Abstract: A pipe-shaped ventilating device having a collar for mounting in a plastic foil or a similar flexible material, e.g. a water-tight foil placed on the rafters of a roof construction in order to provide for circulation from the air space under the foil, is formed to be mounted by a spiral movement around the edge of an opening shaped in the foil. The collar is provided with an upper wall and a lower wall, of which the latter is provided with a slit obliquely directed towards the pipe.

Abstract: A grease filter assembly is provided for absorbing airborne grease discharged from a grease discharge vent extending from a roof. A support frame is mountable to the duct of the grease discharge vent and grease absorbing pads are supportable upon the support frame in stationary position surrounding the discharge vent and in spaced relation from the roof. The support frame includes support rods mounted adjacent respective sides of the discharge vent duct and extending beyond their respective duct sides to overlap at the corners of the duct and thereby provide a supporting grid including the end portions of each of two rods extending from adjacent walls of the duct. A plurality of grease absorbing pads are supported on the supporting grid disposed adjacent respective sides of the duct. The pads being of sufficient length to extend beyond the duct sides on both ends so that pads disposed at adjacent sides of the duct overlap one another at the corners of the duct.

Abstract: A skylight (10) having a roof portion (12) with a plurality of ventilating tabs (61) and a plurality of non-ventilating tabs (62) disposed substantially parallel to and spaced above a roof (31) of a building. The ratio of ventilating tabs (61) to non-ventilating tabs (62) can be altered to alter the flow of air through the skylight. The disposition of the ventilating tabs (61) assists the draw of air through the skylight (10) and inhibits ingress of debris and water.

Abstract: A passive roof vent is provided with a planar upper surface which includes channels on the sides and bottom of the panel to hold shingles. The side channels are stepped to permit two layers of shingles to be inserted over the top surface and provide a shingled appearance. This provides an aesthetically appealing roof vent which has an upper surface which blends in with a shingled roof.

Abstract: A vented building includes a structure with a roof, the roof including a sloping support surface having an opening therein and roofing materials on the support surface. A housing with peripheral walls surrounded by and connected to a flashing is mounted on and in alignment with the opening in the support surface such that the flashing is supported by the support surface and covered by roofing material. At least one opening in the housing is spaced above the flashing, and a gasket is located within the housing and sealing the inside of the housing. A pipe extends from within the structure to the gasket with the gasket sealingly receiving the pipe. Thus, the pipe is provided with a vent through the opening in the housing to vent the pipe to the exterior of the building through the building's roof while preventing the ingress of precipitation to the interior of the building.

Abstract: A ridge vent for covering the opening at the peak of a roof. The ridge vent is composed of a first panel portion joined to a second panel portion to form a generally inverted V-shaped web portion which fits over the peak of the roof. The web portion has an interior surface on which a plurality of V-shaped baffles are disposed to support the vent on the roof. The baffles are disposed in an overlapping pattern to resist rain and snow from entering the building. The ridge vent also has ventilation ribs with openings therebetween the ribs extending downwardly from each side of the web portion to allow passage of air into and out of the openings. An angled flange is provided at either side of the ridge vent to deflect air upwardly and over the roof and to create negative air pressure. Alignment tabs and flaps are provided to connect contiguous vent panels together along a roof peak. Nail holes are provided for securing the vent panels to the roof.

Abstract: A cap which can be attached to a roof vent pipe to form a closure for the roof vent pipe after the usual ventilating device attached to the roof vent pipe has been removed thereby trapping hot air in the attic area of a home or other building. The roof vent cap is of one-piece unitary construction secured in place by anchoring screws which may be the same screws that secure the roof ventilator in place with the cap including three depending cylindrical flanges of different lengths which can be mounted on different diameter roof vent pipes thereby rendering the cap universal in use. The variation in length enables access to anchor screws on each of the flanges.

Abstract: A method for making seamless tilted vent comprises the spinning of a mold and a metal sheet to form a tubular member and a flat angular shackle continuously extending from and around the tubular member. The mold is made of a cylindrical member and a flat collar surrounding the cylindrical member at one end. The collar is agularly disposed relative to the cylindrical member and the metal sheet is tightened in abutting relationship against the other end of the cylindrical member. The spinning takes place about an axis corresponding to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical member. The chasing operation of the metal against the cylindrical member is made until the metal sheet reaches the intersection of the cylindrical member with the collar to form a tubular member. The speed of the mold and of the tubular member is then set between a maximum speed not exceeding 400 RPM and short intervals of speed substantially reduced from said maximum speed.

Abstract: There is provided in combination with a building roof over an air space requiring forced ventilation of solar energy heated air from the space through a vent hole in the roof, an electrically operated exhaust fan mounted in air exhausting relation on the roof and over the vent hole, and a solar panel for supplying electrical power to a fan driving motor when exposed to solar rays. Air exhaust passage through the device includes a backwash turbulence preventing ring-shape plate extending between a supporting ring body which is of smaller diameter than an exhaust air directing hood on which the solar panel is mounted, and a ring channel member supporting the exhaust fan in a manner to draw the exhaust air through the ring channel into the hood.