Grease hood abatement system
View Patent ↗The grease hood abatement system includes a plurality of fogger nozzles, a plurality of supply lines, a pump, a container, and a control box. The plurality of fogger nozzles 00 may be coupled to a hood located over a cooking appliance. The control box may energize the pump to dispense a degreasing enzyme solution as a mist via the plurality of fogger nozzles and the plurality of supply lines. The plurality of fogger nozzles may be distributed over the hood such that nozzle apertures are located inside of the hood and the distance between the plurality of fogger nozzles provides maximum coverage of the mist onto interior surfaces of the hood. The degreasing enzyme solution deposited on the hood may inhibit grease from sticking to the hood.
1 . A grease hood abatement system comprising:
a plurality of fogger nozzles, a plurality of supply lines, a pump, a container, and a control box;
wherein the plurality of fogger nozzles are coupled to a hood located over a cooking appliance;
wherein the control box energizes the pump to dispense a degreasing enzyme solution as a mist via the plurality of fogger nozzles and the plurality of supply lines;
wherein the plurality of fogger nozzles are distributed over the hood such that nozzle apertures thereof are located inside of the hood in order to provide mist onto interior surfaces of the hood;
wherein the degreasing enzyme solution deposited on the hood inhibits grease from sticking to the hood.
2 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 1
wherein the plurality of fogger nozzles are coupled to the hood such that the nozzle apertures are located inside of the hood and the plurality of supply lines are coupled to the plurality of fogger nozzles on the outside of the hood.
3 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 2
wherein an individual fogger nozzle selected from the plurality of fogger nozzles dispenses the mist from the nozzle aperture upon being pressurized by the degreasing enzyme solution pumped through the plurality of supply lines.
4 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 3
wherein the individual fogger nozzle is coupled to the hood via a grommet.
5 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 3
wherein the plurality of supply lines provide the degreasing enzyme solution to all of the plurality of fogger nozzles;
wherein the plurality of supply lines are fluidly coupled to the pump via a feeder line.
6 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 5
wherein the pump moves the degreasing enzyme solution from a pump inlet to a pump outlet;
wherein the pump is electromechanical and comprises an internal motor that is energized by the application of a voltage to the pump.
7 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 6
wherein the pump moves the degreasing enzyme solution by applying rotary motion, reciprocating motion, linear motion, or any combination thereof to one or more gears, screws, pistons, shuttle blocks, vanes, diaphragms, plungers, chains, ropes, impellers, or any combination thereof.
8 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 6
wherein the pump is submerged within the container such that the pump inlet is in fluid contact with the degreasing enzyme solution.
9 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 8
wherein the pump outlet is coupled to the feeder line.
10 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 9
wherein the container is a storage reservoir for the degreasing enzyme solution;
wherein the degreasing enzyme solution is pumped out of the container by the pump such that the degreasing enzyme solution reaches the plurality of fogger nozzles via the feeder line and the plurality of supply lines.
11 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 10
wherein the container is refillable.
12 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 11
wherein the control box controls operation of the pump by energizing and de-energizing the pump.
13 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 12
wherein the control box comprises a plurality of operator controls and one or more operator indicators;
wherein the control box is adapted to accept input from a user via the plurality of operator controls and displays status information, error messages, instructions, or any combination thereof via the one or more operator indicators.
14 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 13
wherein the one or more operator indicators comprise a textual display which displays textual messages.
15 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 13
wherein the control box comprises a timer such that the control box energizes and de-energizes the pump for specific intervals, durations, schedules, or any combination thereof.
16 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 15
wherein the control box is adapted to energize and de-energize the pump in response to manual input by the user on the plurality of operator controls, energize the pump to run for an interval selected by the user, periodically energize and de-energize the pump during a pre-planned maintenance schedule, or any combination thereof.
17 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 16
wherein the grease hood abatement system is operable to suppress a fire.
18 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 17
wherein the pump is activated to dispense a non-flammable degreasing enzyme solution, water from a water supply line, or a combination thereof in order to douse the fire located on the cooking appliance and/or within the hood.
19 . The grease hood abatement system according to claim 18
wherein the pump is adapted to be energized to douse the fire responsive to manual intervention of the user, responsive to input to the control box from a heat sensor, or any combination thereof.