JP3146926B2 - Eaves gutter - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an eaves gutter having an eaves gutter body connected by an eaves gutter joint.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No.
-86933. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the eaves gutter main body 101. FIG. 4 shows this eaves gutter main body 101.
It is a perspective view of. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the eaves gutter main body 101 has a longitudinal concave groove 102 opened upward and forward in the middle of the bulging front wall portion. Water draining holes 103 penetrating into the eaves gutter main body 101 at regular intervals are formed in the eaves gutter main body 101.
The water collected in the eaves gutter main body 101 flows from the drain hole 103 of the concave groove 102. As a result, the water flowing through the bulging front wall portion of the eaves gutter main body 101 can flow into the eaves gutter main body 101 without dropping to the ground.

[0003]

However, in the above prior art, when the water level in the eaves gutter main body 101 rises and becomes higher than the water drainage holes 103, the water overflows from the water drainage holes 103 at regular intervals, so that the eaves gutters. The substantial capacity of the gutter body 101 is reduced. Further, drain holes 103 must be formed in the eaves gutter main body 101 at regular intervals. In this case, the processing of the drainage holes 103 in the eaves gutter main body 101 is usually performed by post-processing, so that the processing becomes complicated. The present invention has been made in view of this point, and not only in the eaves gutter body 101 but also in the eaves gutter joint,
That is, the entire eaves gutter receives rainwater that has fallen on the front wall of the front wall without falling to the ground, and can efficiently collect water inside the eaves gutter. An object of the present invention is to provide an eaves gutter main body capable of reducing processing without reducing the capacity, and to provide an eaves gutter formed by connecting the eaves gutter main bodies with an eaves gutter joint.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an eaves gutter formed by connecting an eaves gutter body by an eaves gutter joint, wherein the eaves gutter is opened in the front upper portion in the middle of the front wall portion. Directional grooves are formed in the eaves gutter body and the eaves gutter joint continuously,
The drainage hole penetrating into the eaves gutter joint is formed at the bottom of the middle of the concave groove only in the eaves gutter joint.

[0005] The eaves gutter according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized by claim 1.
In the eaves gutter described above, the front wall portion is formed by bulging forward.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an eaves gutter.
Alternatively, in the eaves gutter according to the second aspect, the damming projection is formed on the lower groove edge of the concave groove over the entire length in the longitudinal direction.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an eaves gutter.
In the eaves gutter described above, the eaves gutter joint damming projection is formed in a shape protruding outward and bent, and the eaves gutter body damming projection is engaged with a recess formed inside the damming projection,
The eaves gutter joint is fitted and connected to the outside of the eaves gutter body.

[0008]

In the eaves gutter according to the first aspect of the present invention, rainwater that has fallen on the front wall of the eaves flows into the longitudinal groove opened upward and forward in the middle of the front wall, and travels along the groove. The water flows into the eave gutter joint groove, flows into the eave gutter joint from a drain hole formed in the bottom of the middle of the eave gutter joint groove, and is drained into the eave gutter body.

The eaves gutter according to the second aspect of the present invention is formed by expanding the front wall portion forward, so that the eaves gutter has a sense of unity with the eaves and a good sense of volume, and has a good appearance. There is a problem that it falls a lot and falls to the ground. However, in this case, since a longitudinal groove that opens upward and forward is formed in the middle of the front wall, the rainwater that has fallen on the front wall of the eaves gutter smoothly propagates through the part that swells forward. It flows into the groove.

The eaves gutter according to the third aspect of the present invention prevents rainwater from overflowing from the groove by the damming projection when the rainwater flows through the groove.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an eaves gutter, wherein the eaves gutter main body is engaged with the eaves gutter main body in a recess formed inside the eaves gutter joint. Fit and connect the fittings. Thereby, the eaves gutter body and the eaves gutter joint can be easily and reliably connected.

[0012]

1 is an exploded perspective view of an eaves gutter according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the eaves gutter main body 2
And an eaves gutter joint 1. The eaves gutter joint 1 is fitted to and connected to the outside of the eaves gutter main body 2.

The eave gutter joint 1 includes a bottom ear portion 3a, a front wall portion 4a, a rear wall portion 5a, a front ear wrapping portion 6 continuous with the front wall portion 4a, and a rear ear wrapping portion 7 continuous with the rear wall portion 5a. And formed a longitudinal concave groove 8a opened forward and upward in the middle of the front wall portion 4a formed by bulging, and penetrated into the eaves gutter joint 1 at the middle bottom of the concave groove 8a. A drain hole 9 is formed, and a fitting groove 10 into which the end of the eave gutter main body 2 is fitted is formed on the inner surface side. The eaves gutter joint 1 can be integrally formed. In this case, the drain hole 9 can be formed at the time of molding, and there is no need for post-processing.

The eaves gutter body 2 has a front ear 13 and a rear wall 5a which are continuous with the bottom 3b, the front wall 4b, the rear wall 5b, and the front wall 4b.
And a rear recess 14 which is continuous with the rear ear 14 and has a longitudinal recessed groove 8b which is opened forward and upward in the middle of the front wall portion 4b formed by swelling. Since the eaves gutter body 2 is usually formed by extrusion, when drilling holes, post-processing is required and processing becomes troublesome. In the present invention, the drainage holes 9 are formed in the eaves gutter joint 1. This is not the case.

When connecting the eaves gutter main body 2 and the eaves gutter joint 1, the ends of the eaves gutter main body 2 from both sides of the eaves gutter connection 1 are fitted into the fitting grooves 10 on the inner surface side of the eaves gutter connection 1. Connect.
Thereby, the eaves gutter 2 can be easily positioned.

The method of using the eaves gutter will be described below. The rainwater that has fallen on the front walls 4a and 4b of the entire eaves gutter flows into the longitudinal grooves 8a and 8b that open upward in the middle of the front walls 4a and 4b, and travels along the grooves 8a and 8b. Drain hole 9 formed in the middle of the concave groove 8a of the eaves gutter 1
Flows into the eaves gutter joint 1 and drains into the eaves gutter body 2. Since the eaves gutter is formed by swelling the front walls 4a and 4b forward, the eaves gutter has a sense of unity with the eaves and a good sense of volume, and has a good appearance. However, a large amount of rainwater falls and falls on the ground. There is. However, in this case, the front wall 4
a, a longitudinal groove 8 which is opened in the front upper part in the middle of 4b
Since the a and b are formed, there is no such a problem, and the rainwater that has fallen on the front wall portions 4a and 4b of the eaves gutter smoothly flows into the concave grooves 8a and 8b along the bulging portion forward.
This can prevent rainwater from falling from the front walls 4a and 4b of the eaves gutter to the ground.

In particular, when the grooves 8a, 8b are formed at the portions of the front walls 4a, 4b which bulge forward, and the grooves 8a, 8b are substantially L-shaped in cross section, the grooves 8a, 8b High water collection efficiency.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an eaves gutter according to another embodiment of the present invention. The eaves gutter is very similar to the case of FIG. 1, but the shapes of the eaves gutter body 2 and the eaves gutter joint 1 are slightly different. In this case, the groove 8b of the eave gutter body 2 and the groove 8a of the eave gutter joint 1
A damming protrusion 11b and a protrusion 11a are formed on the lower groove edge, respectively, and the damming protrusion 11a of the eaves gutter joint 1 is formed in a shape protruding outward and bent, and the damming protrusion 1b is formed.
The difference is that the damming projections 11b of the eaves gutter main body 2 are engaged with the recesses 12 formed inside the eaves gutter 1a. Other configurations are the same as those in FIG. 1, and the eaves gutter main body 2 is connected to the eaves gutter joint 1 as in the case of FIG.

In this case, the damming projection 11 of the eave gutter joint 1 is provided.
The eaves gutters 11b of the eaves gutter main body 2 are engaged with the recesses 12 formed on the inner side of the e. The main body and the eave gutter joint can be connected.

The method of using the eaves gutter will be described below. In this case, the damming projections 11a and 11b prevent rainwater from overflowing from the grooves 8a and 8b, and the eaves gutter joint 1
Flows into the eaves gutter joint 1 through a drainage hole 9 formed in the bottom of the middle of the concave groove 8a, and is drained into the eaves gutter body 2. This has the same configuration, operation and effect as the above embodiment, except that rainwater can be more reliably prevented from falling from the front walls 4a and 4b of the eaves gutter to the ground. The eaves gutter is not limited to a straight one, and can be applied to a case where the eaves gutter body is connected by a curved joint.

As described above, such eaves gutter causes the rainwater falling on the front surfaces of the front walls 4a and 4b to fall not only on the eaves gutter body 2 but also on the eaves gutter joint 1, that is, on the entire eaves gutter. The rainwater received by the grooves 8a and 8b without being received by the grooves 8a and 8b without water is collected into the eaves gutter at the eaves gutter joint 1 to efficiently collect and drain water. Further, since it is not necessary to provide the drain hole 9 in the front wall portion 4b of the eaves gutter main body 2, the eaves gutter main body 2 which can reduce the processing without reducing the substantial capacity of the eaves gutter main body 2 can be provided. An eaves gutter composed of the gutter main body 2 connected by the eaves gutter joint 1 can be provided.

[0022]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the eaves gutter can be efficiently collected and drained without causing rainwater falling on the front surface of the front wall of the entire eaves gutter to fall on the ground. By forming a drain hole only in the joint, it is possible to prevent rainwater that has fallen on the front wall of the eaves gutter from falling onto the ground. This makes it possible to provide an eaves gutter capable of reducing processing without reducing the substantial capacity of the eaves gutter.

The eaves gutter according to the second aspect of the present invention is the first aspect.
In addition to the effects of the eaves gutter described above, the design can be improved, and the rainwater that has fallen on the front wall of the eaves gutter can flow smoothly into the eaves gutter, further preventing rainwater from falling to the ground. .

The eaves gutter according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized by claim 1
Alternatively, in addition to the effect of the eaves gutter according to claim 2, rainwater can be prevented from overflowing from the concave groove, and rainwater can be more reliably prevented from falling to the ground.

The eaves gutter according to claim 4 of the present invention is characterized by claim 3
In addition to the effects of the described eaves gutter, the eaves gutter body and the eaves gutter joint can be easily and reliably connected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an eaves gutter according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an eaves gutter according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a conventional example.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 1 eave gutter 2 eave gutter main body 4 front wall 8 concave groove 9 drainage hole 11 damming convex 12 concave

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-3-217547 (JP, A) JP-A-3-86933 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E04D 13 / 064 E04D 13/068

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An eaves gutter comprising an eaves gutter body connected by an eaves gutter joint, wherein a longitudinal groove opened upward and forward in the middle of the front wall portion is connected to the eaves gutter body and the eaves gutter joint. An eaves gutter characterized in that a drainage hole penetrating into the eaves gutter joint is formed at the bottom of the middle of the groove only in the eaves gutter joint. 2. The eaves gutter according to claim 1, wherein the front wall portion is formed by bulging forward. 3. A damming projection formed on the lower groove edge of the concave groove over the entire length in the longitudinal direction.
Or the eaves gutter according to claim 2. 4. The eaves gutter joint has a damming projection formed in a shape protruding outward and bent, and the damming projection of the eaves gutter main body is engaged with a concave portion formed inside the damming projection. The eaves gutter according to claim 3, wherein the eaves gutter joint is fitted and connected to the outside of the main body.