Aircraft waste bin extractor
AssigneeB/E Intellectual Property
InventorsMichael Wilkinson, Hayley Mortimer
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Abstract
An aircraft galley waste bin extraction unit is disclosed having a first compartment formed by a plurality of walls that conform with walls of the waste bin, an extraction chamber adjoining the first compartment and sharing a common wall, and a platform within the common wall including a hinged bottom edge that allows the platform to pivot into a horizontal position against a rest on an extraction chamber side wall, the deploying of the platform forming a window through which the waste bin can pass through from the first compartment to the extraction chamber. The unit preferably also includes retractable ramp extendable from the platform to a ground surface to guide the waste bin from the extraction unit to the ground.
Claims6
An aircraft galley waste bin extraction unit comprising:
- a first compartment having a plurality of walls that conform with walls of the waste bin;
- an extraction chamber adjoining the first compartment and sharing a common wall, and further including a rear wall and a side wall, the side wall having a rest;
- a platform within the common wall including a hinged bottom edge that allows the platform to pivot into a horizontal position against said rest on the extraction chamber side wall, the deploying of the platform forming a window through which the waste bin can pass through from the first compartment to the extraction chamber;
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- a retractable ramp extendable from the platform to a ground surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.