Galley for an aircraft

• US 20100243800A1
• Filed: 12/17/2009
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Schnabell, Ralph, Koschberg, Stefan
• Granted Patent: US 9,422,057 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 244/118.500
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/04 Galleys

Abstract

A galley (10) for an aircraft comprises a plurality of electrical kitchen appliances (24) that differ functionally from one another. Of these, at least a partial number of at least two electrical appliances comprise in each case an operator control unit (26), which is manufactured structurally separate from a main functional part of the relevant appliance and has an arrangement of operator control elements for operator control of the appliance. The operator control units are in this case designed to be of an identical construction to one another from appliance to appliance.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. An aircraft galley comprising a plurality of functionally different electrical kitchen appliances, each kitchen appliance including a main functional section and an operator control unit manufactured structurally separate from the main functional section and having an arrangement of operator control elements for operator control of the appliance;

wherein the operator control units of the appliances are at least partially identical in construction to one another.

11. The aircraft galley of claim 10, wherein the at least partially identical construction of the operator control units includes a mutually identical arrangement scheme of the operator control elements of the operator control units.

12. The aircraft galley of claim 10, wherein the operator control elements of the operator control units comprise in each case at least one operator control element disposed identically from operator control unit to operator control unit and to which for each of the appliances at least one identical operator control function is assigned.

13. The aircraft galley of claim 10, wherein the operator control elements of the operator control units comprise in each case at least one operator control element disposed identically from operator control unit to operator control unit and to which for at least a partial number of the appliances in each case at least one different operator control function is assigned.

14. The aircraft galley of claim 10, wherein the operator control units each comprise at least one visual display member and the at least partially identical construction of the operator control units includes a mutually identical arrangement scheme of the display members of the operator control units.

15. The aircraft galley of claim 10, wherein the at least partially identical construction of the operator control units includes an identical construction of an electrical interface arrangement, by which the relevant operator control unit is connected electrically to the main functional part of the respective appliance.

16. The aircraft galley of claim 10, wherein the operator control units comprise at least one operator control element that is disposed identically from operator control unit to operator control unit, wherein the identically disposed operator control elements are assigned a function in only some of the appliances and have no function in the other appliances.

17. The aircraft galley of claim 10, wherein at least one of the operator control elements of each operator control unit is a mechanical operator control element.

18. The aircraft galley of claim 10, wherein at least one of the operator control elements of each operator control unit is formed by a touch-sensitive button.