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when closed, whereby considerable strain is said keeper, when the gate is closed, being 26
relieved from the hinges of the gate and sag- I disposed at right angles thereto and its ends
ging is effectually obviated. adapted to swing in a vertical plane, there
It will be seen that the gate- operating being a rectangular notch in the upper sur-
5 mechanism is exceedingly simple and inex- face of the keeper constituting a-seat adapted
pensive in construction, that it will enable a to snugly receive the latch, a coil pivotally 25
gate to be opened and closed at a distance mounted on the lower pin, and spring-loops
from either side of it, and that it will prevent diverging upwardly from the coil and bear-
the gate in closing from swinging past the ing upon the keeper adjacent its ends to
zc. latch-post. hold the notch normally in vertical aline-
What I claim is- ment with the pins. 30
The combination with a swinging gate and In testimony.that I claim the foregoing as
a slidable latch mounted thereon; of a latch- my own I have hereto affixed my signature
post, a latch-supporting pin extending hori- in the presence of two witnesses.
15 zontally from the post, a lower pin extend- JOHN M. MILLICAN
ing horizontally from the post and in vertical
alinement with the latch-supporting pin, a Witnesses:
keeper centrally fulcrumed upon the latch- JOHN D. GILBERT,
supporting pin and tapered toward its ends, I JOHN SLACK.
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Millican, John M. Gate, patent, July 25, 1902; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513440/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.