IP Library Granted Patent US 10,302,308
Granted Patent B2
US 10,302,308 · App. 15/456,583 · Granted May 28, 2019

Kitchen hood with hidden switch box

Inventor: Ta-Chun Peng (Taichung, TW)
F24C15/2021F24C15/20F24C15/2042
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,302,308
App. No.
15/456,583
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A kitchen hood includes a casing and a room is defined in the casing. A window is defined in the casing and communicates with the room. A switch box is positioned in the room by a positioning module. The switch box has a switch cover to which multiple switches are connected. An activation module is connected to inside of the room and the switch box. The activation module controls the switch cover to be exposed from the window or hidden in the window.

Claims (13)

1. A kitchen hood comprising:

a casing having a room defined therein, a window defined in the casing and communicating with the room, the window located at a light cover of the casing;

a switch box positioned in the room by a positioning module, the switch box having a switch cover, multiple membrane switches are connected to the switch cover, and

an activation module connected to inside of the room and detachably connected to the switch box, the activation module controlling the switch cover to be exposed from the window or hidden in the window.

2. The kitchen hood as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the window is located at a middle portion, a right side or a left side of the casing.

3. The kitchen hood as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the window is located at a middle portion, a right side or a left side of a bottom face of a front side of the casing.

4. The kitchen hood as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the activation module has features of self-locking and rebound.

5. The kitchen hood as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positioning module is a pivot unit, the switch box has one end thereof positioned in the room by the pivot unit, the switch box is controlled by the activation module and pivots back and forth an angle about the pivot unit so as to expose or hide the switch cover relative to the window.

6. The kitchen hood as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the activation module is located between a top of the switch box and an inner wall of the room, the activation module has features of self-locking and rebound, a spring is located between a rear side of the switch box and a rear wall of the room.

7. A kitchen hood comprising:

a casing having a room defined therein, a window defined in the casing and communicating with the room, the window located at a light cover of the casing;

a switch box positioned in the room by a positioning module, the switch box having a switch cover, multiple switches are connected to the switch cover, and

an activation module connected to inside of the room and detachably connected to the switch box, the activation module located between a top of the switch box and an inner wall of the room, the activation module having features of self-locking and rebound, a spring is located between a rear side of the switch box and a rear wall of the room, the activation module controlling the switch cover to be exposed from the window or hidden in the window.

Continuity (1)
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