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Overhead ventilation system for use with a cooking appliance

US6041774A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 13, 1998
Grant dateMar 28, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF24C15/20
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An overhead ventilation hood for a ventilation system of a conventional cooking appliance. The hood includes a housing with a planar base surface and a recessed interior arrayed in a downwardly facing manner which is defined by a first side, a second spaced apart side, a first interconnecting end and a second interconnecting end. Intake and exhaust openings are formed through the housing proximite the first and second sides. The ventilation system includes a first blower mounted in communication with a first length of ductwork extending to the intake opening to provide a stream of pressurized intake air and a second blower mounted in communication with a second length of ductwork extending from the exhaust opening to provide a stream of pressurized exhaust air. A supply plenum chamber is established along the first side of the housing interior and includes elongate and planar shaped channeling walls and a planar shaped diffuser for regulating a flow of the stream of pressurized air into a central open interior of the housing. An exhaust plenum chamber is established along the second side of the housing interior and includes an elongate planar shaped and angularly mounted filter. Co…

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