US3213627A
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Gutter coupling
Assignee: Alcoa Corp
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Filing: 1962-02-09
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Granted: 1965-10-26
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Expires: 1982-02-09
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 James H Blayden
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 03:51
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16L; F16L51/00; E; E04; E04D; E04D13/00; E04D13/04; E04D13/064; E04D13/068
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
IN A GUTTER SYSTEM COMPRISING AN OVERLAPPED AXIALLY SLIDABLE END JOINT ASSEMBLY BETWEEN TWO SIMILAR OPEN TOP TROUGH-SHAPED GUTTER SECTIONS EACH HAVING AN AXIALLY COEXTENSIVE INWARDLY DIRECTED REINFORCING BEAD CONFIGURATION ALONG AT LEAST ONE UPPER MARGINAL EDGE THEREOF, AND IN WHICH JOINT ASSEMBLY AT LEAST ONE OF SAID GUTTER SECTIONS HAS AN AXIAL LENGTH OF ITS BEAD CONFIGURATION REMOVED OVER AN AXIAL LENGTH MEASURED FROM THE TERMINAL FREE END THEREOF WITHIN THE LENGTH OF THE OVERLAPPED SLIDABLE END JOINT ASSEMBLY TO AVOID INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEAD CONFIGURATIONS OF BOTH GUTTER SECTIONS IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNED REGISTRATION THEREOF, A COUPLING MEMBER INTRODUCEABLE THROUGH THE OPEN TOP OF SAID GUTTER SYSTEM AND COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID END SECTIONS IN AXIALLY SEPARATED RELATIONSHIP UNITARILY CONNECTED BY AN INTERMEDIATE NONMETALLIC FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT WEB, EACH END SECTION BEING CONFIGURATED IN TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMITY TO THE TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION OF EACH SIMILAR GUTTER SECTION IN TRANSVERSE COEXTENSIVE NESTED CONTACTING DISPOSITION OF THE COUPLING MEMBER WITHIN THE GUTTER SYSTEM WITH AN UPPER MARGINAL
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
168 words
IN A GUTTER SYSTEM COMPRISING AN OVERLAPPED AXIALLY SLIDABLE END JOINT ASSEMBLY BETWEEN TWO SIMILAR OPEN TOP TROUGH-SHAPED GUTTER SECTIONS EACH HAVING AN AXIALLY COEXTENSIVE INWARDLY DIRECTED REINFORCING BEAD CONFIGURATION ALONG AT LEAST ONE UPPER MARGINAL EDGE THEREOF, AND IN WHICH JOINT ASSEMBLY AT LEAST ONE OF SAID GUTTER SECTIONS HAS AN AXIAL LENGTH OF ITS BEAD CONFIGURATION REMOVED OVER AN AXIAL LENGTH MEASURED FROM THE TERMINAL FREE END THEREOF WITHIN THE LENGTH OF THE OVERLAPPED SLIDABLE END JOINT ASSEMBLY TO AVOID INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEAD CONFIGURATIONS OF BOTH GUTTER SECTIONS IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNED REGISTRATION THEREOF, A COUPLING MEMBER INTRODUCEABLE THROUGH THE OPEN TOP OF SAID GUTTER SYSTEM AND COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID END SECTIONS IN AXIALLY SEPARATED RELATIONSHIP UNITARILY CONNECTED BY AN INTERMEDIATE NONMETALLIC FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT WEB, EACH END SECTION BEING CONFIGURATED IN TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMITY TO THE TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION OF EACH SIMILAR GUTTER SECTION IN TRANSVERSE COEXTENSIVE NESTED CONTACTING DISPOSITION OF THE COUPLING MEMBER WITHIN THE GUTTER SYSTEM WITH AN UPPER MARGINAL
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