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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
THOMAS A. SEAY, OF COOKVILLE, TEXAS.
RAILROAD CATTLE-GATE.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Feb. 5, 1918.
Application filed August 22, 1917. Serial No. 187,689.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, THOMAs A. SEAM,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Cookville, in the county of Titus and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and
useful Improvements in Railroad Cattle-
Gates; and I do hereby declare the following
to be a full, clear, and exact description of
the invention, such as will enable others
10 skilled in the art to which it appertains to
make and use the same.
This invention relates to railroad gates
or cattle guards.
The object of this invention is the provi-
15 sion of a gate or guard especially adapted
to be positioned on a railroad track on op-
posite sides of the railroad crossing so as
to prevent cattle or persons from crossing
the railroad track from turning either to go
20 up or down the railroad track thereby avoid
injury or death to cattle or persons.
A further object of this invention is to
provide a railroad gate or guard adapted to
be operated by the engine striking a portion
25 of the gate and forcing the same down-
wardly to permit the train to pass over the
gate and immediately upon passage of the
train over the gate, the gate will be moved
back to a vertical position to close the pas-
30 sageway up or down the track to cattle or
the like.
A further object of this invention is to
provide a railroad gate or cattle guard of
this character, which will be simple, prac-
35 tical, and comparatively inexpensive in con-
struction and one that can be manufactured
and sold at a low cost.
With these and other objects in view, the
invention consists in the novel combination
40 and arrangement of parts hereinafter more
fully described and set forth in the claim
hereto appended.
In the drawings
Figure 1 is a top plan view of a railroad
45 gate as made in accordance with this in-
vention,
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view
taken through the same,
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a railroad
50 gate or cattle guard,
Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken
near the gate.
Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken
a distance from the gate.
55 Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view illustrat-
ing the manner in which the slide arms are
arranged under the guide members.Like numerals of reference designate cor-
responding parts in all the figures of the
drawings. 60
Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1
designates the spaced railroad ties of any
suitable construction now in general use, and
having secured upon their upper sides rail-
road rails 2. My improved gate or guard 65
comprises a pair of relatively spaced longi-
tudinally extending bearing blocks 3 which
are secured between the opposing faces of
a pair of railroad ties 1 as illustrated in
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings. 70
A shaft 4 rotatably mounted in the bear-
ing blocks 3 is located below the plane of
the upper sides of the ties 1 and is arranged
centrally between the opposing faces of the
ties carrying the bearing blocks 3. A plu- 75
rality of gates are formed integrally with
or secured to the shaft 4 and extend ver-
tically therefrom. These gates are substan-
tially rectangular as illustrated in Fig. 4.
The gates are designated by the numerals 5 80
and 6. The gates 5 are the end gates and
the gate 6 is the central gate which is lo-
cated between the rails 2 while the end
gates are located on opposite sides and in
close proximity to the adjacent rail 2. The 85
spacing of the gates as illustrated permits
them to be swung downwardly upon rota-
tion of The shaft in either direction. A
pair of platforms 7 and 8 are secured to the
upper side of the ties 1 and are located be- 90
tween the rails 2. The inner ends of the
platforms terminate for a relatively spaced
distance from the shaft 4 as illustrated in
Fig. 1 of the drawings. The shaft 4 is
provided centrally of its ends with a ver- 95
tical standard 9 which is located between
the side rails of the central gate 6 as illus-
trated in Fig. 4. A pair of coil springs 10
have one of their ends secured as at 11 to
the shaft 9 on opposite sides thereof while 100
their free ends are connected as at 12 to
each of the platforms 7 and 8 respectively.
Thus it can be seen that when the gates
are moved downwardly by the rotation of
the shaft in any direction, one spring will 105
be under tension to raise the gate immedi-
ately unon the release of pressure thereon.
It will be apparent that the initial position
of the gates is vertical due to the compres-
sion and even tension of the springs ar- 110
ranged on npposite sides thereof.
A plurality of sliding arms 13 are ar-
ranged in pairs, each pair having one of
their ends offset as at 14 and pivotally con-1,255,801.
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Seay, Thomas A. Railroad Cattle-Gate, patent, February 5, 1918; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1257465/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.