Device for catching rainwater
AssigneeOtto Graf GmbH
InventorOtto P. Graf
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Abstract
Device (V) for catching rainwater from a downpipe (F) comprising an opening (11), a branch pipe (5) with a sickle-shaped water-catching blade (12) comprising two halves at the end, a support member (1) traversed by the branch pipe (5) and a retainer. The branch pipe (5) engaging into the opening (11) with the water-catching blade (12) placed in the downpipe, and wherein the downpipe (F) can be fixed in the area of the support member (1) covering the opening (11) by means of the retainer (H). The retainer (H) comprises at least one undercut engagement hook (17) that can be passed through the opening (11), and an engagement hook tensioning system (S) interconnected between the support member (1) and the engagement hook (17).
Claims13
Device for catching rainwater from a downpipe having a mounting and branching opening, wherein the device comprises:
- a branch pipe with a water-catching blade at one end, a support member traversed by said branch pipe and a retaining means, coupled to said branch pipe, for fixing said branch pipe to the downpipe such that said branch pipe can be engaged into the mounting and branching opening and said support member is adapted to cover the downpipe in an area around the mounting and branching opening, wherein said retaining means comprises at least one undercut engagement hook disposed at a plug-in end of a sleeve accommodating said branch pipe, said at least one undercut engagement hook being adapted for being passed through the mounting and branching opening, an engagement hook tensioning system interconnected between said support member and said at least one undercut engagement hook, and said tensioning system comprises a spigot nut capable of being set onto said support member and engaging said sleeve via a connection;
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- wherein said water-catching blade is a sickle-shaped shell comprising two recessed shell halves.
Device for catching rainwater from a downpipe having a mounting and branching opening, wherein the device comprises:
- a branch pipe with a water-catching blade at one end, a support member traversed by said branch pipe and a retaining means, coupled to said branch pipe, for fixing said branch pipe to the downpipe such that said branch pipe can be engaged into the mounting and branching opening and said support member is adapted to cover the downpipe in an area around the mounting and branching opening, wherein said retaining means comprises at least one undercut engagement hook disposed at a plug-in end of a sleeve accommodating said branch pipe, said at least one undercut engagement hook being adapted for being passed through the mounting and branching opening, an engagement hook tensioning system interconnected between said support member and said at least one undercut engagement hook, and
- a tensioning system comprising a support and a spring abutment placed on said sleeve separated by a spring,
- whereby when said at least one undercut engagement hook is passed through the mounting and branching opening of the downpipe said at least one undercut engagement hook is tensioned against an interior wall of the downpipe fixing the device to the downpipe.
Device for catching rainwater from a downpipe having a mounting and branching opening comprising:
- a branch pipe;
- a sickle shaped water-catching blade having two recessed shell halves attached to one end of said branch pipe;
- a sleeve placed around said branch pipe;
- a support member having an opening traversed by said branch pipe and said sleeve;
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- retaining means, coupled to said branch pipe and said sleeve, for attaching the device to the downpipe,
- whereby said sickle shaped water-catching blade and said branch pipe may be placed through the mounting and branching opening of the downpipe and said sickle shaped water-catching blade positioned to catch rainwater flowing in the downpipe diverting the rainwater to said branch pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.