US605794A

US605794A - Mullen

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Publication number: US605794A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-06-14
Anticipated expiration: 1915-06-14

Description

(No Model.)

F. F. lVIcMULlfEN.v

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FRANCIS FLOOD MCMULLEN, or BONDviLLniLLINOIs.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,794, dated June 14, 1898.

Application filed July 15, 1897. SerialNo. 644,700. (No modelJ To all whom t may concern: v Be it known that I, FRANCIS FLOOD MULLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bondville, in the county of Champaign and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Gates; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full,

. clear, and exact description of the invention,

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure 1 isa perspective view of a gate embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail section of the keeper. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the gate-supporting devices.

1 represents the main post to which the gate proper is hinged.

2 represents-the grate.V lts rear standard is provided with two horizontal eyebolts 4 4,

the alined eyes of which encompass a verti# s cal rod 5, the angular arm 6 of which is lixedin the main post 1 and forms a support for the lower eyebolt 4, while its upper end extends through a guide-bracketr7, secured to the inner face of the post. y is formed on its lower end with an integral angular arm 9,-provided Witha vertical eye` 10, which encompasses the rod 5 and at the same time forms a support for the upper eyebolt 4, which in turn s-upports the upper end of the gate. YThis bar 8 extends upward through a rectangular guide-oriiice 1l in the.

bracket 7, and it is provided with aY series of orifices 12 12, in one of which is secured a pin13, which rests upon the upper face of the bracket 7 andsupports the weight of the gate, and by means of these orifices the height of the gate may be adjusted at will. l

14 .represents a vertical crank-shaft jour- A vertical bar 8 naled in the brackets 15 15, fixed in the main post 1, and to its crank-arm 16 is pivoted the rear end of the connecting-rod 17, the 4forward end of which is pivoted to the vertical arm 18 of a longitudinalrrod 19, mounted in the brackets 2O 21, fixed on the latch-rail 22, and the front end of this rod 19 is pivoted to the depending end of a connecting-rod 23, pivoted in a bracket 24, depending from the top rail 25. l

The rear end ofVA the rod 19 projects beyond the bracket 20v and abuts against a spiral spring 26, which extends between the bracket and the gate-standard 3.

The latch-rail 22 has a free longitudinal movement in a rectangular guide-orifice 27 in the standard 3 and a longitudinal and a vertical movement in the guide-orifice 28 in the front gate-standard 29.

Y 30 represents the fence-post, and 31 represents a curved metal plate pivoted vertically to the post 30, so that its convex face will project into the path of the end of the latch-rail 22, and 32 represents a spiral spring seated in a recess 33 in the post, its free end abutting against the back of the plate to press it 'Outward untilthe vertical arm 34 of said plate rests against the'face of post 30 and which serves as a limit-stop for the'forward movement of said plate.

l31 represents a verticalbead on the gatepost 30, against which the gate closes.

36 represents a longitudinal brace extending from the main post 1 to a side post 39, ixed on one side of the gate. This post is provided with a keeper 40, which engages the projecting end of the latch-rail 22 to hold the gate when open. This keeper 40 is adjustably secured in a vertical slot 37 in the post 39 by means of a set-screw 3S, so that said keeper 40 may be vertically adjusted to correspond to the latch-rail 22.

41'represents a horizontal cross-head fixed on the upper end of the crank-shaft 14, and one end of this cross-head 41 is pivoted to a rod 43, Which extends to the shorter arm of a vertical lever 44, fulcrumed on the Outer end of an arm 45, fixed .to the projecting end of the brace 36 and to post 1.

extends from the opposite end of said crosshead to a similar hand-lever 47, fulcrumed on the longitudinal arm 48, iixedon the post 39.

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A similar rod 46 lVhen a person approaches the gate, he draws the lower end of the hand-lever I7 forward, which withdraws the latch-rail 22 from the fence-post 30 and swings the gate around at a right angle, so that the projecting end of the latch-rail is caught and held by the .keeper l0. After the person has passed through the gate and arrived at the opposite hand-lever he pushes that one forward to release the latch-bar from the keeper and closes the gate.

Although I have speciieally described the construction and relative arrangement of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire to be confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made as clearly fall within the scope of my invention without depaiting,` from the spirit thereof.

Having' thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to seeurebyIietters Patent ofthe United States, 1s-

In a gate, the combination with the hinging-post l and the keeper-post 30, of the gate 2 hinged to the former and provided with the reciprocating` latch-rail 22 to engage the latter, the erank-shaft 15 journaled in bearing brackets on the buiging-post, the lateh-rod lf) mounted in the brackets 2O 2l on the latch-rail and pivoted at its front end to the connecting-rod 23, the rod 17 connectingr the rear end of the latch-rod and crai'ik-arm 16 of the crank-shaft, the spring 2G bearing` against said braeketlO, the cross-head Il ixed to the crank-shaft, the pivoted levers 44C 47,

and connections between said levers and cross-head, substantially as described.

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

FRANCIS FLOOD MCM ULIJCN.

Vv'itnesscs:

FRANK RANKIN, WAI/mn C. lLxRons.