A ventilation hood includes a main frame which faces an appliance accessible from a front of the appliance, the main frame defining a through-hole passing through the main frame, a motor module on the main frame and configured to suck in air through the through-hole, the motor module including a duct, a motor having an axis, and an exhaust fan driven by the motor and defining a blowing direction perpendicular to the axis of the motor, and a controller configured to control operation of the ventilation hood and a rotation velocity of the exhaust fan. The axis of the motor is in a direction from the front of the appliance to a rear of the appliance which is opposite to the front. The controller is on the main frame and at a front of the duct which corresponds to the front of the appliance.

An oven appliance includes a two or more cooking chambers positioned within a cabinet and a heating assembly for independently and selectively heating those chambers. A controller is configured to obtain a cooking time for each cooking chamber, determine preheat statuses for each chamber, and generate adjusted cooking times for each chamber based at least in part on their respective preheat statuses. The heating assembly then heats each cooking chamber for its adjusted cooking time such that the heating processes in all cooking chambers end simultaneously.

A kitchen hood has a first housing and a second housing that slides into and out of the first housing to adjust a length of the kitchen hood. The first housing has a fan to suction air, an outlet, and an air quality sensor assembly to continuously detect air quality in a kitchen. The second housing has an inlet and suction grill through which air is suctioned, a steam cleaning assembly to automatically steam clean an interior of the kitchen hood, and a height sensing assembly to sense a height of cookware seated on a cooktop surface below the second housing. The kitchen hood may be lengthened or shortened based on the sensed height of the cookware, and a speed of the fan and the height of the kitchen hood may be automatically adjusted based on detections by the air quality sensor assembly.

The present disclosure describes a distributed kitchen ventilation system comprising a master module and a plurality of assistant modules to be installed in respective openings in a wall, each module including a removable panel and a fan. Each of the removable panels are disposed within an inner perimeter of the respective openings such that at least one airflow gap is formed between an outer perimeter of the panel and the inner perimeter of the opening and the fan is in fluid communication with the opening in the wall. The removable panels comprise a planar expanse and a raised lip around the outer perimeter, such that each panel is configured to have one or more wall covering materials secured thereon. The master module may include a user interface for operating some or all of the modules.

A combination lifting mechanism for an appliance, and a cooking range ventilating hood. The lifting mechanism lifts the appliance within the open bottom portion of the hood and lowers the appliance for user access into the appliance. The lifting mechanism includes a support plate for the appliance and a lifting belt attached to the support plate. A motor wraps or unwraps a lifting belt onto a spool to either raise or lower the support plate. An isolation chamber is located in the open lower portion of the hood and is sized and configured to receive the appliance therein to protect the appliance from cooking gas and grease when the range below is used during cooking.

A non-contact gesture control module based on the principle of infrared reflection, contains a sensing area composed of a plurality of infrared transmitting tubes and a plurality of infrared receiving tubes, the infrared transmitting tubes and the infrared receiving tubes being alternately arranged in an extending direction. A control circuit controls the switching on and off of the individual infrared transmitting tubes and the individual infrared receiving tubes. A signal processor is provided for receiving and processing signals generated by the plurality of infrared receiving tubes and determining a coordinate position of an object in the extending direction above the sensing area. The gesture control module performs precise non-contact control and fine adjustment of gears and thus stepless speed regulation of a household appliance.

A device including a sensor is disclosed. In one embodiment, the sensor includes a thermal infrared sensor or a sensor based on CMOS-SOI-MEMS technology (also referred to as “TMOS”). The sensor is capable of performing at least two functions at the same time. The first is remote temperature measurement and the second is presence detection. The sensor passively collects infrared information and a microprocessor coupled to the sensor determines the temperature as well as presence.

Various embodiments provide a slim range hood, including: a box body having an internal circulation air outlet; and a fan assembly arranged in the box body and including a volute and an air guide cover. The volute includes an air inlet part and a first air outlet part connected to an air outlet of the air inlet part. The air guide cover is detachably mounted at an air outlet of the first air outlet part and is configured to guide an air flow sucked in by the fan assembly to the internal circulation air outlet. With the slim range hood, a design of matching the volute with different air guide covers is realized by mounting the detachable air guide cover at the first air outlet part, different product structure sizes and air outlets of different sizes are satisfied, and different types of products have the same core component.

A range hood includes a body having a space formed therein, and multiple grooves are formed in the inside of the space. The body includes an opening in the underside thereof. The opening communicates with the space. A case includes multiple rails which are slidably located in the grooves. A frame is located in the space and includes a blower. A driving unit is located in the space and connected to the case so as to lift and lower the case by moving the rails along the grooves.

An exhaust canopy comprising: a stationary portion adapted for mounting on a stationary object, above cooking equipment; an exhaust portion for removing or filtering cooking effluent or fluids, the exhaust portion being adjustably connected, directly or indirectly, with the stationary portion or the stationary object; and an adjustment mechanism for moving the exhaust portion with respect to the stationary portion or the stationary object; wherein the exhaust canopy is adjustable between a first configuration in which the exhaust portion is raised, retracted or withdrawn and a second configuration in which the exhaust portion is lowered, protracted, or extended.