US103143A - Improvement in latches for gates - Google Patents

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` To all whom it may concern;1

i hereby declare that the following is a full,

i tongue on thegate.

. vibrating, gravitating r leverD. l ,l

`'.lbe bracket O is a rectangular piece, scoured rigrHanVarcaturo, or, GALENA, ILL-mois.

LeamPaat Ng.1c3,143`, ma Magia 1870.

moc- *HOO- theShedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known that-I, HENRY CLYMO, of Galena, in the county of J o Daviess 1and State of Illinois, have invented a newland improved Gate-Latch; and Ido clear, and exactdescrlptlon thereof; reference being had to the accompanying drawings making vpart ofthis specifica@ tion, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective` view of the improved gatelatch applied to a gate and 'gate-post. Y

Figure: 2 is a sectionalg View through the bracket and catch, and an-eud view of the loadedk lever and i Figure 3 is a front view of thedevice. Y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding partsv in the several figures., This invention nconsists of a gate-latch, combining in its construction the following elements, to wit: A catching-tongue, which ispivoted to a fixed bracket; a loaded lever, which is pivoted to the gate, for lifting the said catching-tongue, and a tongue .which is applied vto the gate, so as to be caught bysaid catching-tongue, all as will be hereinafter explained. Y i

Toenable others skilled in `the art to understand mylinvention, I will describe its construction andV operation. u A is a gate-post, and B, a horizontally-swinging gate.

E is a broad staple, which is Vsecured properly to thelgate B, andthrough which ,a lever, D, is passed, that is pivoted at t', and loaded at b.-

The long arm. b' of this 1 lever is arranged in a position that will. allow it to be conveniently grasped from' either side of the gate.

'lhe horizontal tongue B is secured `rigidly to the gate, so as to extend out therefrom, and, when the gate is shut, liebeneathv a bracket, G, which is secured to the gatepst A, as shown in figs. 1, 2, and 3. v

Between the upper edge of said tongue B' and the bottom of `the bracket G is a space, s, of suiicient depth to allow the gate tol be opened when tb'e -free endiof a catch, G,is raised, by means of the loaded idlyto the gate-post, aud extending out perpendicnlai'ly therefrom.

Its bottom surface presents a concavity, c, and to' its outer end a ilat catching-tongue, G, is pivoted by a horizontal pin, a.

The free end of this catching-tongue rests upon the` free end ofthe catch G to drop and fasten the gate,k l

when the latter is'shnt. 5

This lever D serves not only as a means for lift-ing the free end of the catch, to open the gate, but it'also serves as a support for the free end of saidcatch, when the gate is fastened.

The bracket- 0 serves two purposes, to wit: It isa support for the outer end of the catch G, and it is a cover for this catclnto prevent the accumulationabove it of snow. f

This bracket() is-coucave on its bottom, sothat, should a foreign substance find lodgment in the catch,` it will bereceived into this concavity, and not prevent the catch from being raised.

The tongue B serves, inconjunction with the catch G, to fasten the gate, and also as a stop for the gate,

be fastened.

I am aware that gravitating catchesand latches have been used for gates and otberpurposes long prior to tbe device hereindescribed, and,`therefore, ,I make no clain1,.broadly, to self-fastening gravitating catches.

Having described my invention, f What I claim as new, and desire to secure `by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the vertically-vibrating gravitating catch G, appliedto bracket O, a loaded lever, D, pivoted to the gate, and the horizontally-swinging tongue B', applied` to the gate, said parts being arranged to operate substantially as described.

2. The construction of tbe fixed bracket G, with a4 concavity, c, in its bottom surface, in combination with the vertically-vibrating catch G, substantially as described.`

Witnesses: A

W. R. HOLDER, -W. M. DAVIS.

HENRY `cLYMo.

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