Rescue equipment for submarine vehicles
AssigneeERNO Raumfahrttechnik GmbH
InventorsWolfgang Dinglinger, Eckard Rolf
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Abstract
A plurality of similarly constructed gas generators are disposed in the ballast tanks of a submarine vehicle, each generator decomposing hydrazine in an emergency gase for developing a particular amount of gas for blowing all or a part of a ballast tank. Each gas generator has a hydrazine reactor, one or two storage containers for hydrazine and either a pump for moving hydrazine to the reactor; or a container filled with driving gas for the same purpose; or both. The number of gas generators triggered depends on the depth of the craft in each instance, and once a generator has been triggered, the development of gas by the generator does not depend on any control, but a triggered generator develops all of the gas it is capable of developing.
Claims12
Rescue equipment for a submarine vehicle for blowing ballast tanks, the vehicle having a diving depth measuring device, the rescue equipment comprising
- a plurality of individual gas generators each constructed for developing a particular amount of gas by chemical reaction or catalytic decompositioning, the generators being located to expell water from the ballast tanks whenever triggered;
- control means connected to the depth measuring device and preparing several of the generators for independent but at least approximately concurring operation;
- but without triggering them, the number of generators prepared for triggering being dependent upon diving depth at the time of an emergency and as determined by the depth measuring device;
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- means causing said control means to trigger those of the generators which have been prepared by the control means and independently from the preparation for triggering.
Rescue equipment for a submarine vehicle for blowing a ballast tank, comprising
- a diving depth measuring device;
- a plurality of individual gas generators each generator comprising a storage means for a decomposible liquid;
- individual reaction means in each of the generators for decomposing such liquid;
- control means being connected to the depth measuring device and preparing a selected number of the generators for independent but at least approximately concurring operation but without triggering said generators, the number of generators prepared for triggering being dependent upon the diving depth at the time of an emergency and as determined by the depth measuring device
- means operated for causing the liquid of the selected generators to flow into the respective reaction means to obtain decomposing of the liquid and development of a quantity of gas that depends on the selected number of generators discharging the gas as developed into one of the ballast tanks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.