Apparatus for compacting and draining mixed waste in passenger transport vehicles

An apparatus for receiving, storing and compacting passenger service waste in a passenger transport vehicle, comprising:

• a waste receiving container adapted to receive therein the passenger service waste including a solid waste component and a liquid waste component;
• a waste compactor press including at least one a pressure piston device and a press arrangement that is connected to and movably drivable by said at least one pressure piston device, and that reaches into said waste receiving container and is adapted to mechanically press and compact the passenger service waste in said waste receiving container, while pressing at least a pressed-out portion of the liquid waste component out of the passenger service waste;
• a drain coupling that is provided at a bottom of said waste receiving container, and that is adapted to selectively drain the pressed-out portion of the liquid waste component out of said waste receiving container;
• a control unit that is connected by a control signal conductor to said waste compactor press and that is adapted to control operation of said waste compactor press;
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• a waste receiving shaft that is arranged above said waste receiving container and that remains available to receive more of the passenger service waste therein even when some of the passenger service waste is being compacted in said waste receiving container;
• wherein said press arrangement includes at least one flap door located under said waste receiving shaft, and wherein said at least one flap door is pivotable downwardly into an open position providing an open passage therethrough from said waste receiving shaft into said waste receiving container and is pivotable upwardly into a horizontal closed position in which said at least one flap door is fixed so as to form a press platen that is adapted to press and compact the passenger service waste in said waste receiving container.