US793485A - Fence-gate. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905.

FENCE GATE APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1905.

UNITED STATES Patented June 27, 1905i. i

PATENT O EIcE.

ASA L. WESTON, NORTH DOVER, OHIO.

. FENCE-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,485, dated June 27, 1905.

' Application filed Apri13, 1905. Serial at. 253,609.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AsA L. WEs'roN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of North Dover. county of Ou'yahoga, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Grates,- of which I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The objects of the invention are to provide means for rehanging old gates or for hanging new gates so that they can either be swung open or shut upon hinge-pintles or can be made to slide open and shut by longitudinal movement.

A further object is to provide reversible appliances for supporting and guiding the gate whereby they can be adapted for attachment .to any gate and to a gate opening at either end and in either direction. They can also be applied to practically all gates of whatsoever height or length, thus affording a high degree of efiiciency and practicability in the gate.

I accomplish these objects by means of the reversible devices and the details of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the gate, showing the mode of hanging the same by means of an inclined strut and tension-rod and showing the manner of movably attaching the gate thereto for free longitudinal movement. Fig. Qis atransverse enlarged section through friction-roller and hanger attached-to the upper end of the strut. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the friction-roller and hanger attached to the lower end of strut. Fig. 4. is an enlarged view of lower hinge-pintle and corresponding lower corner of the gate. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the upper hinged corner of the gate. Fig. 6 is a transverse section thereof, Fig. 1; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the upper hinge connections and keeper which prevents the upper edge of the gate from falling outward.

In the views, 1 is the gate; 2, the gate-posts.

3 is a diagonal strut which supports the gate and upon which the gate is practically balanced, the upper portion of the strut supporting and balancing the gate when nearly closed and the lower portion of the strut supporting and balancing the gate when drawn half-way out and swung at right angles to the fence, as is the customary position in the use of combined sliding and swinging gates. A tension-rod 4 connects the outer end of this strut with the hinge connections at the upper edge of the gate, thus making the strut perfectly rigid and adding greatly to its strength. The hinge connections for the upper hinge are somewhat peculiar and comprise the reversible tie-plate 5, provided with an opening 6 at each end, in one or the other of which the eye or hook 7 at one end of the tensionrod is inserted. In the center of this plate is shown a larger opening 8, in which the pintlerod P is inserted. To prevent the end of the gate nearest the hinge-post from falling outward, a hook or keeper 9 is secured to one side of the tie-plate and passes over the upper rail 10 of the gate, as seen in Figs. 1, 5, and 6. This hook serves also as a convenient guide to keep the upper edge of the gate in true alinement, and the tension upon the tie-plate prevents the edges of the hook from binding on the upper rail. The mode of connecting the upper edge of the gate slidably with the upper edge of the strut is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2, where 11 is a metal band passing overthe upper rail and 12 is a roller placed between the sides of the band to engage with the lower edge of the rail. This band is secured, by means of bolts, to the upper end of the strut, and a plate 13, secured to the outer face of the strut, extends above it and is pierced for the reception of the end of the tension-rod 5. A nut 14 upon the threaded end of this rod serves for adjustment thereof. The lower hinge is formed by means of a pintle-rod P, which is inserted in the lower face of the strut and through a metal plate 15. The adjacent lower rail of the gate is held closely against the strut by means of a metal band 16, bent around it, between the lower sides of which is inserted the roller 17, upon which the rail rests. The plate through which the pintle P passes is turned downward and secured to the band 16 by means of the extended roller-pin 18. To prevent the gate from lifting off from the pintle, a small plate 19 is secured below for that purpose. Since it is often desirable to lift the front end of the gate to avoid snow or other obstructions, the bolt 20, which secures the upper end of the band 16 t0 the strut, is used as a pivot upon which the gate can be raised. To facilitate this action, the pintle-hole 21 is cut away in the rear at the upper end, as shown in Fig. 4:. It will readily be seen that all these parts are reversible and that the gate can be set to open on either of the posts or from either end. This makes it possible to alter over old gates of the common sort to combined swinging and sliding gates and has the further advantage that the parts being simple and inexpensive any one of ordinary intelligence can put them together.

Having described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a gate and hingepost therefor, of a diagonal strut to the upper end of which the gate is slidably secured, a U-shaped hanger-plate secured to said strut at the lower end and passing over the sides of the lower rail of the gate to a plate underneath said strut secured to said U-shaped plate, a pintle extending through said lower plate into said strut, and secured to said post, the recess for said pintle in the strut being cut away to permit of raising the front end of the gate, and one of the fastening-bolts for the U-shaped plate, forming a pivot on which the gate can be raised vertically, substantially as described.

2. The combination witha gate and hingepost therefor, of a diagonal strut hinged to the gate at its lower end, means for slidably supporting the gate upon the upper end of the strut, consisting of a U-shaped hanger secured to said strut and passing over the upper rail of the gate, a roller pivoted between the sides thereof, on which the upper rail of the gate rests, a tension-rod, and means for adjustably connecting the same with the upper end of the strut, an upper hingc-pintle, a

reversible tie-plate provided with a central opening in which said pintle'is inserted, and with an opening in each end, in one of which the inner end of the tension-rod is secured,

and a hooked band or keeper secured to said tie-plate, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a gate and post, a diagonal strut hinged to the lower end of the post, a hanger secured to the upper end of the strut, a roller therein on which the upper rail of the gate is slidably mounted, a tension-rod adjustably secured to the upper end of the strut, an upper hinge-pintlc, a tie-plate mounted thereon, a hooked extremity of the tensionrod secured to said tie-plate, and a hooked keeper secured to said tie-plate and passing over the upper rail of the gate, whereby the upper edge of the gate is prevented from falling outward, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a gate and post, of supporting means, consisting of a diagonal strut and tension rod, means for slidably mounting the upper and lower rails of the gate on said strut, and means for hinging the lower end of the strut to the said post, and

the inner end of said tension-rod to said post, the means for hinging said rod to the said post comprising a pintle-rod, a reversible tie-plate thereon, the inner end of the rod being secured to one end of the tie-plate, and a keeper secured to the tie-plate and passing over one of the rails of the gate, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 6th day of March, 1905.

ASA L. WESTON. Witnesses:

GEO. S. COLE, WM. M. MONROE.

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