US1073563A - Fence-gate. - Google Patents

Description

H. G. BEMIS.

FENCE GATE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 191a v1,073,563. Patented Sept. 16,1913.

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HERBERT GEORGE BEIVIIS, OF RICEVILLE, IOWA.

FENCE-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedSept.16. 1913.

Application filed April 1, 1913. Serial No. 758,209.

To all whom it may 00 11. corn Be it known that I, TTERIHCR'I G. Bnuis, a citizen oi the United States, and a resident of Riceville, in the county 01'' Ivlitchell and State of Iowa, have invented a new and lmproved F once-Gate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide a gate of the character named, having a structural frame the rails whereof may be shaped from plate or sheet metal to form housings for rolling supports; to provide a light and graceful supporting structure; to provide supports for the gate, so arranged as to maintain the equilibrium of the gate; and to provide a structure which is simple, economical and durable.

One embodin'lent of the present invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in Wl110l1- Figure 1 is a side view of a section of post and wire fence, having a gate and supporting frame therefor, constructed and ar ranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the section line 2-2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a detail view in section, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 33 in Fig. 1, showing a supporting center post for the gate.

As seen in the accompanying drawings, the gateway is formed by gate posts 8 and 9. The post 8 is furnished with a striker bar 10 to receive and hold a latch 11. The post 9 is the main support for the gate, and to this end is provided at the foot with a bracket arm 12, which has a bolting plate 13, and is equipped at the upper end of the arm with a supporting roller 1-1. The roller 14 is suspended pivotally between arms 16, 10 of a yoke 15 disposed at the upper end of the arm 12 to which the yoke 15 is united by a spindle 17. A'second roller 1 1, together with its supporting yoke 15 and spindle 17, is fixedly located midway between the gate posts and in the center of the road, the spindle 17 being let into or anchored in a supporting post 18. The roller 14 and yokes 15 thereof are housed within a rectangular bottom rail 19. The lower horizontal flanges of the rail 19 are essentially divided and spaced apart to form a slot, through which pass the spindles 17 as the gate is rolled into closing or open position.

The weight of the gate is carried by the rollers 14-. The roller 1 1 mounted on the bracket 12 is constantly within the channel of the rail 19. The roller 1-:1; mounted upon the post .18 passes out of the channel in the rail 19 whenever the gate 90 is moved to open position. lln the closed position of the gate 20, the weight of the gate is carried primarily on the rollers l-t, a wheel 21 attached to the upper rail serving at such times to steady and guide the gate in its operation. When, however, the gate is pushed back to the open position, and when the roller 14: mounted on the post 18 passes out of the rail .19, the weight of the inner half of the gate is borne in part thereafter by the wheel 21. The wheel 21 is pivotally mounted on a bracket 22, said bracket being suitably fastened to the top rail of the gate. The wheel 21 tracks in the groove 23 formed by an upstanding flange 24. The vertical extension of the flange 2 1 is less than the distance lrom the periphery of the wheel 21 and the bearing thereof. Parallel with and spaced apart from the flange 2 1, the pendent side forms a guide for the bracket 22 and a housing for the wheel 91 and members connected therewith. The track rail for the groove 23 and the side 25 is reinforced above the housing formed by the side 25, by a tubular crown 2G. The crown 96 is shaped "from the same plate as the side 25, the metal T0111] ing the groove 23 and the back plate 27. The tubular and the rectangular sections ot the rail are separated by a web 28, said web being structurally united by rivets 29 spaced apart at suitable intervals.

The form of rail such as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, is very light in weight, and otl'ers the maximum strength for bridging between the posts 5) and 2-30, upon which posts said rail is mounted by bolting plates 31.

\Vhen thus equipped and arranged, the operation of the gate is as follows:-To open the gate, the latch 11 is lifted to free the same from engagement with the striker bar 10. The gate is then tree for movement to a position between the posts 9 and 30. During the first portion 01? the movement of the gate, as above indicated, the weight of the gate is carried on the rollers 14. and the rail 19. \Vhen the gate, in its movement, passes from its raised position upon the roller M mounted on the post 18, a portion of the weight is transferred to the wheel 21, which portion gradually and constantly increases until, when in its wide-open position, the weight of the gate may be said to be equally distributed between the rollers ll on the bracket arm 12 and the wheel 21. In this position, the gate is prevented from canting, by any suitable means, or by the rear or inner end of the rail 19 resting against the side of the post 30. 'When now the gate is closed, it is moved forward, the weight being supported by the roller let on the bracket 12, and by the wheel 21, until the rail 19 is threaded over the roller is mounted on the post 18, which latter roller 14- thereafter assists in supporting the weight of the gate until the same closes upon the post 8, and the latch 11 engages the striker bar 10.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A; fence gate, comprising a frame having a bottom hollow, longitudinally-slotted, open-ended rail; a plurality of supporting rollers mounted in bearings formed in upturned yokes, one of said rollers being disp'osed adjacent the side of the gate opening and the other of said rollers being disposed adjacent the center of the gate opening; a hanger wheel mounted upon the top rail of said gate; and a track mounted upon a gate post and extending away from the gate opening, said track being engaged by said wheel.

2. A fence gate, comprising a rectangular frame having a bottom tubular rail rectangular in cross section, said rail being openended and having an unobstructed longitudinally-disposed slot; a plurality of sup- 3. A fence gate, comprising a rectangular name having a bottom tubular rail rectangular in cross section, said rail being openended and having an unobstructed longitu dinally-disposed slot; a plurality of, supporting rollers, each mounted in yokes having a stem extending through said slot to guide said gate; a plurality of supporting posts adjacent and at one side of the gate opening; a supporting top rail connecting said posts, said rail having a rectangular lower section and a tubular crown section, the lower section having an upturned flange to form an upturned track groove; a guide wheel operatively mounted in said track groove; and a pendent side spaced apart from said upturned flange to form a passage therebetween to enfold and guide the bracket of said guide wheel. 7

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERBERT GEORGE BEMIS. Witnesses F. F. BLANDIN, I'IERBERT J. USE.

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

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