Toilet system for a lavatory of a vehicle, lavatory of a vehicle, and aircraft with such a lavatory

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10000918-B2
Application number	US-201514946251-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2015
Priority date	Nov 20, 2014
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

A toilet system for a lavatory of a vehicle comprises a toilet bowl, a cladding assembly for cladding the toilet bowl, forming a hollow space between the toilet bowl and cladding assembly, and a ventilation device with at least one suction line for extracting air. The cladding assembly extends from an exterior side of the toilet bowl over an edge of the toilet bowl, and thereby partially encases the edge. At least one of the at least one suction lines is fluidically connected with the hollow space.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A toilet system for a lavatory of a vehicle, comprising
a toilet bowl,
a cladding assembly for cladding the toilet bowl, forming a hollow space between the toilet bowl and the cladding assembly, and
a ventilation device with at least one suction line for extracting air,
wherein the cladding assembly extends from a floor at an exterior side of the toilet bowl over an edge of the toilet bowl, and thereby partially encases the edge, thereby creating a seating surface for directly seating a user of the toilet system, and
wherein at least one of the at least one suction lines is fluidly connected with the hollow space.

2. The toilet system of claim 1 ,
wherein the cladding assembly comprises a rear side to be positioned flush against a wall of the lavatory, and
wherein a suction line from outside of the lavatory extends through the rear side of the cladding assembly and into the hollow space.

3. The toilet system of claim 1 , wherein a selected suction line comprises a fluidic connection with an edge area of the cladding assembly comprising a hollow space, so that air is extracted from the edge area.

4. The toilet system of claim 3 , wherein the edge area is further connected with an air source of a vacuum system.

5. The lavatory of claim 1 , further comprising an air outlet for ventilating the lavatory, wherein the hollow space and the air outlet are connected with a shared suction line.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is an aircraft.

7. The toilet system of claim 1 wherein the edge of the toilet bowl is an annular upper edge, and wherein the cladding assembly is located directly over the entire annular upper edge of the toilet bowl.

8. The toilet system of claim 1 wherein the edge of the toilet bowl is an annular upper edge and bounds a volume within the toilet bowl, and wherein the cladding assembly extends into the volume of the toilet bowl along the entire annular upper edge.

9. A toilet system for a lavatory of a vehicle, comprising:
a toilet bowl;
a cladding assembly for cladding the toilet bowl and forming a hollow space therein;
a ventilation device;
at least one suction line for extracting air, the suction device coupled to the ventilation device;
wherein the cladding assembly extends from a floor at an exterior side of the toilet bowl over an edge of the toilet bowl, and thereby partially encases the edge, thereby creating a seating surface for directly seating a user of the toilet system, and
wherein at least one of the at least one suction lines is fluidly connected with the hollow space.

10. The toilet system of claim 9 , wherein the cladding assembly is positioned against a wall of the lavatory.

11. The toilet system of claim 10 , wherein the suction line extends through a rear side of the cladding and into the hollow space.

12. The toilet system of claim 11 , wherein the suction line comprises at least one suction line that comprises a fluid coupling to an edge area of the cladding.

13. The toilet system of claim 12 , wherein the cladding assembly comprises a hollow space to extract air from the edge area.

14. The toilet system of claim 12 wherein the edge area is coupled with an air source of a vacuum system.

15. The toilet system of claim 9 wherein the edge of the toilet bowl is an annular upper edge, and wherein the cladding assembly is located directly over the entire annular upper edge of the toilet bowl.

16. The toilet system of claim 9 wherein the edge of the toilet bowl is an annular upper edge and bounds a volume within the toilet bowl, and wherein the cladding assembly extends into the volume of the toilet bowl along the entire annular upper edge.

17. A lavatory system for a vehicle, comprising:
a toilet system including a toilet bowl;
a cladding assembly for cladding the toilet bowl and forming a hollow space therein;
a ventilation device;
at least one suction line for extracting air, the suction device coupled to the ventilation device;
wherein the cladding assembly extends from a floor at an exterior side of the toilet bowl over an edge of the toilet bowl, and thereby partially encases the edge, thereby creating a seating surface for directly seating a user of the toilet system, and
wherein at least one of the at least one suction lines is fluidly connected with the hollow space.

18. The lavatory of claim 17 , further comprising an air outlet for ventilating the lavatory, wherein the hollow space and the air outlet are coupled with a shared support line.

19. The lavatory system of claim 17 wherein the edge of the toilet bowl is an annular upper edge, and wherein the cladding assembly is located directly over the entire annular upper edge of the toilet bowl.

20. The lavatory system of claim 17 wherein the edge of the toilet bowl is an annular upper edge and bounds a volume within the toilet bowl, and wherein the cladding assembly extends into the volume of the toilet bowl along the entire annular upper edge.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Seibt Christian
• Cremers Joerg
• Wiebalck Jens

Classifications

• E03D9/05 Primary

  ventilating the bowl · CPC title

• B64D11/02

  Toilet fittings · CPC title