Aircraft galley chilled air distribution system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10124894-B2
Application number	US-201313852631-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2013
Priority date	Mar 30, 2012
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

A chilled air distribution system for an aircraft galley service cart, comprising a first plenum on an upper surface of the service cart for directing chilled air over said cart. The cart bay door also includes a pair of diverting curved vanes along a vertical surface to divert air from one surface, such as a front door, to an adjacent surface such as a side wall. The side walls may be provided with a pair of rub strips for guiding air to the rear of the cart, where a return plenum vacuums and recirculates the chilled air back to the first plenum.

First claim

I claim:

1. A chilled air distribution system for an aircraft galley service cart, comprising:
a service cart housing having a front door, a pair of side walls, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a rear wall;
a first plenum on said upper surface for directing chilled air over said cart;
a pair of diverting curved vanes along a vertical surface to divert the chilled air from the vertical surface to an adjacent surface;
a pair of rub strips on the adjacent surface for guiding the chilled air to another adjacent surface; and
a return plenum on the another adjacent surface for recirculating the chilled air to the first plenum,
wherein one of the pair of rub strips is castellated.

2. The chilled air distribution system of claim 1 , wherein one of the pair of rub strips is non-castellated.

3. The chilled air distribution system of claim 1 , where the pair of diverting curved vanes divert the chilled air flowing over the front door of the service cart to the side walls of the service cart.

4. The chilled air distribution system of claim 3 , where the pair of diverting curved vanes are spaced apart to allow some of the chilled air to pass therebetween.

5. The chilled air distribution system of claim 1 , wherein the return plenum includes a plurality of spaced apart holes for the chilled air to pass through via suction.

6. The chilled air distribution system of claim 5 , wherein a number of the spaced apart holes is selected to control the flow of the chilled air about the service cart.

Assignees

• Be Aerospace Inc

Inventors

• Burd Peter John Leslie

Classifications

• F25D2317/063

  with air guides · CPC title

• B64D11/0007 Primary

  Devices specially adapted for food or beverage distribution services · CPC title

• B62B2204/04

  comprising a cooling unit · CPC title

• B62B5/00 Primary

  Accessories or details specially adapted for hand carts ({B62B3/1404} , B62B9/00 take precedence; wheels, axles, or axle bearings for vehicles B60B; castors for vehicles, castors in general B60B33/00) · CPC title

• B62B2202/67

  Service trolleys, e.g. in aircraft · CPC title