US1208231A - Gate operating and locking means. - Google Patents

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J.H.TAUSCH- GATE OPERATING AND LOCKING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I l 1916.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

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JOSEPH I-I. TAUSCI-I, OF WINTI-IROP HARBOR, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO GORTON FENCE (10., OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WI- CONSIN.

GATE OPERATING AND LOCKING MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 19 16.

Application filed February 11, 1916. Serial N 0. 77,609.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr H. TAUSOI-I, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and resident of Winthrop Harbor, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gate Operating and Locking Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in means for operating, and locking gates of the vertically tiltable or swinging type, in their normal or closed positions, as well as in their open positions, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide simple, inexpensive, strong, easily or conveniently operated, and durable means for operating gates of the above mentioned type or class, from their closed or normal positions to their open positions, or vice versa, and so that this operation may be readily performed from either side of the gate and at a distance therefrom, and if desired, when the operator is horse-back, or seated in a vehicle, such as an automobile, buggy, or wagon. Another and important object of the invention is to provide means for automatically locking the gate in either or both its closed and open position, to the end, that when closed, it can not be opened or lifted by hogs rooting under the lower rail of the gate, and thus gaining entrance or exit through the gate-way, and so that, when opened, it may be held in such position, thus avoiding the danger of its falling on the person or vehicle while passing through the gate-way. Still another object is to provide means for controlling or actuating the gate in its pivotal or vertical movements to the end that great ease in the operation thereof will be attained. A still further object is to so construct, arrange and locate the parts of the mechanism that they will not be interfered with or clogged by ordinary snow falls or mud from the road-way.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate an embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a gate equipped with my improved gate operating and locking means or mechanlsm showing the gate by continuous lines in its closed position and illustrating by dotted lines the positions the parts of the mechanism will occupy when the gate is ralsed to its open position. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental sectional view of the gate taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 illustrating the parts of the operating and locking mechanism in their normal positions, or the positions they will occupy when the gate is closed. Fig. 4: is an enlarged view in side elevation of a por tion of the gate, showing by continuous lines the position the parts of the mechanism will occupy when the gate is closed, and by dotted lines the positions they will occupy when the gate is open, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmental view, partly in section and partly in elevation of portions of the locking mechanism.

Corresponding numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout the difierent views of the'drawings.

Mounted on a suitable foundation 7, such as concrete, located at one side of the gateway and at one end of the fence in which the gate-way is provided is a base plate or block 8 which is preferably made of metal and has vertically mounted thereon a pair of guide posts 9 which, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2, are spaced apart in parallelism a sufficient distance to permit of the free end of the gate frame 10 to operate freely therebetween, but so as to prevent any material movement of said frame laterally. Mounted on a suitable foundation 11, such as concrete, located at the other side of the gateway and at the other end of the fence in which said gate-way is provided, is a transverse plate or slab 12, which may be made of any suitable size, form and material, and which has on its upper central portion a buffer 13 against which one of the rails of the gate frame may strike and rest when the gate is in its open'position. The base plate or block 8 is also by preference provided on its upper surface between the guide post 9 with a buffer 1 L on which the lower rail of the gate frame may rest when the gate is open as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The plate or slab 12 is located transversely with respect to the gateway and gate, and is provided near the buffer 13 with a pair of spaced apart uprights or standards 15 and 16, each of which is provided with a transverse opening to receive a shaft 17 which is journaled in said openings of the uprights or members 15 and 16 and upon which shaft one of the lower corners of the gate frame 10 is mounted. Near each of its ends the plate or slab 12 has vertically mounted thereon a post 18, each of which carries an operating lever 19 which levers are fulcrumed as at 20 on said posts so as to operate in vertical planes, and said levers may be disposed at any desired angles to their respective posts, as well as at any desired angles with respect to the frame. Each of the levers 19 has connected thereto, near its outer end a depending and flexible connection 21, such as a chain, which may be so disposed as to hang in a convenient position to be reached by a person seated in a vehicle, or on horse back, when the gate is approachedand it is desired to open the same.

The gate may be made of any suitable size, form and material, but in the present instance it is shown as being rectangular in shape and consisting of a frame 10 which is made of iron pipe or tube, provided with a body 22 of wire fabric, the vertical and horizontal strands of which may be united at their intersections and to the gate frame in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings or otherwise.

Mounted at the pivoted end of the gate and on'one side thereof, and usually on one ofthe uprights 16 of the plate or slab 12 is a segmental locking arm 23 which is extended longitudinally with respect to the gate and upwardly to a suitable distance above the plate 12 or road-way as will be clearly understood by reference to Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings. This arm is rigidly mounted and has an eXtension 24 on its lower portion, which extension projects longitudinally from the pivoted end of the gate and has on its rear or free end a lateral flange 25 which is provided on its rear surface with a cam face 26, see Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. The flange 25 is also provided with an opening 27 for the reception and operation of a rod 28 which has its outer or free end screwthreaded for engagement with a nut 29 mounted thereon. Loosely mounted on the rod 28, adjacent to-the cam face 26 of the flange 25 is a washer 30 between which washer and the nut 29 is located a spring 81 which is coiled around'the rod 28 as shown.

The opening 27 in the flange 25 is slightly elongated vertically to permit of the proper movement or play of said rod, one end of which is pivotally connected to an arm 32, which arm is mounted at one of its ends on the shaft 17, adjacent to the segmental arm 23 and by preference outwardly therefrom. At its-upper or free end the arm 32 is provided with a socketed member 33 which is slightly ofi-set toward the gate frame, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and has the lower end of its socket open as is clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. Located in the socket of the member 33 is a spring 31 which actuatcs a bolt 35 which is also located in the lower portion of said socket and has its outer end tapered. Extended laterally from the arm 32 below the juncture of the member 33 therewith, and toward the gate, is a stub shaft 36 on which is pivotally mounted one end of a dog 37 which has at its free end a laterally extended rod or pin 38 which projects through the body 2 of the gate near the pivoted corner of the latter as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. The dog 37 has on its lower portion a catch or projection 39 which is adapted to engage the ends of the segmental locking arm 23 of the mechanism, when the gate is shifted from its closed to its open position or vice versa. Secured at one of its ends to the rod 38 carried by the dog 37 is a connection 10 which is united at its other end to the inner end of the operating lever 19 on that side of the gate frame 10 on which the dog 37 is located, and secured to the rod or pin 38 on the opposite side of the gate frame 10 is another connection l1 which is united at its upper end to the other operating lever 19 as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The connections 10 and 41 may be of any suitable kind but are by preference flexible and loosely connected to the rod or pin 38 as well as to said levers.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawings it will be readily understood and clearly seen, that assuming that the gate is in its closed position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and it is desired to open the same when approached from either side thereof, one of the connections or chains 21 can be grasped, when by a quick downward movement or pull on said chain the catch or projection 39 on the dog 37 will be disengaged from one end of the locking arm 28, when by reason of the tension of the spring 31, and the momentum given to the gate by the aforesaid movement on the chain 21 and operating lever, the gate will be shifted from its closed to its open or vertical position, at which time the catch 39 on the dog 37 will engage the other end of the locking arm 23 and securely hold the gate in its open position, until it is desired to close the same when by again pulling down on the chain or pendant 21 with a quick movement, the said catch will be released from the locking arm and the gate closed. As the spring 31 transmits its tension or power to the shaft 17 and gate frame 10 through the instrumentality of the rod 28 and arm 32 it is necessary that said arm and the gate frame shall move in unison, and to accomplish this they are by preference fixedto said shaft. In the operation of the gate it is evident that the position of the rod 28 will be changed and for this reason an enlarged opening 27 in the flange 25 is provided and said flange is also provided with a cam face against which the washer 30 will contact in such a way as to offer no hindrance to the operation of the rod 28 which carries the actuating spring.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. The combination with agate mounted at one of its ends for pivotal movement in a vertical plane, of a segmental locking member fixed alongside the pivoted portion of the gate, a spring actuated arm pivotally mounted to move in unison with the gate, a spring pressed pawl carried by said arm and having a catch adapted to engage alternately the ends of said locking member, a lever fulcrumed on an elevated support, and a connection uniting said lever and said dog.

2. The combination with a gate mounted at one of its ends for pivotal movement in a vertical plane, of a segmental locking member fixed alongside the pivoted portion of the gate, a spring actuated arm pivotally mounted to move in unison with the gate, a spring pressed pawl carried by said arm and having a catch adapted to engage alternately the ends of said locking member, and a lever fulcrumed on an elevated support on each side of the gate, and connections uniting said levers and said dog.

3. The combination with a gate mounted at one of its ends for pivotal movement in a vertical plane, of a segmental locking member fixed alongside the pivoted portion of the gate, an arm mounted at one of its ends on the gate pivot and adapted to move in unison with the gate, a rod pivotally connected at one of its ends to said arm, a support for said rod, a nut adjustably mounted on said rod, a spring interposed between said nut and the support for said rod, a spring pressed pawl carried by said arm and having a catch adapted to engage alternately the ends of said locking member, a suitably fulcrumed and supported lever, and a connection uniting said lever and said dog.

4. The combination with a suitably mounted base plate having a pair of uprights, of a shaft journaled in said uprights, a gate mounted at one of its ends on said shaft, a segmental locking member fixed to said plate and extended alongside the gate, an arm mounted at one of its ends on said shaft and adapted to move in unison with the gate, a socketed member on the other end of said arm, a spring pressed bolt in said socketed member, a pawl pivotally mounted on said arm below said bolt and adapted to contact therewith, a catch on said dog to engage the locking arm, a rod pivotally connected at one of its ends to the arm which carries the dog, a support for said rod, a nut on the rod, a spring interposed between said nut and said support, a suitably supported and fulcrumed lever, and a connection uniting said lever and said dog.

JOSEPH H. TAUSCH. Witnesses:

OHAs. C. TILLMAN, A. E. OLsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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