Abstract The breathing apparatus includes a breathing tube fitted at one end with a mouthpiece and at the other with a valve means having an opening that admits air when projecting above the surface of a body of water. The breathing apparatus is used by swimmers near the surface of the water when the swimmer''s head is under water. The valve means includes a housing with a compartment therein. The housing has closed sides, a top with a plurality of small openings therethrough and a bottom with a plurality of larger openings therethrough. The openings provide passages to and from the compartment. The housing also incluses a tubular means projecting through the bottom of the housing with an internal distal end spaced a short distance below the top of the compartment and an external projecting portion connected to the breathing apparatus tube.
A breathing tube apparatus means comprising; a housing with a compartment, said housing having side surfaces, a top surface, and a bottom surface, said top surface includes a plurality of openings having a diameter of 0.025 inches, plus 0.005 inches or minus 0.010 inches for allowing air to pass into and out of the compartment, said bottom includes a plurality of openings of substantially larger diameter than the diameter of said top openings for allowing water to pass into and out of the compartment, and a breathing tube connecting means having an open end projecting into the compartment, said open end being spaced from said top surface and above said bottom surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A breathing tube apparatus means comprising; a housing with a compartment, said housing having side surfaces, a top surface, and a bottom surface, said top surface includes a plurality of openings having a diameter of 0.025 inches, plus 0.005 inches or minus 0.010 inches for allowing air to pass into and out of the compartment, said bottom includes a plurality of openings of substantially larger diameter than the diameter of said top openings for allowing water to pass into and out of the compartment, and a breathing tube connecting means having an open end projecting into the compartment, said open end being spaced from said top surface and above said bottom surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A breathing tube apparatus means as set forth in claim 1 wherein, the top openings through the top have a smaller external perimimeter than the inner perimeter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A breathing tube apparatus means as set forth in claim 2 wherein, said openings are cone shaped with the smaller perimeter adjacent the external surface of said housing, and said distal internal end of said breathing tube connecting means is spaced a short distance from the inside surface of the top of the housing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A breathing tube apparatus means, as set forth in claim 3, including; a shield means connected to said compartment top, said bottom openings are cone-shaped with the smaller perimeter adjacent the external surface of said housing, said bottom openings are larger than said top openings, said top openings surround said shield means positioned over said inner distal end of said breathing tube connecting means.