JP5541615B2 - Rain gutter - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a rain gutter that is formed so as to be bendable by providing a flexible portion between wall surfaces of a gutter such as an eaves gutter or a gutter.

  Conventionally, an eaves bowl formed by bending a corner portion formed in a substantially V shape so that it can be bent (see Patent Document 1), or a soft synthetic material having flexibility in four corner portions formed in a substantially square shape. There was a wrinkle that can be bent by providing a resin (for example, see Patent Document 2).

These eaves, eaves, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “rain gutters”) are provided with flexible portions and soft synthetic resins (hereinafter referred to as “flexible portions”) at the corners and the four corners between the wall surfaces. It is formed so that it can be bent, so that it does not become bulky by stacking the gutters in a folded state, and it can increase the efficiency of transport space, storage space, etc. compared to the state where it is not folded effective.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 48-45221 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 48-62624

  However, the conventional rain gutter has the following problems.

  That is, when these rain gutters are stacked in a folded state, the folded gutter tends to be restored to its original shape (such as a square) by the elastic restoring force of the flexible part. Each of the stacked rain gutters swells and becomes bulky, and there is a problem that the efficiency of the transportation space, storage space, etc. cannot be sufficiently increased.

  An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and it is possible to prevent the folded rain gutter from being restored to its original shape (such as a square) and to sufficiently increase the efficiency of a transportation space, a storage space, and the like. Provide rain gutters.

To achieve the purpose,
The rain gutter according to claim 1 is a gutter that is formed so as to be bendable by providing a flexible portion between the gutter walls such as eaves and gutters. The latching part and the latched part by the hook type which can be latched by mutual latching are formed continuously in the longitudinal direction, and the opposing inner wall surfaces are latched by the latching part and the latched part. It is characterized in that it can be folded and maintained in a substantially plate shape, and the rain gutter made into a substantially plate shape is not restored to its original shape.

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  The present invention has the following effects.

According to the rain gutter according to claim 1, the inner wall surface facing when the rain gutter is bent is provided with a locking part and a locked part that can be locked to each other continuously in the longitudinal direction. If the opposing inner wall surfaces are locked by the locking portion and the locked portion, the rain gutter can be folded into a substantially plate shape, and the rain gutter folded into a substantially plate shape is the original shape (square shape etc. Therefore, when the gutters folded in a substantially plate shape are stacked, the gutters are not swelled and bulky, so that the efficiency of transportation space, storage space, etc. can be sufficiently increased.

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Further , according to the rain gutter according to claim 1 , since the locking portion and the locked portion are hooking types that can be locked by hooking, the opposing inner wall surfaces are connected to each other by the locking portion and the locked portion. The rain gutter can be folded in a state of being easily hooked by a portion, and a plurality of gutters stacked in a substantially plate shape are prevented from being restored to the original shape (such as a square), The efficiency of the storage space can be sufficiently increased.

  Hereinafter, a gutter A according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a reference example of a rain gutter A according to the present invention, (a) is a perspective view showing a state before the rain gutter A is folded, and (b) is a perspective view showing the gutter A. It is a perspective view which shows the state folded.

The rain gutter A of this reference example is formed so as to be bendable by providing a flexible portion 2 between the wall surfaces 1 of eaves, gutters, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “rain gutter”). The opposing inner wall surface 1a is provided with a locking portion 3 and a locked portion 4 that can be locked to each other.

  This rain gutter A is formed in a substantially rectangular tube shape having two sets of opposing wall surfaces 1, and adjacent wall surfaces 1 and 1 are connected to each other by flexible portions 2 at the four corners of the wall surface 1. doing.

  The material forming the wall surface 1 is made of a synthetic resin material such as plastic or vinyl chloride, or a metal material such as aluminum, copper or stainless steel.

  The flexible part 2 uses a flexible sheet material such as a soft resin material or a rubber material, a thin metal sheet material, a metal material with a groove for bending, and is bonded and welded to the adjacent wall surfaces 1 and 1. Alternatively, they are connected and bent by hard-soft simultaneous molding or the like.

In this reference example , the rain gutter A is exemplified by a gutter formed in a substantially rectangular tube shape, but is not limited to this, and the gutter formed in a cylindrical shape, a square tube shape, or a cross section substantially U It may be an eave ridge formed in a shape such as a shape, a square shape, or the like. In short, any rain gutter A formed by providing a flexible portion 2 between the wall surfaces 1 so as to be bent can be adopted.

  Such a rain gutter A can be bent by the flexible portion 2, but the inner wall surface 1 a facing when bent is provided with a locking portion 3 and a locked portion 4 that can be locked to each other. Yes.

The locking portion 3 and the locked portion 4 shown in this reference example form a convex locking portion 3 integrally formed with the inner wall surface 1a on one inner wall surface 1a, and face each other when bent. The other inner wall surface 1a exemplifies a fitting type in which a recessed locked portion 4 that can be locked by fitting the locking portion 3 is integrally formed with the inner wall surface 1a.

  Moreover, if these latching | locking part 3 and the to-be-latched part 4 are continuously formed in the longitudinal direction of the inner wall face 1a, they can be easily manufactured by extrusion molding.

According to the rain gutter A of the present reference example configured as described above, the inner wall 1a facing when the rain gutter A is bent by the flexible portion 2 is provided with a locking portion 3 and a locked portion. Since the portion 4 is provided, the rain gutter can be folded and maintained in a state where the opposing inner wall surfaces 1 a are locked by the locking portion 3 and the locked portion 4. It is possible to prevent the plurality of stacked rain gutters from being restored to the original shape (such as a square) and to sufficiently increase the efficiency of the transportation space, storage space, and the like.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part showing an embodiment of a gutter A according to the present invention, (a) is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state before the gutter A is folded, and (b). These are the principal part expanded sectional views which show the state which folded the rain gutter A.

  In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the site | part which is common in FIG. 1, and only the characteristic of a present Example is demonstrated below.

  That is, the rain gutter A is characterized in that the locking portion 3 and the locked portion 4 formed on the inner wall surface 1a are of a hook type that can be locked by hooking.

  Therefore, according to the rain gutter A of the present invention, the rain gutter A can be folded into a substantially plate shape while the opposing inner wall surfaces 1a are easily latched by the locking portion 3 and the locked portion 4. Since the plurality of gutters A stacked in a substantially plate shape is prevented from being restored to the original shape (such as a square), the efficiency of transportation space, storage space, etc. can be sufficiently increased.

It is a perspective view which shows the reference example of the rain gutter A which concerns on this invention, (a) is a perspective view which shows the state before folding the rain gutter A, (b) is the state which folded the rain gutter A. It is a perspective view shown. It is a principal part expanded sectional view which shows the Example of the rain gutter A which concerns on this invention, (a) is a principal part expanded sectional view which shows the state before folding the rain gutter A, (b) is a rain gutter. It is a principal part expanded sectional view which shows the state which folded A. FIG.

A Rain gutter 1 Wall surface 1a Inner wall surface 2 Flexible portion 3 Locking portion 4 Locked portion

Claims (1)

In the rain gutter that is formed so as to be bendable by providing a flexible part between the wall surfaces of the gutters such as eaves and gutters,
On the inner wall surface facing when bent, a hook-type locking portion and a locked portion that can be locked by mutual locking are continuously formed in the longitudinal direction,
By locking the opposing inner wall surfaces with the locking portion and the locked portion, the inner wall surfaces can be folded and maintained in a substantially plate shape, and the substantially plate-shaped rain gutter is not restored to its original shape. A rain gutter characterized by its construction.

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