Galley unit
AssigneeSingapore Airlines Limited
InventorsTien Shyang Timothy Chua, Fook Ping Chen, Ee-Lin Gina Goh, Check Kan Foo
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Abstract
A multi-functional galley unit suitable for aircraft is disclosed. The galley unit includes two display compartments for food and other items (such as glasses) positioned above a bench top. Each display compartment comprises a main section in the form of a rear cabinet and a front door that can be swung between a closed orientation for storing items and an opened orientation in which the items are displayed and passengers can select and remove items from the compartments as desired. When the doors are in the closed position, cabin crew have full access to the bench top to assist in the preparation and serving of meals.
Claims17
A aircraft galley unit for use by crew members during meal service periods and for use by passengers during other periods during the course of a flight including:
- an upwardly facing work surface;
- at least one display compartment suitable for containing items of food and other items positioned above the work surface for access by passengers, the compartment having a closed orientation in which the items in the compartment are safely stored in the compartment and are not accessible and an opened orientation in which the items are on display and can be selected by passengers from the compartment as desired.
The galley unit defined in any one of the preceding claims wherein the compartments are on the work surface.
A aircraft galley unit for use by crew members during meal service periods and for use by passengers during other periods during the course of a flight including:
- an upwardly facing work surface;
- a pair of display compartments suitable for containing items of food and other items positioned on or above the work surface for access by passengers, each compartment having a closed orientation in which the items in the compartment are safely stored in the compartment and are not accessible and an opened orientation in which the items are on display and can be selected by passengers from the compartment as desired, the compartments being substantially equal size and spaced apart on or above opposite ends of the work surface, each compartment being in a form of a cabinet having a main section located in a fixed position on or above the work surface and a door that is pivotally mounted to the main section, with the doors of the compartments being hung so that the doors can be swung outwardly from the closed orientation of the compartments and then toward each other and against the back wall of the galley unit between the compartments into the opened orientation of the compartments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.