US788936A - Gate. - Google Patents

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No. 788,936. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. A. D. NASH.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,936, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed October 13, 1904. Serial No. 228,262.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED D. NASH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Whitehall, in the county of Greene and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gates; and one object of my invention is the provision of a gate which can be constructed at a very small cost and which can be opened and closed from either side by a person on foot or riding, and which when closed will be retained firmly in said position to prevent its being opened by stock, and which will be useful and practical in every particular.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a gate of wood and wire construction forming a gate which will be light in weight and not sag or strain the hinges, but will be very simple, strong, and durable.

With these objects in view my invention consists of a gate embodying novel features of construction and combination, substantially as disclosed herein.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gate with the parts in the position they assume when the gate is closed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the gate with the parts in the position they assume when the gate is partly open. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the hinged lever. Fig. iris an enlarged detail View of the gate-adjusting devices.

In the drawings the letter A designates the vertical hinge-post, near the upper extended end of which, on one side, is secured an arm or bracket B, in which is mounted the pulley C, said pulley being swiveled, and on opposite sides of the hinge-post are placed the pulleyposts or road-posts D and E. To the hingepost, on its inner face, are secured the upper and lower eyes F, there being one lower and two upper of said eyes, and passing through said eyes is the vertical pintle G, formed at its upper end with a head and near its lower end carrying an adjustable collar H, the purpose of which is to lower or raise the gatehinging eyes J when it is desired to clear snow, mud, or the like. To the gate-hinging screweyes is connected the gate K, which, as usual,

when closed engages the gate-post L. The gate consists of the wood end and horizontal strips and brace-strips and the series of vertical staple-shaped wires K, secured by the fastenings K which make a gate of light weight, but very strong construction.

In the ground at one side near the hinged portion of the gate is placed the post M, to which, by means of the plates N, is pivotally connected the lower portion 0 of the operating-lever, said lever consisting of the lower portion 0 and the upper hinged portion 0, which is connected at its extreme upper end, as at P, to the gate. From this construction it will be seen that the lever is composed of 'two hinged members, and the lower member is heavy to act as a counterbalance, and to the lower member is secured the combined weight and lock Q, the lock consisting of the bifurcated end Q, which engages the upper section of the lever and secures the gate in closed position. To said lock is connected the lower end of the link R, to the upper hooked end of which are connected the lower ends of the operating or opening and closing ropes or cord S, said ropes passing from the links and over the swiveled guide-pulley carried by the arm of the hinge-post and from thence to the pulleys on the road-posts, their terminals each carrying a handle T.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the operation of my gate will be readily understood, and it is evident that drawing upon either of the operating-cords will act upon the hinged lever to open or close it in the action of opening and closing the gate, and it is also clear that when the gate is closed the weighted lock of the lever serves to secure the gate in closed position, and I dispense with a latch on the gate, as it is impossible to accidentally open the gate.

As illustrated in Fig. 3, the peculiar and novel construction of my two-part lever will be clearly understood, and it will be noted that the hinge of said lever is on the under side and extends the entire length of the two sections and also that the inner end of one section is formed with the eye for connection with the gate; also, that the locking-plate is secured upon the upper side and carries the eye to which is connected the short arm or link to which the cords are connected, and the entire construction of this hinged lever and lock is new and novel.

It will be noted that my gate consists simply of the end bars or stiles and the three parallel connecting-rails in connection with the inclined brace-bar and the wire loops, which make a very strong and durable gate, but one which is very light in weight and will not sag and which can be very easily opened and closed. It will also be observed that I employ a single continuous cord for opening and closing the gate and that it crosses the pulley on the hinge-post and forms the loop portion, the lower end of which passes through the upper eye on the short link, the lower eye of said link engaging an eye on thelock of the lever, and this construction of short link combined with the operating-cord and the locking-lever is novel and important.

I claim 1. The improvement in gates herein shown and described, consisting of the pair of roadposts having each an arm at its upper end, the brackets depending from said arm and each carrying a guidepulley, the operating-cords having their free ends passing over said pulleys and carrying each a handle, the central portion of the cords crossing and forming the single inward-extending loop, the hinge-post, the swiveled bracket, the pulley mounted in said bracket and over which the operatingcords pass in forming the loop, the short rod or link having a guiding-eye at its upper end to which the operating-cords are attached, the eye on the lower end of said rod or link, the lock having the eye to receive the lower eye of the rod or link, the two-part lever, the

hinge carried by said two-part lever on its under side extending the entire length of the two sections of the lever and formed at its inner end with an eye, and the gate having the eye connected to said eye of the hinge.

2. The improvement in gates herein shown and described, consisting of the hinge-post and latch-post, the gate hinged to the hingepost, the eye on one side of the gate secured in the wood frame of the gate, the two-part lever, the hinge on the under side of the lever extending the entire length of the lever and formed with an eye to engage the eye on the gate, the lock on the upper side of the two-part lever, the short link connected tov the lock and having an eye in its upper end and the operating-cord attached to the eye in the upper portion of the link for opening and closing the gate.

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

ALFRED D. NASH.

Witnesses:

GEORGIA J OHNSTON, ROBERT SHAW.

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