US1231356A - Straining device for eaves-spoutings. - Google Patents

Description

AVPLICATION FILED APR. 28.19]?- INVENTOR Patented June 26, 1917.

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ARNOLD E. HO'UGE, OF BADGER, IOWA.

STBAINING DEVICE FOR EAVES-SPOU'IINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J1" none 263, i911.

Application filed April 28, 1917. Serial No. 165,199.

. finely woven fabric and a holding device of a novel construction for such fabric, the fabric, of course, being designed for catching and retaining dirt and like substances passing through the spout.

With the above and other objects in view the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the improvement,

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the same, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a strainer holder, the ring members being separated as when the fabric strainer is to be arranged therebetween.

The caves or downspout 1 may be arranged above a cut-off in the spout or conductor and the spout is provided upon its outer face with a slot or opening 2, the upper wall provided by the opening being preferably inclined, so that the space between the upper and lower walls of the said opening is greatest at the center of the opening.

' The holding device for the fabric strain 3 is broadly indicated by the numeral 4:, and comprises two ring members 5 and 6 respectively. The lower ring member is preferably formed of a continuous stretch of wire and has its ends offset, as at 7, and continued in an outward direction in parallelism providing the spaced arms 8. These arms at their outer ends are bent to provide copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the the handle portion 9, and the said arms, at the juncture with the handle, are bent upon themselves or otherwise formed with upstanding ears 10 between which is arranged a pivot 11 that is designed to receive the arm 12 of the ring member 6. The ring member 6 is of a size to be snugly received in the ring member 5 and in reality comprises a fiat band, the outer edge of which being formed with a continuous flange 10 which is designed to rest upon the wire ring member 5 when the rings are associated to arrange the fabric filtering medium therebetween. The device is inserted through the opening in the conducting pipe or spout as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings and the fabric filtering cloth will contact with the inner periphery or bore of the said pipe so that particles of dirt and the like passing through the pipe will be received upon the filtering member, while at the same time the water will readily permeate through the said filtering member.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: K

1. In combination with a down-spout or the like, having an opening in one of the sides thereof, of a holder member including a handle and two pivoted rings designed to receive therebetween a strip of fabric providing a filtering member and which is adapted to be inserted through the opening in the pipe, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A holding means for fabric filters for down-spouts or the like, comprising two ring members each formed with outstanding arms, one of the ring members being in the nature of a metallic band, the outer edge of which is flanged, the arm of the said member being pivotally secured to the arm of the first mentioned member whereby the second mentioned ring will be swung to within the first mentioned ring with the flange of the first mentioned ring resting upon the upper edge of the second mentioned ring.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ARNOLD E. HOUGE.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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