JPH1077724A - Rain gutter cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent falling leaves from falling and depositing in a rain gutter and smoothly drain rain water by fitting a net covering the upper opening or the rain gutter to fitting frames provided on both side edges of the rain gutter. SOLUTION: The side end parts of a wire net 14 of which the upper face is formed into a curved shape projecting upward are inserted into the recessed parts 22 formed between pressers 20 provided on the upper edges of fitting frames 17 and claws 21 projectingly provided on the underside of the pressers 20. The wire net 14 is fitted to the upper face of a rain gutter 11 so as to pinchedly hold the cylindrical edge parts 12 of the rain gutter 11, with inside engaging plates 25 and outside engaging plates 26 provided on the lower ends of the fitting frames 17, 18. At this time, because a circular-arc-like rib 27 provided on the inner surface of the outside engaging plate 26 is engaged with the cylindrical edge part 12 in a state of climbing over it, the wire net 14 is prevented from falling out of the rain gutter 11. By covering the upper opening 13 of the rain gutter 11 with the wire net 14, falling leaves and the like can be prevented from invading the rain gutter and water is smoothly drained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a gutter cover attached to a gutter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The roof of a general house is constituted by an inclined surface and is covered with various kinds of roofing materials such as tiles, steel plates, and colonials. A rain gutter is attached along the lower edge of the sloped roof so that rainwater is received by the rain gutter. A vertically extending water distribution pipe is connected to an end of the rain gutter, and rainwater collected by the rain gutter is guided to a drainage ditch or the like through the water distribution pipe.

[0003]

Generally, a rain gutter is formed of an arc-shaped or square shaped material having an upper opening. According to such a rain gutter, the fallen leaves falling on the roof and the fallen leaves directly entering are easily accumulated therein. An increase in the amount of fallen leaves accumulated in the rain gutter has an effect on drainage of rain water, which makes it impossible to discharge rain water smoothly, thereby making it impossible to achieve the original purpose of the rain gutter.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rain gutter cover for preventing fallen leaves and the like from accumulating in the rain gutter.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a rain gutter cover having a net covering an upper opening of a rain gutter, and a mounting frame for holding the net and mounting the net at a predetermined position of the rain gutter. is there.

[0006] The mesh may be made of metal, and may be formed in a curved shape so that the upper surface thereof is convex. Further, an engagement portion engaged with the side edge portion of the rain gutter may be formed on the mounting frame.

[0007] The mounting frame may be integrally connected to both side edges of the rain gutter.

The mesh is formed integrally with one side edge of the rain gutter by a synthetic resin via a thin hinge portion, and is attached to the other side edge of the rain gutter or integrally formed. The other end of the mesh may be held down by the frame that is formed.

[0009]

1 and 2 show a gutter cover according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Indicates a gutter 11 to which such a gutter cover is attached. The rain gutter 11 is made of a synthetic resin molded body, has a circular cross section, and has a cylindrical edge 12 on both sides. The upper part of the rain gutter 11 is an opening 13. A wire mesh 14 is attached to such an upper opening 13.

A wire mesh 14 attached to cover the upper opening 13 of the rain gutter 11 is attached to the rain gutter 11 through mounting frames 17 and 18 on both sides.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mounting frame 17 has an upper edge formed of a presser 20 and a claw 21 projecting below the presser 20. A recess 22 is formed. The side end of the wire mesh 14 is received in the recess 22. It should be noted that a rib 23 is provided on the base side of the nail 21 and on the upper surface thereof.
Are formed.

At the lower ends of the mounting frames 17, 18, an inner engaging plate 25 and an outer engaging plate 26 are formed to be connected to the rain gutter 11. An arc-shaped rib 27 is formed on the inner surface of the outer engagement plate 26 at the lower end thereof so as to extend in the length direction.

On the other hand, such mounting frames 17, 1
The wire mesh 14 combined with the wire 8 is made of, for example, a stainless wire mesh, and is formed into a curved surface so that the upper surface thereof becomes convex by a combination of a convex roller 31 and a concave roller 32 as shown in FIG. I am trying to do it.
That is, when the upper and lower rollers 31 and 32 are driven in the directions of the arrows, and the wire mesh 14 is inserted between them, the upper and lower rollers 31 and 32 are formed into a curved surface having a convex upper surface following the outer peripheral surfaces thereof. Will be done.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, both side edges of the wire mesh 14 are inserted into the concave portions 22 of the mounting frames 17 and 18, respectively. Then, it is mounted and fixed to the mounting frames 17 and 18 on both sides using set screws 36. As a result, the wire net 14 and the attachment frames 17 and 18 are attached respectively. The set screw 36 may be screwed in from the inside as shown, or may be screwed in from the outside.

The wire mesh 14 is attached to the rain gutter 11 so that the cylindrical edge 12 of the rain gutter 11 is sandwiched between the inner engagement plate 25 and the outer engagement plate 26 provided at the lower ends of the mounting frames 17 and 18. Mount on top. At this time, the arc-shaped rib 27 provided on the inner surface of the outer engagement plate 26 is
In order to be engaged over the one cylindrical edge 12,
The wire net 14 is prevented from falling off the rain gutter 11. The connection between the wire mesh 14 and the mounting frames 17 and 18 is made by the mounting frame 1
It may be carried out after attaching 7 and 18 to rain gutter 11.

As described above, the rain gutter cover according to the present embodiment is a stainless steel wire mesh 1 cut to a predetermined size.
4 and mounting frames 17, 1 made of an extruded body of synthetic resin
And 8.

The wire mesh 14 is a wire mesh formed by processing a stainless steel sheet made of a thin plate with a press machine.
It is 3 mm and cut to a length of about 980 mm. In this case, the wire mesh 14 is formed into a predetermined curved surface by a roller processing machine including a convex roller 31 and a concave roller 32 shown in FIG.

As described above, when the wire net 14 is formed into a curved surface and mounted on the rain gutter 11 so that the upper portion becomes convex,
Leaves fall easily.

The mounting frames 17, 18 may be extruded bodies of synthetic resin such as vinyl chloride resin having weather resistance. The attachment frames 17 and 18 can be freely colored, and various colors such as brown and white are applied. Such coloring is arbitrarily selected according to the design of the house to be used.

The assembling of such a gutter cover is performed by the wire mesh 1
4 are inserted into the recesses 22 of the mounting frames 17 and 18 and are temporarily fixed by jigs, and the wire mesh 14 is
Are fixed to the mounting frames 17 and 18. As the set screw 36, a large pitch screw for resin may be used. If a type 1 screw is used as the set screw 36, it is not necessary to make a prepared hole in advance because the tip is sharp, and the wire net 14 and the mounting frames 17, 18 can be connected at any position. It is preferable to use a flat countersunk screw for the head of the set screw 36 so as not to impair the appearance.

The method of engaging the attachment frames 17 and 18 with the rain gutter 11 is such that an engagement portion for fixing the wire net 14 to the rain gutter 11 is formed, and the engagement portion is formed by a cylindrical edge of the rain gutter 11. The size is slightly larger than twelve. An arc-shaped rib 27 is provided on the outer engagement plate 26 so as not to easily come off the rain gutter 11. In order to improve the workability at the time of mounting, the vertical dimension of the inner engaging plate 25 is
6 is preferably longer than the dimension in the same direction.

Next, another embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. This embodiment is applied to a rain gutter 11 having a rectangular cross section instead of an arc shape. That is, the rain gutter 11 is formed of a synthetic resin molded body having a substantially U-shaped cross section having an opening 13 at the upper side.
A wire mesh 14 is attached so as to cover the upper opening 13.

A mounting frame 17 is attached to one side edge of the rain gutter 11 where the U-shaped edge 40 is formed, and the other end where the cylindrical edge 12 is formed. A mounting frame 18 is mounted on the side edge of the frame.

FIG. 5 shows a connection structure between the mounting frame 17 and the wire net 14 attached to the side edge having one U-shaped edge portion 40. On the other hand, the opposite mounting frame 18 and the wire mesh 14 are mounted as shown in FIG. The wire mesh 14 for these mounting frames 17 and 18
Are mounted by a set screw 36 which is screwed from the inside.

Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, a mounting frame 17 and a mounting frame 18 are integrally formed at both sides of the arc-shaped rain gutter 11 and at a portion where the cylindrical edge 12 is continuously provided. is there. That is, the mounting frames 17 and 18 for mounting the wire net 14 are formed directly and integrally with the arc-shaped rain gutter 11. Then, both side edges of the metal wire mesh 14 are inserted into the concave portions 22 of the mounting frames 17 and 18, respectively, so that the metal gauze 14 is mounted on the rain gutter 11.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the gutter 11 in which the attachment frames 17, 18 and the rain gutter 11 are integrated is formed, and the wire mesh 14 is attached to the gutter. After the wire net 14 is inserted into the concave portion 22 of one of the mounting frames 18, the wire net 14 is bent so that the opposite side of the mounting frame 17 is bent.
May be inserted into the concave portion 22. In addition, wire mesh 1
4 may be inserted into the concave portions 22 of the mounting frames 17 and 18 on both sides from the longitudinal end of the rain gutter 11 in a curved shape. When the rain gutter 11 is inserted from the longitudinal end, the attachment frames 17 and 18 provided integrally are provided.
It is preferable that the length of the lower claw 21 be longer than the length of the upper presser 20.

According to the rain gutter 11 having such a structure, since the mounting frames 17 and 18 are provided integrally with the rain gutter 11, the number of parts is reduced, and a more inexpensive rain gutter with a wire mesh is provided. It becomes possible to do. Note that a net made of synthetic resin may be used instead of the wire net 14.

FIG. 8 shows a rain gutter 11 according to still another embodiment. The rain gutter 11 has a rectangular cross section.
Which are both side edges and have a cylindrical edge 1
Mounting frame 1 integrally with each of the portions where
7 and 18 are formed. Therefore, according to this embodiment, the same operation and effect as those of the third embodiment can be obtained.

FIG. 9 shows a fifth embodiment. In this embodiment, one tubular edge 1 of the rain gutter 11 is provided.
2, a mounting frame 17 is integrally provided, and a synthetic resin net 14 is integrally provided at the upper end of the other cylindrical edge 12 via a thin hinge portion 45 by molding. Things. The synthetic resin net 14 is rotated by about 180 ° at the thin hinge portion 14, and the other side edge portion is inserted into the recess 22 of the mounting frame 17 while being curved so as to be convex upward. Upper opening 1 of gutter 11
3 so as to cover it.

According to such a configuration, since the rain gutter 11, the mounting frame 17, and the synthetic resin net 14 are all formed of the same continuous molded body, the number of parts is further reduced. This makes it possible to provide a cheaper gutter.

FIG. 10 shows the arrangement of the gutter cover at the corner of the roof. At the corners where the gutters 11 intersect each other so as to be orthogonal to each other on the same plane, the gutter cover may be cut at 45 ° and abutted according to the shape of the corners of the gutters 11. Good. As a result, the wire mesh 14 is almost completely formed at the corners.
Makes it possible to cover.

According to the rain gutter covers according to the first to fifth embodiments, since the upper opening 13 of the rain gutter 11 is covered by the wire net 14 or the net 14 made of synthetic resin, Leaves and the like enter the gutter 11 and hardly accumulate.
This makes it possible to drain rainwater smoothly.

If the wire mesh 14 is formed on the rain gutter 11 so that the wire mesh 14 is curved and the upper portion is convex, the leaves falling on the wire mesh 14 easily fall off. The surface is prevented from being blocked by falling leaves. In addition, since the wire mesh 14 is attached and fixed to the cylindrical edge 12 of the rain gutter 11 via the attachment frames 17 and 18, the wire mesh 14 is reliably prevented from falling off. . The same applies to the net 14 made of synthetic resin.

[0034]

As described above, the present invention relates to a rain gutter cover having a net covering the upper opening of the rain gutter, and a mounting frame for holding the net and attaching the net to a predetermined position of the rain gutter. Things.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the upper opening of the rain gutter is covered with the net, so that fallen leaves and the like are prevented from entering the rain gutter, and drainage is not hindered.

If the net is made of metal and is formed into a curved surface so that the upper surface is convex, even if leaves fall, etc. on the upper part of the net, the leaves easily fall off, thereby covering the net with the leaves. Is prevented.

According to the configuration in which the engaging portion to be engaged with the side edge of the rain gutter is formed on the mounting frame, the wire mesh can be securely mounted on the rain gutter via the mounting frame.

According to the structure in which the mounting frames are integrally provided on both side edges of the rain gutter, the number of parts is reduced because the mounting frames are integrally provided on both side edges of the rain gutter. The gutter cost can be reduced.

A net is integrally formed on one side edge of the rain gutter with a synthetic resin through a thin hinge portion, and is attached to the other side edge of the rain gutter or integrally provided with the frame. According to the configuration in which the other end of the mesh is pressed by the body, the rain gutter, the mounting frame, and the mesh can be integrally formed of synthetic resin, and the number of parts can be further reduced and the cost can be reduced. It is possible to provide a rain gutter that is easy to assemble.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part showing a rain gutter cover according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view showing a connection structure between a wire net and a mounting frame.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of a roller processing machine for forming a wire net;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a rain gutter cover according to another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view showing a connection structure between a wire mesh and a mounting frame.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view showing a connection structure between a wire net and a mounting frame.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main part of a gutter cover according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a main part perspective view showing a rain gutter cover according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an essential part showing a gutter cover according to a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an arrangement of a rain gutter cover at a corner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Rain gutter 12 Cylindrical edge 13 Upper opening 14 Wire mesh 17, 18 Mounting frame 20 Holder 21 Claw 22 Recess 23 Rib 25 Inner engaging plate 26 Outer engaging plate 27 Arc-shaped rib 31 Convex roller 32 Concave roller 36 Set screw 40 Character-shaped edge 45 Thin hinge

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A rain gutter cover, comprising: a net covering an upper opening of the rain gutter; and a mounting frame for holding the net and mounting the net at a predetermined position of the rain gutter. 2. The rain gutter cover according to claim 1, wherein said net is made of metal and is formed into a curved surface so that an upper surface thereof is convex. 3. The rain gutter cover according to claim 1, wherein an engagement portion to be engaged with a side edge of the rain gutter is formed on the mounting frame. 4. The rain gutter cover according to claim 1, wherein said mounting frame is integrally and continuously provided on both side edges of said rain gutter. 5. The rain gutter is integrally formed on one side edge of the rain gutter by a synthetic resin through a thin hinge portion, and is attached to or integrally connected to the other side edge of the rain gutter. The rain gutter cover according to claim 1, wherein the other end of the net is pressed by a frame provided.