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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Bryan J. Mackulin, Akron, OH (US);
Mark A. Hampson, Akron, OH (US);
Inventors:
Bryan J. Mackulin, Akron, OH (US);
Mark A. Hampson, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An aircraft () having a cabin () with a plurality of potable-water-using stations () that drain graywater to a transfer tank (). The graywater ejection system pressurizes the transfer tank () at appropriate times and/or places, so that graywater can be ejected through a drainmast () without the help of gravity. This graywater ejection system eliminates the need for a discharge line from the transfer tank () and frees the aircraft's fuselage () from having an inconvenient port associated with such a discharge line.