Patent ID: 7963830

Claim:
A combination kitchen exhaust hood and dual air flow plenum for directing two separate air streams into an area adjacent to and outside of an exhaust hood within a kitchen, comprising: a. a housing including a surrounding sidewall structure and a top; b. a first air inlet formed in the top; c. a second air inlet formed in the top; d. a divider extending across the surrounding sidewall structure; e. wherein the divider and surrounding sidewall structure form two separate air chambers with each air chamber being communicatively open to one of the first or second inlets; f. each of the air chambers including two horizontally disposed perforated plates with one perforated plate being disposed over the other perforated plate such that each air chamber includes two vertically spaced perforated plates; g. an exhaust hood for exhausting air from an underlying stove, and wherein the exhaust hood and dual airflow plenum are disposed adjacent each other; and h. each of the air chambers having a generally horizontal outlet configured to discharge one of the air streams downwardly with respect to the exhaust hood and into an area exteriorly of the exhaust hood.