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Class 52/16 - With downspout


Subclass of Class 52 - Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Definition: Structure including means forming or connected to a downspout.
No. of patents: 211
Last issue date: 06/22/2010


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NumberTitleIssue Date
4801377Debris separator unit for raingutter downspouts
A debris separator is provided in the downspout of a gutter system wherein a steeply angled grating is provided in the downspout which permits water to flow down through the downspout while leaves and other debris are carried downwardly along the grating ...
01/31/1989
4798028Downspout trap and clean out
Gutters and downspouts on buildings such as home conventionally communicate with drain lines for the disposal of rain water. The drain lines are sometimes connected with sewers by way of a footer drain around the foundation of the building and sometimes c...
01/17/1989
4741645Continuous gutter lining
A method and apparatus for the repair of leaky gutters by the installation of a semi-conforming, resilient liner. The liner material is selected for its ability to readily form durable watertight joints with adjoining pieces of similar material, or to its...
05/03/1988
4727689Detachable rain gutter
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 th...
03/01/1988
4726151Rain water leader/gutter adaptor
A rain water leader/gutter adaptor which is adapted to siphon rain water from a gutter. The rain water may be collected inside a gating vessel which is attached to the rain water leader/gutter adapter. In a modified form a leader adaptor is attached to si...
02/23/1988
4709516Self-cleaning gutter device
There is disclosed a novel device for cleaning gutters that can be either power driven or manually operated. This device comprises an elongated, self-supporting, flexible member which is placed into and along the length of a gutter. When activated, this m...
12/01/1987
4693633Run-off trough
A run-off trough for a down spout associated with a gutter for a house or building which trough can be light in weight and easily portable to a down spout use location, and which can be easily modified at its use location to become sufficiently heavy that...
09/15/1987
4641464Downpipe
The present invention relates to a downpipe (10) provided with a longitudinally extending slot (16). When joining two downpipe sections together, by means of a longitudinal join or an angled join, the longitudinal slot enables the upper downpipe section t...
02/10/1987
4620817Underground discharge for downspouts and sump pumps
Discharge water from a building, e.g., rainwater discharged from downspouts or groundwater discharged from sump pumps, is carried away from the building in an underground pipe to an aboveground discharge outlet, said discharge operating only when the pipe...
11/04/1986
4619554Gutter outlet tube
A one-piece outlet tube for joining the flat bottom wall of a metal gutter with a vertical downspout is formed from an initially flat blank. A continuous flat support flange extends around the margin of the gutter outlet tube at its upper end and rests up...
10/28/1986
4615153Leader filter
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 filt...
10/07/1986
4608786Downspout for building gutters or the like
A downspout structure adapted to be utilized with a conventional gutter on a building structure to discharge run-off water to a drainage location, including an elongate generally U-shaped open downspout member having an interior water deflector arrangemen...
09/02/1986
4602460Water powered gutter and downspout cleaning apparatus
A cleaning apparatus for unclogging a gutter downspout of debris comprising a motor connected to a source of power and mounted above the downspout, auger means positioned within the downspout and rotated by the motor, and means for supplying power to the ...
07/29/1986
4523875Auxiliary drainage system for eliminating water problems associated with a foundation of a building
An auxiliary drain line is laid in a trench which extends about lower foundation portions of an existing building but at locations preferably spaced several feet from the foundation. The newly laid auxiliary drain line is formed of perforate material whic...
06/18/1985
4413449Motorized system for cleaning drain troughs
A drain trough system is disclosed wherein the drain trough may be mechanically inverted to permit any debris therein to fall out. The system involves a series of hinged mounting brackets in horizontally spaced alignment, at least one of the mounting brac...
11/08/1983
4411110Rain gutter
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 plurali...
10/25/1983
4411109Beam-braced awning
The invention is an improved awning for installation at portable or fixed buildings, including mobile type buildings. The awning is of the rigid type and is provided with a member for affixing to the building which it serves. The invention provides a uniq...
10/25/1983
4386484Process and device for collecting rainwater
A process and device for collecting and maintaining fresh amounts of rainwater. The device is comprised of a storage vessel having an inlet passage terminating near the bottom of the vessel, which is further provided with an overflow and a drain. The devi...
06/07/1983
4368601Gutter improvement
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 ali...
01/18/1983
4345853Light weight run-off trough
A light weight hollow run-off trough which can be secured to a down spout while being substantially supported by the ground is disclosed. The trough includes a depression adjacent its rear end for accommodating the distal end of the down spout. The trough...
08/24/1982
4304498Gutter cleaning apparatus
Disclosed is a hand-held device for removing debris from a gutter. The device is operational from a location remote from the gutter and comprises a cleaning head which is removably attached to a handle....
12/08/1981
4297053Guttering
A gutter fitting 1 comprises a body member 2 defining a channel for receiving a gutter length. A sealing member 6 extends through a slot 7 in the body member and has a sealing portion 10 for sealing against the gutter length and a retaining portion 11 whi...
10/27/1981
4270572Hinging downspout assembly
A hinging down-spout assembly having a first elongated section to which a second elongated section is attached by a hinge whereby the second section can swing from a position approximately at a right angle to the first section into a position parallel to ...
06/02/1981
4261143Pitched roof support structures
A universal structural support system for a pitched roof includes a front fascia gutter assembly, a setback beam assembly and an I-beam assembly, each of which comprises a first portion that is pitch-adjustable with the selected slope of the roof and rela...
04/14/1981
4258510Rain water deflector
A device for attachment to roof beams to deflect rain water running from those beams comprising a metal or plastic deflector attachable to the beam but opened from the beam forming a trough into which rain water will run and a deflector trough in communic...
03/31/1981
4241547Rainwater ducting system
A rainwater ducting system mounted adjacent the eaves of a building is comprised of a horizontally disposed open gutter containing horizontally directed auger means and a communicating downspout containing vertically directed auger means. The auger means ...
12/30/1980
4226057Self-cleaning invertible gutter system
A self-cleaning invertible gutter system is provided in which a gutter having a projecting downspout connector positioned on the end thereof is mounted on the facia board of a building for roll-over invertible movement thereon. The gutter extends beyond t...
10/07/1980
4216790Storm drainage systems
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...
08/12/1980
4210301Eavestrough bracket
An eavestrough bracket formed of a length of stamped sheet metal which has a straight bar portion having an upwardly curved hooked portion at an outer end for engaging an upper hooked marginal edge of an eavestrough and an upstanding leg at an inner end f...
07/01/1980
4190988Method, system and components for preserving wooden gutters
Wooden gutters are protected against the weather and their useful life extended by applying a flexible plastic liner along the trough of the gutter and closing the ends thereof with sealing caps. The liners and caps are tightly secured in place to prevent...
03/04/1980
4183368Eave trough flushing system
An eave trough (2) flushing system (1) is proposed which includes a nozzle mounting bracket (3) for mounting a nozzle (27) in a position to inject water into and lengthwise along an eave trough (2). The mounting bracket (5) laterally spans the eave trough...
01/15/1980
4182376Device for dispensing a liquid flowing through a substantially vertical tube
A dispensing device for dispensing a liquid flowing through a substantially vertical tube, particularly for dispensing rain water flowing through a drainpipe wherein a sleeve has a circumferential resiliently deformable wall portion which is adjustable in...
01/08/1980
4171709Device for siphoning water from a ponding area on a flat roof
An apparatus for removing water from a ponding area of a flat roof having a run-off system which is no longer operable to drain water from the ponding area which comprises a structure for directing a quantity of the run-off water flowing in the run-off sy...
10/23/1979
4169570Eavestrough hanger
This invention consists of a hanger by means of which eavestroughing can be nailed to a building so that the nail is embedded into the wood framework of the building, at a downward angle, and so that the head of the nail is not visible on the front wall o...
10/02/1979
4150515Gutter structure
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...
04/24/1979
4122230Flashing article comprising a chlorinated polyethylene layer adhered to an asphalt-saturated felt layer produced by joining the two layers under pressure at elevated temperature
Roof drain flashing constituting a tough flexible material bondable to any type roof membrane and capable of accommodating thermal expansion and contraction of the roof without cracking and leaking at the drain, being a layer of nonplasticized chlorinated...
10/24/1978
4117635Easy clean eave trough
A means for cleaning gutters about the eaves of a house including support means which, when rotated, invert the gutter so that any leaves or other debris will be dumped out, and including remotely operated means to cause dumping of the gutter by rotation ...
10/03/1978
4112632Prefabricated watertight structural system
A prefabricated structural system including a support frame and prefabricated panels having strength sufficient to bridge spaced support beams under the panel is disclosed. Each panel includes a sheet metal support subpanel having corrugations, a thin fla...
09/12/1978
4106243Sloped roof construction for modular building structures
Roof arrangements for mobile modular building structures comprising a shallow depressed roof region of low slope confined within parapets, associated with drainage means at one end of the module also comprising utilities....
08/15/1978
4102353Temporary shelter
A portable enclosure useful as a temporary shelter that is attachable to a permanent shelter having side bars attachable to the permanent shelter and a cross bar attachable to the side bars at the ends remote from the permanent shelter. Side panels are sl...
07/25/1978
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