Patent ID: 8720463

Claim:
An in-aircraft shower system configured for use in an aircraft while in flight, said shower system comprising: a feed line configured to supply a stream of water to the shower system; a showerhead configured for exit of a prepared stream of shower water from the shower system; a water stream parameter modification device for modifying at least one parameter of the water stream, said water stream parameter modification device incorporated between the feed line and the showerhead, at least one valve configured to open when not exposed to upstream pressure such that the shower system is drained and inclusions of water in the entire shower system are substantially precluded; an external electronic control unit configured to allow presetting at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of a maximum overall shower water quantity per shower cycle, maximum shower water stream, maximum overall shower stream duration per shower cycle, maximum hot water stream temperature, and water tracking time; and an actuation device for activating and deactivating the shower water stream, the activation device configured such that a repeated activation and deactivation thereof is configured to apportion the preset maximum overall shower water quantity for a current shower cycle in the form of separate shower water streams spaced apart in time and that exit the showerhead, the preset maximum overall shower water quantity corresponding to the maximum overall shower stream duration for the current shower cycle.