Gutter cleaning system with gutter cleaner and plug resistant downspout cap

Abstract

A gutter cleaning system for cleaning an overhead gutter or the like for residential and commercial buildings. The gutter cleaning system is comprised of the gutter cleaner and plug resistant downspout cap. The gutter cleaner comprised of two pulleys mounted one on each gutter end, cord and a debris pusher slidably placed on the floor of the gutter. The pusher includes a slider body having a directionally pivotal pusher plate on one end and a cord tension spring on the other end. The cord is attached the pusher body and placed around the gutter end pulleys to make a continuous loop. The gutter cleaner is operated from a fixed gutter end location. The plug resistant downspout cap, having the top opening areas narrower than the inside areas of the downspout pipe, is placed over and in the downspout opening. The pusher body in the gutter cleaner slides over the cap top and the pusher plate mounted in the front of the pusher body will sweep the debris on and around the downspout opening areas and prevents the downspout pipe from clogging. In this manner, the full straight length of the gutter will be cleaned of debris with each application of the gutter cleaning system.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A gutter cleaning system comprising of the gutter cleaner and the plug resistant downspout cap:  
     
     
         2 . A gutter cleaning system in  claim 1  wherein the gutter cleaner slides and pushes in one way direction the gutter debris inside and along the gutter for collection at one end.  
     
     
         3 . A gutter cleaner in  claim 2  wherein the gutter cleaner comprises a debris pusher means with a pivotal plate means in one end and a tension means for a cord means in the other end, two pulley means mounted one on each end of the gutter, and said cord means attached to one end of said debris pusher means and to said tension means on the other end of said debris pusher means and placed around said pulley means thereby to form a continuous loop.  
     
     
         4 . A gutter cleaner in  claim 3  wherein the debris pusher means is a tunnel like structure.  
     
     
         5 . A gutter cleaner in  claim 3  wherein the debris pusher means is made of ABS plastic.  
     
     
         6 . A gutter cleaner in  claim 3  wherein the pivotal plate pivots only in one direction.  
     
     
         7 . A gutter cleaner in  claim 6  wherein the pivotal means of said plate is molded into said plate means.  
     
     
         8 . A gutter cleaner in  claim 3  wherein the mounting means holds the pulley to the gutter end.  
     
     
         9 . A gutter cleaner in  claim 3  wherein the cord means is a braided nylon cord.  
     
     
         10 . A gutter cleaner in  claim 3  wherein the tension means is a coil spring type.  
     
     
         11 . A gutter cleaner in  claim 3  wherein a corner bracket means is mounted for the gutter comer where two straight gutters meet.  
     
     
         12 . A gutter cleaner in  claim 12  wherein said comer bracket mounts a plurality of pulleys.  
     
     
         13 . A gutter cleaning system in  claim 1  wherein the plug resistant downspout cap prevents the downspout pipe from clogging by holding large debris from falling into the downspout opening.  
     
     
         14 . A plug resistant downspout cap in  claim 13  wherein the gutter cleaner means in  claim 2  slides and sweeps the debris over the downspout cap.  
     
     
         15 . A plug resistant downspout cap in  claim 13  wherein the gutter cleaner means in  claim 2  slides and sweeps the debris between the slotted openings of the downspout cap top.  
     
     
         16 . A plug resistant downspout cap in  claim 13  wherein a mounting means holds the cap top in and over the downspout opening.  
     
     
         17 . A plug resistant downspout cap in  claim 13  wherein said cap top comprises a plurality of slotted cap top members and a plurality of cross members.  
     
     
         18 . A plug resistant downspout cap in  claim 13  wherein said cap top design means provides smaller opening areas on said cap top than the area inside of the downspout pipe.