Fume hood with adjustable baffle assembly
AssigneeFisher Hamilton Scientific Inc.
InventorsMarshall K. Beck, John M. Bastian
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Abstract
A fume hood with an adjustable baffle system includes a housing with a chamber and a baffle system disposed in the chamber. The baffle system includes a plurality of baffle plates and a plurality of support brackets for releasably securing the baffle plates in substantially end-to-end relation in the chamber. The support brackets allow adjustment of at least one plate to vary the gap or distance between the plate and an adjacent plate.
Claims8
In a fume hood with a housing defining a chamber with a front opening, a baffle assembly disposed in the chamber, said baffle assembly comprising:
- a plurality of baffle plate members disposed in substantially end-to-end relation;
- and baffle support means fixedly secured to the housing for receiving bottom edge portions of the baffle plate members and supporting the baffle plate members in substantially upright positions, said support means including retaining means for releasably securing the top edge portion of one of the baffle plate members at a plurality of predetermined positions to vary the distance between that one baffle plate member and an adjacent plate member.
In a fume hood with a housing defining a chamber with a front opening, a baffle assembly disposed in the chamber, said baffle assembly comprising:
- a baffle plate member disposed in the chamber;
- first baffle support means fixedly secured to the housing for supporting the baffle plate member;
- and second baffle support means fixedly secured to the housing a predetermined distance from the first baffle support means for releasably securing an edge portion of the baffle plate member at a plurality of predetermined positions, said second baffle support means including at least one retaining bracket which defines a plurality of recesses for receiving the edge portion of the baffle plate member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.