Gutter debris preclusion device with multiple manipulations and patterns thereof
A gutter debris preclusion screen and device for use with a gutter attached to a building, with various elevated ridges and patterned sections, wherein a least one ridge redirects water to flow with a longitudinal component over the screen, and a ridge elevates one or more portions of resting debris off the screen surface to permit airflow between the elevated portion(s) of the resting debris and a non-contact area of the screen, facilitating accelerated drying and wind-based removal of the debris from the screen.
1. A gutter debris preclusion device for debris elevation for enhancing debris drying and removal that is for use with a gutter, comprising:
a metal woven screen having a plurality of orifices disposed therein, the screen having a longitudinal and lateral direction;
a first manipulation disposed in the screen and having a first cross-sectional shape along lateral direction of the screen, the first cross-sectional shape having a first elevated edge and first depressed edge, the first manipulation having a varying lateral position with respect to longitudinal position;
a second manipulation disposed in the screen and having a second cross-sectional shape along the lateral direction of the screen, the second cross-sectional shape having a second elevated edge and second depressed edge, the second manipulation having a varying lateral position with respect to longitudinal position,
a first pattern having at least one ridge, semi or fully directed longitudinally, along sections of the screen, formed by combining the first and second cross-sectional shapes, the pattern being disposed repeatedly along the longitudinal direction of the screen; and,
wherein the at least one ridge redirects water to flow with a longitudinal component over the screen, and the at least one ridge elevates one or more portions of a resting debris to permit airflow between the elevated portion(s) of the resting debris and a non-contact area of the screen, facilitating accelerated drying and wind-based removal of the debris from the screen.
2. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first cross-sectional shape is the same as the second cross-sectional shape.
3. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a second ridge in the first pattern.
4. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 3 , wherein the first cross-sectional shape is the same as the second cross-sectional shape, and ridges of the at least one ridge are shaped differently from each other.
5. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the device is fully self-supporting over a gutter, due to the screen itself being fully self-supporting, or due to at least one of the first and second cross sectional shapes stiffening the screen to become fully self-supporting.
6. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a second pattern having at least one ridge, semi or fully directed longitudinally, along sections of the screen, formed by combining the first and second cross-sectional shapes and shifting in a different manner from the first pattern, the combination across the longitudinal direction of the screen to form a repeating second pattern on the screen.
7. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 6 , wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are of the same overall shape.
8. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein a number of the screen's orifices are between 196 to 8,200 per square inch of the screen.
9. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pattern forms a sinusoidal curve.
10. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 6 , wherein the patterns form a plurality of sinusoidal curves.
11. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the patterns form a plurality of sinusoidal curves.
12. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pattern forms a plurality of overlapping X-shapes.
13. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pattern forms a plurality of square-shapes.
14. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pattern forms a plurality of angled rectangle-shapes.
15. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pattern forms a plurality of adjoining circular shapes.
16. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 6 , wherein the patterns form a plurality of sinusoids and adjoining circular shapes.
17. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pattern forms a plurality of concentric circular shapes.
18. The gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second elevated edges is at least 0.125 inches in height from a top surface of the screen.