JP7217463B2 - Eaves gutter joint and eaves gutter connection structure - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to an eaves gutter joint and an eaves gutter connection structure including the same.

Conventionally, there is a joint for an eaves gutter described in Patent Document 1. This eaves gutter joint includes two connecting portions extending in directions substantially perpendicular to each other. This eaves gutter joint connects an eaves gutter whose front wall is higher than its rear wall. This joint for eaves gutters connects two eaves gutters at an outward corner, and the extension length of the tall front wall is longer than the extension length of the low rear wall. ing.

Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-51342

When the eaves gutter joint is used in an internal corner, the rear wall is arranged on the front side and the front wall is arranged on the rear side, so that the eaves gutter joint is arranged on the front side. The height of the wall becomes lower than the height of the wall arranged on the rear side. Therefore, it is not possible to connect the eaves gutter whose front wall is higher than the rear wall, and an eaves gutter joint for internal corners, which is completely different in structure from the eaves gutter joint for external corners, is required. . Therefore, the eaves gutter joint is difficult to mass-produce, tends to be expensive, and has low versatility.

Accordingly, an object of the present disclosure is to provide an eaves gutter joint and an eaves gutter connection structure that are easy to mass-produce, easy to reduce manufacturing costs, and highly versatile.

In order to solve the above problems, an eaves gutter joint according to the present disclosure is an eaves gutter joint including two connecting portions extending in different directions, the inner joint defining a guide groove for guiding rainwater; an outer joint disposed outside the inner joint and covering an outer surface of the inner joint, the inner joint being positioned at substantially the same height and facing each other in the width direction and having the outer side in the width direction and the outer side in the extension direction Each connecting portion has a pair of open ear receiving recesses, a gap for inserting the connecting portion of the eaves gutter between the outer joint and the inner joint, and the height of the front wall of the eaves gutter is at the upper end. When the height of the rear wall having the rear ear is higher than the height of the rear wall, one of the pair of ear accommodation recesses accommodates at least a part of the rear ear in a state in which the connecting portion of the eaves gutter is inserted into the gap, and has an inner corner and an outer corner. can be placed on both The upper end portion is an end portion positioned vertically upward when the eaves gutter joint is appropriately arranged at a predetermined position (arrangement position).

According to the eaves gutter joint according to the present disclosure, it is easy to mass-produce, the manufacturing cost is easy to reduce, and the versatility is high.

1 is a schematic plan view of a building in which an eaves gutter connection structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is installed, viewed from above; FIG. It is a perspective view when the said eaves gutter connection structure is seen from diagonally above. It is a perspective view when the said eaves gutter connection structure is seen from diagonally below. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the first eaves gutter joint of the eaves gutter connection structure as viewed from above; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 4; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view including the height direction and the width direction of the connecting portion of the first eaves gutter of the eaves gutter connection structure. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 5 of the first eaves gutter joint to which the first eaves gutter is connected; (a) is an exploded perspective view of an eaves gutter connection structure of a modification, and (b) is a perspective view showing an expansion joint that can employ the eaves gutter connection structure. Moreover, (c) and (d) are perspective views showing hanging tools that can be used for hanging the eaves gutter connection structure.

Embodiments according to the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, when a plurality of embodiments and modifications are included in the following, it is assumed from the beginning that the characteristic portions thereof will be appropriately combined to construct a new embodiment. Further, in the following embodiments, the same reference numerals are given to the same configurations in the drawings, and redundant explanations are omitted. In addition, a plurality of drawings include schematic diagrams, and the dimensional ratios of length, width, height, etc. of each member do not necessarily match between different drawings. In addition, in this specification, when the word "abbreviation" is used, it is used with the same meaning as the wording "roughly speaking", and the requirement of "abbreviation" is satisfied if a person roughly looks like that . Further, in the following description, when words related to the vertical direction, such as vertical direction, horizontal direction, upper side, lower side, etc., are used, it means that the eaves gutter joint or the eaves gutter connection structure ) are properly placed in the In addition, among the constituent elements described below, constituent elements that are not described in independent claims indicating the highest concept are optional constituent elements and are not essential constituent elements.

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a building 1 such as a house in which an eaves gutter connection structure 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is installed, as viewed from above. 2 is a perspective view of the eaves gutter connection structure 10 when viewed obliquely from above, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the eaves gutter connection structure 10 when viewed obliquely from below.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 , the side wall 2 on the eaves side of the building 1 has an inside corner 3 and an outside corner 4 . The eaves gutter connection structure 10 also includes three first to third eaves gutter 11, 12, 13 and two first and second joints 15, 16 for eaves gutter. The first eaves gutter joint 15 connects the first eaves gutter 11 and the second eaves gutter 12 around the inside corner 3 , and the second eaves gutter joint 16 connects the second eaves gutter 12 and the third eaves gutter 13 . are connected around the outside corner 4. A method of connecting the eaves gutter joints 15, 16 and the eaves gutter 11, 12, 13 will be described later in detail.

As shown in FIG. 2, each of the eaves gutters 11, 12, 13 has guide grooves 11a, 12a, 13a that open upward and guide rainwater, and each eaves gutter joint 15, 16 also opens upward. guide grooves 15a and 16a for guiding rainwater. With the eaves gutter connection structure 10 properly connected, the guide grooves 11a, 12a, 13a, 11a, 12a, 13a, 11a, 12a, 13a, 11a, 12a, 13a, 11a, 13a, 11a, 13a, 11a, 13a, 11a, 11a, 11a, 11a, 11a, 11a, 11a, 11a, 15a and 16a define one integrated guide groove 17 together.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the eaves gutter connection structure 10 extends along the eaves edge 6 of the roof 5 . The eaves gutter connection structure 10 is fixed to the wall of the building at a plurality of locations spaced apart in the extending direction using known hangers (not shown). The integrated guide groove 17 of the eaves gutter connection structure 10 receives rainwater that has flowed down along the roof 5 and allows it to flow into a water catchment (not shown). The rainwater that has flowed into the catch basin flows to the ground or sewage after passing through a not-shown downspout.

In the eaves gutter connection structure 10, the first eaves gutter joint 15 arranged at the inside corner 3 and the second eaves gutter joint 16 arranged at the outside corner 4 are the same. That is, the eaves gutter joints 15 and 16 of the present disclosure have high versatility in that they can be arranged at both the inside corner 3 and the outside corner 4, unlike conventional eaves gutter joints. Next, the structure of the eaves gutter joints 15 and 16 having such high versatility will be described in detail. Since the second eaves gutter joint 16 is the same as the first eaves gutter joint 15, only the structure of the first eaves gutter joint 15 will be described below.

FIG. 4 is a plan view when the first eaves gutter joint 15 is viewed from above. As shown in FIG. 4, the guide groove 15a of the first eaves gutter joint (hereinafter, the first is omitted unless necessary) 15 has a substantially L-shaped opening when viewed from above. 19. The eaves gutter joint 15 includes a first connecting portion 20 and a second connecting portion 21 extending in directions substantially perpendicular to each other.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 4 and is a cross-sectional view including the width direction and the height direction of the first connecting portion 20. As shown in FIG. Since the second connecting portion 21 has the same structure as the first connecting portion 20, only the structure of the first connecting portion 20 will be described, and the description of the structure of the second connecting portion 21 will be omitted. . As shown in FIG. 5 , the eaves gutter joint 15 has a double joint structure and includes an inner joint 30 and an outer joint 40 .

The inner joint 30 has an inner bottom wall 34 and a pair of inner walls 35 and 36 extending upward from both ends in the width direction of the inner bottom wall 34 and having substantially the same height. The inner bottom wall 34 and the pair of inner walls 35, 36 are integrally formed to define a guide groove 15a for guiding rainwater. As is clear from the plan view shown in FIG. 4, the pair of inner side walls 35 and 36 are composed of an inner long side wall 35 having a longer length in the extending direction and an inner long side wall 35 having a shorter length in the extending direction than the inner long side wall 35 . short side wall 36.

Again, referring to FIG. 5, the inner joint 30 has a pair of ear receiving recesses 32 and 33 which are positioned substantially at the same height and face each other in the width direction and which are open on the outside in the width direction and the outside in the extension direction. It has it in the connection part 20. Each of the ear receiving recesses 32 and 33 is formed in a groove shape so as to be recessed inward in the width direction in a portion above the center in the height direction of each of the inner side walls 35 and 36 of the inner joint 30, and extends in the direction in which the connecting portion 20 extends. extend to Each inner wall 35 , 36 has protrusions 37 , 38 that protrude upward from the upper ends of the ear receiving recesses 32 , 33 .

On the other hand, the outer joint 40 is arranged outside the inner joint 30 and covers the outer surface of the inner joint 30 . Specifically, the outer joint 40 has an outer bottom wall 44 and a pair of outer walls 45 and 46 extending upward from both ends in the width direction of the outer bottom wall 44 and having substantially the same height. The outer bottom wall 44 and the pair of outer walls 45 and 46 are integrally formed to define a groove-shaped inner joint accommodating recess 41 that accommodates the entire inner joint 30 and is open on the upper side.

As is clear from the plan view shown in FIG. 4, the pair of outer side walls 45 and 46 of the outer joint 40 also has an outer long side wall 45 having a longer length in the extending direction and an outer long side wall 45 having a longer length in the extending direction. and an outer short side wall 46 that is shorter than the . As shown in FIG. 5, each of the outer walls 45, 46 of the outer joint 40 has a pair of caps 47, 48 covering the upper ends of the pair of inner walls 35, 36 of the inner joint 30 when viewed from above. I have it in the department.

A gap exists between the outer joint 40 and the inner joint 30 . The connection portion of the first eaves gutter 11 is inserted into this gap from the outside in the extending direction of the first connection portion 20 of the eaves gutter joint 15 . Referring to FIG. 4, in the case where the connection portion of the first eaves gutter 11 is connected to the first connection portion 20, the inner joint 30 has an overlap margin that overlaps the connection portion of the first eaves gutter 11 when viewed from above. 28.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view including the height direction and the width direction of the connecting portion 25 of the first eaves gutter 11. As shown in FIG. The connecting portions of the second and third eaves gutters 12, 13 to the eaves gutter joints 15, 16 have the same structure as that of the connecting portion 25 of the first eaves gutter 11, so the description thereof is omitted. Also, hereinafter, the first eaves gutter 11 is simply referred to as the eaves gutter 11 unless the first is required.

As shown in FIG. 6 , the eaves gutter 11 includes a front wall 51 , a rear wall 52 and a bottom wall 53 . One widthwise end of the bottom wall 53 is connected to the lower end of the front wall 51 , and the other widthwise end of the bottom wall 53 is connected to the lower end of the rear wall 52 . The front wall 51, the rear wall 52, and the bottom wall 53 are integrally formed to define a guide groove 11a that opens upward and guides rainwater. As shown in FIG. 2, with the eaves gutter 11 properly installed in the building 1, the front wall 51 is positioned on the front side (outside) opposite to the building 1 side, and the rear wall 52 is positioned on the building 1 side. It is placed on the back side (inner side).

As shown in FIG. 6, front wall 51 is higher than rear wall 52 . By making the front wall 51 higher than the rear wall 52, rainwater flowing down the upper surface of the roof 5 and splashing outward from the eaves 6 (see FIG. 2) can be efficiently accommodated in the guide groove 11a. The front wall 51 has a front tab 57 at its upper end that bends rearward and downward in the width direction, and the rear wall 52 has a rear tab 58 that bends forward and downward in the width direction at its upper end. have. The front lugs 57 and the rear lugs 58 are used when the eaves gutter 11 is locked to a hanger (not shown).

In the above configuration, when the eaves gutter joint 15 connects the eaves gutter 11 around the inner corner 3 like the first eaves gutter joint 15 , the inner and outer long side walls 35 , 45 are connected to the inner and outer short side walls 36 . , 46 on the rear side (on the side of the building 1) and along the eaves 6 of the building 1. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, that is, a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. At least part of the rear ear 58 of the rear wall 52 of the eaves gutter 11 passes through the height direction gap created between the lower end and the upper end 62 of the inner short side wall 36, and the ear accommodation recess 32 of the inner long side wall 35 The connection portion 25 of the eaves gutter 11 is inserted between the outer joint 40 and the inner joint 30 of the first connection portion 20 of the eaves gutter joint 15 so as to enter. By this insertion, the connection portion 25 of the eaves gutter 11 can be connected to the first connection portion 20 of the eaves gutter joint 15 .

On the other hand, like the second eaves gutter joint 16, when the eaves gutter joint 16 is connected to the eaves gutter 12 around the protruding corner 4, the inner and outer short side walls 36, 46 of the eaves gutter joint 16 are formed on the inner and outer sides of the eaves gutter joint 16. A joint 16 for the eaves gutter is arranged in the protruding corner 4 so as to be positioned on the rear side (building 1 side) of the outer long side walls 35, 45 and along the eaves edge 6 of the building 1.例文帳に追加Then, the front lug 57 of the front wall 51 of the eaves gutter 12 passes through the height direction gap created between the lower end of the cap portion 47 of the outer long side wall 45 and the upper end 61 (see FIG. 5) of the inner long side wall 35. At the same time, the connection portion of the eaves gutter 12 is connected to one side of the eaves gutter joint 16 so that at least a portion of the rear ear 58 of the rear wall 52 of the eaves gutter 12 enters the ear accommodation recess 33 of the inner short side wall 36 . It is inserted between the outer joint 40 and the inner joint 30 at the part. By this insertion, the connection portion of the eaves gutter 12 can be connected to the one-side connection portion of the eaves gutter joint 16 . Therefore, since the first eaves gutter joint 15 and the second eaves gutter joint 16 are the same, the eaves gutter joints 15 and 16 of the present disclosure are installed at both the inside corner 3 and the outside corner 4 of the building 1. can.

Although not an essential requirement, the connecting portion 25 of the eaves gutters 11 to 13 is inserted between the outer joint 40 and the inner joint 30, and part or all of the outer surface of the connecting portion 25 of the eaves gutters 11 to 13 may be fixed to the inner surface of the outer joint 40 with an adhesive or the like. Further, when the connecting portions 25 of the eaves gutters 11 to 13 are connected to the eaves gutter joints 15 and 16, the front ears 57 of the eaves gutters 11 to 13 may contact the upper part of the inner joint 30, or It may be non-contact. Further, when the connecting portions 25 of the eaves gutters 11 to 13 are connected to the eaves gutter joints 15 and 16, the rear ears 58 of the eaves gutters 11 to 13 are connected to the pair of ear receiving recesses 32 and 33 of the inner joint 30. may be in contact with one or both may be out of contact. Further, as in the present embodiment, in the cross-sectional view shown in FIG. 5, there may be a line P on which the connection portion 20 of the eaves gutter joint 15 is substantially symmetrical, or such a line P does not exist. may

As described above, the eaves gutter joints 15 and 16 are provided with two connecting portions 20 and 21 extending in substantially orthogonal directions. The eaves gutter joints 15 and 16 include an inner joint 30 that defines the guide grooves 15a and 16a that guide rainwater, and an outer joint 40 that is arranged outside the inner joint 30 and covers the outer surface of the inner joint 30. . In addition, the inner joint 30 has a pair of ear receiving recesses 32, 33 which are positioned at approximately the same height and face each other in the width direction, and which are open on the outer side in the width direction and the outer side in the extension direction. have. In addition, the eaves gutter joints 15 and 16 have a gap between the outer joint 40 and the inner joint 30 into which the connecting portion 25 of the eaves gutter 11 to 13 is inserted.

Therefore, as described above, even if the height of the front wall 51 of the eaves gutters 11 to 13 is higher than the height of the rear wall 52 having the rear ear 58 at the upper end, the eaves gutter joints 15 and 16 are When arranged at the internal corner 3, the connection portion 25 of the eaves gutters 11 to 13 is arranged so that at least part of the rear ear 58 is accommodated in the ear accommodation recess 32 of the inner long side wall 35 as one of the ear accommodation recesses. can be inserted between the outer joint 40 and the inner joint 30 . On the other hand, when the eaves gutter joints 15 and 16 are arranged at the protruding corner 4, at least a part of the rear ear 58 is accommodated in the ear accommodation recess 33 of the inner short side wall 36 as one of the ear accommodation recesses. , the connecting portion 25 of the eaves gutters 11 to 13 can be inserted between the outer joint 40 and the inner joint 30 . Therefore, the eaves gutter joints 15 and 16 can be installed at both the inside corner 3 and the outside corner 4 of the building 1. - 特許庁Therefore, the eaves gutter joints 15 and 16 are easy to mass-produce, easy to reduce the manufacturing cost, and high in versatility.

Also, the pair of outer walls 45, 46 of the outer joint 40 may have a pair of caps 47, 48 that cover the upper ends of the pair of inner walls 35, 36 of the inner joint 30 when viewed from above. .

According to this configuration, it is possible to suppress or prevent rainwater from entering between the outer joint 40 and the inner joint 30 from above. Therefore, the outer joint 40, the inner joint 30, and the connecting portion 25 of the eaves gutters 11 to 13 can be prevented from being deteriorated by rainwater entering between the outer joint 40 and the inner joint 30.

In addition, the eaves gutter connection structure 10 is a joint for eaves gutter that connects the first eaves gutter 11 and the second eaves gutter 12, and the one-side connection portion of the first eaves gutter 11 and the one-side connection portion of the second eaves gutter 12. 15 and.

Therefore, since the eaves gutter connection structure 10 has the eaves gutter joint 15 which is easy to mass-produce and whose manufacturing cost is low, the manufacturing cost of the eaves gutter connection structure 10 can be easily reduced.

It should be noted that the present disclosure is not limited to the above embodiments and modifications thereof, and various improvements and modifications are possible within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents.

For example, in the above embodiment, the outer joint 40 has a pair of caps 47, 48 that cover the upper ends of the pair of inner side walls 35, 36 of the inner joint 30 when viewed from above. However, the outer joint may have a cap that covers only the upper end of one of the pair of inner walls of the inner joint when viewed from above, or the upper end of one of the pair of inner walls may be It is not necessary to have both the covering cap portion and the cap portion covering the other upper end portion.

Moreover, the case where the joints 15 and 16 for eaves gutters are provided with the 1st and 2nd connection parts 20 and 21 which extend in a substantially orthogonal direction was demonstrated. However, the extending direction of one of the two connecting portions of the eaves gutter joint may cross the extending direction of the other connecting portion at an angle other than 90°. The point is that the eaves gutter joint should have two connecting portions extending in different directions.

Also, the case where the eaves gutter connection structure 10 includes three first to third eaves gutter 11, 12, 13 and two joints 15, 16 for the first and second eaves gutter has been described. However, the eaves gutter connection structure may include at least two eaves gutter connections and one eaves gutter joint.

The eaves gutter connection structure may also include a stop or a water collector. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8(a), that is, an exploded perspective view of the eaves gutter connection structure 110 of the modified example, the eaves gutter connection structure 110 has two linear eaves gutter 111 and eaves gutter 112. A water collector 150 having an opening 150a may be used for connection, and rainwater may be allowed to flow from the water collector 150 to the ground side through a downpipe or the like. Also, the eaves gutter connection structure 110 may have a stop 165 that closes off the end of the integrated guide channel 117 that guides rainwater.

Also, the eaves gutter connection structure may have an expansion joint 160 whose perspective view is shown in FIG. 8(b) so that the extension length of the linear portion can be adjusted. Alternatively, the eaves gutter connection structure may be suspended from the building by a non-slidable hanger 170 whose perspective view is shown in FIG. Suspended from the building at 180, the distance from the wall of the building to the installation location may be adjustable.

Also, the eaves gutter connection structure and eaves gutter joint may be embossed on the outer surface portion that may be visible, for example, all or part of the outer surface of the outer joint of the eaves gutter joint may be embossed. may be processed. Then, embossing may be used to prevent light from being reflected in the same direction on the outer surface portion or outer surface of the eaves gutter connection structure and eaves gutter joint, thereby reducing glare.

1 Building 3 Inner Corner 4 Outer Corner 5 Roof 6 Eaves Edge 10,110 Eaves Gutter Connection Structure 11 First Eaves Gutter 12 Second Eaves Gutter 13 Third Eaves Gutter 15 Joint for First Eaves Gutter 16 Second eaves gutter joint 20 First connection portion of first eaves gutter joint 21 Second connection portion of first eaves gutter joint 25 First eaves gutter joint connection 30 Inner joint 32 Inside Long side wall ear receiving recess 33 Inner short side wall ear receiving recess 35,36 Inner side wall 40 Outer joint 45,46 Outer wall 47,48 Cap portion 51 Front wall of first eaves gutter 52 First Back wall of eaves gutter, 58 back ear, 111,112 eaves gutter.

Claims (3)

A joint for an eaves gutter comprising two connecting portions extending in different directions,
an inner joint defining a guide groove for guiding rainwater;
an outer joint disposed outside the inner joint and covering an outer surface of the inner joint;
with
The inner joint has a pair of ear-receiving recesses located at approximately the same height and facing each other in the width direction and having openings on the outer side in the width direction and the outer side in the extending direction, and
When there is a gap between the outer joint and the inner joint for inserting the connecting portion of the eaves gutter, and the height of the front wall of the eaves gutter is higher than the height of the rear wall having a rear tab at the upper end wherein one of the pair of ear accommodation recesses accommodates at least a portion of the rear ear in a state where the connecting portion of the eaves gutter is inserted into the gap, and can be installed at both an internal corner and an external corner. , Fittings for eaves gutters. 2. The joint for eaves gutter according to claim 1, wherein the pair of outer walls of the outer joint has a pair of capped portions at upper end portions covering the upper end portions of the pair of inner walls of the inner joint when viewed from above. a first eaves gutter and a second eaves gutter;
The eaves gutter coupling according to claim 1 or 2, which connects the one-side connection portion of the first eaves gutter and the one-side connection portion of the second eaves gutter;
eaves gutter connection structure.

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