Abstract: An atomizing board includes a board surrounded by a peripheral frame that is configured to allow stacking of two atomizing boards. The board includes a number of atomizing holes defined therein. A periphery that defines each atomizing hole includes an annular upper wall extending upwardly therefrom and an annular lower wall extending downwardly therefrom. The atomizing holes are arranged in the board in a manner that they are asymmetrical to a central transverse axis of the board such that in two stacked atomizing boards consisting of an upper atomizing board and a lower atomizing board, one of the lower atomizing board and the upper atomizing board is in a status that is rotated through 180.degree. or turned upside-down relative to the other of the lower atomizing board and the upper atomizing board, and each atomizing hole on the upper atomizing board is partially aligned with at least one of the atomizing holes of the lower atomizing board.

Abstract: Shots of grease biodegrading bacteria consortia are mixed with a flow of air which ascends through an exhaust hood. Preferably, the exhaust hood includes a filter device which comprises a narrowing passageway which is located immediately below a baffle filter thereby regularly distributing the air flow through the entire area of the baffle filter. The hood is constructed to cause a swirling motion to the air flow.

Abstract: A ventilation system for an appliance, such as a clothes dryer or a cooking device, includes a blower unit which is located remote from the appliance and connected to the appliance through an elongated duct. To control the operation of the blower unit, a transmitter is used to send signals to a receiver electrically connected to the blower unit. In accordance with certain preferred embodiments of the invention, radio frequency, ultrasonic or other similar types of signals are directed through the duct to the receiver. In accordance with another preferred embodiment, a power line transmitter is utilized. A method of remotely controlling the operation of the appliance ventilation system is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wall mounted microwave oven including a body forming a cavity for accommodating the food to be cooked, a casing enclosing said body and having an inlet port and an outlet port respectively at the bottom part and on the top part thereof, to form a hood duct, and a hood fan being installed within said hood duct, comprising: a first switching part disposed on a main power source line interconnecting said hood fan and a power source, for switching on or off power transmission to said hood fan, a sensing switching part disposed on a sub power source line connected in parallel to said main power source line, and being turned automatically on or off depending on ambient temperature to switch on said hood fan when ambient temperature is over a predetermined temperature, and a second switching part disposed on said sub power source line, and being turned manually on or off to allow said hood fan to be switched of during said sensing switching part is on.

Abstract: A wall mounted microwave oven is provided which includes a body forming therein a cavity for accommodating food to be cooked, a magnetron for generating electromagnetic waves to be provided into the cavity, a casing surrounding the body and forming therein a hood duct having an inlet port positioned at the bottom portion of the casing and an outlet port positioned in the upper portion thereof, and a hood fan installed in the hood duct. The wall mounted microwave oven includes a hood sensor for sensing a status that operation of saidhood fan is needed; a first switch for selectively supplying one out of a low-level voltage and a normal voltage to the magnetron, and a controller for controlling the hood fan to operate if a detect signal informing operation of said hood fan is needed is input from the hood sensor and simultaneously controlling the first switch to change the electric power to be supplied to the magnetron from the normal voltage into the low-level voltage.

Abstract: An exhaust hood is disclosed which comprises an open underside and a grease filter defining an exhaust plenum between the hood and the grease filter and a flow path through the grease filter. A shutter-like panel is slidable into the flow path adjacent to the grease filter for blocking a portion of the flow path to adjust the distribution of air across the face of the hood without altering the volume of air flowing through the exhaust hood. Multiple side-by-side panels may be provided and each panel preferably tapers in height across its width. An intake fan is provided at a front portion of the hood to direct room air from adjacent the hood through an intake plenum and downwardly at a front portion of the space beneath the hood to create a partial air curtain which is then exhausted through the hood.

Abstract: An upblast exhaust fan for commercial kitchens is constructed with components that are coated with a dry lubricant. The non-stick surfaces that collect grease condensed from the hot cooking gases are easily cleaned with hot water during routine maintenance.

Abstract: A fume exhaust apparatus including a hood chamber, a primary air duct, a series of air tracks adapted to direct the air around the perimeter of the hood chamber, an exhaust plenum and a plurality of blowers to draw air into the primary air duct, force air downward over an area defined by the perimeter of the hood chamber through the air tracks in order to contain fumes generated by use of a cooking appliance and to draw the fumes away from the ambient cooking area and into the exhaust plenum.

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.

Abstract: A wall type microwave oven having a hood device and an output control method thereof are disclosed. The microwave oven includes a first switch section for switching a power supply to a hood motor of the hood device, and a second switch section for switching power supply to a hood lamp of the hood device. A third switch section controls the output of the microwave oven by several stages. A control section switches/controls the third switch section, responsive to a control of the first or second switch section, such that when the microwave oven is operated with the hood motor or said hood lamp, output of the microwave oven is to be a low level.

Abstract: A microwave oven has an inner casing for forming a cooking chamber, and an outer casing for enclosing the inner casing. An air duct is formed between the inner casing and the outer casing. A drawing port and an exhaust port are formed respectively on the lower and the upper sides of the outer casing, and the air duct interconnects the ports. A ventilator is installed beside the cooking chamber in the air duct. The ventilator has an axial fan rotating about a vertical axis so as to draw air into the air duct through the suction port and exhaust air in the air duct through the exhaust port. The size of the cooking chamber is not reduced by the ventilator since the ventilator is installed beside the cooking chamber, and the drawing force of gas increases to thereby enhance the ventilation effect since the ventilator is disposed near the drawing port.

Abstract: The invention concerns a cooking appliance comprising an external housing (3) in which are incorporated a vessel (12), device (14) for electrically heating the vessel, and a box (23) housing a removable device (25) for condensing vapors urged to be connected on operating device (27) communicating with the vessel. The appliance comprises sensing device (65) for sensing the presence of the condensing device (25) in the box (23) and actuated by the condensing device (25) when it is present in the box (23), and a switch (68) whose control capable of closing the power circuit supplying the heating device is dependent on the actuating of the sensing device (65).

Abstract: An electrical cooking apparatus comprises an open housing (3), a cover (12) closing the housing during the cooking phase, and a base (10). A cooking vat (5) is disposed in the housing (3) above the base (10) and is heated by an electric heater. A device (15) for condensing the cooking vapors communicates with the vat (5) through a conduit (18) permitting the flow of cooking vapors. The condensation device (15) is retractably mounted in the base (10) of the housing (3) and is horizontally slidably mounted in slideways (61) disposed in a recess (22) provided in the base (10) of the housing. This recess (22) opens in the front face (25) of the base (10) of the housing. The condensation device (15) is thus removable from the base.

Abstract: A low noise hood is provided having a housing with an air inlet and an air outlet. A first modular device in the form of an intake muffler with a first air duct passage extending therethrough is mounted within the housing near the air inlet. A second modular device in the form of a discharge muffler with a second air duct passage extending therethrough is mounted within the housing near the air outlet. The second air duct passage is shaped to prevent a straight unobstructed passage for air flow through the second passage. A third device comprising an air moving device is secured by a mounting arrangement within the housing. A first vibration isolator such as a plastic saddle is provided in the mounting arrangement for the air moving device for absorbing vibrations and a second vibration isolator in the form of a flexible connector is positioned between the air moving device and the second air duct passage. A third vibration isolator in a mounting arrangement for the discharge muffler may also be used.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wall mounted microwave oven and a control method therefor including a body forming a cooking cavity for accommodating food to be cooked, a magnetron for generating electromagnetic waves to be provided into the cooking cavity, a casing surrounding the body and forming therein a hood duct having an inlet port positioned at the bottom portion of the casing and an outlet port positioned in the upper portion thereof, and a hood fan installed in the hood duct. The wall mounted microwave oven includes a switch for selecting one out of a low-level voltage and a normal voltage supplied to said magnetron and a controller for controlling the switch in such a manner that the low-level voltage is supplied to the magnetron when the hood fan operates during the magnetron operates with the normal voltage, and simultaneously extending remaining cooking time by a predetermined rate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to heating cookers, particularly to a structure for ventilation and cooling of microwave ovens employing a range hood. The structure according to the present invention enhances the ventilation airflow and capacity of a heating chamber by enlarging diameter of a ventilating fan by forming a recess on an upper wall of the heating chamber and by disposing the ventilating fan in the recess. Also, an improvement in ventilation efficiency is achieved by disposing the ventilating fan of a larger diameter at either or both ends of a wave-guide, and dividing the airflow path into an evenly well balanced plurality of airflow paths. Moreover, an openable door is attached to either or both of an exhaust opening and an intake opening for the air to pass through an inner surface of the door, thereby keeping the soiled surface inconspicuous.

Abstract: A smoke exhauster includes one or more drawing devices secured in a hood for drawing a smoke. A plate is secured to the bottom of the hood and has one or more holes aligned with the drawing devices and has a number of slots formed in the peripheral portion. A casing is disposed on the plate and has a number of grooves formed in the lower peripheral portion for allowing the smoke in the peripheral portion of the plate to be drawn into the casing and for allowing the smoke to be effectively drawn out by the smoke exhauster.

Abstract: An exhauster for cooking includes a cooking smoke suction port disposed at the rear of a gas range on a cooking table, a vertical downward pipe with one end thereof connected to the suction port, an empty box connected to the other end of the downward pipe, the empty box having a cross-sectional area larger than that of the downward pipe, and a sirocco fan connected to the empty box, the exhaust port of the sirocco fan communicating with the outdoors.

Abstract: An adjustable cartridge filter for use in a cartridge ventilator hood comprises a filter housing including a front wall having a front wall opening and a back wall spaced from the front wall and having a back wall opening. A flow diverter is disposed obstructively at the back wall opening and extends between the front wall and the back wall, causing a flow restriction between the front wall opening and the back wall opening. The flow diverter is adjustable with respect to the front wall and back wall to change the amounts of the resistance generated by the cartridge and the size of the air passage through the cartridge filter. A rear choke portion may be placed about the housing to be adjustably spaced from the back wall and back wall opening to further control flow resistance.

Abstract: An exhaust structure for ventilation-hooded microwave ovens is disclosed. The exhaust structure includes an exhaust motor mounted to the rear portion of an air duct, an instrument compartment divided into front and rear portions by an air guide plate, an internal exhaust passage formed at the rear portion of the instrument compartment, and a lower panel mounted at the lower portion of the instrument compartment. Electronic equipment, used for generating microwaves, is installed at the front portion of the instrument compartment. The lower panel has exhaust holes communicating with the internal exhaust passage, thus allowing the exhaust passage to be linearly formed on the same plane at a position between the exhaust motor and the lower panel.

Abstract: An exhaust unit for filtering air from an exhaust hood above cooking equipment comprising modular components including an exhaust hood, filtering means and blower means operating as a single unit regardless of configuration.

Abstract: A smoke exhauster includes a housing having a top flue. A casing is secured to the housing and has an outlet communicating with the flue and has one or more front openings for engaging with one or more fan devices. A smoke guide is secured to the front portion of the housing and has a chamber for receiving and collecting smoke. The fan devices may draw the smoke in the smoke guide into the casing and outward through the outlet. The smoke guide 20 may receive and collect and guide the smoke for allowing the smoke to be effectively drawn by the fan devices.

Abstract: A ventilation system having a hood located above cooking equipment which generates heat and fumes due to cooking. The hood has an inclined air filter at the back of the hood which rests on a flange extending along the length of the hood at the top thereof and the bottom of the inclined air filter rests on a grease collector extending along the length of the hood. The grease collector is located at a given distance downwardly from the top of the hood. The back of the inclined air filter defines an exhaust area, and the hood also includes an exhaust duct being in direct communication with the exhaust area and a fan for drawing the contaminated air out of the exhaust area. The hood also has a fresh air output that is connected to a fresh air duct including a fan and located along the length of the hood at the front thereof, this fresh air output being designed to inject fresh air into the hood.

Abstract: An exhaust device (100) for a kitchen exhaust system incorporating a range hood (11) is disclosed, which is capable of substantially reducing generation of noise while efficiently evacuating fumes from the kitchen without a suction loss. The exhaust device (100) comprises a vent box (20) communicating with an exhaust duct (40), which may be housed in the hood (11) or in a housing box (10) provided above the hood (11). The vent box (20) includes a connection enclosure (20a) in its upper portion, which converges toward the duct (40). The vent box (20) contains a pair of partitions (21) each having a tilted plate (22), which provide a pair of vent routes (23). Between the partitions (21) is provided a drive motor (31) and in each vent route (23) is provided a sirocco fan (33) driven by the motor (31) whose blades (33a) are converged toward the motor (31).

Abstract: A portable airflow director, preferably of stainless steel, for ventilating a cook top adjacent to a cooking unit comprises an elongated housing including a base for removable engageable reception with an exhaust intake in the cook top, the base defining an opening in communication with the exhaust intake when the housing is placed on the cook top. A louvered side wall, disposed at an angle of approximately 45.degree. relative to a plane of the base, directs the flow of air from the cooking unit into, then through, the housing and through the exhaust intake of the cook top. The airflow director includes a pair of end walls which lie in parallel spaced apart planes and, in one embodiment, a solid side wall is positioned opposite and angularly disposed with respect to the louvered side wall, the end walls and the solid side wall being impervious to the flow of air. In another embodiment, the airflow director includes opposed louvered side walls extending between the end walls.

Abstract: A smoke exhauster includes bottom opening for engaging with a fan device and includes a fastener secured beside the opening. A net device has a portion secured to the smoke exhauster opposite to the fastener and includes an ear having a notch for engaging with the fastener and for allowing the ear to be secured to the smoke exhauster without disengaging the fastener from the smoke exhauster. The ear includes an oblong hole communicating with the notch for allowing the fastener to be engaged into the oblong hole.

Abstract: The invention aims to achieve a strong low-noise exhaust from a smoke collecting hood disposed right above a gas range on a cooking table through a piping in a ceiling in a high-rise apartment house or a detached house. The cooking table is provided on a floor, and the smoke collecting hood is disposed right above the gas range placed on the cooking table and is connected to the piping in the ceiling. The piping is connected to one side of a box-like hollow member provided on an outer surface of an external wall of the house, and a drawing port of an exhaust blower is connected to another side of the box-like hollow member so that the space through which the piping and the drawing port face each other is maximized. The box-like hollow member is formed so that its inside diameter is larger than the inside diameters of the drawing port and the piping.

Abstract: An upblast exhaust fan for commercial kitchens is constructed with components that are coated with a dry lubricant. The non-stick surfaces that collect grease condensed from the hot cooking gases are easily cleaned with hot water during routine maintenance.

Abstract: A kitchen ventilator, including a collecting box (11) supporting on its upper side a fan casing (10) enclosing a chamber which, by means of an essentially vertical partition (21), delimits an inlet channel (23) and a fan housing with an outlet channel (18), respectively. The collecting box (11), via an outlet opening (19) provided in its upper wall, is connected to the inlet channel (23) and the fan housing contains an impeller (16) rotatable in a vertical plane. The inlet side of the impeller (16) is connected to the inlet channel (23) via an essentially circular opening (20) provided in the partition (21) and the outlet side of the impeller (16) is connected to the outlet channel (18). Each of the inlet and outlet channels (23,18) is formed in inserts (22,17) made of sound-absorbing material.

Abstract: A smoke exhausting device is disclosed. It includes a housing partitioned into two internal rooms. One of the rooms is a bellows for creating pressure, while the other is a guide box for guiding the smoke. The bellows has an entrance communicated with the guide box and an exit communicated with outer side of the housing. The guide box surrounds a front side, right side, left side and a bottom face of the bellows and is spaced from the bellows to define a path for air flow to smoothly pass therethrough. Each of the three sides is disposed with at least one sucking mouth, which is communicated with the entrance. A bottom of the housing is formed with a downward inclined oil guiding section having an oil outlet at bottom end. The housing can be easily disassembled from the funnel and the sucking mouths of the guide box can be disposed at different positions in different directions, so that the smoke exhausting device is applicable to different sites.

Abstract: A hood comprising a suction and/or filtration unit, to collect cooking fumes of a houshold cooker, complete and functionally independent from the hood housing, provided with means for simple and fast insertion and pull-out from the housing without the use of tools in a fully safe manner for the user.Said suction and/or filtration unit is provided with electric contacts firmly fastened to its structure, which upon insertion in the housing will be connected to a power take-off rigidly fastened inside the housing, so that the electric parts of the unit are live only when the unit is inserted in the housing.

Abstract: A heated air makeup unit comprises a duct structure having a surrounding wall, a fan for moving air through the duct structure, and a gas burner mounted in the duct structure for heating air being moved past the burner. A pair of laterally spaced converging air-directing plates are disposed outwardly of the burner but inwardly of the surrounding walls of the duct structure for directing air into and through the burner. The laterally spaced converging plates define three air passageways through the duct structure, two outer air passageways between the respective plates and the surrounding walls of the duct structure and a third intermediate air passageway between the two plates with the intermediate air passageway being aligned with the burner. A preprogrammed heater control unit continuously monitors temperature, airflow and the flame about the burner and at the same time controls the temperature of the heated air being expelled from the heated air makeup unit.

Abstract: A ventilator hood includes a hood body having a first lengthwise wall, a second lengthwise wall, and a bottom wall. A bottom plate extends from a lower portion of the second lengthwise wall. A supporting plate extends upwardly from the bottom plate. An upright plate extends downwardly from the bottom wall, and an inlet opening is defined between the upright plate and the supporting plate. A spraying device includes an L-shaped plate having a vertical section extending downwardly from the bottom wall. A baffle extends upwardly from a horizontal section of the L-shaped plate and a space is defined between the L-shaped plate and the baffle. A passage is defined between the baffle and the upright plate. A wiper plate extends downwardly from a lower portion of the baffle and a channel is defined between the wiper plate and the supporting plate.

Abstract: A downdraft cooktop includes an electrical switch having a plurality of cooking rate selections, a vapor withdrawal opening formed in the cooktop adjacent a grill element, a vapor withdrawal duct below and in communication with the withdrawal opening and with a withdrawal fan, an electric motor for driving the withdrawal fan, and a fan control switch for varying rates of operation of the fan. The withdrawal fan is operable for downdraft withdrawal of cooking vapors resulting from operation of the grill element. Grill operation is sensed and during grill operation, the fan control switch is bypassed and the electrical fan motor is operated at a high rate for vapor withdrawal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hood for the suction and/or the filtration of cooking smokes in a domestic kitchen, having means which allows one, in a simple and rapid way, to direct the air flow sucked from a cooking stove towards a preferred outlet, among a plurality of possible outlets being provided by the hood, and to simultaneously change the operation of the hood from a filtration mode to a suction mode.

Abstract: An oil collector for an upright smoke exhauster is provided, the oil collector includes an oil filter of predetermined mesh and attached at a lower circumference with a guide device which is prepared to introduce the oil from the filter into an oil cup at a lower portion of the exhauster. The filter is engaged into a circular vent in the housing of the smoke exhauster together with the guide device which has a tongue of an inverse isosceles triangle projected downward from an under side of a sloped portion thereof for facilitating the oil to be concentrated on the lower point of the triangle and dripped directly into the oil cup. The improvement has been characterized in the simple structure and greater efficiency in removal of the oil from the smoke exhauster.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vapor exhaust hood with a housing which features at least one intake opening equipped at a minimum with one filter, and features at least one outlet opening, and the inside surfaces of which are in part lined with a sound-deadening material, with a fan arranged in the housing. Arranged in the housing, at least opposite each inlet opening of the fan, is sound-absorbing material which from the opposite inlet opening is spaced at least the radius of the fan wheel. The sound-absorbing material has a surface which in size corresponds at least to a circular surface whose radius matches that of the fan wheel. Further measures for noise reduction consist in the arrangement of a vane in the area of the outlet opening, in the application of sound-deadening and/or sound-damping material as well as in the elastic mounting of fan and/or fan motor.

Abstract: An exhaust hood ventilating system which uses an intake blower of outside air, and an exhaust blower with means for regulating the speed of the blowers and regulating the volume of air into the ventilating hood and means for diverting outdoor intake air into the kitchen area for ventilation before it is passed back to the hood for exhaust to the outdoors.

Abstract: A bulk adhesive handling system (10) having a hopper (16) and a lid (26) includes a vapor removal system (12) comprising a plurality of vent holes (40) formed in the side wall (42) of the hopper (16) of the system. The vent holes (40) are in communication with a venting plenum (44) surrounding the hopper (16), which is connected to a vacuum source (46). The vapor removal system (12) is adapted to withdraw gas from the hopper (16) when the lid (26) is in an open position and to withdraw air from an ambient source when the lid (26) is in a closed position.

Abstract: A range hood having a sleek, modern appearance has a keypad and control circuit which enable adjustment of fan speed and light intensity. The range hood includes a keypad having a linear array of keys which may be individually or collectively used to energize the fan at one of a variety of speeds. A control circuit responds to depression of one or a group of two of the keys and in response selects one of a plurality of possible fan speeds. The array of keys is also used in conjunction with a separate night light key to program the intensity of the light for use as a night light. An automatic shutoff key is used to gradually reduce the fan speed until, ultimately, the fan is deenergized.

Abstract: A combined self-cleaning grease and particulate filter and heat exchanger used to collect thermal energy normally vented through flue hoods or other ventilation systems in commercial or institutional kitchens. Fluids circulated within the heat exchanger/filter may then be utilized for heating other mediums, such as water or air, and to promote drainage of the particulate matter and grease from the filter into a removable storage container. The heat exchanger/filter is provided with means for quick assembly and designed to replace existing grease filters, thus allowing economical retrofitting. A baffle filter is further provided which utilizes particular flow patterns to promote a more efficient transfer of grease and particulate matter from the airborne fumes to the filter.

Abstract: A guard device for protecting the front panel of a smoke exhauster is provided. The device comprises generally a rectangular guard plate slidingly held in a pair of securing appendages which are respectively secured to the ends of the front panel and each has a sliding space, a fillet and a hook member therein. So that the guard plate is snap fitted and repeatedly slides about the sliding space in order to protect the front panel of the smoke exhauster from contaminated with oil and grime.

Abstract: A ventilation system for a single or stacked conveyor ovens includes an exhaust canopy which extends across the top of the ovens and defines exhaust channels positioned above the conveyor openings on opposite sides of the ovens. A make-up air system delivers make-up air beneath each conveyor opening where it is directed upward through an air curtain nozzle to produce an air stream that directs cooking gases emanating from the conveyor openings upward and into the exhaust channels.

Abstract: A cooking fume treatment apparatus including at least one fan for drawing cooking fumes through at least one condenser. A condenser may be located above and/or below the cooking surface. A grease tray is located below each condenser for collecting condensate and particulate matter. Each condenser may be mounted to a slidable tray that is removable for maintenance. Each grease tray may be mounted to a slidable tray that is removable for maintenance. The invention also may include at least one filter for filtering the condensed fumes. Each filter may be mounted to a slidable tray that is removable for maintenance. The fumes may be exhausted into the atmosphere or recirculated back into the cooking area. Fluid from the condenser may be used for an auxiliary warming stove or other purposes.

Abstract: A stove hood with filters which may be flushed clean when desired, the hood having a roof, end members and a bottom trough which define at least one rectangular opening through which stove gaseous medium passes through a filter upward to an exhaust duct. A closurable member is provided for each rectangular opening and within the hood volume is provided a spray head directed to each filter and supplied with cleaning fluid under pressure when brought into the spray head via a conduit upon activation of control means. The fluid which is passed through the filter or filters is caught in the trough and discharged either into a sewer line or recycled for return cleaning of the filters.

Abstract: A downdraft cooktop includes an electrical switch having a plurality of cooking rate selections, a vapor withdrawal opening formed in the cooktop adjacent a grill element, a vapor withdrawal duct below and in communication with the withdrawal opening and with a withdrawal fan, an electric motor for driving the withdrawal fan, and a fan control switch for varying rates of operation of the fan. The withdrawal fan is operable for downdraft withdrawal of cooking vapors resulting from operation of the grill element. Grill operation is sensed and during grill operation, the fan control switch is bypassed and the electrical fan motor is operated at a high rate for vapor withdrawal.

Abstract: An oily smoke atomizing device includes a housing, a passage defined in the housing and having a first end in fluid communication with an inlet of the housing and a second end in fluid communication with an outlet of the housing, and a plurality of atomizing plates mounted in the passage. Each atomizing plate includes a plurality of first tubes and a plurality of second tubes to define an oily smoke passage. Oil contained in the oily smoke is separated into oil particulates when passing through the atomizing plates. A water tube is disposed above the atomizing plates and includes a plurality of nozzles for supplying water drops to the first tubes and second tubes of the atomizing plates for absorbing the oil particulates in the oily smoke passing through the oily smoke passage and carrying the oil particulates downwardly to a drainage hole.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus including an open housing (1) closed by a lid (8), a cooking vat (4) provided inside the housing, and a cooking vapor condenser device (13) provided outside the housing. At least one vapor outlet (22) is provided between the upper portion of the vat (4) and the condenser device (13) and includes an upstream section (24) integral with the lid (8) and having one end (25) in communication with the upper portion of the vat (4), and a downstream section (27) connecting the other end (26) of the upstream section with the condenser device (13). This system is suitable for household deep fryers.

Abstract: A portable enclosure utilized for storing and working with paints and paint related items comprises a lower housing having a bottom surface and a spill containing upper working surface. Included is an upper housing positioned above the lower housing. Casters are associated with the lower housing bottom surface and permit movement of the storage enclosure over a supporting surface. An exhaust fan is provided to vent harmful vapors away from the working surface and the housings.

Abstract: An exhaust hood for commercial or institutional kitchens. The hood is designed to capture individually each of the plumes emanating from diverse cooking or heating devices disposed beneath the hood and includes means for minimizing the quantity of air removed from the atmosphere ambient to, but outside the hood, this means including a plenum within the hood and individually sized entrance openings into compartments defined above each of the cooking or heating devices and through which ambient air is drawn at a minimum capture velocity for that plume anticipated to be generated by the heating or cooking device that is associated with each compartment. A method for carrying out the invention is disclosed.