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US 2019/0055022 A1Published application
Mobile Galley Cart with Heating, Cooling and Braking Functionality
AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorPeter John Leslie Burd
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Abstract
A mobile galley cart including a wheeled insulated housing having a door configured to open to access to the interior of the housing, a thermoelectric chiller mounted near the bottom of the cart, cold air ducting in fluid communication with the thermoelectric chiller and opening to the interior of the housing, and warm air ducting including a warm air exhaust arranged to exhaust warm air from the mobile galley cart. A mobile galley cart system including a cart configured to dock at a separate service wall to provide service connections therebetween.
Claims12
A mobile galley cart, comprising:
- a wheeled insulated housing formed from opposing sidewalls, end walls, a top and a bottom, with one of the opposing end walls being a door configured to open to access the interior of the housing;
- a thermoelectric chiller mounted near the bottom of the cart;
- cold air ducting in at least one of the sidewalls, end walls and bottom in fluid communication with the thermoelectric chiller, the cold air ducting opening to the interior of the mobile galley cart through a plurality of openings through at least one of the sidewalls and end walls;
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- warm air ducting including a warm air exhaust arranged to exhaust warm air from the mobile galley cart.
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