COOKTOP SYSTEM AND FUME EXTRACTION DEVICE FOR THE DOWNWARD EXTRACTION OF COOKING FUMES

1 . A cooktop system comprising:

a cooktop for heating food; and

a fume extraction device for the downward extraction of cooking fumes, the fume extraction device comprising:

at least one inflow opening for entering of the cooking fumes into the fume extraction device; and

at least one fan for suctioning the cooking fumes through the at least one inflow opening;

wherein a front installation height of the cooktop system in a horizontal region between a front edge and a geometric center of area of the cooktop system is at most 100 mm and an overall installation height of the cooktop system is at most 250 mm.

2 . The cooktop system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one fan has a fan propeller having a diameter of at most 150 mm.

3 . The cooktop system according to claim 1 , further comprising a flat region in which an installation height of the cooktop system is at most 75 mm, wherein the flat region, proceeding from the front edge, extends across at least 25% of an overall installation depth of the cooktop system.

4 . The cooktop system according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one odor filter which is disposed in a negative-pressure duct portion.

5 . The cooktop system according to claim 1 , further comprising at least a second fan to provide a plurality of fans wherein at least two of the fans have rotation axes that are oriented so as to be mutually oblique.

6 . The cooktop system according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one baffle element which for masking one side of an upper space lying upstream of the at least one inflow opening is adjacent to the at least one inflow opening and able to be repositioned along a vertical direction.

7 . The cooktop system according to claim 6 , wherein an upper side of the at least one baffle element in a restoring position is able to be disposed below or flush with the inflow opening adjacent to said baffle element.

8 . The cooktop system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one inflow opening has a cross-sectional area of at most 100 mm 2 .

9 . The cooktop system according to claim 1 , wherein said cooktop system is configured as an assembly unit.

10 . The cooktop system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one fan, when viewed in a plan view, is horizontally disposed completely behind a geometric centre of area of the cooktop system.

11 . (canceled)

12 . The cooktop system according to claim 1 , further comprising at least a second fan and a third fan.

13 . The cooktop system, in particular according to claim 1 , wherein the cooktop for heating food comprises

a food carrier for carrying food; and

at least one hob; and

the cooktop system further comprising:

a cooktop cover configured to be repositioned relative to the cooktop and which is configured to be disposed in an open position in which the at least one inflow opening and the at least one hob are non-covered; and is configured to be disposed in a closed position in which the at least one inflow opening and the at least one hob, when viewed in a plan view, are at least partially covered.

14 . The cooktop system according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one cooktop cover in the closed position air-tight closes the at least one inflow opening.

15 . The cooktop system according to claim 13 , wherein the cooktop cover comprises at least two cover members that are able to be repositioned in a mutually independent manner.

16 . The cooktop system according to claim 13 , wherein the cooktop cover is attached so as to be pivotable on the cooktop system.

17 . Fume extraction device for a cooktop system, the fume extraction device comprising:

at least one inflow opening for entry of cooking fumes into the fume extraction device; and

at least one fan for suctioning the cooking fumes through the at least one inflow opening.

18 . The cooktop system according to claim 13 , wherein the cooktop cover is attached so as to be pivotable on the cooktop.