(12) UIllt€d States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,100,547 B2 Hogh et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jan. 24, 2012 (54) SERVICE APPARATUS WITH AN (56) References Cited ILLUMINATOR AND AN AIR SHOWER U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (75) Inventors: Robert Hogh, Hamburg (DE); Jochen 2,153,242 A * 4/1939 Dreyfuss ..................... .. 362/480 Mueller, Hamburg (DE) 4,681,024 A * 7/1987 Ivey ................. .. 454/233 5,873,644 A * 2/1999 Roessner et al. 362/551 ~ _ - - 6,364,512 B1* 4/2002 Logel ............... .. 362/490 (73) Ass1gnee. A1rbus Operations GmbH (DE) 6,523,984 B2 * 2/2003 Belfer 362/551 6,655,823 B2 * 12/2003 Ch ....... .. 362/487 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 7,527,402 B2* 5/2009 Scdlvril/lrgr etal. ............... .. 362/480 patent 1s extended or adjusted under 35 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS U.S.C. l54(b) by 0 days. DE 19500301 A1 7/1995 . DE 4428742 A1 2/1996 (21) Appl. No.. 12/573,977 DE 29916102 U1 * 2/2000 _ DE 19847884 A1 4/2000 (22) Filed: Oct. 6, 2009 DE 19926782 A1 12/2000 DE 102007014406 B3 4/2008 (65) Prior Publication Data GB 2285517 A 7/1995 WO 2008116862 A1 10/2008 US 2010/0093267 A1 Apr. 15, 2010 * Cited by examiner Related U.S. Application Data Primary Examiner 4 Hargobind S SaWhney .. . . 74 Att ,A t, F~ 4L ,D 'd,L'tt b , (60) I1’(r)o\é132)o8nal application No. 61/195,813, filed on Oct. %<rL1)mhO10Z”’(’&e)’Me§te1’i’k’?J”LP’rm erner avl 1 en erg 57 ABSTRACT (30) Foreign Application Priority Data ( ) _ _ _ A service apparatus for a transportatron means comprises a Oct 10 2008 (DE) 10 2008 051 251 first component in the form of an air shoWer With an air inlet ’ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii N and at least one air outlet, and a second component in the form (51) Int C1 of an illumination device. The first component and the second F2}V 3/00 (2006 01) component are arranged essentially centrically in relation to ' _ / each other, Wherein one of the tWo components encloses the (52) U..S. Cl. ...... .... ...... ..l ....................... .. 362/96, 362 523 other Component essentially in a I_ing_Shaped manner‘ In this Fleld of Classlficatloll Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Way an integral reading a fOrCed_air nOZZ1e, or an
