US549386A

US549386A - Gate-latch

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Publication number: US549386A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-11-05
Anticipated expiration: 1912-11-05

Description

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GATE LATCH Patented Nov. 5, 1895,

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CHARLES WV. NEWTON, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

GATE-LATCH. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,386, dated November 5, 1895.

Application filed April 5, 1895- serial N- 544,563- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. NEWTON, of Kansas City, WVyandotte county, Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gate-Latches, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to fasteners or latches for gates; and my object is to provide a device of this character which combines simplicity with strength and cheapness of con struction and is positive and reliable in operation.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a face view of a gate provided with a latch embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of said latch, the face-plate of the casing being omitted.

In the said drawings, 1 designates a hingepost of the

gate

2, and 3 the latch-post, provided with the ordinary upwardly-disposed latch-hook 4:, having its outer end beveled or inclined in the ordinary manner.

5 designates the latch-block, which is recessed in its front face to form the connecting and oppositely-diverging cavities 6 and 7, the

inclined wall 8 overhanging said cavity 6 and the oppositely-inclined wall 9 overhanging the cavity 7. The wall 9 at its outer end is provided with a notch 10. The latch-bar 11 is pivotally connected at 12 to said latch-block at the junction of said cavities 6 and 7 and has its shorter end, which occupies the cavity 7, recessed and provided with a pin 13, upon which is pivotally mounted the lower end of the push-rod 14, which extends vertically upward through the notch 10. Said push-rod 14 is guidedin its vertical movement by a sleeve 15, secured to the upper end of the gate. A lift-spring 16 is secured at one end by a rivet 17 or in any other suitable manner to the bottom wall of the cavity 6, and has its free end 18 projecting into the cavity 7 and bearing against the under side of the short end of the latch-bar 11, so as to always hold its outer or longer end depressed, as shown in full lines in the drawings. To prevent the accidental dislocation of said latch-bar, I provide a faceplate 19, which is secured by screws 20 or in any other suitable manner to the outer face of the latch-block 5 and bridges the cavities 6 and 7.

It will now be seen when the gate is closed and locked by the engagement of the latchbar with the upwardly-disposed latch-hook 4 that it is only necessary to depress the push-rod 11. This action raises the outer end of the latch-bar to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, when the gate is free to be opened. When the gate is closed, the projecting or outer end of the latchbar, which is normally held depressed by the spring 18, comes in contact with the beveled 0r inclined edge of the hook 1, and rides upon and over the same until it engages the inner side of the latch-hook, and is therefore locked in its closed position, as will be understood.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a gate-latch which is simple and inexpensive of construc tion and positive and reliable in action, and which, furthermore, can be easily placed upon or removed from a gate.

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

A gate-latch, comprising a casing, formed with communicating cavities,having their upper and lower walls converging inwardly, a latch-bar 11, pivoted in said casing at the junction of said cavities, a fiat spring secured in the casing and bearing against the under side of one end of the latch-bar, a push-bar pivoted to said end and extending through the casing, and a hook, having a beveled end, projecting from the latch-post and engaged by the free or opposite end of the casing, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

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

CHARLES W. NEWTON.

Witnesses:

M. R. REMLEY, S. B. FALOR.