JP2001182248A - Rain gutter support tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To operate a lock lever from under a rain gutter support tool to safely and easily position a rain gutter support tool body. SOLUTION: This rain gutter support tool A comprises the gutter support tool body 2 slidably connected to a mounting beam 1 and a vertically rotating lock lever 3 for pressing and fixing the gutter support tool body 2 onto the mounting beam 1. The lock lever 3 is provided under the rain gutter support tool A.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gutter support mounted near an eave such as a building, and more particularly, a gutter support main body slidably connected to a mounting rod fixed to an eave or the like. The present invention relates to a gutter support which can be fixed at a desired position by a lock lever rotating in a direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a side sectional view showing a conventional gutter support.

The gutter support 100 includes a gutter support main body 102 slidably connected to a mounting rod 101, and the gutter support main body 102 and the mounting rod 1 above the rain gutter support 100.
There is provided a lock lever 103 which rotates in the longitudinal direction for pressing and fixing the 01.

A shaft hole 111 is formed in front of the mounting rod 101, and the shaft hole 1 is formed in the gutter support body 102.
A long hole 112 that overlaps with 11 is opened in the longitudinal direction.

[0005] The seat 1 which does not penetrate the elongated hole 112
04 is provided at the lower end, and a shaft 105 having a lower end fixed to the receiving seat 104 is attached to the elongate hole 11 of the gutter support main body 102 from below.
2 and through the shaft hole 111 of the mounting rod 101, this shaft 10
The lock lever 10 which rotates in the vertical direction is provided at the upper end of the lock lever 10.
One end of 3 is pivoted.

When the lock lever 103 is rotated in the vertical direction as shown in FIG.
03 of the rotating substrate 103a is
1 by rotating vertically on the upper surface of the shaft 10.
5 is raised or lowered.

Therefore, if the lock lever 103 is rotated to one side and the shaft 105 is pulled down,
01 and the gutter support main body 102 can be slid in the range of the elongated hole 112 without being pressed against each other.

After adjusting the length of the gutter support main body 102, when the lock lever 103 is rotated longitudinally toward the other side, the shaft 105 is pulled up and the shaft 10 is lifted.
5 The seat 104 at the lower end is also pulled up.

Since the seat 104 does not pass through the elongated hole 112, the seat 104 is joined to the gutter support body 102 and lifted upward.

Therefore, the gutter support main body 102 is pressed and fixed to the mounting rod 101 and can regulate its sliding.

[0011]

FIG. 7 is a schematic side view showing a state of attachment of a conventional gutter support. Conventionally, the lock lever 103 is provided above the gutter support 100.

However, an eave roof is located near the location where the rain gutter support 100 is installed, and the space for rotating the lock lever 103 in the vertical direction is narrow.
There was a problem that the lock operation was difficult.

Moreover, the gutter support 100 is often mounted at a high place such as an eaves, and it is dangerous if workability is poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and to enable operation of a lock lever from below a rain gutter support to safely and easily position a gutter support main body. Can be.

[0015]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rain gutter support, wherein the gutter support is slidably connected to a mounting rod, and the gutter support is pressed against the mounting rod. In a rain gutter support provided with a lock lever that rotates in the vertical direction for fixing, the lock lever is provided below the rain gutter support.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the lock lever that rotates vertically is provided below the rain gutter support, even if there is no space above the rain gutter support, the operation of vertical rotation of the lock lever from below can be performed. The gutter support can be easily positioned.

Further, since the lock lever can be operated to rotate vertically from below, workability can be improved and safety is ensured. Claim 2
In the rain gutter support according to the first aspect, the lock lever is pivotally supported by a shaft portion provided on a pair of support pieces formed downward from both front sides of the mounting rod.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the lock lever can be vertically rotated by pivotally supporting a shaft portion provided on a pair of support pieces provided from both front sides of the mounting rod.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the rain gutter support according to any one of the first and second aspects, the upper surface or the lower surface of the gutter support main body is formed in a saw blade shape and meshes with the saw blade. The gutter support body is pressed and fixed to a mounting rod via a receiving plate provided with a claw portion.

According to the third aspect, the claw portion of the receiving plate is meshed with the upper surface or the lower surface of the gutter support body formed in a saw blade shape, so that the press-contact fixing is strengthened.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the rain gutter support according to any one of the first and second aspects, the upper surface of the gutter support main body is formed in a saw blade shape, and a claw portion meshing with the saw blade is formed. It is formed in front of the mounting rod.

According to the fourth aspect, the claw portion formed in front of the mounting rod and the upper surface portion of the gutter support body formed in the shape of a saw blade are engaged with each other, so that the pressure contact fixing is strengthened.

The gutter support according to the fifth aspect is the first aspect of the invention.
In any of 4, the lock lever has a handle piece protruding outside the lever portion.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the handle is projected outside the lever portion of the lock lever, the lock lever can be operated by vertically rotating the lock lever with the handle.

[0025]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A gutter support A according to the present invention will be described below.
Will be described based on the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a gutter support A according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a gutter support according to the present invention. 1 in the figure
Denotes a mounting rod, 2 denotes a gutter support body, and 3 denotes a lock lever which rotates vertically. Each member will be described in detail below. The mounting rod 1 has a foot rod 12 extending forward from a center of an upper end of a mounting foot plate 11 fixed to an eaves or the like of a building. Is formed.

The connecting piece 13 forms a pair of supporting pieces 14, 14 from both sides downward.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, a band plate, which is a member separate from the mounting rod 1, is formed into a U-shaped section, and this is attached to the mounting foot plate 11 of the mounting rod 1.
As shown in the figure, the support pieces 14, 14 are fixed by welding, screwing, or the like, but simultaneously with the production of the mounting rod 1, both sides of the connection piece 13 are bent downward and The support pieces 14, 14 may be integrally formed.

The pair of support pieces 1 thus formed
Shaft holes 14a, 14a are opened at positions opposed to each other.

The gutter support body 2 has a front gutter hooking portion 22 for hanging and supporting a gutter T as shown in the drawing at the front and rear ends of a long plate-like slide plate body 21 slidable with the connecting rod 1. And a rear gutter hooking portion 23 is formed. The front gutter hanging portion 22 and the rear gutter hanging portion 23 are not limited to those in the illustrated example,
Various types conventionally used can be adopted.
The lower surface portion 21a of the slide plate body 21 is formed in a saw blade shape.

Here, the lower surface portion 21a of the slide plate body 21 formed of a metal plate such as stainless steel is formed in a saw blade shape, but the entire gutter support body 2 may be formed of a hard resin. In this case, the lower surface of the gutter support body 2 is formed into a saw blade shape during molding.

The lock lever 3 is formed by bending a metal plate made of stainless steel or the like into an upwardly open U-shaped cross section. A rotating substrate 32 having a substrate 32a is formed.

The rotating substrate 32 has an axial hole 3
2b and 32b are formed, and the distance from the center of the shaft hole 32b to the arc portion 32a is formed so as to gradually increase from one end to the other end of the arc portion 32a. Further, the lock lever 3 is provided with a support piece 14 of the mounting rod 1,
Both sides are formed to the extent that they are inscribed in 14.

In the drawing, reference numeral 4 denotes a receiving plate which is formed in a U-shaped cross section and opens a thin metal plate downward.

The receiving plate 4 has on its upper surface a claw portion 41 which meshes with the lower surface portion 21a of the gutter support main body 2 formed in a saw blade shape.
Is formed.

The claw portion 41 shown in the figure has a plurality of claw portions 41 which are continuous in the longitudinal direction, but it is sufficient that at least one claw portion 41 is formed. It is also possible to form a cut-and-raised piece that is long in the width direction and substantially notched in the front-back direction and rises upward.

The pair of opposed pieces 42 of the receiving plate 4 are provided with vertically elongated shaft holes 42a, 42a at opposed positions.

The facing pieces 42 of the receiving plate 4 are formed so as to be in contact with the connecting pieces 14 of the lock lever 3.

In the figure, reference numeral 5 denotes a shaft. The shaft 5 penetrates the tip from the shaft hole 14a of the connecting piece 13 and
After passing through the shaft hole 42a of the lock lever 3 and the shaft hole 32b of the lock lever 3,
Through the shaft hole 42a, the opposite shaft hole 14a of the connecting piece 13 is penetrated, and is fixed so as not to come out.

By assembling and assembling in this manner, the lock lever 3 can be pivotally supported on the shaft portion 5 provided on the pair of support pieces 14, 14, and the assembled state is shown in FIG. Is shown.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing another embodiment of the gutter support according to the present invention.

In FIG. 3, the receiving plate 4 is not required, and the upper surface 21 of the slide plate body 21 in the gutter support body 2 is not required.
b is formed in a saw blade shape, and the claw portion 4 meshed with the saw blade is formed.
1 is formed on a connecting piece 13 provided in front of the mounting rod 1.

The mounting rod 1 provided with such a claw portion 41,
In the case of the gutter support main body 2 having the upper surface portion 21b formed in a saw blade shape, the receiving plate 4 is unnecessary, and the number of components can be reduced.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the lock lever.

In FIG. 4, handle pieces 31a, 31a extend outward from both ends of the lever portion 31 of the lock lever 3, respectively.
Is protruding.

Further, the handle piece 31a can be provided by protruding the handle piece 31a outward on one side from the upper end of the lever portion 31 of the lock lever 3.

The lock lever 3 provided with such a handle piece 31a can be operated by vertically rotating the lock lever 3 with the handle piece 31a.

The operation of the gutter support A constructed as described above will be described below. FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view of the gutter support according to the present invention.

FIG. 5A is a partial side view of the lock lever at the unlock position, FIG. 5B is a partial explanatory view showing the slide adjustment of the gutter support body, and FIG. It is a partial side view in a lock position of a lever.

In describing the operation of the present invention, the mounting rod 1 and the gutter support main body 2 slidably connected to each other by the shaft 5 move the lock lever 3 in the longitudinal direction from the unlocked position to the locked position. When the rotating operation is performed, the rotating substrate 32 of the lock lever 3 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the receiving plate 4 at its arc portion 32a.
To lift the receiving plate 4, the claw 41 on the upper surface of the receiving plate 4 is used.
Cuts into the saw blade-shaped lower surface portion 21a of the gutter support main body 2, presses and fixes the gutter support main body 2 to the mounting rod 1 at that position, and fixes the gutter support main body 2 so as not to slide. 5 (c) ".

On the other hand, when the lock lever 3 is rotated in the vertical direction from the lock position to the unlock position, the lifting of the receiving plate 4 by the lock lever 3 is released. for that reason,
Biting of the gutter support main body 2 into the saw blade-shaped lower surface portion 21a is also released, and the gutter support main body 2 becomes slidable again with the mounting rod 1 (see FIG. 5A). Therefore,
In this state, the position of the gutter support main body 2 with respect to the mounting rod 1 can be adjusted (see FIG. 5B). Hereinafter, the construction procedure of the gutter support A according to the present invention will be described in detail. The mounting rod 1 is fixed to the eaves or the like with screws, nails, or the like.

Next, the lock lever 3 is rotated in the longitudinal direction from below the gutter support A to bring it into the unlocked state (see FIG. 5A).

In this unlocked state, the gutter support main body 2 holds the claw 41 as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b).
Does not bite into the lower surface 21a of the gutter support body 2, the gutter support body 2 can be freely slid back and forth, and the gutter support body 2 is positioned at a desired position (see FIG. 5 (b)). )reference".

If a numerical value (not shown) serving as a guide of the sliding position is engraved on the lower surface 21a of the gutter support main body 2 formed in a saw blade shape, other rain gutter support A can be formed. The gutter support body (not shown) can be simply and reliably positioned at the same position as the gutter support body 2.

After the gutter support main body 2 is positioned at a desired position, when the lock lever 3 is vertically rotated from below the rain gutter support A, an arc portion of the rotating substrate 32 of the lock lever 3 is rotated. 32a is brought into contact with the lower surface of the receiving plate 4 and lifts the receiving plate 4;
1 is a lower surface portion 21a of the gutter support body 2 formed in a saw blade shape.
The gutter support main body 2 is pressed and fixed to the mounting rod 1 at that position, and the gutter support main body 2 is fixed so as not to slide (see FIG. 5C).

The front and rear ends of the gutter T are sequentially hung on the gutter support body 2 thus positioned and pressed and fixed to the front gutter hook 22 and the rear gutter hook 23, respectively. The construction of the gutter support A is completed.

[0056]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the rain gutter support according to the first aspect, since the lock lever that rotates longitudinally is provided below the rain gutter support, even if there is no space above the rain gutter support, the lock lever from below can be used. The vertical rotation of the lock lever can be operated, and the gutter support can be easily positioned.

According to the rain gutter support according to the second aspect, the lock lever is vertically rotated by being axially supported by the shafts provided on a pair of support pieces provided from both front sides of the mounting rod. Can do it.

According to the rain gutter support of the third aspect, the claw portion of the receiving plate and the upper surface or the lower surface of the gutter support main body formed in the shape of a saw blade mesh with each other, so that the gutter support is pressed and fixed. Can be strengthened.

According to the rain gutter support according to the fourth aspect, the claw portion formed in front of the mounting rod and the upper surface portion of the gutter support body formed in a saw blade shape engage with each other to press the gutter. Fixation can be strengthened.

According to the rain gutter support according to the fifth aspect, since the handle portion protrudes outward from the lever portion of the lock lever, the lock lever can be easily rotated vertically by holding the handle portion. Can be operated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a gutter support A according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a gutter support according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing another embodiment of the gutter support according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the lock lever.

5 (a) is a partial side view of the lock lever at an unlock position, FIG. 5 (b) is a partial explanatory view showing slide adjustment of the gutter support body, and FIG. 5 (c) is a lock lever. Partial side view of lock position

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view showing a conventional rain gutter support.

FIG. 7 is a schematic side view showing an attached state of a conventional gutter support.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List A rain gutter support T gutter 1 mounting rod 14 support piece 2 gutter support main body 21a lower surface 21b upper surface 3 lock lever 31 lever 31a handle 4 receiving plate 41 claw 5 shaft

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A rain gutter support comprising: a gutter support main body slidably connected to a mounting rod; and a vertically rotating lock lever for pressing and fixing the gutter support main body to the mounting rod. The rain gutter support, wherein the lock lever is provided below the rain gutter support. 2. A rain gutter support according to claim 1, wherein said lock lever is pivotally supported by a shaft portion provided on a pair of support pieces formed downward from both front sides of said mounting rod. 3. The gutter support body according to claim 1, wherein an upper surface or a lower surface of the gutter support main body is formed in a saw blade shape, and a cuff provided with a claw engaging with the saw blade is provided. A rain gutter support that presses and fixes the gutter support main body to a mounting rod. 4. The gutter support body according to claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the gutter support body is formed in a saw blade shape.
A rain gutter support having a claw portion meshing with the saw blade formed in front of the mounting rod. 5. A rain gutter support according to claim 1, wherein said lock lever has a handle protruding outward from a lever portion.