Fume hood having V-shaped baffle
AssigneeLincoln Global, Inc.
InventorDouglas Wright
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Abstract
An elongated, cantilever baffle for a fume hood is provided. The baffle has a V-shaped bottom, including a right bottom portion and a left bottom portion that form a substantially horizontal edge. The baffle also has a substantially vertical left wall and a substantially vertical right wall. The substantially vertical left wall has a top edge and a bottom connected to the left bottom portion of the V-shaped bottom. The substantially vertical right wall has a top edge and a bottom connected to the right bottom portion of the V-shaped bottom.
Claims15
A fume hood configured to be connected to a work station having a plurality of walls, the fume hood comprising:
- a ceiling;
- a plurality of sidewalls, including a rear wall having an aperture disposed therein;
- and
- a baffle having:
- a pair of substantially vertical upper walls, including an upper right wall having a top edge and an upper left wall having a top edge that is substantially coplanar with the top edge of the upper right wall, and
- a V-shaped bottom, including a right bottom portion connected to the upper right wall and a left bottom portion connected to the upper left wall,
- wherein the baffle is connected to the rear wall and positioned such that the aperture of the rear wall is disposed between the right sidewall and the left sidewall of the baffle, and
- wherein the baffle is positioned such that a gap is formed between the ceiling and the top edges of the upper right wall and upper left wall of the baffle.
A fume hood configured to be connected to a work station having a plurality of walls, the fume hood:
- a ceiling;
- and
- a sidewall having an aperture disposed therein;
- and
- a baffle comprising:
- a V-shaped bottom, including a right bottom portion and a left bottom portion that form a substantially horizontal edge;
- a substantially vertical left wall having a top edge and a bottom connected to the left bottom portion of the V-shaped bottom;
- and
- a substantially vertical right wall having a top edge and a bottom connected to the right bottom portion of the V-shaped bottom,
- wherein the V-shaped bottom, the substantially vertical left wall, and the substantially vertical right wall form a substantially vertical back edge, and
- wherein the top edge of the left wall and the top edge of the right wall slope downward from the back edge of the baffle towards a front end of the baffle;
- and
- wherein the baffle is positioned such that the aperture of the sidewall of the fume hood is located interior of the substantially vertical back edge of the baffle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.