Rain gutter assembly
AssigneeJohannes Cornelius Van Schalkwyk
InventorsJohannes Cornelius Van Schalkwyk, Terence Maurice White
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rain gutter assembly including a gutter (10) and a moving arrangement (16). The moving arrangement (16) is configured to move at least part of the gutter (10) between an operative or rain gathering position and an inverted or discharge position.
Claims18
A rain gutter assembly including a gutter which is generally channel-shaped in transverse cross-section and which has a substantially open top, and a moving arrangement, wherein the moving arrangement is attached or attachable to the gutter and is configured to move at least part of the gutter, about a pivot axis, between an operative or rain gathering position, in which the top of the gutter faces operatively upwardly, and an inverted or discharge position, in which the gutter is tilted such that the top of the gutter operatively faces at least partially downwardly to permit accumulated matter to be discharged from the gutter, the rain gutter assembly further including a drain assembly including a first part in which an end portion of the gutter is received such that the gutter and the first part are connected in flow communication, a second part which is connected or connectable to a downpipe and a coupling whereby the first and second parts are pivotably connected to one another for pivotal displacement relative to one another when the gutter is displaced between its operative position and its discharge position, wherein the first and second parts of the drain assembly are pivotably displaceable about the pivot axis.
A drain assembly for a drain gutter which includes a gutter which is displaceable between an operative position and a discharge position, the drain assembly including a first part which is configured to receive an end portion of at least one gutter therein and which is connected or connectable in flow communication with the gutter, a second part which is connected or connectable to a downpipe and a coupling whereby the first and second parts are pivotably connected to one another for pivotal displacement relative to one another when the gutter is displaced between its operative position and its discharge position, the first part including a first elbow and the second part including a second elbow, wherein the first and second elbows are rotationally interconnected to form the coupling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.