JPH09203169A - Structure of rain gutter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dissolve the trouble of choking of a gutter caused by the choking of fallen leaves in a rain gutter provided in the eaves part of a house or the building of a nest in the rain gutter by a sparrow. SOLUTION: A support part 3 is provided at both the ends of the upper end opening part 11b of a rain gutter body 1, and the edges on both sides of a net-shaped member 2 are detachably installed in the support part 3. The upper end opening part 16 of the rain gutter body 1 is therefore covered by the net-shaped member 2, and rain water or the like is received in the rain gutter body 1 through the net part 2b of the net-shaped member 2, but the fallen leaves are checked by the net-shaped member 2, and the trouble of the clogging of the gutter can be thereby dissolved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to general houses and factories,
The present invention relates to an improved structure for a gutter installed in eaves of buildings such as warehouses.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various transverse cross-sectional shapes of rain gutters, but in order to accommodate rain water falling from the eaves, it has a functionally open upper part.

[0003]

As described above, since the upper part of the rain gutter is open, there is a problem that the fallen leaves are clogged during the fallen leaves in the installed state, and cleaning is performed because the installation position is high. There was a problem that it was difficult to remove. In addition, sparrows may form nests inside the vertical gutters that are connected to the horizontal gutters, and there is a problem that the guts are blocked. Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a structure of a rain gutter which prevents the invasion of leaves such as leaves into a rain gutter and eliminates the clogging of a gutter due to nesting of sparrows. There is.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a support portion integrally with the gutter main body along the longitudinal direction at both ends of the upper end opening of the elongated gutter main body. The present invention proposes a rain gutter having a structure in which a side edge portion of a net-like member is detachably installed on the supporting portion and the upper end opening of the rain gutter main body is covered by the net-like member.

According to the rain gutter having the above structure, since the mesh member covers the upper end opening of the rain gutter main body, rainwater is accepted into the rain gutter main body through the mesh member, but intrusion of fallen leaves is caused by this. It can be reliably prevented by the mesh member. In addition, sparrows will no longer nest in the vertical direction.

In the present invention, further, the support portion is
A support surface that extends laterally outward from both side edges of the gutter body and receives a side edge portion of the mesh member, and stands up from an outer end of the support surface to prevent lateral displacement of the mesh member. It proposes a gutter having a structure including a locking surface.

According to the rain gutter having the above structure, the mesh member can be detachably installed on the support surface, and the standing locking surface prevents lateral displacement of the mesh member, so that the mesh member is always kept in a stable state. It can be installed in the main body.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a rain gutter according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a rain gutter main body, and 2 is a mesh member detachably installed on the rain gutter main body 1. Although only a part is shown in FIG. 1, the rain gutter main body 1 has an elongated shape, and a recess 1a for receiving rainwater is formed along the longitudinal direction and an upper side is opened as an upper end opening 1b. , This basic shape is similar to a normal rain gutter.

The rain gutter body 1 has support portions 3 on both side edges of the upper end opening 1b along the longitudinal direction. This support 3
Is outside of both sides of the gutter body, that is, the gutter body 1
Has a flat supporting surface 3a extending in the lateral direction and a locking surface 3b standing upright from the outer end of the supporting surface in a substantially right angle direction.

The support portion 3 is formed integrally with the gutter body 1 by pressing. The material of the rain gutter main body 1 is, for example, a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet coated with a vinyl chloride resin sheet, and is the same as a conventional rain gutter.

The mesh member 2 is made of a mesh-like flat net material that allows rainwater and the like to pass freely but prevents fallen leaves and the like from entering, and has a shape that just covers the upper end opening 1b of the rain gutter body 1. is there. Although only a part of the mesh member 2 is shown in FIG. 1 similarly to the rain gutter body 1, the mesh member 2 has a long rectangular shape. The net portion 2b occupies the entire portion except the surrounding frame portion 2a. This material is metal or synthetic resin.

Although the mesh member 2 is shown in a detached state in FIG. 1, it is detachably installed on the support portion 3 of the rain gutter body 1. FIG. 2 shows the installation state.

In the installed state, the frame portion 2 of the mesh member 2
The side edge portion formed by a is received by the support surface 3 a of the support portion 3. Since the width dimension of the mesh member 2 is set to be slightly smaller than the dimension between the locking surfaces 3b of the left and right support portions 3, in the installed state, the mesh member 2 fits exactly between the locking surfaces 3b. The net member 2 is in the fitted state.
Is prevented from being displaced in the lateral direction. Therefore, the mesh member 2 is stably held at the installation position.

By installing the mesh member 2 on the gutter main body 1 in this manner, rainwater can be removed from the mesh portion 2 of the mesh member 2.
Although it can be freely received in the recess 1a of the rain gutter main body 1 through b, the fallen leaves and the like are prevented from entering the recess 1a by the mesh member 2. Further, the net member 2 can prevent nesting of sparrows in the vertical gutter (not shown) connected to the gutter body 1.

Since the mesh member 2 can be detached from the rain gutter body 1, the mesh member 2 can be easily replaced when it is damaged or the fallen leaves accumulated on the mesh member 2 can be easily cleaned. be able to. The mesh member 2 preferably has a length of about 1 m. This is because the work of mounting and dismounting is easy. The mesh members 2 having such a predetermined length may be sequentially arranged and installed on the long rain gutter body 1.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as in the modified example shown in FIG. 3, the supporting portions 3 provided on both side edges of the rain gutter body are configured by simple linear edge portions instead of the bent structure as in the above embodiment. On the other hand, the side edge portion 2a of the mesh member 2 installed on the support portion 3 is bent as shown in FIG. 3 to form a lid-like shape, which is then fitted onto the support portion 3. As a result, the mesh member 2 is detachably attached to the rain gutter main body 1 and is installed in a state in which it is not displaced laterally, and the configuration of this modification is also included in the present invention.

[0017]

As described above, in the structure of the rain gutter of the present invention, since the mesh member is detachably installed at the upper end opening of the rain gutter body, it is possible to prevent fallen leaves from entering the gutter body. It has various effects such as being able to prevent it positively, solving problems such as clogging of rain gutter due to nesting of sparrows, and easy attachment and detachment of the mesh member.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a rain gutter according to the present invention with a mesh member removed from a rain gutter body.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1 in which the mesh member is installed on the gutter body.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a modification of the rain gutter according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 rain gutter main body 2 mesh member 3 support portion 3a support surface 3b locking surface

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A long rain gutter main body is provided with supporting portions integrally with the rain gutter main body along both sides of an upper end opening of the long rain gutter main body, and side edges of the mesh member can be detachably attached to the support portions. A rain gutter structure characterized by being installed and covering the upper end opening of the rain gutter body by the mesh member. 2. A support surface extending laterally outward from both side edges of the gutter body for receiving side edges of the net-like member, and a net-like member standing upright from an outer end of the support surface. The gutter structure according to claim 1, further comprising a locking surface for preventing lateral displacement of the gutter.