Patent ID: 8707864

Claim:
A space-saving in-flight trash compaction system comprising: an aircraft galley with a work deck having a space underneath for receiving a galley trolley; a first dead space located adjacent to the space under the workdeck, the first dead space is inaccessible from the front of the workdeck; and a wall panel with a second dead space behind the panel and above the level of the workdeck that is inaccessible from the front of the workdeck; a trash chute; a compactor mechanism disposed above a level of the trash chute and above a level of the workdeck in the second dead space inaccessible from in front of the workdeck; and a storage chamber removably positioned below the compactor mechanism and below the level of the trash chute and the level of the workdeck, the storage chamber vertically aligned with the compactor mechanism and located in the first dead space inaccessible from in front of the workdeck, the trash chute configured to channel trash disposed through an opening of the trash chute at the level of the workdeck and above a level of a top of the storage chamber into an opening of the storage chamber at the top of the storage chamber, the opening of the trash chute horizontally offset from the vertical alignment of the storage chamber and compactor mechanism.