WATER DIVIDER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a general-purpose water divider enabling an upper downpipe and a lower downpipe to be fitted thereto irrespective of the size of a rain gutter and also enabling a rainwater supply hose of any size to be fitted thereto. SOLUTION: This water divider includes a divider body 5 having an upper opening 4, and an upper cover 6 for covering the upper opening. The upper cover has a plurality of portions for cutout which are formed to be adaptable to upper side downpipes having different diameters so that the upper side downpipes can be fitted to the upper cover. The divider body has an outlet 17 communicating with the inlet of a rainwater drain passage and a communication hole 19 communicating with the inlet of a rainwater tank. Also, the divider body has a plurality of locking parts 20-24 which are provided to be adaptable to lower side downpipes having different diameters so that the upstream side ends 3a of the lower side downpipes can be connected to the outlet of the divider body. Connection pipe portions 25-27 having different diameters are provided to the communication hole of the divider body in multiple stages so that the diameters thereof are reduced downward. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT