US769888A

US769888A - Gate.

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Publication number: US769888A
Application number: US19137804A
Authority: US
Inventors: William Ira Cox
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-01-30
Filing date: 1904-01-30
Publication date: 1904-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 1921-09-13

Description

PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

W. I. COX.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. 1904.

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W. I. 00X.

GATE.

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GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 769,888, dated September 13, 1904:.

Application filed January 30, 1904. serial No. 191,378. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM IRA Cox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blackstone, in the county of Livingston and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gates for farm or road use, more particularly of the type adapted to be opened by the approaching passerby before the gate is reached and to be closed after the gate is passed.

The invention provides a novel form of operating means for opening and closing the gate, said means being adapted to simultaneously actuate the gate and operate a certain latch mechanism forming a part of the gate structure.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and ac companying drawings.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view showing the embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View showing the gate in open position. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the latch-bar of the gate, showing the engaging bar extended therefrom. Fig. 4 is a detail view, parts broken away, of the gate-post and the laterally-extending beam, showing the arrangement of the pulleys. Fig. 5 is a plan view, parts broken away, showing the various positions assumed by the actuating member in its cooperation with the movable engaging member. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the actuating-bar alone.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The invention, as shown in the drawings, consists of the gate 1, which is of the horizontal swinging class, being hingedly or pivotally supported by a gate-post 2. The gatepost 2 may be disposed upon one side of a crossing, road, or the like, and opposite in relative position is a latch-post 3, the latter being provided with a projection 4, which cooperates with the latch-bar 5 of the gate to lock the gate when closed. The latch-bar 5 is of a special form, being slidably mounted in the vertical bars 6 of the gate, a spring 7 serving to hold the latch-bar 5 in a position permitting same to engage the projection 4 of the latch-post 3. The upper end of the latch-bar 5 is extended beyond the outermost of the vertical gate-bars 6 and is bent clownwardly and rearwardly to form a locking extension 8, which cooperates with the projection 4 in an obvious manner. The rearwardlybent portion of the locking extension 8 of the latch-bar 5 comprises a guide member 9, said member passing through the opening in the outermost vertical gate-bar 6, which disposition creates its guide capacity.

The means for operating the gate consist of operating-cords 10, which extend in opposite directions from either side of the gate, the ends of the operating-cords 10 being provided with handles 11, by which the said cords may be actuated. Supporting-posts 12 receive the ends of the cords 10, being provided with pulleys 13, through which the said cords pass. The supporting-posts are of a sufiicientheight to hold the cords 10 in a position convenient for operation by a person passing by, whether said person is walking or riding in a vehicle. The inner ends of the cords 10 are connected to one end of an actuating-bar M, which is pivotally supported in a bracket 15, projected from the gate-post 2 and secured to the said gate-post in any suitable manner. A laterallyextending supporting-beam 16 is disposed adjacent the post 2, being supported at one end by the said post and at the other end by a post 17, and this beam is provided to support a pulley 18, about which pass the end portions of the operating-cords 10 before reaching their point of connection with the actuatingbar 14. The actuating-bar 14 is pivoted to the bracket or support 15 at a point between its ends, this being very essential to the proper operation of the invention, for reasons which will appear as the description proceeds. A movable member 19 is carried by the gate, said member cooperating with the actuatingbar 14 in the operation of the gate in opening and closing. The movable member 19 comprises an extension of the latch-bar 5 and is movable longitudinally of the gate, being guided in its movement by means of the horizontal gate-bars 20, adjacent which same is disposed. The member 19 is provided at its upper and lower ends with loop portions 21, which receive the horizontal gate-bars to providefor guide movement, as above mentioned. The spring 7, which cooperates with the latchbar 5, likewise serves, because of the formation of the movable member 19, to hold the said member 19 ina position in engagement with the actuating-bar 14. The movable member 19 is provided with a friction-roller 22, which roller bears against or engages with the actuating-bar 14, being adapted to contact with the said bar throughout the length of the latter in the operation of the gate. The member 19 is movable toward and from the line of axis or pivotal point of the actuating-bar under the tension of the spring 7. When the gate is closed, the roller, carried by the movable member 19, engages the free or unconnected end of the actuating-bar 14, and when the gate is open this roller engages the actuating-bar at a point adjacent the end which is connected to the operating-cords 10. Because of the cooperation of the spring 7 with the movable member 19 the gate is required to occupy a position either open or closed, since the said spring exerts a pressure tending to hold the member 19 in engagement with one or the other of the end portions of the actuating-bar 14 upon points upon either side of the point of pivotal connection of the actuating-bar with the bracket 15. The function of the actuating-bar 14 is of acam nature in its cooperation with the movable member 19, as will probably be very clearly understood. The pressure of the spring 7 is sufficient to hold the gate in either its open or closed position; but in order to positively lock the gate closed the latch-bar 5 is utilized and operates in a manner before set forth.

Within the contemplation of my invention the latch-bar 5 may be disposed with as regards the actual means for actuating the gate,though it is preferably used, and advantageously so, in the construction illustrated.

The operation of the gate is simple, it being necessary only to pull one of the handles 11 of an operating-cord 10, which will actuate the actuating-bar 14, and this bar in its cooperation with the movable member 19 will throw the gate open, the latch-bar 5 being operated automatically as the gate is opened. After passing the gate the operator may then seize the handle upon the far side of the gate and a slight pull will throw the gate closed and lock same in such position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed-as new is- 1. In combination, a gate, a movable engaging member carried by said gate, an actuatingbar pivoted at a point-between its ends and engaging the movable member of the gate, and

means for effecting movement of the engaging member longitudinally of the said actuating bar.

2. In combination, a gate, a movable member carried by said gate, an actuating-bar pivoted at a point between its ends, and means for holding the movable member in engagement with the actuating-bar at points upon opposite sides of the 'point of pivotal support of the said actuating-bar.

3. In a gate, the combination of a support, an actuating-bar pivoted to the support, a longitudinally-movable engaging member carried by the gate, means for effecting slidable movement of the engaging member along the actuating-bar toward and from the pivotal support of said bar, and means for normally holding the engaging member in engagement with the actuating-bar.

4. In combination, a support, a gate, an actuating-bar pivoted to the support, a movable engaging member slidable longitudinally of the actuating-bar and carried by said gate, and spring means normally holding the movable engaging member in engagement with the actuating-bar.

5. In a gate, the combination with a pivoted actuating-bar, of an engaging member carried by the gate and movable toward and from the pivotal support of' the actuating-bar, and means for holding the engaging member in engagement with the actuating-bar.

6. In a gate, the combination with an engaging member slidably mounted upon the gate, of a pivoted actuating-bar engaging the said engaging member of the gate, and a frictionroller carried by the engaging member and engaged by the actuating-bar.

7. In a gate, the combination with a slidably-mounted engaging member carried by the gate, an actuating-bar pivoted at a point between its ends and engaging the engaging member of the gate, spring means for holding the engaging member in engagement with the actuating-bar, and actuating means connected to one end of the said actuating-bar for effecting longitudinal movement of the engaging member along the actuating-bar.

8. In a gate, the combination with a movable member carried by the gate, an actuating-bar engaging said movable member, spring means normally holding the movable member in engagement with the actuatingbar upon one side or the other of the point of pivotal connection of the said actuating-bar, and a latch-bar operable by the movable member of the gate.

9. In combination with a support, a gate carried by said support, an actuating-bar pivoted to said support at a point between its ends, a slidable engaging member carried by the gate and movable toward and from the point of pivotal connection of the actuating member, means for holding the slidable engaging member in engagement with the actuating member, and a latch-bar operable by the slidable engaging member.

10. In combination with asupport, a swinging gate mounted upon said support, a slidable engaging member carried by the gate, an actuating-bar pivoted to the support at a point between its ends, a roller carried by the slidable engaging bar and engaging the actuating-bar, spring means for holding the slidable engaging bar in engagement with the actuating-bar at a point upon either side of the point of pivotal connection of the actuating-bar, a latch-bar mounted upon the gate and connected with the slidable engaging bar, and operating-cords connected to-one end of the actuating-bar for operation thereof.

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

WILLIAM IRA COX.

Witnesses B. R. JoHNsoN, CHAs. A. GILL.