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Roof drain receiver

a technology for roof drains and receivers, which is applied in the direction of roof drainage, water supply installation, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems of blockages and other malfunctions of the drain system, the unsightly appearance of the water nozzle protruding from the building, and the receiver has not been implemented in the conventional frame building

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-12-09
MAY JEFFREY PAUL
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[0013]The drain receiver of present invention is preferably cast in place with the building concrete tilt up wall so that it becomes a part of the wall. Because the drain receiver is integrated into the wall, the preformed structure saves the major concrete cutting process. In one embodiment, a drain receiver is provided for receiving two vertical drain pipes coming from the roof. In an alternative embodiment, there is provided a drain receiver having a single pipe connection from the roof.
[0014]On the outside, a cover is placed over the drain receiver body. The cover swings from the face of the wall in response to the outpouring of drain water. The drain receiver body lies flush with the exterior surface of the wall. The cover protrudes from the face of the wall and has a slightly overhanging lip that helps direct water away from the exterior of the wall so that the wall does not get stained from rainwater. The outside cover is interchangeable and has preferably six screws driven into the drain receiver body.

Problems solved by technology

Traditionally, a receiver has not been implemented for conventional frame buildings.
The typical roof drainpipe terminates at a 90-degree flush cut pipe which leaves stains running down the outside of the building and also leaves a hole where debris and small animals can enter resulting in blockages and other malfunctions of the drain system.
However, a water-stained nozzle protruding from the building is still unsightly and may continue to invite birds and rodents.

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[0027]Referring to FIG. 1, a drain receiver 10 according to the present invention has a main body 40 molded of plastic material such as PVC used to fabricate drainpipes in the shape of a frontally open box. In this embodiment, body 40 is wide enough to mount two typical drainpipes 30, 31 side by side on its top surface, which has two vertical pipe sleeves 41. Drain receiver 10 is adapted to be cast into a 3″ deep wall portion of 6″ total wall depth of the wall as shown in FIG. 6 where receiver 10 is to be fastened primarily to wood or steel studs embedded in the wall. The wall may have a standard stud spacing of 16″ measured between adjacent stud centers. So, drain receiver 10 is appropriately designed for mounting in the stud bay formed between the studs.

[0028]Pipe sleeves 41 have inwardly slanted bevels 33, respectively for easily introducing bottom ends 37 of pipes 30, 31 into sleeves 41. In comparison, the bottom of main body 40 may slant up in the back but descends in the front...

second embodiment

[0039]FIG. 7 illustrates a drain receiver 100 according to the present invention adapted to cast on site into a thick tilt-up wall. Because drain receiver 100 will become a part of the strong concrete wall body along a substantial depth flange 44 of receiver 10 may be omitted. A receiver body 140 comprises a pipe sleeve 141, longitudinal back wall 25 and a latitudinal bottom wall 149 connected to back wall 25 via slanted wall 27 extending at a descending angle such as 45 degrees. In this embodiment, receiver 100 has an extended spout 146. Spout 146 has a face structure similar to the flange face 120 shown in FIG. 1 in order to be compatible with faceplate 63. Spout 146 has a top wall 148 of an even general thickness while the bottom wall 149 is gradually thinned to provide a downward water chute until it turns into an even more slanted outlet slope 150 resting on rear flange 62 of faceplate 63.

[0040]From faceplate 63, multiple screws 88 are driven into spout 146 through gasket 55 to...

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Abstract

A roof drain receiver for a site cast construction is provided comprising: a hollow main body partially buried in a wall of the construction near its bottom portion during the site casting and having one or more top inlets for receiving a number of vertical drain pipes extending interior of the construction wall to channel drain water collected from the top of the construction, and a large rectangular spout extending from the main body to an exterior side of the construction wall for emitting the channeled water off the wall. The main body has an anchoring flange for securing the same to an inner surface of the construction, a replaceable faceplate having a large rectangular opening in the center and a check door pivotally connected to the faceplate for allowing water down flowing while it normally blocks a forced entry of foreign objects into the main body.

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[0001]This application is a continuation of international application number PCT / US2008 / 007972 (publication WO2009 / 157900) filed Jun. 26, 2008, to same inventor Jeffrey Paul May, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]A. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a water drain fixture for tilt-up construction. More particularly, the present invention relates to a roof drain receiver for installation in a tilt-up building.[0004]B. Description of the Prior Art[0005]Prior art roof drains for conventional wood or steel framing with no cement has 16″ center to center spacing between studs. Typically, the roof drains are pipes that terminate at the base of a wall. Traditionally, a receiver has not been implemented for conventional frame buildings.[0006]Briefly, tilt-up or tilt-slab refers to construction for factory, commercial building and the like by molding concrete wall panels on site and erecting them by a crane ...

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IPC IPC(8): E03B11/00
CPCE04D13/08E04D2013/0893E04D2013/0806Y10T137/87571
Inventor MAY, JEFFREY PAUL
Owner MAY JEFFREY PAUL