Range hood

A range hood installed at a position above a cooker in a kitchen to ventilate the kitchen, comprising:

• a hood body consisting of:
• a lower plate having a plurality of perforations for sucking air laden with oil, dust and odors from the kitchen into the hood body, with an inward locking flange foamed along a top edge of each sidewall of the lower plate;
• and
• two guide panels each having a locking part with a U-shaped cross-section and assembled with the lower plate by an engagement of their locking parts with the inward locking flanges of the lower plate;
• a filter installed inside said hood body;
• a plurality of supporters mounted to said guide panels to maintain the filter inside the hood body and preventing the filter from being undesirably removed from the hood body;
• a hood cover covering the top of the hood body;
• an exhaust duct extending from the top of said hood cover;
• a fan motor installed on the top of said exhaust duct;
• an exhaust fan installed inside the top of said exhaust duct and operated in conjunction with the fan motor to form a suction force inside the hood body;
• and
• a ventilation duct extending from the top of the exhaust duct to discharge air from the hood body to the atmosphere.