Cooking exhaust systems having one or more airflow features
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJames Lee Armstrong, Michael A. Funk, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
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Abstract
Cooking exhaust systems for use with a cooktop appliance are provided herein. An exhaust system may include a casing, an image monitor, and an air handler. The casing may define an air inlet and an air outlet above the cooktop appliance. The image monitor may be supported on the casing. The air handler may be mounted within the casing in fluid communication between the air inlet and the air outlet to motivate an airflow therethrough. The air outlet may define an airflow curtain path extending outward from the casing in front of the image monitor.
Claims17
A system for motivating air adjacent to a cooktop appliance comprising a cooktop surface, the system defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the system comprising:
- a casing defining an air inlet and an air outlet above the cooktop appliance;
- an image monitor having an imaging surface on which an image is selectively displayed, the image monitor being supported on the casing above the air outlet;
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- an air handler mounted within the casing in fluid communication between the air inlet and the air outlet to motivate an airflow therethrough,
- wherein the air outlet defines an airflow curtain path for air exiting the casing, the airflow curtain path extending outward from the casing and forward along the transverse direction in front of the image monitor, and
- wherein the air inlet is defined through the casing above the air outlet, the air inlet being defined at a location behind the image monitor relative to the transverse direction.
A system for motivating air adjacent to a cooktop appliance comprising a cooktop surface, the system defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the system comprising:
- a casing defining an air inlet, a first air outlet, and a second air outlet above the cooktop appliance, the second air outlet being above the first air outlet;
- an image monitor supported on the casing above the first air outlet, the image monitor comprising an imaging surface on which an image is selectively displayed;
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- an air handler mounted within the casing in fluid communication between the air inlet and the first air outlet to motivate an airflow therethrough,
- wherein the first air outlet defines an airflow curtain path for air exiting the casing, the airflow curtain path extending outward from the casing and forward along the transverse direction in front of the image monitor,
- wherein the second air outlet defines a coolant airflow path extending from a position above the imaging surface and therealong,
- wherein the air inlet is defined through the casing above the air outlet, the air inlet being defined at a location behind the image monitor relative to the transverse direction, and
- wherein the air handler is positioned upstream from the first air outlet and the second air outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.