JP2003328512A - Hanging hardware for rain gutter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hanging hardware for a rain gutter with reduced number of parts while keeping a conventional function. <P>SOLUTION: In this hanging hardware for a rain gutter having a structure wherein a screw part 11 of an upper end of a hang rod 1 provided with the screw parts 11, 12 at least on its upper and lower ends, is inserted into a folded- panel roof, the upper end of the hang rod 1 is held and fixed to the folded-panel roof by a fixing tool 2, the screw part 12 of the lower end of the hand rod 1 is inserted into a hang hardware body 3 provided with a slot 31, and fixed by an upper nut 4 and a lower nut 5, a hole part 61 for inserting a hang rod 1 is formed between the hanging hardware body 3 and the lower nut 5 or the upper nut 4, and a vertically curved annular toothed washer 6 is mounted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improved rain gutter suspension fitting used for mounting a rain gutter on a folded roof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A rain gutter suspension fitting for attaching a rain gutter to a folded plate roof is already known, and this conventional rain gutter suspension fitting is shown in FIGS.

That is, in this kind of rain gutter suspension fitting, a suspension rod 101 having screw portions 111 and 121 formed at least on the upper and lower ends thereof, and an upper end of the suspension rod 101 is inserted through a folded plate roof (not shown). Fixing device 102 for holding and fixing
And a hanging metal fitting body 103 having a long hole 113 formed therein, and an upper nut 104 for inserting the hanging metal fitting main body 103 into the threaded portion 121 at the lower end of the hanging rod 101 and sandwiching and fixing the hanging metal fitting main body 103 vertically. And a lower nut 105, and a flat washer 1 is provided between the suspension fitting body 103 and the lower nut 105.
06 and a spring washer 107 are provided.

[0004]

However, in the conventional rain gutter suspension fittings, the suspension fitting main body 103 and the lower nut 10 are included.
Since the two members of the flat washer 106 and the spring washer 107 for preventing the lower nut 105 from returning are used between 5 and 5, there is a problem that the number of parts increases.

Therefore, parts may be lost during work,
It is often dropped, and it was dangerous if dropped from the work site.

Furthermore, because of the large number of parts,
It takes a lot of time for the installation work, and when there are many rain gutter suspension fittings, it is very difficult to complete the work within the limited construction period.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and to provide a rain gutter suspension fitting which can reduce the number of parts while maintaining the conventional function.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a rain gutter suspension fitting according to a first aspect of the present invention is a folding roof with at least a threaded portion at the upper end of a suspension rod having a threaded portion at the upper and lower ends. The hanging rod is fixed to the folding plate roof by a fixture, and the threaded portion at the lower end of the hanging rod is inserted into the main body of the hanging metal fitting having the long hole. In a rain gutter hanging fitting having a structure of fixing with a nut and a lower nut, a hole for inserting the hanging rod is formed between the hanging fitting body and the lower nut or the upper nut, and at least an inner peripheral edge or an outer peripheral edge. One of them is formed in a gear shape, and an annular toothed washer that is curved up and down is provided.

In this structure, since the toothed washer is provided between the suspension fitting body and the lower nut or the upper nut, the lower nut or the upper nut can be prevented from returning without the spring washer, and the number of parts can be increased. Can be reduced.

In particular, since the toothed washer has one of the inner peripheral edge and the outer peripheral edge formed in a gear shape, when the lower nut or the upper nut is tightened, the gear-shaped edge portion of the tooth washer and the lower nut are attached. Alternatively, it can bite into the upper nut and be locked, and the return of the lower nut or the upper nut can be reliably prevented.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rain gutter suspension fitting.
In the above, the toothed washer is integrally formed with the lower nut or the upper nut.

In this structure, since the toothed washer is integrally formed with the lower nut or the upper nut, the number of parts can be further reduced.

A rain gutter suspension fitting according to a third aspect is the second aspect.
In the above, the toothed washer is rotatably integrally formed with the lower nut or the upper nut.

In this structure, since the toothed washer is formed integrally with the lower nut or the upper nut so as to be rotatable, the number of parts can be further reduced and only the lower nut can be tightened without rotating the toothed washer. it can.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A rain gutter suspension fitting A according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

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

The rain gutter hanging metal fitting A has a hanging rod 1 having threaded portions 11 and 12 at least at the upper and lower ends thereof, and an upper end of the hanging rod 1 inserted into a folded plate roof (not shown) to be sandwiched. A fixture 2 for stopping and fixing, a hanging metal fitting body 3 in which a long hole 31 is formed, and a threaded portion 1 at the lower end of the hanging rod 1 for the hanging fitting main body 3.
It is provided with an upper nut 4 and a lower nut 5 which are inserted into the upper part 2 and are fixed by sandwiching the hanging fitting body 3 between the upper and lower parts.

According to the present invention, in the rain gutter hanging fitting A having the above-mentioned basic structure, a hole for inserting the hanging rod is provided between the hanging fitting body 3 and the lower nut 5 or the upper nut 4. A portion 61 is formed, and at least one of the inner peripheral edge and the outer peripheral edge is formed in a gear shape, and an annular toothed washer 6 curved up and down is provided.

In the present embodiment, the toothed washer 6 will be described as an example provided between the hanging fitting main body 3 and the lower nut 5. However, the toothed washer 6 may be provided between the hanging fitting main body 3 and the upper nut 4.
The same applies to those provided between.

Each member will be described below.

It is sufficient for the suspension rod 1 to have threaded portions 11 and 12 at least at the upper and lower ends, respectively, and the suspension rod 1 may be entirely threaded as in the embodiment.

The fixture 2 is for fixing the upper end of the suspension rod 1 by penetrating it through a folded plate roof (not shown), and is made of tar-impregnated felt, hard rubber, hard urethane resin, or the like. A folded plate roof (not shown) is interposed between a packing member 21 and a lower fixing member 23, which are formed in an annular shape with a thickness of about 0.5 to 2 cm, and are not clamped by the upper fixing member 22 and the lower fixing member 23. It is fixed.

The suspension fitting main body 3 is formed at both ends with locking portions 32, 32 for locking the ears of the rain gutter T, and a long hole 31 is formed at the center thereof.

Incidentally, 33 is a rain gutter T, as shown in FIG.
When the ears are inserted, the inside of the ears is pressed to prevent the ears from coming off the locking portions 32, 32.

By using the same upper nut 4 and lower nut 5, the upper and lower parts can be interchanged and used.

The toothed washer 6 is a long hole 31 of the hanging fitting body 3.
A ring-shaped outer peripheral edge having an outer diameter larger than the width diameter of is formed in a gear shape, and a hole portion 61 to be inserted into the suspension rod 1 is formed.

The toothed washer 6 is not formed in a flat plate shape, but is formed in an annular shape which is vertically curved.

Here, the vertically curved annular shape means that the toothed washer 6 includes both an upwardly or downwardly annular shape having a mountain shape or a valley shape.

In the present embodiment, the toothed washer 6 is formed in an annular shape having a valley shape downward, and according to such a toothed washer 6, teeth formed in a gear shape are shown. It is possible to prevent the outer peripheral edge of the attached washer 6 from reliably biting into the hanging fitting main body and causing a shift.

If the toothed washer 6 is used by reversing it up and down, the toothed washer 6 becomes a mountain-like annular shape that faces upward. According to such a toothed washer 6, a toothed washer 6 is formed. The outer peripheral edge of the formed toothed washer 6 bites into the lower nut 5, and the lower nut 5 can be reliably prevented from returning.

Further, although the toothed washer 6 of this embodiment is formed in a perfect annular shape, it may be a substantially annular shape.

Further, although the toothed washer 6 of this embodiment is formed in a circular shape, it may be formed in a rectangular annular shape.

Rain gutter hanging metal fitting A constructed as described above
Is used in the following way:

3 (a) to 3 (c) are operation diagrams showing an example of a construction operation in which a main part of the rain gutter suspension fitting is partially enlarged.

First, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper end of the hanging rod 1 is penetrated through a folded plate roof (not shown), and the packing member 2 is inserted.
A folded plate roof (not shown) is interposed between 1 and the lower fixing tool 23, and the upper fixing tool 22 and the lower fixing tool 23 clamp and fix.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), the suspension rod 1
The upper nut 4 is screwed from the lower end of the suspension fitting 1, the mounting position of the suspension fitting main body 3 is provisionally determined, and then the suspension fitting main body 1 is inserted from the lower end of the suspension rod 1.

Further, the toothed washer 6 is inserted and the lower nut 5 is screwed to temporarily fix the suspension fitting main body 3 [FIG.
(B)].

Then, the upper nut 4 is adjusted up and down to determine the position of the suspension fitting main body 3 and then the lower nut 5 is tightened, whereby the toothed washer 6 is deformed into a flat plate shape and elastically attached downward. It is urged to prevent the lower nut 5 from returning.

At this time, the outer peripheral edge of the toothed washer 6 formed in the shape of a gear surely bites into the hanging fitting main body 3 and is locked [see FIG. 3 (c)].

The rain gutter T is attached to the locking parts 32 of the rain gutter suspension fitting A thus mounted, as shown in FIG.

According to such a rain gutter hanging fitting A, since the toothed washer 6 is provided between the hanging fitting body 3 and the lower nut 5 or the upper nut 4, the conventional spring washer is used. Even without it, the lower nut 5 or the upper nut 4 can be prevented from returning, and the number of parts can be reduced.

As another embodiment, the toothed washer 6 can be integrally formed with the lower nut 5 or the upper nut 4, and thus the toothed washer 6 and the lower nut 5 or the upper nut 4 can be formed. If formed integrally, the number of parts can be further reduced.

In this case, it is possible to integrally form the toothed washer 6 with the lower nut 5 or the upper nut 4 so that the toothed washer 6 can be further rotated and the toothed washer 6 can be rotated. It is possible to tighten only the lower nut 5 or the upper nut 4 without doing so.

FIG. 4 is a plan view and a side view showing another embodiment of the toothed washer according to the present invention.

The toothed washer 6 is formed by twisting the gear-like portion formed on the outer peripheral edge in the vertical direction. As shown in the side view of FIG. 4, the gear-like edge portion is formed. Is an annular toothed washer 6 which is adapted to be projected in an obliquely vertical direction.

If the toothed washer 6 shown in FIG. 4 is used by replacing it with that shown in FIG. 3, in addition to the above effect, when the lower nut or the upper nut is tightened, its gear-shaped edge portion is The hanging fitting body 3 and the lower nut 5 bite into and are locked, and the lower nut 5 can be reliably prevented from returning.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are plan views showing still another embodiment of the toothed washer according to the present invention.

The toothed washer 6 shown in FIG. 5 (a) is formed in an annular shape having an outer diameter larger than the width diameter of the elongated hole 31 of the hanging fitting body 3, and its inner peripheral edge, that is, the hanging rod. 1
The hole 61 to be inserted into the hole is formed in the shape of a gear.

Even with such a toothed washer 6, FIG.
~ The same effect as in Fig. 4 can be obtained.

Further, the toothed washer 6 shown in FIG.
Shows that both the inner peripheral edge and the outer peripheral edge are formed in a gear shape, and when the lower nut 5 is tightened, the gear-shaped toothed washer formed on both the inner peripheral edge and the outer peripheral edge is shown. 6 engages with and is locked by the hanging fitting body 3 and the lower nut 5, and the lower nut 5 can be more reliably prevented from returning.

[0051]

The present invention has the following effects.

In the rain gutter suspension fitting according to the first aspect, since the toothed washer is provided between the suspension fitting main body and the lower nut or the upper nut, the lower nut or the upper nut is provided without the spring washer. The nut can be prevented from returning and the number of parts can be reduced.

In particular, since the toothed washer has one of the inner peripheral edge and the outer peripheral edge formed in the shape of a gear, when the lower nut or the upper nut is tightened, the edge of the gear has a gear-like edge portion and the lower nut. Alternatively, it can bite into the upper nut and be locked, and the return of the lower nut or the upper nut can be reliably prevented.

According to the rain gutter suspension fitting of the second aspect, since the toothed washer is integrally formed with the lower nut or the upper nut, the number of parts can be further reduced.

According to the rain gutter suspension fitting of the third aspect, since the toothed washer is integrally formed with the lower nut or the upper nut so as to be rotatable, the number of parts can be further reduced and the toothed washer can be further reduced. Only the lower nut can be tightened without rotating.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG.

3A to 3C are operation diagrams showing an example of a construction operation in which a main part of a rain gutter suspension fitting is partially enlarged.

FIG. 4 is a plan view and a side view showing another embodiment of the toothed washer according to the present invention.

5 (a) and 5 (b) are plan views showing still another embodiment of the toothed washer according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of a conventional rain gutter suspension fitting.

FIG. 7 is a side view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

A rain gutter suspension fittings T rain gutter 1 hanging rod 11 Threaded part at the top 12 Threaded part at the bottom 2 fixtures 3 Hanging bracket body 31 long hole 6 toothed washer 61 hole

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. At least the threaded portion at the upper end of a hanging rod having a threaded portion formed at the upper and lower ends is inserted into a folded roof, and the upper end of the hanging rod is clamped and fixed to the folded plate roof by a fixture. In the rain gutter hanging metal fitting having a structure in which the threaded portion at the lower end of the hanging rod is inserted into the hanging metal fitting main body in which a long hole is formed and is fixed by an upper nut and a lower nut, the hanging metal fitting main body and the lower part Between the nuts or the upper nuts, a hole for inserting the suspension rod is formed, at least one of the inner peripheral edge and the outer peripheral edge is formed in a gear shape, and an annular toothed washer curved up and down is provided. A hanging fitting for rain gutters that is characterized. 2. The rain gutter suspension fitting according to claim 1, wherein the toothed washer is integrally formed with the lower nut or the upper nut. 3. The rain gutter suspension fitting according to claim 2, wherein the toothed washer is rotatably integrally formed with the lower nut or the upper nut.