US599503A

US599503A - Randolph iiayden

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Publication number: US599503A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-02-22
Anticipated expiration: 1915-02-22

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(No Model.)

R. HAYDEN.

GATE.

No. 599,503. Patented Feb. 22,1898.

RANDOLPH HAYDEN, OF IIADDAM, CONNECTICUT.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 599,503, dated February 22, 1898. Application filed May 3,1897- Serial No. 634,796. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RANDOLPH HAYDEN, of Haddam,in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in gates, and relates more particularly to that class in which the gate is hinged at a point between its inner and outer edges to a swinging support, the object being to provide a very simple and efiicient mechanism for opening and closing the gate and holding the same against rattling in either of its positions.

A further object is to provide the gate with an antifriotion device on its inner edge, which antifriction device is adapted to roll along the wall as the gate is opened or closed to insure the even-swinging movement of the gate.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents the gate with its operating device, the gate being shown open or swung back against the wall. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the gate and its operating parts, the gate being shown closed or swung away from the wall. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 5 is a view of a modified form of gate. Fig. 6 is a partial top plan view of the same, the gate being shown open; and Fig. 7 is a partial top plan View of the same, the gate being shown closed.

The wall to which the gate is to be applied is denoted by A, and projecting therefrom are suitable upper and lower lugs or cars a a, adapted to receive and support a vertical bar C62. Mounted on the bar a are upper and lower spring-actuated supporting-arms B B.

The gate is denoted by C, and it is hinged at c c to the free ends of the supporting-arms B B. The gate C is hinged to the supporting-arms B B at a point between the inner and outer edges of the gate, but preferably at a point near the inner edge thereof. The gate-supporting arms 13 B are spring-actuated, tending to swing them to open the gate by means of springs D D, the springD being coiled around the upper portion of the bar a and bearing at one end against the wall A and at its other end engaged with the arm 13.

The spring D is also coiled around the bar a near its lower end, and one end of the spring engages the wall A, and its other end is engaged with the arm B. To insure the arms B B swinging together and to secure a more rigid structure, the said arms are provided with rearward extensions Z) Z), which are connected by a rod 29 This rod after passing through the extension 1) upon the upper supporting-ar1n B preferably bends over and is engaged with the upper end of the bar a as shown at U The hinge-pin c is preferably extended up a short distance, and a connecting-rail b preferably formed by an extension of the rod b extends from the bar a to the said pin,thereby forming a suitable handrail.

To the inner edge of the gate C and at a point preferably about midway between its top and bottom I secure an antifriotion device, which is adapted to travel along the wall A as the gate is opened and closed. The antifriction device which I have shown consists of a suitable roller or wheel E, mounted in bearings e, secured to the gate. This antifriction-roller E rests at all times against the Wall A, thereby enabling the gate to be opened and closed with ease and without any liability of straining the supporting-arms B B.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, I have shown means for positively opening and closing the gate, which means consist of a suitable lever F, fulcrumed at its lower end to the wall, as shown at f, and at its upper end provided with a suitable handle f. This lever is connected to the bearing 6, in which the roller E is mounted, by a suitable connecting-link f which is attached to the lever at a point between its fulcrum f and its handle f. It will thus be seen that as the lever is forced outwardly it will close the gate, and as it is forced inwardly it will open the same. The antifriction-roller E will be caused to always engage the wall A, because of the tendency of the springs D D to swing the arms B B inwardly toward the wall A to open the gate. For holding the gate closed positively I secure a swinging latch G to the wall A and provide the lever F with a pin g, adapted to be engaged and retained by the said latch when the lever is at the limit of its outward movement.

In the form shown in Figs. 5 to '7, inclusive,

the lever F is done away with and the gate is held positively open and positively closed by means of a double spring-actuated latch G, secured to the wall A, the said latch being provided with a hooked arm g, adapted to engage a stud g on the top of the gate at a point between its inner edge and its hinged connection with the supporting-arm, and a second hooked arm g adapted to engage a pin or lug g on the gate at a point between its hinge and its outer edge. WVhen the gate is closed, the hooked arm g engages the stud g and when. the gate is opened the hooked arm g engages the lug g. The latch G is preferably provided with an operating-ham dle g which handle may be operated to release either of the hooked arms from engagement with its corresponding lug on thegate.

From the above description it will be seen that the gate and its operating parts are very simply constructed and the gate may be opened or closed with a slight amount of power or friction and when held in either of its positions is free from rattling or jarring, thereby extending its life and durability.

It will be obvious that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the parts herein described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth; but

What I claim is 1. In combination, a gate mounted to swing toward and away from the wall, a swinging support hinged at a point between the inner and outer edges of the gate, and an antifriction device mounted on the'inner edge of the gate and adapted to travel along in engagement with the wall as the gate is opened and closed, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, a gate mounted to swing toward and away from the wall, an antifriction device carried by the gate at its inner edge and a spring-actuated swinging support hinged to the gate at a point between its inner and outer edges, the said spring-actuated support serving to keep the antifriction device in engagement with the wall as the gate is opened and closed, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination, a gate mounted to swing toward and away from the wall, spring-actuated swinging supports hinged to the gate at points intermediate its outer and inner edges, an antifriction-roller mounted in bearings on the inner edge of the gate and adapted to :travel along the wall as the gate is swung,

andmeans for positively opening and closing the gate, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination, a gate mounted to swing toward and away from the wall, spring-actuated swinging supports hinged to the gate at points intermediate its outer and inner edges, an antifriction-roller mounted in bearings on the inner edge of the gate and adapted to travel along the wall as the gate is swung, and a lever fulcrumed on the wall and connected to the gate for positively opening and closing the same, substantially as set forth.

5. In combination, a gate mounted to swing toward and away from the wall, spring-actuated swinging supports hinged to the gate at points intermediate its outer and inner edges, an antifriction-roller mounted in bearings on the inner edge of the gate and adapted to travel along the wall as the gate is swung, a lever fulcrumed on the wall and connected to the gate for positively opening and 'closing the same, and a latch adapted to engage the lever when swung to close the gate for holding the gate in its closed position, substantially as set forth.

RANDOLPH HAYDEN.

Witnesses:

CHAS. W. WARNER, HARRIS WARNER.