JPH05106890A - Range hood - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a range hood capable of improving a cleaning characteristics of a main body of the range hood and its maintenance characteristic. CONSTITUTION:Both sides of a lower surface of an air discharging port 2 of a main body 5 of a hood are provided with L-shaped fittings 11. Upper parts of both side surfaces of an air discharging and blower 7 are provided with flanges slidably engaging with the L-shaped fittings 11 so as to enable a fitting or a disengaging of the air discharging and blower 7 to be freely attained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a range hood for discharging exhaust gas, oil smoke, odor, etc. generated from a cooker to the outside.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a range hood incorporates a filter because it collects an oily system of oil smoke and discharges purified air.

A conventional range hood will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. As shown in the figure, a box-shaped hood 3 having front and lower surfaces opened and an exhaust port 31 on the upper surface.
2 and a front hood 3 that covers the front surface of the hood frame 32
3, the hood main body 34 is configured, and the exhaust blower 35 is provided in the central portion of the hood main body 34. The exhaust blower 35 has a suction port 36 on both side surfaces and a discharge port 37 on the upper side, and the discharge port 37 is aligned with the exhaust port 31. Further, a filter receiver 38 is provided in a lower portion of the exhaust blower 35, and a lower portion of a filter 39 is supported by the filter receiver 38, and an upper portion of the filter 39 is supported by an inner surface of the hood body 34 and the exhaust blower 35. Corresponding to the suction port 36 of
Also, the filter 39 and the hood body 3 are inclined.
A gas capturing space 40 is formed between the gas capturing space 40 and the gas collecting space 4. Also,
A space between the filter 39 and the front hood 33 is partitioned by a cleaning panel 41. Then, the range hood configured as described above is attached to the wall surface 43 of the house so as to be located above the cooking utensil 42, and the exhaust duct 44 penetrating the wall surface 43 is exhausted from the hood frame 32 via the adapter 45. It is connected to the mouth 31.

In the above structure, when the range hood is operated, oil fumes, odors, exhaust gas, etc. generated during cooking rise straightly and inertially collide with the filter 39 to remove the oil and fat components in the oil fumes and remove them from the gas. After once staying in the trapping space 40, the air passes through the filter 39, is sucked through the suction port 36 of the exhaust blower 35, passes through the exhaust port 31 and the adapter 45, and is discharged outside through the exhaust duct 44.

[0005]

With such a conventional range hood structure, when the hood body 34 at the rear of the exhaust blower 35 is contaminated with oil or the like during cleaning, there is the exhaust blower 35, which is difficult to reach. The workability was very poor. Further, in the exhaust blower 35, the flange of the exhaust blower 35 is fixed to the top surface of the hood body 34 from below with a screw. Therefore, the exhaust blower 35 is attached to the hood body 34.
In order to remove it from above, the screw must be removed while supporting the exhaust blower 35 from below, which is a very difficult work and has a problem of poor maintainability. Also,
It is difficult to remove the oil attached to the filter 39, so
It had to be dipped in a detergent for 3 hours and then washed, which necessitated a container and a place for putting it on, and there was a problem that workability was poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The first object of the present invention is to provide a range hood in which the maintenance of the exhaust blower is improved and the cleaning performance of the hood body is improved.

A second object is to provide a range hood having an improved filter cleaning property.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned first object, the range hood of the present invention comprises a hood body having an open bottom surface and a suction port provided inside the hood body. With exhaust blowers having on both sides, flanges are provided on the upper sides of both sides of the exhaust blower, and L-shaped metal fittings are provided on both sides of the lower surface of the exhaust port of the hood main body, and the exhaust blower can be slidably attached to the hood main body. The configuration provided in.

A second means for achieving the second object is detergent pouring for pouring detergent into the filter above the filter forming a gas trapping space between the hood body and the exhaust blower. A box is provided.

[0010]

According to the present invention, since the exhaust blower is easily detached from the hood main body by sliding it forward by the constitution of the above-mentioned first means, the maintenance and the hood main body can be cleaned very easily. ..

With the structure of the second means, the detergent liquid is poured into the filter from the detergent pouring box provided in the upper direction of the filter to remove oil stains on the filter portion. It will be possible to wash without the container and place.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

As shown in the drawing, the hood frame 1 is formed into a box shape having an opening on the front and the bottom and an exhaust port 2 connected to the duct 1b through an adapter 1a on the upper surface. A front hood 3 is provided in the front hood 3, and the hood frame 1 and the front hood 3 constitute a hood body 5. An exhaust blower 7 having suction ports 6 on both sides is provided at the center of the inside of the hood main body 5, and a discharge port 8 at the upper part of the exhaust blower 7 is aligned with the exhaust port 2 of the hood frame 1. Further, flanges 9 are provided on both sides of the upper portion of the exhaust blower 7, and a recess 10 is provided in the center thereof. Then, L-shaped metal fittings 11 are provided on both sides of the lower surface of the exhaust port of the hood body 5, and a convex portion 12 is formed on a lower side portion of the L-shaped metal fitting 11, and the concave portion 10 of the flange 9 and the convex portion of the L-shaped metal fitting 11 are formed. The portion 12 is engaged to fix the exhaust blower 7 and the hood body 1. Further, a leaf spring 13 is provided between the L-shaped metal fitting 11 and the hood body 5, and the concave portion 10 of the flange 9 is pressed against the convex portion 12 of the L-shaped metal fitting 11. And
A filter receiver 14 is provided in a lower portion of the exhaust blower 7, and a lower portion of the filter 15 is supported by the filter receiver 14, and an upper portion of the filter 15 is supported by an inner surface of the hood body 5 and suction of the exhaust blower 7. Corresponding to the mouth 6 and inclined, a gas capturing space 16 is formed between the filter 15 and the hood body 1.
A removable cleaning panel 5a is provided between the filter 15 and the front hood 3. A fixing member 17 is fixed to the hood body 5 on the upper part of the filter 15, and a detergent pouring box 18 is installed on the fixing member 17. The detergent pouring box 18 has the same length as the filter 15, and has a myriad of holes for pouring the detergent in the lower portion. A detergent collecting box 19 is provided on the lower surface of the filter receiver 14. In addition, 20 shows a range.

In the above structure, when cleaning the inside of the hood body 5, first remove the front hood 3,
Next, the filter 15 and the cleaning panel 5a are removed. When the exhaust blower 7 and its surroundings are dirty, the flange 9 provided on the exhaust blower 7 is slid on the L-shaped metal fitting 11 provided on the hood body 5 to be attached / detached, and the exhaust blower 7 and The dirt inside the hood body 5 can be easily cleaned.

When cleaning the filter 15,
First, the detergent liquid is injected into the detergent pouring box 18. The detergent liquid is picked up by the filter 15 from the lower surface spout of the detergent pouring box 18 and gradually flows downward to weaken the degree of adhesion of the oil and the like to the filter 15 and the filter receiver 14
It collects in the detergent collection box 19 provided on the lower surface. Next, the filter 15 is removed and cleaned. At this time, the degree of adhesion between the filter 15 and the oil or the like is weakened, so that the filter 15 can be easily cleaned.

In the embodiment, the exhaust blower 7 is provided with the flange 9 and the hood body 5 is provided with the L-shaped metal fitting 11 with which the flange 9 is slidably engaged, but the invention is not limited to this structure. In short, it goes without saying that if the exhaust blower 7 is slidable and detachable, the same operational effect is brought about.

[0017]

As is apparent from the above embodiments, the range hood of the present invention is provided with L-shaped metal fittings on both sides of the lower surface of the exhaust port of the hood body, and the flanges engaging with the L-shaped metal fittings are used as the exhaust blower. Since the exhaust blower is provided so as to be slidable and detachable, the exhaust blower can be freely attached and detached, and the range hood with improved cleaning and maintenance can be provided.

Further, by providing a detergent pouring box and dropping the detergent on the filter, the degree of adhesion of the oil and the like to the filter is weakened, and the cleaning of the filter becomes very easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a range hood according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided on a range.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the range hood.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an exhaust blower mounting portion of the range hood.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a detergent pouring box of the same range hood.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a conventional range hood is provided on the range.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of the range hood.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Exhaust port 5 Hood body 6 Suction port 7 Exhaust blower 9 Flange 11 L-shaped metal fitting 15 Filter 16 Gas trap space 18 Detergent pouring box

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A hood body having a bottom surface opened and an exhaust port provided on the top surface, and an exhaust blower provided inside the hood body and having suction ports on both side surfaces, the upper part of both side surfaces of the exhaust blower being provided. A range hood in which flanges are provided with L-shaped metal fittings on both sides of the lower surface of the exhaust port of the hood body, and the exhaust blower is slidably and detachably provided on the hood body. 2. The range hood according to claim 1, wherein a detergent pouring box for pouring detergent into the filter is provided above the filter that forms a gas capturing space between the hood body and the exhaust blower.