AIRCRAFT OVEN WITH A MAGNETICALLY COUPLED FAN
An appliance for use in an aircraft galley including a body defining an interior space, a motor configured to drive a fan propeller situated on an outside of the body, and a fan propeller situated within the interior space, wherein a shaft of a fan propeller is not in direct contact with a shaft of the motor.
1 . An appliance for use in an aircraft galley comprising:
a body defining an interior space;
a motor configured to drive a fan propeller situated on an outside of the body; and
a fan propeller situated within the interior space, wherein a shaft of a fan propeller is not in direct contact with a shaft of the motor.
2 . The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the shaft of the fan propeller is joined to a first magnet array.
3 . The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the shaft of the motor is joined to a second magnet array.
4 . The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the motor shaft and the fan shaft are coupled by a magnetic coupling.
5 . The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the motor shaft and the fan shaft are not mechanically coupled.
6 . The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the motor and the fan propeller are separated by at least one wall.
7 . The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the shaft of the motor and the shaft of the propeller form a single axis.
8 . The appliance of claim 5 , wherein a barrier separates the shaft motor and the shaft propeller.
9 . The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the motor shaft is entirely outside of the interior space.
10 . The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the motor is driven by aircraft power.
11 . The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the appliance is part of an aircraft galley.
12 . The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the appliance is a sealed oven.
13 . The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the fan shaft is exposed to a higher heat coefficient than the motor shaft.
14 . The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the motor shaft is does not include a seal between the motor shaft and the aperture in the cavity through which the shaft is protruding into the cavity.