US20150040490A1 - Gutter assembly unit for roof with no eaves - Google Patents

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US20150040490A1
US20150040490A1 US14/523,269 US201414523269A US2015040490A1 US 20150040490 A1 US20150040490 A1 US 20150040490A1 US 201414523269 A US201414523269 A US 201414523269A US 2015040490 A1 US2015040490 A1 US 2015040490A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D13/00—Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings; Protection against birds; Roof drainage ; Sky-lights
    • E04D13/04—Roof drainage; Drainage fittings in flat roofs, balconies or the like
    • E04D13/064—Gutters
    • E04D13/072—Hanging means
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D13/00—Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings; Protection against birds; Roof drainage ; Sky-lights
    • E04D13/04—Roof drainage; Drainage fittings in flat roofs, balconies or the like
    • E04D13/076—Devices or arrangements for removing snow, ice or debris from gutters or for preventing accumulation thereof
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D13/00—Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings; Protection against birds; Roof drainage ; Sky-lights
    • E04D13/04—Roof drainage; Drainage fittings in flat roofs, balconies or the like
    • E04D13/0404—Drainage on the roof surface
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D13/00—Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings; Protection against birds; Roof drainage ; Sky-lights
    • E04D13/04—Roof drainage; Drainage fittings in flat roofs, balconies or the like
    • E04D13/064—Gutters
    • E04D13/072—Hanging means
    • E04D13/0722—Hanging means extending mainly under the gutter

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  • This invention relates to a gutter assembly unit used in a drainage system for a roof, balcony or building terrace of which the front edge of the gutter extends out over the facade, particularly for a building having a roof with no eaves.
  • Known gutter assembly units include a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart attachment brackets, each of which has a flat wall forming U-shaped cross section. These brackets collectively form a channel that girds the gutter, i.e., the gutter is received within the channel collectively defined by the brackets.
  • a flange is formed integrally with each edge of each U-shaped flat wall and the flanges extend away from the channel in parallel relation to one another and in perpendicular relation to the flat wall.
  • the gutters are shielded with a cover attachment suspended on the front edge of the gutter.
  • the cover attachment obscures the gutter substantially in the plane of the building façade for aesthetic reasons.
  • a gutter assembly unit for a roof without eaves is disclosed in German patent application specification DE29714562U as depicted in FIG. 3 of that specification.
  • a drainage system for a balcony slab or terrace includes a drip plate, gutter brackets connected to the front surface of the slab or the external building wall, a gutter with a right-angled-box cross-section and a cover attachment mounted on the external shoulder of the gutter.
  • This solution to the gutter assembly problem for roofs having no eaves uses components made of aluminum channels and is technically complex.
  • Gutter brackets of the most commonly used construction are U-shaped, with flanges directed external to the cross section girding the gutter, as aforesaid.
  • An example of such structure is disclosed in utility model PL 64347.
  • the flanges have mounting members bent laterally outwardly with mounting holes on the rear part of each bracket, i.e., the part secured to the attachment surface.
  • the gutter is sandwiched between the rear wall of the bracket and the outwardly curved front rim of the bracket contiguous to the curved front edge of the gutter.
  • the needed cover attachment should be usable with a conventional U-shaped bracket with only minor modifications made to the structure of the U-shaped bracket.
  • the known U-shaped brackets are also deficient to the extent that they do not firmly secure the gutter within the channel.
  • words such as “rear” refer to the side of the novel assembly that is closest to the building, i.e., the attachment surface
  • words such as “front” refer to the side of the novel assembly that faces an observer of the building, i.e., the parts furthest from the attachment surface.
  • Words such as “top” or “upper” refer to the open upper end of the gutter and the open upper end of the U-shaped brackets that receive and support the gutter.
  • Words such as “bottom” or “lower” refer to the lower end of the gutter as well as the lower end/bottom wall of the U-shaped brackets. It is also understood that a gutter has a longitudinal extent and is mounted in a generally horizontal plane.
  • the building wall/attachment surface to which the U-shaped brackets are mounted and the façade of the building are positioned in a generally vertical plane.
  • Words such as “inwardly” or “rearwardly” refer to the direction from front to back, i.e., towards the attachment surface, and words such as “outwardly” or “forwardly” refer to the direction from back to front, i.e., away from the attachment surface.
  • the term “lateral” thus refers to a direction perpendicular to the inwardly and outwardly directions.
  • the structure includes a plurality of U-shaped brackets, each of which has an outwardly curved front rim that is adapted to underlie and support an outwardly curved front rim of a gutter.
  • the novel structure includes a cover attachment having an inwardly curved front rim that overlies and engages the outwardly curved front rim of its associated U-shaped bracket so that the cover attachment is suspended from the outwardly curved front rim of its associated U-shaped bracket.
  • Each U-shaped bracket has flanges that extend away from a gutter-receiving interior space defined by the bracket.
  • the interior space is adapted to receive the gutter in sandwiched relation between the rear rim and the outwardly curved front rim of the bracket.
  • the cover attachment has a front wall that obscures the gutter when the building is viewed by a viewer outside the building.
  • Attachment grooves are formed in the flanges of the U-shaped bracket at a bottom front end of the flanges at a sharp angle inclined downwardly to the rear.
  • a conventional U-shaped bracket is modified by the formation of said attachment grooves in said flanges at said location.
  • the cover attachment has a front wall of a height greater than the height of the U-shaped bracket and a lower end of the cover attachment is adapted to engage the attachment grooves.
  • the lower end of the cover attachment has first and second bends formed therein.
  • the first bend forms a first wall that extends upwardly and rearwardly relative to the front wall of the cover attachment.
  • the second bend forms a second wall formed integrally with the first wall.
  • the second wall also extends rearwardly and is positioned in a plane perpendicular to the front wall of the cover attachment.
  • a catch is formed in a free end of the second wall and said catch enters into the attachment grooves by elastic deformation under force imparted by a user.
  • Each U-shaped bracket is further modified by the addition of a straight rear tongue made of a bendable sheet metal strip welded in a vertical plane to a rear wall of the bracket.
  • the lower end of the cover attachment has first and second bends formed therein.
  • the first bend forms a first wall that extends inwardly from the front wall of the cover attachment in a plane substantially perpendicular to the front wall.
  • the second bend forms a second wall formed integrally with the first wall.
  • the second wall is positioned in a plane parallel to a vertical façade of the building in abutting relation to an external surface of the façade.
  • the attachment grooves formed in the flanges of the U-shaped brackets are not used.
  • the straight rear tongue continues to be used in the second embodiment.
  • the gutter is positioned in the channel defined by the U-shaped bracket.
  • An important object of the invention is to guarantee easy mounting of the cover attachment, said cover attachment being attached to the bracket by elastic deformation and in the absence of tools.
  • Another object is to provide the gutter area with favorable architectural aesthetics.
  • Another object is to provide a secure engagement of the gutter when the assembly is complete.
  • FIG. 1 is a transverse cross section of the novel gutter assembly unit
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the novel cover attachment
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the novel U-shaped bracket
  • FIG. 4 a transverse cross section of the gutter assembly unit with a semi-circular profile
  • FIG. 5 is a transverse cross-section of a second embodiment of the novel gutter assembly unit, used for a roof without eaves, where the front curved rim of the gutter is located higher and beyond the upper edge of the building façade;
  • FIG. 6 is a transverse cross section of a cover attachment for the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 depicts an illustrative embodiment of the novel structure which is denoted as a whole by the reference numeral 10 .
  • Exemplary unit constructions disclosed in FIGS. 1 , 2 and 3 are adjusted to the conditions of a building with a roof without eaves where opposite sides of an un-numbered outer wall are covered with a layer of insulation 10 and a layer of plaster façade 9 .
  • the total thickness of the outer wall, both layers of insulation 10 and the layer of plaster façade 9 is greater than the width of gutter R.
  • gutter R Drainage water drips from the roof to gutter R via a drainage plate, not visible in the drawing.
  • the location of gutter R with a right-angled-box cross section is set by brackets U, said brackets being attached to a wooden or plastic fascia board under the roof allowing for the anchoring of the brackets via screws through the holes in laterally-extending mounting members 7 .
  • Each bracket U has the shape of a hook of dimensions predetermined by gutter channel R, and is formed from sheet steel in a U cross section that girds the gutter R with flanges directed externally.
  • Gutter R is set in bracket U between rear tongue 1 in the form of a straight but bendable strip of sheet metal welded to the rear surface of bracket U.
  • Rear tongue 1 is bent by hand in overlying relation to the rear edge of gutter R after the gutter has been mounted into bracket U and is resting on the curved front rim at the front end 2 of bracket U. Such bending of said rear tongue 1 secures the gutter in the channel defined by the U-shaped bracket.
  • Bracket U has attachment grooves 3 formed in the bottom edges of the flanges in the area behind/rearwardly of the lower front bend, directed at a sharp angle ⁇ ( FIG. 1 ). Each groove is sloped downward to the rear.
  • Cover attachment M is suspended on the curved front rim of gutter R, and has a front wall 4 of height H greater than height h of bracket U and an oblique wall 5 bent upwardly and rearwardly from the lower edge of front wall 4 .
  • Catch 6 is formed in the free end of a second wall that is formed integrally with oblique wall 6 and bent at an angle with respect thereto. The second wall is perpendicular to front wall 4 .
  • cover attachment M After cover attachment M is secured to front rim 2 , by pressing the lower end of front wall 4 in a forward-to-rearward direction, the assembler causes the elastic deformation of bracket U and the insertion of catch 6 into the attachment grooves 3 of cover attachment M.
  • Holes 8 are located in the outwardly curved front rims 2 of brackets U, through which holes, in the final assembly operations, cover attachment M and gutter R are fixed with tubular rivets.
  • the assembly unit solution disclosed in FIGS. 1 , 2 and 3 may also be used in the situation of a roof with eaves, gutters of a semicircular profile and assembly of brackets U directly to the element constituting the façade of the building, as depicted in FIG. 4 .
  • the example of the gutter assembly unit illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6 differs from the above-disclosed installation conditions.
  • Gutter R is located above and behind the upper edge of façade 9 .
  • the lower end of this embodiment of cover attachment M has first and second bends formed therein.
  • the first bend forms a first wall that extends inwardly from the front wall of the cover attachment in a plane substantially perpendicular to the front wall.
  • the second bend forms a second wall formed integrally with the first wall.
  • the second wall is positioned in a plane parallel to a vertical façade of the building and is disposed in abutting relation to an external surface of the façade as depicted.
  • Cover attachment M and gutter R are fixed with tubular rivets 8 to the respective front rims of the brackets collectively denoted U in this embodiment also.

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