US1183284A - Gate-operating means. - Google Patents

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J. DOYLE.

GATE OPERATING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 51 1915- 1,183,284. I Patented 111213 16, 1916.

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J. DOYLE.

GATEOPERATING MEANS.

APPLICATION man JUNE 5. 1915.

Patented May16,1916.'

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JAGOBDOYLE, .OF MARQUAND, MISSOURI.

GATE-OPERATING MEANS.

Application filed June 5, 1915. Serial No. 32,385.

useful Improvements in aGate-Operating Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gates and more particularly toimproved operating means therefor. 1

The principal object ofthis invention isto provide a road gate having means for opening and closing the same that can be operated from a vehicle or the like and thus obviate the numerous inconveniences incurred when it isnecessary to leave the vehicle to open a gate and afterward close the same. 1

Another object of this invention is to provide a gate, an operating means therefor of the kind above set forth that is so constructed and the parts thereof so arranged as to enable the gate to be always opened from the operator or, in other words, the gate always opened in the direction the op erator wishes to go.

A still further object of this invention resides in the provision of a device that is simple in construction, etficient in opera tion and consists of a minimum number of parts.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. i i i i In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of the improved device; Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the improved gate, the fence to which the same is attached being shown in section; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the connecting means for the operating rods with the gate; Fig. 4 is a view in elevation of one of the posts used with this device; Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of one of the rollers over which the operating cables pass, the said roller being shown in its housing.

Referring to the parts by reference numerals 1O denotes a gate post arranged between the end posts 11, 12'and 13 and an outer post which is arranged as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 on the opposite side of the roadway from the placement of the posts 10,

.11 and 12. Connecting the posts l0, l1. and

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PatentedMay. 16, 1916.

12, is a longitudinally extending connecting bar 14 and standards 15 are arranged intermediate the posts 10,11 and 12 and have portions 16 thereof extending above the longitudinally extending bar 14. Suitable bracing means as indicated by the numeral 17 can beattached to the standard 15 and the posts 11 and 12. The post 10 carries means 18 for receiving the eyelets 20 on the gate .19 for swingingly securing the gate to the post 10. The gate 19 is of an ordinary frame constructioncarrying a plate 20 that pivotally secures to the gate the angle latch member 21, one end of which projects through the top beam 22 of the gate 19 and the other end passes through the beam 23 of the gate. The topbeam 22 of the gate 19 is positioned ina plane higherthan the longitudinally extending bar 14 and one end of the beam 22 projects beyond the gate and over the beam 14 into an enlarged portion 24. Secured to this enlargement 24 of the beam 22 is a member to which the operating cables are attached, the said member being so constructed as to include a pair of diverging arms 25. Pivotally secured to the enlargement 24 and above the aforementioned member that includes the arms 25, is a substantially V-shaped latch working lever 26, the same having, secured to the portion 27 thereof, a rod 28 that isattached to one end of the latch 21 and attached to the ends cables 30 are also. passed over the several spools and the opposite ends thereof are positioned in proximity to the weights 35.

Each of the posts 11 and 12 have pockets formed in the same, said pockets being designated by the numerals 26 and secured adjacent the same are catches 37. The post 13 is provided with a cut-out 38 that has secured adjacent thereto, a double catch 39 and a retaining plate 40 that serves to retain the of the latch 21. in engagem nt with the catch 39. Coil springs 41 are attached to the bar 14 and for a purpose that will be hereinafter set forth.

The operation of the device is as follows: Assuming the gate is in a closed position as shown in Fig. 1 and the operator approaches in a direction by which he first reaches post 12, by movement of one of the latch operating cables 30, one of the ends of which is in close proximity to the post 12, the same will, by means of the V-shaped lever 26, rock the latch 21 and thereby remove one end of the same from engagement with the catch 39. Simultaneous with the operation of the latch operating cable 30, the weight 35 adjacent the post 12 should be moved downwardly and in that the weight is attached to one end of one of the operating cables 34, the gate 19 will be swung on the post 10 until the latch 21 engages the catch 37 carried by the post 11. After the operator passes from the post 12 to post 11, it is necessary to return the gate to its original position, the end of one of the latch operat ing cables that is adjacent the post 11 is gripped and by movement of the same, the latch 21 is rocked and one of the coil springs 41 being in engagement with the gate and compressed when the gate is secured by the catch 87, will expand and start the gate on its movement to assume its closed position, however, the operator can by moving the weight 35 adjacent the post 11 downwardl aid in the closing of the same.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a gate has been provided and operating means therefor by which the same can be efficiently opened and closed with the minimum amount of effort on the part of the operator. Furthermore, the operating means is composed of the minimum number of parts and is so constructed if any of the parts should be broken, the same can be easily replaced. Special attention is called to the fact that if the gate is swung with great force to its closed position, the protruding end of the Copies ot this patent may be obtained forfive cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. G."

latch 21 will not ride over the double catch 29, because the same will be engaged by the retaining plate 40 and thus the gate is prevented from swinging inadvertently from post 11 to post 12.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of this invention without departing from the material parts thereof. It is therefore not wished to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed;

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1. A gate, supportingmeans for said gate, latch means on said gate including an angular latch member pivotally secured to said gate having one end thereof projecting be yond the end thereof and the opposite end of the same projecting beyond the top of said gate, a rod secured to the last mentioned end of said latch member, a pivotally secured link on said gate for receiving one end of said rod, cables secured to said gate for moving the same, a plurality of housings carried by the said support pulleys in said housings over which said cables are trained, and detachable plates on said housings hav-' ing openings therein through which said cables pass whereby said cables are guided over said pulleys and are prevented from becoming removed therefrom.

2. In a gate operating means, a gate,

cables secured to said gate for moving the same, a plurality of pulleys over which said cables are trained, and detachableplates on said housing having openings therein through which the cables pass whereby said cables are guided over the pulleys.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

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M- A. Mvi-inn, B. J on WILSON.

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