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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HIRAM TERRY, OF BONHAM, TEXAS.
GATE.
SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,438, dated November 1, 1887.
ADplication filed May 31, 1847. Serial No. 239,871. (NTo model.)To all wzuomn it m7ay coices0:
Be it known that I, HIRAr TERr , a citizen
of the United States, residing at Bonham, in
the county of Fannin and State of Texas, have
5 invented certain new and useful Improvements
in Gates; and I do declare the following to
be a full, clear, and exact description of the in-
vention,such aswill enable others skilled in the
art to which it appertains to make and usethe
1o same, reference being had to the accompany-
ing drawings, and to the letters and figures of
reference marked thereon, which form a part
of this specification.
This invention relates to gates which are op-
15 crated from either approach, and is chiefly de-
signed as an improvement on that patented to
me November 24, 1SS5, No. 331,168, and has
for its object to simplify and improve the con-
struction of this class of devices-to devise a
20 construction, in short, which will be simple
and compact in arrangement, economical in
cost, easy to manage, efficient in operation,
and not liable to get out of repair.
The operating-cords in myformerpatent were
25 attached to the ends of the levers, which in turn
were connected with the gate through inter-
mediate devices,and separate cords were inter-
posed between the main cords and the latches.
This construction was necessarily complicated
30 and involved quite a number of parts which
were liable to get out of repair. The present
construction dispenses with the separate cords
and the devices interposed between the main
operating-cords and the gate, and connects the
35 cords directly to the latch mechanism which
is carried by the gate, as will more fully here-
inafter appear.
The improvement consists in the peculiar
construction and combination of parts and the
40 novel features presently to be described and
claimed, and shown in the drawings, in which-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate em-
bodying my invention; and Fig. 2, a vertical
central cross-section of the gate on the line X X
45 of Fig. 1, showing the operation of the latch'
and the upward movement of the gate by
dotted lines.
The frame composed of the posts A, arranged
on each side of the roadway,and the cross-bar
50 a, uniting the upper ends of the posts, forms a
support for the gate-operating devices, which
consist of the two straqds D and D', extendingin opposite directions, and passing over a pul-
ley,a', depending from the cross-bare, and over
the pulleys e and e', secured to the overhang- 55
ing arms E and E', projected from the posts
F and F', set at the sides of the road-bed and
at a distance from the frame. The outer ends
of the strands are weighted and extend within
convenient reach of a person mounted on horse- 6o
back or seated in a vehicle.
The gate B, of desired pattern, is extended
across the roadway between the posts A, and
is carried by the levers C,to the forward ends
of which it is secured. The levers are pivoted 65
about midway of their ends to the standards
G, and have their outer ends weighted nearly
to counterbalance the gate and facilitate the
operation of the same. The front ends of the
levers may be bifurcated, as shown by dotted 70
lines in Fig. 2, and connected with the gate
near the top and bottom; or the levers may be
straight and have their front ends connected
with the gate near its lower edge and haveex-
tra braces c interposed between the levers and 75
the upper ends of the gate.
The cross-bar H, which may be one of the
slats of the gate, is adapted to have a vertical
movement within certain limits, and is secured
at its middle to the vertical slide I, and 80
strengthened by the braces h on each side of
the slide connecting it with thecross-bar. The
latch-levers J, pivoted to the levers C, have
their front ends engaged by the cross bar,
(which is provided with openings near its ends 85
for the reduced ends j' of the latch-levers to
pass through,) and have their rear ends hook-
shaped or notched on their upper edge to en-
gage with the stops j',projected laterally from
thestandards G. Theinnerendsof thestrands 90o
are attached to the upper end of the slide.
Normally the gate is down and extended
across the roadway, as shown in Fig. 1, and
is secured in this position against accidental
displacement, by stock or otherwise, by the 95
engagement of the lower ends of the latch-
levers with the stops on the standards. A
vertical movement of the slide elevates the
cross-bar and the front ends of the latch-levers
and disengages them from the stops, so that goo
the gate is free to be thrown out of the way.
The slide is provided on each side of the gate
with hand-holds L, to be grasped by pedes-
trians when operating the gate. A pull upon
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Terry, Hiram. Gate., patent, November 1, 1887; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171659/m1/2/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.