Classifications

• • 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
  • F24C15/2042—Devices for removing cooking fumes structurally associated with a cooking range e.g. downdraft

Definitions

• the invention relates to a vapor extraction device specified in the preamble of claim 1. Art.
• Vapor extraction devices in general are known, for example, from EP 0 915 299 B1 and EP 1 194 721 B1.
• These known vapor extraction devices are large devices which are usually integrated into a table, a cupboard or the like at a workstation, in particular as a vapor detection device for kitchens and dispensers, for detecting air at least laden with odors or fumes at the work station usually equipped with thermal devices.
• These known Funstabsaugvoriquesen do not allow flexible use, since they can only be used in the workplace for which they are designed.
• a vapor extraction device specified in the preamble of claim 1 is known from DE 101 46 153 A1.
• This known Funstabsaugvoriques has a housing which consists of a plate-like foot, a vertical stand and arranged at the upper end portion of the stator suction hood, which is articulated via a hinge on the stand. In the stand a fan is housed.
• the suction hood contains a grease filter over a suction opening.
• At the back of the stand there is an outlet opening, which is equipped with an odor filter.
• the plate-like foot is empty or at most contains a heating device for a pot which can be put on the foot. The like.
• the vapor outlet has a stand housing, on which a stand formed as a channel is arranged, at the upper end portion of which a hood arranged above the housing is attached with a filter.
• a fan is arranged in the foot of the pedestal housing.
• the stand could be designed to be telescopically displaceable in order to allow a collapse of the fume hood when not in use and thereby reduce the storage space required for this, but in this case would come to the hood on the foot of the pedestal housing, so that in height at least as much storage space would be required as in the fume extraction device according to the above-mentioned DE 101 46 153 A1.
• a correspondingly formed fume extraction device is shown in FR 2 761 620 A1, in which the technology is essentially accommodated in the fume hood. This is slightly displaceable in height, but can not be lowered to the foot, so that the space required here is greater than in the case of the vapor extraction devices according to the aforementioned publications DE 101 46 153 A1 and DE 79 24 997 U1.
• DE 77 36 750 U shows an electric cooker hood, in which the actual hood is mounted height-adjustable on a pedestal and includes the entire technology including a downwardly radiating infrared radiation source.
• the pedestal carries a protective plate, which is to protect a table from the radiation from the infrared radiator and od on the grill device. Like. Can be made.
• the hood comes to rest when not in use on the protective plate, so that when not in use foot Hood and are arranged one above the other and in height need a lot of storage space as the fume extraction device according to the above-mentioned DE 101 46 153 A1.
• JP 57037635 A describes a cooking appliance in which the spread of haze and odor produced during cooking should be prevented by treating the haze and odor with an oxidation catalyst.
• the known cooking appliance is also designed as a portable table device having a housing, a suction and an exhaust port are not provided in the housing, but in a trained as a rectangular part of the vapor channel.
• a suction and an exhaust port are not provided in the housing, but in a trained as a rectangular part of the vapor channel.
• the oxidation catalyst which is heated to about 400 ° C., similar to an oxidation catalyst in the three-way catalyst of a motor vehicle (Rompp Chemie Lexikon, G. Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, 1990, p 2169-2171, especially p. 2170).
• the resulting purified gas is discharged from the exhaust port and passed through the heating source 4 and a material to be cooked to heat it. Since there is a temperature of about 400 ° C. in the oxidation catalytic converter, the gas emitted by the oxidation catalytic converter should actually be hot enough to subsequently be used to support the heating source and the cooking process.
• the amount of gas circulated through the known cooking appliance must be substantially lower than in a conventional vapor extraction device.
• the known cooking appliance also has no grease filter.
• JP 09264543 A shows a device which prevents oil mist from spreading in a room from a cooking place.
• the device has a ventilation channel 7 with a suction opening 5 and an outlet 6.
• a fan is arranged in the ventilation channel.
• a filter 9 is attached, which adsorbs the oil mist from the air that circulates in the ventilation duct.
• the device is constructed telescopically and takes up a hotplate with a hotplate. Also, this known device is provided with no odor filter.
• the object of the invention is to improve a fume extraction device of the type mentioned so that it has a smaller need for storage when not in use.
• the fume extraction device according to the invention in which the housing is formed overall as a substantially flat cuboid having the suction port and the exhaust port, and in which the suction fan and at least the odor filter are accommodated in the housing between the two openings, offers over the known vapor extraction device according to DE 101 46 153 A1 has the advantage that the housing consists only of a single flat cuboid containing the entire technique of the vapor extraction.
• the grease filter can either be housed in the cuboid housing or in a suction hood.
• the housing of the fume extraction device according to the invention therefore has a very simple structure, so that it can be easily removed when not in use. No hinges are provided or operated to reduce the fume extractor for disuse.
• the fume extraction device according to the invention is designed as a portable table device, it can be used flexibly at workplaces of any kind, whether in the catering or in the private kitchen. It need no special work tables or cabinets or rooms to be modified so that a fume extraction can be integrated, because the fume extraction device according to the invention only there placed on the table or cabinet and only needs to be connected to a power outlet for their suction fan, where with the emergence of haze, Wrasen and / or odors is to be expected. When not in use, it can be stored in the smallest space.
• the fume extraction device according to the invention can od in a kitchen, a laboratory. Like. Also be used advantageously when no thermal devices for the preparation of food in operation.
• the cook, the housewife or the lab assistant can namely use the footprint at the top of the cuboid housing as a work surface to perform on her unpleasant work, which produces vapors or odors.
• the cook or housewife can cut onions or garlic on the floor, an activity that often causes him or her to work under the cooker hood that is commonly found in the kitchen. Since the fume extraction device is provided according to the invention with a footprint for at least one thermal device that can be used in particular for food preparation, practically the workplace is already integrated into the Funstabsaugvorraum.
• the suction opening is formed at one end of the housing in a narrow side thereof, only care must be taken that the suction opening is aligned during operation of the fume extraction device to a place where haze arises.
• the fume extraction device can extract haze more effective, for example, when preparing or keeping food warm on the footprint of the fume extraction.
• the Hunstabsaugvorgang can make even more effective, especially if the suctioned vapor is generated on their own top.
• the suction hood which is detachably connected to the housing, can be loosened after use and cleaned in the dishwasher.
• the grease filter is arranged immediately downstream of the suction opening in the housing, any contamination of the housing by grease can be avoided. It is only necessary to occasionally remove the grease filter from the fume extractor and clean it in a dishwasher.
• the suction port is in the plane of the top of the housing, the grease filter is conveniently located immediately below the suction port in an extension of the housing. If a suction hood is used, it can be placed on the intake manifold or directly on the intake port.
• the grease filter can be arranged as before or housed in the suction hood and removable from this or be removable with this.
• the grease filter is arranged immediately downstream of the suction in an intake manifold, the grease filter can be conveniently removed from the intake upward, wherein the air inlet opening of the intake is also the suction of the fume extraction.
• the exhaust air opening is formed in at least one downstream side of the suction fan located side of the housing, the size of the Optimize exhaust port under noise and Heilaustritts Anlagen- viewpoints in a simple manner by the exhaust port is dimensioned by providing in one or more sides of the housing accordingly.
• exhaust air openings can be provided in all sides of the housing, which are downstream of the suction fan (except in the upper side of the housing, if this is used as a control or work surface).
• the odor filter is arranged downstream of the suction fan in a further embodiment of the air suction device according to the invention, the aforementioned optimization can be simplified by appropriate selection of the odor filter.
• the odor filter is a flexible mat of open-cell foam coated with activated charcoal.
• the odor filter covers the exhaust port, it can be easily maintained.
• the exhaust port has a hinged grid as a holder for the odor filter.
• the suction fan is a caseless fan fitted in the housing, this contributes to the saving of space and weight, which is an essential aspect for a portable tabletop device such as the fume extraction device according to the invention.
• the fume extraction device can be used where otherwise GN food containers are used.
• the work surface according to length and width GN dimensions, thermal devices whose outer dimensions have GN dimensions, individually or to several are placed on the work surface.
• the work surface and the housing are dimensioned so that there is space for two thermal devices with GN dimensions.
• An optional suction hood will expediently extend over the full extent of the housing.
• the exhaust air opening is located in a downstream of the suction fan, opposite the table surface slightly raised bottom of the housing, the purified air at the bottom of the housing can flow freely into the surrounding space. Moreover, there is plenty of space available at this point of the housing for the exhaust port, so that the exhaust port and thus the odor filter can be formed correspondingly large area. The cleaned air will flow out at the bottom of the housing at a correspondingly lower speed, so that the fume extraction device according to the invention operates correspondingly quiet.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a fume extraction device according to the invention
• FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a vapor suction device of the type shown in FIG. 1;
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the vapor extraction device according to FIG. 1, in combination with a thermal device for preparing food,
• Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the fume extraction device according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of a vapor extraction device, which is designated overall by 10.
• the vapor extraction device 10 has a housing 12, which according to the sectional view in FIG. 2 has an intake opening 14 and an exhaust air opening 16.
• the housing 12 has between the suction port 14 and the exhaust port 16 a flat-built suction fan 18 and a filter device.
• the latter consists in the illustrated embodiment of a grease filter 20 and an odor filter 22.
• At one end of the housing 12 is provided as a part thereof or as an approach to the same an intake manifold 24.
• the fume extraction device 10 is designed as a portable tabletop device.
• This tabletop device is, apart from the attachable to the housing 12 o- integrated into the housing 12 suction hood 24, which will be described in more detail below, a flat table device, which is formed as a flat cuboid 12 'and at its top with a work surface 26 is provided.
• a switch 28 is used to turn on and off the suction fan 18.
• the work surface 26 is preferably at least scratch and cut resistant, so that it can be used when working in the kitchen or in the laboratory as a real work surface on the kitchen work For example, onions can be cut.
• the work surface 26 is provided as a footprint for a thermal device 30, which is shown in Fig. 3 in perspective view in combination with the Funstabsaugvorraum 10 and will be described in more detail below. If the work surface 26 is specially designed as a footprint for a thermal device, it is preferably additionally heat-insulated or is cooled from the inside of the housing 12 ago.
• control or work surface 26 may also be formed as a heatable surface, so that it can be used as a grill plate or cooking surface. In this case, a preparation device would be integrated into the fume extraction device 10.
• the top of the housing 12 could consist of a plate of Peltier-compatible material.
• the suction opening 14 is preferably formed at one end of the housing 12, for example in its narrow side 13, as indicated by dashed lines.
• the suction fan 18 would be in Fig. 2 farther right approximately in the middle in the housing 12 and the grease filter 20 between the suction port 16 in the narrow side 13 and the suction fan also in the interior of the cuboid Housing 12 are located.
• the suction port 14 may instead be formed in the plane of the top of the housing 12 (as also indicated by dashed lines), then the grease filter 20 would be underneath in a space 15 which would be part of the cuboid.
• the suction opening is parallel to the plane of the top of the housing 12 at the inlet of an over the top of the housing 12 upwardly projecting intake 32.
• the upwardly projecting Air intake 24 permanently or detachably connected.
• the suction hood 24 has an air inlet opening 34 above a baffle plate 36. The latter is usually still provided on its back with an air guide device, which is not shown here for clarity.
• the intake manifold 32 may also be part of the suction hood 24 and with this to the housing 12 connectable and removable from the same.
• the suction hood 24 has a removable glass plate 35 above its air inlet opening, each as a protection guard, which can be cleaned separately in the dishwasher.
• the parting plane between the intake manifold 32 and the housing 12 could lie in the plane of the top of the housing 12.
• the grease filter 20 is obliquely inserted from above into the intake manifold 32 and extends with its lower end into a grease drip tray 38.
• the grease filter 20 is preferably a so-called cyclone eddy current filter (manufactured by the company Rentschier REVEN Lüftungssysteme GmbH, D). 74372 Sersheim).
• the grease filter 20 is disposed immediately below the intake port 14 in all cases.
• the suction fan 18 is disposed downstream of the suction port 14.
• the exhaust opening 16 is located in the downstream of the suction fan 18, compared to the table surface slightly raised bottom 40 of the housing 12 is formed.
• the odor filter 22 is disposed downstream of the suction fan 18 and covers the exhaust port 16 in the bottom 40 of the housing 12.
• the exhaust port 16 has a hinged grid 42 as a holder for the odor filter 22.
• the suction fan 18 is a housing-free fan fitted in the housing 12. On the opposite side to the suction hood 24 operating side of the housing 12 this rests on feet 44, so that the purified air can flow freely at the bottom of the housing 12 in the surrounding space.
• the work surface 26 has the length and the width also GN dimensions, as shown in FIG. 3.
• the thermal device 30 is an electric grill plate in FIG. It has the length and width also GN dimensions as the housing 12, as shown in FIG. 3.
• the embodiment of the vapor extraction device 10 according to FIGS. 4 and 5 differs from the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 3 in that the working surface 26 of the housing 12 is dimensioned so wide that it can serve as a footprint for two thermal devices 30.
• the thermal devices 30 are each shown as an electric cooktop.
• the housing 12 has the size 2/1, so in the width of twice the GN dimension compared to the embodiment of FIGS. 1-3, namely 2b, and therefore can be two thermal devices 30th size 1/1 next to each other.

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