US1129386A - Gate. - Google Patents

Description

B. E. FIELD.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED 1mm, 1914.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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B. E. FIELD.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.8, 1914,

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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BEBTON E. FIELD, OF MILLER, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM A. PETERSON, 0F MILLER, SOUTH DAKOTA.

GATE.

Application filed April 8, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BERTON E. FIELD, citizen of the United States, residing at Miller, in the county of Hand and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in gates, more particularly to the class of farm gates which are operable from a distance by a person approaching in a vehicle or upon horseback, and has for one of its objects to providea simply constructed device which is partly automatic in its action and which may be opened or closed by a slight operation of a pulling device.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim; and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention Figure 1 is a side elevation of the gate and an end elevation of the operating means illustrating the construction and operation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the operating means with the gate in section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the gate in open and tilted position. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the im proved apparatus with the gate in closed position. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the tilting member. Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the keeper for the tilting member.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved gate operating apparatus includes a relatively tall post 10 located at the hinge side of the gateway opening and another post 11 which may be shorter than the post 10, and located at the latch side of the gateway opening. Connected to the post 10 is a hanger device represented as a whole at 12 and formed with a guideway 13. A tilting bracket forms a part of the improved device and includes an upper member 14: with downturned ends 15 and a rear member 16, the latter being of less width than the ends 15 and operates through the seat or cavity 13 of the hanger member 12. The hanger bracket is thus slidably disposed rel- Specificaticn of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Serial no. 830,483.

ative to the post 10 within the range of the member 12-13. V

The gate may be of any suitable construction, and it is not desired therefore to limit the invention inthis respect, but for the purpose of illustration a conventional gate is shown including vertical end terminals 1718, horizontal rails 19 and a brace 20. At its lower endthe member 17 is provided with a stud 21 which is mounted for rotation in a step 22. At its upper end the member 17 is provided with an upwardly directed pin 23 which extends through an aperture or bearing in the upper member 14: of the tilting bracket.

Pivoted at 24L to the post 10 is a lever arm 25 extending at its lower end at 26 through a hearing or seat in the member 14: of the tilting bracket. Pull cables or other suitable devices are connected to the lever 25 at its upper end as represented at 27 and extending in opposite directions to a sufficient distance to enable them to be actuated from a vehicle or on horseback by a person approaching from a distance. To this end guide posts 28 are located at convenient points to carry the members 27 and support them in convenient position for use.

When the gate is in closed position, the tilting bracket will be maintained in hori- Zontal position as shown in Fig. 2, while the lever 25 will be in vertical position, or substantially in vertical alinement with the gate. If it is desired to open the gate one of the members 27 is actuated to cause the lever 25 to swing upon its pivot 2t and thus carry the tilting bracket to one side or the other through the action of the pin 26, as represented in Fig. 3. This movement will tilt the gate to one side and throw it off its balance and cause it to swing into open position, and the gate may thus be caused to swing in either direction by simply swinging the lever 25 from one side to the other. When the gate is in closed position a pull upon the cable at one side of the gateway opening will cause it to swing into open po sition, then when it is desired to close the gate it is only necessary to reverse the position of the lever 25. A latch device 29 is connected at 30 to the member 18 of the gate and adapted to automatically engage with the keeper 31 upon the post 11, and as the gate swings into closed position the latch located at opposite sides "of the gateway opening in the path of the gate When 'it is swung into open position andprov'ided With catches 35 adapted to be engaged by loopsor like devices 36 on the ga'te When the gate is swung into open position, and thus lo'ck 'the gate open. When thegate i x closed a 'pullupon the member 27 Will first elevate the outerend of the gateand release the loop from the catch. The tilting bracket 7 and-the guidemember are preferably as lightas possible consistent With the strains to which they will be subjected 'When in use.

The improved device is simple in" construction, can be inexpensively-manufactu'red and applied Without material structural change to gates of various sizes and constructions.

etsspaced'apart, a gate including an end uh'eiiibe'r having a-s'tud engaging one of the sockets of the horizontal member of said bracket, a lever pivoted to said post undengaging atone end in the'other socket of said bracket and operative to move the bracket and the gate coupled thereto transversely of the hangerdevice and the post.

Intestim'on'y whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

I BERTON El FIELD. "Witnesses F. D. GREENE,

W: A. PETERSON.

5 Copies of this patent'may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. C.

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