Gutter cleaning dispenser

This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional 60/988,446 filed on Nov. 16, 2007 incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.

The present invention is directed to a gutter cleaner dispensing system designed to clean and maintain gutters by delivering an ecologically friendly blend of enzymes and bacteria to the gutter system.

Conventional gutter cleaning methods involve the use of power-washers, sweeping tools, and other manual means to remove sticks, leaves and other debris from a gutter. These methods are laborious, time intensive, and require repeated and often dangerous efforts to maintain a clean gutter system. The present invention seeks to remedy these shortcomings by facilitating the introduction of a self-sustaining blend of enzymes and bacteria into a gutter system which clean, clear, and maintain the system without the need for repeated manual removal of debris.

The blend of enzymes and bacteria will typically contain a number of species, which have been selected and combined to degrade the organic elements of interest, for example, leaves, mildew and twigs. These organisms work in concert, each strain possessing the enzyme systems necessary to degrade specific components of the waste, yielding breakdown intermediates that are further degraded by other species in the blend. In this manner, complex compounds can be systematically reduced to simple and ultimately non-harmful compounds such as water and carbon dioxide. Examples of potentially useful classes of enzymes include, but are not limited to, cellulases and lignases.

By adding rain water to the blend, a living system of biologically active enzymes, activators and accelerators is created. The microbes populate the entire system, multiply, and produce large quantities of digestive enzymes on a continuing basis. The results are clean gutters without any harm to the environment or laborious efforts to continually maintain the gutters system.

The present invention is directed toward a gutter cleaner dispensing system which delivers an eco-friendly blend of bacteria and enzymes to a gutter system. This blend is then spread through the gutter system, populating and multiplying while producing large quantities of digestive enzymes on a continuing basis. These organic compounds break down scum and debris, leaving the gutter clean and protected against future debris buildup while eliminating the labor intensive work which normally accompanies maintaining a gutter system.

In a preferred embodiment, the gutter cleaner dispensing system utilizes a refillable container designed to attach inside a gutter at a location which is subject to the flow of runoff water. The container features slit-like openings allowing runoff water to enter, activate, and spread the enzyme blend throughout the gutter system. Once populated throughout the system, the enzymes and bacteria continually work to break down debris, providing for long lasting periods of clean gutters.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will be explained in more detail in connection with the drawings in which presently preferred embodiments are shown.

In the drawings:

FIGS. 1A-1H show a first embodiment of the present invention in the form of a dissolvable tablet, grooved bar, pinecone, shell, sea urchin, coral, fish, and spiked star respectively.

FIG. 2A is a top view of a second embodiment of the present invention featuring a cartridge used to deliver the gutter cleaning enzyme blend.

FIG. 2B is a launching device used to delivery the cartridge, shown in FIG. 2A, to a desired gutter.

FIGS. 3A-3C show a third embodiment of the present invention in which the enzyme blend is contained in an open-slit bobber which is secured to the gutter.

FIGS. 4A-4E are views of a fourth embodiment of the present invention in which the enzyme blend is placed inside an open-slit tank filter which is secured to the gutter system.

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