US371237A - Sliding gate - Google Patents

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' (No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1. W. R. WHITE.

SLIDING GATE.

No. 371,237. Patented Oct. 11,1887.

(No Model.) V 2 Sheets -Sheet 2.

W. R. WHITE.

SLIDING GATE.

No. 371,237. Patented Oct. 11, 1887 ZWZWMJ: Jar/whim PETERs. Phaw-mmxnpber. Wuhmglm. D. C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. WHITE, OF NEOGA, ILLINOIS.

SLIDING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,237, dated October 11, 1887.

Application filed May 10, 1884. Serial No. l3l,006. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. WHIT a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Neoga, in the county of Cumberland and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of gates in which a panel is caused to slide back and forth across the gateopening; and my invention consists in the combination, with the gate-panel and its operating mechanism, of a guide and pivot device, all as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved gate, showing the roadway shut. Fig. 2 is the same, showing roadway open. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4 is a side view showing a modification, and Fig.

5 is a view of the guide and pivot.

The gate-panel A is supported in any suit able manner so as to slide across the roadway to and from the post B. Forinstance, it may be provided with an extended upper rail, (1, supported and guided by guide-wheels b c (I, turning at the sides of posts D E.

To prevent the lower end of the gate from swinging outward under the action of the wind, or by the pressure of animals against it, the lower rail, 6, extends between two friction rollers, 12, turning upon studsprojecting from a bar, F, which is provided with a tang, j, either tapering or threaded, so as to be driven into or screwed into the post D, and thus secured in the position shown in the drawings.

At the upper end of the post D is a crosspiece, G, to which are pivoted the levers H H, and to a fixedjournal or pin, f, projecting from said post and formed by a prolongation of the outer end of the bar F, is pivoted the section at of a rod, J, consisting of the two sectionsm n, jointed together, the section 12 being pivoted at its outer end to the gate-panel at the upper outer corner, or at any other suitable point.

Rods K, connected to the inner ends of the levers H, extend to a point about the middle of the section m, and a shoulder or stop, 00,

upon the post D so limits the movements ofthe levers H that when the gate is closed the sections at n will occupy the position shown in Fig. 1, in which case they will serve to brace the gate and resist any movement to thrustit back and open the roadway. Each lever His provided with a pendent cord, by means of which a person upon horseback or in a vehicle can readily pull downward the outer end of the lever, which will result in lifting the inner ends of the sections in n of the bar J and impart such an impetus to the gate as will throw it backto the position shown in Fig. 2. When, after having passed through the gate, the operator pulls upon the pendent cord of the other lever H, the section at will be again lifted, and acting upon the gate through the section a will thrust the latter forward across the roadway, when the parts will assume the position shown inFig. 1, the section a resting on a stop,h, which holds it in such a position that the gate cannot be forced back by pressure against its outer end.

It will be seen that the connection of the parts is such that a movement sufficient to start and carry the gate in either direct-ion may be secured by pulling down the outer end of either lever H to a comparatively slight extent, and that the gate is practicaly locked in its forward position.

The rods K K may consist of flexible or elastic strips,each connected to the pin 8, passing through or projecting from the section an, and also to one of the-levers H, and a parting piece or pin, t, may be arranged between the two, so as to maintain them in such a position that they will be carried together or separated under tension as the gate changes its position in either direction, the resulting spring action of the strips tending to assist in carrying the gate in the direction imparted to it. Ordinary connecting-rods, however, may be used, and the requisite movement may be imparted thereto by levers connected and operating in any usual or suitable manner. For instance, a short rod or rods, K, may be connected to a guided rod, K, sliding in brackets to a, securedand swinging on the journal f, substantially the gate, a stop, h, and operating-levers H,

tion with a gate and a lever pivoted thereto I and at its opposite end to the journal f below as described. connected to the jointed lever, substantially 2. The bar F, terminating at one end in as and for the purpose described. :5 5 a tang, j, and at its opposite end in an eX- Intestirnony wliereoflhave signed myname tended journal, f, in line with the tang, and to this specificationin the presence of two subrollers i, journaled upon the bar, as shown scribing witnesses. in combination with a sliding gate carried by \VILLIAM R. WHITE. supportingrollers and traveling between the XVitnesses:

1o rollers ii at its lower edge,a diagonally-j ointed JAMES E. BARRETT,

lever pivoted at its forward end to the gate ISAAC R. MILLs.

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