US2515027A - Guard or fence for eaves troughs - Google Patents

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July 11, 1950 WALTON 2,515,027

GUARD 0R FENCE FOR EAVES TROUGHS Filed Nov. 20, 1946 ygz.

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GUARD OR FENCE FOR EAVES TROUGHS Alston Walton, Baltimore, Md.

ApplicationNovember 20, 1946, Serial No. 710,990

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a guard or fence for eaves troughs, which is designed to prevent rubbish from entering the eaves troughs and clogging the same.

Such rubbish as leaves and birds nests, or anything that may get into the eaves-trough will clog the trough and rain pipe connected thereto, with resultant overflow and corrosion of the troughs.

An object of the invention, therefore, is to provide a device that will overcome this difliculty as well as prolong the life of the trough, and provide a guard that will replace a rain pipe strainer, thus permitting a larger opening in the trough and a larger rain pipe.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists of the novel details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the wire frame embodying part of the invention;

Figure 2 is an elevational View of the wire fabric welded to the frame shown in Figure 1, forming a complete embodiment of the invention;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of an embodiment of the invention attached to an eaves trough with the stay wires bent outwardly of the trough and Figure 4 is the same, with the stay wires bent inwardly of the trough.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the reference numeral l designates a wire frame having longitudinally extending strands H and alternately extending transverse strands l2 and I3 which are welded to the strands II on the upper surface in parallel spaced relation to each other, and these strands also secure the strands II in parallel spaced relation to each other.

Welded to the frame ID on the top surface thereof is a sheet of wire fabric 14 which is slightly longer in width than the distance between the outermost strands II.

In attaching the frame to an eaves trough IS, the ends l6 of the strands [2 are curved downwardly over the rear edge of the trough l5, and the ends H, which are longer than the ends iii, are bent downwardly over the front edge of the trough, and the frame is positioned at a rearwardly inclined angle with relation to the trough, as shown in Figure 3. The ends Id of strands l3 are bent downwardly and inwardly of the rear 2 edge of the trough l5, and the ends l9, which are longer than the ends l8, are bent downwardly and inwardly of the front edge of the trough I5, as shown in Figure 4.

From this construction, it will be seen that the transverse strands l2 and [3 are alternately bent downwardly, inwardly and outwardly of the front and rear edges of the trough l5.

The guards will be made of different widths for different widths of eaves troughs, and the lengths can be made so that the sections will be easy to handle, the strands l2 and It being bent upon installation of the guard on the troughs and the strap hangers for the troughs would fixedly hold the guard to the troughs at installation thereof.

It is believed that from the foregoing description, the structure and method of installation of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and. it is to be further understood that changes in the minor details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts may be resorted to, provided they fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described for use with an eaves trough comprising a wire frame having longitudinally extending parallel relatively spaced wire strands, transversely extendin parallel relatively spaced wire strands secured to said longitudinally extending wire strands, a wire fabric secured to said frame, the ends of said transversely extending strands adapted to be alternately bent downwardly and inwardly and outwardly of said trough to attach said frame to said trough at an inclined angle thereto.

ALSTON WALTON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 571,711 Twist Nov. 17, 1896 643,747 Martin Feb. 20, 1900 914,650 Feyler Mar. 9, 1909 1,732,058 Martini Oct. 15, 1929

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