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This luggage compartment (2) is a sealed compartment located in a space designed to accommodate travellers in a vehicle. It has at least one wall (8) defining it and visible from the traveller space in which it is located. Said wall (8) contains at least one opening (20) closed by a transparent material (22).
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HAWAt3 COMPARZMENT, IN PARTICCTLhR AN ENCLO9DD COMPAR'I'NJENT
FOR AN AIRCRAb'r CF18IN
Th present invention relates to a baggage compartment, in parti ular an enclosed compartment for an aircraft cabin.
T s inveation relatea to the field of paesengsr txariapo , for example in an aircraft. During a trip, travele sl baggage, generally large-sized baggage, is placed in a ho 4 or similar area, while emaller and relatively light baggage can accompany the travelers in the space - often called cabin or compaartment, depending on the mods of transpo t- in which they are traveling. 2n this apace, stvrage compartmento are provided for this smallor baggage, alao cs led carry-on luggage.
I an aircraft, more often than not the compartments tor car -on luggage are arranged in the upper portion of the aircraf cabin, baneath the ceiling of this cabin and above the sea,s intended to accommodate the pa eengora.
Iri aireraft, there are two major types of baggage compart~entm such ao described previovaly. On the one hand there are baggage bins and ori the other hand baggage racks, A
baggage bin ia a compartment tixed in relation to the aircraft cabin, arnd a door, generally pivoting, allows the opening and closing of access to the baggage compartment. A
baggage rack, for its part, aleo hae a cempartment intended z to accommodate bagga.ge and compri ing an accer9n, Here this compartrnent i.e a compartment movable between a first extended position in which acceod to the compartment is open, allowing the introduction and removal of baggage, and a po8ition retracted inside the ceiling of the aircraft cabin, in which access to the compartment is closed.
Thio invention relates to these two types of baggage compartmerite and more generally any enclosed baggage compartment. The problem behind the prepent invention is to be able to determine whether an enclosed baggage compartmeat is occupied without having to open it and/or to be able to find a piece of baggage in a epaes for travalerp more rapidly, without having to open several baggage cvmpartments.
This concern is in line with increaeing passenger comfort, in particular when the baggage compartrnente are arranged ovarhead and openirng thereof is made difficult because of their po ition.
To this end, the invention propoeea an enolosed baggage compartment arranged in a epaee intended to accommodate travelere in a vehicle, this compartment comprising at leaet one wall defining it and visible frvm the travelero' epace within which it ie located.
Acco1"ding to the invention, said wall comprises At leaet one opening closed off with a cranaparent material associated with concealing meane making it possible to sither see through said opening or conceal this opening, as deaired.
In this way it ia possible to eea ineicL auch a compartmQnt without having to open it. In addition, the compartment remains enclosed sinc= the openings are closed oft. NO object then can fall out of the compartment when the vehicle ie in motion. In an aircrarL, this is particularly advantageoua, because it then become unnecessary to op.n all the baggage compartments prior to boarding of the passengera.
It is possible to check that the compartments are empty without opening them.
A compartment according to the invention also makes it poaaible for a passenger to see his baggage during the trip.
In this way he can retxisve it more easily in the course or at the end of the trip.
It also is possible to see through the opening implemented in the wall of the compartmnt or to conceal this opening, as desired. In the latter case, the concealing means preferably are Auch that the baggage compartment haer a uniform appearance in the cabin. They can involve a curtain or a movable f].ap of the name color as the exterior of the baggage compartment so as to blend into the surroundings.
According to a preferred embodiment, these concealing means cvmpriae a liquid cr7rstal layer aeeociated with meanv for subjecting this liquid crystal layer to an electric potential difference, this layor bainQ opaque or translucent depending on the potential difference applied.
Said wall can comprise several openings in the form of slite spaced over the length of maid wall, each o= the elite being clo9ed ofL with a transparent material. Theae multiple olitp then mak4 it possible to sse cleariy what is inside the baggage compartment over the entire length thereof.
In order better to see the inside of the compartment through the openings provided, the inner gace o= the wall advantageously cotqprisee mean8 for illumination of tho inside of the compartment. Theme means compriae, for example, an light-emitting sheet.
The inner faco of the wall provided with at least one 3o opening preferably has at leaet one concave area, and the openings are arranged in this concave area. By virtue of the concave shape, the baggs,ge, for the most part, does not reach thQ back of the concave area and thus forms a bridge" over this concave area. By positioning the openings at this point, a epace is left free between the inner face of the wall and the baggage. Thig malcee it possible to aoa the inaido of tha compartment better through the openinge. The illumiaation meane, to the extent that they are provided, preferably shine into thie area.
This invention also relates to an airCre,ft cabin and/or an aircraft, characterized in that they compriee at least one baggage compartment euCh as described nbove.
Other features and aavantagee of the invention will become apparent from the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying schematic drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view ot a baggage compartment according to the invention in its cloeed position, Fig. 2 rihowo a component of the compartment of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 9hows a perspective view vn a reduced eaale of a portion of the compartment of Fig. 1.
A baggage rack 2 of tlae type mounted in an aircraft cabin is seen in Figs. 1 and 3. It i a rack motisnted eo ae to pivot around a pivot axis 4, and located, for exsmple, in the upper portion of this cabin, above the paAsenger meatp not depicted. A suitcase 6 is depicted inside thio compartment in 2e3 P'ig. 1. The pivot axia 4 is a longitudinal axis with re8pect to the aircraft cabin.
The baggage rack 2 comprises a lower wall 8, a back 10, an upper wall 12 and side walls 14. The overall phape of this rack is more or lese para11e1spipeQal with a rounded lower face. The face opposite the back 10 is an entirely open face.
When the baggage rack 2 is in ite closed poeition, only the lower wall e thereof is vieible from the cabin in which it is locat d. In the open position, this lower wall 8 ie partially concealed and the face opposite the back 10, for itd part, aloo ie visible - and aoceeeible - in order to rnake it possible to move baggage into or out of the baggage convartment.
The lower wall 8 of the baggage rack 2 comprieee two 5 comporients: a rear panel 16 and a front portion 1e.
The rear panel 16 hae an elongated shape eliqhtly curved along a longitudirlal axie. It ip connected to the back of the baggage rack 2. =t ia noted in Figs. 2 and 3 that this rear panel 16 is provided with a aeriee of olits 20 10 distributed over the entire length of the panel. Each of these slits 20 forms an opening in the rear panel 16 that is closed off by a window pane 22 made of a transparent material, preferably of a synthetic material in order to avoid any problem of broken glaAO.
i5 When the baggage xack 2 ie aloised, the elite 2'0 form fixed windows that make it poeoible to ee= inside the rack.
in a preferred embodiment, a liquid crystal layer covers each window pane 22 aeAociated with a slit 20. Means for subjecting this liquid crystal idyer to a potential difference than also are provided and this 18yer is opaque or translucent, depending an the potential difference applied.
For esthetic reasons, the color of thie liquid eryetni layer, when it is opaque, preglra.bly corresponds to the color of the outer face of the ree-r panel 16. From the inside of the aircraft cabin, the rear panel 16 therefore hae a unifoxm appearance when the window panes 22 of the slits 20 are made opaque.
The front portion 1 of the lower wall 8 ie a molded part that extends so as to overlap the rear panel 15. The inner face 24 of the front portion 16 im eubctantizlly flat.
As for the outer face 26 of the =ront portion 10, it ia of overall cylindrical shape and takes on the curvature of the rear pansl 16, thus permitting a reliable assembly of the two componentes in order to form the lower wall 9 . Tha outer face 26 of the front portion has a groove 28 that can be ueed ae a handle for opening and cloaing the baggage rack Z.
ici the embodiment depicted in the drawinga, the front portion 18 overlape the area of the rear panel 16 in which the elita 20 are formed. Therefore, notchee 30 are provided in the corresponding edgs of the front portion 16 so that the front portion 18 doee not cover the elitm 20 of the rear panel 16.
z'he elita 20 make it poeoible to ass inside the baggago rack 2, even when the la.tter ie clomed, to the extent that the window panea 22 are not concealed by tlze liquid cryot,ale.
In order to make it po eible to aee better into tho baggage rack 2 in its closed position, in an advantageoua alternative embodiment, an illumiration msans is provided inside trie 3.5 rack.
In a praferred embodiment, this illumination means cotaprisee a light-emitting ahost 32. This in a 9h et of small thickness (on the order of a millimeter) that lighta up under the effect of an electric pulse. This illumination means h38 the advantage on the one hand of occupying little apace, and on the other hand of causing little - or no - heating. This sheet eovere, for example, the portion of the rear panal 16 that is not covered by the front portion 18. This light-emitting sheet 32 of couree does not cover alit^ 20. Thus, the ahsmt is near the bottom 10 of the baggage rack 2. Auch a light-emitting eheet 32, or other illumination means. also could be positioned, for exdmple, on the inner face 24 of the front portion 18 of the lower wall 8 or on the inner face of the back 10.
A8 is obvious from the above, it i possible to as`
into a baggage rack 2 without having to open it. Therefore, at zhe time of boarding of pseesngora in an aircraft, it ia not necessary to open all the baggage compartmants in order to check that they are empty. Likewise, at the time of . ~ ' deplaning of paeeengers, or else in the course of a tlight, if a passenger is looking for his carry-on luggage, it ie eany for him to see in what compartrnent hie baggage in located. As a result, he does not need to open a compartment in order to realize that his baggage in not there.
The operation mode of the liquid cry9tals described above and through which the window panes can be made opaque can be left to the preference of the airline companies. It may be provided, for example, that the wirndow panes are made opaque when the rack is in open pvdition. At night, when the interior illumination of the cabin is turned orr, it Aleo can be provided to make the window panes of the baggage-rack slits opaque. 2ndQed, moat of the travelera are sleeping and therefore do not roed to access their baggage.
The illumination means ineide the baggage rack can br turned on as soon as the rack is cloaed and the window paneA
of the openings fozmod in the baggage compartment are not concealed. qPhen the compartment is open, it can be apoumed, in this caae, that sufficient ambient light from the cabin illumination illuminates the inside of tla baggage compartment and the baggage placed therein, and it io unnecessary to illuminat= the inside of the baggage compartment when it is cloaed and the window pane are made opaque by the liquid crystalg (or other means).
By virtus of the special shape of tho lowor wall B.
inside the baggage rack 2, the above described light-emitting 8heet 32 illuminates the in ide of the rack officiently even when baggage is placed therein. This is because, as oan be noted in Pig. 1, tho inner face of the lower wall e toward the back 10 is of concave ahape. Thus when an object with a substantially flat :ace, such as the depicted euitcaee 6, is positioned in the rack, it does not come to cover the light-emitting sheet 32. This eheet, therefore, can illumiriate the lower face of the suitcase 6 efficiently. The latter then im fully visible from the cabin through the slits 20.
It thue is advantageoue initially to provide a concave area in the innQr face of the lower wall (that ie to say, the wall of the baggage compartment which ip visible from the cabin). The openings i.mplemented in the lower wall then preierably are in this concave area. Thua, the baggage, or at least most of it, doea not come to re t directly on the optning:, leaving a space between the bagga.ge and t,he opening. In that way, the field of view from the outside of the baggage cornpartment toward the inside of this compartment io broader. Finally, it is advantageous to illuminat= this free space between the inner face of the baggage compartment and the baggage. The xllumirlation means, to the extent that ariy are present, are, for their part, also cloee to this concave area.
The present invention is not restricted ta the above preferred embodiment given by way of non-limiting example. it aloo includes any alternative embodiment whieh will be readily apparent to those skillod in the art, within the scope of the appended claims.
FOR AN AIRCRAb'r CF18IN
Th present invention relates to a baggage compartment, in parti ular an enclosed compartment for an aircraft cabin.
T s inveation relatea to the field of paesengsr txariapo , for example in an aircraft. During a trip, travele sl baggage, generally large-sized baggage, is placed in a ho 4 or similar area, while emaller and relatively light baggage can accompany the travelers in the space - often called cabin or compaartment, depending on the mods of transpo t- in which they are traveling. 2n this apace, stvrage compartmento are provided for this smallor baggage, alao cs led carry-on luggage.
I an aircraft, more often than not the compartments tor car -on luggage are arranged in the upper portion of the aircraf cabin, baneath the ceiling of this cabin and above the sea,s intended to accommodate the pa eengora.
Iri aireraft, there are two major types of baggage compart~entm such ao described previovaly. On the one hand there are baggage bins and ori the other hand baggage racks, A
baggage bin ia a compartment tixed in relation to the aircraft cabin, arnd a door, generally pivoting, allows the opening and closing of access to the baggage compartment. A
baggage rack, for its part, aleo hae a cempartment intended z to accommodate bagga.ge and compri ing an accer9n, Here this compartrnent i.e a compartment movable between a first extended position in which acceod to the compartment is open, allowing the introduction and removal of baggage, and a po8ition retracted inside the ceiling of the aircraft cabin, in which access to the compartment is closed.
Thio invention relates to these two types of baggage compartmerite and more generally any enclosed baggage compartment. The problem behind the prepent invention is to be able to determine whether an enclosed baggage compartmeat is occupied without having to open it and/or to be able to find a piece of baggage in a epaes for travalerp more rapidly, without having to open several baggage cvmpartments.
This concern is in line with increaeing passenger comfort, in particular when the baggage compartrnente are arranged ovarhead and openirng thereof is made difficult because of their po ition.
To this end, the invention propoeea an enolosed baggage compartment arranged in a epaee intended to accommodate travelere in a vehicle, this compartment comprising at leaet one wall defining it and visible frvm the travelero' epace within which it ie located.
Acco1"ding to the invention, said wall comprises At leaet one opening closed off with a cranaparent material associated with concealing meane making it possible to sither see through said opening or conceal this opening, as deaired.
In this way it ia possible to eea ineicL auch a compartmQnt without having to open it. In addition, the compartment remains enclosed sinc= the openings are closed oft. NO object then can fall out of the compartment when the vehicle ie in motion. In an aircrarL, this is particularly advantageoua, because it then become unnecessary to op.n all the baggage compartments prior to boarding of the passengera.
It is possible to check that the compartments are empty without opening them.
A compartment according to the invention also makes it poaaible for a passenger to see his baggage during the trip.
In this way he can retxisve it more easily in the course or at the end of the trip.
It also is possible to see through the opening implemented in the wall of the compartmnt or to conceal this opening, as desired. In the latter case, the concealing means preferably are Auch that the baggage compartment haer a uniform appearance in the cabin. They can involve a curtain or a movable f].ap of the name color as the exterior of the baggage compartment so as to blend into the surroundings.
According to a preferred embodiment, these concealing means cvmpriae a liquid cr7rstal layer aeeociated with meanv for subjecting this liquid crystal layer to an electric potential difference, this layor bainQ opaque or translucent depending on the potential difference applied.
Said wall can comprise several openings in the form of slite spaced over the length of maid wall, each o= the elite being clo9ed ofL with a transparent material. Theae multiple olitp then mak4 it possible to sse cleariy what is inside the baggage compartment over the entire length thereof.
In order better to see the inside of the compartment through the openings provided, the inner gace o= the wall advantageously cotqprisee mean8 for illumination of tho inside of the compartment. Theme means compriae, for example, an light-emitting sheet.
The inner faco of the wall provided with at least one 3o opening preferably has at leaet one concave area, and the openings are arranged in this concave area. By virtue of the concave shape, the baggs,ge, for the most part, does not reach thQ back of the concave area and thus forms a bridge" over this concave area. By positioning the openings at this point, a epace is left free between the inner face of the wall and the baggage. Thig malcee it possible to aoa the inaido of tha compartment better through the openinge. The illumiaation meane, to the extent that they are provided, preferably shine into thie area.
This invention also relates to an airCre,ft cabin and/or an aircraft, characterized in that they compriee at least one baggage compartment euCh as described nbove.
Other features and aavantagee of the invention will become apparent from the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying schematic drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view ot a baggage compartment according to the invention in its cloeed position, Fig. 2 rihowo a component of the compartment of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 9hows a perspective view vn a reduced eaale of a portion of the compartment of Fig. 1.
A baggage rack 2 of tlae type mounted in an aircraft cabin is seen in Figs. 1 and 3. It i a rack motisnted eo ae to pivot around a pivot axis 4, and located, for exsmple, in the upper portion of this cabin, above the paAsenger meatp not depicted. A suitcase 6 is depicted inside thio compartment in 2e3 P'ig. 1. The pivot axia 4 is a longitudinal axis with re8pect to the aircraft cabin.
The baggage rack 2 comprises a lower wall 8, a back 10, an upper wall 12 and side walls 14. The overall phape of this rack is more or lese para11e1spipeQal with a rounded lower face. The face opposite the back 10 is an entirely open face.
When the baggage rack 2 is in ite closed poeition, only the lower wall e thereof is vieible from the cabin in which it is locat d. In the open position, this lower wall 8 ie partially concealed and the face opposite the back 10, for itd part, aloo ie visible - and aoceeeible - in order to rnake it possible to move baggage into or out of the baggage convartment.
The lower wall 8 of the baggage rack 2 comprieee two 5 comporients: a rear panel 16 and a front portion 1e.
The rear panel 16 hae an elongated shape eliqhtly curved along a longitudirlal axie. It ip connected to the back of the baggage rack 2. =t ia noted in Figs. 2 and 3 that this rear panel 16 is provided with a aeriee of olits 20 10 distributed over the entire length of the panel. Each of these slits 20 forms an opening in the rear panel 16 that is closed off by a window pane 22 made of a transparent material, preferably of a synthetic material in order to avoid any problem of broken glaAO.
i5 When the baggage xack 2 ie aloised, the elite 2'0 form fixed windows that make it poeoible to ee= inside the rack.
in a preferred embodiment, a liquid crystal layer covers each window pane 22 aeAociated with a slit 20. Means for subjecting this liquid crystal idyer to a potential difference than also are provided and this 18yer is opaque or translucent, depending an the potential difference applied.
For esthetic reasons, the color of thie liquid eryetni layer, when it is opaque, preglra.bly corresponds to the color of the outer face of the ree-r panel 16. From the inside of the aircraft cabin, the rear panel 16 therefore hae a unifoxm appearance when the window panes 22 of the slits 20 are made opaque.
The front portion 1 of the lower wall 8 ie a molded part that extends so as to overlap the rear panel 15. The inner face 24 of the front portion 16 im eubctantizlly flat.
As for the outer face 26 of the =ront portion 10, it ia of overall cylindrical shape and takes on the curvature of the rear pansl 16, thus permitting a reliable assembly of the two componentes in order to form the lower wall 9 . Tha outer face 26 of the front portion has a groove 28 that can be ueed ae a handle for opening and cloaing the baggage rack Z.
ici the embodiment depicted in the drawinga, the front portion 18 overlape the area of the rear panel 16 in which the elita 20 are formed. Therefore, notchee 30 are provided in the corresponding edgs of the front portion 16 so that the front portion 18 doee not cover the elitm 20 of the rear panel 16.
z'he elita 20 make it poeoible to ass inside the baggago rack 2, even when the la.tter ie clomed, to the extent that the window panea 22 are not concealed by tlze liquid cryot,ale.
In order to make it po eible to aee better into tho baggage rack 2 in its closed position, in an advantageoua alternative embodiment, an illumiration msans is provided inside trie 3.5 rack.
In a praferred embodiment, this illumination means cotaprisee a light-emitting ahost 32. This in a 9h et of small thickness (on the order of a millimeter) that lighta up under the effect of an electric pulse. This illumination means h38 the advantage on the one hand of occupying little apace, and on the other hand of causing little - or no - heating. This sheet eovere, for example, the portion of the rear panal 16 that is not covered by the front portion 18. This light-emitting sheet 32 of couree does not cover alit^ 20. Thus, the ahsmt is near the bottom 10 of the baggage rack 2. Auch a light-emitting eheet 32, or other illumination means. also could be positioned, for exdmple, on the inner face 24 of the front portion 18 of the lower wall 8 or on the inner face of the back 10.
A8 is obvious from the above, it i possible to as`
into a baggage rack 2 without having to open it. Therefore, at zhe time of boarding of pseesngora in an aircraft, it ia not necessary to open all the baggage compartmants in order to check that they are empty. Likewise, at the time of . ~ ' deplaning of paeeengers, or else in the course of a tlight, if a passenger is looking for his carry-on luggage, it ie eany for him to see in what compartrnent hie baggage in located. As a result, he does not need to open a compartment in order to realize that his baggage in not there.
The operation mode of the liquid cry9tals described above and through which the window panes can be made opaque can be left to the preference of the airline companies. It may be provided, for example, that the wirndow panes are made opaque when the rack is in open pvdition. At night, when the interior illumination of the cabin is turned orr, it Aleo can be provided to make the window panes of the baggage-rack slits opaque. 2ndQed, moat of the travelera are sleeping and therefore do not roed to access their baggage.
The illumination means ineide the baggage rack can br turned on as soon as the rack is cloaed and the window paneA
of the openings fozmod in the baggage compartment are not concealed. qPhen the compartment is open, it can be apoumed, in this caae, that sufficient ambient light from the cabin illumination illuminates the inside of tla baggage compartment and the baggage placed therein, and it io unnecessary to illuminat= the inside of the baggage compartment when it is cloaed and the window pane are made opaque by the liquid crystalg (or other means).
By virtus of the special shape of tho lowor wall B.
inside the baggage rack 2, the above described light-emitting 8heet 32 illuminates the in ide of the rack officiently even when baggage is placed therein. This is because, as oan be noted in Pig. 1, tho inner face of the lower wall e toward the back 10 is of concave ahape. Thus when an object with a substantially flat :ace, such as the depicted euitcaee 6, is positioned in the rack, it does not come to cover the light-emitting sheet 32. This eheet, therefore, can illumiriate the lower face of the suitcase 6 efficiently. The latter then im fully visible from the cabin through the slits 20.
It thue is advantageoue initially to provide a concave area in the innQr face of the lower wall (that ie to say, the wall of the baggage compartment which ip visible from the cabin). The openings i.mplemented in the lower wall then preierably are in this concave area. Thua, the baggage, or at least most of it, doea not come to re t directly on the optning:, leaving a space between the bagga.ge and t,he opening. In that way, the field of view from the outside of the baggage cornpartment toward the inside of this compartment io broader. Finally, it is advantageous to illuminat= this free space between the inner face of the baggage compartment and the baggage. The xllumirlation means, to the extent that ariy are present, are, for their part, also cloee to this concave area.
The present invention is not restricted ta the above preferred embodiment given by way of non-limiting example. it aloo includes any alternative embodiment whieh will be readily apparent to those skillod in the art, within the scope of the appended claims.
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1. An enclosed baggage compartment (2) arranged in a space intended to accommodate travelers in a vehicle, this compartment comprising at least one wall (8) bounding it and visible from the travelers' space within which it is located, characterized in that the said wall (8) comprises at least one opening (20) closed off with a transparent material (22) associated with concealing means making it possible to either see through said opening or conceal this opening, as desired.
2. A baggage compartment according to claim 1, characterized in that the concealing means comprise a liquid crystal layer associated with means for subjecting this liquid crystal layer to an electric potential difference, this layer being opaque or translucent depending on the potential difference applied.
3. A baggage compartment according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said wall (8) comprises several openings (20) in the form of slits spaced over the length of said wall (8), each of the slits (20) being closed off with a transparent material (22).
4. A baggage compartment according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the inner face of the wall (8) comprises illumination means (32) for illuminating the inside of the compartment.
5. A baggage compartment according to claim 4, characterized in that the illumination means comprises a light-emitting sheet (32).
6. A baggage compartment according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the inner face of the wall (8) provided with at least one opening (20) has at least one concave area, and in that the openings (20) are arranged in this concave area.
7. An aircraft cabin, characterized in that it comprises at least one baggage compartment (2) according to one of claims 1 to 6.
S. An aircraft, characterized in that it comprises at least one baggage compartment (2) according to one of claims 1 to 6.
S. An aircraft, characterized in that it comprises at least one baggage compartment (2) according to one of claims 1 to 6.
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| FR0602737A FR2899199B1 (en) | 2006-03-30 | 2006-03-30 | LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT, IN PARTICULAR CLOSED COMPARTMENT FOR AIRCRAFT CABIN |
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| PCT/FR2007/000552 WO2007118981A1 (en) | 2006-03-30 | 2007-03-30 | Luggage compartment, particularly a sealed compartment for an aircraft cabin |
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