Patent ID: 6347626
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: F24C,F24F,Y10S

Abstract:
A ventilation system for use in a kitchen within a building having a ventilation funnel for removing fumes from the space above a cooking appliance in the kitchen, said cooking appliance having a kitchen hood disposed above it, the system comprising:suction means disposed at the ceiling of the kitchen near the location of the kitchen hood; an exhaust duct connecting the suction means and the ventilation funnel; an exhaust fan within said exhaust duct; means for capturing fumes, said fume capturing means disposed at the ceiling near said suction means at the opposite side of said suction means from the kitchen hood, said fume capturing means, drawing fumes from the cooking appliance to said suction means by jetting air to said suction means along the surface of the ceiling; and air supply means to provide air from the upper portion of the kitchen to said means for capturing fumes, said air supply means having a suction fan disposed therein.