Patent ID: 8490543

Claim:
A storage chamber system for an in-flight trash compactor, comprising: a galley workdeck delineating a dead space below a level of the galley workdeck, the dead space being inaccessible from in front of the galley workdeck; a storage chamber disposed below the level of the galley workdeck, the storage chamber constructed to facilitate trash being compacted therein by the in-flight trash compactor when disposed in an operating position in the dead space inaccessible from in front of the galley workdeck; a trash chute located proximate the galley workdeck and configured to receive trash from above the level of the galley workdeck; an elongate chamber axle disposed below the level of the galley workdeck; at least one hinge rotatably attached to both the storage chamber and the elongate chamber axle and operable to rotate the storage chamber from the operating position in which compaction is performed in the dead space inaccessible from in front of the galley workdeck to a maintenance position in which compacted trash is removable from the storage chamber accessible from in front of the galley workdeck; at least one latch attached to the storage chamber, wherein the latch secures the storage chamber in the operating position for receiving and compacting trash; and a chute interface formed into the storage chamber having an opening for receiving trash from the trash chute.