US1855438A - Rain water conductor offset - Google Patents

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- April 26, 1932. E w BOQSEY 1,855,438

RAIN WATER CONDUCTOR OFFSET Filed Sept. 22, 1950 ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 26, .1932

UNITED STATES PATENT \GFFIQE EDWARD W. N. BOOSEY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN RAIN WATER connection OFFSET Application filed. September 22, 1930. Serial No. 483,464.

Heretofore, rain water conductors, -or' down spouts as they are often called, ex-

tend from the cave trough to a crock at the bottom exteriorly of the building which discharges to a drain line usually above the floor of the basement.

In previous construction, such down spouts especially when on the side of a building having a driveway, has the disadvantage of being subject to breakage or displacement by vehicles and has the further disadvantage that, in the case of stoppage in the drain line,

water may back up to a height above the basement floor causing damage. This invention seeks to obviate these difiiculties by providing a fitting adapted to be placed in the p wall of a building and so constructed as to take both the side and down pressure resulting from the weight of the down spout above the fitting, and further to provide a construction wherein the rain water is discharged through the usual drain lines in the basement which are protected from back pressure in the sewer by the usual back water check valve between the drain lines and sewer.

These and other objects and novel features of the invention are hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and the preferred form of construction of a rain water conductor or offset is shown in the accompanying lrawings in which- Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the arrangement of the down spout from the side of the building including my improved fitting or offset and its connection with the drain lines of basement.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on line 22 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the external wall surface of a building and fitting supported therein.

In Fig. 1, the wall of a buildingis indicated at l and'the portion of the down spout is shown at 1a supported at the bottom in my improved fitting or offset 2, the body of which extends at an agle to the vertical through the Wall of the building. This fitting is preferably of iron and'is formed with a step or base 3 intermediate its length having an integral face plate 4 connectedwith thebase 3-and adapted to'be positioned practically flush with the outer surface of the building as indicated in Figs. 2 and '3. This fitting, due tothe body thereof lying at an angle and due to the pressureof the down spout which is inserted in the hub end 5 of the fitting, has a tendency toslip in the wall and by the arrangement of the plate t and base 3 this pressure is transmitted to the wall :which'prevents longitudinal movement ofthe'fitting through its aperture in the wall.

The'fitting maybe formed of two parts 2 and 264 connected either bymeans of thewell known spigot joint or in'thethreaded relation shownin Fig. 2, the parts 2a h-avl'ng the verticalend portion Son the interiorof the building for connection with a conduit 7 which in turn is connected with .a fitting '8 leading 'to the drain lines of the basement. The'fittingi8 may be providedwith a base 9 to take the weight ofthat portion of the conductor withinthe building and mayialso have an ordinary cleanoutplug 1 1 above'the-floorline 10. It is not essentiah however, that the fittingbe'formed oftwo parts Qand Qa as'said 1: arts=obviously'may be made integral if so desired.

It willbe observedthat, by the use of a fitting, particularly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the

ashasnbeen Ithe;general practice, is by myimproved olfset carried to the interior of the building to position to be connected with the drain lines of the basement.

It has been usual heretofore in placing the rain water drain line around the outside of the building foundation to excavate trenches at various points under the foundation which weakens the same. By my improved fitting or offset I avoid the necessity for forming trenches under the wall and further provide a construction in which the weight of a down spout on the exterior of the building is taken by thebuilding wall and it is further believed evident from the foregoing description that other various features of the invention are likewise attained by the construction described.

Having thus briefly described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. An offset for rain water conductors consisting of a tubular fitting, the opposite open ends of which face in the opposite direction in the same plane, the body of the fitting extending therebetween on an angle to the axis of the said ends, one end thereof being formed to receive an end of a rain water down spout, the angular portion of the fitting having a step or base for supporting the same in a wall and further having a plate adjacent the said end for engaging the face'of a wall whereby the fitting is adapted to withstand pressures both vertically and horizontally.

2. An offset for rain water conductors consisting of a tubular fitting adapted to be inserted in the wall of a building above the ground line and to extend into the basement of a building, which consists of a tubular member having its opposite open ends facing in opposite directions in a vertical plane, the outer end having a hub for receiving a down spout and the inner end being adapted for connection with a conduit leading to the drain lines of the basement, the body of the fitting between the said ends extending at an angle to the vertical, and an integral plate adjacent the outer end of the fitting for engaging the face of a wall, and a step portion for supporting the fitting in the wall whereby the fitting is adapted towithstand pressure both vertically and horizontally.

8. An offset for rain water conductors consisting of a tubular fitting adapted to be inserted in the wall of a building above the ground line and to extend into the basement of a building, the body of the fitting extending through the wall at an angle to the verti cal, the said fitting being formed of two parts adapted to be connected together in watertight relation, a supporting element consisting of a foot or base positioned in the wall, and an integral vertical plate adapted to engage the face of the wall, the foot and plate preventing slippage of the fitting in the wall.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification.

EDWARD V. N. BOOSEY.

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