Patent Application
20200011553
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The disclosure and prior art relates to tube devices and more particularly pertains to a new tube device for ventilating a building without opening windows or doors.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a first tube that is extended through an exterior wall in a building thereby facilitating air to pass through the exterior wall. A second tube is extended through the exterior wall of the building thereby facilitating air to pass through the exterior wall. The second tube insertably receives the first tube such that each of the first tube and the second tube ventilates the building.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A first flange 30 is coupled to the outer surface 22 of the first tube 12 and the first flange 30 is aligned with the second end 20 of the first tube 12. The first flange 30 abuts the exterior wall 14 when the first tube 12 is extended through the exterior wall 14. Caulk or the like may be applied to between the first flange 30 and the exterior wall 14 to form a fluid impermeable seal. A first cap 32 has a first wall 34 and perimeter wall 36 extending away therefrom and the perimeter wall 36 is continuous such that the first cap 32 has a disk shape. The first cap 32 is removably positioned on the second end 20 of the first tube 12 to close the second end 20. Thus, the first cap 32 inhibits air from passing through the first tube 12.
A second tube 38 is provided and the second tube 38 is extended through the exterior wall 14 of the building 16 thereby facilitating air to pass through the exterior wall 14. The second tube 38 has a first end 40, a second end 42, an outer surface 44 and an inner surface 46. The first end 40 of the second tube 38 is positioned in the air space 24 when the second tube 38 is extended through the exterior wall 14. Moreover, the first end 40 of the second tube 38 insertably receives the first end 16 of the first tube 12 and the inner surface 46 of the second tube 38 engages the outer surface 22 of the first tube 12. Each of the first 12 and second 38 tubes may be comprised of PVC or the like and each of the first 12 and second 38 tubes may be joined together with PVC glue or the like.
A second flange 48 is coupled to the outer surface 44 of the second tube 38 and the second flange 48 is aligned with the second end 42 of the second tube 38. The second flange 48 abuts the outside surface 28 of the exterior wall 14 when the second tube 38 is extended through the exterior wall 14. Caulk or the like may be applied between the second flange 48 and the exterior wall 14 to form a fluid impermeable seal. As shown in
A second cap 54 is provided and the second cap 54 has a first wall 56 and perimeter wall 58 extending away therefrom. The perimeter wall 58 of the second cap 54 is continuous such that the second cap 54 has a disk shape. The second cap 54 is removably positioned on the second end 42 of the second tube 38 to inhibit air from passing through the second tube 38. A screen 60 is positioned in the second tube 38 to inhibit objects and animals from entering the second tube 38. The screen 60 engages the inner surface 46 of the second tube 38 and the screen 60 is positioned closer to the second end 42 of the second tube 38 than the first end 40f the second tube 38.
In an alternative embodiment 62 as shown in
In use, a hole is cut through the inside surface 26 of the exterior wall 14 and the first tube 12 is extended through the hole. A hole is cut through the outside surface 28 of the exterior wall 14 and the hole in the outside surface 28 is aligned with the hole in the inside surface 26. The second tube 38 is extended through the hole in the outside surface 28 and the first end 40 of the second tube 38 insertably receives the second end 18 of the first tube 12. Thus, the building 16 may be ventilated without opening windows and doors thereby enhancing security of the building 16. Moreover, a plurality of the first 12 and second 38 tubes may be distributed around the building 16 to facilitate cross ventilation in the building 16.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
