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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MONTAGUE M. McGREGOR AND JAMES HENRY WILLIAMS, OF ROCKWALL,
TEXAS; SAID McGREGOR ASSIGNOR TO SAID WILLIAMS.
RAILWAY-GATE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,402, dated December 6, 1898.
Application filed February 15, 1898. Serial No, 670,342. (No model.)To all 7V7072Tit Z lagc corcer'7v:
Be it known that we, MONTAGUE M. MC-
GREGOR and JAMES HENRY WILLIAMS, resid-
ing at Rockwall, in the county of Rockwall
5 and State of Texas, have invented a new and
useful Railway-Gate, of which the following
is a specification.
Our invention relates to railway-gates in-
tended to prevent cattle from passing along
ro the track at the crossings thereof, and espe-
cially to prevent cattle crossing the track
from turning aside and wandering on the
track instead of the road.
The objects of our invention are to gener-
15 ally simplify and improve the construction of
such gates and to render them sure and easy
in operation.
With these objects in view our invention
consists in the improved means whereby a
20 pair of gates meeting in the center of the
track will be opened by being drawn to oppo-
site sides of the track by the approach of a
train in either direction and will be closed
after the train has passed through without
25 the necessity of employing watchmen to at-
tend to them.
Our invention further consists in the im-
proved construction, combination, and ar-
rangement of parts hereinafter fully de-
30 scribed, and afterward specifically pointed
out in the appended claims.
In order to enable others skilled in the art
to which our invention most nearly apper-
tains to make and use the same, we will now
35 proceed to describe its construction and oper-
ation, having reference to the accompanying
drawings, forming part of this specification,
in which-
Figure 1 is a view, partly in section, illus-
40 trating the gates and their operating mechan-
ism in elevation with the gates closed. Fig.
2 is a similar view with the gates open. Fig.
3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1,
looking toward the right, parts being broken
45 away. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line
4 4 of Fig. 1, looking toward the left. Fig. 5
is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1,
looking downward. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary
detail perspective view with one rail of the
5o track and one of the supplemental gate-oper-
ating bars removed from its pivotal position,the pivot-pin being shown detached. Fig. 7
is a sectional view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 1,
looking toward the left. Fig. 8 is a sectional
view on the line 8 8 of Fig. 3, looking toward 55
the right. Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the
line 9 9 of Fig. 4, looking toward the left.
Fig. 10 is a fragmentary detail plan view, to
be referred to hereinafter.
Like numerals of reference indicate the 6o
same parts wherever they occur throughout
the various figures of the drawings.
Referring to the drawings by numerals, 11
and 12 indicate base-beams upon which our
gates and all their operating mechanisms are 65
supported, said beams being below and at
right angles to the track and extending to a
distance to each side thereof and supporting
four base-beams 13, 14, 15, and 16 below and
parallel with the rails. 70
Erected upon base-beams 11 and 12 are four
uprights, 18 and 19 on beam 11 and 17 and 20
on beam 12, the beams 14 and 15 being sup-
ported upon the beams 11 and 12 just inside
of the uprights, the uprights 17 and 18 stand- 75
ing against the outside of beam 14 and the
uprights 19 and 20 against the outside of
beans 15.
Upon the upper ends of uprights 17 and 18
is supported a beam 21 and upon the upper 8c
ends of beams 19 and 20abeam 22, the beams
21 and 22 lying parallel to beams 13, 14, 15,
and 16 and to the track-rails and forming
stringers to carry cross-ties 23 to support the
rails 24 and 25. 85
Resting upon the outer ends of the cross-
ties 23, outside of the rails 24 and 25, are laid
stringers or beams 26 and 27, to the outsides
of which are secured by suitable bolts 28 and
29 outwardly and upwardly extending bars 90
30 31, which serve to support two frames
composed of upper and lower outwardly and
upwardly inclined bars 32, 33, 34, and 35, be-
tween which the gates 36 and 37 are fitted to
slide, and connecting uprights 38 and 39, at 95
their outer ends carrying centrally-located
spring-bumpers 40 and 41 to receive the im-
pact of the gates when thrown open. To
cause the gates to move easily, friction-roll-
ers 42 are mounted at their tops and bottoms ioo
to engage frame-bars 32, 33, 34, and 35. Piv-
otally secured to the lower rail of the gates
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McGregor, Montague M. & Williams, James Henry. Railway-Gate., patent, December 6, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513824/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.