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US 4,726,151 AGranted
Rain water leader/gutter adaptor
OwnerBenedetto A. Vitaleinventor
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Abstract
A rain water leader/gutter adaptor which is adapted to siphon rain water from a gutter. The rain water may be collected inside a gating vessel which is attached to the rain water leader/gutter adapter. In a modified form a leader adaptor is attached to siphon excess rain water from within the rain water leader/gutter adapter once the water collector fills up.
Claims4
A rainwater leader/gutter adaptor which comprises:
- (a) a gating vessel;
- (b) an inlet pipe on said gating vessel adapted to be connected to a gutter pipe to gather rainwater;
- (c) an outlet pipe adapted to be connected to a leader;
- (d) at least two outlets on said gating vessel to allow rainwater to flow out of said gating vessel;
- (i) one of said at least two outlets being at a lowest level in said gating vessel to direct the flow out of said gating vessel into a rain barrel;
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- (ii) the other one of said at least two outlets being at a level in said gating vessel higher than said one outlet to direct flow to said leader whereby only when the rain barrel is completely filled will the excess rainwater exit through the other outlet to the leader;
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- (e) means to channel rainwater within said gating vessel to the one outlet.
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