US192143A

US192143A - Improvement in gates

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Publication number: US192143A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1877-06-19
Anticipated expiration: 1894-06-19

Description

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' Patented' June 19,1877.

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, ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL BARRETT AND JAMES F. QUINN, OF WILMINGTON, ILLINOIS,

' ASSIGNORS TO SAID QUINN.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 192,143, dated June 19, 1877; application filed April 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DANIEL BARRETT and JAMES F. QUINN, of Wilmington, Will county, Illinois, have invented a new and Im proved Gate, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved gate, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation.

Our invention belongs to that class of gates that are operated from the vehicle or from horseback without dismounting; and it consists of a gate guided by rollers and moved by a Windlass having long shafts, which are provided with cranks that may be operated from a carriage or from horseback.

In the drawing, A is a gate of ordinary construction, excepting that its stiles a a project upward above its upper rail and its lower rail b is double the length of the others, and projects beyond the gate-post. The rail b runs upon a roller, 0, that is journaled in thedouble post B, through which the gate slides, and is also guided between rollers d, that are journaled between short posts e. A brace, j; connects the outer end of the rail b and the upper end of the stile a.

O is a timber that is secured to the top of the gate-post B, and extends equally on both sides of the post, at right angles to the gate, and is supported by braces 9. To the ends of the timber O the hangers h are attached, in which and in the post B the shaft D is journaled. The ends of the shaft D are provided with cranks E, and to the center of it, between the sides of the post B, the drum '1: is fastened.

F is a spring-latch that is attached toone of the rails of the gate, and engages a plate, j, that is attached to the gate-post G when the gate is closed. A rope, H, is attached to the spring-latch F, and passes upward and through a hole in the stile a, and thence through an eye, k, on the post B, and is secured to the drum 0'.

I is a rope that is attached to the stile a, and passes through an eye, I, on the post B, and is wound several times around the drum 2'.

The operation of our improved gate is as follows: One of the cranks E, being turned, winds the rope H and first draws up the latch F. It thendraws the gate back, the rope H being wound while the rope I is unwound.

The gate is closed by reversing the operation.

Theadvantages claimed for our improved gate are that it may be easily operated without dismounting from the carriage or horse; itis simple, inexpensive, and cannot be clogged by snow.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The gate A, having the extended rail b and stiles a a, the spring-latch F, and ropes H I, in combination with the shaft D, having cranks E, and carrying the drum '5, substantially as shown and described.

DANIEL BARRETT. JAMES F. QUINN.

Witnesses J. S. TOBIAS, J. N. STEWART.