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.
Claims1
A roof scupper overflow, consisting of:
- an base plate having a center opening and inner edge for attachment along the edge of a roof;
- said base plate supporting a frame;
- said frame including a slidable housing in cooperative engagement therewith;
- said housing including a sieve tray supported by said base plate in cooperative magnetic engagement therewith;
- said sieve tray comprising an plate including a plurality of teeth projecting from the periphery thereof and a plurality of perforations therethrough;
- said 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 an foam material has 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 the WIFI module is spaced apart from and centered over the top of said roof drain strainer cap;
- and.
- whereby rising water floating said the 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 an water overflow condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.