US 2022/0008969 A1 · FUME HOOD AIR CHANNELING DEVICE

Abstract

In one embodiment, a laboratory fume hood equipment air channeling system may include a platform having a plurality of vertical air channels therethrough, support legs configured to hold the platform above the countertop work surface of a laboratory fume hood, and an air chamber formed beneath the platform. The platform may include a lattice of interconnected horizontal slats forming a plurality of vertical air channels through the platform. The platform may have sidewall surfaces, an upper surface, and a lower surface. The support legs may be attached to the platform to hold the platform above the countertop work surface of the laboratory fume hood. The countertop work surface and the lower surface of the platform may form the air chamber beneath the platform. The air chamber may be in fluid communication with the vertical air channels increasing air flow through the vertical air channels and increasing air flow horizontally from front to back of the laboratory fume hood along the countertop work surface. The air chamber being in fluid communication with the vertical air channels increases the air flow around all sides of one or more laboratory equipment located on the upper surface of the platform. The sidewall surfaces, the upper surface, and the lower surface of the platform with the vertical air channels may together define a bulk volume of the platform, the bulk volume having void space defined by the vertical air channels. In one example, the bulk volume comprises at least 70% void space.

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Dependent claims

A laboratory fume hood air channeling system comprising:

a platform comprising:
a lattice of interconnected horizontal slats forming a plurality of vertical air channels through the platform;
an upper surface;
a lower surface;
and
support legs coupled to the platform, configured to hold the platform above a countertop work surface of the laboratory table fume hood,
wherein the platform fits within the laboratory table fume hood and extends side to side and front to back so as to be substantially coextensive with the countertop work surface of the laboratory table fume hood,
wherein the countertop work surface and the lower surface of the platform cooperatively define an air chamber beneath the platform and above the countertop work surface of the laboratory table fume hood,
wherein the air chamber is in fluid communication with the vertical air channels increasing the air flow through the vertical air channels and increasing air flow horizontally from front to back of the laboratory fume hood along the countertop work surface,
wherein the lattice of interconnected horizontal slats of the platform support one or more laboratory equipment on the upper surface of the platform, and
wherein the air chamber being in fluid communication with the vertical air channels increases the air flow around all sides of the one or more laboratory equipment located on the upper surface of the platform.

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