US1558385A

US1558385A - Gutter mount

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Publication number: US1558385A
Application number: US10643A
Authority: US
Inventors: Meunier Charles
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-02-20
Filing date: 1925-02-20
Publication date: 1925-10-20
Anticipated expiration: 1942-10-20

Description

Oct. 20 1925- C. MEUNIER GUTTER MOUNT vFiled Feb. 20, 1925 /NVE/VTH Chales Mum/Ier TTH/VEYS W/TJESSES Cil Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

CHARLES MEUNIER, on ennafryunox, NEW Yoan.`

i GUTTERMOUNT.

Application l'ed February Totali La-7mm rit may camera:

Be it known that I, @Hannes MEUNIER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Great Neck, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Gutter Mount, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to gutter mounts and more particularly to improved means for supporting a gutter Aor gutter hanger, an object of the invention being to provide means to permit the hanger to be removably connected to its support and the latter located under the tile, slate or shingles forming the roof of a building or the like.

It is not only a diiiicultmatter to secure a gutter hanger on top of slate and tile roofs but when they are so secured they disligure the building, and it isthe purpose of my invention to provide improved means for supporting the gutter hanger, which means are located under the tile, slate or shingles and is hid from view so that the hanger does not disfigure the building.

A further object is to provide a hanger supporting means which is secured to the roof before the slate, tile or shingles are attached so that the building can be completed and the gutter with its hangers can be connected to the support as a final completing operation.

In ordinary practice the gutters are con nected before the building operation is com pleted, and the gutters not only become clogged with shavings, nails, pieces of wood', slate and the like, but they are bent or displaced or marred by the ladders used by painters and other workmen, and also by the handling of materials, and when my invention is employed such distiguring of the gutter is entirely done away with as the gutter can be attached as a final operation to the building structure. Furthermore, my improved gutter may be readily removed, repaired and replaced without diliiculty and without marring or .injuring the building in any way. v

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the. claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a view showing a fragmentary zo; 192s. serai no. nuns.V

section of a Ybuilding roof structure with `enlarged fragmentary per- -f 1 slate or shingles, as indicated by reference character 2, are attached in the ordinary manner. 3 represents myimproved hanger support` p This support is composed prefer ablyof copper although the invention is, of

course, not limited tothe material' employed.

The support comprises a sheet of metal having its side portions bent inwardly, forming in eilectan elongated 'flat sleeve a, of 2such size andshajpe as to 'receive the -end of a hanger strap or bar 5 therein.

The support has, preferably, a transversely enlarged integral iiat plate G at its upper or free end, which is secured by screws or other attaching means 7 positioned through openings 8 in the plate and secured in the roof structure l before the tile, slate, shingles and the like are located on the roof structure. The lower or outer end of the support projects beyond the roof structure and has its extremity 9 located at an angle thereto and preferably strengthened and reinforced by an integral web 10 located at the angle. This extremity 9 comprises a flat plate vertically disposed and having at its side edges a pair of perforated ears 11.

The hanger strap or bar 5 above referred to is secured centrally to a clamp 12 which is positioned around and firmly grips the gutter 13 so that the gutter is hung or suspended from a central point so that excessive weight thereon has no tendency to distort or bend the gutter or its hangers.

To secure the strap or bar 5 in the support I have illustrated a Cotter pin let which is projected through the perforated ears ll against the face of the strap or bar In Figure 4 I illustrate a modified form of support in which instead of making the latter of a single piece I construct the same of two pieces, one piece constituting a sliding plate l5 having its edges 1G located under flanges 17 on the main portion of the support. This plate 15 is laterally oii'set longitudinally of its length to accom1nodate the bar or-strap 5, and both members of this support are provided with openings 18 which accommodate screws or other securing means.

In operation, after' the roof structure is formed, my improved supports 3 are secured thereon and spaced apart the desired distance. The tile, slate, shingles or the like are located on the roof and arranged to cover the supports, as indicated in Figure 1. After the buildingis completed or substantially completed the gut-ter 13 with its clamps 12 and straps 5is assembled, and the straps 5 are bent at the desired angle so that the free ends of said straps are 1ocated at the same angle as the supports 3 and can be slid into said supports. When the ends of the straps are slid into the supports they are secured either by the cotter pins 14, or by bending the ears 11, or by any other improved means which will prevent the ends of the straps or bars 5 from sliding out of the supports. If it is desired to remove the gutter for any reason, it is a simple matter to remove cotter pins, or unbend the ears and slide all of the .straps or bars from the supports.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall Within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim: i

l. A gutter mount, comprising a flattened guide member constituting a support and comprising upper and lower plates coupled at their edges, and a flat hanger strap, said member adapted to be secured under a roof covering, and said strap yhaving its upper portion bent at an angle to the main vertical portion thereof and telescoping Within said member, and means removably securing the strap in said member.

2. A gutter mount, comprising a flattened guide member constituting a support, and a fiat hanger strap, said member' adapted to be secured under a roof covering and said strap having its upper portion bent at an angle to the main vertical portion thereof and telescoping Within said member, perforated ears on the outer end of said member located at opposite edges of the strap, and a removable pin in said ears securing the strap in the member.

CHARLES MEUNIER.