In-Flight Food Service Company Looks to Sushi Automats for Inspiration
Photo Credit: Patent for in-flight food distribution system. Zodiac Aerospace
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It’s been 50 years since Limanoff first suggested Automat dining on planes, and we still have trolleys. Make what you will of that.
Fans of Automats and carousel dining will be delighted to know that, one day, we could be served our on-board snacks and beverages through a contraption hidden under the plane’s floor.
The patent filed by Sell GMBH, a German division of Zodiac Aerospace, which specialises in galleys, ovens, beverage and coffee makers, and other meal-service equipment, has filed a patent for a unique under-floor food distribution mechanism, a hybrid of a conveyor and automat machine, which will let airlines dispense food and beverage directly to passengers without trolleys and with limited human intervention.
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