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A. TAYLOR Farm Gate.

No. 79.025. Patented June, .1868.

ABNER TAYLOR, OF NEW HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 79,025, dated June 16, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM-GATE.

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Be it known that I, ABNER TAYLOR, of New Hartford, county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Farm-Gate; al1-dI Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to'thelettersof reference marked thereon.

'lhis invention relates tovcerta-in improvement in farm-gates, and consist principally in weighting and hanging the gate-in such manner that when unlatched it instantly assumes a vertical position, passing inbetween the gatefposts,` and leaving the roadway entirely olea-r. The construction and operationwill be fully'described hereinafter.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation ot" the gate closed.

Figure?, a. side elevation-of the gate open; and

Figure 3 a top view of the gate closed. i

In the drawings, A represents the gate, which is made'in any ordinary manner sliitable; and swung between the gate-posts B B. VIts rear and lower end is secured .between the two parts ot' the double post B by means of the bolt b; upon which latter the gate turns iu opening and closing, To tbe unnenenf and to theinsido of `onepart of the post B, is secured a long rail, C, by means of a loose b olt,'c, upon which the rail turns to assume a vertical position.V The short arm ot' the rail C is heavily weighted, as shown.

c represents a lug, attached tothe under side of rail C, near its .forward end, to which is fastened, by a loose bolt, the upper end of bar d. The lower 'end of this bar is also loosely. attached to the forward and lower corner of' the gate A, i

e represents a rod, attached lat one end to the lower bai` ot' Vthe gate, which passes up and over the rail'C, forming a loop, its upper end being attached to the upper har of the gate, as shown. i

' b" represents a spring-catch, which shuts over a: slot in post B', in which slot rests the rail C when. the gate isciosed. l

The operation of' my invention-is as follows:

The gate, when closed, is retained securely iii-place by means of Athe springcateh b', which shuts over the end of rail C. When it is desired to open the gate, it is only necessary to draw back 'the catch, and the rail C isti-eed, the heavily weighted arm of which causes it iminediately to rise, and with it, of course, the gate A. When the gate is open, it will be `readily observed thatit is hung entirely by the bottom rail, tho rear end being pivoted between the double post B, and the forward end to the rail C, by means of the bar d. It willalso be observed that the rail C is hung by means of a projection, in rear of the line of' post B, by which arrangement the lower and upper points upon which the frate is hung are in line when the gate is open. By this arrangement, and by the relative position of the gate A- to the rail C, the gate is forced to pass by the rail C in opening, and the roadway is thus left entirely clear. Y

When open, the gate is securely held .by means ot` bar d, the lower' end of which is Athrown by the force of the opening a little beyond the vertical line. In this position no force can shut the gate. The bar d inust irst be pulled forward before the gate can close. rJ'he rod e serves to steady andsupport the 4forward'end ofv the gate, the rear end being held between the parts of post B.

' Having thus fully described my invention,'what I claim as new,- and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The gate A, posts B B', rail C, har 0l, and rod e, the whole being constructed and arranged as and forA the purpose described.

ABNER TAYLOR.

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