Adjustable hood system for rain gutters

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-09-08
APEX PROD DEV
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The screens have a tendency to clog with small debris, blocking the rain water from entering the rain gutter.
Known rigid reverse-curve shields often cannot be satisfactorily integrated into the roof or may require complex, custom manufacture to integrate into the roof.

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[0019] Referring now to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, an adjustable, reverse-curve hood system 11 embodying features of the present invention mounts on a rain gutter 12. The rain gutter 12 shown has a conventional configuration with a back wall 14, a bottom wall 15 that extends forwardly from the bottom of the back wall 14, and a front wall 16 that extends upwardly from the front of the bottom wall 15. The back, bottom and front walls 14, 15 and 16 form a upwardly open trough 17. The back wall 14 is planar and vertical for mounting to an eave and the bottom wall 15 shown is planar and horizontal. The front wall 16 shown is shaped, extending upward and outwardly, to a forward end 19 of the rain gutter 12. The forward end 19 has an inwardly extending lip 20. The lip 20, when the rain gutter 12 is formed from sheet metal, is folded under along the innermost extent to form a hem 21.

[0020] The hood system 11 includes a roof section 24, a hood section 25 and clips or fastening members 26. The roof s...

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An adjustable hood system for rain gutters has a flat roof section, a hood section rotably connected to the roof section, and fastening members that rotably connect to the hood section. The fastening members mount on the front lip of a rain gutter while the roof section integrates with the roof. Relative rotation of the roof section, hood section and fastening members permits the hood system to be mounted on roofs with any slope and pitched rain gutters at any level relative to the roof.

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[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of the U.S. provisional patent application No. 60 / 551,126 filed Mar. 8, 2004.TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention relates to rain gutters for buildings and more particularly to a hood system for rain gutters that is adjustable for different roof pitches and different rain gutter levels. BACKGROUND ART [0003] Open trough rain gutters collect debris that falls on the roof and washes down with the rain water. Systems to shield the rain gutter from debris include screens over the open trough and reverse-curve shields. The screens have a tendency to clog with small debris, blocking the rain water from entering the rain gutter. [0004] Reverse-curve shields or hoods generally have a sloped planar section that extends over the rain gutter and a coextensive curved section that curves forwardly and downwardly over the front of the rain gutter and curves downwardly and inwardly. Rain water, through liquid adhesion prin...

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IPC IPC(8): E04D13/00
CPCE04D13/076
Inventor KNUDSON, GARY A.FLOOD, PATRICK D.
Owner APEX PROD DEV
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