US1237836A - Gate-hinge. - Google Patents

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A. SUNDH.

GATE HINGE.

APPLICATION HLED JAN. H I915.

1 ,2 3?,83 6 Patented Aug. 21, 1917..

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' GATE-HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 21, 1917.,

Application filed January 11, 1915. serial 110.1528.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it knownthat I, AUGUST SUNDH, a

citizen of the United States, and residentof Hastings-upoil-Hudson, in the county of lVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulGate-Hlnges, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to'improved'means for rigidly uniting two members, and as herein shown comprises a hinge combined with and forming part of a supporting structure such'as a fence to which a gate or the like is connected through the hinge.

It is a common practice to connect a gate post andfenee railing, together by an ordinary iron T or elbow or other means independent of the gate hinge and to provide a separate fastening device, for connecting the hinge to the side or top of the post. An object ofmy invention is to provide a practical form of hinge in which the stationary hinge member is utilized to rigidly connect the fence rail and the post to which the gate is hinged, thereby simplifying the construc-- tion, reducing the cost of installation, and dispensing with the usual fastening devices connecting the gate hinge and post.

Other features and hereinafter.

The present invention is a modification of the invention disclosed in Patent No. 1,155,452, granted to me October 5, 1915. The present application also discloses certain features shown in my co-pending application Serial No. 1,529, filed January 11, 1915.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation view showing a gate and fence constructed in accordance with the prin ciples of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation view showing on a larger scale the upper gate hinge and associated parts. Fig. 3 is a sectional view as indicated by the line 3-3 on Fig. 2. Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional elevation view of a modification.

advantages will appear The gate 1 is connected by means of an,

upper hinge 2 and lower hinge or strap 3 to the post 4 of a fence which also comprises an upper rail 5, a lower rail 6 and open wire work 7. The hinge 2 as herein shown is of the automatic gravity operated type and its construction and operation may be the same as fully disclosed in the patent above referred to, and will only be described briefly herein, It is to be understood, however, that a pintle 10, and a cap within the scope'of the present invention.

The hinge 2 comprises a lower stationary section or member 8, consisting of a bearing member or cam 9, 11 connected through an integral bracket 12 to the gate 1. The cam 9 has downwardly "inclined diverging cam faces to run on an anti-friction roller 13 journaled on a stud in the stationary section 8, so that when'the gate is swung in either direction from its closed position, the cam rides up on said roller and lifts the gate. When the gate is releasedjit automatically swings to closed position by gravity. The stationary section 8 preferably forms a chamber to contain a which the cooperating bearing surfaces are immersed; The section 8 is also provided withan inner tube 15 which the pintle 10 fixed to the cam 9, has a combined reciprocating and rotary movement.

The hinge section 8 seats on top of the tubular iron gate post 4 and is formed with an extension 16 which projects downward within the post. The extension 16 provides an extended bearing for the pintle 10 which projects downward within the post, and also provides a suitable mean-s for connecting the stationary hinge member and post. To form a rigid and secure connection between the post and stationary hinge member, the extension 16 is formed with integral ribs 17 which extend vertically within the post and are of sufficient depth to spring the walls of the post outwardly at the lines of contact with said ribs. The post when made of resilient material is thus placed under a permanent tension, owing to its resiliency, which securely grips the hinge member. It will be seen that by making the ribs 17 of a suflicient depth to slightly distort the post or increase its diameters at the lines of contact with the ribs, a very rigid and secure connection is effected, whether the post is made of wrought iron. steel or other metal.

The section 8 is rigidly connected to the upper tubular rail or runner 5 by means of an integral plug 18 having a close fit in the end of the rail and a bolt or rivet 19 extending through the rail and said plug. The lower hinge 3 may be in the form of a strap riveted to the gate and surrounding the post 4 andfree to slide up and down on the post as the gate swings,

and a swinging section the form of hinge might be widely modified forming a bearing in said section".

Fig;- 4; illustrates a modification of the connecting means between the hinge section 8 and the fence. Inthisoonstruction thei connecting piece 18 is in the form of a nipple threaded either internally or externally-to.-

be secured to the correspondingly threaded endv of {the A, similar COIIDGGtiODzClS provided between the section8 and, the post 4, the latter being threadedto connect with the threaded nipple 20 formed on the section! v 8. Thes'ection 8 may be provided with an. integralperforated lug 21 forming a means for connecting the wire worlrl 7 directly to saidprojection which extend longitudinally along: the inner surface of the wall of, said. hollow member, the thi'cknesslofj said Wall;

being only a fractional part oftheinteriorl diameter of the hollow member,. and per; mitting the hollow member to b'e-sprung' by 2 1 The combination with a ber', of a second member extending laterally therefrom, and v a uniting member. rigidly said ribs, said ribs being of suflicient depth toslightly spring the hollow member and thereby fonm a finmconnection between said members. a

hollow memconnected to said second member, said uniting "member having a projection extending into the hollow member, ribs, on saidprojection which] extend longitudinally along the inner surface of' thewall of said hollow member the thickness of. said wall being only a; fractional part ofthe interior, diam eter, offthei hollow member and permitting the hollow member, to be sprunguby saidribs said ribs being of sufficient, depth to slightly springthe hollow member. and! form. a firm.

connectionbetweenthe hollow member and theiuniting; member. Signedl at. New.

of New Yo, k. and State of New York,.this Sthday of January, AID. 1915'. 7

AUGUST "SUNDH. I

Witnesses: v WALTERC. STRANG, JAMnsJGr. BETHELL.

fio piiesroi' this patentma'y ble'obfcainedzfor five cents eacm by adGressingthe Commissioner; ofratents e Washington, D. 01 v York. city, in the county

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