Patent · US Expired

Blowout system for ejection and discharge tubes of submarines

US5123370A · kind A · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werfe AG · DE

Inventors

Richard Woidich · Altenholz, DE
Josef Schmitt · Altenholz, DE
Peter Hartz · Kelkheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 18, 1989
Grant date	Jun 23, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 18, 2009

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41F3/10
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A blowout system for ejection and discharge tubes of submarines is provided which permits an ejection of weapons from a torpedo tube, said weapons not having an own propulsion, and which prevents the intrusion of water after the blowout operation is terminated. The system is subsequently installable as a compact unit and has an outlet opening which is closed by a check valve. The outlet opening is continued by a buffer tube, a blowout valve arranged between a compressed-gas container and said buffer tube being provided for supplying said compressed gas.

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