US1364981A - Gate - Google Patents

Description

H. V. CALKINS.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1920.

1,364,981, I Patented Jan. 11,1921.

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H. V. CALKINS.

GATE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, I920;

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GATE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT V. CALKINs,

a citizen of the United States. residing at Longmont, in the county of Boulder and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby 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 new and useful improvements in gates and has for its primary object the provision of a device of the above stated character which may be easily actuated from points foreign to said gate and which' will open and close itself.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a weighted gate mounted on a transverse axis and has means associated therewith that may be easily actuated for causing the same to either open or close said ate.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a movably mounted weight adapted to cooperate with the weight on the gate for moving and holding said gate in an open position and which may be easily and conveniently actuated to cause it to discontinue its cooperation with the weight of the gate so that said gate may move to a closed position of its own accord.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a gate of the above stated character, which shall be simple, durable and efficient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view as will'become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, andarrangement of parts -as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. 7 i

For a complete understandingof *my invention, reference is to be had to the following description'and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, illustrating a gate constructed in accordance with'my 1nvention, I

Fig. 2 is a top plan view illustrating the same, I

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Application filed April 20, 1920. Serial No. 375,340.

partly in section illustrating the gate in an open position,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the means of moving the gate into open position,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a vertical longitudinal section of a portion of the hinged end of the gate.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the character A indicates a gate way formed by posts 1, 2 and 3 and which gate way is adapted to be closed by a gate 1 mounted on a transverse axis and adapted to assume a substantially vertical position when open so as to only require a comparatively small space when in an open position and also when moving into an open or closed position. The posts 2 and 3 are relatively spaced and connected by a brace 5 and have secured thereto anaxle 6 on which the gate 4: is journaled. The gate 4: consists of a plurality of horizontal panels 7 connected by vertical panels or members 8 at one end and the other end has some of the panels 7 of shorter length than the others and are connected to the longer panels by braces 9 while the longer panels are connected by members 10 and the irregular ends of said panels are disposed beyond the posts 2 and 2 and 3 and the vertical members 13 to prevent the gate from having a lateral movement on the axle during its movement into open and closed position.

A'weight' 15 is positioned between the members 10 ofthe weight receiving portion 11 of the gate and has formed thereon spaced arms 16 which are connected to the gate 4 at its point of connection with the axle 6 and said weight is not sufficiently heavy enough to swing the gate into an open or vertical position as illustrated in Fig. 3. The largest proportion of the weight 15 is disposed in a plane below the axle 6.

A wheel 17 has its hub 18 journaled on the axle 6 within the wheel receiving space 12 of the gate and the periphery of said wheel is also received between the arms 16 of the weight 15 and said wheel has secured thereto an auxiliary weight 19 which is adapted to cooperate with the weight 15 in swinging the gate into an open or vertical position. A spring actuated catch 20 is carried by the wheel 17 adjacent the auxiliary weight 19 and is adapted to engage a keeper 21 secured to the weight 15 for the purpose of locking the auxiliary weight 19 to the weight 15 and when said weights are locked together and the gate is in a closed position, the weight 19 with the weight 15 is sufficient to swing said gate into an open position. An. actuating cable 22 is connected to the spring actuated catch 20 and passes over a pulley 23 mounted on the brace 5 and has connected thereto branch cables or actuating elements 24 that pass over pulleys 25 and extend to points foreign to said gate and upon each side of the gate so that said catch can be actuated at a point distant from the gate. The pulleys 25 are carried by an arm 26 secured to the brace 5 and extends rearwardly of the posts 2 and 3.

In operation, the auxiliary weight 19 when freed from the weight 15 and with the gate in a closed position assumes a substantially perpendicular position at a point below the axle 6 and to cause said gate to move into an open position, one of the cables 2% is pulled rotating the wheel 19 and causing the catch 20 to engage the keeper 21, looking the weights together and the weights then cooperate with each other in swinging the gate into a vertical position as illustrated in Fig. 3 so that the gate way A is opened. When the gate is in a vertical or open position, the weight 15 is positioned slightly laterally of the vertical axis of the wheel. and to permit the gate to move into a closed position, one of" the cables 2% is pulled to disengage the catch and the weight 15 then moves into the direction of a perpendicular position causing the free end of the gate to tilt toward the post 1 and as the free end of the gate is heavier than the pivoted end of" the same and the weight, said gate moves automatically into a closed position.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination, and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is: Y

1. A gate comprising i a gate structure mounted for movement about a transverse axis and normally maintaining a horizontal or closed position, a main weight connected to the gate structure, a movably mounted auxiliary weight associated with the gate structure, means for raising the auxiliary weight and looking it to the main weight to cause the weights to open the gate, and means for releasing the auxiliary weight from the main weight to permit the gate to close.

2. A gate including spaced posts, a gate pivoted to one of said posts and adapted to move about a transverse axis, a main weight connected to the pivoted end of said gate structure, an auxiliary weight mounted for rotation about said axis, means for raising the auxiliary weight and looking it to the main weight to cause the weight to open the gate, and means for releasing theauxiliary weight from the main weight to permit the gate to close.

3. A gate including spaced posts, an axle carried by said posts, a gate structure jour naled on said axle, a weight connected to said gate structure, a wheel journaled on said axle, an auxiliary weight secured to said wheel, means connecting and disconnecting the wheel with the first named weight to permit the auxiliary weight to cooperate with the first named weight in moving and holding the gate in an open or vertical position- 4. A gate including posts, an axle secured to said posts, a gate'journaled on said axle and mounted for movement about a transverse axis, a weight secured to the pivoted end of the gate and of substantially U- shape, a wheel journa-led on said axle and received between the arm portions of said substantially U-shaped weight, an auxiliary weight secured to said wheel, a catch carried by said wheel, a keeper carried by said substantially U-shaped weight, and means connected to said catch for causing the same to engage and disengage the keeper, said catch when in engagement with the keeper adapted to cause the auxiliary weight to cooperate with the substantially U-shaped weight in swinging and holding the gate in a vertical or open position.

5. A gate comprising posts, an axle scoured-to said posts, a gate structure includiug a plurality of panels extending between said posts and said panels being of double formation at one end of said gate struc- 1 .secured tothe wheel, a keeper securedto. the

substantially U-shaped weight, a spring actuated catch carried by the wheel, operating means for said catch, said catch adapted to engage the keeper to cause the weights to cooperate with each other in swinging and holding the gate structure in an open or vertical position. 1

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

HERBERT V. CALKINS.

Witnesses:

WM. F. DAVIDSON, L. A. WHITE.

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