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US 6,382,123 B1Granted
Multicaliber torpedo tube
AssigneeDelegation Generale pour l'Armement
InventorClaude Grondin
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Abstract
The invention relates in particular, to a torpedo tube having supporting devices able to support the torpedo and limit its friction when launched, such as slides. These supporting devices may be variable-geometry devices able to assume at least two positions, namely one through which there passes a circle whose diameter is equal to the maximum permissible diameter of the torpedo, and a second through which there passes a circle with a smaller diameter than the permissible diameter. These supporting devices may include inflatable bladders.
Claims12
A torpedo tube, comprising:
- a plurality of supporting devices that support the torpedo and limit its friction when launched,
- the plurality of supporting devices including at least one slide and at least one variable-geometry device, wherein the at least one variable-geometry device has inflatable bladders distributed on each side of the at least one slide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.