Exhaust hood with grease absorbing material on a roll
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1. A kitchen exhaust system, comprising:
- an exhaust hood and an exhaust duct;
an air mover associated with said exhaust hood and duct for establishing an air flow therethrough; and
a grease collector in flow communication with said hood and said duct, said grease collector including;
an elongated web of grease collecting material;
a dispenser holding an unused supply end of said material from which unused lengths of said material are selectively exposed to the air flow;
an actuator to move said material relative to said air flow; and
a receiver holding an end of said web and accepting used portions of said material previously exposed to the air flow.
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Abstract
A kitchen exhaust system includes a dispenser and a receiver, with a supply spool of grease absorbent material provided in the dispenser. In a process to replace the contaminated material, portions of the web can be selectively removed from the air flow path into the receiver while drawing uncontaminated portions of the web from the dispenser to the path of air flow.
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1. A kitchen exhaust system, comprising:
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an exhaust hood and an exhaust duct; an air mover associated with said exhaust hood and duct for establishing an air flow therethrough; and a grease collector in flow communication with said hood and said duct, said grease collector including; an elongated web of grease collecting material; a dispenser holding an unused supply end of said material from which unused lengths of said material are selectively exposed to the air flow; an actuator to move said material relative to said air flow; and a receiver holding an end of said web and accepting used portions of said material previously exposed to the air flow. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A process for replacing contaminated grease absorbent wool in a grease collector of a kitchen exhaust system, said process comprising steps of:
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dispensing a previously unused portion of a web of the wool by unrolling the previously unused portion from a spool, with the previously unused portion being contiguous with the contaminated wool being replaced; removing the contaminated portion of the web from an air flow path of the exhaust system; moving the previously unused portion dispensed from the spool into the airflow path by pulling the previously unused portion with the contaminated portion; and accumulating the removed contaminated web portion. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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