Patent 10126000 was granted and assigned to Broan-Nutone Llc on November, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A downdraft ventilation system includes a vertically movable chimney with two ventilation inlets and a baffle arranged within the chimney between the inlets. The combination of upper and lower ventilation inlets and internal baffle can function to increase the amount of cooking emission captured and exhausted by the downdraft system.