With separator; e.g., strainer

A one-piece rain gutter having a horizontally inclined upper surface with corrugations and a vertically inclined depending portion joined to the horizontal portion with a relatively sharp bend, there also being a bottom piece and vertical portion with the vertical portion spaced from the vertically inclined...     

This device consists primarily of a screen hingedly secured to one side of a gutter, the hinges being spring loaded so as to keep the screen biased downwardly against the gutter until it is desired to lift it upwards by cable means so as to remove the debris from the screen. The device includes a fixed...     

A mesh cover over a gutter is mounted to a roof by strap hinges. Position guide means are provided on the side of the mesh cover opposite the hinges for positioning the mesh cover during installation.

An improved guard for guttering having a U-shaped clip for holding the guard in rotational contact with the front flanged edge of the gutter is disclosed. The guard is comprised of a screen member attached to the front edge of the gutter and extending across the gutter mouth to the leading edge of the...     

An apparatus and method is disclosed for manipulating a gutter to facilitate the dumping of debris from the gutter. Mounting structure supports the gutter for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the gutter, the longitudinal axis being located within the gutter between its upper edge and its bottom...     

An apparatus and method is disclosed for manipulating a gutter to facilitate the dumping of debris from the gutter. Mounting structure supports the gutter for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the gutter, the longitudinal axis being located within the gutter between its upper edge and its bottom...     

Gutter lengths having a semicircular cross-section and upwardly extending sides, with curled or similarly bent upper edges, and coupling elements having portions adapted for tightly engaging the ends of the gutter lengths, are assembled together to form a gutter structure. At least one of the coupling...     

A support system which enables a rain gutter to be inverted and emptied of debris includes a link pivoted at its rear end to a bracket attached to a building, and at its front end to the gutter. The gutter can pivot about the front end of the link to an inverted position. In its normal position the gutter...     

A storm drainage system and a device for use in the system for restricting the rate at which water drains from an eavestrough is disclosed hereinafter. The storm drainage system includes a plurality of pitched roofed structures, a sewer service connection associated with each structure, a municipal sewer...     

A gutter strainer having a central grid portion defining a plurality of openings for impeding passage of debris while allowing passage of water is provided for vertical mounting at any desired position within a gutter of the type having inturned flanges extending continuously along its upper edges.

A storm drainage system and a device for use in the system for restricting the rate at which water drains from an eavestrough is disclosed hereinafter. The storm drainage system includes a plurality of pitched roofed structures, a sewer service connection associated with each structure, a municipal sewer...     

The invention relates to a roof assembly mounted on a sloping roofing structure, which comprises at least two parallel longitudinal flashing members extending down the slope and mounted on the roofing structure, each longitudinal flashing member comprising an elongated base having an upstanding wall...     

A hinged gutter guard in the form of an elongated perforated cover plate made of relatively rigid sheet material and equipped along one longitudinal edge with a plurality of hinge straps adapted to be secured to a roof beneath the lower course of shingles thereof. The hinge straps, although permanently...     

A device for use with guttering, troughs and downspouts which collects water and blocking debris, including a channel open at one end including a chute portion and a pair of side walls capable of being attached to a trough so that the chute portion is aligned with the bottom of the trough and the chute...     

Embodiments useful as means for inhibiting the accumulation of leaves and other debris in household rain gutters. Embodiments include structures which comprise a deflector having a sloped portion, the top edge region of which is adapted for juxtapositioning to the roof shingles, and the bottom edge region...     

A clip structure of the liner is engageable with the inwardly turned lip of a gutter. Integral with the clip structure is a pliable liner component supported by the inner wall surfaces of the gutter. The component is positionable outwardly relative the clip and gutter to permit periodic removal of debris...     

A generally closed longitudinally extending hollow rain gutter for preventing entrance thereinto of leaves and other debris which cause gutter clogging and the stoppage of rain flow into downspouts, the rain gutter includes a front provided with a plurality of rows of interrupted slots where the interruptions...     

The present invention is concerned with a drain shield for gutters or the like to prevent leaves, pine needles and other debris from entering the gutters and causing them to clog and require periodic cleaning and maintenance. The drain shield shown herein allows rain water to easily enter the gutters...     

A shield is provided to prevent leaves, snow, ice and other solid debris from entering an eaves drain trough or gutter. The shield, which can be mounted above a conventional drain gutter, is of integral construction, and permits evaporation of stagnant water in the gutter.

A flanged trough is provided having flanges along each side of the trough with a smooth continuous curve between the flanges and the body of the trough and a bar of metal welded along the underside of each longitudinal edge of the metal sheet before the flanges are formed. The junction between the metal...     

An improvement in the combination of a sloped shingle or other roof and a gutter disposed adjacent to and below the lower edge of the roof, the improvement comprising generally a method and means of preventing the destructive effects of wintertime gutter icing and the resulting retention of water on...     

A protective structure for a gutter includes an elongated, impervious sheet wide enough to extend across at least about 90% of the width of the gutter and up under a lower edge of roofing material. The outer edge of the cover curls downwardly and the water follows the curvature by surface tension to...     

A non-clogging eaves trough comprising an elongated sheet formed with a flange attachable to the roof of a building. The sheet includes a continuous smoothly curved portion extending outwardly, downwardly and then inwardly of the flange, and an upwardly open trough carried by and below the curved portion....     

Embodiments of the present disclosure include deflector support means for supporting the underside of a rain gutter deflector, said deflector support means including fastening means for retainably positioning said deflector support means with respect to the gutter with which said deflector means is to...     

A guttering system including shallow channel portion which receives run off from a roof from which it is attached. The shallow channel is part of a length of formed metal sheet which wraps around in an approximate "C"-shape to provide fascia and if required eaves. Supported within the formed metal sheet...     

A sealing arrangement for a rainwater gutter assembly is disclosed which acts to substantially prevent the passage of water between a gutter of the assembly and its generally adjacent supporting surface. The sealing arrangement comprises a unitary, elongated sealing strip including a flexible sealing...     

An adjustable mounting arrangement is disclosed which facilitates mounting of a rainwater gutter assembly in its proper horizontal disposition on a fascia board or like supporting surface which is inclined with respect to the vertical. The mounting arrangement is adapted to be positioned generally between...     

A gutter assembly is provided which comprises an elongated, preferably transversely flexible sheet which when in an installed position extends along a building roof adjacent an edge of it, while extending below the roof edge. A pipe is provided which has a lengthwise extending slot which accommodates...     

An improved drain shield for eave gutters is provided in the form of screen sections adapted to be assembled in end-to-end relation along an eave gutter, such sections being of a width to overlie the gutter and first course of shingles and to extend under the second course of shingles for mounting purposes,...     

An eaves troughing assembly includes elongated eaves troughing members of resilient material with generally U-shaped section having a rear portion, base portion and front portion, the front portion of each eaves troughing member having a longitudinally extending recess in a front face at least adjacent...     

A gutter guard which when affixed to a conventional rain gutter on a roof permits the entry of water for collection and directing the water to down spouts to protect plants and soil around a building during the spring, summer and fall, having a closable element for wintertime operation which prevents...     

A gutter system to exclude contaminants and encourage the migration of water only therewithin including a conduit having a bottom wall, side walls and a top wall, the top wall being provided with a longitudinal slit along its length adapted to receive therewithin a plurality of comb-like teeth depending...     

A gutter protector for use on rain gutters used on buildings to catch and divert water from the roof provides an adjustable snap-in cover adapted to fit over and enclose the gutter without restricting water flow from the roof to the gutter.

A cover member adapted to be mounted in a conventional gutter on a building structure in covering relation to the open top to the gutter trough provides a forward upwardly-extending lip portion having a curved outward surface adapted to form a dam to water runoff from the building structure to slow the...     

Leader filter for being mounted at the top of a leader extending down the side of a building and below the discharge opening formed in the bottom of a rain gutter attached to the building adjacent the edge of a roof upon which rain falls, said leader filter for preventing entrance thereinto of leaves...     

Apparatus for preventing ingress of particulates into an eaves trough/rain gutter comprising a gutter shield having a solid upper surface and a side surface which has a first row of rain guidance apertures and a second row of rain receiving apertures inscribed therein wherein both of said surfaces are...     

A system for preventing debris from a sloping roof from clogging a gutter provides a panel of fine screening such as insect screening stretched taut between an upper margin cemented to a roof and a lower margin cemented to the outer edge of a gutter. A plurality of resilient tubular spacers in parallel...     

The present invention provides an improved rain disperser system of the type in which an assembly includes a plurality of longitudinally extending plate-like members and a plurality of transversely mounted spacer members for maintaining the plate-like members a predetermined distance apart. The assembly...     

A waste screen for roof drainage outlet located substantially in the plane of the roof consists of an outlet opening in the roof and a plate covering the opening having a circumference and vertical distance from the roof plane so that at least at dimensioning flow amount air is prevented from being sucked...     

A draining arrangement for removing water from roofs or equivalent areas wherein the aim of the arrangement is to improve the draining effect making it possible to use smaller draining pipes, and further to avoid disturbing noise in the pipes. The arrangement is mainly characterized in that the opening...     

A rain gutter which is formed of a one-piece sheet of material and includes terminal flanges. A clip member secured to the building side wall includes a channel into which the gutter terminal flanges are restrictively fitted to suspend the gutter below the building roof. The gutter top wall includes...     

Spaced elongated ribs each having a tapered end and a concave end are assembled together by means of elongated, spaced members inserted through respective spaced openings in each rib. The tapered ends of the ribs are attached to a common sheet of material which may be inserted underneath roofing shingles...     

A screen guard for covering eaves troughs on buildings. A screen which is framed with smooth rounded edging is laid atop the roof above the gutter edge and held tightly in place with a clip specifically shaped to grip the outermost gutter lip, support the framed screen and press the screen downward onto...     

A gutter system for mounting under a structure's roof edge, which collects water run off in preference to leaves and debris, includes a shield, back support wall, and trough, integrally connected. The shield comprises a continuous double-curved convlute curve, generated on a first and a second radius,...     

A drain shield for gutters or the like with one part adapted to prevent leaves, pine needles and other debris from entering the gutters and causing them to clog and require periodic cleaning and maintenance and another part adapted to dam rainwater and other precipitation, re-direct the flow of the precipitation...     

The roof de-icing panel comprises a relatively thin metal sheet having a plurality of spaced, substantially parallel channels formed in the bottom planar surface in which electrical heating cables are disposed. The de-icing panel has an integral gutter guard portion which overlies a gutter secured to...     

This invention relates to rain gutter devices, and in one embodiment comprises a bracket for use in supporting a rain-water deflector. The bracket is in the form of a flat continuum having a straight upper section and a double-reverse lower section. The lowermost portion includes a tab adapted for receiving...     

A self-cleaning gutter system formed from two, horizontal, longitudinal halves interlocked along the gutter bottom longitudinal axis. The back half, immediately adjacent to the house or building is fixedly attached thereto. At either end of the gutter a piece transverse to the gutter's longitudinal axis...     

This relates to an improvement for rain gutters comprising a filter attachment which is constructed to fit over the open end of the gutter. The filter attachment comprises an elongated screen to the underside of which is clamped a pad of fibrous material such as fiber glass. Adjustable clamping means...     

A gutter assembly with a cleaning system which facilitates the removal of debris from the channel member of the assembly. In one preferred embodiment the assembly comprises a longitudinally extending elongated channel member having an inner sidewall, an outer sidewall, and a horizontally extending bottom...     

A multifunction roof edger having an inclined mounting portion for mounting and extending inwardly from a roof edge between roof sheathing and shingles to function as a mounting member, as flashing and as a shingle starter; a vertical mounting portion for mounting between an associated eavestrough and...     

A gutter is illustrated for use beneath the eaves of a shingled roof adjacent a facia board wherein a substantially flat extension which passes beneath the eaves terminates in a free edge adjacent a narrow slot in an apex portion of an extruded synthetic polymeric tube.

Shield means for surrounding or replacing the lower portion of a downspout to prevent damage to the downspout structure.

A cover member for mounting on a conventional rain gutter on a building structure, consisting of a one piece thin, longitudinal shield to be inserted under the shingles of the roof and having a serrated outer edge which is bent downward a short distance back from its edge so that it can rest on the flat...     

An improved floor drain plate assembly for closing the open mouth of a drain includes an apertured floor drain plate having slots and at least two jam clips. Each of the jam clips has a base and a pair of spaced apart legs. The assembly also includes bolts with an enlarged head and nuts for suspending...     

A gutter assembly with a leaf and pine needle guard for attachment along the roof edge of a structure. Mounting brackets are provided for securing the assembly to the structure along its length. The gutter assembly includes a curved water shed surface with a plurality of openings along its vertical portion...     

The invention is of a gutter anti-clogging device for preventing a gutter affixed to a facia of a building from being clogged with debris. The gutter is mounted beneath an overhang of a roof and has a basically U-shaped cross section. An inner gutter leg extends upwardly, and longitudinally along, the...     

A gutter screen adapted for covering a gutter and preventing leaves and the like from falling into the gutter. The gutter has front, back and bottom walls and a flange projecting rearwardly from the front wall of the gutter and spaced above the bottom wall of the gutter. The gutter screen comprises a...     

A gutter device (10) for capturing and channeling run-off rain water from a roof (12). The gutter device (10) comprises a vertical back wall (16), a bottom wall (18) extending outwardly from the back wall (16) and a front wall (20) extending upwardly from the bottom wall (18) to define a generally U-shaped...     

A gutter and screen organization is set forth utilizing an elongate gutter defining a channel therewithin provided with a forward wall with an inwardly directed flange and an opposed rear wall with a forwardly directed flange wherein the forward and rearward flanges are directed interiorly of the gutter....     

A gutter protector adapted for mounting on a sloping shingled roof for attachment under the next-to-last row of shingles and extending at an inclination to the roof with perforations for flow of water through the gutter protector directly into the gutter and onto the roof and into the gutter. There are...     

A cover member for mounting on a conventional rain gutter on a building structure, consisting of a one piece, thin longitudinal shield to be inserted under the shingles of the roof and having a serrated outer edge to rest snugly against and under the inside of the top lip of the gutter, the serrations...     

A liner for a rain gutter and the like comprises a body of porous solid material which is installed in the gutter to form an upper barrier surface. The barrier surface has a plurality of undulations. Longitudinally extending projections at the side portions of the body function as sealing structures...     

An improved gutter-downspout connection unit to be used in connecting a conventional gutter to a conventional downspout in rain water removal systems which is generally anvilar in structure comprising an upper body having first and second upper body sides and first and second end pieces with at least...     

An improved rain gutter screen having simplified means for installation on roofs having conventional eaves rain gutters. The screening material being horizontal layers of heavy gage, large mesh reinforcing screening and smaller gage, small mesh material facilitating the separation of gravel and twigs...     

There is disclosed a gutter drain strip having a platform portion with a plurality of drain holes provided therein, and a pair of legs downwardly depending from said platform portion to provide for mounting of the gutter drain strip in a gutter. A gutter draining and flushing system using said gutter...     

A gutter guard formed of a flexible strip of lattice-like plastic or expanded metal material has an upper edge insertable beneath the lower ends of the lowermost course of shingles overlying the gutter of a sloped roof, and has a lower edge which extends over and around the upper outer gutter edge. Tabs...     

A roof gutter attachment which overlies a roof gutter to prevent gutter and/or downspout clogging due to the undue or unwanted accumulation of debris. The arrangement presents a pattern of downwardly inclined parallel steps presenting grooves oriented in the path of liquid flow increasing liquid area...     

A plurality of spaced brackets each has mutually perpendicular first and second legs with a lip upstanding from the end of one of the legs. A third leg extends from the upstanding second leg parallel to the first leg and overhangs the first leg. A bracket mounting flange extends from the end of the third...     

An eavestrough fitting according to the present invention comprises a body portion of a shape generally corresponding to the eavestrough to be axially received therein, with a fitting on the interior surface including an abutment member positioned to limit the extent to which an eavestrough is axially...     

A clip for supporting a guard screen on a rain gutter to keep leaves and other debris from entering the gutter, the clip extending from an outer to an inner wall of the gutter and having means for attaching the clip thereto, the screen being supported on the clip, means being provided to attach the screen...     

The invention includes a drain guard and drain protection system. The drain guard includes a cross-sectionally L-shaped frame having a base and an upstanding sidewall extending therefrom. The upstanding sidewall has a plurality of spaced openings. The base may also have a plurality of spaced openings...     

A gutter guard is formed of an elongated flat sheet of perforated metal. The outer edge of the gutter guard is attached to the outer edge or lip of the gutter by several clips. The clips are preferably hinged which permits the gutter guard to pivot around the hinge clip. The inner edge of the gutter...     

The present invention is an apparatus for covering traditionally mounted rain gutters. It is comprised of a roof attached shield and an arcuate screen attached to the gutter. In the preferred embodiment, a narrow trough is provided at the lower edge of the screen to accumulate excess water. The apparatus...     

The improved gutter shield assembly is arranged for attachment to a roof constructed of partially overlapping shingles which define thin spaces between them. The shield assembly includes a mesh-like barrier which prevents debris from entering the gutter. The barrier has a plurality of openings for permitting...     

Disclosed is a device for protecting a roof gutter so that the gutter will remain clean for the free flow of rain water therethrough. The device is a lid in the form of a curb overlying the rim of the gutter along the length thereof. The curb has a raised, porous edge rising above the rim of the gutter...     

Rain gutter cover for being mounted adjacent the bottom edge of a roof upon which rain falls, the rain gutter cover is for preventing entrance into the rain gutter of leaves and other debris which cause rain gutter clogging and the stoppable of rain flow into downspouts, the cover includes a generally...     

A trilateral gutter guard includes first and second angled legs adapted to rest at different locations on a gutter bottom. A substantially horizontal leg is coupled to the top of the first and second legs, the three legs each comprising a mesh. Preferably, the horizontal leg is positioned and dimensioned...     

An improved rain gutter apparatus is arranged to include an elongated and flexible inner contoured surface element formed with outwardly extending projections on both sides thereof and being completely wrapped in an outer covering material with a multitude of openings. When positioned within a rain gutter,...     

A device is disclosed which prevents the accumulation of leaves and other debris in a rain gutter on a building. The rain gutter is conventional in construction and is elongated having an open top formed by two spaced apart and parallel upper edges. The outer upper edge of the gutter includes a lip....     

Described is a preferred fluid flow diverter, such as a rainwater diverter, having an outer duct, and an inner duct within said outer duct and defining a reservoir to collect fluid. The diverter also includes a drainage duct extending from the reservoir to the exterior of the outer duct. The inner duct...     

A mechanism for protecting an eavestrough against the accumulation of leaves and other debris. Apertured cover plates are positioned along the eavestrough to intercept water descending from the roof into the trough. The water passes through the apertures, while the debris is trapped on the cover plate...     

A roof drip edge for application between the outer roofing material and roof board along the roof edge fascia board having a depending web which is connected by a flexible joint to the cover flange of the drip edge which fits between the roofing material and roof board. In this manner the web may be...     

A noise baffle for reducing noise in rain gutter systems is provided. A screen or other perforated or fibrous surface is secured beneath a vertical downspout section and above the surface of an angled downspout section for reducing the noise caused by water striking the surface of angled downspouts....     

A gutter assembly that includes a primary gutter and a secondary gutter that are connected to one another and attached to a roof panel. Water is inhibited from flowing between the primary gutter and a panel edge by a flange that overlies the roof panel. The end of the flange has a feather edge so that...     

A rain gutter assembly including an elongated trough-like rain gutter having a rear wall, a trough and a leaf guard integrally connected by a pair of living hinges, grommets adapted to house a fastener for supporting the rain gutter, and a connector for sealingly connecting a pair of closely-spaced,...     

A ferrule for use in a rain gutter to surround a spike which connects the gutter to a supporting wall, with the gutter beneath an overhanging roof edge. The ferrule has a bore formed with internal longitudinal ribs angularly spaced from each other to define channels. The spike has corners which fit into...     

A leaf trap assembly is intended for ready installation in a downspout. The assembly comprises an elongated hollow body with a side wall opening and which attaches at each of its ends to downspout sections. A detachable door which covers the opening and a foraminous receptacle mounted for ready removal...     

A roof drain cover characterized by an open-end cage adapted to sit over the top of a roof drain. The cage has a top face and a peripheral wall. The top face and the peripheral wall are provided with apertures for allowing water circulation therethrough. A pair of leg members which are suspended from...     

Rain gutter cover for being mounted over the top of a rain gutter attached to a building adjacent the bottom edge of a roof upon which rain falls, the rain gutter cover for preventing entrance into the rain gutter of leaves and other debris which cause rain gutter clogging and the stoppage of rain flow...     

An improved gutter screen, and the combination of such a screen with a roof and gutter upon which it is mounted, in which the screen is of flexible, open-mesh construction, having spaced, flow-directing ribs extending in directions parallel with the slope of the roof and transverse flow-interrupting...     

A roof water dispersal system includes a plurality of longitudinally extending dispersal elements mounted near the edge of a roof structure for receiving and dispersing streams of roof run-off water. The elements are spaced apart from each other and assembled into a unit mounted to receive the streams...     

A roof water dispersal system includes a plurality of longitudinally extending dispersal elements mounted near the edge of a roof structure for receiving and dispersing streams of roof run-off water. The elements are spaced apart from each other and assembled into a unit mounted to receive the streams...     

An elongated gutter shield has marginal areas and an intermediate slotted vanes. The gutter shield allows rain water to enter the gutter through the vanes and also acts as a support joining the outboard edge of the gutter to the roof.

An improved gutter hanger and leaf screen assembly is comprised of hangers formed with holes and grooves at their rearward ends for attachment of the hangers to the eave of a roof. The holes in the hangers are provided for the insertion of fasteners such as nails or wood screws therethrough, and the...     

A gutter bracket assembly includes a fascia bracket and a gutter bracket for rotating a gutter to effect cleaning debris therefrom. The fascia bracket including a rear panel adapted to be affixed vertically to a fascia board, a bottom panel extending from the rear panel, and a receiving portion located...     

A refuse collecting frame for a drainage sewer, particularly a frame placed beneath a cover of a sewer drainage opening to accumulate refuse and permit easy disposal of refuse accumulated therein in order to prevent blockage of the sewer. The refuse collecting frame includes a frame body and a refuse...     

A removable storm drain cartridge to preserve the ground water quality to improve the environment for separating storm run-off water and removing oil and heavy debris from the storm run-off water, conveniently and inexpensively for use in a conventional storm drain, the cartridge including a heavy duty...     

A cover for a hollow rain gutter, according to the invention, is described as having an upwardly pitched top surface arranged to seat beneath the shingles of a roof at which the gutter has previously been secured, a downwardly pitched front surface extending towards the trough of the gutter, and a single...     

An improved gutter screen, and the combination of such a screen with a roof and gutter upon which it is mounted, in which the screen is of flexible, open-mesh construction, having spaced, flow-directing ribs extending in directions parallel with the slope of the roof and transverse flow-interrupting...