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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICES
THOMAS JEFFERSON EUBANKS, OF ROGERS, TEXAS.
GATE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,858, dated October 1, 1889.
Application filed December 6, 1888. Serial No. 292,780; (No model)To all whomb it may c0oncer7:
Be it known that I, THOMAS JEFFERSON
EUBANKS, a citizen of the United States, re-
siding at Rogers, in the county of Bell and
State of Texas, have invented new and use-
ful Improvements in Gates, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
gates; and it consists in a certain novel con-
zo struction and combination of devices, fully de-
scribed hereinafter in connection with the ac-
companying drawings,and specifically pointed
out in the appended claim.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
15 view of a gate embodying my improvements.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the central post.
Referring by letter to the drawings, the
gate A, having the horizontal bars a a, is se-
cured at its center to the central post B,
2o which is mounted at its upper and lower
ends, respectively, in suitable sockets b and
b'. The upper socket is formed in a cross-
beam C, which is supported on the side posts
D D, and the lower socket is set in the ground
25 midway between the said side posts.
The horizontal bars composing the gate are
secured at their central points in notches E
E in the side of the central post, and a verti-
cal strip E' is secured to the post over the
30 said notches to hold the bars a a therein.
One of the horizontal bars of the gate is di-
vided at its center to form the latch-bars F
F, the adjacent ends of which are pivoted to
the central post, and the said latch-bars are
35 extended beyond the ends of the gate. Catch-
bars G G are secured to the inner sides of
the posts, and are provided with beveled ends
and central notches g g, in which the ends of
the latch-bars are adapted to engage to hold
40 the gate in its closed position. Small gravity-
latches 11H H are pivoted at their outer ends
to the side posts and bear at their lower ends
on the catch-bars.
When the gate is rotated on its central post
45 and the outer ends of its latch-bars come in
contact with the outer beveled ends of the
catch-bars, the former are raised. The free
ends of the gravity-latches are then raised,
the outer ends of the latch-bars drop into the
50 notches g, and the free ends of the gravity-
latches resume their former positions, where-
by, when it is desired to open the gate, theends of the latch-bars must be raised entirely
above the gravity-latches. The operating-
bar K, which is secured to the upper end of 55
the central post, is composed of the side bars
k k, secured together at their ends and sepa-
rated at their centers. The said side bars are
fitted, respectively, in notches kc' ck', formed
in opposite sides of the central post, and it 6o
will be evident that the elasticity of the side
bars will hold them in position in the notches
without supplemental securing devices.
The operating cords or chains L L pass over
pulleys M M at the extremities of the operat- 65
ing-bar and over a pulley M' near the center
of the bar, and are connected at their inner
ends to the center of a loop N of cord or
chain, the ends of which are attached to the
latch-bars a short distance from their adja- 70
cent ends. It will be evident that when the
free outer end of one of the operating cords
or chains is drawn the latch-bars are disen-
gaged from their respective catches, and the
gate is free to swing. 75
When a horseman or driver approaches the
gate, he grasps the cord or chain, and then as
the gate swings open he drives through be-
tween the center post and one of the side
posts, still holding the operating cord or 8o
'chain. Thus the gate opens as he drives
through, and then closes behind him as he
passes beyond the same.
O O represent wings or blades, which are
secured on the ends of the operating-beam in 85
such position as to be caughtby the wind. If
through accident or neglect the gate is left
open, the wind, acting on these wings or blades,
will cause it to swing, and when the ends of
the latch-bars come in contact with the catches 90
they will be automatically engaged thereby.
I am aware of the patent to M. L. Cope, No.
281,026, and do not desire to claim the con-
struction shown therein.
I am aware that swinging gates of this char- 95
acter operated by cords and similar devices
are old, and therefore I do not desire to claim
the same. By the peculiar arrangement of
the parts described herein I attain simplicity
and cheapness of construction and effective- 0oo
ness in operation.
Having thus described the invention, I
claim--
The combination of the revoluble centrally-
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