DE29606945U1 - Device for collecting rainwater with a tongue-shaped tab for lateral insertion into a branch pipe - Google Patents

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Reiner Rudolf Hein, Am Höllenberg 30, 66399 Mandelbachtal 8 Device for collecting rainwater with a tongue-shaped tab for lateral insertion into a branch pipe

Drinking water from the tap is becoming more and more precious and expensive, while rainwater is free. Collecting rainwater from the gutter is therefore becoming increasingly important for both households and gardens. The current options in the form of rain flaps or rain collectors in the downpipe are not suitable for filling rain barrels and large-volume containers quickly, maintenance-free, regardless of location and with optimal overflow control . - With the rain flap, it must be operated in good time and the container must be close underneath and open, which in turn leads to contamination and the formation of larvae. The disadvantages of the rain collector in the downpipe are the design-related low cross-section of the supply line (barely the thickness of a thumb!) to the container, the many individual parts such as screw connections and seals and the associated vulnerability. In both cases, the efficiency is only inadequate .

The invention of the device for collecting rainwater with a tongue-shaped tab for lateral insertion into a branch pipe, which is installed in the corresponding place in the downpipe, provides a remedy here in that all the rainwater from the downpipe is drained directly into the rain barrel or other container, regardless of size, and the backflow when the container is full is simply and ingeniously drained into the usual sewer system using the same device. All of this takes place automatically, without the need for any additional manual intervention or monitoring. The object of the invention, which can be made of metal or plastic, is designed in such a way that it consists of a round housing adapted to the inner diameter of the branch pipe (Fig. 1,2, Fig. 2,2 and Fig. 3,2) and a tongue-shaped tab running from the cross-section of the beginning of the housing to the curve of the branch pipe (Fig. 1,1, Fig. 2,1 and Fig. 3,1), which in turn runs upwards in an arc, see above. that the rainwater ^can be transported in a sweeping arc ^to the container. The tongue can also have a central opening with a collar edge ^to cope with extreme continuous rainfall ( F.2,6 /7).

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• * · 4 I · · k 9 # · 4 Reiner Rudolf Hein, Am Höllenberg 30, 66399 Mandelbachtal 8 Device for collecting rainwater with a tongue-shaped tab for lateral insertion into a branch pipe PROTECTION CLAIMS 1. Device for collecting rainwater with a tongue-shaped tab for lateral insertion into a branch pipe, characterized in that it is an insert made of plastic or metal (Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3) which has a tongue-shaped tab (Fig. 1,1, Fig. 2,1 and Fig. 3,1) starting from the cross-section of the housing (Fig. 1,2, Fig. 2,2 and Fig. 3,2), which also runs upwards in an arc on one side, adapted to the inner curve of the branch pipe (Fig. 3,8), in order to ensure that the rainwater is drained smoothly from the downpipe to the container. 2. Device for collecting rainwater according to claim 1, characterized in that the tongue-shaped tab (Fig. 1,1, Fig. 2,1 and Fig. 3,1) is cast in one piece together with the housing (Fig. 1,2, Fig. 2,2 and Fig. 3,2), or can optionally be fastened in the housing as a single part (screwed, riveted, subsequently soldered or welded, etc.). 3. Device for collecting rainwater according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that the tongue-shaped tab (Fig.1,1, Fig. 2,1 and Fig. 3,1) divides the cross-section from the beginning of the housing, which is placed in the lateral, horizontal branch arm of the branch pipe (Fig. 3,8), in such a way that the entire inflow from the downpipe to the container takes place through the upper area (Fig. 1,4, Fig. 2,4 and Fig. 3,4) and the backed-up water can flow unhindered into the usual sewer system through the lower area (Fig. 1,5, Fig. 2,5 and Fig. 3,5) after the rain barrel or other container has been completely filled. 4. Device for collecting rainwater according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the tongue-shaped tab (Fig.1,1, Fig. 2,1 and Fig. 3,1) can also run obliquely upwards (similar to an oblique slide) with a smooth surface instead of being bent upwards and can have a curved or in the smooth, sloping rainwater slide can have a central/set opening (Fig. 2.6) with a raised collar edge (Fig. 2.7) in order to be able to function even during extremely long-lasting, torrential rain. 5. Device for collecting rainwater according to claims 1 to A, characterized in that this device can have locking lugs (Fig. 1,3, Fig. 2, 3 and Fig. 3,3) at one or more points on the housing, which can better fix and lock the insert in the branch pipe (Fig. 3,8). 6. Device for collecting rainwater according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that this device can be manufactured in a wide variety of sizes, corresponding to all conventional branch pieces adapted to the respective downpipe thicknesses.