Patent ID: 6942650

Claim:
An apparatus for removing smoke, airborne particlulates, gases or like by-products of operating or commercial procedures producing such by-products, comprising: a plenum having a top wall, a bottom wall spaced apart from said top wall, a first side wall extending between said top and bottom walls and presenting an outer periphery of said plenum, and a second side wall extending between said top and bottom walls and presenting an inner periphery of said plenum, a structure defining a generally open facing adjacent to the inner periphery of said plenum, said walls defining an internal plenum chamber in fluid communication with said open facing; vacuum means operably coupled to said plenum for creating a reduced pressure within said plenum chamber, thereby drawing said by-products through said open facing; a support carried within said plenum chamber for maintaining said top and bottom walls in spaced apart relationship and distributing said reduced pressure along the open facing of said plenum whereby said by-products are drawn through said open facing from about said site; and a piece of fabric-like sheet material, said apparatus operably coupled to said piece of material.