DEVICE TO SECURE SUBMERSIBLE CRAFT TO COAMING PLATE OF SUBMARINE Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC B63G8/40 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to means of salvaging of submarine crew in submerged position with the help of rescue submerged craft. Proposed device comprises docking chamber at submarine with device to center and pull submerged craft to submarine craft. Chamber bottom thrust ring inner collar supports detachable device to secure submerged craft to submarine coaming. It comprises thrust ring composed of three parts with hollow case accommodating yoke locked by gate. Said gate, in its turn, is locked by cam equipped with sliding split tie-rod. Vertical pin hooking on submarine coaming is locked by butterfly nut in yoke mouth. Split tie-rod stays vertically at initial position while at working position stays horizontally and is engaged with horizontal plate with vertical pin. Said pin terminates in ball surface to be displaced vertically by said centering and pulling device.

EFFECT: higher efficiency of rescue submerged craft.

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