JPS6014029A - Range hood - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the flexing of grease filters and to enable washing at a range hood in a kitchen by a method wherein a plurality of divided grease filters are removably arranged at the suction port of a fan chamber. CONSTITUTION:Two grease filters 11a and 11b are removably arranged between the two opposed side plates 2 of the cabinet 1 of a main body at the inlet port 10 of a partition plate 5 with a supporting fitting 12, horizontal partition plate 13 and resilient supporting fitting 14 in such a way as they may be fallen forwardly. With this arrangement, the handle 15 at the lower ends of the grease filters 11a and 11b are pulled up in a direction indicated by an arrow and rotated as indicated in a dotted line, and then the grease filters 11a and 11b are removed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent flexing of grease filters and to make a simple cleaning of them at the sink.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a range hood that is installed, for example, above a range in a kitchen.

[Background of the invention]

In this range hood, attempts have been made to install a grease filter inside the main cabinet in order to collect oil smoke. This grease filter needs to be cleaned regularly as it gets contaminated with oil smoke. In the kitchen, it is best to use the sink to clean the grease filter. Furthermore, there is an extremely high risk that the grease filter will be damaged if its central portion is bent during cleaning.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and provide a range hood in which the grease filter can be easily washed in a sink without being bent.

[Summary of the invention]

The gist of the present invention is a microwave oven in which a fan device is housed in a fan chamber formed in a main body cabinet, and air discharged by the impeller of the fan device is guided from the fan chamber to a duct and exhausted outdoors. In the hood, a grease filter is detachably provided at the suction port of the fan chamber, and the grease filter is divided into a plurality of parts.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings. In the drawing, 1 is the main cabinet with two opposing side panels 2
It is composed of an upper plate 3 and a rear plate 4. The rear part of the main body cabinet 1 is partitioned by a partition plate 5, and the partition plate 5, the rear plate part 4, and the upper plate part 3 constitute a fan chamber 6. The upper plate 3 and the rear plate 4 are integrally formed by bending a steel plate. 7
A motor is fixed to the rear plate 4 with a mounting leg 8, and a turbo-type impeller 9 is fixed to its rotating shaft.

11a and llb are two grease filters provided between two opposing side plates 2 of the main cabinet 1;
It is detachably attached to a support metal fitting 12 provided on the partition plate 5 and an elastic support metal fitting 14 provided on the horizontal partition plate 13 and made of a leaf spring or the like so that the upper side thereof is tilted toward the front. To remove the grease filters 11a, llb, hook your finger on the handle 15 provided at the bottom end of the grease filters 11a, llb, pull up the grease filters 11a, llb in the direction of the arrow, and rotate them as shown by the two-dot chain line. It is especially easy to do. 16 is a front cover rotatably attached to the front end of the upper plate 3 by a hinge 17;
An operation box 18 is provided at the lower end of the front cover 16, and an auxiliary intake hole 19 is provided at the upper portion. Reference numeral 20 indicates a plurality of switches arranged in the operation box 18 for switching the rotation speed of the motor 7 between high, medium, and low speeds. When the front cover 16 is attached, the front cover 16 is placed in contact with the backing 21 provided at the front end of the horizontal partition plate 13 as shown in the figure, and in this state, the lower part of the horizontal partition plate 13 is the main intake part 22 and the upper part is The auxiliary intake chamber 23 is configured. This backing 21 includes a main intake chamber 22 and an auxiliary intake chamber 23.
This is to maintain airtightness between the two. 24 is the horizontal partition plate 13
This is a vent hole opened at the rear of the elastic support fitting 14.

25 is located in the rear part of the auxiliary intake chamber 23 and is connected to the horizontal partition plate 13.
Electrical parts such as transformers installed on top of the This transformer 25 when the range hood is turned on,
It is provided to open a gas cock (not shown) connected to a gas staple. 26 is side plate 2
The holes 27 for connecting ducts provided in the respective holes 27 are duct holes attached to the upper plate 3 and are also used to connect an exhaust duct (not shown). Reference numeral 28 denotes a recess provided over the entire width at the upper end of the rear plate 4, and the mounting bracket 29 of the main body is inserted into the recess 28 or protrudes slightly.
is provided over the entire width. This mounting bracket 29 is used to attach the range hood to the wall W by engaging with a bracket 30 fixed to the wall W to which the range hood is attached.

D indicates the depth of the depression 28. This recessed portion 28 is formed by integrally bending the rear plate 4 made of a steel plate, and is used to increase the strength of the main body and to mount the range hood as close to the wall W as possible. . Partition plate 5
The lower part of 4 is an inclined part 31 which slopes downward as it approaches 4
Then, the oil droplets dripping from the grease filters 11a and llb are transmitted from this sloped part 31 surface to the inner surface of the rear plate 4, and finally collect in the oil receiving sea 33 formed by the bent part 32 of the rear plate 4. do. Moreover, this inclined portion 31 is a turbo type impeller-9.
It also greatly contributes to improving the performance of fan devices composed of That is, the air discharged to the outer periphery of the impeller 9 disposed close to the suction port 10 is smoothly guided and exhausted to the rear of the fan chamber 6 by the inclined portion 31, so that the air is discharged from the impeller 9. This improves the performance of the fan device.

Reference numeral 34 is a cord holding groove formed by bending the outer periphery of the front cover 16, into which the cord 35 connecting the transformer 25 and the switch 20 is inserted and held. This cord 35 is particularly held along the upper retaining groove 36 and the side retaining groove 37, and the cord 35 is held in the auxiliary intake hole 1 through which oil dust passes.
This is to prevent the cord 35 from crossing the 9th section and to prevent the cord 35 from wobbling. , 38 is a felt pasted around the entire circumference of this holding groove 34, 39 is a cord pulled out from the transformer 25 and connected to external radio waves, 40 is a front panel of the operation box 18, and 4.1 is a front panel. The support rod 42 of the cover 16 indicates a cord holding metal fitting inserted into the cord protection cover 34. If the switch 20 is operated now to operate the motor 7, the oil smoke etc. from the gas range will rise and the main part of the range hood will rise. It reaches the vicinity of the intake chamber 22. The air containing oil smoke that has reached the vicinity of the main intake chamber 22 is sucked by the impeller 9 through the grease filters 11a and llb, and the oil smoke is collected by the grease filters 11a and llb, and clean air is produced. The air is exhausted by the impeller 9 from, for example, a duct attached to the duct hole 27.

- The air containing dilute oil smoke that leaves the air passage sucked into the oyster intake chamber 22 rises to the ceiling, and the air stagnant on the ceiling is sucked in through the auxiliary intake holes 19 and vented through the horizontal partition plate 13. The air passes through the port 24 and reaches the fan chamber 6, and is similarly exhausted to the outside by the impeller 9. This dilute oil smoke is so dilute that there is no problem even if it is directly exhausted without passing through the grease filters 11a and 11b.

After using the range hood for a certain period of time, remove the front cover 16.
Open it, remove the grease filter 118° 11b from the main cabinet 1, and put it in the kitchen sink. Grease filter 11a.

Since the container 11b has a two-plate structure instead of a single-piece structure, the overall size is small and it can be easily put into the sink, so it can be easily washed in the sink. Furthermore, a grease filter 11a.

11b has a two-piece configuration, which reduces the overall size and increases the strength. Therefore, the grease filters 11a, 11b have small bends in their central portions, and are hardly damaged during cleaning.

In the above embodiment, the grease filter 11a.

Although the configuration has been described in which the grease filter 11b is divided into two parts, it is also possible to divide the grease filters 11a and 11b into three or more parts.

As described above, according to the present invention, the grease filter
To obtain a range hood that does not bend and can be easily washed in a sink.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is an overall vertical cross-sectional view, FIG. 2 is a rear external view, FIG. 3 is a reverse view of the front cover, and FIG. 4 is an IV view of FIG. 3. -IV sectional view, and FIG. 5 is a developed view. 1...Cabinet, 2...Side plate, 3...Top plate,
4... Rear plate, 5... Partition plate, 6... Fan chamber, 1
1... Grease filter, 13... Horizontal partition plate, 1
6...Front cover, %3 figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A range 7-door in which a fan device is housed in a fan chamber formed in a main body cabinet, and air discharged by an impeller of the fan device is guided from the fan chamber to a duct and exhausted outside. A range 7-door characterized in that a grease filter is detachably provided at the suction port of the fan chamber, and the grease filter is divided into a plurality of pieces. 2. The range hood according to claim 1, wherein the grease filter is divided into two parts.