Shower system for aircraft

US8720463B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Ole Becker · Hamburg, DE
• Christiane Lindauer · Hamburg, DE
• Frank Rahn · Buxtehude, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2006
• Grant date: May 13, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/6906
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A shower system for use in aircraft while in flight, the shower system having a feed line through which a stream of water can be supplied to the shower system; a showerhead from which a prepared stream of shower water can exit the shower system and a water stream parameter modification device for modifying at least one parameter of the water stream, said water stream parameter modification device incorporated between the feed line and the showerhead, wherein the water stream parameter modification device comprises at least one valve, which opens when not exposed to any pressure upstream to enable an evacuation of the entire shower system.