JPH06180135A - Ventilating equipment for kitchen - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a kitchen ventilating apparatus capable of sharply improving the environment of a kitchen, of ensuring space saving, shortening of the construction period and reduction of the cost of the construction, and improving air efficiency of the air curtain. CONSTITUTION:A kitchen ventilating apparatus is adapted such that it includes a ventilating hood 2 provided on the upper portion of the neighborhood of a cooking heat source 1 and a purifying device 3 for purifying air sucked into the side of the ventilating hood 2, and that at least the front side of the neighborhood of the cooking heat source 1 and the front end side of the ventilating hood 2 are interrupted by an air curtain 4. The apparatus is further adapted such that air from the air curtain 4 is directed to flow out at least from the front side of the neighborhood of the cooking heat source 1 toward the upper side of the same.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ventilation system for a kitchen, and more particularly to a technique effective when applied to a ventilation system for a kitchen applied to a kitchen unit or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A kitchen ventilation system applied to a kitchen unit or the like usually comprises a ventilation hood and a ventilation fan.

By the way, in the above-mentioned kitchen ventilation equipment, pollutants generated due to the heat source for cooking (for example, dust such as smoke due to cooking by the heat source for cooking, oily mist, steam) (Such as water) and bad odors are sucked into the ventilation hood side and exhausted to the outside, but some of the pollutants and bad odors flow out to the kitchen room side, and the kitchen room side is contaminated.

In addition, in the layout of the apartment,
There are cases where the kitchen room is placed in a place where it does not contact the outside (for example, when the kitchen room is placed in the center), but in such floor plans, contaminants and bad odors sucked into the ventilation hood side, etc. It is necessary to construct a duct to remove the building from the outside, and this duct construction hinders space saving, construction period reduction, and construction cost reduction.

Therefore, the inventor of the present invention firstly provided a kitchen ventilation system capable of significantly improving the environment of the kitchen, saving space, shortening the construction period, and reducing the construction cost. Proposed.

That is, this kitchen ventilation equipment comprises a ventilation hood provided near the cooking heat source and a purifying device for purifying the air sucked to the ventilation hood side, and at least the cooking heat source. An air curtain shuts off the vicinity of the front side and the front end side of the ventilation hood.

[0007]

In the above-mentioned kitchen ventilation equipment proposed by the present inventor, there has been a lack of studies on the air outflow direction of the air curtain.

The object of the present invention is to significantly improve the environment of the kitchen by using the air curtain, and also to save space, shorten the construction period, reduce the construction cost, and the like. It is to provide a ventilation system for kitchens that can improve the efficiency of air in an air curtain.

The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will be apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

[0010]

Among the inventions disclosed in the present application, a brief description will be given to the outline of typical ones.
It is as follows.

That is, the structure of the kitchen ventilation equipment of the present invention comprises at least a ventilation hood provided above the cooking heat source and a purifying device for purifying the air sucked to the ventilation hood side. A ventilation facility for a kitchen in which the front side near the heat source for cooking and the front end side of the ventilation hood are shut off by an air curtain, and the air of the air curtain is at least upward from the front side near the heat source for cooking. The structure is such that it flows out.

In this case, the air of the air curtain can be made to flow out from the front end side of the ventilation hood toward the lower side.

The air of the air curtain may be purified by the purifying device.

Further, it is possible to adopt a structure in which a side surface side near the cooking heat source and a side end side of the ventilation hood are blocked by an air curtain.

Further, it is possible to adopt a structure in which a suction port to the ventilation hood is provided on the rear side near the heat source for cooking.

The purifying device may be a dust collecting device that collects contaminants in the air sucked toward the ventilation hood.

Further, the dust collecting device may be a cleaning dust collecting device.

The purifying device may be a deodorizing device for deodorizing the odor in the air sucked toward the ventilation hood side.

Further, it is possible to adopt a structure integrated with a cooking table provided with the cooking heat source.

Further, the structure may include at least one of a sterilizer, an ion generator, and a static eliminator.

[0021]

According to the above-described kitchen ventilation equipment of the present invention, pollutants and malodors in the air generated by the heat source for cooking and the like are sucked into the ventilation hood side and purified by the purifying device. The front curtain and the front end of the ventilation hood are blocked by the air curtain, which reliably prevents the contaminants and odors in the air that are generated by the heat source for cooking from flowing out to the kitchen room. Can be significantly improved.

Further, as described above, since the contaminants and odors in the air are surely prevented from flowing out to the kitchen room side, the contaminants and odors sucked into the ventilation hood side are exhausted to the outside. It is possible to eliminate the need for the duct, and as a result, it is possible to save space, shorten the construction period, and reduce the construction cost.

Further, in the kitchen ventilation equipment of the present invention, in particular, the air levitation force is utilized by causing the air in the air curtain to flow upward at least from the front side in the vicinity of the cooking heat source. Moreover, since the air of the air curtain flows out from a location closer to the heat source for cooking, the efficiency of the air of the air curtain can be improved.

In this case, if the structure is such that the air of the air curtain flows out from the front end side of the ventilation hood toward the lower side, the air flowing out from the front side in the vicinity of the heat source for cooking goes upward. The air flowing out from the front end side of the ventilation hood to the lower side can ensure the blocking by the air curtain.

Further, if the air of the air curtain is structured to be the air purified by the purifying device, the contaminated air will not flow out of the air curtain, so that the air flow from the air curtain causes the kitchen air to flow out. It is possible to reliably prevent contamination.

Further, when the side surface side near the cooking heat source and the side end side of the ventilation hood are cut off by an air curtain, for example, even when the side surface side near the cooking heat source is opened, etc. By the air curtain, it is possible to prevent the pollutants and odors from the side surface near the cooking heat source from flowing out to the kitchen room side.

If the suction port to the ventilation hood is provided on the rear side near the heat source for cooking, the suction port is provided on the rear side near the heat source for cooking. A pollutant having a relatively high specific gravity caused by a heat source for cooking, that is, dust having a relatively high specific gravity such as smoke produced by cooking with a heat source for cooking, oily mist, moisture such as steam, etc. Is accurately sucked into the ventilation hood side and is surely purified by the purifying device, so that it is possible to remarkably capture pollutants having a relatively large specific gravity caused by the heat source for cooking and the like.

Further, if the dust collecting device is a cleaning dust collecting device, an excellent dust collecting function is achieved by the washing dust collecting device, and scattering of the dust when it is taken out is prevented. It can significantly improve the kitchen environment.

If the purifying device is a deodorizing device for deodorizing the odor in the air sucked toward the ventilation hood, the deodorizing device can surely prevent the kitchen room from being contaminated by a bad odor. .

[0030]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a side view showing a partially cutaway view of a kitchen ventilation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The kitchen ventilation equipment of this embodiment is applied to a kitchen unit, and is used as a heat source for cooking 1 such as a gas stove.
A ventilation hood 2 provided above the vicinity and a purification device 3 for purifying the air sucked into the ventilation hood 2 side are provided, and at least between the front side near the heat source 1 for cooking and the front end side of the ventilation hood 2. Is cut off by the air curtain 4.

The air of the air curtain 4 of this embodiment is
The air purified by the purifying device 3 is used, and the switch can be turned on and off.

When the cooking heat source 1 is not shielded by one side or both sides of the cooking heat source 1 and one side end or both ends of the ventilation hood 2 by the inner side wall of the cooking heat source 1 or the like, An air curtain 4 may be provided to block one side surface or both side surfaces near the cooking heat source 1 and one side end or both end sides of the ventilation hood 2 from each other.

Therefore, in the kitchen ventilation equipment of this embodiment, the space 5 between the cooking heat source 1 and the ventilation hood 2 above it is the air curtain 4, the inner wall on the side of the cooking heat source 1, and the cooking heat source 1. It is surrounded by a rear wall or the like on the side of the heat source 1.

By being surrounded in this way, contaminants caused by the cooking heat source 1 (for example, dust such as smoke, misty oil and steam caused by cooking by the cooking heat source 1) It is configured such that moisture (such as) and a bad smell do not flow out from the space 5 to the kitchen room 6 side outside thereof.

A replaceable first suction port 7 with a filter is provided behind the heat source 1 for cooking, and the first suction port 7 communicates with the space inside the ventilation hood 2 via a duct 8.

A purification device 3 and a ventilation fan 9 are built in the ventilation hood 2. The purifying device 3 is a cleaning dust collecting device that collects contaminants in the air sucked to the ventilation hood 2 side, and the purifying device 3 deodorizes the odor in the air sucked to the ventilation hood 2 side. It also functions as a deodorizer.

The dust captured by the dust collector is collected in a predetermined cartridge (not shown) of the dust collector, and is removed from the dust collector by cleaning or replacement of this cartridge, whereby the dust collecting function is improved. It will recover again.

On the other hand, as a deodorizing device functioning in the purifying device 3, a device such as an adsorption method using activated carbon, a chemical solution absorption method, an ion exchange resin method, an ozone oxidation method, or a deodorization method in which these are appropriately combined is applied. be able to.

In this deodorizing device, the deodorizing function is restored again by washing or replacing a predetermined cartridge (not shown), like the dust collecting device.

Next, the ventilation hood 2 is provided with a second suction port 10 with a replaceable filter and a first air outlet 11A of the air curtain 4, and
The second air outlet 1 is provided on the front side of the upper surface of the cooking table 15.
1B is provided.

Contaminants in the space 5 caused by the cooking heat source 1 (for example, dust such as smoke, misty oil, moisture such as steam) caused by cooking by the cooking heat source 1, bad odor, etc. Is introduced into the space inside the ventilation hood 2 from the first suction port 7 through the duct 8 or directly from the second suction port 10 by the operation of the ventilation fan 9, and after being purified by the purifying device 3, the air curtain 4 The first air outlet 11A of the air curtain 4 flows downward, and the second air outlet 11B of the air curtain 4 flows upward.

If the outflow of air from the first air outlet 11A is insufficient for the function of the air curtain 4, the air flow between the purifying device 3 and the first and second air outlets 11A and 11B. Second on roads 12A and 12B
It is also possible to interpose a ventilation fan (not shown). In addition, the air first and second air outlets 11A and 11B
When the use of the cooking heat source 1 is hindered due to the outflow of air from the cooking cabinet 1, it is possible to provide the cooking table 15 with a shield plate 13 or the like for blocking the blowing of air to the cooking heat source 1.

Next, the kitchen ventilation equipment of this embodiment is
The cabinet 14 is provided above the ventilation hood 2, and the ventilation hood 2 is located as close to the cooking heat source 1 as possible, so that the ventilation hood 2 can perform a further air concentration function. The height H of the ventilation hood 2 from the kitchen floor is maintained so that cooking is not hindered.

According to the kitchen ventilation equipment of the present embodiment described above, contaminants and bad odors in the air generated by the cooking heat source 1 and the like are sucked into the ventilation hood 2 side and purified by the purification device 3 and cooked again. Since the front side near the heat source 1 for cooking and the front end side of the ventilation hood 2 are blocked by the air curtain 4, contaminants and bad odors in the air generated by the heat source 1 for cooking are surely leaked to the kitchen room 6 side. It is possible to significantly improve the kitchen environment because it is prevented.

Further, as described above, since the contaminants and malodors in the air are surely prevented from flowing out to the kitchen room 6 side, the contaminants and malodors sucked into the ventilation hood 2 side are rejected to the outside. It is possible to eliminate the need for the duct 8 to save space, save space, and shorten the construction period.
It is possible to reduce construction costs.

Further, in the kitchen ventilation equipment of the present invention, in particular, the air levitation force is utilized by causing the air in the air curtain 4 to flow upward at least from the front side in the vicinity of the cooking heat source 1. Moreover, since the air of the air curtain flows out from a portion closer to the cooking heat source 1, the efficiency of the air of the air curtain can be improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the air in the air curtain 4 is the air purified by the purifying device 3, the contaminated air can flow out from the air curtain 4. Since it does not exist, it is possible to reliably prevent the kitchen from being contaminated due to the outflow of air from the air curtain 4.

Further, since the side surface side near the cooking heat source 1 and the side end side of the ventilation hood 2 are cut off by the air curtain 4, for example, the side surface side near the cooking heat source 1 is Even when the air curtain 4 is open, the air curtain 4 can prevent contaminants and odors from flowing out from the side surface near the cooking heat source 1 to the kitchen room 6 side.

Further, since the suction port to the ventilation hood 2 is provided on the rear side near the cooking heat source 1, the suction port is provided on the rear side near the cooking heat source 1, Particularly, a pollutant having a relatively large specific gravity caused by the cooking heat source 1 or the like, that is, for example, dust having a relatively large specific gravity such as smoke generated by cooking by the cooking heat source 1, mist-like oil, steam Since water such as is properly sucked into the ventilation hood 2 side and is surely purified by the purifying device 3, it is possible to efficiently capture the pollutant having a relatively large specific gravity caused by the cooking heat source 1 or the like. You can

Furthermore, since the cleaning device 3 is a cleaning dust collector, the cleaning dust collector has an excellent dust collecting function, and scattering of the dust when it is taken out is prevented. The environment can be significantly improved.

Further, since the purifying device 3 also has a function as a deodorizing device for deodorizing the odor in the air sucked toward the ventilation hood 2, the deodorizing device pollutes the kitchen room 6 due to a bad odor. Can be reliably prevented.

Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the above-described embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Needless to say.

For example, although the kitchen ventilation equipment of the above-mentioned embodiment is applied to the kitchen unit, the kitchen ventilation equipment of the present invention is not limited to the application of such a kitchen unit.

Further, the kitchen ventilation equipment of this embodiment is
Although the structure is separate from the cooking table 15 provided with the cooking heat source 1, it is also possible to adopt a structure integrated with such a cooking table 15.

It is also possible to adopt a structure in which the first suction port 7 and the duct 8 are omitted.

Furthermore, the kitchen ventilation equipment of the present invention can be structured to include at least one of a sterilizer, an ion generator, and a static eliminator.

[0058]

The effects obtained by the typical ones of the inventions disclosed in this application will be briefly described as follows.
It is as follows.

(1) According to the kitchen ventilation equipment of the present invention described above, contaminants and bad odors in the air generated by the heat source for cooking are sucked into the ventilation hood side to be purified by the purifying device, and for cooking. By blocking the front side near the heat source and the front end side of the ventilation hood with the air curtain, it is possible to reliably prevent outflow of pollutants in the air and foul odors to the kitchen room side caused by the heat source for cooking, etc. It can significantly improve the kitchen environment.

(2) As described above, since contaminants and malodors in the air are surely prevented from flowing out to the kitchen room side, contaminants and malodors sucked into the ventilation hood are rejected to the outside. It is possible to eliminate the need for a duct, and as a result, it is possible to save space, shorten the construction period, and reduce the construction cost.

(3) In the kitchen ventilation equipment of the present invention, in particular, the levitation force of the air is utilized by causing the air in the air curtain to flow upward from at least the front side near the heat source for cooking. In addition, since the air of the air curtain flows out from a location closer to the heat source for cooking, the efficiency of the air of the air curtain can be improved.

(4) In the above case, if the air of the air curtain is the air purified by the purifying device, the contaminated air will not flow out of the air curtain. It is possible to reliably prevent the kitchen from being contaminated due to the outflow of air.

(5) In the above case, if the side surface side near the cooking heat source and the side end side of the ventilation hood are cut off by an air curtain, for example, the side surface side near the cooking heat source is opened. In such a case, the air curtain can prevent outflow of pollutants and offensive odors from the side surface near the cooking heat source to the kitchen room side.

(6) In the above case, if the suction port to the ventilation hood is provided on the rear side near the cooking heat source, the suction port is provided on the rear side near the cooking heat source. In particular, a pollutant having a relatively large specific gravity caused by the heat source for cooking, that is, dust having a relatively large specific gravity such as smoke generated by cooking by the heat source for cooking, or a foggy oil content. , Since water such as steam is properly sucked into the ventilation hood side and purified by the purifier, it is possible to efficiently capture pollutants having a relatively large specific gravity caused by the heat source for cooking. it can.

(7) In the above case, if the dust collecting device is a cleaning dust collecting device, an excellent dust collecting function is achieved by the washing dust collecting device, and scattering of the dust when it is taken out is prevented. Therefore, the environment of the kitchen can be significantly improved in this respect.

(8) In the above-mentioned case, if the purifying device is a deodorizing device for deodorizing the odor in the air sucked to the ventilation hood side, the deodorizing device ensures the contamination of the kitchen room due to the bad odor. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a partially cutaway view of a kitchen ventilation equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Heat Source for Cooking 2 Ventilation Hood 3 Purifier 4 Air Curtain 5 Space 6 Kitchen Room 7 First Suction Port 8 Duct 9 Ventilation Fan 10 Second Suction Port 11A Air First Blowout 11B Air Second Blowout 12A Air Flow 12B Air flow path 13 Shielding plate 14 Closet 15 Cooking table H Height

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A ventilation hood provided above a cooking heat source and a purifying device for purifying air sucked into the ventilation hood side, and at least a front side of the cooking heat source and the ventilation. A kitchen ventilation facility in which the front end side of the hood is shut off by an air curtain, wherein the air of the air curtain is at least discharged from the front side in the vicinity of the heat source for cooking toward the upper side. Ventilation equipment. 2. The ventilation equipment for a kitchen according to claim 1, wherein the air of the air curtain flows out from a front end side of the ventilation hood toward a lower side. 3. The ventilation equipment for a kitchen according to claim 1, wherein the air of the air curtain is air purified by the purification device. 4. The ventilation facility for kitchen according to claim 1, wherein a side surface side near the heat source for cooking and a side end side of the ventilation hood are blocked by an air curtain. 5. The ventilation facility for kitchen according to claim 1, wherein a suction port to the ventilation hood is provided on the rear side near the heat source for cooking. 6. The dust collecting device according to claim 1, wherein the purifying device is a dust collecting device that collects contaminants in the air sucked toward the ventilation hood side. Ventilation equipment for the kitchen. 7. The ventilation equipment for a kitchen according to claim 6, wherein the dust collector is a cleaning dust collector. 8. The deodorizing device for deodorizing the odor in the air sucked to the ventilation hood side, according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7. Ventilation equipment for kitchen. 9. A cooking table provided with the cooking heat source, which is integrated with the cooking table.
Ventilation equipment for kitchen according to 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8. 10. A sterilizer, an ion generator, and a static eliminator are provided at least one, The claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 characterized by the above-mentioned. Ventilation equipment for the kitchen.