System and Method for Smart Operation of an Exhaust Hood Using a Protected Monitoring Device
AssigneeStreivor Air Systems, Inc.
InventorJeffrey S. Lambertson
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Abstract
A combination kitchen hood and electronic component enclosure is disclosed. The kitchen hood includes a recess into which kitchen effluents are drawn. The electronic component enclosure is operatively coupled to the kitchen hood and includes a container and a cover removably attachable to the container to seal the electronic component enclosure. The electronic component enclosure defines an interior. The cover is accessible from inside the recess. Upon removal of the cover from the container, the interior of the electronic component enclosure is exposed to the recess, and upon attachment of the cover to the container, the interior of the electronic component enclosure is sealed from the recess.
Claims20
A combination kitchen hood and electronic component enclosure, comprising:
- a kitchen hood including a recess into which kitchen effluents are drawn;
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- an electronic component enclosure operatively coupled to the kitchen hood, the electronic component enclosure including a container and a cover removably attachable to the container to seal the electronic component enclosure, the electronic component enclosure defining an interior;
- wherein the cover is accessible from inside the recess;
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- wherein upon removal of the cover from the container, the interior of the electronic component enclosure is exposed to the recess, wherein upon attachment of the cover to the container, the interior of the electronic component enclosure is sealed from the recess.
A method of accessing an electronic component within an electronic component enclosure operatively coupled with a kitchen hood, the method comprising:
- removing a filter from a kitchen hood to expose a plenum and an electronic component enclosure, the electronic component enclosure being accessible through the plenum, the electronic component enclosure including a container and a cover removably attachable to the container, the electronic component enclosure defining an interior;
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- removing the cover from the electronic component enclosure to expose the interior of the electronic component enclosure to the plenum by accessing the cover through the plenum.
A combination kitchen hood, electronic component enclosure, and damper device comprising:
- a kitchen hood having a recess into which kitchen effluents are drawn;
- a damper device operatively coupled to the kitchen hood and having a housing, the housing defining an interior, the damper device being in fluid communication with the kitchen hood;
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- an electronic component enclosure operatively coupled to the kitchen hood, the electronic component enclosure including a container and a cover removably attachable to the container to seal the electronic component enclosure, the electronic component enclosure defining an interior;
- wherein the cover is accessible from inside the recess;
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- wherein upon removal of the cover from the container, the interior of the electronic component enclosure is exposed to the recess, wherein upon attachment of the cover to the container, the interior of the electronic component enclosure is sealed from the recess.
A method of monitoring conditions within an exhaust hood using a protected monitoring device, the method comprising:
- drawing kitchen exhaust into a recess of a kitchen hood and past a probe,
- the probe extending out of an electronic component enclosure, the electronic component enclosure operatively coupled to the kitchen hood, the electronic component enclosure including a container and a cover removably attachable to the container to seal the electronic component enclosure, the electronic component enclosure defining an interior, wherein the cover is accessible from inside the recess, wherein upon removal of the cover from the container, the interior of the electronic component enclosure is exposed to the recess, wherein upon attachment of the cover to the container, the interior of the electronic component enclosure is sealed from the recess;
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- monitoring a property of the kitchen exhaust with at least in part a controller connected to the probe and disposed within the electronic component enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.