US240974A

US240974A - Jacob deppellee

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Publication number: US240974A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-05-03
Anticipated expiration: 1898-05-03

Description

(No Model.)

J. DEP-PELLER.

Gate,

No. 240,974. Patented May 3,1881.

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JACOB DEPPELLER, OF AROHBOLD, OHIO.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,974, dated May 3, 1881.

Application filed July .27, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB DEPPELLER, of Archbold, in the county of Fulton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ot' reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a side view of my improved gate, partly in section; and Fig. 2 is a top view thereof.

This invention has relation to improvements in double-winged gates the parts of which vibrate away from each other in vertical planes and in line with each other.

The nature of the invention will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, the letters A A designate the posts at the ends of a gap in a fence, and B is a stop or rest situated half-way between the said posts and in line therewith.

Between the posts A A are pivoted, by their lower exterior angles, the gate-sections O O, of rectangular form. The contiguous ends of these sections rest in a groove, a, formed in the upper edge of the rest B, when the said sections are in position to close the gap. Being confined to the posts by the pivots b and seated in the groove a, they form a very effective barrier to the passage of stock. To open the gate one or both of the sections is swung upward on their-pivots in an arc of ninety degrees into the position in dotted lines, Fig. 1. The gap is closed by swinging the sections toward each other into the position shown in full lines.

In order to prevent the sections from being injured by violent contact with the ground as they swing back from each-other in the act of opening the gate, they are each provided with a metallic or other spring, S, the free end of which touches the ground in advance of the sections, and by their resilience efl'ectuall y produce the desired result.

The gates are locked together when closed by means of a U-shaped metallic clamp, D, the side'flanges, c, of which embrace the upper rails of the gate-sections and effectually break their joint. This clamp is of suitable length, and is pivoted to vibrate vertically to the upper edge of one section by means of a staple, c, or other similar device, and is removably secured to the other section by a locking-bolt, (1, extending through registering perforations in flanges c and in the top rail of said section. This clamp effectually prevents either section from being raised and the gap disclosed by cattle or by man.

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

The combination, with a double-winged gate the parts of which are adapted to vibrate away from each other in a vertical plane, of the U- shaped metallic clamp D, the side flanges of which embrace the upper rails of the gate-sections and break their joint, secured to one section by the staple c and removably secured to the other section by a lock-bolt, d, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB DEPPELLER.

Witnesses PHILIP THOMAS, J ACOB STAMM.