Lavatory module for a passenger airplane
US4884767A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 1989 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64D11/02
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A lavatory module for a passenger airplane, enabling a serviceman to carry out a task for replenishing and changing the stock of amenities from outside the lavatory module in a reduced time, facilitating the work for achieving the task, and facilitating passenger' actions to gain access to the amenities. The lavatory module has a lavatory box having a shape conforming to a space in the fuselage of the passenger airplane in which the lavatory module is installed, and is integrally and internally equipped with lavatory equipments, such as a vertically elongate amenity closet having a plurality of amenity storage compartments arranged in a vertical row, a washstand and a toilet bowl. The lavatory box has a front wall facing the passage of the passenger airplane and provided with a service opening closet by a service door hinged so as to be opened from the passage and a passage opening closed by a passage door from the passage. The amenity closet is disposed with the open side thereof in coincidence with the service opening to enable the serviceman to replenish and change the stock of amenities from outside the lavatory module.
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