SHIPBOARD ROCKET LAUNCHER AND METHOD FOR ITS DEPLOYMENT Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: rocketry, applicable in launchers on ships having a helicopter deck.

SUBSTANCE: the launcher is installed in a fixed position on a prepared starting platform, with the ship helicopter deck used for the purpose. The position of the launcher is fixed by means of standard insertion members of the helicopter deck designed for fixing of helicopters. The launcher has a supporting platform with a swing beam for turning in the vertical plane hinge-joined to it, means for its turning and fixation relative to the starting platform (for example, the launcher). The supporting platform is made in the form of a frame, including longitudinal and lateral beams, made for resting on vertical adjustable supports installed for engagement with the helicopter deck. The frame is made for detachable joint to the threaded insertion members of the helicopter deck by means of tie-rods adjustable in length through supporting members with spherical thrust bearings engageable with the respective threaded members with a spherical surface installed in the insertion members of the helicopter deck. The tie-rods adjustable in length are hinge-fastened respectively on the supporting members and on the frame longitudinal beams. Some tie-rods adjustable in length are each made for position in the working state of the launcher in the respective vertical plane perpendicular to the frame longitudinal axis and matched with the plane passing through the vertical axis adjacent to the vertical adjustable supports and the longitudinal axis of the threaded member engageable with the supporting member linked with the tie-rod adjustable in length by the reference member with a spherical thrust bearing. The other tie-rods adjustable in length are each made for position in the working state of the launcher in the horizontal plane at an acute angle to the frame longitudinal axis.

EFFECT: adaptability of the launcher to various objects-carriers and reduced time of launcher deployment on the object-carrier.

9 cl, 12 dwg