US629014A

US629014A - Gate.

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Publication number: US629014A
Application number: US71338999A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jefferson A Perky
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1899-04-17
Filing date: 1899-04-17
Publication date: 1899-07-18
Anticipated expiration: 1916-07-18

Description

Patented July l8, I899. J. A. PERKY.

GATE.

(Application filed Apr. 17 1899.)

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(No Model.)

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GATE.

(Application filed Apr. 17, 1899.) (No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 629,014, dated July 18, 1899. Application filed April 1'7, 1899. Serial No. 713,389. (No model.)

To (ti/Z whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEFFERSON A. PERKY, a citizen of the United States,residin g at Dewey, in the county of Folk and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of tilting gates, more especially the operating mechanismfor opening and closing the same, and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive device capable of enabling a tilting gate to be readily opened and closed at a distance from either side of it without dismounting froma horse or leaving a vehicle.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a tilting gate constructed in accord ance with this invention and shown closed. Fig. 2 is a plan View showing the gate open. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same, partly in section. Fig. 4: is a detail sectional view illustrating the construction of the connection between the arms of the rock-shafts and the oscillating bars of the gate. Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating the manner of mounting the operating-levers. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the inner ends of the operatinglevers. Fig. 7 is a detail view illustrating another construction'for connecting the inner ends of the operating-levers.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. I

1 designates a tilting gate pivoted at the bottom of its inner end between a pair of posts 2 by means of a horizontal pintle 3; but any other means for pivotally mounting the gate may be employed. When the gate is closed,

its front ends are arranged between a pair of posts 4, which support it against lateral str ain.

The posts 2 are provided at theirtops with suitable bearings for a pair of transverse rock-shafts 6, extending from the gate in opposite directions and having their outer ends journaled at 7 in suitable bearings of uprights 8. These transverse rock-shat ts are provided with angularly-disposed arms 9, converging toward the gate and connected with the same" by a pair of oscillating bars 10, pivoted at their lower ends to opposite sides of the gate near the front thereof. The oscillating bars 10 have their upper ends connected by a transverse pivot 11, disposed horizontally and enlargedbetween the bars 10 to provide a support for a pivot 12, disposed perpendicular to the horizontal pivot 11, and receiving eyes 13 of the converging arms of the rock-shaft. The arms 9 are provided at their outer ends with ferrules, and the eyes 13 have shanks which are embedded in the ends of the arms; but any other construction of eyes may be provided. The pivot or stud 12, which passes through the eyes, is threaded to receive a nut 15, and a block (not shown) may be interposed between the eyes 13 and the central portion of the pivot 11 to' space the said eyes from the upper ends of the oscillating bars. The terminals of the horizontal pivot are threaded and provided with nuts,-which engage the outer faces of the oscillating bars.

The oscillating arms are provided between their ends with longitudinal loops or keepers 16, which limit the lateral movement of a pair of levers 17, fulcrumed at their rear ends 18 on the rock-shafts near the inner terminals thereof and provided between their ends with loops or eyes 19, which receive the arms of the rock-shaft. The outer ends of the levers 17 extend beyond the arms 9 and are connected by ropes 20 or other suitable flexible devices with the inner ends of a pair of operating-levers 21, which are fulcrumed on the uprights 8 and which are provided at their outer ends with depending operating cords or ropes adapted to be readily grasped and drawn downward to open and close the gate. When, the inner ends of the operating-levers are swung upward, the levers 17 carry the arms of the rock-shaft upward, and ,thereby tilt the gate on its pivot, and as the gate moves upward the levers 17 swing laterally and move forward until the arms 9 reach a perpendicular position, and they move inward or backward as the gate completesits opening movement. The operation is reversed as the gate is closed.

The operatinglevers are normally arranged at an inclination, as illustratedin Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, and they are provided at their inner ends with

loops

22 and 23,

which receive a connecting device 24:, consisting of a shank provided at one end with a hook to engage the loop 22 and having an eye arranged in front of the loop 23 and receiving the upper end of one of the cords or ropes 20. In Fig. 7 of the drawings is illustrated another means for connecting the inner ends of the operating-levers, a pair of pivoted bars 21 being provided. The bars 21 which are arranged at an angle to each other, are pivoted together at their adjacent ends and connected at points between their ends with the operating-levers 21. The outer ends of the piv oted bars 21 are provided with eyes or openings and have the upper ends of the ropes or cords 20 attached to them. Either of the devices shown in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings may be employed for connecting the operating-levers witheach other and with the ropes or cords 20. Each upright is provided at its top with an arm 25, to which one of the operating-levers is pivoted. The operating-lever is provided with a slot to receive the upper portion of the arm, and it has eyes 26 arranged at opposite sides of the slot and re-' ceiving a pivot 27, which extends through a perforation of the arm25, The arm 25 is also provided with a projection 28, which assists in supporting the lever in the inclined posiand it is adapted to enable the gate to be readily opened and closed at adistance from either side of it without the necessity of leaving a vehicle or dismounting from a horse. It reduces the'friction to a minimum, and the laterally-movable levers, which have their movement limited by the longitudinal loops or keepers of the arms, move'back and forth on the same and are always in position, when the gate is at rest, to lift the same.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What is claimed is- 1. The combination of a tilting gate, an oscillating bar pivoted-at its lower end to the gate and extending to the top of-the same, a pair of rock-shafts arranged at opposite sides of the gate and provided with arms connected with the oscillating bar, and operating mechanism for oscillating the arms of the rock-shaft, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a tilting gate, an oscillating bar pivoted to the gate and extending to the top of the same, rock-shafts journaled at opposite sides of the gate and provided with converging arms connected with the upper end of the oscillating bar at a point above the gate, and operating mechanism connected with the'arms of the rock-shaft, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a tilting gate, an oscillating bar pivoted to the same, rock-shafts arranged at opposite sides of the gate and provided with arms connected with the oscillating bar, operating-levers, and connections between the operating-levers and the arms of the rock-shaft and adapted to move along the said arms, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a tilting gate, rockshafts located at opposite sides thereof and having arms connected with the same, lat erally-movable levers slidingly connected with the said arms and adapted to move along the same, and operating mechanism connected with the said levers, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a tilting gate, rockshafts located at opposite sides thereof and having arms connected with the same, said arms being provided with longitudinal loops, the laterally-movable levers f ulcru med on the rock-shafts and having eyes receiving the said arms at points between the ends of the loops, and operating mechanism connected with the levers, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a tilting gate, oscillating bars pivoted to the gate at opposite sides thereof, rock-shafts journaled at opposite sides of the gate and having converging arms connected with the oscillating bars, laterally-movable levers fulcrumed on the rock-shafts and slidingly connected with the arms, operating bars, and flexible conncc' tions between the operating-bars and the lat erally-movable levers, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a tilting gate, a rockshaft having an arm connected with the gate, a laterally-movable lever connected with the arm, and operating mechanism connected with the said lever,substantially as described.

8. The combination of a tilting gate, oscillating bars pivoted to the same at opposite sides thereof, a transverse pivot connecting the upper ends of the bars and provided between the same with a stud, rock-shafts located at opposite sides of the gate and provided with arms having eyes receiving the said stud and secured to the same, and operating mechanism connected with the arms, substantially as described.

9. The combination of a tilting gate, uprights provided with arms having shoulders, said levers being provided at their inner ends with loops, a connecting device engaging the loops, rock-shafts having arms connected with the gate, and ropes or cords extending from the inner ends of the operating-levers and slidingly connected with the said arms, substantially as described.

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

JEFFERSON A. PERKY.

WVitnesses:

JOHN INGLIS, JOHN J. VICKERY.