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GB1569146A – Kitchen ventilator having a downwardly directed air curtain
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GB1569146A – Kitchen ventilator having a downwardly directed air curtain
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Kitchen ventilator having a downwardly directed air curtain

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GB1569146A

GB1569146A
GB44302/76A
GB4430276A
GB1569146A
GB 1569146 A
GB1569146 A
GB 1569146A
GB 44302/76 A
GB44302/76 A
GB 44302/76A
GB 4430276 A
GB4430276 A
GB 4430276A
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kitchen ventilator
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F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING

F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION

F24C15/00—Details

F24C15/20—Removing cooking fumes

F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

F04—POSITIVE – DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS

F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS

F04D25/00—Pumping installations or systems

F04D25/02—Units comprising pumps and their driving means

F04D25/08—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the working fluid being air, e.g. for ventilation

F04D25/12—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the working fluid being air, e.g. for ventilation the unit being adapted for mounting in apertures

Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC

Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

Y10S55/00—Gas separation

Y10S55/36—Kitchen hoods

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PATENT SPECIFICATION
( 11) ( 21) Application No 44302/76 ( 22) Filed 25 Oct 1976 ( 19) ( 31) Conventional Application No 7 512 386 ( 32) Filed 5 Nov 1975 in ( 33) Sweden (SE} ( 44) Complete Specification published 11 June 1980 ( 51) INT CL B 08 B 15/02 BOID 53/04 ( 52) Index at acceptance F 4 V A 2 C 2 B 2 A B 3 D B 4 E B 4 F Bl L 102 EC BIT 1105 1109 1401 1404 1406 1413 1416 1418 1419 1501 1505 1606 1709 1810 1901 AC ( 54) KITCHEN VENTILATOR HAVING A DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED AIR CURTAIN ( 71) We, FUTURUMVERKEN AB, a Swedish Body Corporate, of S-930 47 Byske, Sweden, do hereby declare the inwation, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to-be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following
statement:-
The present invention relates to a kitchen vetilator.
When a kitchen ventilator is used for recirculation of filtered air within the room in which it is placed, problems connected with disturbing air flows arise, especially when the outlet opening for the recirculation air is situated on the upper side of the kitchen ventilator housing The air flow coming from the outlet opening may produce an upwardly directed air flow even below the bottom plane of the ventilator so that vapours from the kitchen stove are drawn out and do not pass through the kitchen ventilator It has been previously proposed to iblow air downwards from the bottom side of the kitchen ventilator so as to produce an air curtain to counteract the lateral flow of vapours from the stove bein such a way tihat the kitchen ventilator An object of the present invention is to provide such an air curtain arrangement in such a way thta the kitchen ventilator has a good overall efficiency.
According to the invention, this is achieved with a kitchen ventilator as claimed in claim 1.
Since the air to the air curtain is taken from between the valve and the odor-removal filter, the air curtain will only be formed When needed, that is when the kitchen ventilator is used for recirculation of ffitered air When the kitchen ventilator is used for evacuation of room air, no upwardly directed air flow past the kitchen emwtfiator arises, and in this case no downwardly directed air curtain is needed.
Thus, all of the air taken in by the kitchen ventilator can be evacuated Furthermore, a technically advantageous solution is obtained when the curtain air is bled off from the air flow path upstream of the odor removal filter where fan pressure normally prevails.
Further properties and advantages of the invention are revealed by the following description of an embodiment in the formn of a kitchen ventilator intended for both evacuation and recirculation Reference is made to the accompanying drawings.
Fig 1 is a perspective view of the kitchen ventilator disassembled into its three main components, Fig la showing the upper section, Fig lb showing the bottom plate and Fig lc illustrating the front cover.
Fig 2 shows a cross-section of the ventilator along line II-II in Fig 1 but with the grease filter cut along line II II in Fig 3.
Fig 3 shows the grease filter as seen from the inside of the ventilator Fig 4 is a rear perspective view of one rear corner of the ventilator, two alternative outlet openings being included therein Fig 5 shows the valve and valve operating means of the ventilator as seen in a vertical section along the line V-V in Fig 1, and Fig 6 shows essentially the same view when the valve is being disassembled.
The kitchen ventilator is built up of three metal plate main components: an upper section 1, a bottom plate 2 and a front cover 3 In the assembled state, these three main components form a box-like kitchen ventilator having six flat sides The upper section 1 consists of a downwardly open box having a top wall 4 and side and back walls 5, 6 and 7, respectively, projecting vertically downwards from said upper wall.
The bottom plate 2 is designed as a flat plate having a vertically upwardly projecting rear wall 8 The front cover 3 is designed as a downwardly and backwardly open box having an upper wall 9 and side and front walls 10, 11 and 12, respectively, 1 569 146 1,569,146 projecting vertically downwards from said upper wall 9 In the operational position, the bottom plate 2 is supported at its rear edge by a narrow metal plate ledge 13 which projects horizontally out from the bottom edge of the rear wall 7 of the upper section 1 In the front, the bottom plate 2 is supported by the front cover 3, the side and front walls 10-12 of which have a horizontally inwardly directed metal plate ledge 14 extending along the lower edge of the front cover When the front cover 3 is slid onto the upper section 1, the metal ledge 14 engages the bottom plate 2 along its front edge and the forward parts of its side edges and thereby supports the same.
The top wall 4 and the side walls 5, 6 of the upper section 1 are impressed at the front portion of the upper section 1 surrounded, by the front cover 3 so that the outer surfaces of the top wall of the front cover 3 and the rear surfaces of the top wall of the upper section 1 will lie in the same, plane when the front cover 3 is slid onto the upper section 1 The impression edge 15 is shown for side walls 5 and 6 in Fig 1 and for upper wall 4 in Fig 2, which also shows how the top wall of the front cover lies in the same plane as the rear part of the top wall 4 of the upper section 1.
The kitchen ventilator is intended to be hung under a cupboard or console above a kitchen stove For this purpose, the top wall 4 of the upper section 1 is provided with holes placed in a suitable manner for attachment screws Fig la shows an embodiment having four holes 16 of which two are hidden by the wall 6.
All of the electrical details are collected in the upper section 1 The electric motor 17 for the fan is attached to the top wall 4; Figs 1 and 2 The motor rotor 18 supports a radial fan wheel 19 which comprises an outer rim of fan blades 20 which, in the operating position, stand vertically, said fan blades projecting out from a fan wheel disc 21 The free ends of the fan blades 20 are interconnected by a ring 22.
The entire fan wheel 19 is designed as an integral unit of resilient plastic material, the inner portion of the fan wheel disc 21 being bent down to form a hub 23 which is provided with vertical slots 24 In this manner, the fan wheel 19 can be removably held onto the rotor 18 of the electric motor 17 by means of a bead 25 in the hub 23 resiliently engaging in an annular groove 26 in the rotor 18.
Current supply to the electric motor 17 takes place with the help of electric wires (not shown here) which are drawn through a passage formed by a metal plate channel 27 welded onto the bottom side of the top vall 4 of the upper section 1 Said channel 27 extends transversely across a greater portion of the width of the upper section 1 A lamp holder 28 for a lightbulb 29 is attached to the left end of the channel 27.
The electric wire 30 for current supply of 70 the lamp is also drawn through the metal plate channel 27 In a corresponding manner, a lamp holder 31 for a lightbulb 32 is attached to the right end of said channel 27.
A portion of the right-hand section of 75 the channel 27 and, optionally, the lamp holder 31 are surrounded by a box 33 made of sheet metal or plastic, said box 33 being connected to the top wall 4 and having vertical side walls 34, a vertical front wall 35 80 and a bottom 36 The box 33 extends from the channel 27 up to the forward edge of the upper section 1 and the front wall 35 of the box 33 lies in the same plane as the front edge of the upper section 1 The 85 channel 27 is open in a manner not shown here inside the box 33 The box contains, for example, terminal blocks, switches and capacitors for connection and rpm-control of the fan motor 17 and connection of the 90 lamps 29, 32 These components which are known per se are not shown in any detail in the drawing but Fig 1 shows three pushbuttons 37 projecting from the front wall 35 of the box 33, said pushbuttons 95 extending through an opening 37 ‘ in the front wall 12 of the front cover 3 and being used for control of the switches in the box 33 Current supply to the box 33 takes place with the help of an electric current 100 supply wire 38 which is arranged in a plastic cable duct 39 extending straight back from the box 33 below the upper wall 4 The front end of the cable duct 39 is supported by the rear wall of the box 33 105 (not shown here) The rear end of the cable duct 39 extends through a hole in the area connecting the rear wall 7 and top wall 4 of the upper section 1 and is provided with an angular flange 40 which, 110 from the outside, abuts said upper section walls; cf Fig 4 In this manner, the cable 38 can be drawn out of the upper section in a backward or upward direction without extending in the unused direction beyond 115 the contour of the upper section 1.
Most of the kitchen ventilator details intended for guiding air flow are arranged on the bottom plate 2 The fan housing is composed of a vertical sheet metal strip 120 41 (Fig lb) welded to the bottom plate 2 and bent in a spiral shape, one end of which is welded to the rear wall 8 of the bottom plate 2 The other end of the strip 41 lies at a distance from the back 125 wall 8 The strip 41 has the same height as the back wall 8 and this height is adanted so that the upper edge of the strip sealinslv abuts the top mall 4 of the upper section when the bottom plate 2 is arranged in 130 1,569,146 operating position in the upper section 1.
The fan housing is restricted upwards by the top wall 4 of the upper section 1, downwards by the bottom plate 2 and laterally by the sheet metal strip 41 which forms the fan housing wall The outlet opening of the fan housing is formed between the free end of the strip 41 and the rear wall 8.
The upper edge of the strip 41 is provided with recesses 42 intended to engage with and sealingly connect with the channel 27 of the upper section 1.
Within the strip 41 forming the fan housing and centrally below the fan wheel 19 of the upper section, the bottom plate 2 is provided with an air intake opening 43 in which a grease collecting filter 44 is arranged The grease filter 44 shown especia Ily in Figs 2 and 3 is designed as a flat 2 S circular filter unit comprising an upper and a lower filter holder 45 and 46 respectively and an intermediate ring 47 of grease filtering material such as several layers of expanded metal, fiber material or 23 porous plastics foam The filter ring 47 rests upon the lower filter holder 46 which is designed as a spoke wheel without any center and having an axially directed wall 48 extending along its outer circumference, said wall 48 being intended to fit into a sheet metal rim 49 projecting up from the bottom plate 2 Like the upper filter holder 45, the lower filter holder 46 is composed of resilient plastics material and, at the upper edge of the wall 48, is provided with radially projecting nibs 50 which are uniformly distributed along the circumference and arranged to grip the upper edge of the rim 49 and thereby hold the filter unit 44 onto the bottom plate 2 The position of the filter unit 44 is defined by an annular flange 51 which projects radially from the lower edge of the wall 48 and engages an impression 52 between the bottom plate 2 and its rim 49 By means of radial spokes 53, the wall 48 is connected to an inner upright wall 54 The spokes are braced by two concentrical circular ribs and 56.
‘ The upper filter holder 45 has a central bowl-shaped part having an externally flat bottom 57 and an axially directed surrounding side wall 58 Radial spokes 59 project from the upper edge of the side wall 58, the outer ends of said spokes supporting an annular guide vane 60 The snokes are braced by a circular rib 61 The guide vane 60 is provided with radially projecting lugs 62 distributed along the circum6 Q ference Said lugs, in the assembled nosition of the filter 44, rest against the bottom of recesses 63 in the upper edge of the outer wall 48 of the lower filter holder 46.
The upper filter holder 45 is held against the lower filter holder 46 by means of the upper edge of the inner wall 54 of the lower filter holder being provided with radially inwardly projetcing nibs 64 distributed along the circumference and engaging the bottom of recesses 65 in the upper 70 edge of the inner wall 58 of the upper filter holder 45 Thus, the entire filter unit 44 can be disassembled from the bottom plate 2 by means of the user inserting a pair of fingers through the openings between the 75 spokes 53 and pulling the lower filter holder 46 downwards, whereby its outer wall 48 is resiliently bent inwardly so that the nibs can pass the rim 49 In a corresponding manner, the upper filter holder 45 is re 80 moved from the lower filter holder 46 so that the filter ring 47 can be removed for cleaning or replacement Assembly is effected by snapping the parts together in the converse order The bottom 57 of the 85 upper filter holder 45 is inwardly provided with a shallow circular recess 66 intended to provide space for the rotor 18 of the fan motor 17, said rotor extending almost all the way down to the lower plane of the 90 bottom plate 2.
The inner diameter of the rim 49 projecting from the bottom plate 2 is so great that when the filter unit 44 is removed, the fan wheel 19 can be removed from the 95 kitchen ventilator by means of being pulled down through the opening 43 in the bottom plate 2 The guide vane 60 of the upper filter holder 45 extends radially inwards so far that its soft, upwardly turned 100 inner edge 67 is situated radially inside the fan blade ring 22 of the fan housing 19.
Furthermore, the edge 67 projects axially upwards so far that it lies in the same plane as or even above the lowermost axial 105 restriction plane of the fan blade ring 22.
In order that the ring 22 and the guide vane 60 shall not touch each other as a result of vibrations or the like, the axially inwardly-turned side of the guide vane 60 110 is provided with a circumferential recess 68 By means of this arrangement, a sort of labyrinth seal is formed and the air taken in through the filter 44 is led directly into the fan housing 19 without any loss and 115 without any intermediate flow ducts.
A lamp housing 69 in the form of an upwardly and laterally open box having a front wall 70, a rear wall 71 and a side wall 72 is situated on the left-hand side of the 120 bottom plate 2 (Fig lb) All of the walls stand up at right angles from a lamp housing bottom 7 which lies in the same plane as the bottom plate 2 The lamp housing 69 is an integral unit made of transparent 125 plastics material and the bottom 73 is suitably impressed with a pattern The lamp housing 69 is held onto the bottom plate 2 by means of it being provided with a groove extending along the lower edges of 130 4 1,569,146 4 walls 70, 71 and 72, said groove sliding onto the plate edges of a rectangular recess arranged in the side of the bottom plate 2 (not shown here) The lamp housing walls are of the same height as the fan housing wall 41 and, thus, seal against the top wall 4 of the upper section 1 when the bottom plate 2 is mounted into the upper part The side wall 72 has a recess 74 for the channel 27.
In a corresponding manner, the righthand portion of the bottom plate 2 is provided with a lamp housing 75 comprising a front wall 76, a rear wall 77, a side wall 78 and a bottom 79 The front wall 76 and the side wall 78 have a recess 80 intended to sealingly abut the connection box 33 and channel 27 of the upper section 1 The walls in general area of the same height as the fan housing wall 41 and, in the assembled state, abut the top wall 4 of the upper section 1 The outer edge of the bottom 79 is provided with an upstanding stiffening ridge 81.
The rear wall 77 of the lamp housing 79 is softly curved 90 backwards and extends over the bottom plate 2 to sealing abutment against the rear wall 8 of said bottom plate The rear wall 8 of the bottom plate 2 is provided with a rectangular opening 82 within the rear wall 77 of the lamp housing Said opening 82 forms an air outlet opening from the fan housing In the assembled state of the ventilator, the opening 82 lies directly opposite an opening 83 arranged in the rear wall 7 of the upper section 1, said upper section rear wall opening 83 forming a backwardly directed air outlet opening for the ventilator An alternative, upwardly directed circular air outlet opening 84 is arranged in the top wall 4 of the upper section 1 above the space which is defined by the bottom plate 2, its rear wall 8 and the rear wall 77 of the lamp housing Air flowing from the fan housing flows along the rear wall 8 of the bottom plate to said space and can flow out through either of the air outlet openings 83, 84 Preferably both of these openings 83, 84 are sealed at delivery of the ventilator, for example, by prepunching said openings only and leaving the punched sheet metal pieces attached to the upper section 1 by means of thin metal portions When the ventilator is installed.
the sheet metal piece which seals the desired air outlet opening can then be broken away.
Connection of the kitchen ventilator to an evacuation duct is effected by means of a loose connection piece Preferably, two such connection pieces 85, 86 are provided, one for each air outlet opening 83, 84 The connection pieces 85, 86 are designed as rectangular and circular sheet metal pipe sections, respectively, and have a perpendicularly extending collar 87, 88 respectively When the ventilator is assembled, the desired sheet metal piece is broken away so as to expose the intended outlet 70 opening 83 or 84, after which the connection piece 85 or 86 respectively is inserted through the opening from the inside of the upper section 1 until the collar 87 or 88 respectively abuts the inside of the rear 75 wall 7 or the top wall 4 respectively The evacuation duct is thereafter connected to the projecting portion of the connection piece Fig 4 shows both connection pieces 85, 86 assembled, but, naturally, only one 80 or the other connection piece is intended to be used for any one installation The axial length of the connecting piece 86 is at most so great that during storage and delivery of the ventilator, the connection 85 piece can be stored in the space formed between the top wall 4 of the upper section, the bottom plate 2, the fan housing wall 41 and the side wall 78 of the lamp housing 75 In a corresponding manner, 90 the connection piece 85 can be stored in the space in front of the opening 82 in the rear wall 8 of the bottom plate 2 No air connection details project out beyond the contour of the box-like kitchen ventilator 95 and, thus, it can be compactly packed.
The kitchen ventilator can also be used for recirculating filtered air For this purpose, the upper forward edge of the upper section 1 is provided with a trough 89 (Fig 100 1, 2) extending between side walls 5 and 6 The trough is open upwardly and has a perforated bottom 89 ‘ The trough 89 is intended to contain odor-removing filter material 90, for example, active carbon in 105 a suitable cartridge or in loose form The air outlet opening intended for recirculation air consists, in this case, of a field 91 of perforations arranged above the trough 89 in the upper wall 9 of the front cover 3 110 when said cover is in its operating position.
The filter trough 89 is fed with air from the fan housing 41 via an air chamber 92 which extends under the trough 89 and is defined by the side and front walls 10-12 of the 115 front cover 3 and the bottom plate 2.
Inside the air chamber 92, the bottom plate 2 is provided with air outlet openings 93 These are formed by impressions made from below in the bottom plate 2, whereby 120 the holes in the bottom plate 2 widen downwards In this way, downwardly directed streams of air are produced in a manner known per se, said streams of air forming an air curtain which screens off 125 the area under the kitchen ventilator and thereby prevents vapors from the kitchen stove from flowing laterally outside of the kitchen ventilator.
Both ends of -the rear wall 94 of the 130 1,569,146 I rugh 89-are provided with a downwardly through the side wall 78 and bottom 79 4 ackardly embossed sheet metal tongue of the -lamp housing 75 and the bottom p 5.; Said’ tongue forms a hooking means plate 2 and a handle 100 for turning the which cohperates with -a locking boss 96 valve flap 97 The handle 100 comprises S arranged on the upper end of the forward a circular bowl 101 which is formed in 70 Wall 70 and 76: respectively of both of the tegrally with the valve flap 97 and opens lamp housingsl 69 and 75 respectively downwards, the lower annular edge 102 of -When the bottom plate 2 shall be mounted said bowl abutting an annular seat 103 in the upper section 1, the bottom plate is arranged in a lateral extension 104 of the Aced with its rear edge on the ledge 13, bottom 79 of the lamp housing 75 The 75 0 ftr which it is swung up so that the lock extension 104, as the rest of the lamp housIng bosses 96 pass over the plate tongues 95 ing, has a circumferential groove 105 in by means of the walls 70, 76 springing which a raised edge 106 of the bottom backwards The-bottom plate 2 is held plate engages so that’ the bottom face of provisiona Ily in this manner in an uplifted the extension 104 and the bottom 79 of the 80 bt position until the front cover 3 is’moun lamp housing lie in the same plane as the ted and locks the bottom plate 2 During bottom face of the bottom plate 2 The disassembly of the bottom plate 2, the front lamp housing 69 also has a corresponding walls 70, 76 of the lamp housing are arrangement A diametrical wall 107 is pressed backwards until the locking bosses arranged in the bowl 101, said diametrical 85 ( O 96 pass freely bhind the tongues 95, after wall lying within the plane of the bottom which the bottom plate can be swung down 79 and forming a finger-grip for turning and removed the bowl 101 The wing 98 extends over The air flowing out from the fan hous the bowl 101 and the bottom edge of said ing can be led either to the outlet openings wing is provided with a recess 108 which 90 83, 84 for evacuation or to the filter trough seals against the upper side of the bowl 101 89 and outlet opening 91 for recirculation and has an edge 109 extending adjacent or it can be distributed in a desired manner to the wall 78 and projecting into a circleto both of these outlet openings 83, 84 and arc-shaped recess 110 in the outer peri91 respectively Distribution is effected by phery of the bowl 101 When the bowl 95 means of a valve which can be manually 101 is turned, the end edges of said recess adjusted from’below the’ventilator Said will abut the wing edge 109, whereby the valve is shown in Figs lb, 5 and 6 The turning range of the bowl 101 is restricted.
valve which is connected to the bottom The lamp housing 75 and thus the botplate 2 comprises a valve flap 97 arranged tom extension 104 of the same are corm 100 perpendicular to the bottom plate 2 be posed of a resilient material This protween the fan housing wall 41 and a wing perty is utilized in order to make possible 98 projecting out from the’ side wall 78 of assembly and disassembly of the valve flap the lamp housing 77 and designed as an 97 and to provide the same with snap rest extension of the rear wall 77 of the-lamp positions within its pivoting range Fig 6 105 housing; The valve flap 97 has ‘the -same’ shows the lamp housing 75 removed from height as the fan -housing wall 4-1 ‘and is ‘the bottom plate 2 The extension 104 can pivotable about a vertical axis line along then be bent downwards in the shown manthat edge of the valve flap which is situated ner so that the annular edge 102 of the nearest the wing 98 In the valve flap 97 bowl 101 passes freely over the seat 103 110 position illustrated by solid lines in Fig lb, simultaneously as a central recess 111 (Fig.
the valve flap outer edge sealingly abuts 5) in the center of the upper face of the the fan housing wall 41 and thereby blocks bowl 101 passes freely under a pin 112 arthe air flow to the air chamber 92 The ranged at the bottom edge of the free edge second end position of the valve flap 97 is of the wing 98 The bowl 101 can then 115 illustrated by dot-dash lines, in which posi be laterally withdrawn from its operational tion the free edge of the valve flap sealingly position between the extension 104 and the abuts the rear wall 8 of the bottom plate 2 wing 98 Fig 6 reveals that the lower and thereby blocks the flow of air into the annular edge 102 of the bowl 101 is proevacuation openings 83, 84 Adjacent its vided with a collar of downwardly direc 120 axis line, the valve flap 97 is provided with ted projections 113 arranged to cooperate a circle segment flange 99 projecting per with depressions (not shown here) in the pendicularly towards the fan housing from seat 103 Due to the resilient properties the upper edge of said valve flap In the of the extension 104 and the wing 98, snap position illustrated by the dot-dash lines, positions are formed for the various angu 125 the circle segment flange seals a portion of lar lettings of the valve flap 97.
the air outlet opening 84 situated above the Nor do the operating members of the straight valve flap 97 so that said opening damper project beyond the smooth side is totally closed surfaces of the box-like kitchen ventilator.
Fig 5 shows a vertical section drawn Only the switch buttons 37 and the current 130 -1,569,146 1,569,146 supply cable 38 project beyond the fiat outer contours of the kitchen ventilator and, thus, said ventilator is easily compactly packed The kitchen ventilator forms a rigid, pressure resistant unit due to the fact that the sheet metal strip 41 of the fan housing, the walls 70-72 and 76-78 of the lamp housing and the valve flap 97 span the entire distance between the bottom plate 2 and the top wall 4 of the upper section 1 Furthermore, the forward portion of the kitchen ventilator can be made more rigid during transport by means of the connection shoulder 86 having such a height that it fits precisely in between the bottom plate 2 and the bottom 89 ‘ of the filter trough 89.
Attention is drawn to our copending application No 443030/76 (Serial No.
1,569,147) which describes the same embodiment and has claims directed to the construction of the air flow path; and to our copending application No 44304/76 (Serial No 1,569,148) which also describes the same embodiment and has claims directed to the arrangement of the air control valve.

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WHAT WE CLAIM IS:-

1 A kitchen ventilator comprising a housing, a fan for intake of air through an air intake opening in the housing, a first air duct leading to an evacuation outlet opening, a second air duct provided with an odor removing filter, said second air duct leading to a recirculation opening, and a valve for directing air forced from the fan to the first and/or second air duct, and in which at least one downwardly directed third outlet opening is arranged to produce a downwardly flowing air curtain and is connected to a portion of the second duct located between the valve and the odor removing filter.

2 A kitchen ventilator according to claim 1, in which the second air duct comprises an air chamber running along the front edge of the housing, the bottom of which chamber is defined by a bottom plate of the housing, and the outlet opening producing the air curtain is provided in the bottom plate near the front edge thereof.

3 A kitchen ventilator according to claim 2, in which a plurality of downwardly widening air curtain outlet openings are arranged in the bottom plate along the front edge of the same.

4 A kitchen ventilator according to claim 3, in which downwardly widening air curtain outlet openings are also arranged along the forward portions of the side edges of the bottom plate.
A kitchen ventilator according to any of claims 2 to 4, in which the top of the air chamber is at least partially defined by the bottom of a holder for the odor removal filter situated near the top wall of the housing, said bottom of said holder being provided with air flow-through openings.
FITZPATRICKS, Chartered Patent Agents, Warwick House, Warwick Court, London WC 1 R 5 Di.
and 14-18 Cadogan Street, Glasgow G 2 6 QW.
Printed for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office by Burgess & Son (Abingdon), Ltd -1980.
Published at The Patent Office, 23 Southampton Buildings, London, WC 2 A l AY from which copies may be obtained.

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Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc.
Ventilation systems having reconfigurable airflow features

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