US800047A - Sliding gate. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED SEPT. 19,1' 1905.

A. APPLING.

SLIDING GATE.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 26.1905.

16, NMR."

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

No. sooo-17.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application led June 26,1905. Serial No. 267,099.

A To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ABRAM APPLING, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Im'- provements in Sliding Gates; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in sliding gates.

The object of this invention is to provide a gate of this character which when opened will be automatically closed upon being released.

A further object is to provide a sliding gate which will be simple, strong, and durable in construction, reliable in operation, and which may be readily opened.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a gate and a portion of the fence, showing' the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through one of the gate-posts, showing the manner of connecting the closing-weight therewith. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the center-post used in connection with double gates. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view through the guiderai Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 and l2 denote parallel upright supporting-posts which are connected at their upper ends by a yoke 3. To the post 1 are connected upper and lower guide-rails LI, in which are formed T-shaped longitudinallydisposed grooves or channels 5, in which 'are arranged grooved guide-rollers 5'.

Slidably mounted in the grooves or channels 5 are supporting-bars 6, said bars being shaped to fit within the T-shaped groove or channel of the guide-bars and to engage the guide-rollers 5 in said channel, whereby said supporting-bars are retained in sliding connection with said guide-bars. The supporting-bars 6 are connected by suitably-inclined brace-bars 7, and to the outer ends of said supporting-bars is connected a gate 8, said gate being of any suitable construction and being adapted to slide between the upright supporting-posts l and 2. The gate 8 is provided with a suitable catch or fastening device 9, which is adapted to engage the keeper arranged on the fence-postr 10, against which the gate closes.

Any suitable means may be employed to automatically close the gate after the same has been opened, said means being, as here shown, preferably in the Jform of a weight 12, which is slidably supported upon a verticallydisposed guide-bar 13, secured to the side gate-post 2. Connected to the weight l2 is a cord or cable 14, which passes upwardly through a guide-pulley 15 and from thence extends toward and is suitably connected with the upper supporting strip or bar 6.v The guide-bar 13 for the closing-weight is preferably T-shaped in cross-section and is adapted to be engaged by a T-shaped channel formed in the inner side of the weight 12, thereby slidably securing said weight upon the guide-bar.

While I have shown and described the gate as being of single form, it is obvious that the same arrangement and construction of the supporting and closing device may be duplicated upon the opposite section of the fence and a second gate be connected therewith to coact with the above-described gate, thereby forming'a double gate. When the double arrangement of gates is employed, a center post 16 is provided, said post extending upwardly above the ground a sufficient distance to be engaged by the lower ends of the gates when the same are brought together. The center post 16 is here shown as having formed in its upper end a recess 17, in which is arranged the cross-bar 18, said recess being adapted to receive the lower engaging ends of the gates, thereby preventing the lateral swinging of said gates. v

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacriiicing any of the principles of this invention.

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

1. In a gate of the character described, the combination with suitably-arranged supporting-posts connected together at their upper ends, of guide-rails secured to said posts, said rails having formed therein T-shaped longitudinally-disposed channels, gate-supporting bars slidably mounted in said channeled guidebars, brace-bars to connect said supportingbars, and a weight mounted to slide on one of the posts to automatically close said gate, substantially as described.

2. 1n a gate of the character described, the combination with suitably-arranged supporting-posts, of guide-rails secured to said posts, said rails having a longitndinally-disposed groove or channel, guide-rollers arranged in said channels, gate-supporting bars adapted to slidably engage said rollers, a gate secured to said bars, and a Weight mounted to slide upon one of the posts and a cord connected to said weight and gate, said weight adapted to be raised when said gate is opened and to automatically close the gate when the latter is released, substantially as described.

3. In a gate oi' the character described, the combination with suitably-arranged supporting-posts, of guide-rails secured to said posts,

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ABRAM APPLING. Witnesses:

ROBERT A. MACK, RUSSELL B. THOMAS.

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