Ventillation enclosure assembly
OwnerToomaj Amiriinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an enclosure for a hood assembly that can include four vertically extending wall assemblies that form four sides of the enclosure. The wall assemblies are configured to be placed under the hood assembly and they can be vertically extended from under the hood over a fume-producing kitchen device to provide an extended channel for guiding the fumes towards the exhaustion opening of the hood assembly.
Claims10
An enclosure configured to be mounted to a kitchen hood exterior, the enclosure comprising:
- four vertically extendable wall assemblies forming four sides of the enclosure, each of the wall assemblies comprise:
- a plurality of sub-panel assemblies slidably interconnected with each other, each of the sub-panel assemblies comprise:
- a panel;
- and
- two sliding track mechanisms mounted on either transverse side of the panel,
- wherein, each of the wall assemblies is vertically adjustable between a fully retracted position and a fully vertically extended position independent from the other wall assemblies.
A method for improving fume capture efficiency of a hood assembly, wherein the hood assembly is placed above a fume-producing device, the method comprising:
- providing four wall assemblies forming four sides of an enclosure, each of the wall assemblies is vertically extendable independent from the other wall assemblies;
- and
- mounting the enclosure under the hood assembly, wherein, the enclosure encloses an area under the hood assembly over the fume-producing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.