Airbus Operations Gmbh

Airbus Deutschland Gmbh

Holger Czopka

Claus Hoffjann

Matthias Reiss

Wilhelm Lutzer

Marc Spille

Oliver Kiehne

Michael Kempa

Harald Gruendel

A fluid-disposing system for a galley sink includes: a galley sink for a galley cabin monument, a self-regulating valve, a control unit, a sensor, and a signal connection between the sensor and the control unit. The valve input is connected to a fluid line, connected to a drainage opening of the galley sink. The valve is arranged underneath the drainage opening, such that fluid from the galley sink can flow through the associated drainage opening into the fluid line. The valve output is designed to be couplable with a source of negative pressure. The valve is designed to automatically open at a predetermined amount Mof fluid in the fluid line, such that fluid can flow out of the fluid line, and to automatically close at a predetermined amount Mof fluid in the fluid line, such that the predetermined amount Mof fluid remains in the fluid line.

System and method for disposing of fluid from a galley sink

A drain-mast connector, for use in transportation vehicles such as aircraft, includes an interface pipe which extends through an outer skin of a fuselage of an aircraft via a nipple-like connector. Such a connector allows for simple plug connection of the drain mast pipe and allows less contamination of the fuselage due to grey water disposal. Such a plug-like connection does not require a complicated mounting process.

Drain mast connector

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Hamburg, Germany

Holger Czopka