Patent ID: 7273049
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A range hood for exhausting gases comprising: an outer hood body; a motor housing having top, bottom and perimeter surfaces defining an enclosure and having an air outlet and at least one opening defined in said bottom surface, said motor housing being mounted within said hood body; a motor and a fan mounted within said enclosure of said motor housing; a unitary tray having a perimeter side wall, a planar floor and a drainage hole, said perimeter side wall extending upwards from the outer perimeter of said floor, at least one air inlet opening being located in said perimeter side wall, said tray being releasably connected to and in abutment with said motor housing such that said planar floor is located below said opening in said bottom surface, said tray being sized to be at least as large as said opening in said bottom surface; and a bottom panel releasably connectable to said hood body.