GB2066872A - An improved rainwater gutter attachment bracket - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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- E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
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- E04D13/04—Roof drainage; Drainage fittings in flat roofs, balconies or the like
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- E04D13/068—Means for fastening gutter parts together
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Abstract
A hanger bracket 10 for fixing plastics guttering is provided with means 16, 22 for overlying and bearing downwards on the opposite side edges of the lengths of guttering. In order that the length of guttering can very easily be secured in the bracket or released therefrom, the means for overlying at least one side edge of each length of guttering are constituted by releasable retaining elements 14. <IMAGE>
Description
SPECIFICATION
An improved rainwater gutter attachment bracket
The invention relates to attachment brackets for rainwater gutters, that is to say the hanger brackets for fixing successive lengths of synthetic plastics rainwater guttering in position.
Synthetic plastics rainwater guttering and synthetic plastics hanger brackets therefor are now widely used because of their low cost in relation to the cost of similar guttering, because of their long useful life without the need for periodic weather protection by painting, and because they can be installed fairly easily by a person accustomed to using them.
However, because rainwater guttering frequently needs to be installed in difficult circumstances, that is to say almost invariably by a man working on a ladder and often in windy conditions, any further improvement in the ease with which such guttering can be installed is important and worthwhile. In addition if an householder wishes to temporarily remove the rainwater guttering from his property so that he can paint his woodwork with greater facility, he may have difficulty in doing so, partly because he will probably be unfamiliar with the brackets and other fitments and possibly also because the plastics materials of which they are made become less resilient and perhaps even somewhat brittle. The object of the invention is to provide a rainwater gutter attachment bracket by means of which the installation of synthetic plastics rainwater guttering can be facilitated.
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a hanger bracket for fixing successive lengths of synthetic plastics rainwater guttering in position, the hanger bracket including a body part of appropriate channel section, that is to say having the same general cross sectional shape as that of the guttering which the bracket is to support, the opposite sides of the channel section being provided with means for overlying the opposite side edges of the lengths of guttering which are to be accommodated in said channel section, said means, at least at one side of said channel section, being constituted by at least one pair of retaining elements capable of being releasably fitted to the hanger bracket so that abutment portions of said retaining elements are caused to bear downwards on adjacent gutter side edge portions at or adjacent the opposite ends of the hanger bracket.The pair of retaining elements capable of being releasably fitted to the hanger bracket may be engageable in vertically extending guide surfaces in the bracket, lower ends of said elements being provided with hook-like portions capable of engaging detent surfaces of the bracket.
Alternatively, the retaining elements may be engageable with horizontally extending guide surfaces formed at or near the opposite ends of the bracket, and in this latter case the retaining elements may take up snap fit engagement with respective ribs which extend around the outside of the body part of the bracket, said ribs resulting from the presence of internal recesses for the reception of respective sealing strips within the bracket.
According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided, in combination with a hanger bracket as described above, a resilient sealing strip which is to be received in one of the shallow recesses in the bracket for an end portion of a length of guttering to be seated thereon, the strip being provided in cross section with a lateral projection which in use of the strip is adapted to seat itself in the channel section of the bracket to one side of the recess so that the opposite ends of the strip can be partly located beneath the oppositely disposed abutment members at that end of the bracket. The lateral projection forming part of the resilient sealing strip may be formed with a flange portion which in use of the strip will overlie a part of the end surface of the bracket in which the strip is fitted.
In order that the invention may be fully understood and readily carried into effect, the same will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the acompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a side view of a synthetic plastics hanger bracket embodying the invention for fixing successive lengths of synthetic plastics rainwater guttering in position,
Figure 2 is a front view, that is to say in the direction of arrow 2 in Figure 1,
Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 in Figure 2,
Figure 4 is a perspective view of a possible modification of the hanger bracket of Figure 1 to 3,
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a rather different form of hanger bracket embodying the invention,
Figure 6 is a detail view,
Figures 7 and 8 are respective perspective and plan views of a retaining element which will presently be referred to,
Figures 9, 10 and 11 are sectional view which will presently be referred to, and
Figure 12 is a view similar to Figure 4 and illustrating a further possible modification.
Referring now to Figures 1 to 3 of the drawings, the hanger bracket there illustrated and generally indicated 10 includes a body part of appropriate channel section, that is to say having the same general cross sectional shape as that of the synthetic plastics guttering which the bracket is to support.
Midway between the ends of the particular bracket illustrated a single hole 11 extends through the wali of the channel section as shown, and at that side of the bracket a pair of ribs 13 which extend around the bracket at its opposite ends are extended outwards to form vertical abutment surfaces 15. The arrangement is such that the bracket can be fixed in position, with its surfaces 15 in abutment with the facia board of a building, by a screw extending through the hole 11.
In planes spaced from the opposite ends of the bracket shallow recesses 12 are provided for the reception of respective resilient sealing strips (not shown) on which end portions of successive lengths of guttering are to be seated, the arrangement being such that when urged downwardly upon said sealing strips there will be produced a fluid-tight joint around the outside surface of each length of guttering. The general wall thickness of the bracket is substantially constant so that of course the general channel configuration of the external shape of the bracket is modified by the presence of ribs which contain the internal recesses 12.
Means are provided for overlying the opposite side edges of the lengths of guttering which are to be accommodated in the channel section of the bracket, these means being constituted by respective pairs of retaining elements 14 engageable in vertically extending guide surfaces, that is to say in respective slots 17, in the bracket, abutment portions of said retaining elements constituted by respective head portions 16 being caused to bear downwards on adjacent gutter side edge portions adjacent the opposite ends of the hanger bracket as shown. The lower ends of the retaining elements are provided with hook-like portions 18 which are capable of engaging surfaces 20 of the bracket when the retaining elements have pressed the lengths of guttering downwards sufficiently to deform the resilient sealing strips to some extent.
It will be understood that, in use of the hanger bracket, the lengths of plastics rainwater guttering supported thereby can very easily be secured in position, or can very easily be temporarily removed by a householder wishing to paint the woodwork beneath them. This is because the retaining elements 14 can very easily be fixed in position or detached from the bracket as required. Each of these operations can be carried out very simply without the need for flexing of the bracket in any way. In the particular bracket illustrated, the retaining elements 14 are shown to be captive therein, the elements being provided with abutment surfaces 19 which interfere with the removal of the elements once they have been inserted through the slots 17.However, it will be understood that they do not interfere with the manner in which the retaining elements can be disengaged from the detent surfaces 20 of the bracket when it is desired to remove the length of guttering conerned.
Referring now to Figure 4, in a modification of the hanger bracket just described, the retaining elements 14 are provided at only one side of the channel section. At the other side of the channel section of the hanger bracket, that is to say at the side on which the vertical abutment surfaces 15 are formed, there are provided inwardly extending abutment members 22 formed integrally with the bracket. The arrangement in this case is such that when a length of synthetic plastics guttering is to be secured in the bracket it is laid in the channel section of the bracket with its one side edge beneath the adjacent abutment member 22; the oppositely disposed retaining element 14 can then be pressed into position to urge the guttering downwardly into fluid-tight sealing relation with the sealing strip beneath it.The chain-dotted extension of the head portion of the retaining element 14 shown in Figure 4 is a possible modification which may be found advantageous both in this particular embodiment and in the bracket illustrated in Figures 1 to 3. When extended laterally in this way the head portion of the retaining element will bear down on the gutter side edge portion approximately in the plane in which the gutter rests upon the sealing strip within the adjacent recess 12. It is thought that with the head portions of the retaining elements extended in this way the gutter will be unlikelyto be deflected downwards which might otherwise be brought about by out of line forces acting on the gutter.
In Figure 5 there is illustrated a hanger bracket with a body part of the same general cross sectional shape as those previously described and including the shallow recesses 12 for the reception of respective resilient sealing strips (not shown in this view) on which end portions of the successive lengths of guttering are to be seated. The bracket is also provided with inwardly extending abutment members 22 at the side of the bracket on which the vertical abutment surfaces 15 are formed. However, the means which in this case are provided for overlying the opposite side edges of the lengths of guttering to cause the guttering to be pressed downwards into sealing relation with the resilient sealing strips are somewhat different and are constituted by retaining elements 24 which are engageable with respective flanges 26 formed integrally on the bracket as shown.
As best shown in Figures 6 to 8, each retaining element 24 is of somewhat U-shaped cross section turned on edge, one leg of the U-being somewhat longer than the other and provided with a downturned lip 28. In addition, at one end of the retaining element internal surfaces are chamfered as indicated 30 in Figure 7 to facilitate the fitment of the element, and as indicated 32 in Figure 8 the shorter leg of the element is provided with a shallow recess. The arrangement is such that when an end portion of a length of guttering has been seated in the hanger bracket, with its one side edge located beneath the inwardly extending abutment members 22 at one side of the bracket, one of the retaining elements 24 can be slid into position at the opposite side of the bracket to press the guttering downwardly into fluid tight sealing relation with the sealing strip beneath it.As the retaining element is slid into position, the longer leg of its U-shaped cross section and the downturned lip 28 engage the adjacent side edge of the guttering. When the retaining element has been pressed fully into position, the recess 32 engages the rib which extends around the outside of the body of the hanger bracket, that is to say there is snap fit engagement, so that the retaining element does not become detached from the bracket until forced from that fitted position. It will be seen in Figure 6 that the ribs which extend around the outside of the body, and which result from the presence of the recesses 12 within the bracket, are provided with abutment elements 34; these are provided so that the retaining elements can ride onto them when being fitted in position and thereby prevented from tilting.
Thus there are provided various designs of hanger bracket for fixing successive lengths of synthetic plastics rainwater guttering in position, all of which have at least one pair of retaining elements capable of being releasably fitted to the hanger bracket so that abutment portions of said elements are caused to bear downwards on adjacent gutter side edge portions at or adjacent the opposite ends of the bracket. It will be seen that the retaining elements in each case can be fitted in position with relative ease, that is to say with far greater ease than when carrying out the gutter fitting procedure involving the manual flexing of the hanger bracket to open it sufficiently to allow the synthetic plastics guttering to be fitted in position with both its side edges located beneath inwardly extending abutment members formed integrally with the bracket.In addition, it is thought that even after many years of service when perhaps the plastics materials of which the hanger brackets and the lengths of guttering are made have become somewhat brittle, a householder will be able, with relative ease, to remove his guttering from time to time so that he can paint the underlying woodwork.
It will be understood that the sealing strip which is to be received in the shallow recesses in the hanger bracket may be of any suitable cross sectional shape.
For example, in Figure 9 the sealing strip 36 is shown to be of generally rectangular cross sectional shape with a pair of shallow ribs 38 for contacting the exterior surface of a length of guttering which is to be received in the bracket. However, in Figure 10 there is illustrated a slightly different cross section of strip, this having a lateral projection 40 which in use of the strip is adapted to seat itself in the channel section of the bracket to one side of the recess. It is thought that a sealing strip of this cross sectional shape will at least help to combat any tendency for a length of guttering to be tilted downwards as a result of out of line forces acting on it, that is to say when the abutment members acting downwards on the guttering are out of line with the shallow recesses receiving the main parts of the sealing strips.A further advantage of this form of sealing strip is that when fitted in position the opposite ends of said strip will be partly located beneath the oppositely disposed abutment members acting downwardly on the length of guttering concerned and in this way the strip will be located in position iongitudinally. In
Figure 11, which illustrates a modification of the form of sealing strip just described, the lateral projection 42 is provided with a flange portion 44 so that the latter can overlie a part of the end surface of the bracket as shown.
In Figure 12 there is illustrated a possible alternative way of alleviating any tendency for a length of guttering to be tilted downwards as a result of out of line forces acting on it, this alternative being constituted by the addition of projections 44 which extend along the opposite end portions of the bracket. The projections are such that the endmost portions of the lengths of guttering can seat themselves thereon when the sealing strips are of the form illustrated in
Figure 9, that is to say wholly contained within the width of their respective grooves 12.
Various other modifications can of course be made. For example, the hanger bracket illustrated in
Figure 5 could be modified in such a way that instead of being provided with the inwardly extending abutment members 22 it could be provided with pairs of the retaining elements 24 at both sides.
Furthermore, it will be understood that in each embodiment similar brackets may be supplied for supporting the lengths of guttering intermediate their ends, but of course these can be relatively short and need not be provided with resilient sealing strips. The brackets can be provided with different cross sectional shapes, for example, for supporting lengths of guttering of substantially half round cross sectional shape. The bracket may of course be adapted to be fitted in position by means other than a single screw. For example, each bracket could be provided with a pair of holes through which respective screws could extend.
Claims (8)
1. A hanger bracket for fixing successive lengths of synthetic plastics rainwater guttering in position, the hanger bracket including a body part of appropriate channel section, that is to say having the same general cross sectional shape as that of the guttering which the bracket is to support, the opposite sides of the channel section being provided with means for overlying the opposite side edges of the lengths of guttering which are to be accommodated in said channel section, said means, at least at one side of said channel section, being constituted by at least one pair of retaining elements capable of being releasably fitted to the hanger bracket, so that abutment portions of said retaining elements are caused to bear downwards on adjacent gutter side edge portions at or adjacent the opposite ends of the hanger bracket.
2. A hanger bracket according to claim 1, in which the pair of retaining elements capable of being releasably fitted to the hanger bracket are engageable in vertically extending guide surfaces in the bracket, lower ends of said elements being provided with hook-like portions capable of engaging detent surfaces of the bracket.
3. A hanger bracket according to claim 1, in which the retaining elements capable of being releasably fitted to the hanger bracket are engageable with horizontally extending guide surfaces formed at or near the opposite ends of the bracket.
4. A hanger bracket according to claim 3, in which when fitted in position the retaining elements take up snap fit engagement with respective ribs which extend around the outside of the body part of the bracket, said ribs resulting from the presence of internal recesses for the reception of respective sealing strips within the bracket.
5. A hanger bracket according to either one of the preceding claims, in combination with a resilient sealing strip which is to be received in one of the shallow recesses in the bracket for an end portion of a length of guttering to be seated thereon, the strip being provided in cross section with at least one lateral projection, which in use of the strip is adapted to seat itself in the channel section of the bracket to one side of the recess so that the opposite ends of the strip can be partly located beneath the oppositely disposed abutment members at that end of the bracket.
6. The hanger bracket and sealing strip combination according to claim 5, in which the lateral projection forming part of the resilient sealing strip is formed with a flange portion which in use of the strip overlies a part of the end surface of the bracket in which the strip is fitted.
7. A hanger bracketforfixing successive lengths of synthetic plastics rainwater guttering in position, the bracket being constructed, arranged and adapted to be used substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to and as illustrated by the accom
panying drawings.
8. A hanger bracket and resilient sealing strip
combination constructed, arranged and adapted to
be used substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to and as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
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| GB8037637A GB2066872B (en) | 1979-12-24 | 1980-11-24 | Rainwater gutter attachment bracket |
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| GB7944379 | 1979-12-24 | ||
| GB8037637A GB2066872B (en) | 1979-12-24 | 1980-11-24 | Rainwater gutter attachment bracket |
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| GB2066872A true GB2066872A (en) | 1981-07-15 |
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Cited By (7)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2164967A (en) * | 1984-08-16 | 1986-04-03 | Polypipe Ltd | Guttering |
| GB2185502A (en) * | 1986-01-17 | 1987-07-22 | David Mason | Guttering fitting |
| GB2217748A (en) * | 1988-04-28 | 1989-11-01 | Caradon Terrain | Plastics rainwater guttering systems |
| GB2282160A (en) * | 1993-09-23 | 1995-03-29 | Hunter Plastics Ltd | Joining guttering sections |
| GB2384499A (en) * | 2002-01-24 | 2003-07-30 | Roofline Entpr Ltd | A gutter connector |
| ES2246111A1 (en) * | 2003-10-28 | 2006-02-01 | Tomas Bellido Marquez | Autoadjustable gutter, has watertightness sealant applied in tie points exposed to filtration, terminals closed by vertical wall, and semicylindrical bodies provided with orifice and water-drainage stub |
| EP3985193A1 (en) * | 2020-10-15 | 2022-04-20 | Janssen, Bob | Gutter |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2164967A (en) * | 1984-08-16 | 1986-04-03 | Polypipe Ltd | Guttering |
| GB2185502A (en) * | 1986-01-17 | 1987-07-22 | David Mason | Guttering fitting |
| GB2185502B (en) * | 1986-01-17 | 1989-10-25 | David Mason | Guttering fittings |
| GB2217748A (en) * | 1988-04-28 | 1989-11-01 | Caradon Terrain | Plastics rainwater guttering systems |
| GB2217748B (en) * | 1988-04-28 | 1991-11-13 | Caradon Terrain | Plastics rainwater guttering systems |
| GB2282160A (en) * | 1993-09-23 | 1995-03-29 | Hunter Plastics Ltd | Joining guttering sections |
| GB2282160B (en) * | 1993-09-23 | 1996-10-09 | Hunter Plastics Ltd | Improvements in or relating to a guttering arrangement |
| US5687510A (en) * | 1993-09-23 | 1997-11-18 | Hunter Plastics Limited | Guttering arrangement |
| GB2384499A (en) * | 2002-01-24 | 2003-07-30 | Roofline Entpr Ltd | A gutter connector |
| ES2246111A1 (en) * | 2003-10-28 | 2006-02-01 | Tomas Bellido Marquez | Autoadjustable gutter, has watertightness sealant applied in tie points exposed to filtration, terminals closed by vertical wall, and semicylindrical bodies provided with orifice and water-drainage stub |
| EP3985193A1 (en) * | 2020-10-15 | 2022-04-20 | Janssen, Bob | Gutter |
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| PE20 | Patent expired after termination of 20 years |
Effective date: 20001123 |