US1478837A - Gutter hanger - Google Patents

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Dec. 25 1923. 1,478,837

M. RACHLIN GUTTER HANGER Filed March '7, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR A TTORNE Y Dec, 25, 1923. 1,478,837

M. RACHLIN CUTTER HANGER Filed March '7. 1923 a Sheets-Sheet 2 I 7.9 11- Z M 65 E- 4 O 36' 7 l 176 J2 A 1 0 L if I ii 0 t 3 O t /i INVENTOR Z/h m ATTORNEY Dec, 25, 1923.

M. RACHLIN GUTTER HANGER 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed March 7, 1923 INVEN TOR ATTORNEY Patented @ec. 2.5, H 2...

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GETTTER HANGER.

Application filed March 7, 1923. Serial No. 823,413.

To 0:?! whom it may; concern:

Be it known that It, MAX RACIILLN, a citizen of Russia, and resident of the city of New York, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Gutter Hangers, of which the following is, a specification. i

The present invention relates to gutterhangers, that is to say to devices for supporting root gutters.

The main object of the invention is to provide a gutter-hanger, which is extremely simple in mnstruction, durable in use and capable otmanutacture on a commercial scale. or in other words one which is not so difiiciilt to makeas to be beyond the reasonable cost or such a contrivance.

Another object of the invention is to pro duce a guttenhanger that is obtained by stamping operations, means being'provided for cttectivcly strengthening the sheet metal strap portions, of which the hanger is composed. I

A further object of the invention is to so design the gutter-hanger that the gutter may be adjustably mounted on the roof or wall of the building.

lVith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accom 'ianying drawings, it being understood that many changes maybe made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side. elevation, partly in section, of a gutter-hanger constructed in accordance with the present invention, the gutter being shown in position thereon;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1, on a larger scale; Fig. 4: is a front elevation of a portion of the gutter-hanger and a portion of the gutter shownin Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is an elevation similar to the one shown in Fig. 1, the guttcr-hanger being directly fastened to the buildmg; Fig 7 is a view similar to the one shown in Fig. 6, illustrating another way of directly fastening the hanger to the building wall; Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a bracket for co-operation with the hanger shown in Figs. 1, G and 7, Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the bracket shown in Fig. 8, Fig. 10 is a side elevation showing the application of a bracket illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9, Fig. 11 is a similar elevation, the bracket being used in another position; and Fig. 12 is a section taken on line 12---12 of Fig.11.

Referring new first to "Figs. 1 t0 5, 'inelusive, of the drawings, the gutter embracing strap (iOcomprises a curved'sheet metal strip. which is substantially Ushaped in transverse cross-section, it including a web (31, that is curved so as to abut against the undert'ace of the root gutter 30, and two vcrticall extending flanges 62,which serve to strengthen the said web. Inorder to further strengthen the web, it is provided with a longitudinal depression (33, extend ing between the flanges, a holeG sbeing formed in the said depression to prevent water from collecting therein. The flanges (32 are provided adjacent their inner ends each with a vertical row of apertures 65, the members of one row registerin with those of the other, for a purpose hereinafter to be described. Adjacent the said inner end, there is formed in the web 61 an outwardly projecting lug 66, engaging the inner plain edge ot the gutter. Vith the bead 31 ot' the gutter is brought into engagement a sheet metal strip 67 having in its inner end a slot 68, through which is extended a projection 69, the latter being formed adjacent; the outer end of the web of the gutter strap. The strip 67 is bent over the said head, after the gutter has been placed in position on the strap.

The gutter embracing straps are engaged with brackets 70, which are nailed or otherwise secured to the roof structure 33. These brackets comprise each a plane section 71, abutting against the upper faceof the roof, and a vertically extending section 72 that is substantially U-shaped in transverse cross section and tits into the inner end of the gutter embracing strap. A rib 7 3 is formed at the junction point. of the sections 71 and 72, to strengthen the bracket. In the vertical section 720i the bracket are formed two vertical rows of apertures 7a, which are adapted to be brought into register with with apertures 65 in the strap 60.

After the brackets have been mounted on the roof, the straps 60 are shifted intothe desired position relative tothe brackets,

bolts 75 being passed through registering apertures in the straps and brackets. The

gutter is then placed onto the straps and scribed in that the gutter straps are directly fastened to the bu ding wall. Inorder to permit the gutter straps to be fastened to the face-board 76 on the building wall, the

- substantially vertical portion of the web 61 ing outwardly of the gutter embracing strap is provided with a row of holes 7 7 through which nails or screws 78 maybe driven into the said face-board.

The utter strap may also be directly fastenecl to the roof beams 79, as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, in which case one or more nails or screws 80 are driven through registering apertures 65 in the flanges 62 =of the gutter strap into the said beam. I

Instead of the bracket above-described, the bracket shown in Figs. 8 and 9 of the drawings maybe made use of. This bracket comprises a plate member'8l, having holes 82, through which fastening means, such as screws 83-. may be passed either into a roof beam 84,.as shownfin Fig. 10 of the drawings, 'or into a face-board 85, as shown in Fig. 11 of the drawings. \Vith this plate member is made integral a vertically extendrojeeting bar portion 86, that is U-shape in transverse cross-section and fits between the webs 62 of the gutter embracing strap 60. The bar portion 86 is provided with two vertical rows of apertures 87, for. co-operation with the apertures 65 in the Web 62 of a gutter embracing strap. Screws 88 are passed through the gutter em- "tion from sheet metal.

scribed are made -0 sheet 'Inetal"v 1,47a,sa1

bracing strap and the portion 86 of a bracket, to hold the said strapin position on the said bracket. It is to be noted that, when it is to be attached to a roof beam '84, the

bracket ma be fastenedg toeithervertical face thereo that is to sa. it islunnecessary to make right-side and'left-side; brackets. The brackets are made by *st inpingopera- From the foregoing i t 'appears that all of the elements of t 1e flutter hanger herein dethe'gutter embracing straps being 1 provideda with strengthening means-,i jmadegiiitegralf therel with, the strengthening fime'anSEQPreventing' the said straps frombemg deformed-by the weight of the gutter resting thereon) "It-also appears that the gutter embracing straps may be adjustabl secured to the roof or wall of the bui1d1ng,feither by-the aid of or without attaching brackets. All of the constructions liereindescribed are extremely efficient in construction, and are capable of being convenientlymounted on the building.

It is to be observed that in the constructions shown the outer end of the gutter embracing strap is extended into the bead, of the gutter. The purpose lot this arrangement is to prevent transverse shifting of the gutter on the embracing straps.

What I claim is A gutter-hanger including a gutter embracing strap made of a single sheet-of metal and having a substantially U-shaped transverse cross-section throughout itslength, the web portion of the .U-shaped cross-section being provided with a depression throughout a substantial portion of the strap to pro-. 'vide a strengthening rib, said depression being provided with a hole to permit egress of water from and ingress of air-into said depression.

igned at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 5th day of March A. D. 1923. i

MAX RACHLIN.

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