US1259581A - Automobile-gate. - Google Patents

Description

W; H. ZORN.

AUTOMOBILE GATE- APPLICATION men NOV-22, 1911.

Patented Mar. 19, 191&

Inventor Witness Attorneys W. H. ZORN.

AUTOMOBILE GATE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.22. I917.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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Inventor Witness Attorneys liar orsion WILLIAM H. ZORN, 0F HARRISBURG, NEBRASKA.

AUTOMOBILE-GATE.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Mar. 19, 3 .918,

Application filed November 22, 1917. Serial No. 203,410.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. Zorn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Banner and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Automobile-Gate, of which the following is a specification.

The device formin the subject matter of this application'is a apted to be employed under conditions which require a normally elevated gate, the construction being such that the gate may be pressed downwardly by a passing vehicle, to permit the vehicle to move along its way.

The invention aims to provide novel means for supporting the gate yieldingly, to provide novel mechanism for attaching the raising means to the gate, to provide novel means for slidably connecting the ends of the inclined tracks with the gate, and, generally to improve and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the detail of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 shows in vertical section, a device constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan wherein the parts'are' omitted and broken away; and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out the present invention,

there is provided a base bar 1 to which the lower ends of posts 2 are connected. The base bar has been shown as being mounted in a pit 3 in the ground, but it is not necessary that a pit be used. If, however, a pit is employed, thenthe dirt may be prevented from sliding inwardly by means of side boards 4 extended between the posts 2 and shown in Fig. 1, the side boards being omitted in the other figures.

Each post comprises an outer member 5 and sides 6, these parts defining upright guides 7 in the posts 2.

r Transverse sills 8 are mounted in the ground on opposite sides of the posts 2 and are supplied with depressed seats 9 in which Ushaped pivot elements 10 are mounted,

- the pivot elements-receiving U-shaped straps 11 secured to the lower ends of upwardly 1nclined track rails 12 and 14, the track rails 12 being united by a transverse tie strap 15 and the track rails 14 being similarly connected. The track rails 12 and 14 are supplied at their outer sides with guards 16, so that a vehicle moving along the rails will not be likely to run sidewise 0d the rails.

A gate 17 of any desired form is mounted to reciprocate vertically in the guides 7 of the posts 2. On the upper edge of the gate 17, near to the ends thereof, U-shaped hangers 18 are mounted, and through the hangers, a rod 19 passes, the rod having eyes 20 at its ends, the eyes being united with the lower ends of retractile springs 21, the upper ends of which are mounted on pins 22. The sides 6 of the posts 2 are provided with a plurality, of openings 23 in which pins 22 may be mounted to. adjust the tension of the springs 21. There may be any number of these holes 23.

U-shaped saddles or retainers 24 are mounted on the upper. edge of the gate 17 and carry pins 25. Below the pins 25 rollers 28 are journaled on the retainers 24. The upper ends of certain of the rails 12 and 14 carry loops 26 engaged slidably around the pins 25. The upper ends of the other track rails 12 and 14 carry fingers 27, slidable beneath the loops and supported onthe rollers 28, the loops 26 and the fingers 27 being curved vertically, .as shown in Fig. 1, so that these parts may coact properly with each other when they .move downwardly along with the gate 17, under the weight of a vehicle. It is to be noted that the rod 19 to which the springs 21 are attached, passes through the'saddles or retainers 24, so that- 21 being put under tension, it being possible forjthe automobile to move readily across the upper edge of the gate, from one side thereof to'the other when the gate is depressed as aforesaid. As soon as the automobilerides off the track rails 12 or 14, the s rings 21 will reassert themselves, raising the gate 17 and disposing the track rails 12 and 14 in the inclined positions of Fig. 1. When the transversely of the pins 25, and the fingers 27 on the rails 12'14 advance transversely of the rollers 28, the fingers being supported on the rollers.

Having thus described the invention, what I is claimed is: v

- 1. In 7 a device of the class described, guides; a gate slidable in the guides; a retainer carried by the gate and comprising upstanding portions; a rod mounted in the upstanding portions of the retainer; an antifriction device on the rod between the upstanding portions of the retainer; inclined tracks having their upper ends slidably received between the upstanding portions of the retainer, the uppler end of. one track being supported on t e anti-friction device;

gate 17 is depressed as aforesaid, the loops 26 on the rails 1214 advance means for pivotally mounting the lower ends of the tracks; and springs each attached-at one end to the rod, the other ends ofthe springs being secured to the guides.

. 2. In' a device of the class described, A

track, the fii'iger being slidably received in,

the retainer, beneath theloop and the trans- .verse' element.

In. testimony that I claim the foregoing have hereto afiixed my signature in the presenceof two witnesses.

as my own, I

v WILLIAM H.- ZORN. Witnesses:

C. S. PAGE,

JOHN L.- Semis.

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