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and means are provided for positively hold-
ing said latch in the desired position, one form
of which will now be described.
Upon the outer face of the bracket or plate
5 9 and near opposite sides thereof are projec-
tions 11, the upper faces of which are hori-
zontally disposed and are flush with the cor-
responding face of the body of the plate. The
latch 8 when free of the keeper is sustained by
ic these projections 11, which hold said latch in
the desired horizontal position.
The latch 8 is light in construction and may
be inexpensively formed. It may be made
very well from a single piece of wire or a bar
15 shaped to the desired form in some suitable
way.
As the gate closes and when it has nearly
reached its closed position the free'-end of the
latch will engage and ride over the inclined
20 face of the initial tooth 7 of the keeper and
thereafter will drop into the concaved space
between said initial tooth and the second one.
This result will be repeated with the succeed-
ing teeth until the gate reaches its fully-closed
25 position if it be desired to fully shut said gate.
If not, the free end of the latch will be per-
mitted to remain in the concaved seat between
two intermediate teeth, so that the gate is
positively held partially open. It will be re-
30 membered that the toothed portion of the
keeper has been described as being upon an
incline which rises from the initial tooth to-
ward the rear one. An advantage follows
this, for when it is desired to open the gate
35 the free end of the latch will be lifted out of
a space between two of the rear teeth into
which it may lie, and when it has been car-
ried above the tops of the preceding teeth the
gate may be swung open, and as such opera-
40 tion takes place the free end of the latch will
not come in contact with such preceding teeth,
the tops of which are in a plane lower than
the tooth which held the latch.
Upon what might be considered the rear end
45 of the keeper and associated with the flanged
portion 6 thereof is an arm 12, illustrated as
being of substantially right-angular or L form,
the horizontal branch of the arm constituting
a guard and extending over the final teeth 7,
50 so that the latch cannot be lifted out of said
final teeth by live stock. Of course the hori-
zontal branch of the arm 12 is of such a height
from said final teeth that a person may freely
lift the free or working end of the latch out
55 of said final teeth.
The detent portions of all the teeth except
the final one are at acute angles with respect
to the longitudinal axis of the keeper, the an-
gle of the-detent face of the first tooth being
6o less than those of the succeeding teeth except
the final one, which is at a right angle to such
axis, by virtue of which the free end of the
latch can squarely engage the teeth whether
the gate be latched fully or partially closed.
65 This construction is particularly intended forswinging gates or doors where the angular
position of the swinging part varies with re-
spect to the keeper.
From the preceding description it will be
obvious that the keeper, which is relatively 70
stationary, has teeth located at progressively-
increasing distances from the body thereof,
the advantages of which construction have
been hereinbefore set forth.
Having thus described the invention, what 75
I claim is-
1. In a device of the class described, a rela-
tively fixed keeper having teeth formed upon
a rising incline with respect to the body
thereof. 8o
2. In a device of the class described, a
keeper, the working portion of which is
toothed, said keeper having a guard extend-
ing over the toothed portion thereof.
3. In a device of the class described, a 85
keeper, the working portion of which is
toothed, said keeper having an angular arm
at its rear, one branch of which extends over
certain of the teeth and constitutes a guard
therefor. 90
4. In a device of the class described, a rela-
tively fixed keeper having teeth formed upon
a rising incline with respect to the body there-
of, and a guard extending over certain of the
teeth. 95
5. In a device of the class described, a rela-
tively fixed keeper having teeth formed upon
a rising incline with respect to the body there-
of, a guard extending over certain of the
teeth combined with a swinging latch of skel- 1o
eton form to engage said teeth.
6. In a device of the class described, a
keeper having teeth formed upon a rising in-
cline with respect to the body thereof and a
guard extending over certain of the teeth, 105
combined with a latch of skeleton form to en-
gage said teeth, and a bracket having a bear-
ing for the latch and projections at opposite
sides of the bearing for holding the latch in
position to engage the toothed portion of the "c,
keeper.
7. In a device of the class described, a rela-
tively fixed keeper consisting of a plate hav-
ing a depending flange along its inner side to
be fastened to a fence-post or the like, and a 115
vertical flange rising from the outer side there-
of, the last - mentioned flange having teeth
formed upon an incline with respect to the
body which is horizontally disposed, and said
toothed flange having at its rear a substan- 120
tially angular arm, the horizontal portion of
which extends over the rear teeth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand in presence of two subscribing wit-
nesses.
JAMES P. OWENS.
Witnesses:
E. V. GREEN,
G. A. HALLAN.a
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Owens, James P. Latch, patent, May 3, 1904; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510033/m1/3/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.