Retractable turret
View Patent ↗A retractable turret rotatable on a platform, including an active system orientable in vertically extendable elevation, and in azimuth, a protective cowling for the active system and for closing a caisson, wherein the turret includes, for vertically extendable deployment and rotation of the active system, first and second arms forming a deformable quadrilateral on either side of the active system, a first manual means for controlling deployment of the active system by activating the first arm, and a second manual means for controlling the orientation in vertically extended elevation and in horizontal azimuth of the active system by moving the second arm.
1. A vertically extendable and retractable turret able to rotate on a platform, comprising:
an active system orientable in elevation and in azimuth,
a protective cowling for the active system and for closing a caisson,
wherein said turret includes means for deployment of said active system comprising a first arm and a second arm forming a deformable quadrilateral on either side of said active system, and elevation and azimuth aiming means for said active system, a first manual means for controlling deployment of the active system by activating said first arm, and a second manual means for controlling the orientation in vertically extended elevation and in azimuth of the active system by activating said second arm, and wherein said caisson forms a closed enclosure between the exterior and the interior of a platform, said caisson having an opening therein that is closed by a shutter providing access to said active system when in its retracted position.
2. A retractable turret according to claim 1 , wherein said first arm is linked in rotation to a shaft integral with a support fixed to said caisson.
3. A retractable turret according to claim 2 , wherein said first manual means comprise a pinion and worm assembly linked to a control organ to orient said active system in azimuth.
4. A retractable turret according to claim 3 , wherein said worm assembly is integral with said shaft and thus with said first arm, and said pinion is integral with said control organ.
5. A retractable turret according to claim 3 , wherein said control organ is laterally moveable thereby driving said pinion in rotation thereby driving said worm assembly.
6. A retractable turret according to claim 4 , wherein said control organ is laterally moveable thereby driving said pinion in rotation thereby driving said worm assembly.
7. A retractable turret according to claim 1 , wherein said second arm is linked in rotation with an angular member in the form of an L integral in rotation with a support fixed to said caisson, one end of said L being linked to said second arm and the other end of said L to a handwheel moveable for orienting said active system in vertically extended elevation.
8. A retractable turret according to claim 1 , wherein said cowling is linked to said active system by at least one fastening lug forming a hinge, and spring means for pivoting said cowling to disengage a front face of said active system into a deployed position.
9. A retractable turret according to claim 7 , wherein said cowling is linked to said active system by at least one fastening lug forming a hinge, and spring means for pivoting said cowling to disengage a front face of said active system into a deployed position.
10. A retractable turret according to claim 7 , wherein said handwheel is movable in two directions, one direction in a horizontal plane to position said active system in azimuth or in direction, and the other direction in a vertical plane to position said active system in vertically extended elevation or in altitude.
11. A retractable turret according to claim 1 , wherein said active system is orientable in elevation at an angle of between −10° and 60°.