A gutter debris barrier system for preventing debris from entering a gutter includes a frame that is attached to a fascia of a building and a filter screen. The frame may include a floor with slots punched therein, with ribs on either side of the slots that form channels. The channels may be tapered to improve the speed and efficiency of heat transfer, and also to funnel water down into the gutter. The ribs may have planar upper surfaces or tips lying in a common horizontal plane and supporting a flat filter screen.

A system for securing one or more heating cables to a roof and having one or more apparatuses, each apparatus including a metal base panel and a continuous metal C-shaped channel integrally-formed with the base panel. The channel includes a pair of opposing continuous channel walls creating and surrounding a continuous cavity having a cross-sectional cavity shape substantially identical for at least a majority thereof to the cross-sectional shape of the cable. The channel walls are resiliently flexible to enable receipt of a continuous length of the heating cable within the cavity such that the heating cable is in snug continuous contact with the channel to enhance heat conductance from the heating cable to the base panel.

A deicer system for distributing deicer solution along a structure. The deicer system includes a deicing solution reservoir that contains the deicer solution, a pump, and one or more emitters. The pump is in fluid communication with the deicer solution reservoir and the pump is configured to distribute the deicer solution. The one or more emitters are in fluid communication with the deicer solution reservoir and the pump. The one or more emitters are positioned in a housing that is integrally connected to the structure. The one or more emitters are configured to dispense the deicer solution along the structure.

A debris guard for installation on an eavestrough is disclosed. The debris guard includes a frame having a back side, a front side, a length, two ends, a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a water collection portion extending from the front side to the back side and along the length of the frame between the two ends. The water collection portion includes a plurality of holes to allow rainwater to pass through. The water collection portion also includes a plurality of drip legs coupled to the plurality of holes, the plurality of drip legs extending below the bottom surface to provide improved water flow through the eavestrough debris guard. Each of the plurality of holes includes at least one drip leg that provide improved flow through the debris guard.

A fluid deposition system is provided. The system comprises one or more electronic processors, and one or more electronic memories each electrically connected to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored therein. The processor(s) is/are configured to access the memory or memories and execute the instructions stored therein such that the processor(s) is/are configured to: determine whether one or more predetermined criteria are met for initiating deposition of fluid onto an area of interest; when it is determined that the criteria is/are met, determine one or more operating parameters of the fluid deposition system to use in the deposition of the fluid onto the area of interest; and following the determination of the operating parameter(s), generate one or more electrical signals to cause the fluid to be deposited onto the area of interest in accordance with the determined parameter(s).

Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for efficient control of a heating element. A sensor is configured to detect a state of water in proximity to a heating element. A switch device is configured to control a supply of power to the heating element. A hardware controller device is in communication with the sensor and the switch. The hardware controller device is configured to adjust the supply of power to the heating element using the switch device based on the state of water in proximity to the heating element.

A roof-installed heat cable system includes a plurality of metal plate cartridges disposed on a portion of a roof may include a first secured metal plate; a second secured metal plate; and one or more unsecured metal plates disposed between the first secured metal plate and the second secured metal plate, wherein each of the first secured metal plate, the second secured metal plate, and the one or more unsecured metal plates includes a cable-receiving groove, the cable-receiving grooves being configured to align and form channels between the first secured metal plate and the one or more unsecured metal plates and between the second secured metal plate and the one or more unsecured metal plates; and a heat cable disposed between the first secured metal plate and the one or more unsecured metal plates and between the second secured metal plate and the one or more unsecured metal plates.

A fluid deposition system is provided. The system comprises one or more electronic processors, and one or more electronic memories each electrically connected to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored therein. The processor(s) is/are configured to access the memory or memories and execute the instructions stored therein such that the processor(s) is/are configured to: determine whether one or more predetermined criteria are met for initiating deposition of fluid onto an area of interest; when it is determined that the criteria is/are met, determine one or more operating parameters of the fluid deposition system to use in the deposition of the fluid onto the area of interest; and following the determination of the operating parameter(s), generate one or more electrical signals to cause the fluid to be deposited onto the area of interest in accordance with the determined parameter(s).

The concept includes improvements in the method and apparatus for removing ice, snow, leaves and other debris from roofs and gutters using a flexible cover attached over the roof that moves via the operation of one or more inflatable membranes positioned under the gutter cover. The concept also uses a gutter frame secured on the surface of a roof which acts as a brake to keep snow and ice from suddenly and unexpectedly sliding off the roof which provides a high level of safety.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for efficient control of a heating element. A sensor is configured to detect a state of water in proximity to a heating element. A switch device is configured to control a supply of power to the heating element. A hardware controller device is in communication with the sensor and the switch. The hardware controller device is configured to adjust the supply of power to the heating element using the switch device based on the state of water in proximity to the heating element.