Patent ID: 8141185

Claim:
A sanitary device for a conveyance, comprising: a sanitary module; a supply system; wherein the sanitary module is adapted for being set up replaceably in a cabin area of the conveyance; and the supply system is set up in the sanitary module, so that the sanitary module is operable autonomously; wherein the sanitary module has electrical consumer elements; the supply system also has a power supply unit; the power supply unit is set up to supply the electrical consumer elements with power; wherein the power supply unit has a fuel-cell system having an anode side and a cathode side and a hydrogen tank with a metal hydride accumulator chargeable with hydrogen; wherein cabin air may be fed to the cathode side and hydrogen may be fed to the anode side from the hydrogen tank; wherein the supply system has a cooler element; wherein the cooler element is set up in heat-conductive contact with the metal hydride accumulator; wherein the metal hydride accumulator discharges hydrogen and cools down in an operating state of the fuel-cell system; and wherein the metal hydride accumulator is set up to cool the cooler element.