DEVICE AND METHOD OF PLACING AND CLEARING FLEXIBLE LONG TOWED ANTENNA Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC B63B21/66 B63B21/00 G01V1/38 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to hydroacoustic, particularly, to handling long flexible towed antennas by surface sups and submarines. Propose device comprises winch to wind the tow rope and section of antenna, tubular store for another section of antenna and antenna end stabiliser, tubular store end seals, one arranged at store end nearby said winch and the other one arranged at store opposite end, composed of curved-surface washer to fit in end stabiliser front surface, device to create excess hydraulic pressure inside said tubular sore connected by sealed pipe with seal arranged nearby the winch. Seal at tubular store end nearby said winch is composed of a cylinder module with ID equal to that said store rigidly and tightly coupled therewith. Set of elastic membranes is fitted in said module, OD of each being equal to module ID. Every said membrane has central bore in diameter equal to antenna shell diameter or smaller than that. Note here that every said membrane is divided into segments by radial cuts. Note also that said membranes are fitted via circular gaskets so that cuts on every next membrane are shifted in circle relative to those of previous one.

EFFECT: higher safety and reliability of placing and clearing.

3 cl, 3 dwg