US470067A

US470067A - Farm-gate

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Publication number: US470067A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-03-01
Anticipated expiration: 1909-03-01

Description

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J. R. MEANS. FARM GATE.

giu/ew 544/0 116cm 1 No. 470,067. Patented Mar. 1, 1892.

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'J. R. MEANS. FARM GATE,

Patented Mar. 1, 1-892.

UNITE STATES Fries.

'ATENT FARM- GATE.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,067, dated March 1, 1892.

Application filed October 29, 1891. Serial No. 410,261- (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. MEANS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saybrook, in the countyof McLean and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates; and I dohereby 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 has relation to improvements in sliding gates; and it has for its general object to provide a gate of a peculiar construction embodying devices whereby it may be readily opened and closed.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other objects the invention consists in the peculiar construction, certain novel combinations, and the adaptation of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved gate in a closed position. Fig. 2 is a front end elevation of the same in an open position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. i is an enlarged detail transverse section taken through the guide-bars I, the bar K, and the gudgeou J in the plane indicated by the line 00 an in Fig. 1.

Referringby letter -to the said drawings, A indicates the standard ,of my improved gate, which is arranged at a suitable distance from the gate or latch post 13, and is preferably of the approximate proportional height illustrated.

Journaled upon a fixed shaft upon the standard A, as better shown in Fig. l of the drawings, is a friction-wheel C,'which is preferably provided wit-h a flanged periphery to prevent lateral displacement of the gate in operation.

D indicates my improved gate, which comprises the upright end bars E, the upper longitudinal rail or bar G, and the lower longitudinal rails or bars F, which are suitably connected at their ends to the said uprights.

As better illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawirgs, the upper longitudinal rail or bar G is not connected at its forward end to the for- 50 ward upright E, but merges into an upright branch H, which extends parallel with the forward uprightE and serves, in conjunction therewith, to form a vertical guideway, which merges at its lower end into the horizontal and longitudinal guideway formed between the upper rail or bar G and the upper of the rails or bars F, which latter guideway receives the friction-wheel 0, upon which the gate is mounted.

Suitably connected .to or formed integral with the forward upright E and the upper of the bars F is a block F, having a curvilinear edge, as illustrated, for a purpose presently disclosed. Fixedly connected to the side of the gate, approximately at the middle thereof, are two vertical parallel guide-bars I, which extend up to the top longitudinal bar of the gate and are designed to receive and guide between them a friction wheel or gudgeon J, which is loosely mounted upon a lateral stud at, extending from one end of a bar K, which is pivotally connected at its opposite end to a lateral bracket, as L, connected to and arranged at one side of the vertical standard A. This bar K, as will be presently described, is

designed to be swung up and down when the gate is to be opened or closed.

Fixedly connected to the standard A adjacent to the upper end thereof and extending laterally in opposite directions with respect to the gate is a horizontal beam N, to the sides of which are pivotally connected the operating-levers M, which are preferably provided adjacent to their outer ends with depending straps or hand-bars 1), whereby they may be readily manipulated. The inner ends of the levers M are connected by a link-bar P, which is fixedly connected to one lever and takes loosely through an eye or staple connected to the other lever, as illustrated, so as to allow a go free movement of the inner ends of said levers in operation.

Pivotallyconnected at its lower end to a transverse pivot bolt or shaft in, journaled in suitable bearings at the lower end of the stand- 5 ard A and upon the opposite side of the gate with respect to the bar K, is a bar R, which is provided at its upper end with a lateral stud 6, upon which is loosely mounted or journaled a friction-wheel S, which travels in the guideway between the-upper bar F and the bar G and is designed to take up into the vertical guideway formed by the branch II to accelerate the opening of the gate and to hold the same in its open position. The bar R and the friction-wheel S further serve in practice to support and carry the gate until the same balances upon the wheel 0. Also pivotally connected at its lower end to the shaft m is a brace-bar R,which is connected at its upper end to the bar R, which it braces and with which it serves in conjunction to brace the gate. The lower end of the brace-bar R is held away from the bar R by an angular strap '6, as shown.

R indicates hangers, which are respectively connected in a flexible manner to the standard A and to the upper end of the brace-bar R and have theircontiguous ends flexibly connected together, whereby they will fold when said bar R is swung into an upright position and will limit the movement of said bar when it is swung down;

Fixedly connected to one side of the standard A are rearwardly-extending track-bars S, between which travels a friction-wheel 'l, which is journaled upon a stud extending from the rear upright bar E of the gate and is designed to support the rear end of said gate and hold the same in a horizontal position.

Pivotally or flexibly connected at its forward end to one of the levers M is a link U, which is pivotally connected at its rear end to a postf and is designed to prevent lateral play of said levers M during operation.

Pivotally connected at its upper end to the connecting-link P of the operating-levers M and at its lower end to the bar K at an intermediate point in the length thereof is a pitman V, which serves to transmit motion from the said operating-levers to said bar K and in turn to the gate.

In operation it will be readily perceived that when the free ends of the levers M are depressed the free end of the bar K will be raised, and the friction-wheel carried thereby will travel up the guideway formed by the bars I and will cause the gate partly to open, when by raising the free ends of said levers the bar K will be lowered in the direction in wh ch the gate opens, and the friction-wheel carried by the said bar will travel down the guideway formed by the bars R and complete the opening of the gate. To close the gate, the free ends of the operating-levers are first depressed and are then raised. At the first movement of the gate in opening the frictionwheel carried by the bar R will travel toward the forward end of the gate and will serve to support the same until said gate is balanced upon the wheel 0, when the said frictionwheel will take up the vertical guideway at the forward end of the gate and the hangers will told, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it will be perceived that I have provided a gate of an exceedingly cheap and simple construction, adapted to be opened by the exercise of very slight efiort.

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

1. In a sliding gate, the combination, with the vertical standard, the friction-wheel journaled thereon, the gate mounted and adapted to slide upon said wheel, the longitudinal and vertical guideways formed in said gate, and a suitable means for opening and closing the gate, of the bar R, pivotally connected at one end and carrying a friction-wheel at its opposite end adapted to travel in the longitudinal and vertical guideways, and the hangers having their inner ends flexibly connected and flexibly connected at their outer ends to the standard and the bar R, respectively, substantially as specified.

2. In a sliding gate, the combination, with the vertical standard, the friction-wheel journaled upon said standard, the gate mounted and adapted to slide upon said wheel, the longitudinal and vertical guideways formed in said gate, and a suitable means for opening and closing the gate, of the bar R, pivotally connected at one end and carrying a friction-wheel at its opposite end adapted to travel in the longitudinal and vertical guideways, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

3. In a sliding gate, the combination, with the vertical standard, the friction-wheel journaled thereon, the gate mounted and adapted to slide upon said wheel, the longitudinal and vertical guideways formed in said gate, the bar R, pivotally connected at one end and carrying a friction-wheel at its opposite end adapted to travel in the longitudinal and vertical guideways of the gate, the hangers having their inner ends flexibly connect-ed and flexibly connected at their outer ends to the standard and the bar R, respectively, and the vertical guide-bars connected to the side of the gate adjacent to the middle thereof, of the bar K, pivotally connected at one end and carrying a friction-wheel at its opposite end adapted to travel between the vertical guide-bars of the gate, the laterally-extending beam fixed to the upper end of the standard, the operating-levers pivotally connected to said beam and having their inner ends loosely connected,and a pitman intermediate the bar K and the inner ends of the operating-levers, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

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

JOHN R. MEANS.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. REID, HENRY MoMAeKrN.

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