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US 5,618,416 AGranted
Roof drain
OwnerWilliam P. Haefnerinventor
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Abstract
A roof drain including a grated, inverted, frusto-conically-shaped cover received in a roofing material clamp having a radial, upstanding, debris-discouraging flange. The cover and roof material clamp are demountably fixed to a flanged drain body and clampingly maintain roof material therebetween. The drain body is received by a flanged sleeve. The drain body and sleeve flanges clampingly maintain roof substrate therebetween by means of a nut threadingly interengaged with threads on the drain body which urges the sleeve toward the roof substrate.
Claims3
A roof drain apparatus comprising:
- a grated,dome-shaped cover, said cover including an outward annular flange having throughbores;
- a roofing material clamp having an upstanding radial flange, an upper surface, a lower surface and a central aperture, said roofing material clamp including throughbores in registration with the throughbores of said cover;
- a generally funnel-shaped tubular drain body having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion having an outward annular flange with threaded bores in registration with the throughbores of said roofing clamp, said lower portion having exterior threads;
- threaded fasteners for demountably fixing said cover and said roofing material clamp to said drain body;
- a generally funnel-shaped tubular sleeve for receiving said drain body, said sleeve having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion having an outward annular flange;
- and
- a nut interengaging said threads of said drain body, said nut abutting said lower portion of said drain body;
- whereby
- upon installation of the roof drain apparatus and tightening said nut, said sleeve is urged against said drain body to exert a clamping force on a roof substrate therebetween, and thereby prevent the formation of bulges and depression in the roof substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.