ROCKET LAUNCHER AND METHOD FOR BRINGING IT TO TRAVELING POSITION Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC F41F3/45 

FIELD: armament, applicable for production of launchers for portable missile systems.

SUBSTANCE: the three-leg bed frame in the launcher in made in the form of two sleeves concentrically interconnected at the ends with three longitudinal lugs rigidly fastened on the outer surface of the of the external sleeve with an angular pitch close to an even one. The end of each lug is provided with a hinge joint with a handle for its clamping. A support is connected to the hinge joint for adjustment and fixing of its angular position in any intermediate and extreme positions from zero to 180 deg. The three-leg bed frame is provided with three guard clamps. The distance from the center of the three-leg bed frame to the center of each hinge in the lugs is made equal at least to ½ of the swivel diameter with provision of shift of the supports with the hinges upwards to the position close to the mutually parallel one at the zero position of the guidance angles of the target sighting and missile guidance instrument. An the method for bringing the launcher to the traveling position the target sighting and missile guidance instrument is changed over to the zero position in the guidance angles, the supports of the three-log bed frame are turned towards the swivel up to 180 deg from the initial position, fixed in the mutually parallel position, fastened by the handles for clamping the support hinges, and the supports are tightened at their ends together within elastic deformation adjusted by and elastic brace.

EFFECT: enhanced reliability of the launcher.

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