US2686960A

US2686960A - Holding and positioning tool for installing building eave gutters

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Publication number: US2686960A
Application number: US288120A
Authority: US
Inventors: Roy Norman L Le
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1952-05-16
Filing date: 1952-05-16
Publication date: 1954-08-24
Anticipated expiration: 1971-08-24

Description

Aug. 24, 1954 N. L. LE ROY HOLDING AND POSITIONING TOOL FOR INSTALLING BUILDING EAVE GUTTERS Filed May 16, 1952 INVENTOR. NORMAN L. LE ROY BY DES JARDINS, ROBINSON &

KEISER Hl's ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 24, 1954 OFFICE HOLDING AND POSITIONING TOOL FOR INSTALLING BUILDING EAVE GUTTERS Norman L. Le Roy, Cincinnati, Ohio Application May 16, 1952, Serial No. 288,120

- 3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to holding and positioning tools for installing building eave gutters, and it particularly pertains to a plurality of holding tools which are temporarily attached to a building below the cave in position to receive and hold an eave gutter, each of said holding tools having vertically adjustable means for positioning the gutter to the proper level to be conventionally secured to the building in adjusted position, after which the temporary holding tools are removed for reuse.

Eave gutters, made of sheet metal or other materials, are usuallyrelatively long, but whether in long or short lengths, two workmen are required to mount them, they needing to be supported at their opposite ends. least some makeshift temporary means is necessary to hold them in place for being accurately aligned so that there will be some downward slope toward the drain spoutfor causing the collected roof water to drain oii and not be retained in the gutter. All too frequently, the workmen do not bother with even a make shift temporary holding means for aligning the gutters, and, consequently, they are not aligned for proper drainage.

Accordingly, one of the principal objects of my invention is ina temporary holding tool and aligning means that can be used by a single workman without the need of a helper.

Another object of the invention is in a temporary holding tool which facilitates proper alignment of the gutters.

Still another object of the invention is in a temporary holding tool that is light in weight, easy to carry and handle, and may be repeatedly used.

Further objects, and objects relating to details of construction and economies of operation, will readily appear from the detailed description to follow. In one instance, I have accomplished the objects of my invention by the tool device and means set forth in the following specification. My invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the appended claims. ture constituting a preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a portion of a building eave showing the eave gutter held in place by tool devices embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation View of one of the temporary holders and positioning tool devices.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the temporary holders and positioning tool devices.

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The invention, generally described, comprises a U-shaped metal strap, conforming generally to the cross section of a conventional eave gutter. The gutters are of conventional shape, but may be made somewhat larger or smaller. Any adjustment necessary in the straps for the gutters to fit therein can be effected merely by slightly bending one or both of the vertical arms or sides of the U-shaped support. One arm or side of the strap is adapted to be nailed against the side of the. building, just below the eave, in position for the cave gutter to be fitted therein between the arms of the strap with its open side uppermost. In the bottom of the strap is a vertically adjustable means on which the bottom of the cave gutter is adapted to rest or seat, this vertically adjustable means being of any desired construction.

A plurality of these holding tools are secured to the building in longitudinally spaced apart relation, there being preferably at least three for adequate support of the gutter without sagging between its opposite ends. There should be one support adjacent each end of the cave gutter, and at least one at some intermediate point. Accordingly, either end of the gutter or the intermediate portion thereof can be independently raised or lowered to, the desired elevation for being conventionally secured to the eave. The adjustment of the gutter can be effected by a screw threaded to the bottom of the holding tool with one end having a carrying means for seating it against the bottom of the gutter and the other end provided with an operating tool, such as a crank, or means for cooperating with an operating tool.

Referring specifically to the drawings in which like numerals designate like parts, numeral 2 is a conventional eave gutter that is to be fastened to the eave of the building 3 below an overhanging starting course of shingles or other roof covering.

At spaced intervals along a portion of the building below the eave a number of temporary supports, designated generally by numeral i, are secured by the roof nails which can be first partially driven into place for the holding tools to be hooked thereon by means of a slot 6 opening in from one edge of arm 1 near its top end. The holding tool is formed from a metal strap bent into arms 1 and 8 extending vertically at opposite ends of bottom 9 to form a socket of the general cross section and configuration of the gutter which is to be seated in the socket of the tool with said socket side uppermost.

. A vertically adjustable means is mounted in.

3 the bottom 9 of the tool support, this being in the form of a screw It which is threaded through the recess II in said bottom 9. The recess may be elongated beyond the normal thickness of the bottom of the tool support by a sleeve or thickened portion 2 at this point.

The bottom end of the screw may be operated by any tool, preferably by a crank 13, fitted thereto, and its upperiend' has a washer or thimble M for contacting directly with the bottom of the cave gutter or a false bottom l5, also mounted on the bottom of the tool support, said. false bottom being in the form of a plate having one end it closely adjacent the arm 1 and its opposite end being upturnedinto flange l'i. Theplateis of a length which is about the width of the bottom of the gutter. A pair of guide pins-l8 are fixed to the underside of the plate and'slidably engaged with the bottom of the support by projecting through recesses 19 therein and through the sleeves "29 provided on thebottom side of the support. Theplurality of pins cause the plate to be raised and lowered without binding. A screw cap 2i is fitted to each end of the guides for holding the false bottom assembled to the tool support.

From the foregoing description, it will readily appear that with thevertically adjustable means in each of the holding tools, the cave gutter may be properly aligned and positioned to be converh tionally fastened to'the building by permanent fastening means. After the cave gutter has been fastened to the building the temporary holding tools can be easily removed either by withdrawing the holding nail or simply knocking the tools 01? of the nails.

I am aware there may be various changes in details of construction without departing from the spirit of my invention, and, therefore, I claim my invention broadly as indicated by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by U. S. Letters Patent, is:

1. An eave gutter installing device which is adapted to be temporarily connected to a building in position for the eave gutter to be installed in place comprising a bracket having a base between two upwardly extending arms, one of which arms is adapted to extend into a space between the building and the cave gutter and is free of any side projections, next adjacent said building and cave gutter, to permits'aid bracket arm being readily retracted from the said space after the cave gutter is permanently secured in place,

and a recess formed in from the marginal edge of said arm to provide hook means confined in that area of said arm that is in the space between the building and the cave gutter.

'2. An eave gutter installing device which is adapted to be temporarily connected to a building in posiion for the gutter to be installed comprising a bracket havinga base between two upwardly extending arms, one of which arms h as its opposite faces next adjacent the building and the gutter, in a vertical, plane throughout its entire height in order to be entirely confined in the area of the space between the building and the gutter when said gutter is installed, and a recess formed in from one marginal edge of the arm to provide a hook within the confines of the space between the building and the gutter, thereby permitting the arm being readily retracted from said space afterthe gutter is permanently secured in position.

3. An cave gutter installing device as set forth in claim 2 having a false bottom vertically adjustable on the base of the bracket.

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