US 2026/0296648 A1 · AIRCRAFT GALLEY COMPARTMENT VENTILLATION USING ON-BOARD CONDITIONED AIR SYSTEM

Abstract

Aircraft galley monuments are provided with a ventilated compartment that is configured to being operatively interconnected with an aircraft's on-board environmental control and vent systems. The ventilated compartment of the galley monument may include an inlet air grill configured to allow fresh ventilation air to be introduced into the ventilated compartment and a galley conditioned air conduit connected at one end to the inlet air grill and configured for operative connection at an opposite end thereof to a conditioned air duct of the on-board aircraft cabin environmental control system to direct the fresh ventilation air from the environmental control system to the inlet air grill. Also provided are an outlet vent grill configured to allow air within the ventilated compartment to be discharged therefrom and a vent conduit connected at one end to the outlet vent grill and configured for operative connection at an opposite end thereof to a vent duct to allow air from the ventilated cabinet to be vented to a cabin external environment.

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Dependent claims

An aircraft galley monument comprising a ventilated compartment which includes:

an inlet air grill configured to allow fresh ventilation air to be introduced into the ventilated compartment;
a galley conditioned air conduit connected at one end to the inlet air grill and configured for operative connection at an opposite end thereof to a conditioned air duct of an on-board aircraft cabin environmental control system to direct the fresh ventilation air from the environmental control system to the inlet air grill;
an outlet vent grill configured to allow air within the ventilated compartment to be discharged therefrom;
and
a vent conduit connected at one end to the outlet vent grill and configured for operative connection at an opposite end thereof to a vent duct to allow air from the ventilated compartment to be vented to a cabin external environment.

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An aircraft comprising:

a fuselage defining an interior cabin;
an environmental control system having a conditioned air duct to provide fresh ventilation air to the interior cabin;
a vent duct to vent the internal cabin air to an external cabin environment;
and
a galley monument positioned within the interior cabin, wherein the galley monument comprises a ventilated compartment, wherein the ventilated compartment includes:
(i) an inlet air grill configured to allow the fresh ventilation air to be introduced into the ventilated compartment;
(ii) a galley conditioned air conduit connected at one end to the inlet air grill and connected at an opposite end thereof to the conditioned air duct of the on-board aircraft cabin environmental control system to direct the fresh ventilation air from the environmental control system to the inlet air grill;
(iii) an outlet vent grill configured to allow air within the ventilated compartment to be discharged therefrom;
and
(iv) a vent conduit connected at one end to the outlet vent grill and connected at an opposite end thereof to the vent duct to allow air from the ventilated cabinet to be vented to the cabin external environment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Aircraft galley compartment ventillation using on-board conditioned air system

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Aircraft galley compartment ventillation using on-board conditioned air system

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