Apparatus for extracting smoke and grease elements from combustion gases

Abstract

Abstract SMOKE AND GREASE PARTICLE EXTRACTING APPARATUS PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN COMMERCIAL KITCHEN INSTALLATIONS AND IN THE VENTILATOR OR EXHAUST SYSTEM IN SUCH KITCHEN INSTALLATION. THE APPARATUS INCLUDES MEANS FOR COLLECTING AND RENDERING THE GREASE PARTICLES IN THICKENED SOLID FORM FOR READILY DISPOSING OF THE THICKENED GREASE IN WASTE OR FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. THE STRUCTURE INCLUDES A CLEANER UNIT HAVING A HOLLOW HOUSING HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET OPENING PERMITTING PASSAGE OF GREASE-PARTICLE-LADEN COMBUSTION GASES AND ELEMENTS TO PASS INTO AND OUT OF THE HOLLOW INTERIOR OF THE CLEANER UNIT. THE APPARATUS INCLUDES SELECTIVELY SHIFTABLE FILTER MEANS ARRANGED IN THE INTERIOR OF THE CLEANER UNIT AND SUCH FILTER MEANS WHICH MAY BE SELECTIVELY ARRANGED ACROSS THE INLET OR ACROSS THE OUTLET OPENING OF THE CLEANER HOUSING. WHEN THE FILTER IS ARRANGED OVER THE INLET OF THE CLEANER UNIT HOUSING, GREASE AND FOREIGN PARTICLES ARE FILTERED OUT OF THE COMBUSTION GASES AND CONSTRAINED IN THE FILTER. WHEN THE FILTER IS ARRANGED OVER THE OUTLET OPENING OF THE CLEANER UNIT HOUSING, HOT WATER OR HOT DETERGENT LIQUID PASSES THROUGH THE FILTER IN A REVERSE OR OPPOSITE DIRECTION THEREBY DISLODGING THE GREASE AND FOREIGN MATERIAL CONSTRAINED IN THE FILTER. WATER ISSUING FROM THE NOZZLES IN THE INTERIOR OF THE CLEANING UNIT PROVIDE FLUSHING MEANS FOR HEATING AND FLUSHING THE GREASE SUBSTANCES FROM THE FILTER MASS. PROVIDED ALSO IN THE APPARATUS IS A GREAS INTERCEPTING OR COLLECTING TANK FOR COLLECTING THE HOT WATER AND GREASE FOR SUBSEQUENT REUSE OR DISPOSAL.

Inventors

• 👤 James N Jones

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