Patent ID: 6749156
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
A holding device for an elongate roof drainage gutter which is to be hung on a building in a substantially horizontal position, said roof drainage gutter having a given profile, said holding device comprising:(a) at least two gutter brackets positioned at a fixed distance (A) from each other, each of said gutter brackets being strip-shaped and formed to the contour of the gutter profile, and each of said gutter brackets being provided with a headpiece positioned, in installed condition, at the end of the gutter bracket that faces the building; (b) a securing rail extending parallel to the roof drainage gutter, with a C- or U-shaped profile into which the headpiece may be inserted and held, whereby the headpiece is inserted into the interior of the securing rail through a gap of distance (C) between C or U-shaped profile arms; (c) a strip attached to the gutter bracket at said end that faces the building, adapted for folding over an edge of the roof drainage gutter, for holding said gutter in place; wherein the headpiece is attached to the gutter bracket through a spacer having a maximum width which is slightly less than or equal to the distance (C); wherein the headpiece possesses a thickness (D) slightly less than or equal to, the inner dimension (depth H) of the securing rail; and wherein width (B) of the headpiece in a transverse direction to the gutter bracket is slightly less than or equal to the distance (C) and greater than the distance (C) in a longitudinal direction of the gutter bracket so that the headpiece may be inserted into the interior of the C- or U-shaped profile and thereafter rotated through 90Â° where it is tensioned and held in place between the C- or U-shaped profile arms of the securing rail.