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(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 1.

C. W. GREEN.

TOLL GATE.

Patented May 17, 1887.

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(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet G. W. GREEN.

TOLL GATE.

No. 362,954. Patented May 17, 1887.

(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 3. O. W. GREEN.

TOLL GATE.

No. 362,954. Patented May 17, 1887.

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O. W. GREEN.

TOLL GATE.

No. 362,954 Patented May 1'7, 188'].

.flliomayz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES \V. GREEN, OF BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK.

TOLL-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,954, dated May 1'7, 1887.

Application filed October 3, IFSG.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES V. GREEN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Toll-Gates, of which the following is a specification. D

The object of this invention is to provide gates for use at ferries, railroad-stations, and other places where it is desirable that the passage of each individual may be under such con ditions that the same may be noted or registered.

The said invention is more particularly designed to be used in connection with any suitable recording or registering devicessuch, for example, as'are very commonly employed with turnstiles; but the said invention is not limited to use in such connection.

Said invention comprises certain novel combinations of parts, whereby the opening of one gate or door is caused to be substantially simultaneous with the shutting of another, and vice versa, so that a person. opening the one and passing through the gateway thereof will of necessity have to open the other, and the two being so arranged that but one person can pass at a time, such passage is capable of being distinct-1y noted, registered, or recorded, the said invention also embracing various novel combinations of parts, whereby motion may be transmitted from the one gate or door to the other with ease and certainty, and whereby the apparatus is made strong, effective, and durable.

Figurelis an elevation showing the construction and arrangement of the working parts of an apparatus embraced in my said invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional View taken in the line w m 3 1 of Fi 1. Fig. 3'is a plan or top View of said apparatus, the top of the inclosing-frame being removed to show the parts. Fig. 4. is a horizontal sectional view taken in the line to w of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a modification showing a cam-bar instead of an elbowlever. Fig. Grepresents a modification in which ropes with weights are used for operating means instead of the elbowlever. Fig. 7 represents an enlarged view of some of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. Sis asectional view of the yoke shown in Fig. 7.

sectional view on line ac as, Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a Figs. 10

Serial No. 215,140. (No model.)

and 11 represent enlarged views of the elbowlever with anti-friction roller shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 12, 13, and 14 represent modifications, showing operative means for actuating the sliding gate in unison with the hinged gate.

A is a gate or door, hinged at (a a, and when opened or shut swinging on said hinges a.

B is a gate or door situated or arranged in suitable guides, B, and sliding therein.

O is the passageway. It is intended in practice that the passengers shall approach the passage 0 in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4, the gate B being pushed inward or back to leave open the passage 0, as far as concerns the gate B, while said passage is closed by the gate A. The passenger or person advancing passes from the passage 0 by pushing outward said gate A, which, as will hereinafter be explained, actuatcs the gate B to slide outward to close the passage 0 behind the passenger or person as the gate A is opened, thereby preventing the entrance of another passenger or person until the gate A is returned to its place, and the gateB is thereby caused to slide back to its original position, whereupon another passenger or person may advance and actuate the gate A with the same operation upon the gate B, and so on ad injinitum.

\Vhen desired, the passenger or person may of course approach from the opposite direction, in which case the operation of the two gates will be reversed.

The normal position of the two gates is more clearly shown in Fig. 4. The position of the gates in Figs. 1, 2, and3isthesame as in Fig. 4. As represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, motion is transmitted from one gate to the other as follows: The sliding gate B is suspended from horizontal track D by brackets 12, which are preferably provided with anti-friction rollers 0. (Shown in dotted outline.)

E is a lever, the upper end of which is pivoted, as shown at e, to the upper part of the frame-work which surrounds the upper part of the apparatus, and the lower end of which is slotted, as shown at f. The lever E is arranged to swing in a plane parallel with the movement of the sliding gate B. A broadheaded bolt, 9, is passed through the slot f and'sccured to the gate B, preferably near the inner edge thereof, as shown in Fig. 1. The bolt 9, instead of having a broad'head, may be provided with a washer or key, as indicated at a in Fig. 2.

It is of course to be understood that where the slotted lower end of the lever E works upon the bolt 9 in the operation of the sliding gate B said bolt 9 should be provided with an anti-friction roller to obviate the friction, which might otherwise impair or hinder the operation of the said parts.

F is a swinging bar, pivoted, as shown am, to

i the upper part of the gate-frame, and intended to movein substantially the same plane or in a parallel plane with the lever E. The 10 wcr end of the swinging bar F is connected with thelever E by a horizontal link or bar, G. On'this horizontal bar G is a stud or shoulder, H, the face b of which is of suificientlength and width to receive the impact of the end of an elbow-lever, I, which is attached at or near the top of the hinged gate A,at or near the inner edge thereof, in such a manner that when the gate is swung outward the outer or free end of the elbow-lever I will strike the shoulder H, and thereby move the same, together with the horizontal bar G, outward in the direction of the arrow shown in the upper part of Fig. 1, the said movement of the bar G swinging the lever E in a corresponding direction, and the latter in turn sliding outward the gate B to close the passage 0 as the hinged gate A is swung open. To facilitate the operation of the elbow-lever I upon the shoulder H, the outer or free end of the said elbow-lever should be provided with an antifriction roller, 0. i

J is a spring, one end of which is affixed to the gate-frame,'and the other end of which is attached to the elbow-lever I in such a manner as to tend to retract the said elbow-lever in a direction the reverse of the arrow in said Fig. 1, thereby tending to shut the hinged gate A when the same is relieved from action in an outward direction. When desired, this spring J may be replacedby orsupplemented by a spring arranged to act directlyupon the hinged gate A to tend to close the same,'as indicated at Jin said Fig. 1, or by a springhinge," commonly so termed, of suflicient strength, arranged to tend to close the said hinged gate.

K is a spring, one end of which is affixed to the gate-frame L, and the other end of which is attached to the lever E in such manner as totend to retract the said lever and to draw the sliding gate B back to its original position as the hinged gate A is closed. In order to avoid jar and concussion when the sliding gate .13 is thus brought back to its place, india-rubber buffers f are arranged in the adjacent gate-post L in such a manner as to receive'the impact of the inner edge of the said sliding gate B when the same is brought back to its place, as setforth. In order to avoid jar and concussion of said gate 13, and also to avoid liability of injuries to persons who may come in contact with it, the outer edge of said gate It is of course to be understood that the elbow-lever I has its swinging end at such distance from the shoulder H when the hinged gate A is closed that the latter may be opened to a considerable extentas, for example, as shown in the dotted outline in Fig. 3before the said'elbow-lever begins to act upon the said shoulder H.

It will be further observed that by suitably proportioning the length of the said elbowlever I and the long and short arms of the lever E any desired ratio of speed between the movement of the sliding gate B and the movement'of the hinged 'gate A may be obtained, compensation being thus afforded for the stationary condition of the sliding gate B during the first part of the movement of the gate A.

M is an-inverted horizontal ratchet, which may be most conveniently supported by the horizontal bar D, and the shoulders of which are toward the outer edge of the sliding gate 13. Attached to the latter, as more fully represented in Figs. 7 and 9, is a pawl, N, the office of which is to engage on occasion with the ratchet M. The pivot of this pawl is indicated-at g in Figs. 7 and 9, and from the inner end of the said pawl extends an upright arm, N, at the upper extremity of which is a yoke, a. the opposite ends of which constitute stops at, as shown in the top detail view of Fig. 8.

R is an oscillating lever, the lower end of which is pivoted to the arm N, as shown at 0, (see Figs. 7 and 9,) and the upper end of which extends upward within the yokeopand is preferably provided with an anti-friction roller, m. A leaf-spring, m, is affixed to the sliding gate, and is curved, as shown at r, in

such a manner as to afford two inclined planes;

0 and n, which are so arranged that the action of the plane 1* upon the upper end of the oscillating lever It will tend to move the same in one direction, while the action of the other inclined plane, a, will tend to movethe said lever It in an opposite direction. The construction and arrangement of these parts are more fully represented in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, and the moving parts may be most conveniently attached to the sliding gate B by means of the two supporting-plates S S, as shown in Figs. 7 and 9.

T is a stop, (shown in Figs, 1 and 3,)in contact with which the lever R is brought toward thecompletion of the outward movement of the sliding gate 13. The normal position of the parts is such that when the said sliding gate 13 is moved inward to close the passage (3, as hereinbefore explained, the pawl N will remain in gear with the ratchet M, so that if any attempt to reverse the movement of the gate B be made by force applied thereto such movement will'be resisted by the ratchet and the pawl. When the hinged gate A is suffered to return to its closed position, as hereinbefore explained, the reverse movement of the elbow-lever I brings the latter against the oscillating lever B until the same is brought from the inclined plane a to the inclined plane 1" of the lcaf'spring m, the end of the oscillating lever B being thereby brought against the adjacent shoulder a of the yoke 92, whereupon the backward movement just mentioned of the oscillating lever B is communicated to the arm N of the pawl N, there by bringing said pawl out of contact with the ratchet M, thereby disengaging the sliding gate B from its connection with the ratchet and permitting the reverse movement of the said sliding gate B consequent upon the closing of the hinged gate A, hereinbefore explained. As the sliding gate approaches the end of its reverse movement aforesaid, the stop T strikes the adjacent side of the oscillating lever It and forces the same back to its posi- ""tion in which it is acted upon by the inclined plane a, whereupon, the said lever It coming in contact with the other or opposite shoulder, a, the arm N is correspondingly tilted and the pawl N is again brought into gear or connection with the ratchet M. The coincident movement of the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B may be registered by any suitable registering apparatus, to which movement is communicated from one or the other,or both,of the said gates, as represented in Fig. 1.

The registering apparatus may be actuated by mechanism as follows: A horizontal rod, A, has one end pivoted to the lower arm of an elbow-lever, which is supported by the adjacent gate-post G, or otherwise. The opposite end of the rod A is supported in a suitably-fixed guide, 0 and is so arranged that during the closing movement of the gate B the lever E will strike the red A, and thereby actuate the elbow-lever B, so that the latter, through the rod D may give motion to a crank, F which in its turn may be connected, by any suitable mechanism, with a bell or other suit able signal device, and also with any suitable recording apparatus; but as neither such sig naling nor such recording device forms in itself any portion of this invention, the same has been omitted from the drawings.

\Vhen desired, the modified apparatus represented in the plan view in Fi 5 may be employed for transmitting motion from the swinging gate A to the sliding gate B. In this a horizontal lever, A, works on a vertical pivot, a. One arm, If, of this lever A is so arranged as to be acted upon by the gate A when the latter is swung open, the gate A being preferably provided with an anti-friction roller, 0, to provide a buffer for the arm I) of the said lever. The other arm, (1*, of the said lever A is curved to constitute, in effect, a cam, which acts upon a stud or anti-friction roller, 6", on the top of the sliding gate B. \Vhen the arm I) is swung outward by the opening movement of the hinged gate A, the

cam-like action of the arm d moves inward the sliding gate B. When the arm I)" is relieved by the release of the gate A, the lever A is permitted to resume its original position,

the sliding gate B being retracted by the.

extends from the swinging edge of the hinged gate A over a pulley, g, attached to the adjacent gate-post O, a cord, B, which is connected, by link h" or otherwise, to the lever E, from which, over a pulley, m, attached to the adjacent gate-post L, is another cord, A", to which is attached 'a weight, a". The lever E is connected with the sliding gate B in substantially the same manner as represented in Fig. 1. The outward or opening movement of the gate A draws upon the cord B, and thereby actuates the lever E to move the sliding gate B in due relation with the gate A. \Vhcn the gate A is released, both of the gates A and B, together with the lever E, are drawn back to their original position by the weight a acting through the cords B and A". \Vhen desired, the movement may be transmitted from the hinged gate A to the sliding gate B by the modified mechanism illustrated in Fig. 12, which is also a plan view. In this the gate A is provided with an arm, D, which, when the gate A is swung open, acts upon the radial arm E of a toothed sector, F, which gears into a pinion, G, the pinion and the sector having suitable journals, 1" and 8, supported on the fixed upper part of the gate-frame. The pinion G gears into a straight rack, II, attached to the top of the sliding gate B. The spring J is arranged in relation with the sliding gate B in substantially the same manner as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and for the same purposes. \Yhen the gate A is swung open, motion is transmitted through the sector,

pinion, and rack to slide inward or close thegate B. lVhen the gate A is released, the spring Jrctracts the gate A to its original position, and,transmitting motion through the rack, pinion, and sector aforesaid, closes the gate A. In the modification shown in planin Fig. 13 provision is made for two separate passages O and two swinging gates A, each hinged as shown at a, and which are, in fact, duplicates of the swinging gate shown in the other figures, as hercinbefore set forth. The single sliding gate B is used, and to the top of this is attached the rack H, as shown in Fig. 12. Into this rack H gears a sector, J which works on a vertical shaft or pivot, t2 dircctto which, or to the sector, are attached two levers, K and K, one of which bears against an anti-friction roller, a, on the outer edge of the left-hand hinged gate A, and the other of which bears against another anti-friction roller (also indicated by the reference-letter a") oted to the said latches.

arrangement, which will close the same when relieved from the outward pressure exerted in openingit,so that each gate,afterbeing opened, will return independently to it's closed position. When the otheras, for example, the left-handgate (indicated in Fig. 13) is moved outward, it acts upon the lever K, and thereby causes the gate B to slide outward behind the person opening the said gate in the same manner and for the same purpose that it had previously moved with reference to the other of the said gates A. In order that the left-hand one of the gates A shall not be opened until the ri ght-hand gate is closed, provision is made for locking the gates alternately, as follows:

Two latches, B, are hingedadjacent to the gate-posts L and O, and are connected by a horizontal bar, 0', the ends of which are piv- Each of said latches is provided with the latching-shoulders c and with an inclined shoulder, d'i- Thelatches B work on vertical pivots c and the said latches are themselves horizontal.

Projecting upward from the top of each gate is the studf When the left-hand gate A is closed, its stud f strikes the incline 01 and thereby swings the latch B until its latchingshoulder o passes over the stud f and thereby prevents the opening or swinging movement of the adjacent gate A. The movement just described of the one latch B is transmitted through the bar 0 to the other latch B,' and tilts the latter outward and away from the position of the studs f of the other gate, thereby permitting the latter to be swung open. The

operation of the said'other gate in relation with the adjacent latch Band its adjuncts is of course simply a repetition of thatjust described.

In the modification represented in the elevation represented in Fig. 14 a cord, D, eX- tends from the free or swinging end of the gate A over a pulley, g, as more fully represented in Fig. 6, and thence passes through a hole or slot in abraeket, which is attached to the sliding gate B, thence over the pulley m, scoured to the side post, L, and has attached to its extremity a weight, a. The cord D has secured to it a stop, h, which is arranged behind the braekct 9 From the bracket 9 extends a cord, '5 over a pulley, j, secured to the upper cross-bar of the frame-work of the apparatus, and it has at itslower end a weight, k When the gate A is swung open, it draws upon the cord D, and through the stop h and the bracket 9 draws inward the sliding gate B. When the gate A is relieved from pressure in its opening or outward movement, it is closed by the action of the weight n exerted through the cord D", simultaneous with which the sliding gate B is drawn back to its original position by the weight k acting through the cord 1'.

. The gates Aand B may be of any suitable construction and of any required width or height. When desired, they may be composed partly of wire-netting, as illustrated in Fig. 1, in order to permit a clear view through the said gates when in their closed position.

'It is of course to be' understood that the passage 0, in which the sliding gate B moves, and the place occupied by the hinged gate A when the same is closed, should be of such length or size as may be required by the passenger in operating the apparatus, as hereinbefore explained.

WVhat I claimas my invention is 1. The combination of a hinged gate and a sliding gate with a lever actuated by the hinged gate and mechanism, substantially as described, connected to the sliding gate, whereby the action of the hinged gate in either direction actuates the sliding gate in the opposit direction, all substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of an elbow-lever, I, lever E, horizontal bar G, having a stud or shoulder, H, and means for supporting the end of the said bar G opposite that attached to the lever B, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of an elbow-lever, I, lever E, horizontal bar G, having shoulder H and means for supporting the end of the said bar G opposite that attached to the lever E, and spring J, substantially as and for the purposeherein set 'forth.

4. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of an elbow-lever, I, lever E, horizontal bar G, having a stud or shoulder, H, and means for supporting the end of the said bar G opposite that attached to the lever E, and spring K, substantially as and for the purpose herein setforth.

5. .The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of an elbow-lever, l, leve'r E, horizontal bar G, having shoulder H and means for supporting the end of the said bar G opposite that attached to the lever E, and springs J and K, substantially-asand for the purpose herein set forth.

6. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of an elbow-lever, I, lever E, horizontal bar G, having shoulder H, and swinging lev-er or bar F, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

7. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of an elbow-lever, I, lever E, horizontal bar G, having shoulder H, swinging lever or bar F, and spring J, substantially asand for the purpose herein set forth.

8. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of an elbow lever, I,

scribed, connected to said gate B, for imparting motion to said gate B in an opposite direction from that of gate A, the ratchet M, the pawl N, and means, substantially as described, connected to said pawl, for engaging the said pawl with and disengaging the said pawl from said ratchet, as described, all as set forth.

11. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of the ratchet M and pawl N, having the oscillating lever It, yoke a, shoulders at, leaf-spring at, having the inclined planes 0 and a, and means, substan tially as described, for actuating the oscillating lever B in unison wit-h the movement of the sliding gate B, all substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

12. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of the ratchet M and pawl N, having the oscillating lever B, yoke a, shoulders 12', leaf-spring m, having the 111- clined planes 1* and a, and elbow-lever I, attached to the hinged gate A, all substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

13. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of the ratchet M and pawl N, having the oscillating lever B, yoke a, shoulders at, leaf-spring m, having the inclined planes 1" and a, and elbow-lex'er I, attached to the hinged gate A, and stop T, all substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

14. A toll-gate having a hinged gate and a horizontal sliding gate, and provided with a lever adapted to be actuated by the movement of the hinged gate in either direction, and thereby actuate the sliding gate in an opposite direction, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES \V. GREEN.

\Vitnesses:

SILAS W. HOLCOMB, VM; A. LEFFINGWELL.

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