Patent ID: 8192537
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: A61L,B01D,B01J

Abstract:
1. An odor reducing apparatus for retaining emitted cooking vapors and reducing vapors from dissipating into the surroundings during cooking comprising: a removable heat resistant circular loop frame adapted to fully enclose an open top of a stove top pan under cooking conditions, a substrate of activated carbon cloth comprising a matrix of intertwined carbon filaments that is permanently attached to said heat resistant circular loop frame and extending over a whole area encompassed by said loop frame, heat resistant open mesh screening in said frame positioned on one side of said activated carbon cloth for protecting said substrate from cooking spatter emanating from said frying pan, whereby all of the one side of said substrate is protected against said cooking spatter, and a heat resistant handle, wherein said loop frame and said substrate of activated carbon cloth are adapted to cover said pan during use, wherein said activated carbon cloth captures particles in an upward moving gaseous plume comprising the cooking vapors that passes through said of activated carbon cloth, which is washable after use to remove said cooking splatter and particles, and wherein said heat resistant open mesh screening both supports said substrate of activated carbon cloth and functions as a spatter screen for said pan.