Window sash breather device
AssigneeRollscreen Company
InventorTimothy B. Cox
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Abstract
A breather device for use in a vent hole of a double glazed window sash is provided and comprises an elongated hollow sleeve member extending into the vent hole and having opposite interior and exterior ends, and a plurality of resilient fingers extending axially from the exterior end of the sleeve member with each finger terminating in a radially inwardly extending tip portion. The fingers and tip portions of the device are closely spaced so as to inhibit entry of foreign matter into the sleeve and are resilient so as to deflect radially outwardly when a cleaning tool is inserted through the device for removing any foreign matter therein.
Claims13
In combination with a window sash including a sash frame and a pair of glazing panels mounted within said sash frame so as to define an insulating air space therebetween, said sash frame having a hole extending therethrough for venting said air space to ambient air and thereby minimizing condensation on said glazing panels, a breather device comprising:
- an elongated hollow sleeve member extending into said hole
- and having opposite interior and exterior ends;
- and a plurality of resilient fingers extending substantially
- axially from said exterior end of said sleeve member;
- said fingers are provided with tip portions which are closely spaced so as to inhibit entry of foreign matter into said sleeve and being resilient so as to deflect radially outwardly when a cleaning tool is inserted through said device for removing any foreign mattern therein.
A breather device for use in a vent hole comprising:
- an elongated hollow sleeve member adapted to extend into said hole and having opposite interior and exterior ends;
- and
- a plurality of resilient fingers extending axially from said exterior end of said member;
- said fingers are provided with tip portions which are closely spaced so as to inhibit entry of foreign matter into said sleeve and being resilient so as to deflect radially outwardly when a cleaning tool is inserted through said device for removing any foreign matter therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.