Patent RU-2294510-C1 (RU)
Title: Transport-launching pack mainly for torpedo-type weapon
Inventor: POTAPOV VLADIMIR FEDOROVICH
IPC: F41F3/08
Filed: 2005-06-23
Granted: 2007-02-27
Abstract: FIELD: transport-launching packs for torpedoes. 
     SUBSTANCE: the transport=torpedo pack has a sealed body including a cylindrical shell with a destructible front cover and a domed bottom.  The cylindrical shell is partially overlapped by the central cowling enveloping it with formation of a cavity that is filled with heat insulation.  The bottom is provided with a shell enveloping the body with formation of a cavity that is filled with heat insulation.  The sealed body, cylindrical cowling and the bottom shell are made of a composite material.  The transport-launching pack also has a gas source for torpedo launch, torpedo retaining device, retaining device unlocking aid, electrical connectors of the electric coupling of the ship launch control system to the transport-launching pack, piling aid, temperature control system including a heating means, cooling aid and temperature-sensitive elements.  A ullage motor is used in the transport-launching pack as a torpedo launch gas source.  The sealed body of the transport-launching pack is made in the form of successively installed detachably joined to one another sections for placement of the torpedo, ullage motor, equipment of the cooling means respectively.  The last section is also detachably joined to the bottom.  The section for placement of the torpedo is made for sealing of its volume during operation of the ullage motor.  The body of this section is made with inner centering guide components for the torpedo.  The body of the section for placement of the torpedo near the front end face is made with an inside obturator in the form of a circular support.  A collector ring is installed in the tail part of this section close to the cylindrical shell.  The collector ring communicates with the section volume for placement of the torpedo by means of longitudinal ducts made in the centering guide components.  The torpedo retaining aid is installed on the flange of the front end face of the body of the collector ring, and a seaped detachable partition is installed on the rear end face through a tight seal.  The ullage motor is installed in cantilever on the partition, it is positioned inside the respective section.  The cap of the ullage motor is passed through a hole in the partition, and the outlets of the ullage motor communicate with the volume of the section for placement of the torpedo.  The unlocking aid of the torpedo retaining device includes a piston with a rod which are installed in the cap of the ullage motor for engagement of the rod tail end with the torpedo retaining device.  The heating means has heating elements that are moulded in the material of the cylindrical shell in the area of the body section for placement of the torpedo.  The equipment of the cooling means is installed in the respective section of the body of the transport-launching pack, and through an extended hollow component it communicates with the collector ring.  The equipment of the cooling means includes an impeller for circulation of the refrigerant.  The pilling aid is made in the form of aligned supports with engagement components for engagement with the mating engagement components of the launcher and/or supports of other transport-launching packs. 
     EFFECT: expanded possibility of torpedo use in various climatic zones. 
     8 cl, 3 dwg