The technical field of the invention is that of shells for dunnage and lockers in propellant charges.

To carry artillery ammunition, it is known to carry the propellant charges in containers or stores including lockers, lockers said loads. Each bin can receive a case or packaging costs. The shells are placed also in other compartments of a store shells. lockers dimensions receiving the shells are lower than those lockers receiving holsters for propellants.

The patent DE19529914 describes a store shells and facilitating the removal of the magazine shell. These means comprise a slide which is slidable in grooves of the magazine through the rollers. The racks of such a store have reduced dimensions slightly greater than the diameter of the shell. Such a record can not carry propellant charges whose dimensions, regardless of the size, always have a good diameter greater than the caliber of the shell.

Patent DE2620930 also discloses a magazine having an upper floor consisting of traps charges and a lower floor consisting of lockers shells. As in the patent DE19529914, each bin shells is equipped with a valve that permits the extraction of the shell

Operational requirements may necessitate an increased payload shell and it would be interesting to put the shells in reserve in the lockers intended for propelling charges.

This raises a problem of adaptation accrued lockers that are too large to receive shells as each bin is adapted to contain one or more propellant charges implemented in a case or packaging.

The shells are not rigged, then they are mobile and face the wall lockers loads, which can cause damage to the locker but also shells and rocket.

The invention proposes to resolve this timing problem by proposing shells dunnage and lockers loads adapted to receive such timing devices according to the invention.

Thus, the invention relates to a horizontally wedging device for a shell intended to be positioned in a locker propellant charges, which device comprises a trough adapted to be placed in the bin, trough having support surfaces for supporting the shells and bearing surfaces comprising uprights intended to be in contact with side walls of the crate so as to prohibit any transverse movement of the device relative to the rack, the support surfaces moreover being disposed in the rack so as to positioning the longitudinal axis of the shell at a distance R from an upper portion of the locker substantially equal to the radius of the shell so as to prevent transverse movements of the shell bottom,device comprising a longitudinal locking means of the shell can be pivoted between a locking position in which it bears on the shoulder of the shell and an open position where it is away from the shell 1 'having a trough stop means designed to cooperate with a locking interface secured to the locker.

Advantageously, the support surfaces form an angle relative to each other and are each adapted to be tangent with a separate generatrix of the shell.

Advantageously, the support surfaces form a semi-cylindrical profile intended to correspond with a shell profile.

Advantageously, the bearing surfaces have a coating of friction so as to allow the easy sliding of the shell.

Advantageously, the locking means comprises a lever having a first end comprises a fork supported on the shoulder in at least two points thereof diametrically opposed when the locking means is in the locking position.

Advantageously, the device includes a lock adapted to lock the lever in the locking position.

Advantageously, the second end of the lever is directed towards the bottom of the device and comprises a transverse pivot axis to the device.

Advantageously, the lever center of gravity is offset from a vertical plane passing through the pivot axis of the lever so as to allow to cause a pivoting of the lever by gravity.

Avantageusement, the auget pasa a arrêtoir lignivorie interferer with the rear of the Obus.

The invention also relates to a container for propellant charges comprising at least one locker propellant charges for receiving a shell clamping device, container characterized in that each bin comprises at least one stop intended to cooperate with an interface stop means carried by the trough so as to prevent longitudinal displacement of the wedging device respect to the locker.

Advantageously, the stop interface may comprise at least one integral cylindrical boss of a side wall of the crate.

The invention will be better understood from reading the following description, description in light of the accompanying drawings, drawings in which:

1 shows a three-quarter view of a positioning device according to the invention.

2 shows a longitudinal sectional detailed view of the device according to the invention in the locking position.

3 shows a longitudinal sectional detailed view of the device according to the invention in open position.

4 shows a partial view of a container according to the invention equipped with compartments.

5 shows another partial view of a container according to the invention equipped with compartments and showing a compartment containing a filler and a compartment containing a shell.

According to Figure 1, a timing device 1 according to the invention comprises a bucket 2 for supporting a shell 100.

This bucket 2 is made for example of bent sheet metal, and it comprises a shaped profile M (the profile M is best seen in Figure 4), a profile which extends substantially over the entire length of the shell 100.

Support surfaces 3 receive the shell 100 to support the wedge and the sides forming a V in the shell 100. These support surfaces 3 thus form an angle relative to one another and are adapted to be tangent each with a separate generatrix of the shell 100

(Tangents T visible in Figure 4). The support surfaces 3 are covered with an anti-friction coating which may comprise for example high density polytetrafluoroethylene plates to allow for manipulation (introduction / extraction) longitudinal of the shell 100 easily by the user.

1 wedging device comprises support surfaces 4 with vertical uprights 4 extending over the entire length of the trough 2. The support surfaces 4 are designed to interfere with their lateral flat portions (legs of the M) and vertical and their lower edge with the walls of a locker as we shall see later in Figure 4.

AV front part of the device 1 comprises a locking means 5, for preventing the translation of the shell 100 forwardly of the AV device 1. The blocking means 5 shown in FIG 1 comprises a lever 6.

The lever 6 has at its one end a fork 7 adapted to correspond with the warhead of the shell 100 providing a semicircular support area with at least two diametrically opposed points of support with respect to the longitudinal axis 101 of the shell 100.

The moyen de blocage 5 pourra be located at distance D reduite of the olives (Figure 2), the back edge Riad étant arrêter the obus 100 lors d'une eventuelle translation of longitudinal thereon sans prendre appui sur the arugula 200 of the 100 obus.

The second end of the lever 6 has a pivot connection 8 for the locking means 5 to pivot between a blocking position and an open position. The open position, shown in Figure 3, makes it possible to release the locking means 5 of the longitudinal trajectory of the shell 100 sliding on support surfaces 3.

A locking button 9 forms a stop to lock the locking means 5 in the locking position.

It will be noted in Figure 2 that the lever 6 comprises a weight 10 which shifts the lever of the center of gravity of a vertical plane passing through the axis of the pivot connection 8, thus producing a pivoting torque.

Thus, according to Figure 3, when the locking button 9 is operated, this torque causes the pivoting of the lever 6 downwards thereby disengaging the locking means 5 of the longitudinal path of extraction of the shell 100 to the front AV.

According to a clear embodiment for the skilled person but not shown, the lever 5 may not include riser 10. It will then be necessary to manually switch the lever 6 to remove the shell.

In order to block the longitudinal displacement of the shell

100 rearwardly AR of the device 1, the bucket 2 may comprise a pawl 12 intended to interfere with the rear face of the shell 100 (Figure 1).

According to Figure 4, a container 15 or store 15 loads comprises lockers 11 contiguous propellant charges.

There is shown a rack 11 containing a timing device 1 according to the invention.

For representation facilities, only a rack load 11 is shown equipped with such a timing device 1, but it is obvious to the skilled person that each bin to load 11 may contain a device 1 according to one invention.

It is noted in this figure that the four vertical uprights 4 form bearing surfaces 4 which laterally interfere with the side walls 16 of the load bin 11. The portion of each of these uprights 4 is supported on the bottom wall of the bin 11 . in this way, the vertical members 4 prevent any transverse or vertical translations of the bucket 2 (arrow H) and any movement of the bucket 2 downwardly relative to the locker 11 (arrow V).

The skilled in the art will size the bearing surfaces 4 and support surfaces 3 so as to position the longitudinal axis of the shell 100 to a distance R from the upper wall of the locker 11, distance R which is substantially equal to maximum radius R of the shell 100, so as to prevent upward vertical movement of the shell 100.

In this way the timing device 1 compensates for excessive space offered by the single rack 11 and blocks 100 radially shells.

In Figure 5 a locker to load 11 of the upper container 15 is occupied by a propellant charge contained 20 in the package 21. This type of packaging 21 wedge octagonal section vertically and horizontally in the load 20 resting by its faces upper, lower and side walls on the rack 11. It is clearly visible and a shell 100 has a diameter D substantially smaller than the width L and the height of a load 21 of package 20 and thus requires a timing suitable which is achieved by a wedging device of the invention.

In the case where the bucket 2 has no retainer 12 as shown in Figure 1, the skilled person will position longitudinally locking means 5 so that the rear face of the shell 100 is supported on the bin bottom 11. then the bottom of the bin that will limit longitudinal displacement towards the rear of the shell in the locker.

In order to prevent possible longitudinal translation movements of the device 1 with respect to locker 11, the device 1 comprises a stop means 13 (here a notch), shown in Figure 2 which is intended to correspond with an interface stop 14 of the crate 11 shown in Figure 4 (here a projection 14).

In this case, each post 4 so comprises at its lower edge a notch 13 adapted to correspond with a cylindrical boss 14 integral with each side wall 16 of the rack 11 by screwing, which has the effect of blocking the translation of the device 1.

Introducing a device 1 according to the invention in a locker 11 to load it is found that it is easy to calibrate a shell 100 in such a rack load, which allows to increase the payload capacity of a shell vehicle comprising load compartments.

According to an embodiment not shown, the bucket 2 may have a semi-cylindrical shape that receives the shell at its portion of larger diameter.

CLAIMS

1- Device (1) of the horizontal timing to a shell (100) to be positioned in a bin (11) to propellant charges, characterized in that the device (1) comprises a trough (2) for placed in the bin (11), trough (2) comprising support surfaces (3) to support the shell (100) and bearing surfaces (4) comprising uprights intended to be in contact with side walls the bin (11) so as to prohibit any transverse movement of the device (1) relative to the bin (11), support surfaces (3) being also arranged in the locker (11) so as to position the longitudinal axis of the shell (100) at a distance R from an upper portion of the bin (11) substantially equal to the radius R of theshell (100) so as to prevent transverse movements of the bottom shell (100), device (1) comprising a locking means (5) longitudinal of the shell (100) pivotable between a locking position in which it bears on the nose of the shell (100) and an open position where it is spaced from the shell (100), the trough (2) having stop means (13) for cooperating with a interface (14) secured stop the bin (11).stop integral with the bin (11).stop integral with the bin (11).

2. Device (1) timing according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting surfaces (3) form an angle relative to one another and are adapted to be tangent (T) each with a separate generator the shell (100).

3- Apparatus (1) timing according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting surfaces (3) form a semi-cylindrical profile intended to correspond with a profile of one of shells (100).

4- Apparatus (1) timing according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the support surfaces (3) comprise a coating of friction so as to allow the easy sliding of the shell (100).

5- Apparatus (1) timing according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the locking means (5) comprises a lever (6) having a first end (7) comprises a fork (7) bearing on the warhead in at least two points thereof diametrically opposed when the locking means (5) is in the locking position.

6. Device (1) for calibration according to claim 5, characterized in that it comprises a lock (9) adapted to lock the lever (6) in the locking position.

7. Device (1) timing according to one of claims 5 or 6, characterized in that the second end of the lever (7) is oriented towards the bottom of the device (1) and comprises a pivot axis (8) transverse to the device (1).

8. Device (1) timing according to claim 7, characterized in that the lever of the center of gravity (6) is offset relative to a vertical plane passing through the pivot axis (8) of the lever (6) so as to allow to cause a pivoting of the lever (6) by gravity.

9. Device (1) timing according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the trough (2) has a retainer (12) for interfering with the rear of the shell (100).

10- Container (15) for propellant charges comprising at least one bin (11) dependent for receiving a device (1) wedging shell (100) according to one of the preceding claims, the container (15) characterized in that each bin (11) has at least one stop interface (14) intended to cooperate with a stop means (13) carried by the bucket (2) so as to prevent longitudinal translation of the device (1) wedging relatively trap (11).

11. Container (15) loads according to claim 10, characterized in that the locking interface (14) comprises at least a cylindrical boss (14) integral with a side wall (16) of the bin (11).