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A luggage compartment system for a passenger cabin, especially for commercial airliners, is equipped with compartment units each formed by at least two compartments interconnected or coupled through a coupling, guide and drive mechanism (13) for moving the compartments of a unit from a closed upper

A luggage compartment system for a passenger cabin, especially for commercial airliners, is equipped with compartment units each formed by at least two compartments interconnected or coupled through a coupling, guide and drive mechanism (13) for moving the compartments of a unit from a closed upper position to an open lower position and vice versa. Each unit has a large compartment and a small compartment, the latter is intended for smaller luggage items, including fragile items, while the larger compartment is intended for large luggage including suitcases. In the closed position the two compartments of a unit are arranged next to each other in a direction extending crosswise to a longitudinal central vertical plane (10) through the aircraft cabin. The compartments have for their bottom contoured panels that are integrated into the ceiling of the cabin in the closed compartment position. The coupling, guide and drive mechanism (13) moves both compartments of a unit either up or down, whereby the compartments in their down position are located just above the passenger seats for loading and unloading with the smaller compartment being positioned above the larger compartment. Openings in the compartments face the central plane.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An aircraft cabin comprising a vertical central longitudinal cabin plane (10), a luggage compartment system for passengers, said luggage compartment system including at least one compartment unit (3 or 3'), each compartment unit comprising at least two compartments (4, 5,

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An aircraft cabin comprising a vertical central longitudinal cabin plane (10), a luggage compartment system for passengers, said luggage compartment system including at least one compartment unit (3 or 3'), each compartment unit comprising at least two compartments (4, 5, or 4', 5') arranged in a normally raised next to each other closed position so that said two compartments extend in a direction cross-wise to said vertical central longitudinal cabin plane (10) through said aircraft cabin, whereby said two compartments are not accessible in said raised position, each compartment comprising a loading and unloading opening facing said central cabin plane, and a guide and drive mechanism (13) coupling said at least two compartments to each other for lowering said at least two compartments from said normally raised next to each other position into a lowered one above the other open position so that said loading and unloading opening of each of said at least two compartments faces said central cabin plane (10) of said passenger cabin, and for raising said at least two compartments into said next to each other closed position, wherein said guide and drive mechanism (13) comprises a guide rail (14) secured to said aircraft, at least one guide roller carriage (15, 16) connected to each respective compartment of said at least two compartments for rolling along said guide rail (14), a drive motor having a power output shaft (18), a power transmission (19A, 20) for transmitting power from said power output shaft (18) to said at least two compartments for driving said compartments with said guide roller carriages (15, 16) back and forth between said raised next to each other position and said lowered one above the other position.