JP2003013569A - Gutter hanger - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly and easily adjust a forward/backward shift of a gutter hanger main body in a single operation. SOLUTION: This gutter hanger is constructed of the gutter hanger main body 1, a butterfly spring 2, and a mounting member 3. The hanger main body can hang a gutter T for supporting and mounting it and has a gutter lug hook part 11 for hooking a lug part T1 in the gutter T. In the butterfly spring 2, a base plate part 21 is fixed to the gutter hanger main body 1, and a through- hole 22 and an operation piece part 23 having a spring characteristic and extending upward are formed in each of both side ends of the base plate part 21. In the mounting member 3, a slide leg piece 31 passing through the through- holes 22 in the butterfly spring 2 are extended forward, while a fixing part 32 fixed to an eaves and the like is formed on the base end side.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gutter suspending device for suspending and supporting a gutter arranged at the eaves or the like, and more specifically,
The present invention relates to a gutter hanger in which a gutter hanger main body for suspending and supporting a gutter and a mounting member fixed to an eaves tip and the like are connected so as to be adjustable in forward and backward directions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional gutter suspension.

In this gutter suspension 100, a gutter suspension main body 101 and a mounting member 102 are connected by a thumbscrew 103, and a gutter T suspended and mounted on the gutter suspension equipment main body 101 is slidable. is there.

[0004] Specifically, the gutter suspension main body 101 has gutter ear hooking portions 111 for suspending and supporting the gutter T at the front and rear ends thereof, respectively, and penetrates the thumbscrew 103 in the longitudinal direction. The long hole 121 is formed.

The mounting member 102 has a foot rod 122 extending forward from a fixing portion 112 fixed to the eaves and the like, and a front side of the foot rod 122 forms a stepped connecting piece portion 132. A screw hole 142 into which the thumbscrew 103 is screwed is formed in the connecting piece portion 132.

As described above, in the gutter suspension 100, the bolt portion 113 of the thumbscrew 103 is penetrated from the lower side through the washer 105 into the elongated hole 121 of the gutter support body 101, and the tip thereof is screwed into the screw of the mounting rod 101. It is screwed into the hole 142.

A conventional gutter suspension 100 constructed as described above.
When the fixing portion 112 of the mounting rod 102 is fixed to the eaves and the like, and the thumbscrew 103 is loosened, the gutter-hanging tool main body 101 can be slid within the long hole 121.

Then, by stopping the gutter support body 101 at a desired position and tightening the thumbscrew 103 from below, the gutter support body 101 is pressed and fixed to the mounting rod 102 by the fastening, and the gutter support tool is provided. The slide of the main body 101 can be regulated.

The gutter suspension body 101 thus fixed in position
In addition, the gutter T is mounted while being suspended and supported.

[0010]

However, the gutter suspension main body 101 positioned at a desired position is replaced with the thumbscrew 10.
The work of screwing the screws one by one is troublesome.

In particular, the gutter suspension body 10 once positioned.
When the position 1 is readjusted, it is necessary to loosen the thumbscrew 103, readjust it, and then tighten it, which is very troublesome and time-consuming.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a gutter hoist capable of quickly and easily adjusting the position of the gutter hoist main body with one touch.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above object, a gutter suspension according to a first aspect of the present invention is capable of supporting and mounting a gutter by suspending the gutter and hooking an ear part of the gutter. A gutter hanger body having an adjustable forward and backward direction, and a base plate part fixed to the gutter hanger body, and an operation piece part having a through hole formed at both ends thereof and having a spring property. An attachment in which a butterfly spring extending substantially upward and a slide foot piece penetrating the through hole of the butterfly spring are extended forward, and a fixing portion fixed to the eaves or the like is formed on the base end side. Composed of members.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the gutter hanger body and the mounting member can be moved back and forth through a butterfly spring.

That is, when the operation piece of the butterfly spring is picked up and elastically urged inwardly against the elastic force, the slide foot piece of the attachment member which is locked in the through hole can be slid. This is moved back and forth to a desired position.

When the advancing / retreating is adjusted to a desired position, the elasticity of the butterfly spring is released when the operating piece is released, and the edge of the through hole is locked to the slide foot piece so that the slide can be regulated. .

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to quickly and easily adjust the advancing / retreating of the main body of the gutter-suspension by one-touch simply by pinching or separating the operation piece of the butterfly spring.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gutter suspension device according to the first aspect, wherein the slide foot is provided with an uneven portion, and the through hole of the butterfly spring is engaged with the uneven portion. A claw portion is formed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the concave-convex portion and the claw portion are formed to engage with each other when locked, when the operation piece portion of the butterfly spring is released, its elasticity is released and the through-hole Since the claw portion is locked to the slide foot piece, the slide can be surely regulated.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gutter suspension tool according to the first or second aspect.
In any one of the above, the operation piece portion of the butterfly spring is formed by extending only from one end of the base plate portion fixed to the gutter suspension body.

In the third aspect, since the operation piece portion of the butterfly spring is formed to extend only from one end of the substrate portion, the structure of the butterfly spring can be simplified.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the gutter suspension according to any one of the first to third aspects, the fixing portion formed on the base end side of the mounting member has a height adjusting portion which is vertically slidable. It has a built-in structure.

According to the fourth aspect, since the fixing portion of the mounting member is provided with the height adjusting portion, not only the advancing / retreating adjustment of the gutter receiver main body but also the height adjustment thereof can be performed.

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a gutter suspension A according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the gutter suspension according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an assembled state of FIG.

The gutter suspension A is capable of supporting and mounting the gutter T, and is provided with a gutter ear hook main body 1 having a gutter ear hooking portion 11 for hooking an ear portion T1 of the gutter T. , The board portion 21 is fixed to the gutter suspender main body 1, and at both side ends thereof,
An operation piece portion 23 having a through hole 22 and having a spring property.
A butterfly spring 2 extending substantially upward, and the butterfly spring 2
The slide foot piece 31 penetrating through the through hole 22 is formed forward, and the base end side is provided with a fixing portion 32 that is fixed to the eaves or the like. It is connected to the mounting member 3 via a butterfly spring 2 so as to be adjustable in forward and backward directions.

The gutter suspension main body 1 is appropriately formed according to the shape of the gutter T, and here, an example corresponding to the rectangular gutter T is illustrated, but the invention is not limited to this and is not limited to half. A circular gutter may be used.

The butterfly spring 2 is provided with a base plate portion 21 fixed to a proper position of the gutter hanger body 1 by riveting or welding, and a state in which the base plate portion 21 is substantially expanded upward from both side ends in the front-rear direction. The operation piece portion 23 is provided so as to extend and has a through hole 22 penetrating the slide foot piece 31 and having a spring property.

Further, in the present embodiment, the operation piece portions 23 respectively extending from both side ends of the butterfly spring 2 are formed, but the operation piece portions 23 are provided only on one side end of the substrate portion 21. It can also be formed, and the structure can be simplified by forming the operation piece portion 23 on only one side.

Further, the through hole 2 formed in the operation piece portion 23
2 only needs to be able to penetrate the slide foot piece 31, for example,
It may be formed in a substantially U shape with a part of the periphery of the through hole 22 cut out.

The mounting member 3 has a slide foot 31 extending forward through the through hole 22 of the butterfly spring 2 and a fixing portion 32 fixed to the eaves and the like on the base end side.

The mounting member 3 exemplified in this embodiment comprises a slide foot 31 formed by bending a metal plate into a substantially L shape, and a fixing portion 32 for supporting and fixing the vertical piece at the base end thereof. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and in short, as long as the slide foot piece 31 that penetrates the through-hole 22 of the butterfly spring 2 is provided, how the base end side of the slide foot piece 31 is eaves, etc. It may be fixed to.

The slide foot 31 may be formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section other than the plate shape shown in the drawing.
The fixing portion 32 is not limited to that of the present embodiment as long as it can be fixed to a wall of a building or the like.

In the trough suspension A according to the present invention constructed as described above, the fixing portion 32 of the mounting member 3 is fixed to the eaves or the like with nails or the like.

Then, if the operation piece portion 23 of the butterfly spring 2 fixed to the gutter body 1 is picked up and closed inward while resisting its elastic force, the operation piece portion 23 is changed from the expanded state to the vertical state. Is displaced to.

Therefore, the opposed through holes 22 of the operation piece portion 23 are completely overlapped, and if the slide foot piece 31 is penetrated into the through hole 22 in this state, as shown in FIG. The gutter hanger body 1 can be assembled to the sliding foot piece 31 through the butterfly spring 5.

As described above, when the operation piece portion 23 of the butterfly spring 2 is pinched and closed inward, the slide foot piece 3 can be slid back and forth, so that the gutter suspension tool body 1 is moved forward and backward to a desired position. Can be adjusted.

When the operation piece 23 of the butterfly spring 2 is released when the main body 1 of the gutter suspension is at the desired position, the operation piece 23 is expanded outward by the elastic force, and the through hole is formed. Two
The edge part of 2 is locked to the slide leg piece 31, and the slide can be regulated.

In the gutter suspension tool body 1 fixed in this way,
The gutter T is suspended and supported.

According to the gutter suspension A according to the present invention, the butterfly spring 2
Since the structure of the gutter hanger body 1 and the mounting member 3 can be adjusted forward and backward via the, the forward and backward adjustment of the gutter hanger body 1 can be performed only by picking or separating the operation piece 23 of the butterfly spring 2. Can be done quickly and easily with one touch.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the butterfly spring.

FIG. 3A shows the operation piece portion 23 of the butterfly spring 2.
However, after extending in a substantially expanded state from both ends in the front-rear direction of the base plate portion 21, a constricted portion 25 having a lower end narrowed inward is formed and further extended in an expanded state.

In FIG. 3B, one operation piece portion 23 of the butterfly spring 2 is extended from one end of the base plate portion 21 in a substantially expanded state, and the other operation piece portion 23 is formed at the lower end thereof. The constricted portion 25 is formed by narrowing the inside of the container and further extended in the expanded state.

According to the butterfly spring 2 in which the constricted portion 25 is formed, it is easy to insert a finger into the lower end of the operation piece portion 23 and pick it up, and even if there is only a small space for inserting the finger, the operation piece portion 23 has a small gap. The operation can be performed easily.

4A and 4B are partially enlarged sectional views showing the essential parts of another embodiment of the gutter suspension according to the present invention. FIG. 4A shows a locked state, and FIG. 4B shows an unlocked state. Shows.

Here, the parts common to FIGS. 1 and 2 are:
Common numbers are given and their explanations are omitted.

In this gutter suspension A, a concavo-convex portion 31a continuous in the longitudinal direction is formed on the upper surface of the slide foot piece 31, and the through-hole 22 of the butterfly spring 2 is engaged with the concavo-convex portion 31a. The feature is that the claw portion 22a is formed.

That is, similarly to the above, if the operation piece portion 23 of the butterfly spring 2 is picked up from the locked state shown in FIG. 4 (a) and the operation piece portion 23 is closed inside, as shown in FIG. Since 31 can be slid back and forth, the gutter suspension tool body 1 can be adjusted back and forth to a desired position.

When the operation piece 23 of the butterfly spring 2 is released when the main body 1 of the gutter suspension is at the desired position, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), due to the elastic force, the operation piece 2
3 is expanded to the outside, the claw portion 22a of the through-hole 22 is locked to the uneven portion 31a of the slide foot piece 31, and the slide can be reliably regulated.

When the edge of the through hole 22 has an acute angle, the edge portion functions as the claw portion 22a.
Alternatively, a claw piece may be provided so as to project from the end edge of the through hole 22 as shown in FIG.

Further, in FIG. 4, the uneven portion 31a is formed on the upper surface of the slide foot piece 31, and the through hole 2 of the butterfly spring 2 is formed.
An example is shown in which the claw portion 22a that is locked to the upper end of 2 is formed.
It can also be formed on the lower surface of 1, or on the upper or lower surface.
It can also be formed so as to correspond to the lower end, or the upper and lower ends of the through hole 22 of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment of the gutter suspension according to the present invention.

Here, the parts common to FIGS. 1 to 4 are:
Common numbers are given and their explanations are omitted.

This gutter suspension A is characterized in that the fixing portion 32 formed on the base end side of the mounting member 3 is provided with a height adjusting portion 4 which is vertically slidable.

The trough suspension A shown in FIG.
The base end side of the slide foot piece 31 in which a is formed is bent upward, and a strip plate-shaped fixing portion 32 formed separately from this is joined, and the base end side or the fixing portion 32 of these slide foot pieces 31 is joined. A long hole is formed in one side and a through hole is formed in the other side, and the height adjusting portion 4 connected to the long hole and the through hole by a fastener such as a wing nut is provided.

In FIG. 5 (b), the base end side of the slide foot 31 having the uneven portion 31a is bent upward, and the bent portion is also formed with the uneven portion 31a similar to the above.
In addition, a strip-plate-shaped fixing portion 32 formed separately from this is adjacent to the fixing portion 32, and the fixing portion 32 is provided with a height adjusting portion 4 to which the butterfly spring 2 similar to the above is fixed.

In addition to the above effects, according to these gutter suspensions A, since the fixing portion 32 of the mounting member 3 is provided with the height adjusting portion 4, not only the advancing and retracting adjustment of the gutter suspension equipment main body 1 is performed. , Its height can also be adjusted.

[0058]

The present invention has the following effects.

According to the gutter suspension according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the gutter suspension main body and the mounting member can be moved back and forth through the butterfly spring, the operation piece of the butterfly spring can be picked. Alternatively, by simply releasing it, it is possible to quickly and easily adjust the advancing / retreating of the main body of the gutter hanging tool with one touch.

According to the gutter suspension device according to the second aspect, since the uneven portion and the claw portion are formed to be engaged with each other when locked, when the operation piece portion of the butterfly spring is released, its elasticity is increased. Is released and the claw portion of the through hole is locked by the slide foot piece, so that the slide can be reliably regulated.

According to the gutter suspension according to the third aspect, since the operation piece portion of the butterfly spring is formed so as to extend only from one end of the substrate portion, the structure of the butterfly spring can be simplified.

According to the gutter suspension device according to the fourth aspect, since the fixing portion of the mounting member is provided with the height adjusting portion, not only the advancing and retracting adjustment of the gutter receiving device main body but also the height adjustment thereof can be performed. It can be carried out.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a gutter suspension device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an assembled state of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the butterfly spring.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing a main part of another embodiment of the gutter suspension according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment of the gutter suspension according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional gutter suspension.

[Explanation of symbols]

A gutter suspension T gutter T1 ear 1 gutter hanging body 11 Grip ear hook 2 Butterfly spring 21 board part 22 Through hole 22a Claw 23 Operation piece 3 mounting members 31 slide foot 31a Uneven portion 32 Fixed part 4 Height adjustment section

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Eiji Ueda             20 East Yokomakura East, Higashi Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture             In the tis (72) Inventor Eiichiro Kurioka             20 East Yokomakura East, Higashi Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture             In the tis

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A gutter suspension main body capable of hanging and supporting a gutter and provided with a gutter ear hooking part for hooking an ear part of the gutter, and a substrate for the gutter hanger main body. A butterfly spring having operation portions that are fixed to each other and that have through-holes formed at both ends thereof and that have spring characteristics and that extend substantially upward, and a through-hole of the butterfly spring. A gutter hanger including a mounting member having a sliding foot piece extending forward and a base end having a fixing portion fixed to an eaves tip, and the like. 2. The gutter according to claim 1, wherein the slide foot piece is formed with an uneven portion, and the through hole of the butterfly spring is formed with a claw portion that is locked to the uneven portion. Hanging equipment. 3. The gutter suspension according to claim 1, wherein the operation piece portion of the butterfly spring is formed by extending only from one side end of a base plate portion fixed to the gutter suspension tool body. Ingredient 4. The gutter suspension according to claim 1, wherein the fixing portion formed on the base end side of the mounting member has a height adjusting portion that is vertically slidable. Ingredient