US1190587A

US1190587A - Gate-fastener.

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Publication number: US1190587A
Authority: US
Inventors: Carl Otto Roda
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-04-10
Filing date: 1916-04-10
Publication date: 1916-07-11
Anticipated expiration: 1933-07-11

Description

C. O. RODA.

GATE FASTENER.

APPLICATlON FILED APR. 10. 1916.

Patented July 11, 1916.

If AT GATE-FASTENER.

Application filed April 10, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CARL Or'ro Rona, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paradise, in the county of Russell, State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Gate-Fastener; and I do hereby declare the following to a be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to a wire gate locking device, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which embodies novel features of construction whereby the gate can be easily and quickly drawn taut into a closed position, and then secured by a padlock if desired.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a wire gate fastener of this character which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in its construction, which can be readily mounted upon any gate post and used in connection with the conventional wire gates, which enables the wire gate to be easily drawn taut into a closed position, and which admits of a padlock being used to secure the gate in a closed position, thereby preventing the possible loss of stock by the failure of trespassers to properly close the gate after opening the same.

With these and other objects in view, the invention. consists in certain novel combinations and arrangments of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claims.

F or a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wire gate provided with a fastener constructed in accordance with the invention, the operating lever of the fastener being shown in a partially raised position. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the upper portion of the gate fastening device, the operating lever being shown as partially swung into a locking position. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the operating lever swung completely into look ing position and secured by a padlock. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the upper end of the gate locking device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indi- Speeification of Letters Patent.

Patented July ill, 1916.

Serial No. 90,101.

cated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Specifically describing the present embodiment of the invention, the numeral 1 designates a gate post, and 2 a latch post, the ends of the fence wires 3 being attached to these posts in the conventional manner. The gate is of the usual construction, including longitudinal strands of wire 4 which con nect the two

end bars

5 and 6. The end bar 5 is loosely and permanently secured to the gate post 1 by suitable loops 7, while the end bar 6 is adapted to be engaged by the latching means and positively drawn toward the latch post 2, in order to stretch the wires 4 of the gate, when the gate is in a closed position. The lower end of the gate bar 6 may be held in any suitable manner, as by means of the conventional ring 8. In the present instance this ring is formed with a stem 8 which is pivotally connected at 9 to the head 7 of a bolt 7. This, however, constitutes no part of the present invention, and any conventional means may be provided for engaging the lower end of the gate bar.

A strap 10 is applied to the top of the latch post 2, the ends thereof being bent downwardly along opposite sides of the gate post, as indicated at 10, and secured in position by the bolts 11. This strap 10 is crimped to provide an upstanding pivot lug 12, the eXtermity 12 of the pivot lug being bent laterally toward the gate opening, so as to have a spaced and parallel relation to the strap 10. A looped frame 13 is provided at the rear thereof with an arm 14: which is pivotally connected to the horizontal end 12 of the lug 12 by means of a pivot bolt 15. This looped frame 18 may be conveniently formed from a single len th of bar iron, the sides of the body portion of the frame being vertically disposed, while those" portions of the bar forming the arm 14 are twisted into a horizontal position. The swinging end of the frame 13 is formed with an inwardly curved seat 16 adapted to receive the upper end of the gate bar 6.

The operating lever 17 is formed with a forked lower end 17 the arms of which have their extremities pivotally connected by the bolts 18 to the sides of the looped frame 18. A yoke 19 has the ends thereof pivotally connected to the forked end of the operating lever at a point spaced from the pivot bolts 18, said yoke being adapted to be swung over the upper end of the gate bar 6 and to be utilized in connection with the operating lever 17 for drawing the gate bar into engagement with the seat 16 and stretching the gate wires into a taut condition. When the operating lever 17 is swung forward, the yoke or loop 19 is advanced so that it can be easily swung over the upper end of the gate bar 6, the gate wires 1 being then loose. Preparatory to engaging the yoke or loop 19 with the upper end of the gate bar, 6, the-lower end of the said gate bar is slipped into the ring 8. The operating lever 17 is next swung rearwardly, thereby causing the yoke or loop 19 to forcibly draw the gate bar 6 against the seat 16 of the frame 13, the gate wires 1 being thereby a stretched taut. A continued movement of the operating lever 17 brings it down into a horizontal position, at which time a dead center isproduced between the pivot axis of the lever andthe pivot axis of the yoke.

v The end of the lever 17 is then received beto retain the same in a locked position.

tween a pair of

ears

20 and 21 which project upwardly from the main bar 10. The ear 21 is resilient and formed with a shoulder 21 adaptedto spring over the leverr i117 e two

ears

20 and 21 are provided with corresponding openings 22 which may receive the shackle of a padlock 23, whenit is desired to ,lock the gate in such a manner that it can not possibly be opened by trespassers or unnected to the operating lever and adapted to engage the gate bar to force it into the seat'of the frame, and means for holding the operating lever in closed position. V

2. A, 'wire gate fastener including a swinging fraine carried by the upper end of the latch post, said frame having a looped formation and being provided at its free end with an inwardly curved seat, an operating lever having a forked'end straddling the looped frame and pivotally connected to the sides thereof, a yoke member pivotally connected to the arms of the forked end of the frame and adapted to be swung over the gate bar to draw it into engagement with the seat of the looped frame, and means for holding the operating lever in a closed position.

'8. A wire gate fastener, including a cap member applied to the top of the fence post and provided with an upstanding pivot lug, a looped swinging frame having an inwardly curved seat at the outer end thereof and provided at its inner end with an arm which'is pivotally connected to the upstanding lug of the cap member, an operating lever having a bifurcated end which straddles the looped frame and is pivotally connected to the sides thereof, a yoke member pivotally connected to the operating lever and adapted to be swung over the upper end ofthe gate bar for cooperation with the operating lever to draw the gate bar into ongagement with the seat of the looped frame, and coiiperating ears projecting upwardly from the cap member for engagement with theioperating lever to hold it in a closed position.

4. A wire gate fastener, a cap member applied to the top of the latch post and formed with an upstanding pivot lug, a looped frame having an inwardly curved seat at the outer end thereof and provided at its inner end with an arm which is pivotally connected to the upstanding lug of the cap piece, an operating lever formed with a forked end which is pivotally mounted upon the sides of the looped frame, a yoke member pivotally connected to the operating lever and adapted to be swung over the upper end of the gate bar for drawing the same into a firm engagement with the seat of the looped frame, and ears upon the cap piece for engaging the operating lever to hold it in a closed position, the looped frame and gate bar receiving ring being both adapted to be swung laterally, to give a maximum clearance space through the gate opening.

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

CARL OTTO 'RODA.

Witnesses:

BERNARD B. BRooKovER, RAY J. CREVAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.