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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
FRITZ BONE, OF CHAPEL HILL, TEXAS.
GATE.Specification of Letters Patent..
Patented July 28, 1908.
Application filed January 21, 1908. Serial No. 411,990.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, FRITZ BOHNE, a citizen
of the United States of America, residing at
Chapel Hill, in the county of Washington and
5 State of Texas, have invented new and useful
Improvements in Gates, of which the follow-
ing is a specification.
This invention relates to gates of the slid-
ing type, and one of the principal objects of
10 the same is to improve the track rail and the
means for sliding the gate.
Another object of the invention is to pro-
vide a sliding gate in which the means for
guiding the track rail are simplified and im-
15 proved.
These and other objects may be attained
by means of the construction- illustrated in
the accompanying drawing, in which,-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sliding
20 gate made in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is a detail and partial section of the
guide rollers and sliding track at the outer
end of the gate. Fig. 3 is a similar view of
the guide roller and track at the central post.
25 Referring to the drawing for a more spe-
cific description of my invention, the numeral
1 designates the latch post; 2 the central
supporting post and 3 the guide post.
The gate proper comprises a central up-
30 right 4, an end bar 5, an anchor plate 6, a
bottom rail 7 and a series of wires 8 extending
from the upright 4 to the bar 5. Brace rods
9 extend from the upper end of the bar 5 to
the upper end of the upright 4 and from
35 thence to the anchor plate 6, and a similar
brace rod 10 extends from the lower side of
the anchor plate 6 to the bottom of the up-
right 4. The track rail 11 is secured to the
bar 5 at one end and to the upright near the
40 center thereof, and the outer end of said
track extends between guide rollers 12 se-
cured to the post 3 by means of a suitable
keeper 13. The rollers 12 are provided each
with a peripheral V-shaped groove, and the
45 sliding rail 11 has its opposite edges beveled
upon both sides to fit between said rollers,
as shown more particularly in Fig. 2. The
supporting roller 14 is journaled in the post 2
and in a keeper 15 secured to said post, said
5o keeper spanning the entire gate.Secured to the inner side of the post 1 is an
angular bracket 16 which supports the lower
outer corner of the gate when closed, and an
angular keeper 17 secured to the post 1 holds
the gate from lateral movement. 55
The gate-operating mechanism comprises
a lever consisting of two bars 19, 20 secured
together by rivets 21, the bar 19 having an
offset portion -22, and both of said bars being
pivoted upon a rod 23 extending through 60
stub posts 24 and through the bars 19, 20.
The outer ends of the bars 19, 20 are up-
wardly curved, as at 25, and a U-shaped
keeper 26 is connected to the upper ends of
said bars by means of a pivotal pin 27, said 65
pin extending through a bar 28 which is piv-
oted at its outer end at 29 to the bar 5. A
link 30 is pivoted at 31 to the bars 19 and 20,
and a rope or flexible connection 32 is at-
tached to the link 30 and extends through an 70
eye 33 on the post 2, and from thence said
flexible connection extends to a ring 34 con-
nected to links 35 pivotally attached to the
inner ends of the operating levers 36, said
operating levers being pivoted to posts, one 75
of which, 37, is shown in the drawing.
The operation of my invention may be
briefly described as follows: When either of
the.operating levers 36 is pulled downward
at its outer end the flexible connection 32 is 80
drawn upward to lift the lever composed of
the bars 19 and 20 upward, thus pulling upon
the bar 28 and sliding the gate upon the roll-
ers 12 and 14 and swinging the lever to the
opposite side of the post 2. 85
My invention is of .simple construction,
operates smoothly and easily and is strong
and durable.
Having thus described the invention, what
is claimed as new, is:- 90
The herein described gate comprising a
track rail formed as an extension of the top
rail of the gate, an upright extending beyond
the top of the rail, an anchor plate at one end
of said track rail, brace rods extending from 95
one end of said gate to said upright and from
thence to said anchor plate, a supporting
post, a roller journaled in a keeper on said
supporting post for said track rail, a guide
post, a keeper on said guide post, guide roll- 100No. 894,581.
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