US559141A - Swinging gate - Google Patents

Description

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AmfLYoAN.; SWINGI-NG GATE.

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' A.B.LYGAN.

SWINGING GATE.

No. 559,141. PatentedApr. 28, 1896.

d? @CNEL yea/14" ANDREW BLRAHAM. FHOTO'LITHQWASHN GTONJI'C i VUNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT LYoAN,. or EUREKA, ILLINoIsj SWIN'GING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,141, dated April 28, 1896.

Application filed J une 26 1 8 9 5 To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. LYcAN, a

Vcitizen of the United States, residing at Eureka, in the countyof l/Vood'ford and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Swinging Gate, of which ther VJfollowing is a speciiication. f

This invention relates to gravity-closing gates which are adapted to be opened and closed from either approach and which are held in either an open or a closed position by positive means or catches, the latter being released by the same means employed for opening and closing the gate.

The objects in view 'are to provide a gate which can be easily opened against the strongest wind, to obviate the use of a great number of oastin gs, which are easily broken in cold weather, to simplify the construction and reduce the operating parts to a minimum number, and to provide a gate which will be durable and capable of withstanding the rough usage to which devices of this character are subjected. v

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as the nature and construction of the invention are understood from the following description and the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate embodying the. invention, showing it open. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the gate, showing it closed. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the main catch.

The gate comprises a series of longitudinal bars 1, front and rear battens 2 and 3, a diagonal brace 4L, a vertical stay 5, and longitudinal barb wires G, which are rmly attached at their ends to the battens and intermediate of their ends to the brace 4 and stay 5 at the points of crossing. A post 7 is placed at one side of the roadway, and the gate is hinged thereto in such a manner that its outer end will rise when opening, thereby throwing the weight to one side of a line passing vertically through either the upper or the lower hinge, so that when the gate is released after being opened it will close automatically by the force of gravity, as will be readily appreciated. The knuckle of the upper hinge 8 is at a greater distance from the inner face of the post 7 than the knuckle of Jthe lower hinge Serial No. 554,107. (No model.)

; 9, therebythrowingthe axial line of rotation of the gate out of a perpendicular line, which iresults in the automatic closing of the gate `in the manner aforesaid. A latch-post 10 `occurs at the opposite side `of the roadway and is supplied on its inner side with a double catch 11 and with a double inclined latchraiser 12. The gate when closed extends between the posts 7 and 10 and is held fast by the engagement of its latch-bar 13 with the catch 11, the latter having a recess in its bottom edge to engage with the active or projecting end of the latch.

The latch-bar 13 ispivoted about midway of its ends upon a bolt or pivot 14, passing transversely through thediagonal brace 4, and is limited in its movements by blocks 15, secured to the rear batten 3, between which the rear end of the said latch-bar13 operates. A coil-spring 16 is secured at one end to the latch-bar and at its opposite end to the batten 3 and exerts a downward pull upon the rear end of the latch-bar 13 and holds it in engagement with the lower stop 15, and this spring is located between the parallel bars comprising the batten 3 and is protected thereby and hidden from view.

A roller 17 is secured upon the front side of the batten 2 a short distance above the front end of the latch-bar 13 and is designed to travel upon the top side of the double catch 11, so as to steady and prevent sagging of the outer end of the gate when closed. The upper side of the double catch 11 is slightly inclined in opposite directions from a middle point, sogas to receive the roller 17 and 4give a proper position to the gate when the latter is closed. Thus should the gate sag appreciably at its free end, it will be elevated by the rollers engaging the outer lower end of the catch 11 and riding upon the upper inclined side, as will be readily understood.

The double inclined latch-raiser 12 is intended to cause positive engagement of the latch-bar with the catch 11 should the spring4 16 through any cause fail to operate.

Posts 18 are set on the same side of the roadway with the post 7 and on opposite sides of the latter and at nearly equal distances therefrom, and incline slightly from the perpendicular toward the roadway, and these posts have catches 19 and latch-raisers 2O to cop- TOO crate with the catches 19 in a similar manner to the latch-raiser 12. Arms 21 are secured at their inner ends to the posts 18 and incline upwardly and forwardly, so as to overhang the roadway, and are provided at their upper ends with pulleys 22, over which pass operating cords or ropes 23, by means of which the latch-bar is released and the gate opened and closed. A bar 24 inclines to the gate and eX- tends in the rear thereof and is iirml y attached at its lower end to the diagonal brace 4 and between its ends to the upper corner of the rear batten 3, and, if desired, to the longitudinal bars 1 at the points of crossing therewith. A pulley 25 is located at the upper end of the bar 24, and the operating cords or ropes 23 pass tliereover'and are connected at their lower ends to the inner portion of the latchbar 13, so that by pulling upon either cord or rope 23 the latch-bar will be disengaged from the catch with which it is engaged, and a continued pull upon the said rope or cord will result in an opening or closing of the gate, according to the position which the latter may occupy when the cord or rope is pulled upon. To facilitate the grasping of the ropes or cords 23, they are supplied at their pendent ends with handles 26 of any desired pattern.

From what has been said it will be seen that the gate is substantially braced and oomprises a minimum number of parts consistent i with strength and durability, and that the single oblique bar 24 provides ample leverage for the successful manipulation of the gate 1 when it is required to open and'close the same, z and the overhanging arms 21 admit of the handles 26 extending within convenient reach from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I`is claimed as new is In combination, a gravity-closing gate, a longitudinally-disposed latch-bar, stops disposed to limit the movements of the latchbar, a housed spring for holding the latchrbar in operative relation, a roller located 'above the operating end of the latch-bar, a double catch having its top side oppositelyinclined, a latch-raiser beneath the said catch, posts 18 arranged on the same side of the roadway with the post to which the gate is hinged, Aand having catches and latch-raisers, arms y secured to the posts 18, an obliquely-disposed .bar bracingly attached to the gate and exitending in the rear thereof, and operating cords or ropes passing over pulleys at the ends of the oblique bar and arms, and having connection with the said latch-bar, substantially as set forth for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto affixed my signature in ithe presence of two witnesses.

l ALBERT E. LYCAN.

Witnesses:

G. W. Hoort/IAN,

JOHN H. SWIFT.

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