Separation device for vacuum toilet systems
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorWilhelm Lutzer
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Abstract
A separation device is provided for a vacuum toilet system of an aircraft, which makes possible a significantly simpler type of cleaning, which can be done more quickly, of a profile separator. The movably held combination of a wiping device and the profile separator can carry out a relative movement. As a result of mechanical contact between the wiping device and the profile separator the deposits are removed from the profile separator.
Claims15
A separation device for a vacuum toilet system of an aircraft, the separation device comprising:
- a wiping device;
- and
- a profile separator configured to:
- separate gaseous from non-gaseous constituent parts of toilet wastewater in the aircraft;
- and
- enable a relative movement between the profile separator and the wiping device, and
- wherein as a result of the relative movement, the non-gaseous constituent parts separated by the profile separator are removed from the profile separator by the wiping device.
A vacuum toilet system for an aircraft, the vacuum toilet system comprising:
- a separation device, comprising:
- a wiping device;
- and
- a profile separator configured to:
- separate gaseous from non-gaseous constituent parts of toilet wastewater in the aircraft;
- and
- enable a relative movement between the profile separator and the wiping device, and
- wherein as a result of the relative movement, the non-gaseous constituent parts separated by the profile separator are removed from the profile separator by the wiping device;
- and
- a wastewater collection tank having a housing that is firmly affixed to the separation device, and
- wherein the profile separator is slidably arranged within the separation device.
A method for cleaning a profile separator in a vacuum toilet system of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- providing the profile separator at a wastewater collection tank of the vacuum toilet system in the aircraft;
- the profile separator is configured to separate gaseous from non-gaseous constituent parts of toilet wastewater in the aircraft;
- providing a wiping device;
- and
- causing relative movement between the profile separator and the wiping device in an installation position of the profile separator and the wiping device, so that with the wiping device, the non-gaseous constituent parts are removed from the profile separator.
An aircraft, comprising:
- a vacuum toilet system;
- a separation device for the vacuum toilet system, comprising:
- a wiping device;
- and
- a profile separator configured to:
- separate gaseous from non-gaseous constituent parts of toilet wastewater in the aircraft;
- enable a relative movement between the profile separator and the wiping device, and
- wherein as a result of the relative movement, the non-gaseous constituent parts separated by the profile separator are removed from the profile separator by the wiping device;
- and
- a wastewater collection tank having a housing that is firmly affixed to the separation device, and
- wherein the profile separator is slidably arranged within the separation device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.