a retaining pawl.
  • This projecting element protrudes radially over a cross-sectional area of the container, specifically in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container.
  • the submarine comprises a torpedo guide device which is accommodated in the interior of the torpedo tube.
  • This torpedo guide device is designed to guide a torpedo relative to the torpedo tube, for example when the torpedo is inserted into the torpedo tube and / or is ejected from the torpedo tube.
  • the projecting element on the outside of the container cooperates with this torpedo guide device in order to guide the container, in particular when it is inserted into the torpedo tube and / or pulled out of the torpedo tube.
  • the projecting element corresponds to a guide device inside the torpedo tube.
  • a guide device is often present anyway to guide a torpedo when it is inserted into the torpedo tube and when it is ejected from the torpedo tube.
  • the projecting element engages in a corresponding guide rail inside the torpedo tube. Thanks to the projecting element on the container and the guide device in the torpedo tube, the container is guided when the container is in a direction parallel to the Longitudinal axis of the container is inserted into the torpedo tube.
  • the projecting element and the guide device cooperatively prevent the container from rotating about the longitudinal axis of the container when it is pushed in. This prevents the or an underwater buoyancy aid in the housing from tipping over.
  • the holding device of the container can be smaller.
  • the actuating device comprises an actuating element and a transmission means.
  • the actuating element can be actuated from a position outside the container. An actuation of the actuating element causes the transmission means to transfer the holding device from the holding state to the release state.
  • the actuating element can be actuated by a person who is largely outside the container. This feature is particularly important because the torpedo tube is usually below the surface of the water, even when the submarine is exposed. Thanks to this feature, a user, such as a diver, can
  • the actuating element Actuate the actuating element from the outside without having to swim into the torpedo tube or in any other way to get inside the torpedo tube. It is sufficient if the user reaches into the container from the outside and actuates the actuating element. Thanks to the transmission means, the holding device itself can be arranged on that side of the container which faces away from the mouth of the torpedo tube. The transmission means transfers the actuation of the actuating element to the holding device. This releases the underwater buoyancy aid in the housing.
  • the actuating element comprises a handle.
  • the transmission means comprises a cable pull. This cable is connected to the handle and preferably to the holding device.
  • a user for example a diver, can operate the handle. Actuation of the handle causes the cable to be pulled and a pulling movement on the holding io
  • the actuating device comprises a drive for the holding device, which can be controlled from the outside.
  • the actuator includes a remote control.
  • the transmission means provides a wireless or wired transmission channel, for example in accordance with a mobile radio standard.
  • a user such as a diver, can carry the remote control with them as the user moves to the container. It is possible, but thanks to the remote control, it is not necessary to permanently attach a mechanical actuating element to the container in such a way that the actuating element is accessible from the outside. Thanks to the remote control, the risk is reduced that the holding device cannot be brought into the release state because a mechanical actuating element or a mechanical transmission means is damaged.
  • the holding device comprises a spring element. This spring element strives to keep the holding device in the state of complaint.
  • the holding device can be transferred against the spring force of this spring element from the holding state to the release state.
  • the spring element prevents the holding device from being automatically transferred from the holding state to the release state and an underwater swimming aid in the housing thereby inadvertently executing a movement relative to the container. Furthermore, thanks to the spring element, it is sufficient that the confirmed actuating element causes the holding device to be transferred from the holding state to the release state. The spring element automatically causes a transfer back to the holding state.
  • the actuation of the handle preferably causes the holding device against the spring force of the spring element in the Release status is transferred.
  • the controllable drive causes the holding device to be brought into the release state against the spring force of the spring element.
  • the submarine comprises a displacement unit.
  • this displacement unit is designed to push a torpedo out of the torpedo tube.
  • a displacement unit is usually already installed. Thanks to the invention, this displacement unit can additionally be used to push a container according to the solution together with an underwater swimming aid out of the torpedo tube or to slide the underwater swimming aid out of the container and to leave the container in the torpedo tube.
  • a displacement unit is mounted especially for the container on board the submarine.
  • the displacement unit can push the container out of the torpedo tube or slide the underwater swimming aid out of the container and leave the container in the torpedo tube.
  • This displacement unit can preferably be activated from the outside. It is therefore not necessary for a diver to swim into the torpedo tube to pull the container out of the torpedo tube.
  • the container comprises a tube.
  • This tube extends along the longitudinal axis of the container.
  • the tube is - seen in one direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container - closed at one end and opened at the other.
  • this tube forms the housing in which the or each underwater swimming aid is received.
  • this tube encloses the housing at least over part of the length of the housing.
  • the container comprises a tube which is closed at one end only.
  • the housing can be arranged inside this tube.
  • the tube or part of the tube also provides the housing.
  • the outer dimensions of this tube are preferably equal to the outer dimensions of a torpedo. It is made possible to insert the container into a torpedo tube with the open end to the mouth of the torpedo tube and the closed end in the other Show direction. This configuration avoids the need for a user to open a closure on the container to gain access to the or each underwater buoyancy aid in the housing.
  • the container comprises a drive.
  • This drive is able to move the or each underwater buoyancy aid in the housing and thereby move the underwater buoyancy aid relative to the container without the housing necessarily being moved.
  • the drive is able to move the or each underwater buoyancy aid in the housing relative to the container along the longitudinal axis of the container.
  • the drive moves the underwater buoyancy aid towards the mouth of the torpedo tube. Thanks to the drive, there is no need for a user to manually pull an underwater buoyancy aid out of the container. It is easier to move the underwater buoyancy aid against the resistance of the surrounding water from the container.
  • the container comprises a base unit in addition to the housing.
  • the housing can be moved relative to the base unit, at least in two opposite directions, both of which are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container.
  • the drive is able to move the housing relative to the base unit and thus is also able to move an underwater swimming aid inside the housing relative to the base unit.
  • the drive moves the or each underwater buoyancy aid in the container relative to the housing. In another embodiment, the drive moves the entire housing with the or each underwater swimming aid in the container relative to a base unit. This configuration further reduces the risk of an underwater swimming aid being damaged during the movement.
  • the housing is at least partially pushed out of the torpedo tube. Thanks to the drive, the distance between the container and the mouth of the torpedo tube in the outer skin of the submarine is reduced. This configuration makes it easier for a user, for example a diver, to gain external access to the or each underwater swimming aid in the housing.
  • the container preferably has the smallest possible length and the greatest possible distance from the mouth of the torpedo tube in the outer skin of the submarine. The distance further reduces the risk of damaging the container or an underwater buoyancy aid in the housing. It is possible that the container with the underwater swimming aid is completely inside the pressure hull of the submarine and that a closed flap embedded in the pressure hull protects the container from the surrounding water pressure. In one embodiment, the length of the container is used to remove an underwater swimming aid from the container
  • the container comprises a transmission unit and a drive.
  • the transmission unit is connected to the drive. Furthermore, the transmission unit is detachably connected to the or at least one underwater swimming aid in the housing.
  • the drive can move the transmission unit. This movement of the transmission unit causes the or at least one underwater buoyancy aid to be moved out of the housing.
  • This configuration facilitates the removal of an underwater swimming aid from the housing of the container. A user is supported during the removal, which facilitates the removal especially when the underwater swimming aid has to be removed from the housing at an angle from above.
  • the container comprises a display device.
  • the or at least one underwater buoyancy aid which is located in the housing, can be move back and forth relative to the container between two positions, the underwater buoyancy aid being completely or at least partially in the container in the two positions.
  • One item is a transport item, the other item is a removal item.
  • the display device can indicate that the underwater swimming aid has reached a position, that is to say the transport position and / or the removal position. It is also possible that the display device can display both positions in different ways.
  • This embodiment shows a user outside the container, for example inside a submarine, in which position the underwater swimming aid is currently located. It is not necessary for a user to go inside the container to determine this.
  • the display device can signal the situation that a lid or a flap of the
  • Torpedo tube which holds the container, can now be closed because the underwater buoyancy aid has reached the transport position. It is prevented that the moving lid or the moving flap collides with the container or the underwater swimming aid.
  • the display device reduces the risk of injury to a person who is underwater swimming aid from the
  • the dimensions of a container in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container are adapted to the internal dimensions of a torpedo tube that can accommodate a torpedo.
  • the container comprises an adapter, which is preferably detachably or permanently attached to the outside of the housing. Thanks to this adapter, at least one dimension of the container can be changed in the vertical plane.
  • the adapter enables the same container to be used in different torpedo tubes one after the other
  • Adapters can have several similar containers in different
  • the adapter can also be a perform a damping function and in particular reduce the transmission of vibrations.
  • the or each underwater buoyancy aid is made from the
  • the container remains in the torpedo tube and the or each underwater swimming aid is pulled out of the container in the torpedo tube.
  • the underwater buoyancy aid is later pushed back into the container in the torpedo tube.
  • the container together with the or each underwater swimming aid in the container is first pulled out of the torpedo tube.
  • the holding device is preferably still in the holding state. Then the or at least one underwater buoyancy aid is removed from the container
  • the empty container is then returned to the
  • Torpedo tube inserted. It is possible that an underwater swimming aid is removed from the container and another underwater swimming aid remains in the container.
  • Figure 1 in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the torpedo tube, an underwater swimming aid, which is received directly in a torpedo tube without a container according to the solution.
  • FIG. 4 in the viewing direction of Figure 1, a torpedo tube with the container according to the solution, which receives an underwater swimming aid.
  • FIG. 5 in the viewing direction from FIG. 3, a container according to the solution with the housing from FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 6 shows the container from FIG. 5 in a perspective view looking obliquely from above
  • Fig. 7 in the viewing direction of Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 shows a torpedo tube with a container according to the solution, which simultaneously receives two underwater swimming aids.
  • the invention is used to simultaneously transport and suspend several underwater swimming aids in the vicinity of a place of use.
  • Each underwater buoyancy aid (scooter, diver propulsion vehicle) has its own drive in the form of a propeller or a water jet drive and can pull a diver through the water under the surface of the water. With the help of an underwater buoyancy aid, the diver can quickly go to a location.
  • Such an underwater swimming aid is described, for example, in DE
  • a submarine (submarine) is used to simultaneously transport and deploy several such underwater swimming aids in the vicinity of a place of use.
  • Two underwater buoyancy aids are held simultaneously in and in a torpedo tube of the submarine
  • a torpedo tube Tr is shown, the longitudinal axis of which lies perpendicular to the drawing plane of FIG. 1 and in the drawing plane of FIG. 2.
  • Fig. 1 an underwater swimming aid DPV.v (Diver Propulsion Vehicle) can be seen, the rear of which points towards the viewer.
  • the underwater swimming aid DPV.v rests on a piston Kb, which is designed to move a torpedo (not shown) in the torpedo tube Tr.
  • Two side elements TFE.1 and TFE.2 and a lower element TFE.u of a torpedo guide device are mounted on the side or bottom of the inner wall of the torpedo tube Tr.
  • This torpedo guide device guides a torpedo when the torpedo is inserted into the torpedo tube Tr or ejected from the torpedo tube Tr.
  • a torpedo folding device TFIE is mounted on the top of the inner wall of the torpedo tube Tr. in the
  • this torpedo-folding device TFIE comprises two pawls that can be moved independently of one another.
  • the torpedo folding device TFIE is able to hold a torpedo in the torpedo tube Tr in a folded state and thereby prevent the torpedo from moving along the longitudinal axis of the torpedo tube Tr.
  • the torpedo-folding device TFIE enables the torpedo to be ejected from the torpedo tube Tr.
  • Such a torpedo-folding device TFIE is described, for example, in DE 102014015970 A1.
  • Fig. 2 the pressure body Dr and a part of the outer shell Au of the submarine can also be seen.
  • the contour of the outer casing Au not shown in FIG. 2, runs in the bow region approximately in a circular or spherical manner around the bow-side end of the torpedo tube Tr.
  • the direction of travel of the submarine is from left to right in FIG. 2 and the bow is arranged on the right.
  • a cover De closes the inner end of the torpedo tube Tr and prevents water from penetrating into the interior of the pressure body Dr when the torpedo tube Tr is flooded.
  • the cover De is flush with the pressure body Dr. It is also possible that the cover De is located further inside.
  • a closure flap VK closes the outer end, ie the mouth of the
  • An outer skin flap AK is embedded in the outer shell Au of the submarine. It closes the tube part of the torpedo tube Tr in the water-flooded area between the bow end of the torpedo tube Tr and the outer skin Au.
  • FIG. 3, 5 and 6 show a first embodiment of a container 1 according to the solution.
  • This container 1 extends along a longitudinal axis LA. In a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container LA, this container 1 has the same external dimensions as a torpedo, which can be received by the torpedo tube Tr, in this vertical plane. At least during transportation of the container 1, the extent of the container 1 is as large as or less than the extent of a torpedo in this direction.
  • the container 1 can be inserted into the torpedo tube Tr of FIGS. 1 and 2 instead of a torpedo and pulled out of the torpedo tube Tr again, both from the inside, ie out of the pressure element Dr of the submarine , as well as from the outside, that is, with the closure flap VK and the outer skin flap AK open, through the mouth of the torpedo tube Tr.
  • FIG. 4 shows, in the viewing direction of FIG. 2, a container 1 according to the solution, which is received in the interior of the torpedo tube Tr.
  • the piston Kb for a torpedo is removed in this example. Further changes need in the embodiment on
  • Torpedo tube Tr not to be made.
  • the torpedo holding device THE and the torpedo guiding device TFE.1, TFE.2, TFE.u now hold container 1 and no longer a torpedo.
  • the container 1 can be stowed and transported in the interior of the pressure body Dr, in a stowage and transport device for torpedoes, not shown, which is usually already provided inside the pressure body Dr.
  • Transport device has, for example, the shape of a shelf or one
  • tubular trough and is adapted to the outer dimensions of the torpedo.
  • the container 1 comprises a housing 2 and a
  • Both the housing 2 and the base unit 3 have the shape of a tube.
  • the outer diameter of the housing 2 is slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the base unit 3.
  • the housing 2 and the base unit 3 have the same outer diameter. In both configurations, both outer diameters remain the same along the entire longitudinal axis LA of the container.
  • the housing 2 can be relative to the base unit 3 in linearly shift two antiparallel directions parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container LA.
  • the container 1 can be telescopically pushed together and pulled apart.
  • the container 1 preferably has the smallest length, that is to say the smallest extension along the longitudinal axis LA of the container, while the container 1 is being transported in the torpedo tube Tr or inside the pressure element Dr.
  • the housing 2 can be firmly connected to the base unit 3 or can be pushed away from the base unit 3.
  • a circular rear wall 7 closes off the base unit 3 on one side. This rear wall 7 points towards the inside of the pressure body Dr when the container 1 is inserted into the torpedo tube Tr.
  • the housing 2 and thus the entire container 1 are open, that is, they are not closed by a wall.
  • 3, 5 and 6 show the mouth Mü of the container 1.
  • the mouth Mü points towards the closure flap VK of the torpedo tube Tr.
  • a pin 14 is mounted on the outside of the rear wall 7 of the container 1.
  • Corresponding holding device (not shown in FIG. 5) on a rear cover (not shown in FIG. 5) in the torpedo tube Tr, for example on the cover De from FIG. 1, can optionally hold this pin 14 or this pin 14
  • This pin 14 belongs to a container coupling device with which the container 1 can be detachably coupled to the torpedo tube Tr.
  • Another circular rear wall 12 closes the housing 2 and also points to the inside of the pressure body Dr.
  • This rear wall 12 is preferably waterproof. Therefore, the housing 2 can be flooded and filled with water without the Water penetrates into the base unit 3. It is also possible that only the base unit 3 is enclosed in a watertight manner.
  • a torpedo holding device THE is mounted on the inner wall of the torpedo tube Tr, which can be configured, for example, as described in DE 102014015970 A1.
  • a corresponding projection in the form of a holding pawl 13 is mounted on the outer wall of the base part 3 and interacts with this torpedo holding device THE.
  • the torpedo holding device THE holds this projection 13 and thus the base part 3 and the entire container 1.
  • the torpedo holding device THE enables the container 1 to be pulled out of the torpedo tube Tr. No change needs to be made to the torpedo holding device THE in order to hold a container 1 instead of a torpedo.
  • FIG. 3 and 5 show the container 1 in a side view
  • FIG. 6 in a
  • Theü estuary is on the right, the rear wall 7 on the left.
  • the container longitudinal axis LA lies in the drawing planes of FIGS. 3 and 5.
  • two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v are accommodated simultaneously, in such a way that the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v - seen in the container longitudinal axis LA - are arranged one behind the other.
  • the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v in the housing 2 are detachably coupled to one another by a vehicle coupling device 10.
  • Spring element holds the vehicle coupling device 10 in a holding position.
  • the vehicle coupling device 10 can be moved into a release position with a single movement, for example by pulling back a ring and then pulling the one underwater swimming aid away from the other underwater swimming aid.
  • the rear underwater swimming aid DPV.h is also coupled to the rear wall 12 of the housing 2 with the aid of a vehicle holding device 11.
  • Vehicle holding device 11 has a locking body 21 and a spring element 22.
  • the spring element 22 is supported on the rear wall 12 or the outer surface of the housing 2 and strives to move the locking body 21 into a holding position and to hold it in this holding position. In this holding position, the locking body 21 engages in a corresponding recess in the rear underwater swimming aid DPV.h.
  • the rear underwater swimming aid DPV.h is coupled to the housing 2.
  • the front underwater swimming aid DPV.v is coupled via the vehicle coupling device 10 to the rear underwater swimming aid DPV.h and thus also indirectly to the housing 2.
  • the locking body 21 can be moved against the force of this spring element 22 from the holding position into a release position. When the locking body 21 is in the release position, both underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v can be pulled out of the housing 2.
  • a diver T is able to release the coupling between the rear underwater swimming aid DPV.h and the housing 2 without having to swim into the container 1.
  • a purely mechanical actuation device for the locking body 21 comprises
  • the holder 9 and the sequence 17.1, 17.2, ... of sleeves are firmly mounted on the bottom of the housing 2.
  • the rocker arm 5 is movably mounted in the holder 9 and is positioned such that a user T can reach it from the outside without having to swim into the container 1 and only has to reach through the mouth Mü with one hand. If a user T - depending on the design - the
  • an actuator can be any actuator.
  • an actuator can be any actuator.
  • the actuator can be activated wirelessly,
  • Elongated guide rails 8.1 and 8.2 which extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container LA and are mounted on the inner wall of the housing 2, approximately in the position of the small pointer at 4:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. Thanks to this laterally offset arrangement of two parallel guide rails 8.1 and 8.2, the underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v cannot tip over. When the locking body 21 is in the release position, the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v can be pulled out of the housing 2 via the guide rails 8.1 and 8.2.
  • the housing 2 can be moved relative to the base unit 3 along the longitudinal axis LA of the container.
  • the protrusion 13 is mounted on the base unit 3, and the torpedo holding device THE holds the
  • Base unit 3 even when the housing 2 is moved relative to the base unit 3.
  • the base unit 3 accommodates a drive 4 in its interior.
  • This drive 4 is connected to the rear wall 12 of the housing 2 via a rigid rod 15.
  • the rod 15 moves the housing 2 relative to the base unit 3 towards the mouth Mü until the housing 2 reaches a fully extended end position relative to the base unit 3.
  • the housing 2 is in the fully extended end position on the outside
  • the drive 4 can retract the rod 15 and thereby pulling the housing 2 up to a fully retracted end position on or into the base unit 3. If the housing 2 in this completely
  • the drive 4 is designed such that it moves the housing 2 together with the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h, DPV.v. can.
  • FIG. 7 shows a container 1 according to the solution inside the torpedo tube Tr.
  • the lid De of the torpedo tube Tr is closed and the container 1 is located inside the pressure body Dr.
  • the closed lid De protects the container 1 in the torpedo tube Tr from the pressure of the surrounding water.
  • the container 1 of FIG. 7 is according to a second embodiment
  • the rod 15 is not with the
  • Rear wall 12 connected, but passed through the rear wall 12 of the housing 2 and releasably connected to the vehicle holding device 11. In this embodiment too, the rear wall 12 prevents water from penetrating into the base unit 3.
  • the rod 15 is fixedly connected to the rear wall 12, so that, as in the first embodiment, movement of the rod 15 causes the housing 2 to be displaced relative to the base unit 3.
  • the housing 2 cannot be moved relative to the base unit 3. Rather, when the rod 15 is extended, the rod 15 is displaced relative to the rear wall 12. The rod 15 then pushes the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v out of the housing 2.
  • a visual display unit (not shown) is mounted on the container 1.
  • This display unit signals a diver T that the underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v can now be pulled out of the container 1 and / or inserted into the container 1.
  • This display unit only signals this state if it is ensured that the closure flap VK and the outer skin flap AK are open and are locked against being closed or closing. This prevents the diver T from being injured or an underwater swimming aid DPV.h or DPV.v being damaged by inadvertently closing the closure flap VK.
  • a signaling unit (not shown) is also mounted on the container 1. With the aid of this signaling unit, the diver T can signal that the closure flap VK can now be closed after the underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v have been removed or inserted.
  • the two are in a port or on board a surface vehicle
  • Underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v coupled to each other, inserted into the housing 2 and coupled there to the rear wall 12.
  • the container 1 with the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v is placed inside the pressure body Dr, for example through a torpedo tube Tr.
  • the container 1 is preferably placed on a stowage and transport device for a torpedo and locked there.
  • Underwater buoyancy aids DPV.h and DPV.v are released from the submarine inside the Pressure body Dr transported to the place of use.
  • the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v are located during transport
  • Housing 2, and housing 2 is in the fully retracted end position.
  • the container 1 is from the inside into a torpedo tube Tr
  • the torpedo guide device TFE.1, TFE.2, TFE.u guides the container 1 during this movement.
  • the torpedo folding device TFIE holds the holding pawl 13 on the container 1.
  • Another folding device holds the pin 14 on the rear wall 7 of the container 1. As a result, the container 1 cannot move relative to the torpedo tube Tr.
  • closure flap VK and the outer skin flap AK of the torpedo tube Tr are open.
  • the torpedo tube Tr is flooded.
  • the housing 2 is also flooded. Thanks to the watertight rear wall 12, the base unit 3 and thus the drive 4 remain dry in one embodiment.
  • the drive 4 extends the rod 15 or moves a rope or a chain.
  • the mouth Mü of the container 1 protrudes from the torpedo tube Tr.
  • the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v are pushed out of the housing 2 (second embodiment of the second embodiment).
  • a diver T swims to the mouth Mü of the container 1. If a corresponding display can be seen on the visual display unit, the diver T causes the locking body 21 to be moved into the release position.
  • Housing 2 also.
  • the rear underwater swimming aid DPV.h is further coupled to the front underwater swimming aid DPV.v via the vehicle coupling device 10.
  • the container 1 remains in the torpedo tube Tr.
  • Underwater swimming aid DPV.h and DPV.v are separated from each other and are now ready for use.
  • the diver T signals one
  • the container 1 is used by the container 1 .
  • Torpedo tube Tr separated.
  • the entire container 1 together with the two underwater swimming aids DPV.h and DPV.v is pulled out of the torpedo tube Tr.
  • the container 1 is then opened and at least one underwater swimming aid DPV.h, DPV.v is pulled out of the housing 2.

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La présente invention concerne un récipient (1), lequel est apte à accueillir au moins une aide à la flottaison sous-marine (DPV.h, DPV.v) et peut être introduit dans le tube lance-torpille (Tr) d'un sous-marin. L'invention concerne en outre un procédé de mouillage d'une aide à la flottaison sous-marine (DPV.h, DPV.v) depuis un sous-marin. Le récipient (1) comporte un boîtier (2), lequel entoure un espace creux, un dispositif de maintien (11) et un dispositif d'actionnement. L'aide à la flottaison sous-marine (DPV.h, DPV.v) est accueillie dans l'espace creux. Dans l'état de maintien, le dispositif de maintien (11) maintient l'aide à la flottaison sous-marine (DPV.h, DPV.v) dans l'espace creux. Dans l'état de libération, le dispositif de maintien (11) rend possible le prélèvement de l'aide à la flottaison sous-marine (DPV.h, DPV.v) hors du boîtier (2). Un actionnement du dispositif d'actionnement a pour effet que le dispositif de maintien (11) est transféré de l'état de maintien à l'état de libération.
PCT/EP2019/070790 2018-08-09 2019-08-01 Récipient pour aide à la flottaison sous-marine, lequel peut être introduit dans un tube lance-torpille, et procédé de mouillage d'une aide à la flottaison sous-marine depuis un sous-marin à l'aide d'un tel récipient WO2020030524A1 (fr)

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