Galley cart bay door latch
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorPeter John Leslie Burd
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Abstract
A galley cart bay door latch system serves to secure catering or galley carts, as are used on commercial aircraft, within the aircraft's galley. The system relies on two substantially horizontally disposed latch levers to secure the galley door which in turn restrains a galley cart in position within the galley. The ends of the latch levers are received in a recess formed in the door to secure the door. Raising the latch lever releases the door and positively pushes the door outwardly. The latching configuration allows the doors to be slammed shut without the need to further manipulate the latch levers.
Claims20
A latch for latching and unlatching a door of a galley cart bay of an aircraft galley, comprising:
- a galley cart bay door mounted to a galley cart bay of an aircraft galley for releasably retaining an aircraft galley cart within the galley cart bay, said galley cart bay door being movable between a closed position closing the galley cart bay for retaining the aircraft galley cart within the galley cart bay and an open position for releasing the aircraft galley cart for removal from the galley cart bay;
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- at least one latch lever having an inner and an outer end, said inner end being pivotally mounted to the aircraft galley, said outer end of said at least one latch lever including a lever retainer member releasably engageable with a portion of the galley cart bay door, said outer end of said at least one latch lever being pivotally movable between a door engaging position engaging said galley cart bay door and retaining said galley cart bay door in the closed position and a door releasing position releasing said galley cart bay door to move to the open position.
A latching system for latching and unlatching a galley cart bay door of a galley cart bay of an aircraft galley for receiving an aircraft galley cart within the galley cart bay, the galley cart bay door being movable between a closed position closing said galley cart bay for retaining said aircraft galley cart within the galley cart bay and an open position for releasing said aircraft galley cart for removal from the galley cart bay, the latching system comprising:
- first and second latch levers each having an inner and an outer end, said inner ends of said first and second latch levers each being pivotally mounted to the aircraft galley, said outer ends of said first and second latch levers each including a lever retainer member releasably engageable with corresponding first and second lever receiving portions of the galley cart bay door, respectively, said outer ends of said first and second latch levers each being independently movable between a door releasing position releasing said galley cart bay door to move to the open position and a door engaging position releasably engaging said corresponding first and second lever receiving portions of said galley cart bay door and retaining said galley cart bay door in the closed position;
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- said first and second lever receiving portions of said galley cart bay door each including corresponding positive location nubs extending outwardly from said galley cart bay door, said lever retainer members being releasably engageable with said corresponding positive location nubs of said corresponding first and second lever receiving portions of said galley cart bay door in said door engaging position of said outer ends of said first and second latch levers.
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