US1035584A

US1035584A - Gate-hinge.

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Publication number: US1035584A
Application number: US68132412A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Harrison
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-03-04
Filing date: 1912-03-04
Publication date: 1912-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 1929-08-13

Description

J. HARRISON. GATE HINGE. APPLIGATIOH FILED MAR, 4, 1912.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HARRISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Malad City, in the county of Oneidaand State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gate-Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gate hinges and more particularly to a hinge which is primarily designed for use onfarm gates the object being to support the gate for free swingin movement over uneven ground and at t e same time relieve the hinge post of the weight of the gate.

Another object of the invent-ion resides in the provision of a hinge of the above noted type which is simple and inexpensive in construction, and highly efficient and durable in practical use.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formations, combinations and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichi Figure 1 is aside elevation of a gate illustrating the application of the hinge. Fig. 2 is a top plan View and Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective View of the hinge. Fig. his a. perspective View of the modificationoof the loop carried at the upper side of the gate for engagement with a pintle.

Referring in detail to the drawing 5 designates a gate which may be of any preferred construction said gate being mounted, at one end, for swinging movement upon the hinge post 3. The free end of the gate is supported for movement by means of a caster wheel 7 which'is secured to the lower A lower hinge 8 of any approved form connects the gate to tho post 6. l\'l improved hinge whi h Forms the subject matter of the present application, is applied to the upper cud of the hinge post and gate, and consists oi a pinllc rod 5) which is socurely fastened by suitable screws, bolts or analagous means to tho sidool" the post adjacent the gate. This rod 15 laterally oilsot as indicated at 10, the upper portion 11 thereof extending above the 0st 6. The end of this latter portion of tile pintle rod. is bent at a riglgt angle to form a stop 12 for the purpose :w ch will more fully appear in the following description.

To the upper hinged end of the gate a strap late 13 is rigidly secured at its ends, said p ate being bent u on itself to rovide a horizontall dispose elongated oop 14: which exten s laterally from the gate toward the post 6 and is adapted to receive the upper portion 11 of the pintle rod. The space between the parallel portions of the strap plate forming the loop is suficient to emit said loop to move freely thereon while the stop 12 prevents the loop from lifting oil of the pintle.

From the foregoing the construction and operation of my improved hinge will be clearly understood. The gate may move easily at its free end over an uneven ground surface without liability of breaking the hinges, while the hinge post (3 is relieved of the weight of the gate thereby greatlymom tributing to the durability and efiicicncy of the gate as a whole. The invention is simplein construction, may be produced at small cost and can be appliodfto the ordinary farm gate Without necessitating the employment of skilled labor.

While I have shown and describeddhe preferredembodiment of the invention it will be understood that the same is susceptilole of lconsiderable modification without departing from the essential feature or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

The modificationillustrated in Fig. 4 is a loop which is applicable to any sized gate and is advantageous over the preferred form in that the preferred form may be applied only to stancnionsot a fixed width. The construction comprises a loop l4 formed at"- ie'r the manner of the loop 14 in the preferred form, having one arm 15 thereof ex lending in direct alincmont while the opposite arm 153 is oll'sct inwardly and rests flush against the outer surface of the arm 15, the arm l5 being of greater length than the arm ll'i. Those arms ar attached by a single fastening means piercing both arms and projecting into the post of the gate.

Having thus fully described this inventhe upper endof said pintle being bent to 15 t-ion, What I claim as new and desire to seform' a stop to limit the 'upward movement sure by Letters Patent is: of said loop; i

'The combination with a gate end and a In testimony whereof I aflix my signa-' v 5 hinge post for said gate, of a pintle secured ture in presence of two. witnesses.

to said post and having an offset portion ex- I tending above the upper end thereof, and a JOHN A O laterally extending-elongated loop-secured Witnesses. to said gate and horizontally and ertically ,L. L. HAMBLIN,

10 movable on the offset portion of the pintle, Tnos. D. JoNEs.