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Initetl States patent

GARRET WILLIAMS, OF WEST MIDDLEBURG, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 93,152, dated July 27,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAIN-WATER SPOUTING.

. Ths Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern: '

Be it known that I, GxVUKET Williams,.of West Middleburg, in the county of Logan, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in RainWater Spouting; and I do hereby.declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of tlie same, reference being had to tlie accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this specification.

My invention relates to the means for securing the. trough in position, and the construction of the conductor which leads the water to the cistern.

The trough has lugs on its under side, at suitable intervals, which engage in the slits of forked holders, or brackets, previously’ secured to the wall or roof, said attachment forming a very simple and effective fastening for the trough, and adapting it to be readily applied, adjusted, and detached.

The conductor has an enlargement, at a convenient point, containing a strainer, or “leaf-catcher,” and filtering- material; and, at the point· where the rain-water_:enters the chamber formed by said enlargement, a sleeve-joint is provided, which permits the strainer to . be readily removed, or the entire· length in which' the enlargement is formed, detached, to empty and' cleanse it.

In the drawings—Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of a house provided with my improved rain-water· spou ing.

Figure 2 is an elevation, on an. enlarged scale, of a portion of the eaves-trough and one of its supporting-; brackets, or holders, representing the manner of fit-: taching the former to the latter.

Figures 3 and 4 are detached perspective views, on ; about the same scale as fig. 2, of the parts represented in said figure.

Figure 5 is a vertical section, on a scale of about half the full size, of a portion of the conductor, reprC-. sentiug the filtering-chamber and its adjuncts.

. Figure 6 is a plan view, partly in sectipn;-of-the partsrepresented in fig. 5.

A may represent the eaves-trough, and

B, the spout, or conductor leading from said trough to the cistern.

Both of said parts may, besides the particulars hereinafter specified, be constructed of the usual or any suitable form and material.

OCO represent brackets, orh’olders, arranged alongthe eaves at suitable intervals, and secured to the wall by screws or tacks, as shown, or to the roof or cornice, in any suitable manner, for the support of the eavestrough. .

These brackets are constructed, as seen/most'clearly in fig. 4, with an arm. or extension, CVadhetedto project at about right angles from, the side of the wall, and slitted, as shown at c', the two bars, or members, c'* c·'*, of the fork thus formed, being preferably rounded, more or less, on their under side, as shown.

The eaves-trough A is provided, oil its Under side, with double slips, or lugs a a a a, &amp;c., of tin or other suitable metal, corresponding in position with the brackets 0, in the slits c' of which they engage, being subsequently bent up around the' bars c* &lt;!* of said brackets, as represented in figs, l and 2, to secure the. trough iu place.

Tlie rounded form of the bars c'* adapts the slips, or lugs a to be easily bent around them.

Said bars being of much greater length than said slips, or lugs, -adapts the trough to be adjusted -relatively to the house, as required. ,

The.trough thus mounted-inay-readily be. removedor detached, for repair, &amp;c., when required, without disturbing its integrity, by simply’ raising it slightly, at the point where it engages with the conductor, so as to clear its end, and slipping it outward off of the brackets.

The trough being supported from beneath, is less liable to sag or break loose from its/fastenings, and may be more easily mounted than when supported from above, as heretofore they have chiefly been.

The spout, or conductor B is attached to the eavestroiigh, and to the wall in the usual maimer.

. One of its sections, B', at a convenient point, preferably at or near the surface of the grbfind, is enlarged, as represented in figs. 1,5, and 6, so as to form a chamber, B, which is provided with a sCparately-removable strainer, B', forming its'cap, and also with a perforated partition, δ, for the support of a suitable filtering-material, or materials; such as : grayel and charcoal.

• Leaves, and other coarse flitter, in the water are caught by the strainer B', and finer particles andchem. ieal impurities are .separated by the filtering-material in the chamber B.

The strainer B. catching the larger impurities, re* 2 quires emptying rtiore often than the chamber B, and is, therefore, made separately removable.

Tlie entire section B' is also adapted to be separated, to allow said chafober B to'be emptied, and .the filtering-material cleansed arid renewed whejffle; sired.

The strainer B' is provided with a collar, δ', in line . ‘and corresponding with the conductor proper, for the ? reception of. the lower end of a section, or sleeve, B; of sufficiently larger diameter than the section above , it to slide freely thereon, to relieve said strainer, and · allow it and the entire length B' to be removed^as before stated, . · : - /

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The section B'· may communicate directly with the cistern, as represented in fig. 5, or through anj num her of interposed sections.

The relative proportions of the various parts a _ most accurately shown in figs. 2, 3, ar&lt;l 4, and figs, a