JPH094149A - Connecting structure for eaves gutter with eaves gutter joint - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To eliminate the risk of slipping-off of an eaves gutter from the connection part of a joint by providing a slipoff preventing member having an insertion part inserted fast in a hollow tab provided in the eaves gutter and a lock part provided upright over the insertion part and attaching the insertion part of the preventing member to the inside of the tab in such an arrangement that the lock part is positioned over. CONSTITUTION: The ends of an eaves gutter 10 are inserted into the ends of a bent joint 20, and tabs 13, 13 of the gutter 10 are detained by lock parts 23, 23 of the joint 20. The inside surface at the end of the gutter 10 is pressed by an elastic packing, and the gutter 10 is connected watertightly with the joint 20, when part of a slipoff preventing member 30 will intrude into the hollow in the tab 13 to establish a fast attachment. The insertion part is secured to the hollow in the tab 13 of the gutter 10 in the condition that the lock part is positioned over. When the eaves gutter 10 contracts and slides, the end of the lock part of the slipoff preventing member 30 contacts with the end face of the tab detaining part 23 of the joint 20 to generate detention. Thus the eaves gutter 10 is prevented from slipping off from the end of the eaves gutter joint.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connection structure for an eaves gutter and an eaves gutter joint.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when connecting an eaves gutter and a water collector,
The downstream end of the eaves gutter is connected to the outlet of the water collector. And, for example, the actual public Sho 61-35639
In order to prevent the downstream end of the eaves trough from coming out from the inlet of the water collector, as described in Japanese Patent Publication, a comb-shaped draining piece is attached to the bottom wall end of the eaves trough. The clip having is adhered.

[0003]

However, the method of adhering a clip to the end of the bottom wall of the eaves gutter is used when the eaves gutter is connected at a right angle at the entrance and exit corners of the eaves. It cannot be applied to a curved joint (a connection structure in which the outer peripheral surface of the end portion of the eaves gutter and the inner peripheral surface of the end portion of the curved joint are watertightly connected via an elastic sealing material).

This is because, in this case, there is no gap between the bottom wall of the eaves gutter and the connecting portion of the bending joint for accommodating the clip. Therefore, in the conventional connection structure between the eaves gutter and the curved joint, it is impossible to prevent the eaves gutter from coming off.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is to expand and contract eaves gutters,
In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide a connection structure between an eaves trough and an eaves trough joint in which the eaves trough does not come off from a connection part of the eaves trough joint such as a bent joint or an eaves trough water collector due to contraction.

[0006]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, there are provided an eaves trough having a hollow ear portion provided at an upper end portion of a side wall, and an ear portion engagement portion engageable with the ear portion of the eaves trough. It consists of an eaves gutter joint provided at the upper end of the side wall, and the eaves gutter's ear part is engaged with the eaves gutter joint's ear engaging part, and the eaves gutter end outer surface and the eaves gutter joint's inner circumference In a connection structure between an eaves gutter and an eaves gutter joint, the surfaces of which are connected in a watertight manner via an elastic sealing material, an insertion part to be inserted into a hollow ear part of the eaves gutter, and an upright position above the insertion part. The insertion portion of the slip-off prevention member having a locked portion is provided in a connection structure between an eaves trough and an eaves trough joint fixed in the ear portion of the eaves trough so that the locking portion is located above. is there.

In the present invention, the material of the eaves gutter is not particularly limited, and is made of synthetic resin such as vinyl chloride resin which is usually used, reinforced with a reinforcing material such as glass fiber, or synthetic on the surface. It may be made of a metal plate extruded and coated with a resin, made of FRP, or the like.

The shape of the eaves gutter is not particularly limited, and may be a semicircular shape, a rectangular shape, or a special shape in which the front and rear side wall shapes are symmetrical or asymmetrical. The point is that the hollow ear portion may be provided at the upper end portion of the side wall. The shapes and sizes of the ears and hollows may be determined according to the shape and material of the eaves gutter.

In the eaves gutter joint according to the present invention, an ear engaging portion capable of engaging with an ear of the eaves gutter is provided at an upper end portion of the side wall,
In addition, any material may be used as long as an elastic sealing material is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the connection portion, and examples thereof include a bent joint and an eaves trough water collector. The material and shape of the eaves gutter joint may be determined according to the eaves gutter to be connected.

[0010]

In the connection structure of the eaves gutter and the eaves gutter joint of the present invention, the insertion part inserted and fixed in the hollow ear part of the eaves gutter, and the locking part erected on the upper side of the insertion part. When the eaves gutter is contracted, the locking part located upward is attached to the upper end of the side wall of the eaves trough joint because the insertion part of the slip-out prevention member with the locking part is fixed in the ear part of the eaves gutter. The end engaging portion of the ear portion is brought into contact with and locked. As a result, the eaves trough can be prevented from coming off from the end of the eaves trough joint.

[0011]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a rectangular eaves gutter used in the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 show an example of a rectangular bent joint used in the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of a slip-out prevention member.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a rectangular eaves gutter, which has a bottom portion 11 and side walls 1 which are erected from both ends of the bottom portion 11 so as to be inclined outward.
2 and 12 and square tubular ears 13 and 13 formed on the upper end of the side wall 12 so as to project outward. The ears 13 and 13 have square hollow portions 14 and 14.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a rectangular bent joint bent in a substantially L shape, and has a groove shape composed of a bottom portion 21 and side walls 22 and 22 which are erected from both ends of the bottom portion 21 and inclined outward. belongs to. Ear engaging portions 23, 23 formed so as to project outward are provided at the upper ends of the side walls 22, 22. The ear engaging portions 23, 23 are engageable with the ears 13, 13 of the eaves gutter 10. Further, band-shaped elastic packings 25, 25 are adhered to the inner peripheral surfaces 24, 24 of both ends of the bending joint 20. In addition, eaves gutter 1
Both 0 and the bent joint 20 are made of hard vinyl chloride resin.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the ends of the eaves gutter 10 are inserted into the both ends of the bending joint 20 so that the ears 13, 13 of the eaves gutter 10 are bent to engage the ears of the bending joint 20. Two
The eaves gutter 10 and the bending joint 20 are water-tightly connected to each other by being engaged with the eaves gutters 3 and 23, and the inner peripheral surface of the end of the eaves gutter 10 presses the elastic packing 25.

By the way, in the present invention, a part of the slip-out preventing member 30 having a substantially L-shaped cross section is inserted and fixed in the hollow portion 14 of the ear 13 of the eaves gutter 10. As shown in FIG. 5, the slip-off preventing member 30 includes an insertion portion 31 that is inserted into the ear portion 13 of the eaves gutter 10 and a locking portion 32 that integrally projects upward from one end of the insertion portion 31. Has become. The shape of the insertion portion 31 corresponds to the inner surface shape of the hollow portion 14 of the ear portion 13 of the eaves gutter 10. Also, the locking portion 32
The length of at least the end surface 320 of the bending joint 20
The length is such that it can contact the end surface 230 of the ear engaging portion 23. Then, the insertion portion 31 is inserted and fixed in the hollow portion 14 of the ear portion 13 of the eaves gutter 10 such that the locking portion 32 is located on the upper side.

In the connection structure of the eaves gutter 10 and the bending joint 20 shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, when the eaves gutter 10 contracts and slides in the direction of the arrow to move, as shown in FIG. The end surface 320 of the locking portion 32 of the bending joint 2
Since the end face 230 of the ear engaging portion 23 of 0 is abutted and locked, the movement of the eaves gutter 10 is stopped. As a result, the eaves gutter 10 is prevented from coming off from both ends of the bending joint 20.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the drawings. However, the specific structure is not limited to the above embodiments, and there are design changes and the like within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. Also included in the present invention. For example, in the embodiment, as the pull-out prevention member, the insertion portion 31 is shown as a solid one, but the insertion portion 31 may be cut out at the central portion in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction, or may be hollow. It may be. Further, the slip-off preventing members to be inserted into the hollow ears of the front side wall and the rear side wall are separate, but the slip-off preventing member for the front side wall and the slip-off preventing member for the rear side wall are formed by, for example, band-shaped connecting members. It may be integrally connected.

[0018]

In the connection structure of the eaves gutter and the eaves gutter joint of the present invention, the insertion part fixed in the hollow ear part of the eaves gutter and the locking part erected on the upper side of the insertion part are provided. The insertion portion of the pull-out prevention member is fixed in the ear portion of the eaves gutter, and the locking portion located above contacts the end surface of the ear engaging portion provided at the upper end of the side wall of the eaves joint. Since it is locked, the eaves gutter can be prevented from coming off from the end of the eaves gutter joint due to the contraction of the eaves gutter.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a rectangular eaves gutter used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of a rectangular bent joint used in the present invention.

3 is a front view of the bending joint shown in FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of a slip-off preventing member used in the present invention.

6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a contracted state of an eaves gutter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Rectangular Eaves Gutter 11 Bottom 12 Sidewall 13 Ear 14 Hollow 20 Hollow Bent Joint 21 Bottom 22 Sidewall 23 Ear Engagement 230 End Face 24 End Inner Surface 25 Elastic Packing 30 Drop Prevention Member 31 Insertion Part 32 Locking Part 320 end face

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An eaves trough having a hollow ear portion provided at an upper end portion of a side wall, and an eaves trough joint having an ear engaging portion engageable with an ear portion of the eaves trough provided at an upper end portion of the side wall. , The ear of the eaves gutter is engaged with the ear engaging part of the eaves trough joint, and the outer peripheral surface of the end of the eaves gutter and the inner peripheral surface of the end of the eaves gutter joint are watertightly connected via an elastic seal material. In the connection structure between the eaves gutter and the eaves gutter joint, the removal prevention member having an insertion part to be inserted into the hollow ear part of the eaves gutter and a locking part standing on the upper side of the insertion part. The connection structure between an eaves gutter and an eaves gutter joint, wherein the insertion part is fixed in the ear part of the eaves gutter so that the locking part is located above.