Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Cover with surface water receiver at eave or valley – With separator; e.g. – strainer
Patent
1992-04-13
1993-10-12
Safavi, Michael
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Cover with surface water receiver at eave or valley
With separator; e.g., strainer
E04D 1306
Patent
active
052514102
ABSTRACT:
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 into downspouts, including a generally angular upper portion, a generally horizontal bottom portion, and a generally vertical intermediate portion intermediate and interconnecting the upper and bottom portions, the generally angular upper portion for being mounted adjacent the bottom edge of the roof and for transferring rain from the roof to the intermediate portion, the generally vertical intermediate portion provided with at least one generally horizontally disposed row of interrupted slots with adjacent pairs of the slots being interrupted by a solid portion of the intermediate portion, each slot including at least one diagonally disposed upper portion and at least one diagonally disposed lower portion, the diagonally disposed upper portion of predetermined ones of the slots extending generally vertically over the diagonally disposed lower portion of an adjacent slot such that there is no generally vertical path of rainflow down the intermediate portion which is not interrupted by at least one of the slots.
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Safavi Michael
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