US237748A - Swinging gate - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

T. A. BILL. Swinging Gate.

No. 231,748. Patented Feb. 15,1881

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TERELIUS A. HILL, OF OATLIN, ILLINOIS.

SWINGING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,748, dated February 15, 1881 Application filed September 28, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TERELIUS A. HILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Catlin, in the county of Vermillion and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gates, in which a flanged wheel operates in conjunction with wires, levers, a slide-bar, and a spring-latch; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide facilities for opening and closing a gate by levers at each side of the gate, or without levers at the gate; and, second, to provide the gate with an adjustable These objects I accomplish by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the entire device, partially in section to show the construction and arrangement of certain parts. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the same, showing the levers and their connecting mechanism for operating the gate. Fig. 3 represents a side and edge view of the pivot-socket bearing for the base of the gate-stile. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the top hinge-plate. Fig. 5 represents a side and edge view of the top pivotsocket, and Fig. 6 is an end view of the lower adjustable rail and one of its supportinglinks.

A represents the gate; B B B the stationary rails of the gate; F and b, the stiles; G, the post to which the gate is hinged, and G the post against which the gate closes.

The lower end of the stile S of the gate is inserted in a cast-iron pivot-socket, i, and the pivot 'i of this socket operates in a hole formed in the cast-iron bracket 70, which is secured to the post G by the bolt is.

On the top ofthe post G is secured an angle-iron hinge-plate, Z Z, the angle part Z projecting downward on the rear side of the post, and made fast to the post by the bolt 9. The top part, Z, is provided with pins or lugs h on its lower side, which fit into holes formed in the top of the post. The front end of this angle-plate Z Z, Figs. 2 and 4, is provided with a pin-hole, 6 for the pivot T of the gate to operate in, and its front end is made round, as at 6 for the upper end of the lever I to slide round on.

operate in, as shown.

The upper end of the gate-stile S is also provided with a socket-cap, 1' having a square or oblong hole in its top, ,in which is secured the 5 pivot T. This pivot T forms the shaft of a flanged wheel, U, which rotates in a horizontal plane above the hinge-plate Z Z. This flanged wheel U is of peculiar construction, to wit: The rim is formed with a horizontal flange, u, and a vertical flange, a, all around it for supporting and holding in position the ropes ff. The flange u is provided with a notch, m at one side, to permit the rod W to slide therein, and the hub of the wheel is also provided with 6 a notch, W, for the inner end of the rod W to operate in. The flange a at one side is made broader than at other parts, and provided with a slot, to, for the bent end of the rod W to The outer end, to, of this rod is turned down and fits in the slot w, formed in the flange "it of the wheel U, around which the wires ff pass. The inner end of this slide-rod operates in the slot 20", formed in the hub of the wheel U, and projects beyond 7 the hub of the wheel, and is provided on its end with a fork, 10 which connects with the lever B, as shown. The wires ff are wound around the stud V to make them fast to the flange of the wheel U, and these wires are then carried half-wayround the wheel on the flange u and passed in opposite directions at the bent end to of the slide-bar W, and then lead 011' at each side of the gate, and are connected to the rear ends of the levers m m atp p. 8 These levers m m are pivoted to upright posts a n at 0 0, and the projecting ends i" r of the levers are operated by the person who desires to open the gate, as will be hereinafter described. 0

Above the wheel U is a cap, Y, large enough to protect the wheel U and its mechanism from the weather.

The lever I? is pivoted to the gate at Q, and to its lower end, at R, is attached the rod 1. This rod extends to the front end of the gate, and connects with the rear end of the latch, which passes through a hole formed in the stile F, as at J. The lower end of the latch H is secured to the front of the stile F, and its upper end is free to vibrate and catch in the keeper K, as shown.

The lower gate-rail, O, is a loose folding rail, the ends of which are held in position by links 2 a ar/41a jj, the upper ends of which links are pivoted on the studsj y, by means of which the rail may hang down or be turned up against the rail B. The front end of the rail O is secured to the stile]? of the gate by the bar 7' and bolt j when it is desired to fasten the rail down; but when the rail is turned up then the boltj" is removed.

Above the gate, and attached to the top of the stile F or to an upward-projecting plate, M, and to the pivot T, is a barbed wire, to.

The operation of my device is as follows, to wit: The gate being closed, in order to open it from either side by persons in vehicles, the operator pushes either of the levers m or m toward the gate. Thus, if the lever '11: is pushed toward the gate the wire f is drawn back with the lever. The wire presses the slide V in, thus forcing the lever P forward, and the lower end of the lever moves the red I also back, thus removing the latch H from its keeper on the post G. At the same time the wire rotates the wheel U, causing the gate to swing open away from the operator until the gate reaches a position at right angles to that when it is closed, thus permitting the operator to pass through. The operator then grasps the lever in and pulls the end 1 toward the gate, thus repeating the operation just described, but in the opposite direction, and the gate is closed.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with agate. A, and gatepost G, the top hinged plate, Z Z, having its front end, 0 round and provided with a hole. 0 the pivot T, forming the shaft of the wheel U, the wheel U, having a slide-rod, t, the lever l the wires or ropcsff', and the levers m an, all arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

2. The wheel U, having the slide Vv', combined with the wiresff, the gate A, the post G, and the lever P, as and for the purpose set forth.

The loose folding rail 0, with links jj, in combination with the stiles S F and barj substantially as shown and described.

4'. The wheel U, having the shaft T, and the slide V, combined with the leverl rod I, and spring-latch II, as and for the purpose specified.

5. The wheel U, having flanges a u, slots w, 11 and and stud V, combined with the ropes or wires ff, the bent rod \V w, and lever I, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

E. O. FRINK, GEORGE H. BENNETT.

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