DEVICE FOR COUPLING SUBMERSIBLE RESCUE VEHICLE WITH UNDERWATER OBJECT AND METHOD OF COUPLING BY MEANS OF THIS DEVICE Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: rescue of submarine crew in submerged position.

SUBSTANCE: proposed device includes embarkation and suction chamber consisting of engageable upper, intermediate and lower spherical belts. Upper belt is secured on fixed base (body of submersible vehicle); intermediate and lower belts have non-parallel bases and are turnable relative to chamber axis. Turn mechanism mounted on the outside of these belts is made in form of epicyclic transmission. At positioning the submersible vehicle above damaged submarine, lower belt of chamber is turned and its bearing (coupling) flange is set at angle equal to angle of inclination of submarine coaming platform and lower belt is brought into engagement with intermediate belt; then, they are turned for obtaining parallelism of bearing flange and coaming platform, after which intermediate belt is brought into engagement with upper belt and chamber is connected to coaming platform, thus forming transfer zone which is later dewatered.

EFFECT: enhanced reliability; reduced coupling time.

4 cl, 2 dwg