US1827173A - Gate - Google Patents

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oct 13, 1931. J w STREET 1,827,173

GATE Filed Jan. 28, 1930 2 sheets-sheet 1 fhq QM/ b n Y wf Oct. 13, 1931. J. w. STREET GATE Filed Jan. 28', 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 @ttor/naja.

' changes in the precise embodiment of the- Patented oct. l13, `1931 JOHN w; STREET, or LI'TCHFIELI), ILLINOIS, AssIGNoR TosrImEI GATE oo.,for

. LITCHFIELD, ILLINOIS GATE f f, e Application filed Januaryl'28, 1930. l Serial No. 424,004. A

Thisy invention relates to a gate. Onek of its objects is to provide simple and efficient means whereby thegate canbe unlocked and 'fw swung open infeither directionby aperson 5 approaching4 it from either sideinv a vehicle. Another vrobject is to provide the gate with a latch whichcannot be lifted by live stock and which will operate with equal vefliciency ,g3 whether the, gate be closed from one side or 10 the other. ,y n, 5 A further object is to provide operating mechanism formed of few parts, which will not easily get out n, efi'ciently under all conditions. e 15 With the yforegoing and other objects in view which will appear vasthe description proceeds, Vthe invention resides' in the'com-V hina-tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that invention herein disclosedmay be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit cf the invention.'

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the gate in its closed position. f

VFigure 2 is atop plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged view partly in elevation and partly in section'showing the upper portion ofthe hinge end of the gate and the parts associated therewith.

Figure e is a section on line 477-4, Figure 3. Figure 5 is a vertical `section through the central portion of the gate actuatingy mechanism supported above the hinge end of the gate. j v l Figure 6 is a vertical section through the latch end of the gate and the keepers cooperating therewith.

Figure 7' is a section yon line 7;. 77 Figure 6 e t l e u s directions as indicated at 27 so as tovshde within the respective Slots 25t n n y Figure 8 is a perspective view of the members of one of the keepers, the same being shown separated.

Referring to the igures by characters of reference, 1 designates a gate ofv any preferred rigid construction provided at oneend with an extension 2 at the top thereof and la of order, and will operate lower bracket 3.x The bracket is adapted tojlit onv a pintle 4 extending upwardly from an arm 5 which is secured to and extends from a post 6. l` l f Another varm 7 is extended from the upper portion of the post and merges into an clon;- gated pintle 8 on 'which a sleeve 9 is mounted..

UNITED STATI-:s PATENT OFFICE-'75 This s leeve'is extended through aplate 10 u which is secured on the extension 32,: Vthere beingvanv upwardly extending arm -11 on" the .plate vwhich merges Into an upper plate 121 through which thesleeve 9 extends. 1

,To the plate 12 is bolted a disk 13 on which is rotatably mountedv a drumll which, as shown, has an .annular groove or depressiony 15. Radial arms 16 are i-xedly secured to` the upperend of thepintle and eachfarm has a guide 17, preferably in the formof an eye, depending therefrom. 4

. Secured. totheA grooved periphery of the drum are pairs of actuating ropes 18 and 19. The yropes of one pair are extended through theguides 17 and thence throughy suitable guides 20 arranged in pairs. Theseguides 3 2O yare carried byfarms21extending laterally from post 22 located beyond opposite sides ofk thevpost 6. l As each' rope 18` is wrapped about drum 14 in a directionnopposite to the rope119 paired therewith, it will be apparent that by pullingon rope 18u at one side of the gate thegate will be rotatedaway from the gate will beswun'g 4toward the operator Thiszaction is due tothe factthatdrum 111v to which Ythe `ropes are attached "is i fixepdly connected to plate 12 which, in turn,is.fixedly attached tothe gate.,

Secured to the. latch end of thel'gateat the top and bottom thereof are guide' plates23 r,

and 24 each of which has'a slot 25. `A latch bar 26l is extended upwardly within the'gate close to theV latch `end thereof' and has its upper and lower ends inclined in opposite s operator, while pulling on the rope 19 the ly toward the end of the gate. Tongues 29 are secured to the upper and lower portions of the bar and extend through slots 30 formed in the end of the gate. rllhese slots serve to guide the tongues which are free to move upwardly and downwardly and inwardly and outwardly relative to the gate.

An actuating cable 31 is attached tothe bar 26 and is inclined upwardly therefrom to a guide sheave 32 or the like carried byv the gate and thence rearwardly within the gate to another guide sheave 33 from which it is extended upwardly to a point 34 where it is connected to upwardly diverging' flexible members 35. These are attached to ears 36 extending in opposite directions from the lower portion of the drum at diametricallv opposed points as shown particularly in Figure 4.

Each of the tongues 29 is provided with a keeper of novel construction. These keepers are adapted to be mounted on latch post 37. Each keeper includes a base plate 38 having upper and lower extensions 39 and side flan vges 40. y

Pivotally mounted between the extensions 39 at the respective sides of the keeper base 38 are movable keeper members 4l each ot which is angular in cross section and has pintles i-2 extending from the ends of the angle portions and journaled in the extensions 39. Spring 43 is interposed between the flanges 40 and has its ends attached to the outwardly extending Hanges i4 of the movable keeper members so as to hold them normally pressed yieldingly against the stop flanges 40 as shown inv Figure 7. Thus the movable keeper members are held normally extended in the path of the adiacent tongue 29 so that when the tongue is extended between members 4l as shown in Figure 7 it will be held against the free movement necessary to permit the gate t-o swing open.

As heretofore pointed out when either of the ropes 18 is pulled the drumV 14 will be caused to rotate so as to swine' the gate toward the operator. Before the swinging action begins, however', the drum will be rotated a short distance on the pintle 8, this movement being sufficient to pull through one of the connections 35 upon the cable 3l so as thereby to pull upwardly and backwardly on bar 26 and cause the tongues 29 to be withdrawn from between the movable keeper members. Immediately following the withdrawal of these tongues the gate will begin to swing open. When it is desired to close the gate the operator pulls on either ot' the ropes 19 whereupon the gate will be swung in the op-r posite direction. After the gate starts to move with sufficient momentum to carry it to closed position, the rope is released and spring 28 will move the tongues 39 to their normal or extended positions so that they will strike against the near members 4l `and cause them to swing backwardly to allow the tongues to pass. The tongues will thus come against the opposed or far members il and be stopped. By that time the moved members' will have been returned by spring 38 to their normal positions so that the tongues will be held vbetween the movable keeper members and the gate secured in closed position.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a gate having an extension, of a pintle, a sleeve on the pintle, fixedly connecte-d superposed plates secured .on the extension, said pintle and sleeve being` positioned within the extension and plates, a disk mounted on the sleeve and secured ixedly to the upper plate, a drum mounted for rotation on the disk, iexible latch operating` connections between diametrically opposed portionsof the drum and the gate, fixed structure mounted on the pintle and clamped against the sleeve, guides carried by said structure, and flexible operating devices extending through the respective guides and partly around and secured to the drum, said latch operating connections constituting means for transmitting motion from the drum to the gate.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto affixed my signature.

JOHN W. STREET.

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