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AssigneeDeutsche Aerospace Airbus GmbH
InventorsGuenter Schwertfeger, Harry Kwik, Ralf Myska, Hans-Juergen Mueller, Ingrid Kutzner, Ralf Schliwa, Joachim Claus, Markus Schumacher, Michael Lau, Andrew Muin
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An aircraft body or fuselage is divided by a main deck (3) to form an upper deck and a lower deck. The lower deck has its own floor (5). A connecting device or several such devices, for example stairs and/or elevators, interconnect the upper deck with the lower deck in positions to facilitate central access to a plurality of lower deck facilities. Supply facilities and sanitary facilities are arranged on the lower deck to provide additional seating space on the upper deck. The lower deck may also hold resting areas, such as a lounge that may be equipped with beds, such as convertible beds. A food distribution station is arranged on the upper deck in vertical alignment with a galley on the lower deck. All the facilities of a group of facilities on the lower deck are centrally accessible.
An aircraft construction, comprising a fuselage, a main deck (3) dividing said fuselage into an upper passenger cabin and a lower space having its own lower deck (5), at least one cargo hold (10) and at least one service compartment (9) permanently installed next to said cargo hold (10) on said lower deck, said service compartment on said lower deck comprising at least one passenger comfort facility, and at least one spiral stair leading from said main deck into said service compartment through said main deck for movement by a person from one deck to the other and for direct access to any one of said facilities by said person, and wherein said passenger comfort facility comprises on said lower deck a sanitary facility comprising at least one toilet including a toilet bowl (14A, 38) having a back edge extending perpendicularly to a central longitudinal vertical plane of said aircraft fuselage, and a hand wash basin (14C, 39) arranged so that a user faces toward an inner fuselage wall that curves upwardly away from the user.
An aircraft construction, comprising a fuselage, a main deck (3) dividing said fuselage into an upper passenger cabin and a lower space having its own lower deck (5), at least one cargo hold (10) and at least one service compartment (9) permanently installed next to said cargo hold (10) on said lower deck, said service compartment on said lower deck comprising at least one passenger comfort facility, and at least one spiral stair leading from said main deck into said service compartment through said main deck for movement by a person from one deck to the other and for direct access to any one of said facilities by said person, wherein said passenger comfort facility comprises on said lower deck a toilet with a toilet bowl oriented in parallel to a longitudinal aircraft axis so that a user faces in a direction of said longitudinal aircraft axis, and a hand wash basin oriented so that a user faces toward an outer fuselage wall that curves upwardly away from the user.
An aircraft construction comprising a fuselage, a main deck (3) dividing said fuselage into an upper passenger cabin and a lower space having its own lower deck (5), at least one cargo hold (10) and at least one service compartment (9) permanently installed next to said cargo hold (10) on said lower deck, said service compartment comprising at least one passenger comfort facility, and at least one spiral stair leading from said main deck into said service compartment through said main deck for movement by a person from one deck to the other and for direct access to any one of said facilities, and wherein said spiral stair is arranged laterally close to a curvature of an inner surface of a fuselage wall so that lower treads of said spiral stair follow said curvature of said inner surface of said fuselage wall, wherein said spiral stair has at least one 90.degree. turn near its lower stair end, said curvature accommodating said 90.degree. turn, wherein said passenger comfort facility comprises a hand wash basin arranged so that said curvature curves upwardly away from a user of said hand wash basin and a toilet bowl oriented in parallel to a longitudinal aircraft axis so that a user of said toilet bowl faces in a direction of said longitudinal aircraft axis.
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