US1014290A - Gate-latch. - Google Patents

Description

P. FRAN TZ.

GATE LATGH. APPLIoATIoN FILED 111.11.14, 1911.

1,014,290, Patented 1.1119, 1912.

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UNTTED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

PETER FRANTZ, 0F STERLING, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO'IIERANTZv MANUFACTURING A C0., OF STERLING, ILLINOIS,*A CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

GATE-LATCH.

Speceation of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9,1912.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, PETER FRANTZ, a citiside, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grate- Latches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of gate latches inwhich the free end of a latch bar pivoted to the gate is adapted to strike an inclined engaging member or keeper carried by the gate post, and by engagement with said keeper hold the gate in a closed condition. And the present improvement has -for its object to provide a simple and efficient structural formation of the latch bar and keeper of a gate latch, combining the features of compactness, strength and cheapness, and which is adapted to insure effective initial engagement in the ordinary slamming of the gate to effect a closure, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1, is anl elevation of a gate latch embodying the present improvements. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional elevation on line m-w, Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a detail perspective view of the keeper, with a portion of the latch bar in engagement therewith.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, l represents the ordinary latch bar having a pivot' stud 2 at one end by whichvit is pivotally secured to the gate in any ordinary manner which permits of a limited vert-ical oscillation of the latch bar. In the present improvement the other end of the latch bar is' recessed to form upper and lower toes 3 and Il, as shown and for the purpose hereinafter stated. Y

5 is the attaching base of the keeper piece, preferably of the triangle plate form shown, and formed with the usual orices for the passage of attaching screws or bolts. At one end said base is provided with an arrow shaped flange or catch piece 6, located midway the height ofthe base 5 and projecting at right-angles tol the same. As so arranged the keeper is of a reversible nature, with the inclined surface of theforward part of' the catch flange that is uppermost, adapted to receive the glancing impact of the free end of the latch bar 1, to move it upwardly and so that as the latch bar nears the end of its travel it will drop by gravity behind the barb of the catch flange 6, which is uppermost to hold the gate closed.

A material feature of the present invention, involves in connection with the described type of keeper pieces and their arrow -shape catch flange 6, yof upper and lower inclined deflecting lugs 7 and 8, on the attaching base 5. In the present construction s'aid lugs 7 and 8 yare located to one side of the arrow shape catch flange 6, as shown, and as so arranged, and with the latch bar l recessed in the manner before described, the operation of the parts in a closing movement of the gate is as follows The recess in the free end of the latch bar l will pass freely over the particular deflecting lug 7 or 8 which is uppermost, while the toe 3 or 4 0f said latch bar which is lowermost moves against the under face of the particular deflecting lug aforesaid to be deflected downward and cause an effective engagement of the main portion of the latch bar behind the above described barb of the arrow shape flange 6, and in'so doing very effectively prevents any rebound of the latch bar into an unlatched condition. The purpose of vlocating the deflecting lugs 7 and 8 to one side of the catch flange 6 is to permit, in connection with the toe formation of the latch bar 1, of a much closer relation of said lugs upon the base plate 5, with a corresponding reduction in the size and cost of the keeper piece. Y As so constructed the full cross sectional area of the latch`bar is retained at the point of engagement between the same and the keeper piece.

9 is a diagonal brace extending from a remote end of the base plate 5 to the point of the keeper flange 6, to provide added stiffness to said flange and prevent accidental deflection of the same from its proper position in actual use.

Having thus fully described my said invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A latch, comprising in combination, a pivoted latch bar, and a keeper member formed with an attaching base having a lateral arrow shaped catch flange at one end and an .inclined deflecting lug arranged above and to one side ofthe keeper flange aforesaid, substantially as set forth.

2. A latch comprising in combination, 'a'

pivotedV latch bar, and a keeper member formed with an attaching base having a latieral arrow shaped catch flange arranged centrally at one end and a pair of inclined 4:. A latch, comprisingin combination, ai

pivoted latch bar the free end of which is recessed to form a pair of toes, and a keeper member formed with an attaching base having a lateral arrow shaped catch flange arranged centrally at one end and a pair of inclined deilecting lugs arranged symmetsymmetrically stantially as set forth.

`formed with an attaching base' having a lateral arrow shaped catch flange at one end, an inclined deflecting lug arranged above and to one side of said keeper flange and a diagonal brace extending from a remote end of the base to the pointY of the keeper flange,

'- substantially as set forth.

6. A latch comprising in combination, a pivoted latch,V bar, and a keeper member formed with an attaching base having a lat-f` eral arrow shaped catch flange arranged centrally at one end, a pair of inclined de- L fleeting lugs Varranged symmetrically above and below said keeper flange and a diagonal brace extending from a remote end of the base to t-he point of the keeper flange, sub- Signed at'Chicago, Illinois, this 3rdday of March, 1911.

PETER EEANTZ.

Witnesses ROBERT BURNS, HENRY MOE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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