Range hood

Claim 1

A KITCHEN RANGE HOOD COMPRISING ADJOINING REAR AND TOP PANELS FOR MOUNTING AGAINST THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL WALLS RESPECTIVELY OF A BUILDING STRUCTURE, MEANS DEFINING FIRST AND SECOND RECTANGULAR OPENINGS IN SAID REAR AND TOP PANELS RESPECTIVELY BEING SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL IN CONFIGURATION AND SIZE, SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPENINGS BOTH BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT THE JUNCTION OF SAID REAR AND TOP PANELS TO FORM A SINGLE APERTURE IN THE HOOD, A DAMPER ATTACHMENT FOR MOUNTING ON SAID REAR AND TOP PANELS IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID OPENINGS INCLUDING A FLAT COVERING PLATE HAVING A CONFIGURATION SIMILAR TO AND A SIZE LARGER THAN EITHER OF SAID OPENINGS, A RECTANGULAR FRAME SECURED TO ONE EDGE OF SAID PLATE AT RIGHT ANGLES THERETO AND HAVING AN OUTLET APERTURE THEREIN, SAID FRAME HAVING AN OUTER PERIPHERY SIMILAR IN CONFIGURATION TO AND LARGER IN SIZE THAN SAID OPENINGS, A DUCT SECURED TO SAID FRAME AND EXTENDING PERPENDICULARLY THEREFROM PARALLEL TO SAID COVERING PLATE IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID APERTURE, A RESILIENT FOAM DAMPER STRIP SECURED TO SAID DUCT AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID OUTLET APERTURE, A LIGHTWEIGHT DAMPER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID DUCT ON THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF SAID STRIP FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN AN OPEN POSITION WHEREIN SAID DAMPER IS SPACED FROM SAID STRIP AND A CLOSED POSITION WHEREIN THE PERIPHERY OF SAID DOOR ENGAGES SAID STRIP TO SEAL AGAINST AIR FLOW INTO THE HOOD, A FLAT ELONGATED BAFFLE ON SAID DAMPER ATTACHMENT EXTENDING FROM SAID DAMPER STRIP AND PARALLEL TO SAID COVERING PLATE AND TERMINATING IN A SUPPORT PANEL BETWEEN SAID PLATE AND SAID BAFFLE, SAID BAFFLE AND SAID PLATE BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID COVERING PLATE AND THE INNERMOST SURFACE OF SAID STRIP ALONG THE EDGE OF SAID OUTLET APERTURE NEAREST SAID JUNCTION FOR ELIMINATING TURBULENCE AT THE ENTRANCE TO SAID OUTLET APERTURE AND INSURING SMOOTH FLOW OUTWARDLY OF SAID HOOD, AND MEANS FOR SECURING SAID DAMPER ATTACHMENT TO SAID TOP AND REAR PANELS WITH SAID PLATE COVERING SAID FIRST OPENING AND SAID FRAME SURROUNDING SAID SECOND OPENING OR FOR ALTERNATIVELY SECURING SAID ATTACHMENT TO SAID PANELS WITH SAID PLATE COVERING SAID SECOND OPENING AND SAID FRAME SURROUNDING SAID FIRST OPENING THUS PROVIDING THE CAPABILITY OF EASILY ADAPTING THE HOOD TO EXHAUST THROUGH THE VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL WALL OF THE BUILDING STRUCTURE.