GALLEY AND METHOD OF CATERING FOR PASSENGERS ON AN AIRCRAFT
First Claim
1. A unit for an aircraft comprising:
- a galley body being fixed on a cabin floor for accommodating a plurality of storage boxes and appliances; and
a plurality of storage boxes for storing goods;
wherein said galley body has a plurality of vertical levels that are substantially equidistant from each other, wherein each of said vertical levels is subdivided into a plurality of laterally adjacent compartments whose horizontal and vertical dimensions are equal to an integer multiple of the respective dimensions of a single one of said storage boxes.
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Abstract
A galley including a galley body on a cabin floor for accommodating storage boxes, appliances and at least one service cart; storage boxes for storing goods, and a service cart. The galley body has a plurality of vertical levels that are substantially equidistant from each other, each of the vertical levels divided into a plurality of laterally adjacent compartments whose horizontal and vertical dimensions are equal to an integer multiple of the respective dimensions of a single one of the storage boxes. A transfer table is provided in front of the galley body for access to the compartments. A method includes catering for passengers on an aircraft.
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20 Claims
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1. A unit for an aircraft comprising:
a galley body being fixed on a cabin floor for accommodating a plurality of storage boxes and appliances; and a plurality of storage boxes for storing goods; wherein said galley body has a plurality of vertical levels that are substantially equidistant from each other, wherein each of said vertical levels is subdivided into a plurality of laterally adjacent compartments whose horizontal and vertical dimensions are equal to an integer multiple of the respective dimensions of a single one of said storage boxes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of catering for passengers on an aircraft in a galley comprising:
storing goods in a plurality of storage boxes; conveying a plurality of said storage boxes to and from said galley; accommodating a plurality of said storage boxes, appliances in a galley body of said galley being fixed on a cabin floor; providing standard boxes as storage boxes having a predetermined width (w), a predetermined depth (d) and a predetermined height (h); and transporting said standard boxes to their respective destination compartment in said galley body and stowing them therein, wherein the horizontal and vertical dimensions of each of said compartments are equal to an integer multiple of the respective dimensions of a single one of said standard boxes. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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