US559331A

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Publication number: US559331A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-04-28
Anticipated expiration: 1913-04-28

Description

(No Model.)

7 0. O. HOOD. FOLDING GATE FOR CARS.

Patented Apr. 28, 1896.

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AN DREW B.GRAHAM.PHUTOUTHQWASHINGTON, D1 v UNITED STATE PATENT Urrien CHARLES O. IIOOD, OF CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO THE R. BLISS MANUFACTURING, COMPANY, OF PAIVTIICKET, RIIODE ISLAND.

FOLDING GATE FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,331, dated April 28, 1896.

Application filed March 11, 1895. Serial NO- 541,328. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: of equal length, the outer ends of the said Be it known that I, CHARLES O. 1100]), a bars being also jointed to the vertical end bar citizen of the United States, residing at Cen- J, the said end bar being provided at its lower tral Falls, in the county of Providence and portion with the inwardly-projectingears d 5 State of Rhode Island, have invented a new 61 d of equal length, and at its upper por- 55 and useful Improvement in Folding Gates tion with the longer inwardly-projecting ears for Cars, of which the following is a specilie e 6 also of equal length, the inclined bar cation. II, which forms the turning fulcrum of the It is the object of my invention to provide gate, being jointed at f to the middle portion IO a folding gate adapted for street and railway of one of the jointed bars being secured to 60 cars and which may be conveniently operthe said-bar c by means 'of the bracket-piece ated and occupy but little space when in its g. The cars a and Z) on the sliding bar I are folded condition; and it consists in the imso arranged that the two middle bars 0 0 will proved construction and arrangement of parts lie in the same vertical plane, the said bars I whereby when the gate is being operated in being jointed to opposite sides of the said 65 a vertical plane to open or close the same ears, and the ears a and Z)? are so arranged the ends of the gate will be caused to move that the bars 0 0 will lie in the same vertiin opposite directions, as hereinafter fully cal plane and back from the plane of the bars set forth. 0 c at a distance equal to the thickness of In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 one of the said bars, and the ears a and b 70 presents in side elevation one end of a streetare so arranged that the upper and lower bars car provided With the improved folding gate, 0 0 will lie in the same vertical plane and the gate being shown in its closed condition. back from the plane of the bars 0 c at a dis- Fig.2 presents an end elevation of the streettance equal to the thickness of one of said car with the dasher removed by a cross-secbars, in order that the bars of the gate may 75 tion taken in the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 occupy the desired small space when folded, presents a detail top view of the gate in its the jointed ears upon the end bar J being corclosed condition. Fig. 4 presents a section respondingly located out of line with each of the'gatc, taken in the line 4: 4C of Fig. 1. other, the three upper bars of the gate being Fig. 5 presents an enlarged detail section jointed to one side of their respective equal 80 showing the bolt for locking the sliding bar ears, while the three lower bars are jointed of the gate. to the opposite side of their respective equal In the drawings, A represents the body of cars, as shown in Fig. 1, the ears being made the car; 15, the platform; 0, the step, and D of different lengths in opposite sets and 01fthe gate, the rear of said gate being adapted set laterally, in order to cause the folding 85 to slide up and down upon the rod E, which of the bars of the gate in different planes, is firmly held in the brackets F F. To the thus causing the gate to be folded to the revoluble collar G, loosely held at the lower smallest practicable width. The end bar J is end of the rod E, or, if preferred, at the upalso provided with the forwardly-projecting per end with the same effect, is pivoted the latch-lugs h h, which engage with the catches 9o inclined bar H, which operates as a turn- '6 11, secured to the post j of the dasl1erK,and ing fulcrum to cause the required upward to the end of the car is attached the catch 7;, and downward movement of the inner vertiwhich, by engaging with the latch lug h, cal bar I of the gate, the said bar sliding serves to hold the gate in its upwardly-folded loosely upon the rod E. The sliding bar I is and outwardly-turned position, as shown in 5 provided at its lower portion with the pro- Fig. 2, the gate being locked in its closed pojecting cars a a a preferably of equal sition by means of the spring-actuated slidlength, and at its upper end with the shorter ing bolt n2, arranged upon the side of the ears I) 12 b likewise of equal length, and to sliding bar I, the inner end of the said bolt the said ears are jointed the bars 0 c c c c a being caused to enter a notch a, made in the side of the rod E, which rod forms the pivot for the gate.

In opening the gate from its closed position (shown in Fig. 1) by taking hold of the handle 0 and raising the forward end of the gate the fulcrum action of the inclined bar II will be such as to cause the downward sliding movement of the bar I, and such downward movement will continue until the forward end of the gate attains its highest elevation. The gate is then to be turned outwardly upon its pivoting-bar E until the latch-lug h strikes the incline of the catch 70. Then the action of said incline will serve to slightly raise the gate upon the rod E until the latch-lug h can pass into the holding-notch p of the catch 70, when the gate will be firmly held in the upright folded position at the end of the car, as shown in Fig. 2, and upon the release of the gate from its locked position at the end of the car it may be turned and brought down to its former closed position, as also shown at the opposite side of the car in Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention 1. In an upwardly-folding gate, the combination of the inner sliding bar, the outer bar, and the gate-bars pivoted to the innersliding bar and to the outer bar, with an inclined support which constitutes a movable fulcrum for the closing and opening movement of the gate, substantially as described.

2. In an upwardly-folding gate, the combination of the inner sliding bar, the outer bar, and the gate-bars, pivoted to the inner sliding bar and to the outer bar, with an inclined support which constitutes a movable fulcrum for the closing and opening vertical movement, and means for holding the gate in its opened position substantially as described.

3. In an upwardly-folding gate, the combination of the inner sliding bar provided with sets of long and short ears offset from each other in different planes, the outer bar provided with corresponding sets of long and short ears similarly offset from each other, and the gate-bars pivoted to the inner sliding bar and to the outer bar, with an inclined support which constitutes a movable fulcrum for the closing and opening movement of the gate, substantially as described. i

CHARLES O. HOOD. lVitnesses:

SOORATES SCHOLFIELD,

ALBERT N. BULLOCK.