Patent ID: 7141158
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A debris separating apparatus for use in downspout below an eaves trough, said debris separating apparatus comprising: a main housing having a top end and a bottom end; a water and debris inlet in said main housing connectable in water an debris receiving relation to an opening in the bottom surface of a eaves trough, for permitting water and debris to enter said main housing through said water and debris inlet; a water outlet in said main housing connectable in water transfer relation to a downspout, for permitting water to exit said main housing; a debris outlet in said main housing for permitting debris to exit said main housing; a debris deflector mounted within said main housing between said water and debris inlet and said water outlet so as to be sloped downwardly towards said debris outlet and having a plurality of parallel slots therein, said slots for permitting water to pass therethrough from said water and debris inlet to said water outlet; and, a rotatable debris ejecting member defining an axis of rotation having a plurality of outwardly projecting fingers and water receiving receptacles mounted in offset relation to said axis of rotation; wherein said rotatable debris ejecting member is rotatably mounted within said main housing beneath said debris deflector such that said outwardly projecting fingers project through said slots in said debris deflector and such that said outwardly projecting fingers travel along said slots in said debris deflector as said debris ejecting member rotates, to thereby eject debris accumulated on the top of said debris deflector.