US1518848A - Spout support or hanger - Google Patents

Description

' Dec. 9, 1924, 1,518,848

w. R. HICKOX SPOUT SUPPORT OR HANGER Fiied,May 9, 1 923 INVENTOR.

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Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

. UNITED STATES WILLIAM R. HIGKOX,

or BAR-BERTON, ome.

SPOUT SUPPORT OR HANGER.

Application filed. May 9,

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. HIoKox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spout Supports or Hangers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to gutters, eaves spouts, and the like, and particularly to means for attaching or supporting the down spout, gutter or the like of a house.

The general object of the invention is to provide a very simple device for hanging or Supporting down spouts or other conductors of like character, which is applicable to flat surfaces, and which is so constructed that the conductor may be supported in spaced relation to the side of the building to permit painting the conductor and the building on all sides, and further to allow the conductor to pass over a water table or other obstruction without cutting the con ductor or making angles therein.

A further object is to provide a device of this kind which is so formed that the conductor will not tend to rotate or oscillate upon the support but will be held firmly in position.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character which may be readily applied without any danger of splitting or breaking the siding.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a sectional view through a wall showing one form of my hanger applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a sectionon the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of one extreme end of the section 14;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective View showing an alternative manner of connecting the sections 14 and 19;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective View showing another embodiment of the device;

Figure 6 is a sectional view through the hanger shown in Figure 1, the base 10 being omitted and the hanger bearing flat against the wall.

Referring to Figures 1 to 3, in which I 1923. Serial N0. 637,746.

have illustrated one form of my construction, 10 designates a base or bracket which is adapted to be applied against the wall A of a house or other structure, this bracket being U-shaped in cross section and providing two inwardly extending parallel walls, the inner edges of which are re-entrantly cut away, as at 11. The transverse web of this bracket or support is upwardly bulged at its middle for its entire length, as at 12, and formed with an opening 13.

Adapted to be disposed upon this support ing member 10 is one section of a hanger, which is designated 14. This has a flat middle portion 15 which is perforated for the passage of a nail 16, screw or like fastening device which is passed through the section 14 and through the perforation 18 and into the wall of the structure. This hanger section 14 is approximately semi-circular in form and at one end is outwardly bent, as at 17, and perforated to form an ear. The opposite end of the section 14 is longitudinally slotted, as at 18.

Coacting with the section 14 is a hanger section 19 which is approximately semi-circular in form and has one end formed with a hook 20 adapted to be inserted through the slot 18, and the other end of this section 19 is angularly bent to form an ear 21 through which a bolt may pass (see Fig. 4) to hold the two sections together at this end. While a bolt may be used to pass through this section, it is also possible to use a nail 22. as illustrated in Figure 1, which nail will be driven into the wall of the house and will hold the two sections in engagement with each other.

It will be understood, of course, that the section 14 is transversely curved at its base 15 so as to fit over the transversely curved portion 12 and thus interlock therewith so that the section 14 will not tend to rotate upon the supporting member 16. It will be understood that the sections 14 and 19 may be formed of slightly sinuous strips which have the general form of a semi-circle or may be formed of angular strips bent to describe a semicircle, and I wish it understood that both ends of the sections 14 and 19 might be constructed with cars 17 and 21 respectively through which bolts or nails might pass, though I prefer to have the construction as illustrated, that is the section 19 formed with a hook 20 to engage in the slot 18.

In Figure 5, 1 illustrate another form of the invention which is the same as the form first described except that the supporting base is formed in one piece with the section 14. To this end the section 1- is formed with two downwardly extending side Walls 10 which are re-entrantly cut away, as at 11 and the center of the strip is formed with a perforation 13 through which is nail is adapted to pass. Otherwise than this, the construction shown in Figure 5'is the same as that shown in Figure 1.

In Figure 6, I show the manner in which the hanger composed of the sections 14 and 19 may be disposed against a wall without the necessity of using the base 10. In this case, the concavely curved face of the portion 15 bears against the wall A, the two corners a of this portion 15 acting to :provide side walls which bear against the surface of the wall and answer the same purpose as the edges 11 of the block 10. It will be seen that this construction provides, therefore, a supporting member formed to provide two parallel side walls, that is the A spout support of the character dei scribed comprising an approximately semicircular section formed to partially embrace a spout, a base for said section U-shaped in cross section to. provide two parallel side walls, the connecting Web between said side walls being adapted to abut the central porti on of said section, said connecting Web and the central portion of the section having projections interfitting to prevent relative rotation of the sections when forced into engagement with one another, said central portion of the section and said connecting web being formed with openings aligning when the sections are in assembled relation for the reception of a securing element whereby they may be secured in position upon a wall. I v p In testimony whereof I hereunto a'ifix my signature.

' WVILLIAM R. HIOKOX.

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