US1563602A - Farm gate - Google Patents

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Dec. 1 1925- w. A. WEBSTER FARM GATE Filed Aug. 24', 1925 Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. WEBSTER, OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

FARM GATE.

Application filed August 24, 1923. Serial- No. 659,086.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. WVnBs'rnR, a citizen of the United States, residing in Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Farm Gates, of which the following is a specification. I

The present invention relates to farm gates and particularly to an improved hinge construction adapted to reduce the cost of manufacture of the gate and at the same time to increase the strength'and rigidity thereof.

A principal object of the invention is the provision, in a farm gate construction, of a separately formed hinge member adapted to be secured to end uprights and being capable of production at relatively low cost.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a construction of the hinge members and supporting uprights which results in such secure interlocking of these parts as to render the gate even stronger I than would be the case if the hinge members were formed integrally with certain other parts of the gate, as, for example, the diagonal braces which are sometimes employed.

It is also an object of the invention to provide an improved form of upright and a method of securing the same to the cross boards which provides such rigidity as to render possible the elimination of the usual braces, if desired. 3

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure l is a side elevation of a farm gate in which my invention is embodied;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the separate hinge block employed in accordance with my invention; and

Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the gate boards, showing the upright-receiving grooves therein.

I have shown, for purposes of illustration, a gate comprising uprights 21 which, in the present instance, are provided in pairs and have cross boards 22 disposed therebetween and held in place by means of bolts 23.

Hinge blocks 24 are secured between end uprights 21 at the top and bottom thereof and are provided with vertical apertures 25 adapted to receive hinge pins 26 secured by brackets 27 to a post 28 of a fence 29, which, of course, may be of any type, being shown in the present instance as formed of barbed wire. Diagonal braces 31 may be provided to strengthen the structure, though it is contemplated that, with the present construction, these braces may be dispensed with if desired, the structure being suflici'ently rigid for ordinary purposes by reason of the 1n formation, though it will be understood that angleirons, or the like, might be employed within the purview of the invention. The hinge blocks 24 are grooved, as indicated at 35, to receive the side wall parts 36 of the channel-irons and, when the parts are tightly bound together by the bolts 23, it will be obvious that a strong and rigid construction is provided and this without the expense attendant upon the formation of a hinge block either in the upright itself or in the end of a brace member, as is done in certain other gates of which I am aware. IVith this arrangement, it is, of course, possible to remove a hinge block 24 and replace it with another, ifoccasion should require.

I also prefer to provide notches 37 in the cross boards 22, so that the latter may be received by the uprights in the same manner that the hinge blocks are received thereby. This results in so strengthening the gate structure that it is entirely feasible to omit the braces 31, thus effecting a further reduction in the cost of manufacture. With parts of the upright disposed in these grooves 37 and with the bolts 23 in place, there is, practically, a three-point engagement which holds the boards very firmly against twisting or distortion thereof.

will be a Jarent that various chan es mav be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention,

or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being more ly a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. A farm gate, comprising opposed uprights, cross boards secured between said uprights, and a separate hinge member secured between end uprights, said end up.-

rights being of channel-iron formation and; said hinge member being grooved to receivethe wall portions thereof.

2. A farm gate, comprising opposed uprights, cross boards secured. between said uprights, and a separate hinge member secured between end uprights, aid end up rights being of channel-iron formation and said hinge member and cross boards being grooved to receive the Wall portions thereof.

A farm gate, comprising, a plurality of opposed uprights of channel-iron formation,

a plurality of cross boards secured between said opposed uprights, said cross boards being grooved to receive the wall portions of saiduprights to provide a rigidstructure, and means for pivotal attachment to a fence post secured between the end uprights.

4. A farm gate, comprising, a plurality of opposed uprights of channel-iron formation,

. a plurality of cross boards secured between said opposed uprights, said cross boards being grooved to receive the wall portions of said uprights to provide a rigid structure, and means for pivotal attachment to a fence post secured between the end uprights, said means, comprising, upper and lowerihinge blocks, said hinge blocks being grooved to receive the Wall portions of said channel uprights.

WILLIAM A. WEBSTER.

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