Patent ID: 9239169
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B08B,F24C

Claim Text:
1. An exhaust apparatus for conveying fumes from a cooking apparatus, the exhaust apparatus comprising: an exhaust hood having a recess defined at least in part by a forward edge and a baffle, the baffle having a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, a bottom edge, a top edge, and opposing side edges, the forward edge being disposed proximal to the top edge of said baffle, said baffle being angled such that the top edge of said baffle is farther from the cooking apparatus than the bottom edge of said baffle, an inlet slot to a chamber of the exhaust hood extending in a horizontal direction, the chamber being disposed at the second side of the baffle, the inlet slot being defined by the baffle and the forward edge, a first edge of the inlet slot being defined by the top edge of the baffle, an opposite edge of the inlet slot in the horizontal direction being defined by a portion of the forward edge, the inlet slot being configured to convey fumes to an exhaust system by way of the chamber, the exhaust hood having at least one grease filter disposed such that fumes on the first side of said baffle flow through the inlet slot to the chamber at the second side of the baffle and then into the at least one grease filter, wherein said baffle is curved along at least a portion thereof, the baffle has an uninterrupted continuous surface extending from the bottom edge to the top edge whereby exhaust is drawn exclusively through said inlet slot, the forward edge extends in a vertical direction below the top edge of the baffle such that the inlet slot is positioned entirely above a lower edge of the forward edge so as to create a buffering effect at the front of the exhaust hood, the chamber is formed between a top of the exhaust hood and the baffle, and a portion of the chamber between the top of the exhaust hood and the top edge of the baffle in the vertical direction is entirely above the lower edge of the forward edge.