DEVICE FOR LOADING TRANSPORTATION-AND-LAUNCHING CONTAINER INTO SHIPBOARD LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: shipboard loading devices. SUBSTANCE: device includes suspension with double-acting shock absorber and deck catchers. Deck catchers are detachable; they may be mounted in fixed position over circle relative to cell of launcher. Each deck catcher is made in form of upright with flexible upper portion on which flexible guide is secured in inclined position. Suspension is made in form of frame with uprights on which shock-absorbing supports are mounted for engagement with supports-catchers mounted on uprights of deck catchers. Shock absorber body is passed through hole found in frame of suspension. Secured on lower end face of shock absorber body is intermediate beam; rod of shock absorber passed through hole of this beam is connected with second frame through articulation mechanism. Suspension is provided with hydraulic drive for vertical motion of transportation-and-launching container engageable with intermediate beam. EFFECT: shockproof vertical loading of long articles on board ship at sea swell. 4 cl, 10 dwg