BE1031881B1 - Extractor unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an extractor unit (100) with a grease filter (120) and a collecting container (130) which is designed and arranged to collect grease (129) dripping from the grease filter (120).

Description

Description

Extractor unit

The invention relates to an extractor unit according to the main claim.

By tilting or vertically positioning the grease filters in extractor hoods or

Condensate often flows down the baffles of extractor units and can no longer be held in the grease filter. Due to the adjacent surfaces of the grease filter and

Attachments in and on the device, it can happen that the condensate on the

Condensate collection element runs past and can therefore drip onto the hob.

The approach presented here aims to create an improved extractor unit.

According to the invention, this object is achieved by an extractor unit with the features of

Main claim is solved. Advantageous embodiments and further developments of the invention emerge from the following subclaims.

The approach presented here creates an extractor unit with the following features: - a grease filter, and - a collecting container designed and arranged to collect grease dripping from the grease filter.

In this case, an extractor unit can be understood as a kitchen appliance that is capable of extracting cooking fumes or vapors and removing them from a cooking area. A grease filter can be understood as an element on which grease from grease or cooking fumes is precipitated and thus removed from the

Kitchen fumes can be removed. This can prevent or at least reduce excessive grease buildup, for example, on kitchen tiles. A collecting container, in this case, can be understood as an element in which grease can be caught and collected.

The approach proposed here is based on the finding that dripping grease can be prevented by providing a collecting container and positioning it relative to the grease filter in such a way that grease precipitating on the grease filter from cooking vapors can run down the grease filter and then drip into the collecting container. This advantageously prevents grease from dripping freely from the grease filter and thus, for example, from entering cookware into which no additional grease should be added. It can also prevent the grease from getting directly onto the hob or a hot area of the hob, which could pose a fire hazard and spread unpleasant odors.

Particularly advantageous is an embodiment of the approach in which the collecting container is arranged at a distance from the grease filter, so that grease can be

Drainage from the grease filter into the collection container. Such a distance area can, for example, be a gap through which the grease must drip when draining from the grease filter. Such an embodiment offers the advantage of providing this

distance range to define a clear direction of movement of the flowing fat.

This can, for example, prevent fat from spreading horizontally along a

Contact edge between the grease filter and the collection container can move or flow and thus reach areas where it should not reach.

Dripping fat can be guided particularly reliably if the distance area has a width of at least one third of the width of the grease filter, in particular a

Width of at least half the width of the grease filter. This ensures that the grease actually collects at the bottom of the grease filter and drips into the collection container.

According to a further embodiment of the approach proposed here, the

Collecting container have at least one wall which is substantially parallel to the

The wall of the collecting container can be aligned with the grease filter, for example, within a tolerance range of ten degrees. This design allows for a compact design of the extractor unit and also provides a visually appealing shape.

Kitchen appliance with high desired functionality.

It is also conceivable that, according to a special embodiment, the collecting container

Grease filter overlaps at least partially. This ensures that the grease dripping from the grease filter is safely collected.

Another advantageous embodiment of the approach proposed here is one in which the collecting container is designed as a collecting tray and/or extends substantially along a major part of one side of the grease filter. For example, the

The drip tray extends over an area of three-quarters of one side of the grease filter. This design offers the advantage of being able to work with a compact

The receiving element acts as a collecting container to collect grease that drips from the grease filter in as many places as possible.

Another possible embodiment of the approach proposed here is one in which the

Grease filter is designed to be aligned in the installed state of the extractor unit essentially at an acute angle to a wall of a room in which the

Extractor unit is mounted. Such a design offers the advantage of

Users of the hob the highest possible comfort through a large

To provide freedom of head movement. Additionally, the collection container, for example, is easy to remove and clean.

In particular, according to a particularly advantageous embodiment, the collecting container can be designed so that it can be removed from the extractor unit.

To facilitate such removal and cleaning of the collecting container, according to one embodiment the collecting container can have a handle to remove the collecting container from the extractor unit.

A particularly compact design has an extractor unit according to a

Design in which the grease filter is located opposite the collecting container in the

The extractor unit is recessed. This allows the drip tray to be positioned in the lower area of the extractor unit with minimal space requirements, ensuring reliable dripping of grease into the drip tray.

The grease filter and the collecting container, which can be removed or replaced from the extractor unit, for example, can be held particularly securely and stably if the grease filter and the collecting container are arranged in a common housing.

Although the approach described is based on a household appliance, the approach described here can be used accordingly in connection with a commercial or professional appliance, for example a commercial kitchen appliance.

An embodiment of the invention is shown purely schematically in the drawings and is described in more detail below. It shows

Figure 1 is a schematic exploded view of an extractor unit according to an embodiment of the approach presented here;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the extractor unit, now in the assembled or mounted state; and

Figure 3 is a sectional view through part of an embodiment of the

Extractor hood unit.

Figure 1 shows a schematic exploded view of an extractor unit 100 according to an embodiment of the approach presented here.

Extractor unit 100 comprises a housing 110, on which a grease filter 120 can be inserted in a front area, wherein this grease filter 120 has, for example, a filter unit 125 and a precipitation unit 127 arranged in front of it, which is designed, for example, in the form of a sieve. In this case, for example, a cooking steam 128 or a

The vapors first reach the precipitation unit 127, where, for example, at least a portion of the fat 129 contained in this cooking steam 128 precipitates and runs downwards. A collecting container 130 is positioned or arranged in the lower region of the housing 110, in which the fat 129 is then collected.

Collecting container 130 can, for example, be designed in the form of a collecting tray which extends substantially over the area of the lower side of the grease filter 120, but at least over an area of three-quarters of the lower side of the grease filter 120.

Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the extractor unit 100 from Fig. 1, now in the assembled or mounted state. It can be seen that the grease filter 120 is arranged slightly recessed with respect to the collecting container 130, thus providing a compact

Design of the extractor unit 100. Furthermore, it can be seen that the

Collecting container 130 has a handle 200, for example to facilitate removal and

To enable cleaning of this collecting container 130 from the extractor unit 100 by a user.

Figure 3 shows a sectional view through a part of an embodiment of the

Extractor unit 100. Here you can see that the collecting container 130 is in the lower

Area is arranged below the grease filter 120, so that the grease filter 120 is

Distance range 300 from an upper end 310 of the collecting container 130 is objected to.

At the same time, the collecting container 130 can also at least partially cover the grease filter 120

Overlap to reliably absorb the draining grease 129. This

Distance range 300, which for example is a gap between the grease filter 120 and the

Collecting container 130 should be large enough so that grease 129 flowing off the grease filter 120 can flow safely through this passage between the grease filter 120 and the

collecting container 130. Advantageously, such a distance between the grease filter 120 and the collecting container 130 can be at least

Third of the width or thickness of the grease filter 120, better at least half of this width or thickness of the grease filter 120. In this way, it is also possible to prevent the grease 129 from moving horizontally at the edge at the upper end 310 of the collecting container 130 and thus possibly reaching the lateral edge areas where it should not reach and in this case dripping onto the hob. Furthermore,

As can be seen from the illustration in Figure 3, at least one wall 320 of the collecting container 130 is aligned substantially parallel to the grease filter 120, thereby enabling a compact design and an aesthetic shape of the extractor unit 100. 5 The collecting container 130 can also be designed to be removable from the housing 110 or the extractor unit 100, for example, to enable cleaning.

Furthermore, it can be seen from the illustration in Figure 3 that the grease filter 120 in the

Essentially, it can be mounted in such a way that it is at an acute angle 330 to a

wall of the room in which the extractor unit 100 is installed.

This can improve headroom for a user of this extractor unit 100, so that the user does not have to worry about his head colliding with parts of this extractor unit 100 when operating a hob under the extractor unit 130.

Claims (10)

Patent claims 1. Extractor unit (100) with the following features: - a grease filter (120), and - a collecting container (130) which is designed and arranged to collect grease (129) dripping from the grease filter (120). 2. Extractor unit (100) according to claim 1, wherein the collecting container (130) is arranged at a distance from the grease filter (120) such that grease (129) drips into the collecting container (130) when flowing from the grease filter (120). 3. Extractor unit (100) according to claim 2, wherein the distance region has a width of at least one third of the width of the grease filter (120), in particular a width of at least half the width of the grease filter (120). 4. Extractor unit (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the collecting container (130) has at least one wall (320) which is aligned substantially parallel to the grease filter (120). 5. Extractor unit (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the collecting container (130) is designed as a collecting tray and/or extends substantially over a major part of one side of the grease filter (120). 6. Extractor unit (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the grease filter (120) is designed to be aligned, in the installed state of the extractor unit (100), substantially at an acute angle (330) to a wall of a room in which the extractor unit (100) is mounted. 7. Extractor unit (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the collecting container (130) is designed to be removable from the extractor unit (100). 8 Extractor unit (100) according to claim 7, wherein the collecting container (130) has a handle (200) for removing the collecting containers (130) from the extractor unit (100). 9. Extractor unit (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the grease filter (120) is arranged set back from the collecting container (130) in the extractor unit (100). 10. Extractor unit (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the grease filter (120) and the collecting container (130) are arranged in a common housing (110).