Roof scupper overflow with sensor
OwnerMatthew Curtis Williams, IIinventor
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Abstract
The roof scupper overflow with sensor cooperatively engages and replaces a conventional roof opening through a wall or in a corner to prevent trash from reaching and clogging the conventional roof basket and drain. Accumulating trash builds up on the screen of the roof scupper overflow causing a foam float or buoy connected to a trash tray to rise permitting water to run under the trash trap at roof level. The trash tray is retained to a base with magnets. When the water reaches a predetermined level, the foam buoy rises pulling the trash tray away from the base allowing water to flow to the conventional roof drain basket and activating a magnet switch sending a signal to overflow sensor and a control module connected to WIFI service.
Claims12
A roof scupper overflow, comprising:
- a base plate having a center opening for fluid communication with a drain and an inner edge for attachment along an edge of a roof;
- said base plate supporting a frame;
- said frame including a slidable housing in cooperative engagement therewith;
- said slidable housing including a sieve tray supported by said base plate in cooperative magnetic engagement therewith;
- said sieve tray comprising a sieve plate including a plurality of perforations therethrough;
- said slidable housing including a float secured between opposing side walls and a top flange and spaced apart aligned side flanges;
- a vertically positioned screen contiguous to said sieve plate and spaced apart a selected distance from the inner edge and affixed to an inner solid portion of a surface of said sieve plate;
- said float having a lower inner wall portion attaching to an upper screen portion;
- a WIFI magnetic sensor module supported by a pair of spaced apart aligned module support arms;
- whereby rising water floating said foam buoy raises said sieve tray and said screen breaking a magnetic connection between said sieve plate and said base plate and sending a signal to said WIFI magnetic sensor module to notify a user of a water overflow condition.
A roof scupper overflow, consisting of:
- a base plate having a center opening for fluid communication with a drain and an inner edge for attachment along an edge of a roof;
- said base plate supporting a frame;
- said frame including a slidable housing in cooperative engagement therewith;
- said slidable housing including a sieve tray supported by said base plate in cooperative magnetic engagement therewith;
- said sieve tray comprising a sieve plate including a plurality of teeth projecting from a periphery thereof and a plurality of perforations therethrough;
- said slidable housing including a foam buoy secured between opposing side walls and a top flange and spaced apart aligned side flanges;
- a vertically positioned screen contiguous to said sieve plate and spaced apart a selected distance from the inner edge and affixed to an inner solid portion of a surface of said sieve plate;
- said foam buoy comprising a foam material having a lower inner wall portion attaching to an upper screen portion;
- a WIFI magnetic sensor module supported by a pair of spaced apart aligned module support arms;
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- whereby rising water floating said foam buoy raises said sieve tray and said screen breaking a magnetic connection between said sieve plate and said base plate and sending a signal to said WIFI magnetic sensor module to notify a user of a water overflow condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.