US916873A - Gate. - Google Patents

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G. W. BURST.

GATE. APPLIOATl-ON FILED MAR. 4, 1907.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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GEORGE wfnunsr, OF HAWTHORNE, NEVADA.

GATE.

No. 916,873. Specification Letters Patent. Patented March 80, 1903.

Application. filed March 4, 1907. Serial No. 360,l23-.

T 0 all whom it may concern: screen. The lower end of the inner vertical Be it mown that l, Gnoiisn v 5. HUns'r, a bar 13 of the gate is supported by means of a citizen or the United States, residin 'rla'ivbracket wi ich comprises an attaching porthorne, in the county oil Esmerald State or tion which is secured to the Nevada, have invented certain new and useand which has its upper portion bci'it outiul Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby wardly and thence declare the following to be a li clear, and the outwardly bent portion bein provided eizact description of tire invention, such with socket l8 and the returned portion will enable others skilled in the art to which 7 with an opening 1% through which the 10 it appertains to make and use the same. lower end of the vert cal bar projects,

This invention relates to and rore the extreme lower end oi this her being seatparticularly to that class which a ed in the socket 18 which 01"" less diameter to be opened by hand from a i'istance and than the opening 1%) in the bracket.

the primary object of the invention s t pro- Supported upon the upper end of the 15 vide a gate oi. this class having a shiittahlc gate post 10 a plate 20 from. which proupper hinge which may be moved by the ea 'c jects a t -shaped guide preierably formed of operating mechanism to cause tiie gat inner and outer t -shaped me; here 21 and open in either rcction desired. 22 respectively which are equidistantly in carrying out my invention I employ a spaced and project in the direction ol the 20 V-shaped guide in which the inner vertica latch post 11 The up :er end portion O li the bar oi the is designed to wortt and inner vertical bar projects hetw an i which it is shifted by means of slotted plate ii-shaped members and is movable t which are arranged above the guide and tween inanianner to be presently des through the slots of which the upper ends oi" Swiveled upon the plate 20 are plates and 5 the vertical bar project .l also employ in 2a which are substantia y igular in form connection with the gate an automatic latch and overlap, the plate 23 1, mg above the from engagement with which the gate is deplate 24. These plates are pivoted to the signed to be lifted by means oi a swii-s i plate :20 at corresponding corners and formed yoke member carried y the gate l i in each o'l the plates and extending from a 30 this yoke beii open ted immediate v prspoint acent their point of "votal connecceding the movement of the p ates t shift tion with the plate 20 to their acent corthe vertical bar of the ners are slots 25 and 26 respectively which in the accompanying; drawings, Figure l are at all times in registration with each is a side elevation oi? t e gate showing the other to a greater or less eegree and throi h 35 gate in closed position is a front elevsw iich projects the extreme upper end 0; the

upon itself as at 17,

l i I i t1onthereol,l11g. 3 is top plan view showing vertical post 13 01" the gate it being underthe gate in open position, liig. l is a similar stood that these slotted corners of he plates view showing the gate in closed position, Fig. 23 and 24 project over the guide iiiemhei 5 is a view similar to Fig. i but with a porand 40 tion of the plates broken away to show the Arranged upon opposite sides ol the gate guide member for the vertical bar cl the post 10 and to some little distance theregate, and Fig. 6 is a detail View in elevation from are uprights 27 and 28 upon which are of the keeper post for the gate showing the pivotally mounted levers 29 and 30 respecnormal position or the keepers. tively. These levers are pivoted suhstan- 45 Referring more specifically to the drawings tially at their middle and normally extend the numeral 10 denotes the hinge post of the obliquely upward and secured at one of its gate, and 11 the latch post therefor. ends to the upper end 01. the lever 29 is a ca- The gate proper comprises upper and lower ble 81 which cable is attached at its opposite horizontal bars 12, an inner vertical bar 13, end to the remaining corner oi the triangular 50 which extends considerably above the upper plate 23 and to this corner is also connected horizontal bar and slightly below the lower one end of a cable 32 which is secured at its horizontal bar and an outer vertical bar 14 opposite end on lever 30 at a point below the beyond which the outer ends or the upper point of pivotal connection of the lever with and lower horizontal bars 12 project as at 15. the post. 5 The filling of the gate may be of any desired A cable 33 is connected at one of its ends materlal and construction ior example a wire to the upper end of the lever 30 and extends 15 yoke from its normal 25 direction due to its 40 of keepers 44 each oi which comprises a to and is connected with the corner of the plate and the lever 29 below the pivotal point of the same is a cable 34.

Secured at their corres ondin ends to the gate post are cables 35 and 36 which are connected at their outer ends to the levers 29 and 30 respectively and these cables pass under the side portions 37 of a yoke member 10 38, the ends of the said portions being pivotally connected with opposite sides of the gate post 10'. The inner vertical bar 13 of the gate confined within this yoke and is adapted to be moved by the raising of the position which is in a substantially horizontal plane, to a vertical plane. The cables 35 and 36 are so stretched that movement of the levers will cause them to act upon the yoke member to raise the front of the gate and one of the plates 23 or 24 will positively move to move the upper end of the vertical gate bar into one side or the other of the guide and consequently insure automatic swinging of the gate in that wn weight and the change of location of the upper pivotal point 01? the gate.

The cables hereinbeiore described are preferably passed around pulleys 39 carried by posts 4-0 which are arranged intermediate the post 30 and the posts 27 and 28. As clearly shown in the drawings the normal position of i the gate is such that the vertical end bar 13 is inclined and in order to ill the space between this bar and the gate ost 101 irovide upon the post a flange 41, which made of wood or metal and may be secured in any suitable manner to the post.

The latch for the gate comprises two pairs strip of metal bent back upon itself as at -15 and pivoted as at 16 upon the latch post. The members of each pair are pivoted one above the other and the corresponding members of may be the two pairs oppose each other and in order that the two pairs may be moved in unison the members of each pair are connected by means of a bar 47.

From the foregoing it will be seen that as the gate is swung to closed position, the pro jecting ends of the upper and lower gate i g i! l l l l I l corresponding bars 11 and 12 move over the upper edges of corner of the plate 24 and connecting this the keepers and rest between the opposing ends of the corresponding ones of the pairs of keepers, it being furthermore understood that owing to the initial tilting of the gate before being swung, the projecting ends of the said bars are raised out of such engagement between the keepers. Furthermore the bars 47 may be grasped and the keepers moved to permit of opening of the gate by a person traveling on foot.

TVhat is claimed is r I 1. A device of the class described. comprising a gate post, a bracket carried by the post, a Vshaped guide supported by the post at its u per end, a gate having a vertical bar extending above its top horizontal bar, the lower end of said vertical bar being seated in the bracket and the upper end being en gaged with the guide, a yoke pivoted upon the post and inclosing the vertical bar, means for swinging the yoke from a horizontal to a vertical position to tilt the gate through the medium of the vertical bar, and means arranged above the guide for directing the bar after being tilted, into one or the other portion of the ti-shaped guide.

2. A device 01" the class described comprising a gate post, a bracket carried by the post, a V-shaped guide supported by the post at its upper end, a gate aving a vertical bar extending above its top horizontal bar, the lower end of said vertical bar being seated in the bracket and the upper end being engaged with the guide, a yoke pivoted u on the 0st and inclosin the vertical bar I p 23 7 GEORGE W. HURST.

Witnesses J. J. CI-IRIs'rIANsEN, Gnonen WooDnUFF.

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