US408628A

US408628A - Edwin kelsey

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Publication number: US408628A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-08-06
Anticipated expiration: 1906-08-06

Description

(No Model.)

B. KELSEY.

GATE.

No. 408,628. Patented Aug. 6, 1889.

N. PETERS. PholmLllhogmg vhtr. Washxllglom D. C,

UNITED STATES- PATENT GFFICE.

EDWIN KELSEY, OF CALVERT, KANSAS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,628, dated August 6, 1889.

Application filed April 22,1889. Serial No. 308,102. (No model.)

T0 (0% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN KELSEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Calvert,

in the county of Norton and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Gates and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and'exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to wire gates composed of longitudinal wires or cables that are connected at their inner ends by eyebolts or otherwise to the gate-post, and have an end batten connecting the outer ends of the said wires or cables. I

The object of the invention is to improve the general construction of this class of gates and devise ameans whereby the wires or cables can be drawn taut by simply pressing down on the end batten.

The improvement consists of the novel features which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and shown in the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a gate embodying my invention, showing the operation of same by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is adetail cross section of one end of the gate, on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of one end of the gate, on the line Y Y of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a side view of the post, parts being broken away, and shows the operation of the latch by dotted lines.

A and B represent the posts at each side of the gateway, respectively.

C represents the longitudinal wires or cables that compose the gate, whichare connectedat their inner ends to the post A by suitable devices, as the eyebolt d. The batten D is connected to the outer ends of the wires or cables 0, and the brace E, extending obliquely across the gate, is pivotally connected at its outer end to the batten D and is hinged at its inner end to the post A. The brace F strengthens the connection between the brace E and the batten D.

The latch G is fastened at its lower end to the post B, and its upper end q is bent at right angles and extends through an opening 1) in the post B. The stop H on the batten is provided with two arms h h, which embrace the sides of the latch G, and is adapted to be engaged by the said latch G. The keeper I at the base of the postB is designed to embrace the foot of the batten D and hold said batten against the tension of the wire or cables 0.

The operation of the gate is as follows: WVhen the latch G is released from the stop H, the batten D will rise sufficiently to disengage itself from the keeper I, and the gate can be swung open from either side. lVhen the gate is closed, it is fastened by depressing the batten D, which eifects an engagement of said batten with the keeper and causes the stop H and latch G to engage. The depressing of the batten D efiects a tension on the wires or cables 0 by bringing the oblique brace E nearer a horizontal line. Obviously when the latch G is released from the stop H the said Wires or cables will slacken and cause an elevation of the said batten, as h ereinbefore set forth, and as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The latch is adapted to spring away from post B at its upper end, and is provided with the hook g,

which overlaps the stop H when the batten D is depressed and holds thelatter down. To disengage the latch G from the stop H, press outwardly and downwardly on its bent end q, (shown most clearly in Fig. 4,) when the de sired result will be effected.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination, with the post A, the batten D, the wire 0, connecting the post A and batten D, and the oblique brace E, extending from the post A to batten D and adapted to swing horizontally and vertically, of the stop H on batten D, having arms h h, the post B, and the latch G, having the hook g to engage with the stop H, and having the bent end q, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the posts A and B, the batten D, the wires 0, connecting the post A and the batten D, the oblique brace E, ex- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in tending from post A to batten D and adapted presence of two witnesses. to swing horizontally and vertically, the stop H, having arms h h, the latch G, having the EDWIN KELSEY. 5 hook g, and having the bent end q, and the keeper I, secured to the post B and adapted Witnesses: to embrace the foot of the batten D, substan- JAMES V. STOTTS, tially as and for the purpose described. JOHN G. BREWER.