Restroom system with storage compartment

Abstract

To provide lavatory systems including multiple lavatory units that occupy less space than known lavatories in an internal cabin of a vehicle.SOLUTION: A lavatory system 301 in an internal cabin of a vehicle includes a first lavatory unit 302 in an interior chamber, and a second lavatory unit 304 in the interior chamber. The first lavatory unit 302 is adjacent to the second lavatory unit 304. A containment compartment 300 is common to the first lavatory unit 302 and the second lavatory unit 304. The containment compartment 300 extends through a divider wall that separates the first lavatory unit 302 from the second lavatory unit 304.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 13

Claims

1. A lavatory system in the interior cabin of an aircraft, A housing that defines the internal chamber, The first dressing room unit in the internal chamber, In the internal chamber, a second restroom unit adjacent to the first restroom unit, Includes a storage compartment common to the first restroom unit and the second restroom unit, The housing includes a first end wall, an interior wall connected to the first end wall and facing the passage of the interior cabin, a second end wall connected to the interior wall, located on the opposite side from the first end wall and facing the exit passage of the interior cabin, and an exterior wall connected to the first and second end walls. The first restroom unit includes a first entrance / exit connected to the passage of the interior cabin, and the first door is configured to open and close the first entrance / exit; the second restroom unit includes a second entrance / exit connected to the exit route of the interior cabin, and the second door is configured to open and close the second entrance / exit; A restroom system in which the first restroom unit extends beyond the second restroom unit in the direction toward the exit path along the passage of the interior cabin, thereby forming a cabin crew assistance space within the exit path.

2. The restroom system according to claim 1, wherein the storage compartment penetrates a partition wall separating the first restroom unit and the second restroom unit.

3. The aforementioned hangar is The first inner end wall within the first restroom unit, Front wall and, The back wall and, The bottom and, The counter, It includes a second inner end wall opposite to the first inner end wall, the second inner end wall being located within the second restroom unit, The restroom system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first inner end wall, the front wall, the rear wall, the bottom surface, the counter, and the second inner end wall define the storage chamber of the storage compartment.

4. The restroom system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a waste container housed in the aforementioned storage compartment.

5. The restroom system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the storage compartment includes an access door to one of the first restroom unit or the second restroom unit, the access door is movable between an open position and a closed position, the storage compartment is exposed when the access door is in the open position, and the storage compartment is closed when the access door is in the closed position.

6. In the first restroom unit, a first waste opening connected to the storage chamber of the storage compartment, The restroom system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising, in the second restroom unit, a second waste opening connected to the storage chamber of the storage compartment.

7. A first waste duct connected to the first waste opening, The restroom system according to claim 6, further comprising a second waste duct connected to the second waste opening.

8. The restroom system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the first restroom unit and the second restroom unit are provided within a single monument in the internal cabin.

9. The restroom system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the first restroom unit and the second restroom unit are arranged side by side across a part of the interior cabin.

10. The restroom system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the first restroom unit includes a first sink and a first toilet, and the second restroom unit includes a second sink and a second toilet.

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