Valley scuppers for building roofs

Abstract

A valley scupper for use in roof constructions on buildings which have valley portions therein. The scupper comprises an elongate housing which has a somewhat V-shaped lower wall sized to fit within the valley formed in the roof construction. In this way, the scupper is highly effective in collecting water. A reduced size forward end is formed on the scupper, also with a V-shaped construction and is adapted for connection to a downspout.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] This invention relates in general to certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for draining water from the roof of a building and, more particularly, to a scupper which is used on the roof for collecting water in valley portions of the roof and causing delivery of same to a downspout or like water collecting member. [0003] 2. Brief Description of Related Art [0004] In commercially available roof constructions there are frequently used apparatus which allow for water to be delivered from the roof of a building to an exterior portion thereof which allows for that water, such as rain water, to be drained from the building, through a downspout, or other means. This type of device is highly effective where there may be a parapet wall which extends upwardly around the periphery of the roof construction and where it is thereupon necessary to remove rain water from collecting on the roof. The roof is frequently provi...

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Benefits of technology

[0009] It is another object of the present invention to provide a scupper which has a bottom wall construction sized and shaped so as to accommodate a valley area of a roof construction and which thereby avoids the need to build up an opening in a wall surrounding the roof to accommodate the scupper.

[0011] It is an additional object of the present invention to provide a valley scupper of the type stated which can be made at a relatively low unit cost and which is highly efficient in operation.

[0012] It is another salient object of the present invention to provide a method of directing water in a valley portion of a roof construction to a downspout or similar member for evacuating the water from the roof construction without the need to specially build up an area to receive a flat bottomed scupper.

[0013] It is still a further salient object of the present invention to provide a method of directing water away from a roof construction which has one or more valleys formed therein in a highly efficient manner.

[0014] It is also an object of the present invention to provide a scupper of the type stated which is effective for use with valley roofs or flat roofs or shed roofs and which is adapted to fit each of said roofs in an efficient manner and which easily allows for connection to a downspout forming part of the water removal system for the building.

[0017] Extending rearwardly from the upstanding wall is an outwardly extending generally rectangularly shaped tube which is in communication with the plates to receive the water from the plates and direct same to a downspout. The rectangularly shaped tube adopts that configuration inasmuch as the downspout is typically rectangular and has an end portion to receive the scupper which is also rectangularly shaped. However, the V-shaped configuration of the plates allows these plates of the tray to fit within a V-shaped arrangement of a portion of a roof construction.

Problems solved by technology

Otherwise, water which is pooled on the roof will eventually cause leaks in the roof.

This type of build-up to remove water is not very effective and also adds much additional labor cost to the formation of a desirable opening in the roof.

As indicated, this is costly, time-consuming and also not very effective.

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