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US 6,202,357 B1Granted
Hydrodynamic roof water intake and waste disposal device
OwnerErdman O. Spradlininventor
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Abstract
A device for extending across a gutter for separating trash from rain water running off a roof has a planar metal body secured to the roof and to the outer edge of the gutter. A plurality of elongate louvers are cut into the metal body so that they extend parallel to the gutter. The louvers are arranged in columns and are twisted to form openings between which the water will flow.
Claims11
The combination of a gutter, and an intake panel comprising:
- a U-shaped gutter member having a generally vertically oriented fascia portion, a bottom portion, a generally vertical outer portion, and having a longitudinal axis,
- means for attaching said fascia portion along an edge of a roof,
- said fascia portion having an upper edge and said outer portion having an upper edge,
- said upper edge of said fascia portion having a higher elevation than said upper edge of said outer portion,
- an intake panel extending from said upper edge of said fascia portion to said upper edge of said outer portion,
- said intake panel defining a plane oriented at a first angle with respect to a horizontal,
- said intake panel sloping in a first direction, said first direction being downwardly away from said fascia portion,
- said intake panel having a plurality of elongate louvers therein,
- each of said louvers having an inner edge, an outer edge, and a surface generally defining a plane,
- said plane of said louvers oriented at a second angle with respect to a horizontal where said second angle slopes downwardly in said first direction, and
- said louvers oriented generally parallel to said longitudinal axis of said gutter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.