Exhausting and cooling system for cooking utensil

Abstract

An exhausting and cooling system for a cooking utensil, which exhausts gas or smoke generated during a cooking process and cools a lower portion of a grill. The exhausting and cooling system for the cooking utensil, which has a main body provided with a grill unit mounted on the upper surface thereof, includes an exhaust channel and an exhaust fan for inhaling air around the grill unit and exhausting the air downwardly; and a cooling channel and a cooling fan for blowing external air to the lower portion of the grill unit to cool the lower portion of the grill unit.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2005-3393, filed Jan. 13, 2005, and Korean Patent Application No. 2005-8141, filed Jan. 28, 2005, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to an exhausting and cooling system for a cooking utensil, and more particularly, to an exhausting and cooling system for a cooking utensil, which exhausts gas or smoke generated during a cooking process and cools a lower portion of a grill. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] U.S. Pat. No. 5,619,982 discusses a cooking utensil having an exhausting device for exhausting gas, smoke, and food odors generated during a cooking process. [0006] The disclosed cooking utensil includes a main body provided with a general gas range at one side of the upper surface thereof...

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Benefits of technology

[0011] Therefore, one aspect of the invention is to provide an exhausting and cooling system for a cooking utensil, which simultaneously exhausts gas or odors generated during a cooking process and cools the lower portion of a grill.

[0012] Another aspect of the invention is to provide an exhausting and cooling system for a cooking utensil, which inhales and purifies gas or odors generated during a cooking process, exhausts purified air to an indoor space, and cools and dehumidifies the air exhausted to the indoor space, thereby maintaining the indoor environments in a fresh state.

Problems solved by technology

When food is cooked using the grill for the cooking utensil, waste or oil is dropped from the food onto a reflecting plate or a pan placed in the lower portion of the grill, and is burned because the reflecting plate or the pan is heated by a heater, thereby generating smoke or odors, thus inconveniencing users.

In this case, the water must be refilled or replaced with new water, thereby causing inconvenience to the users.

That is, in order to install the exhaust duct extended to the outside, a through hole must be formed through a wall of a building, in which the cooking utensil is installed, thus causing a difficulty in installing the cooking utensil.

However, this structure increases the temperature of indoor air due to heat of the exhausted air.

Further, although the exhausted air is purified by the filter, the filter filters out only oil components or waste, thereby being incapable of providing a satisfactory purification effect, thus causing the indoor air to be impure.

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