JPH10317609A - Roof water draining device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove fallen leaves or the like from a rain water draining device by providing a gutter, downspout, water receiver and strainer as well as a low wall portion at a part of the outer peripheral wall of the water receiver and a residue removing portion. SOLUTION: The roof water draining device 10 comprises gutters 11, 12 formed to a channel shape along the outer peripheries of a roof 1, a water receiver 13 connected to the gutters 11, 12 and a strainer 15 provided at a downspout 14 and a step portion 13a of the water receiver 13. Then, outer peripheral walls 11a, 12a are formed at the outer peripheral end of the gutters 11, 12, and low walls portion 11b, 12b are provided at a distance of x from the corner. And a strainer 15 is formed from a net shaped mesh 15a and an external plastic frame 15b. Then, at the time of rainfall, the rain water flows to gutters 11, 12 and passes through the strainer 15 and flows in the water receiver 13, fallen leaves are caught by the strainer 15, and the residue is moved and scattered by winds to the outside of the roof 1. Thus, the residue can be removed without manual work.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gutter for draining rainwater in a house or the like, and more particularly, to a gutter which does not overflow with residuals such as fallen leaves and debris.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional rain gutter of this type includes a gutter, a water receiving basin (water collector) connected to the horizontal gutter, a vertical gutter connected to the water receiving basin, and a water gutter. A strainer provided on the basin is provided. Further, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-273355, in the water receiving basin of the rain gutter and in the drain pipe, garbage can be attached to the rain gutter drain port and the drain pipe at an appropriate position, or is incorporated. There are rain gutters and drain pipes with trash removal devices.

[0003]

The former of the prior art described above has a problem that the strainer is blocked by residues such as fallen leaves and debris, preventing rainwater from passing and overflowing rainwater. . In the latter case of the above-mentioned prior art, it is necessary to manually dispose of residues such as fallen leaves and dust.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its object is not to rely on human hands.
An object of the present invention is to provide a rain gutter device that can automatically remove residues such as fallen leaves and dust by a driving force of a wind power or a motor.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a rain gutter apparatus according to the present invention comprises a gutter, a water receiving basin connected to the gutter, and a vertical gutter connected to the bottom of the water receiving basin. And a strainer provided in the water receiving basin and having a strainer through which rainwater passes. The water receiving basin is provided with a low wall portion in a part of an outer peripheral wall.

A rain gutter, a water receiving basin connected to the horizontal gutter, a vertical gutter connected to the bottom of the water receiving basin, and a strainer provided on the water receiving basin for passing rainwater. In the gutter device, a wiping member for wiping off the residue such as fallen leaves and dust left on the strainer is provided, and the wiping member is driven by a driving means such as wind or an electric motor.

[0007] A rain gutter having a gutter, a water receiving basin connected to the gutter, a vertical gutter connected to the bottom of the water receiving basin, and a strainer provided on the water receiving basin for passing rainwater. In the gutter apparatus, a driving means for driving the strainer is provided. The rain gutter device of the present invention configured as described above can remove the residue such as fallen leaves and dirt by the driving force of the wind power, the electric motor, or the like without manual operation, and can solve the problem that the rainwater overflows.

When the wiping member and the strainer are driven by an electric motor, the electric motor is detected by a rainfall detecting means or driven at a predetermined time interval so that the fallen leaves / strain can be detected.
Residue such as dust can be more appropriately removed.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2, a roof 1 made of concrete or the like has a rectangular shape, for example, and has a nearly flat roof surface 2 with a gentle slope formed toward the outer periphery. The gutter device 10 of the present invention is provided at the corner of the roof 1. The gutter device 10 includes the roof 1
Gutters 11 and 12 formed in a groove shape along the outer periphery of the roof, connected to these gutters, a water receiving basin 13 formed at a corner of the roof, and vertically connected to a bottom of the water receiving basin. It comprises a downspout 14 and a strainer 15 which is provided on the step 13a of the water receiving basin 13 and allows rainwater to pass therethrough.

Outer peripheral walls 11a and 12a are formed at the outer peripheral end of the roof 1 by the gutters 11 and 12, and these outer peripheral walls are lower wall portions 11b and 12b at a distance x from the corner. The distance x between the low wall portions 11b and 12b is
3 is set smaller than the distance y. The water receiving basin 13 has a quarter-arc shape with a diagonal surface to the corner. The strainer 15 is formed of a net-like mesh 15a through which fallen leaves, dust and the like cannot pass, and through which rainwater can pass, and a plastic outer frame 15b that supports the mesh 15a on its outer periphery. The thickness t of the strainer 15 is the step 13 of the water receiving basin 13.
a is set substantially equal to the step h of the
And the upper surface of the outer frame 15b of the strainer 15 are substantially flush with each other. Also, as shown in FIG.
The upper surfaces of the outer frames 1b and 12b and the outer frame 15b of the strainer 15 are also set to be substantially the same.

The strainer 15 may be made of, for example, a plastic in which an outer frame and a mesh are integrally formed, or may be formed of a metal plate such as a punching metal.
The downspout 14 has an adhesive on a plastic receiving pipe 14a fixed to the bottom of the water receiving basin 13 with a sealing agent or the like.
It is fixed by a solvent or the like. In the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2, during rainfall, rainwater flows to the gutters 11 and 12 with a gentler gradient than the roof surface 2, passes through the strainer 15, and receives
Flow into 3 At this time, fallen leaves, garbage, etc. are strainer 1
5 and remains on the upper surface of the strainer 15.
Residues such as fallen leaves and dust are moved when the wind blows, and are scattered outside the roof 1 from the low wall portions 11b and 12b. Since the residue is scattered, the rainwater does not overflow, and no manual operation is required.

Since the distance x between the low wall portions 11b and 12b is smaller than the distance y of the water receiving basin 13, the rainwater does not scatter outside the roof 1 when flowing into the water receiving basin 13. Since the upper surface of the low wall portion and the upper surface of the strainer are substantially the same surface, the residue can be easily scattered. FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a gutter device 20 is provided at a corner of the roof 1. The configuration of the gutter device 20 except for the strainer is substantially the same as that of the above-described embodiment, and the gutters 21 and 22, the water receiving basin 23 connected to these gutters, and the vertical connected to the bottom of the water receiving basin Gutter 24, strainer 25 provided at step 23 a of water receiving basin 23 and passing rainwater
, And the mounting pillars 26, 26 are integrally provided on the strainer 25 so as to protrude therefrom.

The leaves fall between the mounting columns 26, 26,
A wiping body 27 for wiping residues such as dust is swingably supported. The wiping body 27 is flat and swings by the wind. The upper dimension a is set larger than the lower dimension b with respect to the swing center, and a brush is planted at the lower end. A stopper 28 formed by bending a metal plate in a U-shape is fixed to one of the mounting pillars 26, 26 by a screw or the like.
The swing range of the wiping member 27 is regulated.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, when fallen leaves, dirt and the like are left on the strainer 25, the wiping member 27 swings when the wind blows, and the brush at the lower end wipes the residue to the outside of the roof 1. And remove it, no rainwater overflows. Wiping body 27
Since the upper dimension a is set to be larger than the lower dimension b, the area for receiving the wind is large, and it is possible to swing efficiently and wipe off the residue.

FIG. 4 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. A rain gutter device 30 is provided at a corner of the roof 1. The rain gutter device 30 includes horizontal gutters 31 and 32 (only one is shown), a water receiving basin 33 connected to these horizontal gutters, and a vertical gutter 3 connected to the bottom of the water receiving basin via a connection pipe 34a.
4. A wiping body 36 having a substantially hemispherical strainer 35 for passing rainwater and having an arc surface along the strainer 35, and a sirocco fan 37 for driving the wiping body are provided. That is, a four-legged support 38 is screwed to the bottom surface of the water receiving basin 33, a sirocco fan 37 is attached to an upper end of a shaft 37a supported by a bearing of the support, and a four-legged wiping body 36 is attached to a lower end. Is attached.
The four feet of the wiping body have arc surfaces facing each other with a slight gap from the strainer 35. The strainer 35 passes rainwater without passing through fallen leaves, dust and the like, and is detachably attached to the connection pipe 34a by a spring piece. A discharge port 39 is provided in the outer peripheral wall 31a,
A cover 39a having a lower opening is attached to the outside of the outlet.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, when residues such as fallen leaves and debris are caught on the strainer 35, the sirocco fan 37 is rotated by the wind, so that the wiping member 36 is rotated.
Is rotated, and the residue is wiped off and separated from the strainer 35. The separated residue is moved by the wind and removed to the outside of the roof 1 from the outlet 39 through the cover 39a.

FIG. 5 shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The gutter device 40 has substantially the same configuration as that of the third embodiment except for the fan, and the same reference numerals are used. It is attached. The fan for rotating the wiping body 36 is a propeller fan 47, which is configured to rotate via a bevel gear 47a. The operation is the same as in the above embodiment. FIG.
FIG. 7 to FIG. 7 show a fifth embodiment of the present invention, in which a rain gutter device 50 is provided at a corner portion of the roof 1, and a gutter 51,
52, a water receiving basin 53 connected to these gutters, a vertical gutter 54 connected to the bottom of the water receiving basin, and a strainer 55 provided at the bottom of the water receiving basin 53 at the entrance of the vertical gutter to pass rainwater. An electric motor 56 is supported by a support plate in the connecting pipe 54a of the downspout 54 as a driving means for rotating the strainer 55. The motor 56 has a waterproof structure, and a power supply 57 is connected to a rain sensor 5 such as a semiconductor as a rain detecting means.
8 are connected. Further, a discharge port 51b is formed in the outer peripheral wall 51a, and a cover 51c having a lower opening is provided outside.
Is attached.

In this embodiment, when rain falls with residues such as fallen leaves and debris remaining on the strainer 55, a power source 57 is supplied to the motor 56 by the output of the rain sensor 58, and the motor 56 rotates to 55 is rotated. For this reason, the residue is separated from the strainer 55 by centrifugal force and removed to the outside of the roof 1 from the discharge port 51b, and the rainwater flows through the strainer 55 to the downspout 54, so that the rainwater does not overflow.

In each of the above-described embodiments, an example is shown in which a gutter and a water receiving trough are formed on a concrete roof, but a plastic gutter called a eaves gutter or a plastic water trough is used. Of course, it may be possible. Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be variously modified without departing from the spirit of the invention described in the claims. is there.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the wiping member is driven by wind power or the like, but the wiping member may be driven to rotate by an electric motor or the like. In that case, the electric motor can be driven intermittently based on rainfall detection by a rainfall sensor or at predetermined time intervals. Further, the wiping body or the strainer is shown as being driven to rotate, but the wiping body or the strainer may be vibrated to drop fallen leaves or the like.

[0021]

As can be understood from the above description, the rain gutter apparatus of the present invention can remove and scatter the residuals such as fallen leaves and refuse remaining on the strainer by the wind. Further, the residue of the strainer can be removed by wiping with a wiping body driven by wind. Further, it is possible to remove the residue by driving the strainer itself, and it is possible to avoid the overflow of rainwater without requiring any manual operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a main part of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a main part of FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

1, roof 2, roof surface 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, rain gutter device 11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32, 51, 52, gutter 11b, 12b, low wall portion 13, 23, 33, 53, water receiving basins 14, 24, 34, 54, downspout 15, 25, 35, 55, strainers 27, 36, wiping body 56, electric motor 58, rain sensor

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A gutter, a water trough connected to the gutter, a vertical gutter connected to the bottom of the water trough, and a strainer provided in the water trough for passing rainwater. In the rain gutter device, the water receiving basin is provided with a low wall portion at a part of an outer peripheral wall. 2. The gutter device according to claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the low wall portion is substantially flush with an upper surface of the strainer. 3. A gutter, a water receiving basin connected to the horizontal gutter, a vertical gutter connected to a bottom portion of the water receiving basin, and a strainer provided in the water receiving basin for passing rainwater. The rain gutter device according to claim 1, further comprising a wiping body for wiping off residual matter such as fallen leaves and debris remaining on said strainer. 4. The gutter device according to claim 3, wherein the wiping member has a flat plate shape, has a brush in contact with a strainer, and is driven by wind. 5. The gutter device according to claim 3, wherein the strainer has a substantially hemispherical shape, and the wiping body has an arc portion along the strainer. 6. The rain gutter device according to claim 5, wherein the wiping body includes a driving unit. 7. The rain gutter according to claim 3, wherein the water receiving basin has a discharge port for discharging a residue on an outer peripheral wall. 8. A gutter, a water receiving basin connected to the horizontal gutter, a vertical gutter connected to a bottom of the water receiving basin, and a strainer provided in the water receiving basin to allow rainwater to pass therethrough. A gutter device comprising: a gutter device; and a driving means for driving the strainer. 9. The gutter device according to claim 7, wherein the water receiving basin has a discharge port for discharging a residue on an outer peripheral wall. 10. The wiping member according to claim 6, wherein the driving means is an electric motor, and drives the wiping body based on rainfall detection by the rainfall detecting means or at predetermined time intervals. A gutter device as described.