JP2589384Y2 - Gutter fitting - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gutter joint suitably used for connecting an eaves gutter having a front wall having a front wall inclined at a rear side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when connecting an eaves gutter having a substantially U-shaped cross section, a gutter joint as shown in FIGS.

This gutter joint is formed by connecting an outer wall 101 having a substantially U-shaped cross section with a wide width and an inner wall 102 having a narrow width to an intermediate connecting portion 103.
To form a concave space 104 into which the ends of the eaves gutter 120 are inserted between the outer wall and the inner wall on both lateral sides of the intermediate connecting portion 103, and the ear receiving portions 1 are provided at both upper ends of the outer wall 101.
05 and an ear holding portion 106 are provided.

In such a gutter joint, an end of an eaves gutter 120 having a substantially U-shaped cross section is fitted into the outer wall 101 from above.
The end of the eaves gutter 120 is formed along the outer wall 101 by the concave space 104.
And the ear 121 of the eaves gutter is inserted into the ear holding part 10.
6 allows easy connection of the eaves gutter.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the front wall portion 107 of the outer wall 101 and the inner wall 102 of the gutter joint corresponds to the shape of the eaves gutter 130 in order to connect the eaves gutter 130 whose front wall 132 is inclined rearward. , 108 are inclined rearward, there is the following problem.

That is, when the front side wall portion 107 of the joint outer wall 101 is inclined rearward, the distance W 1 between the upper end of the front side wall portion 107 and the upper end of the rear side wall portion 109 becomes equal to the maximum gutter width W of the eaves gutter 130.
2 and the end of the eaves gutter 130 cannot be fitted into the inside of the outer wall 101 from above, so the end of the eaves gutter 130 is aligned from the side of the outer wall 101 of the gutter joint. It must be fitted inside the outer wall 101 and inserted into the recess 104. Therefore, it takes time and effort to align the end of the eaves gutter 130 and fit it inside the joint outer wall 101, and in particular, the rear wall 10 of the joint outer wall 101.
In the case where irregularities or the like are formed on the rear wall of the eaves 9 or the eaves gutter 130, it is difficult to perform the alignment, and there is a problem that the connection workability is greatly reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a good connection workability in which an eaves gutter having a shape in which the front wall of the gutter is inclined rearward can be easily connected. To provide a simple gutter joint.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a gutter joint according to the first invention has an outer wall and an inner wall connected via an intermediate connecting portion, and an outer wall and an inner wall on both lateral sides of the intermediate connecting portion. A gutter joint formed with a concave space portion into which the end of the gutter is inserted, wherein the front wall portion of the outer wall is inclined rearward, and at least the rear half portion of the bottom wall portion of the outer wall and the rear side wall connected thereto The width of the portion is wider than the width of the front wall of the outer wall, and the expanded portion protrudes to both sides of the inner wall, and the width of the portion extends on the rear wall.
The ear-holding portion at the end is cut off at the above-described expanded width portion .

In the gutter joint according to the second invention, the outer wall and the inner wall are connected via the intermediate connecting portion, and the concave portion for inserting the end of the gutter between the outer wall and the inner wall on both lateral sides of the intermediate connecting portion. A gutter joint in which an empty portion is formed, wherein the front wall portion of the outer wall is inclined rearward, and the width of at least the rear half of the bottom wall portion of the inner wall and the width of the rear wall portion connected thereto are the width of the front wall portion of the inner wall. It is further expanded, and the lateral width extending portion protrudes to both lateral sides of the outer wall.

[0010]

As in the gutter joint of the first invention, when the width of at least the rear half of the bottom wall of the outer wall and the width of the rear side wall connected thereto are expanded, and the expanded width portion protrudes to both sides of the inner wall, The end of the eaves gutter is placed from above on the protruding width extension of the bottom wall, and the eaves gutter end is joined to the gutter joint simply by contacting the rear wall of the eaves gutter end with the width extension of the rear wall. Can be easily positioned so that the concave portions of the eaves face each other, and from this state, the end of the eaves gutter can be smoothly inserted by inserting it into the concave portion along the bottom wall and rear wall of the joint outer wall. An eaves gutter can be connected. In that case, the rear wall
The ear holding part at the upper end of the part is also formed
The ear-holding part is in the way,
It is difficult to make the rear wall of the eaves
Difficult because the eaves gutter end and the recessed part of the gutter joint face each other
It is difficult to align
In the proposed gutter joint, the width of the ear holding part at the upper end of the rear side wall is expanded.
Because it is cut off at the part, the width extension part of the rear wall part
Abut the rear side wall of the eaves gutter for easy alignment.
Can be.

Further, as in the gutter joint according to the second invention,
If the width of at least the latter half of the bottom wall of the inner wall and the rear wall connected to it is expanded and the expanded width protrudes to both sides of the outer wall, the protruding width of the protruding bottom wall is removed from the eaves gutter. It is placed on the inside of the end of the gutter from above, and the expanded width of the rear wall of the inner wall is brought into contact with the rear wall of the eave gutter end, so that the eave gutter end and the concave space of the gutter joint face each other. The eaves gutter can be easily connected and the eaves gutter can be smoothly connected by inserting the end of the eaves gutter into the concave space along the bottom wall and the rear wall of the joint inner wall from this state.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are a perspective view and a side view showing an embodiment of the gutter joint according to the first invention, FIGS. 3 and 4 are plan views showing a connecting procedure of the gutter joint of the embodiment, and FIGS. 5 is a plan view showing a state where the eaves gutter is connected by the gutter joint of the embodiment, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are a sectional view taken along line XX and a line YY of FIG.

The gutter joint A of this embodiment is formed by injection molding of a synthetic resin such as polyvinyl chloride or acrylic resin.
The outer wall 1 and the inner wall 2 are connected via an intermediate connecting portion 3, and an eave gutter 5 is provided between the outer wall 1 and the inner wall 2 on both sides of the intermediate connecting portion 3.
A concave space 4 into which the end of the “0” is inserted is formed.

The outer wall 1 of the gutter joint A is provided with a front wall portion 11, a bottom wall portion 12, and a rear wall portion 13.
The front wall portion 11 higher than 3 is inclined rearward at the same inclination angle as the front wall 51 of the eaves gutter 50, and an ear holding portion 14 is formed at the upper end thereof. At the upper end of the rear wall portion 13, an ear receiving step 15 and an ear holding portion 16 are formed, and at the lower end of the rear wall portion 13, a U-shaped cross section is formed in accordance with the shape of the rear wall 53 of the eaves gutter 50. A bulging portion 17 is formed. Also, the bottom wall 1
At the front end of 2, a concave step 18 and a curved portion 19 are formed in accordance with the shape of the bottom wall 52 of the eaves gutter 50.

Similarly, the inner wall 2 of the gutter joint A is also
And a bottom wall portion 22 and a rear wall portion 23.
The front wall portion 21 is inclined rearward according to the inner wall shape of the bottom wall portion, and the concave groove portion 24 and the curved portion 2 are provided at the center and the front end of the bottom wall portion 22, respectively.
5 are formed.

The width W3 of the inner wall 2 is constant from the front wall 21 to the rear wall 23, but the width of the outer wall 1 is not constant, and the width of the rear half of the bottom wall 12 is equal to the width of the front wall. 11 is gradually expanded from the lateral width W4 to form flared laterally extending portions 12a on both sides, and the lateral width W5 of the rear side wall portion 13 connected thereto is also extended to form laterally extending portions 13a on both sides. . Then, the ear pressing portion 16 at the upper end of the rear side wall portion 13 is cut off at the laterally widened portions 13a on both sides.

The gutter joint A is configured such that the width W3 of the inner wall 2 is smaller than the width W4 of the front wall portion 11 of the outer wall 1 so that the outer wall 1 entirely protrudes to both lateral sides of the inner wall 2. The width W3 of the inner wall 2 is changed to the width W of the front wall 11 of the outer wall 1.
4 and at least the width extension 12 of the outer wall 1
What is necessary is just to be comprised so that a and 13a may protrude from the inner wall 2. FIG. Such a protruding portion may be 5 mm or more, preferably 10 to 20 mm.

When connecting the eaves gutter 50 using the gutter joint A having the above structure, the eaves gutter 50 is lowered, or the gutter joint A is lifted up, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. As shown in FIG. 4, the rear corner portion of the end of the eaves gutter 50 is placed on the expanded width portion 12a of the bottom wall portion 12 of the joint outer wall 1, and the bulging portion 54 of the rear side wall 53 of the eaves gutter end is connected to the joint as shown in FIG. It is pushed into the bulging portion 17 of the outer wall 1 so that the rear wall 53 of the end of the eaves gutter comes into contact with the expanded width portion 13a of the rear wall 13 of the joint outer wall 1 and the rear ear 55 of the end of the eaves gutter is connected to the outer wall of the joint outer wall. Place on the ear receiving step 15. At this time, the ear pressing of the upper end of the rear wall portion 13 is performed.
Since the ridge 16 is cut off at the laterally expanded portion 13a,
The rear ear 55 of the end of the eaves gutter hits the ear retainer 16.
But the rear ear 55 at the end of the eaves gutter is surely set to the ear receiving step 1.
5 can be placed. In this way, the eaves gutter 50
When the end of the eaves gutter 50 is inserted along the bottom wall 12 and the rear side wall 13 of the joint outer wall 1 from this state, the end of the eaves gutter 50 and the concave space 4 of the gutter joint A face each other. , FIG. 5
As shown in FIG. 7, the end of the eaves gutter 50 is smoothly inserted into the concave space 4, and the ears 55 and 56 of the eaves gutter 50 are also smoothly inserted into the ear holding portions 14 and 16 of the gutter joint A.

When the insertion of one eaves gutter 50 is completed, the other eaves gutter 50 is inserted into the recess 4 on the opposite side of the gutter joint A in the same manner, and the connection of the eaves gutter is completed.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the gutter joint according to the second invention. In this gutter joint B, the lateral width of the outer wall 1 is constant, and the lateral width of the rear half of the bottom wall portion 12 of the inner wall 2 is gradually expanded from the lateral width of the front wall portion 21 to form flared laterally expanded portions 22a on both sides. And the rear side wall 2 connected to this
3 is formed to form a laterally widened portion 23a on both sides, and at least the laterally widened portions 22a, 23 of the inner wall 2 are formed.
a is configured to protrude to both lateral sides of the outer wall 1. Other configurations are the same as the above-mentioned gutter joint A,
8, the same reference numerals are given to the corresponding members, and the description will be omitted.

In the case of the gutter joint B having such a configuration, the gutter joint B is lowered or the eaves gutter 50 is lifted upward, so that the width expansion portion 22 of the bottom wall portion 22 of the joint inner wall 2 is formed.
a is placed inside the end of the eaves gutter 50, and the laterally expanded portion 23 a of the rear side wall 23 of the joint inner wall 2 is brought into contact with the rear side wall 53 of the eaves gutter 50. The recessed portion 4 is positioned so as to face each other. From this state, the end of the eaves gutter 50 is inserted into the recessed portion 4 along the bottom wall portion 22 and the rear wall portion 23 of the joint inner wall 2 and the eaves gutter is inserted. By inserting the lugs 55, 56 of the flute 50 into the lugs 14, 16 of the gutter joint B, the eaves gutter 50 can be connected easily and smoothly.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the gutter joint according to the first invention. The gutter joint C of this embodiment is a so-called “bent joint” that connects the eave gutter at a right angle at the corner of the eave, and the inner wall 2 and the intermediate connecting portion 3 of the gutter joint A described above.
Is divided into two sides, and the central portion is bent at a right angle. The configuration and the method of use are substantially the same as those of the gutter joint A described above. The same reference numerals are given and the description is omitted.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the laterally expanded portion is formed in the latter half of the bottom wall of the outer wall or the inner wall. However, the laterally widened portion is formed by gradually increasing the lateral width from the first half to the latter half of the bottom wall. May be.

[0025]

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, the gutter joint of the present invention makes it easy to align the concave portion into which the eaves gutter is inserted and the end of the eaves gutter, so that the end of the eaves gutter can be smoothly inserted into the concave portion. It can be inserted, and has a remarkable effect that connection workability is greatly improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a gutter joint according to the first invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the gutter joint of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a connection procedure of the gutter joint of the embodiment.
It shows a state in which the end of the eaves gutter is placed on the expanded width portion of the bottom wall of the outer wall.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a connection procedure of the gutter joint of the embodiment.
This shows a state in which the rear wall of the end of the eaves gutter is in contact with the widened portion of the rear wall of the outer wall.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state where an eaves gutter is connected via the gutter joint of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the gutter joint according to the second invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the gutter joint according to the first invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a conventional gutter joint.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where an eaves gutter is connected via a conventional gutter joint.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view for explaining a problem when a conventional gutter joint is modified so that a front wall of a gutter gutter can be connected to a back gutter inclined toward a rear side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Outer wall 2 Inner wall 3 Intermediate connection part 4 Concave empty part 11 Front wall part of outer wall 12 Bottom wall part of outer wall 13 Rear wall part of outer wall 21 Front wall part of inner wall 22 Bottom wall part of inner wall 23 Rear wall part of inner wall 12a, 13a, 22a, 23a Width extension part 50 eaves gutter

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-2-161056 (JP, A) JP-A 64-19731 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) E04D 13 / 068

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A gutter joint having an outer wall and an inner wall connected via an intermediate connecting portion, and a recessed space for inserting an end of the gutter between the outer wall and the inner wall on both lateral sides of the intermediate connecting portion. The front wall of the outer wall is inclined rearward, and the width of at least the rear half of the bottom wall of the outer wall and the width of the rear wall connected to the outer wall are wider than the width of the front wall of the outer wall. Of the rear side wall,
A gutter joint cut off at the above-mentioned widened width portion . 2. A gutter joint, wherein an outer wall and an inner wall are connected via an intermediate connecting portion, and a concave space for inserting an end of the gutter is formed between the outer wall and the inner wall on both lateral sides of the intermediate connecting portion. The front wall portion of the outer wall is inclined rearward, and the width of at least the rear half portion of the bottom wall portion of the inner wall and the width of the rear wall portion connected thereto are wider than the width of the front wall portion of the inner wall. A gutter joint protruding to both lateral sides of the gutter.