Spouting ice protectors
OwnerRalph C. Snyderinventor
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Abstract
A protector for roof spouting or eavestroughs is formed from lengths of dark, sun-heat-absorbing plastic, secured with one edge under the lowermost shingles of a roof and the other edge overhanging the lip of the spouting and secured thereto by fastener strips fitting under the spouting lip.
Claims8
A roof-spouting ice protector comprising in combination:
- a plastic protector strip having a plurability of openings therein, longitudinally spaced,
- a fastener comprising a strip relatively narrow and short in comparison with the said plastic strip, and having a threaded post perpendicularly secured thereto intermediate the length thereof, and adapted to be passed through holes in said plastic strip from below,
- a nut mating the thread of said post adapted to draw said fastener toward said plastic strip for securing the latter against and over spouting.
An ice protector shield for protecting a substantially horizontal roof gutter against ice accumulation, said gutter being of predetermined width mounted under the eaves of a roof and having a substantially horizontally extending lip, said shield comprising in combination a protector strip formed with longitudinally spaced holes and fasteners, each relatively narrow and short in comparison with the protector strip and having a post perpendicularly secured thereto intermediate the length thereof adapted to be passed through one of said holes from below, and means for drawing said post upward with one end of the fasteners under the lip of the gutter.
A shield for protecting a substantially horizontal roof gutter against ice accumulation, said gutter being of predetermined width mounted under the eaves of a roof and having a substantially horizontally extending lip, said shield, comprising in combination a protector strip formed with longitudinally spaced holes and one-piece fasteners, each having a portion relatively narrow and short in comparison with the protector strip and having an integral post perpendicular to the narrow portion, intermediate the length thereof, adapted to be passed through one of said holes from below with one end of the fastener against the protector strip and the other end of the fastener under the lip of the gutter.
A roof-gutter ice protector comprising in combination:
- a plastic protector strip having a plurality of openings thereon, longitudinally spaced, a fastener comprising a portion relatively narrow and short in comparison with the said plastic strip, and having a post perpendicularly secured to the narrow portion of the fastener intermediate the length thereof, and adapted to be passed through holes in said plastic strip from below, and means for drawing said fastener toward said plastic strip for securing the gutter against and over a roof gutter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.