Aircraft galley

US8944376B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8944376-B2
Application numberUS-201313746250-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 21, 2013
Priority dateJan 23, 2012
Publication dateFeb 3, 2015
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015

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Abstract

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An aircraft galley is disclosed having a stand-alone beverage station and a stand-alone food preparation station. Each station is equipped with extendable work decks and integrated equipment for plug and play exchange. The beverage station is equipped with brewing stations and a top loading refuse compartment, and the food preparation station is configured with multiple ovens and refrigeration units. The galley further includes a side refrigeration unit which can be used as a self-service beverage area for passengers, and both stations may further be configured with LED displays for communicating with passengers.

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We claim: 1. An aircraft galley having two stand-alone structures including a beverage station and a food preparation station; each stand-alone structures having opposed front faces, first and second exterior side panels, and a rear wall, the beverage station including a plurality of beverage cart storage compartments and a plurality of beverage brewing equipment integrated into the beverage station, and the food preparation station including a plurality of beverage cart storage co…

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  • B64D11/04Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

  • Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8944376B2 cover?
An aircraft galley is disclosed having a stand-alone beverage station and a stand-alone food preparation station. Each station is equipped with extendable work decks and integrated equipment for plug and play exchange. The beverage station is equipped with brewing stations and a top loading refuse compartment, and the food preparation station is configured with multiple ovens and refrigeration …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Be Aerospace Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B64D11/04. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).