US489131A

US489131A - Railroad-gate

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Publication number: US489131A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-01-03
Anticipated expiration: 1910-01-03

Description

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1 J. MILLS.

RAILROAD GATE.

No. 489,131. Patented Jan. 3, 1893.

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JOHN MILLS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

RAILROAD-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,131, dated January 3, 1893.

Application filed May 11, 1892.

To all whom t 17m/y concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN MILLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ot' reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

The object of this invention is to provide a railway gate, simple and durable in construction and which, when closed will prevent people and animals from passing through or jumping over the gate.

The invention, which is based on the principle of foldinggates, consists in the improved arrangement of a series of rods pivotally secured to the swing bar and provided with projections extending above said bar, and the arrangement and combination of the various parts thereof, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the two figures: Figure l. is a front elevation of my improved gate, and Fig. 2. is a plan View thereof.

In said drawings a represents a post, to which is pivotally secured at h the arm c with Weights d d constructed and operated in the usual manner. To said arm between its two sections, which are secured together by bolts e or in any desired manner, is attached a longitudinally extending bar f, to which is pivotally secured a series of downwardly eX- tending rods g. Said rods are provided at Serial No. 432,610. (No model.)

their upper ends with pointed projections 7L, adapted, when the gate is closed to extend a certain distance above the arm c, thus forming a guard above said arm. If preferred the rods g may be connected together bya crossrod i, to which latter they are pivotally secured.

In operation, when the gate is opened, that is to say when the arm o is raised, the downwardly extending rods g will fold into the lower portion of the arm, and the upper projection will fold back into the upper portion of said arm.

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

l. In a railroad gate the combination of a swinging arm carrying a longitudinal rod midway between the sides thereof, with a series of pickets pivoted to said rod and extending considerably above and below said longitudinal rod and adapted to constitute a guard above and below said swinging arm, substantially as described.

2. In a rail road gate the combination of the swinging arm c and rodfextending longitudinally midway between the sides of said arm c, with the pickets h pivoted to said rod f and extending a considerable distance above and below said rod fand swing arm c and with the rod /L'pivoted at or near the lower ends of said pickets 7L, all arranged as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of May, 1892.

JOI-IN MILLS.

Witnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, WM. D. BELL.