Respiratory Protection Device

A respiratory protection device comprising:

• a housing (1) defining a chamber within the housing, the chamber being open in a region which in use is adapted to be nearest to a user;
• a porous element (3) within the chamber the porous element being dimensioned to correspond to the shape of the chamber within the housing (1):
• and a communicating member (5) provided with a tubular element (35) provided with a portion (45) having gaps (47) through an annular wall (37) adapted to communicate with the porous element within the chamber, the portion (45) being positioned between curved edges (31) of the porous element (3), and the annular wall (37) applying pressure on the porous element (3) such that the curved edges (31) are urged towards the gaps (47) of the communicating member (5) so as to seal the porous element (3) to the portion (45) of the communicating member and to retain the curved edges (31) of the porous element (3) within the housing (1).