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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2013
Applicants:
Russell Robison, Yamhill, OR (US);
Kui-chiu Kwok, Gurnee, IL (US);
Bruce Lukens, Newberg, OR (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ITW Food Equipment Group LLC, Troy, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 15/2028 (2013.01); F24C 15/20 (2013.01); F24C 15/2042 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exhaust system includes a hood structure having one or more of (i) an exhaust flow infeed surface extending downward from a lower end of the filter unit that helps to feed the thermal plume toward the filter unit, (ii) a bypass flow transition surface extending upward from the upper end of the filter unit and then forward to aid bypass flow in circulating back toward the filter aperture and (iii) a front wall structure that includes a downwardly extending wall portion with a chamfered and/or curved transition portion at its lower end and a rearwardly extending wall portion.