Apparatus for cooking food

Inventors: Diego Bariviera (Fabriano AN, IT); Lorenzo Borgiani (Fabriano AN, IT); Fabrizio Crisà (Fabriano AN, IT)

Assignee: Elica S.p.A.

F24C15/2042 F24C15/2035

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Patent No.: US 12704266
App. No.: 18/275,432
Granted: Aug 11, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for cooking food comprising: an oven having a cavity and a door associated to a front surface of the cavity and configured to selectively provide access to the inside of the cavity; a hob defining an upper surface of the cooking apparatus comprising at least one heating element; at least one inlet opening provided in said upper surface; at least one outlet opening; a downdraft hood having at least one suction unit configured to suck cooking fumes through said at least one inlet opening and to eject them through said outlet opening; a duct system comprising a first path of cooking fumes such that the sucked fumes flow between the inlet opening and the outlet opening; a filter arranged in the first path of cooking fumes upstream of the suction unit to filter the sucked cooking fumes. A characteristic of the apparatus is that it comprises an extraction/insertion opening provided in said front surface of the cavity of said oven, said extraction/insertion opening being configured to extract/insert said filter, said extraction/insertion opening being accessible when said door allows access to the inside of the cavity of the oven.

Claims (21)

1 . An apparatus for cooking food comprising:

an oven having a cavity and a door associated to a front surface of the cavity and said door being configured to selectively provide access to the inside of the cavity of the oven;

a hob comprising at least one heating element, the hob defining an upper surface of the cooking apparatus;

at least one inlet opening provided in said upper surface of the hob;

at least one outlet opening;

a downdraft hood having at least one suction unit configured to suck cooking fumes through said at least one inlet opening and to eject them through said at least one outlet opening;

a duct system comprising a first path of cooking fumes such that the sucked fumes flow between the at least one inlet opening and the at least one outlet opening;

a filter unit for filtering the sucked cooking fumes, said filter unit being arranged in said first path of cooking fumes, said filter unit being arranged upstream of said suction unit; and

an extraction/insertion opening provided in said front surface of the cavity of said oven, said extraction/insertion opening being sized so as to extract/insert said filter unit, said extraction/insertion opening being accessible when said door allows access to the inside of the cavity of the oven.

2 . The apparatus for cooking food according to claim 1 , further comprising closing members associated to said extraction/insertion opening to tightly close said extraction/insertion opening.

3 . The apparatus for cooking food according to claim 1 , wherein said filter unit comprises a grease filter.

4 . The apparatus for cooking food according to claim 3 , wherein said filter unit comprises an odour filter, said odour filter being arranged downstream of said grease filter.

5 . The apparatus for cooking food according to claim 1 , comprising at least two inlet openings each of which is arranged near a respective perimeter edge of the hob.

6 . The apparatus for cooking food according to claim 2 , wherein said closing members are associated to said door of the oven.

7 . The apparatus for cooking food according to claim 2 , wherein the filter unit comprises a head end adapted to abut against the extraction/insertion opening to close it when the filter unit is inserted in the duct.

8 . The apparatus for cooking food according to claim 1 , comprising a suction chamber inside which the at least one suction unit is arranged.

9 . The apparatus for cooking food according to claim 5 , wherein said duct system comprises a second path of cooking fumes so that the sucked fumes flow between a respective inlet opening and said at least one outlet opening.

10 . The apparatus for cooking food according to claim 9 , wherein the second path of cooking fumes comprises a respective filter unit adapted to filter the cooking fumes flowing between the respective inlet opening and said at least one outlet opening.

11 . The apparatus for cooking food according to claim 9 , wherein the first and second path of cooking fumes are in fluid communication with a suction chamber upstream of said at least one suction unit.

12 . The apparatus for cooking food according to claim 10 , wherein said duct system comprises a third and fourth path of cooking fumes respectively in fluid communication with the first and second path of cooking fumes upstream of the respective filter unit.

13 . The apparatus for cooking food according to claim 8 , wherein the suction chamber comprises a bottom adapted to collect water/grease flowing through said at least one inlet opening.