US836233A - Gate. - Google Patents

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No. 836,233. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

. J. L.- WOO'LARD.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7g 1905.

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vJOSEPH L. WOOLARD, vOF VVILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application led June 7.1905. Serial No. 264,193.

To all whom t mal/y concern:

Be it known that l, J osErrrL. WooLARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Williamston, in the county of Martin and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is a speci- 'lication This invention relates to swinging gates, and has for its object to provide novel controlling means including` hand-operated levers which are capable of manipulation at points remote from opposite sides of the gate, it being a particular object of the invention to shift the levers into oblique positions across the roadway when the gate is open, so as to give convenient access to the levers.

Another object of the invention is to provide for maintaining the gate in its closed and open positions without the employment oil latches.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accomp anying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacriiicing any of the advantages oi' the invention.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a swinging gate equipped with the controlling mechanism of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the gate in its open position. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the positions of the controlling-levers in the open and closed positions of the gate.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each and every figure of the drawings.

While the present invention is applicable to any type of swinging gate, that shown in the accompanying drawings includes a series of longitudinal rails 1, which are connected "by end bars 2 and 3, there being a diagonal brace 4 extending from the bottom of the rear end bar 2 to the top of the front end bar 3. This gate is supported upon a hingepost 5, to which it is connected by suitable hinges 6, so as to swing thereon and be capable of closing against a post 7 at the opposite side of the roadway.

In carrying out the present inventiona stub-post'S isgdriven intojthegroundiatj'one side of the gate in alinement with the hingepost 5 at substantially right angles to the closed position of the gate, and upon the top of this post is a swiveled block 9, pierced by an upright pivot-pin 10', which connects the block to the post and around which the block is adapted to turn. Associated with this swiveled block is a vertically-swinging link 11, having one end provided with a fork 12, embracing the swiveled block 9 and pivotally connected thereto, as at 13, upon a horizontal axis to permit vertical swinging of the link. The free end of this link is weighted, preferably by being enlarged, as shown at 14. Another vertically-swinging link 15 has its forward end pivotally or loosely connected to the gate, as at 16, preferably by means of a staple driven into the inclined brace 4, the other end of the link being forked, as at 17, so as to straddle the link 11, to which it is pivotally connected, as at 18, upon a substantially horizontal axis at a suitable point inwardly from the free extremity of said link.

When the gate employed is'iormed of wire, it will be necessary to employ an additional upright cross-bar for the pivotal connection of the link 15 to the gate.

The links 11 and 15 being overlapped and pivotally connected at a point 4inwardly from the free end of the weighted link, the weight tends to swing the gate closed and maintain the gate in its closed position without the employment of latches or other fastening means.

To permit opening of the gate, a verticallyswinging hand-lever 19 is fulcrumed intermediate of its ends, as at 20, upon a short crossbar 21, secured to the two upper rails of the gate, that end of the lever which is directed toward the hinged end of the gate being connected to the middle of the link 15 by means of a chain 22 or other suitable flexible connection. By depressing the forward free end of the lever 19 the link 15 will be swung upwardly, thereby swinging upwardly and rearwardly the otherlink 11, which in turn pulls upon the link 15, and thus swings the gate open.

The lever 19 is intended for use by pedestrians and is disposed for convenient access 1from each side of the gate, said lever being for use'in breaking upwardly the joint between the links 11 and 15, so as to release the gate and permit of its being completely opened by pulling or ushing upon the gate.

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' brace the post and to serve as a stop for the Iov hand levers, as will hereinafter appear. Upon the top of each post 23 there is a yokeshaped bracket 25, having a stem 26, rotatably set into a socket in the top of the post. In this bracket there is fulcrumed a vertically-swinging lever 27, which is provided at its outer end with a depending handle 28- such, for instance, as a rope-while another rope 29 depends from the inner end of the lever and is secured to the forward free eX- tremity of the weighted link 1l.

With the gate in its closed position, as

shown in Fig. l of the drawings, the free end of either lever 27 is drawn downward, thereby elevating its inner end, which draws upon the rope, chain, or the like 29, thereby swinging the link. 11 upwardly and rearwardly, and consequently swinging the gate open. It is preferred to give the lever 27 a quick pull in order that the weighted link l1 may be thrown past the vertical or dead-center to insure the complete opening of the gate without a second manipulation of the lever and to prevent stopping of the gate before it has been completelyopened. rIhe opening movement of the gate is limited by the posts 23.

As best illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, it will be noted that the inner ends of the lever 27 lie below the top of the arched brace 24 and against the back thereof in the closed position of the gate, and when the gate opens and the link 11 swings rearwardly past the vertical it pulls rearwardly upon the inner ends of the levers and shifts the same upon their pivotal supports 25, so as to bring the outer free ends of the levers over the roadway into conveniently-accessible positions. When the gate is closed, the levers are of course swung back into their original positions, the arched frame 24 serving as a stop to limit the forward-swinging movements of the inner ends ofthe levers, and thereby maintain the latter in rear of their point of connection with the link 1 l to insure a rearward pull upon the link for swinging the same backward. c I l Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is-.

l. The combination with a swinging gate, of a vertically-swinging link pivotally supported independently of the gate, another link loosely connected to the gate and pivotally connected to the iirst-mentioned link, one of the links being weighted, a post, a bracket supported upon the top of the post to rotate upon a vertical aXis, a verticallyswinging lever fulcrumed upon the bracket, a brace connected with the post to limit the movement of the lever, and means connecting the lever with the first-mentioned link.

2. The combination with'a swinging gate, of a vertically-swin 'ing link pivotally supported independenty of the gate, another link loosely connectedv to the gate and pivotally connected to the first-mentioned link, posts at opposite sides of the gate, a brace connecting the posts, levers fulcrumed to swinO vertically upon the posts and mounted to shift laterally upon vertical axes, and connections between the inner ends of the levers and the first-mentioned link, the levers being shifted laterally by the swinging movements of said Erst-mentioned link, and the brace lying in the paths of the forward shifting movements of the levers to limit said movements.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH L. VOOLARI). Witnesses:

J. H. JooHUM, Jr., W. J. DILLoN.

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