US 4,614,177 A · Multi feature range hood

Abstract

A range hood (2) mounted above a kitchen range (4) includes one or more storage shelves (6, 8) in the hood. An adjustable tilt-out front panel (22) is adaptable to include openable doors (24) for accessing the shelves, and is operated by a user between a position flush with adjacent cabinetry (20) or the like, and an extended position increasing the vapor collection area above the range. A gravity operated baffle (30) maintains integrity of the collection area liner by covering the additional collection area when the front panel is in the tilted-out position or any position inbetween. The housing (14) for the hood has an upper portion (16) and a lower depending portion (18) adjustably mounted to the upper portion to provide an adjustable overall vertical height. A hood mounting system provides built-in three dimensional adjustment and allows an installer to restrict adjustments to a single plane at a time for final fine tuning adjustment.

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Dependent claims

A range hood mounted above a kitchen range for collecting and exhausting cooking vapors comprising:

a housing;
a blower compartment in the lower portion of said housing, said blower compartment having associated ductwork for exhausting cooking vapors;
a plurality of storage shelves in said housing, a first of said shelves being the top of said blower compartment, a second of said shelves being disposed thereabove;
and
a tilt-out front panel hinged at the top of said housing to have an extended tilted-out position increasing the collection area above said range and having a pushed-in flush position, said front panel having openable doors for accessing said storage shelves.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Multi feature range hood

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Multi feature range hood

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Abstract

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