Power gutter cleaners

Claim 1

A power gutter cleaner for removing dirt, leaves, twigs and other cumulated refuse from conventional gutters in-stalled on a building structure below the lower edge of a sloping roof comprising a. an inverted U-shaped carriage having a deep wide front panel, and relatively narrow top and rear panels, b. a pair of widely spaced front wheels mounted on said front panel formed to ride the outer top flange of a conventional gutter, an electric motor mounted on said narrow top panel, and a pair of relatively closely spaced rear wheels mounted on said rear panel formed to ride on a sloping roof parallel to and spaced rearwardly of said gutter, c. said rear wheels being adjustable vertically to accommodate the power gutter cleaner for use on gutters along roofs of different slopes, d. a cleaner element including a central hub having a plurality of relatively stiff yet pliable cleaner arms extending radially therefrom into the gutter to be cleaned, said cleaner element being rotatably mounted centrally of and inwardly from said front panel and suspended from said top panel, and belt driven by said electric motor, e. horizontal guide roller means depending from the bottom of the end portions of the front panel of said U-shaped carriage which roll horizontally along the outside of the upper front flange of a gutter being cleaned, f. guide washer means carried by the front panel of said Ushaped carriage which ride vertically along the inside of the upper front flange of the gutter being cleaned; a portion of said guide washer means being adapted to rise and pass over conventional gutter securing spikes generally employed at selected intervals to secure the gutter to the building structure below the edge of the sloping roof thereof, and g. means connected to the front panel of said U-shaped carriage permitting the power gutter cleaner to be manually moved along a gutter being cleaned thereby.