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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
James Childress, Mercer Island, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of removing debris from a lavatory on a vehicle, a lavatory debris removal vacuum apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a debris removal vacuum system. A vacuum supply line is connected to a vacuum toilet in a lavatory and configured to provide suction to the vacuum toilet. A vacuum socket is connected to the vacuum supply line and configured to have a tube attached thereto that extends from the vacuum socket into the lavatory. The suction is provided by the vacuum supply line through the vacuum socket to the tube to remove debris from the lavatory into the tube as the tube is positioned in the lavatory by an operator.