US448466A - Sliding gate - Google Patents

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J. M. VANOVER. SLIDING GATE.

No. 448,466. Patented Mar. 17, 1891.

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JOSEPH M. VANOVER, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

SLIDING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,466, dated March 17, 1891.

Application filed September 15, 1890- Serial No. 365,031. (No modehi T0 ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. VANOVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Gates; and I do hereby 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.

My invention relates to sliding gates; and it consists in the improved construction and arrangement or combination of parts hereinafter fully disclosed in the description, drawings, and claims.

The objects of my invention are to provide an improvement upon the gate for which Letters Patent No. 412,684 were granted to me on the 8th day of October, 1889, whereby the gate may be operated by hand by a person walking, on horseback, or in a carriage or wagon, and to provide improved means for cushioning the shock of the gate upon the gate-supporting posts and the latch-post in opening or closing the gate. These objects are attained by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which the same referencenumerals indicate the same parts, and in which-- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of myimproved gate, and Fig.2 an enlarged detail view of the checking or cushioning device upon the same.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the gate, which is hung to roll with its top and bottom rails 2 upon rollers 3, journaled upon the faces of the gate-supporting posts 4 and 5, which form a part of the fence. The gate closes against the latch-post 6 at the op posite side ofthe roadway.

A shaft 7 is vertically journaled in brackets 8 upon the face of the outer gate-supporting post 4, and is formed with a crank 9 at its lower end. A bevel cog-wheel 10 is secured upon said vertical shaft near the upper bracket and meshes with a bevel cog-wheel 11, which is journaled with its shaft 12 upon the face of the gate-supporting post 4t. An arm 13 is secured at one end to the end of said shaft 12, and has its other end pivotally connected to the inner end of an arm lahpivoted at its other end to the upper outer corner of the gate-panel in the same manner as illustrated and described in my patent above referred to, so that the gate may be thrown open or closed by rocking or revolving said vertical shaft 7 and the bevel-wheel upon the same, the bevel-wheel l1, and its shaft, the arm 13 drawing or pushing the gate open or closed as it is swung backward or forward.

Two hand-levers 15 are fulcrumed near their lower ends upon two short posts 16, arranged in the ground at the side of the roadway and one on each side of the gate, and the upper longer arms of said levers are of sufficient length and of convenient shape to be grasped and rocked by a person walking, riding, or driving. Two connecting-rods 17 are pivoted to the ends of the short arms of said hand-levers and to the crank 9 upon the vertical shaft 7, so that said shaft may be rocked or partly revolved by tilting said levers.

It is obvious from the foregoing that a person desiring to open or close the gate may do so by tilting or rocking the lever at the side of the gate where he is at the time without being obliged to dismount if he be riding or driving and without the trouble of striking a projecting bail, crank, or lever with the wheel of the vehicle, which often involves considerable diffieulty d uring heavy snow-fall or at night. This opening device will also enable a person walking .or riding on horseback to operate the gate with as much ease as a person driving a vehicle.

In sliding gates of this construction in which the gate is quickly rolled back and forth the gate opens and closes with a considerable shock against the gatesupporting posts and against the latch-post, which in time will I loosen said posts and cause them and the gate to sag and to fail to open or close properly and perfectly, and for the purpose of checking or cushioning said shocks I apply the device to the gate which I shall now proceed to describe.

A lever 18 is fulcrumed upon the inner or rear stile v19 of the gate-panel and has its lower arm projecting below the lower edge of the gate-panel. A bar 20 is transversely secured upon said stile and has its ends 21 bent at right angles and perforated for the reception of a rod 22, which is pivoted at its middle to the upper arm of the lever and slides in said perforated ends, Two coiled springs 23 are wrapped around said rod between thelever and the perforated ends 21. Two stakes 24 are driven into the ground at a distance from each other equal to the throw of the gate and at points in the line or path of the gate where they may be struck by the lower end of said lever 18 when the gate is slid open or closed. \Vhenever now the gate is slid open or closed the lower end of the lever 18 .will strike one of the stakes 24 at the end of the stroke orthrow of the gate-panel and the lever will be rocked, compressing the coiled spring upon the rod againstwhich it is tilted, and the shock of the gate will thus be checked or cushioned without injuring the posts or the gate-panel.

Having thus fully described the construction and arrangement or combination of the several parts of my improved sliding gate,its operation, and advantages, what I claim as new is 1. In a sliding gate, the combination of a lever pivoted upon the gate-panel, springs secured upon said gate panel and bearing against both sides of one arm of said lever, and stops arranged in the path of said gatepanel to engage said lever at the ends of the throw or stroke of said panel, substantially as described. I

2. In a sliding gate, the combination, with the gate-panel provided with means for sliding it open or closed, of the lever 1 pivoted upon said panel, the transverse bar 20 upon said panel, formed with the bent perforated ends 2l,the rod 22 upon the arm of said lever, sliding in said perforated ends, the springs 23 upon said rod, confined between said leverarm and perforated ends, and the stakes 24, arranged at a distance from each other equal to the throw of the gate and in the path of the same, adapted to be struck by the lower arm of the lever, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH M. VANOVE'R.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. DEEDS, A. B. BARTON.

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