Systems and methods for automatically cleaning a lavatory floor
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorCharles C. Jensen
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Abstract
A self-cleaning floor assembly is configured to form or be positioned on a floor of an enclosed space. The self-cleaning floor assembly includes a moveable floor including a moveable floor panel, an actuation system that is operatively coupled to the floor panel, and a cleaning system proximate to at least a portion of the moveable floor. The actuation system is configured to move at least a portion of the floor panel into and through the cleaning system during a cleaning cycle. The cleaning system is configured to clean the portion(s) of the floor panel during the cleaning cycle.
Claims20
A self-cleaning floor assembly that is configured to form or be positioned on a floor of an enclosed space, the self-cleaning floor assembly comprising:
- a moveable floor including a moveable floor panel;
- an actuation system that is operatively coupled to the floor panel;
- and
- a cleaning system proximate to at least a portion of the moveable floor, wherein the actuation system is configured to move at least a portion of the floor panel into and through the cleaning system during a cleaning cycle, and wherein the cleaning system is configured to clean the at least a portion of the floor panel during the cleaning cycle.
A method of automatically cleaning a floor within an enclosed space, the method comprising:
- operatively coupling an actuation system to a floor panel of a moveable floor;
- moving, by the actuation system, at least a portion of the floor panel into and through a cleaning system during a cleaning cycle;
- and
- cleaning, by the cleaning system, the at least a portion of the floor panel during the cleaning cycle.
An aircraft comprising:
- a fuselage having an internal cabin, wherein a lavatory is located within the internal cabin;
- wings outwardly extending from the fuselage;
- an empennage outwardly extending from the fuselage;
- one or more engines carried by one or more of the wings and the empennage;
- and
- a self-cleaning floor assembly that forms or is positioned on a floor of the lavatory, wherein the self-cleaning floor assembly comprises:
- a moveable floor including a moveable floor panel;
- an actuation system that is operatively coupled to the floor panel;
- and
- a cleaning system proximate to at least a portion of the moveable floor, wherein the actuation system is configured to move at least a portion of the floor panel into and through the cleaning system during a cleaning cycle, and wherein the cleaning system is configured to clean the at least a portion of the floor panel during the cleaning cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.