Patent ID: 7445546

Claim:
A housing for an extractor hood, comprising: at least one ventilator container for containing therein a ventilator device operable to impart motion to steam and other gaseous fluid wherein the housing serves as a housing for at least part of said ventilator container and the housing is operable for receiving and guiding steam and other gaseous fluid to said ventilator container with said ventilator container being disposed at least partly in said housing and a portion of said ventilator container forming one section of an external wall of said housing; and two generally L-shaped side walls with each of said side walls having a bent region and an upper edge, said L-shaped side walls being removably attached to said one section of the external wall of said housing and spaced apart by a portion of said ventilator container and wherein said bent region of each said side wall forms a section of the top of said housing and is in engagement with at least one region of said ventilator container via a form-locking connection.