Hot beverage dispensing mobile aircraft galley cart
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsMudar S. Abu-Saymeh, Bryan N. Rogers, Sebastien A. Ramus, Keith R. DeBald
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Abstract
A hot beverage dispensing mobile aircraft galley cart, a system, and a method. The hot beverage dispensing mobile aircraft galley cart may include a hot beverage maker module including a hot beverage maker. The hot beverage maker module may be implemented in or on the mobile aircraft galley cart. The hot beverage maker module may be configured to prepare and dispense a hot beverage. The hot beverage dispensing mobile aircraft galley cart may include a power module configured to provide power to the hot beverage maker module. The power module may be implemented in the mobile aircraft galley cart.
Claims20
A hot beverage dispensing mobile aircraft galley cart, comprising:
- a hot beverage maker module including a hot beverage maker, the hot beverage maker module implemented in or on the mobile aircraft galley cart, the hot beverage maker module configured to prepare and dispense a hot beverage;
- and
- a power module configured to provide power at least to the hot beverage maker module, the power module implemented in the mobile aircraft galley cart;
- wherein, when the hot beverage maker module is installed in or on the mobile aircraft galley cart, the hot beverage maker is positionable in one of a dispense position and a stowed position at a given time, wherein when in the dispense position, the hot beverage maker is positioned to dispense the hot beverage.
An aircraft, comprising:
- a hot beverage dispensing mobile aircraft galley cart, comprising:
- a hot beverage maker module including a hot beverage maker, the hot beverage maker module implemented in or on the mobile aircraft galley cart, the hot beverage maker module configured to prepare and dispense a hot beverage;
- and
- a power module configured to provide power at least to the hot beverage maker module, the power module implemented in the mobile aircraft galley cart below the hot beverage maker module,
- wherein, when the hot beverage maker module is installed in or on the mobile aircraft galley cart, the hot beverage maker is positionable in one of a dispense position and a stowed position at a given time, wherein when in the dispense position, the hot beverage maker is positioned to dispense the hot beverage,
- wherein movement between the dispense position and the stowed position is spring-loaded.
A method, comprising:
- installing a hot beverage maker module in or on a mobile aircraft galley cart, the hot beverage maker module including a hot beverage maker, the hot beverage maker module configured to prepare and dispense a hot beverage;
- and
- installing a power module in or on the mobile aircraft galley cart below the hot beverage maker module, the power module configured to provide power at least to the hot beverage maker module,
- wherein, when the hot beverage maker module is installed in or on the mobile aircraft galley cart, the hot beverage maker is positionable in one of a dispense position and a stowed position at a given time, wherein when in the dispense position, the hot beverage maker is positioned to dispense the hot beverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.