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US 10,633,854 B1Granted
Exterior drain for exterior wall panel system
OwnerHarvey J. Zeigler, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for a rectangular shaped body which forms a receiver for moisture that collects in or about the drainage plane behind an Exterior Insulation and Finish System which receiver collects the water and allows the water to drain away from the wall system to the outside of the finished wall through at least one drainage tube. The receiver body is expected to be installed behind the Expanded Polystyrene on front of the exterior surface of the interior sheathing.
Claims12
A moisture collector system, comprising:
- a) an external wall panel system of a building comprising metal stud framing formed by vertically extended spaced stud members, a sheathing layer covering outer edges of said stud members, an outer layer of a rigid closed-cell insulation on an outer surface of said sheathing layer, and a general outer layer covering said insulation;
- b) a receiver body for removing moisture from an interior of said wall panel system mounted in a drainage plane between said insulation and said sheathing layer, said receiver body being completely on a lower portion of said exterior wall panel system;
- c) said receiver body comprising a rear wall abutting said sheathing layer, a forward wall spaced from said rear wall, with side walls, an open top, and bottom wall forming an interior of said receiver body;
- d) a series of spaced, vertically extending cross walls between said forward and rear walls within said receiver body extending down from a top of said receiver body forming top openings for downwardly extending vertical passageways, said cross walls terminating short of said bottom wall forming a collection chamber along said bottom wall;
- e) a well defined collection space formed in said insulation directly above said receiver body communicating directly with said top openings for allowing moisture to enter said vertical passageways in said receiver body;
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- f) one or more drainage tubes extending from said collection chamber below bottom ends of said vertically extending cross walls out through said forward wall and general outer layer of said wall panel system for draining moisture that collects on the interior of said receiver body.
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A method of collecting and removing moisture from an external wall panel system of a building, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing the external wall panel system of a building comprising metal stud framing formed by vertically extended spaced stud members, a sheathing layer covering outer edges of the stud members, an outer layer of a rigid closed-cell insulation on an outer surface of the sheathing layer, and a general outer layer covering the insulation;
- b) a user inserting a receiver body completely into a lower portion of the wall panel system for removing moisture from an interior of the wall panel system, the receiver body being mounted in a space formed in the insulation adjacent the sheathing layer and comprising a rear wall abutting the sheathing layer, a forward wall spaced from the rear wall, with side walls, an open top, and bottom wall forming an interior of the receiver body;
- c) forming inside of the receiver body a series of spaced, vertically extending cross walls between the forward and rear walls within the receiver body extending down from a top of the receiver body forming top openings for vertical passageways, the cross walls terminating short of the bottom wall forming a collection chamber along the bottom wall;
- d) forming a well defined collection space in the insulation directly above the receiver body communicating directly with said top openings for allowing moisture to enter said top openings into the receiver body;
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- e) inserting one or more drainage tubes into and extending out from the collection chamber through the forward wall and general outer layer of the wall panel system below bottom ends of said vertically extending cross walls for draining moisture that collects on the interior of the receiver body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.