CA2798896A1 - Galley unit and galley monument - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
- E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
- E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
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- E06B3/34—Arrangements of wings characterised by the manner of movement; Arrangements of movable wings in openings; Features of wings or frames relating solely to the manner of movement of the wing with only one kind of movement
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
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- A47B77/02—General layout, e.g. relative arrangement of compartments, working surface or surfaces, supports for apparatus
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
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Abstract
The invention relates to a galley unit for containing items of food or other items. The galley unit comprises a cabinet, a first and a second front door arranged to close the cabinet, a first guiding rail and a second guiding rail extending both in a lateral direction for guiding the first and second front doors. The first and second front doors are arranged to be slideable in the first and second guiding rails wherein the first guiding rail is mounted in a top wall of the cabinet and the first front door is provided with the second guiding rail for a sliding engagement of the second front door.
Description
CP ApWation Blokes Ref: 78902/00001 GALLEY UNIT AND GALLEY MONUMENT
4 The invention relates to a galley unit and a galley monument provided with such galley unit.
8 Galley units are used in aircrafts for containing items of food or other items. The galley 9 units are usually mounted in the galley monument in a pantry of an aircraft. The known galley unit comprises a cabinet, at least two front doors arranged to close the cabinet, a first guiding 11 rail and a second guiding rail extending in a lateral direction for guiding the front doors. The first 12 guiding rail is mounted at the top wall of the galley unit. The second guiding rail can be arranged 13 at the bottom wall of the galley unit. Both guiding rails are required to obtain a rigid sliding 14 structure. The front doors are arranged to be slideable in the first and second guiding rails.
Furthermore, the front doors can be moveable between a locked position and a sliding position.
16 In use the front doors of the galley can be opened and closed to get and store food items or 17 other items. A disadvantage of the known galley unit is that in an open position the second 18 guiding rail at the bottom of the galley can accumulate dirt and food residues. The accumulated 19 dirt in the second guiding rail can hamper a smooth sliding of the doors. Furthermore, the second guiding rail can be difficult to clean from the accumulated dirt and food residues, 23 It is an object of the invention to provide a galley unit with an improved serviceability.
24 According to an aspect of the invention this object can be achieved by a galley unit comprising a cabinet, a first and a second front doors arranged to close the cabinet, a first guiding rail and a 26 second guiding rail extending in a lateral direction for guiding the front doors, the first and 27 Second front doors are arranged to be slideable in the first and second guiding rails, wherein 28 the first guiding rail is mounted at the galley unit to guide an upperside of the first door and the 29 first front door is provided with the second guiding rail for a sliding engagement of the second front door. By providing the second guiding rail on the first front door it is possible to guide the 31 second front door along the first front. The position of the second guiding rail on the first front 32 door reduces accumulation of dirt and food residues and enables easier cleaning of the second 22318910.1 CA APplication Diakes Ref: 76902100001 1 guiding rail compared to the conventional position of the second guiding rail at the bottom wall 2 of the galley unit.
4 In an embodiment the second guiding rail comprises a first profile arranged for sliding engagement with a second profile provided on the second front door, the Second profile being 6 similar to the first profile. In order to improve the engagement between the first and the second 7 front door, the second guiding rail at the first front door can be provided with the first profile that 8 matches the second similar profile of the second guiding rail at the second front door.
9 Furthermore, the second guiding rail can be integrally manufactured in the first front door, which may reduce the weight of the galley unit, assembly costs, bill of material and maintenance.
12 In a further embodiment the first profile is protruding from the back of the first front door 13 and the second profile is extending inwards in the front of the second front door. In this 14 arrangement accumulation of dirt and food residues can be further reduces because, in a closed position of the first and second front door the profile protrudes inwards to the inside of the 16 cabinet.
18 In a still further embodiment the first profile is protruding from the front of the first front '19 door and the second profile is extending inwards at the back of the second front door.
21 In a further embodiment the first and second profiles comprises respectively a first 22 dovetail profile and e second dove tail profile. The dovetail profiles provide a rigid sliding 23 structure.
In a still further embodiment the second guiding rail is positioned at substantially half of 26 the height of the first or second front doors. Position of the second guide rail at half the height of 27 the first or second front door result in a stable sliding structure, 29 In a further embodiment the second guiding rail is provided at the second front door.
Providing both doors with the second guiding rail result in a cabinet from which both the first and 31 second front door can slide in front of each other.
CA Application Diakes Reg: 78902/00001 1 In a further embodiment the second guiding rail is integrated in one or both of the first 2 and second front doors. Integrating the second guiding rail in the first or second front door may 3 result in a reduction of weight, bill of material and maintenance.
In a further embodiment the first and second profiles are provided with a repellent 6 coating. Such repellent coating avoids sticking of dirt on the rails. An example of such a coating 7 is a hydrophobic coating or a superhydrophobic coating, 9 In a further embodiment the first and second front doors are moveable between a locked position and a sliding position. When the cabinet is closed both the first and the second front 11 doors are in a locked position. For opening of the cabinet one of the first or second front doors is 12 released and moved to the sliding position, while the other front door remains in its locked 13 position, such that the one front door can slide before the other front door.
In a further embodiment the galley unit comprises latches arranged to hold the first and 16 second doors in the locked position and to guide the first door from the locked position to the 17 sliding position. The latches hold the front doors in the locked position and can guide the front 18 door from the locked position to the slideable position.
In a further embodiment the galley unit comprises an aligning device arranged to align 21 one of the first or second front door with respect to the other in the sliding position. This 22 arrangement aligns the one of the first or second front door with respect to the other door such 23 that the first or second front door becomes in an aligned and slideable position with respect to 24 each other front door.
26 In a further embodiment the aligning device comprises a first magnet positioned at the 27 cabinet and a second magnet positioned at the backside of the first and/Or second front door, 28 wherein in the locked position the first magnet and second magnet are positioned such that first 29 and second magnet mutually repel each other.
31 The first magnet can be mounted for example, in the first rail or at a horizontal wall of the 32 galley unit. When one of the first or second front doors is released from its locked position, the 22318910,1 CA Application Wakes Ret 73902/00001 1 repelling force of the magnets aligns the released front door to its slideable position with respect 2 to the other front door.
The invention also relates to a galley monument provided with a galley unit as claimed in any of the claims 1 to 13.
7 These and other aspects of the invention will be elucidated with reference to the 8 embodiments described hereinafter and with reference to the accompanied drawing wherein;
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
11 Fig,1 shows diagrammatically a galley monument and a galley unit, 12 Fig. 2 shows perspective view of a first front door of the galley unit, 13 Fig. 3 shows a detail of a profile of first front door of the galley unit, 14 Fig. 4 shows a detail of the second front door in front of the first front door, and Fig, 5 shows the perspective view of the galley unit.
18 In the figures the same reference numbers indicate like or similar parts.
Fig 1 shows a galley monument 1 for mounting a galley unit 2 The galley monument 1 21 can be provided in a passenger aircraft for containing items of food or other items. The galley 22 unit is also suitable for use in any other situations in which catering is required and is adapted 23 for application in which the space available is restricted, as is the case in aircrafts and, for 24 example, in trains and ships.
26 The galley unit 2 comprises a cabinet 3 provided with side walls 4,5, a top wall 6 and a 27 bottom wall 7. Furthermore, the galley unit 2 comprises a first front door 8, a second front door 9 28 and a first guiding rail 10 mounted on the top wall 6 of the galley Unit, the first guiding rail 10 is 29 extending in a lateral direction for guiding an upper side of the first and second front doors.
Furthermore, a second guiding rail 11 can be laterally provided on the first front door 8 and/ or 31 the second front door 9. The first and second front doors 8,9 are arranged to be slideable in the 32 first and second guiding rails 10,11. The second guiding rail 11 is arranged to provide a sliding 33 engagement between the first front door 8 and second front door 9.
CA Applicatic.ln Slakes Ref: 78902100001 2 An advantage of the position of the second guiding rail compared to a conventional 3 galley unit wherein the first and second front doors are slideable mounted in a first and second 4 guiding rails, which are respectively provided at the top and bottom wall of the galley unit, is that accumulation of dirt and food residues on the second rail is reduced.
Furthermore, the position 6 of the second guiding rail 11 enables an easier accessibility for cleaning.
8 Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the first front door 8 and a second 9 front door 9. The second guiding rail 11 may comprise a first dovetail profile 12 protruding from the back of the first front door 8 and a second dovetail profile 13 extending inwards in the front 11 of the second front door 9. The second guiding rail 11 can be provided at half the height of the 12 first and second front doors 8,9. In this embodiment the outer circumference of the first dovetail 13 profile 12 matches the inner circumference of the second dovetail profile 13 for a sliding 14 engagement of the first and the second front door 8,9. In an embodiment the first and second dovetail profiles 12,12 can be provided on both the front and back sides of the first and second 16 front doors 8,9.
18 Alternatively, the second guiding rail 11 may comprise a first dovetail profile protruding 19 from the back of the first front door and a second dovetail profile extending inwards in the front of the second front door. In an embodiment the first and second dovetail profiles can be 21 provided on both the front and back sides of both the first and second front doors 8,9.
23 Fig. 3 shows a detail of the first and second dovetail profiles 12,13 at the front and back 24 side of the first front door and second front doors 8,9.
26 Fig, 4 shows a detail of a slideable arrangement of the first and second front door 8.9 27 wherein the first dovetail profile 12 is engaged with the second dovetail profile 13. The front 28 doors 8,9 can be made of aluminum panels. The dovetail profiles in the front doors 8,9 can be 29 obtained by extruding aluminum panels. In this way, the second guiding rail 10 can be integrated in the first and second front doors 8,9, which reduces weight and assembly time 31 required for assembling the galley unit. This arrangement enables the guiding of one of the front 32 doors 8 in front of the other front door 9 or vice versa along the guiding rails 10,11.
33 Furthermore, the dovetail profiles 12,13 can be provided with a dirt or dust repelling coating.
8 Galley units are used in aircrafts for containing items of food or other items. The galley 9 units are usually mounted in the galley monument in a pantry of an aircraft. The known galley unit comprises a cabinet, at least two front doors arranged to close the cabinet, a first guiding 11 rail and a second guiding rail extending in a lateral direction for guiding the front doors. The first 12 guiding rail is mounted at the top wall of the galley unit. The second guiding rail can be arranged 13 at the bottom wall of the galley unit. Both guiding rails are required to obtain a rigid sliding 14 structure. The front doors are arranged to be slideable in the first and second guiding rails.
Furthermore, the front doors can be moveable between a locked position and a sliding position.
16 In use the front doors of the galley can be opened and closed to get and store food items or 17 other items. A disadvantage of the known galley unit is that in an open position the second 18 guiding rail at the bottom of the galley can accumulate dirt and food residues. The accumulated 19 dirt in the second guiding rail can hamper a smooth sliding of the doors. Furthermore, the second guiding rail can be difficult to clean from the accumulated dirt and food residues, 23 It is an object of the invention to provide a galley unit with an improved serviceability.
24 According to an aspect of the invention this object can be achieved by a galley unit comprising a cabinet, a first and a second front doors arranged to close the cabinet, a first guiding rail and a 26 second guiding rail extending in a lateral direction for guiding the front doors, the first and 27 Second front doors are arranged to be slideable in the first and second guiding rails, wherein 28 the first guiding rail is mounted at the galley unit to guide an upperside of the first door and the 29 first front door is provided with the second guiding rail for a sliding engagement of the second front door. By providing the second guiding rail on the first front door it is possible to guide the 31 second front door along the first front. The position of the second guiding rail on the first front 32 door reduces accumulation of dirt and food residues and enables easier cleaning of the second 22318910.1 CA APplication Diakes Ref: 76902100001 1 guiding rail compared to the conventional position of the second guiding rail at the bottom wall 2 of the galley unit.
4 In an embodiment the second guiding rail comprises a first profile arranged for sliding engagement with a second profile provided on the second front door, the Second profile being 6 similar to the first profile. In order to improve the engagement between the first and the second 7 front door, the second guiding rail at the first front door can be provided with the first profile that 8 matches the second similar profile of the second guiding rail at the second front door.
9 Furthermore, the second guiding rail can be integrally manufactured in the first front door, which may reduce the weight of the galley unit, assembly costs, bill of material and maintenance.
12 In a further embodiment the first profile is protruding from the back of the first front door 13 and the second profile is extending inwards in the front of the second front door. In this 14 arrangement accumulation of dirt and food residues can be further reduces because, in a closed position of the first and second front door the profile protrudes inwards to the inside of the 16 cabinet.
18 In a still further embodiment the first profile is protruding from the front of the first front '19 door and the second profile is extending inwards at the back of the second front door.
21 In a further embodiment the first and second profiles comprises respectively a first 22 dovetail profile and e second dove tail profile. The dovetail profiles provide a rigid sliding 23 structure.
In a still further embodiment the second guiding rail is positioned at substantially half of 26 the height of the first or second front doors. Position of the second guide rail at half the height of 27 the first or second front door result in a stable sliding structure, 29 In a further embodiment the second guiding rail is provided at the second front door.
Providing both doors with the second guiding rail result in a cabinet from which both the first and 31 second front door can slide in front of each other.
CA Application Diakes Reg: 78902/00001 1 In a further embodiment the second guiding rail is integrated in one or both of the first 2 and second front doors. Integrating the second guiding rail in the first or second front door may 3 result in a reduction of weight, bill of material and maintenance.
In a further embodiment the first and second profiles are provided with a repellent 6 coating. Such repellent coating avoids sticking of dirt on the rails. An example of such a coating 7 is a hydrophobic coating or a superhydrophobic coating, 9 In a further embodiment the first and second front doors are moveable between a locked position and a sliding position. When the cabinet is closed both the first and the second front 11 doors are in a locked position. For opening of the cabinet one of the first or second front doors is 12 released and moved to the sliding position, while the other front door remains in its locked 13 position, such that the one front door can slide before the other front door.
In a further embodiment the galley unit comprises latches arranged to hold the first and 16 second doors in the locked position and to guide the first door from the locked position to the 17 sliding position. The latches hold the front doors in the locked position and can guide the front 18 door from the locked position to the slideable position.
In a further embodiment the galley unit comprises an aligning device arranged to align 21 one of the first or second front door with respect to the other in the sliding position. This 22 arrangement aligns the one of the first or second front door with respect to the other door such 23 that the first or second front door becomes in an aligned and slideable position with respect to 24 each other front door.
26 In a further embodiment the aligning device comprises a first magnet positioned at the 27 cabinet and a second magnet positioned at the backside of the first and/Or second front door, 28 wherein in the locked position the first magnet and second magnet are positioned such that first 29 and second magnet mutually repel each other.
31 The first magnet can be mounted for example, in the first rail or at a horizontal wall of the 32 galley unit. When one of the first or second front doors is released from its locked position, the 22318910,1 CA Application Wakes Ret 73902/00001 1 repelling force of the magnets aligns the released front door to its slideable position with respect 2 to the other front door.
The invention also relates to a galley monument provided with a galley unit as claimed in any of the claims 1 to 13.
7 These and other aspects of the invention will be elucidated with reference to the 8 embodiments described hereinafter and with reference to the accompanied drawing wherein;
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
11 Fig,1 shows diagrammatically a galley monument and a galley unit, 12 Fig. 2 shows perspective view of a first front door of the galley unit, 13 Fig. 3 shows a detail of a profile of first front door of the galley unit, 14 Fig. 4 shows a detail of the second front door in front of the first front door, and Fig, 5 shows the perspective view of the galley unit.
18 In the figures the same reference numbers indicate like or similar parts.
Fig 1 shows a galley monument 1 for mounting a galley unit 2 The galley monument 1 21 can be provided in a passenger aircraft for containing items of food or other items. The galley 22 unit is also suitable for use in any other situations in which catering is required and is adapted 23 for application in which the space available is restricted, as is the case in aircrafts and, for 24 example, in trains and ships.
26 The galley unit 2 comprises a cabinet 3 provided with side walls 4,5, a top wall 6 and a 27 bottom wall 7. Furthermore, the galley unit 2 comprises a first front door 8, a second front door 9 28 and a first guiding rail 10 mounted on the top wall 6 of the galley Unit, the first guiding rail 10 is 29 extending in a lateral direction for guiding an upper side of the first and second front doors.
Furthermore, a second guiding rail 11 can be laterally provided on the first front door 8 and/ or 31 the second front door 9. The first and second front doors 8,9 are arranged to be slideable in the 32 first and second guiding rails 10,11. The second guiding rail 11 is arranged to provide a sliding 33 engagement between the first front door 8 and second front door 9.
CA Applicatic.ln Slakes Ref: 78902100001 2 An advantage of the position of the second guiding rail compared to a conventional 3 galley unit wherein the first and second front doors are slideable mounted in a first and second 4 guiding rails, which are respectively provided at the top and bottom wall of the galley unit, is that accumulation of dirt and food residues on the second rail is reduced.
Furthermore, the position 6 of the second guiding rail 11 enables an easier accessibility for cleaning.
8 Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the first front door 8 and a second 9 front door 9. The second guiding rail 11 may comprise a first dovetail profile 12 protruding from the back of the first front door 8 and a second dovetail profile 13 extending inwards in the front 11 of the second front door 9. The second guiding rail 11 can be provided at half the height of the 12 first and second front doors 8,9. In this embodiment the outer circumference of the first dovetail 13 profile 12 matches the inner circumference of the second dovetail profile 13 for a sliding 14 engagement of the first and the second front door 8,9. In an embodiment the first and second dovetail profiles 12,12 can be provided on both the front and back sides of the first and second 16 front doors 8,9.
18 Alternatively, the second guiding rail 11 may comprise a first dovetail profile protruding 19 from the back of the first front door and a second dovetail profile extending inwards in the front of the second front door. In an embodiment the first and second dovetail profiles can be 21 provided on both the front and back sides of both the first and second front doors 8,9.
23 Fig. 3 shows a detail of the first and second dovetail profiles 12,13 at the front and back 24 side of the first front door and second front doors 8,9.
26 Fig, 4 shows a detail of a slideable arrangement of the first and second front door 8.9 27 wherein the first dovetail profile 12 is engaged with the second dovetail profile 13. The front 28 doors 8,9 can be made of aluminum panels. The dovetail profiles in the front doors 8,9 can be 29 obtained by extruding aluminum panels. In this way, the second guiding rail 10 can be integrated in the first and second front doors 8,9, which reduces weight and assembly time 31 required for assembling the galley unit. This arrangement enables the guiding of one of the front 32 doors 8 in front of the other front door 9 or vice versa along the guiding rails 10,11.
33 Furthermore, the dovetail profiles 12,13 can be provided with a dirt or dust repelling coating.
22319910.1 CA APPlicatiori Blakes Ref: 70902100001 Such a coating can be for example a hydrophobic coating which is well known for the person 2 skilled in the art.
4 In an embodiment the first front door 8 and second front door 9 are moveable between a locked position and a sliding position. Furthermore, the galley unit can comprise latches 6 14,15,16,17 to hold the first and second front door 8,9 in the locked position and to guide the 7 first or second front door from the locked position to the slideable position. Two latches 18,17 8 can be positioned near the upperside of the front doors at the galley unit and two latches 14,15 9 can be positioned near to bottom side of the frontdoors 8,9 at the galley unit. Furthermore, the galley unit can be provided with an alignment device comprising a first permanent magnet 11 mounted at the top wall of the galley unit or the first guiding rail 8 and a second permanent 12 magnet mounted at the top of the back sides of the first and second front doors.
14 Fig. 5 shows a perspective view of the galley 50 provided with a first permanent magnet 51 mounted at the top wall 6 of the galley 50 and a second permanent magnet 52 mounted at 16 the top of the back sides of the first and second front doors 8,9. The first and second permanent 17 magnets 51,52 may comprise neodymium magnets, which are aligned parallel to each other so 18 that the first and second neodymium magnets repel each other when the first and/or the second 19 front door is in the locked position. If one of the first or second front door 8,9 is released from the locked position, a repelling force between the first and second neodymium magnets 51,52 21 moves the released front door 8 with respect to the other front door 9, such that the first dovetail 22 profiles 12 becomes aligned with the second dovetail profile 13 so that the first font door 8 is 23 slideable along the second front door 9.
In an embodiment multiple guiding rails 11 can be laterally mounted on the first and 26 second front doors, for example, at one third and at two third of the height of the first and 27 second front doors.
29 The invention can be summarized as a galley unit for containing items of food or other items. The galley unit comprises a cabinet, a first and a second front door arranged to close the 31 cabinet, a first guiding rail and a second guiding rail extending both in a lateral direction for 32 guiding the first and second front doors. The first and second front doors are arranged to be 33 slideable in the first and second guiding rails, wherein the first guiding rail is mounted in a top 22318910.1 CA Application Slakes Ref 78902;00001 wall of the cabinet and the first front door is provided with the second guiding rail for a sliding 2 engagement of the second front door.
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4 In an embodiment the first front door 8 and second front door 9 are moveable between a locked position and a sliding position. Furthermore, the galley unit can comprise latches 6 14,15,16,17 to hold the first and second front door 8,9 in the locked position and to guide the 7 first or second front door from the locked position to the slideable position. Two latches 18,17 8 can be positioned near the upperside of the front doors at the galley unit and two latches 14,15 9 can be positioned near to bottom side of the frontdoors 8,9 at the galley unit. Furthermore, the galley unit can be provided with an alignment device comprising a first permanent magnet 11 mounted at the top wall of the galley unit or the first guiding rail 8 and a second permanent 12 magnet mounted at the top of the back sides of the first and second front doors.
14 Fig. 5 shows a perspective view of the galley 50 provided with a first permanent magnet 51 mounted at the top wall 6 of the galley 50 and a second permanent magnet 52 mounted at 16 the top of the back sides of the first and second front doors 8,9. The first and second permanent 17 magnets 51,52 may comprise neodymium magnets, which are aligned parallel to each other so 18 that the first and second neodymium magnets repel each other when the first and/or the second 19 front door is in the locked position. If one of the first or second front door 8,9 is released from the locked position, a repelling force between the first and second neodymium magnets 51,52 21 moves the released front door 8 with respect to the other front door 9, such that the first dovetail 22 profiles 12 becomes aligned with the second dovetail profile 13 so that the first font door 8 is 23 slideable along the second front door 9.
In an embodiment multiple guiding rails 11 can be laterally mounted on the first and 26 second front doors, for example, at one third and at two third of the height of the first and 27 second front doors.
29 The invention can be summarized as a galley unit for containing items of food or other items. The galley unit comprises a cabinet, a first and a second front door arranged to close the 31 cabinet, a first guiding rail and a second guiding rail extending both in a lateral direction for 32 guiding the first and second front doors. The first and second front doors are arranged to be 33 slideable in the first and second guiding rails, wherein the first guiding rail is mounted in a top 22318910.1 CA Application Slakes Ref 78902;00001 wall of the cabinet and the first front door is provided with the second guiding rail for a sliding 2 engagement of the second front door.
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1. A galley unit for containing items of food or other items comprising:
a cabinet;
- first and second front doors arranged to close the cabinet;
- a first guiding rail and a second guiding rail extending in a lateral direction for guiding the first and second front doors:
- the first and second front doors being further arranged to be slideable in the first and second guiding rails, wherein the first guiding rail is mounted at the galley unit to guide an upper side of the first door and the first front door is provided with the second guiding rail for a sliding engagement of the second front door.
a cabinet;
- first and second front doors arranged to close the cabinet;
- a first guiding rail and a second guiding rail extending in a lateral direction for guiding the first and second front doors:
- the first and second front doors being further arranged to be slideable in the first and second guiding rails, wherein the first guiding rail is mounted at the galley unit to guide an upper side of the first door and the first front door is provided with the second guiding rail for a sliding engagement of the second front door.
2. The galley unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second guiding rail comprises a first profile arranged for sliding engagement with a second profile provided on the second front door, the second profile being similar to the first profile.
3. The galley unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first profile is protruding from the back of the first front door and the second profile is extending inwards in the front of the second front door.
4. The galley unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first profile is protruding from the front of the first front door and the second profile is extending inwards at the back of the second front door.
5. The galley unit as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein profiles comprises respectively a first dovetail profile and a second dove tail profile.
6. The galley unit as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the second guiding rail is positioned at substantially half of the height of the first or second front doors.
7. The galley unit as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the second guiding rail is provided at the second front door.
8 8. The galley unit as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the second guiding rail is integrated in one or both of the first and second front doors.
9. The galley unit as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the first and/or the second profiles are provided with a dust repellent coating.
10. The galley unit as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the first and second front doors are moveable between a locked position and a sliding position.
11. The galley unit as claimed in claim 10, wherein the galley unit comprises latches arranged to hold the first and second doors in the locked position and to guide the first door from the locked position to the sliding position.
12. The galley unit as claimed in claim 10 or 11, wherein the galley unit comprises an aligning device arranged to align one of the first or second front door with respect to the other front door in the sliding position.
13. The galley unit as claimed in claim 12, wherein the aligning device comprises a first magnet positioned at the galley unit and a second magnet positioned at the backside of the first and/or second front door, wherein in the locked position the first magnet and second magnet are positioned such that first and second magnet mutually repel each other.
14. A galley monument provided with a galley unit as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 13.
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