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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
GEORGE W. SAUNDERS, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
GATE-HINGE.1,182,800.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented May 9,1916.
Application filed February 25, 1914. Serial No. 820,985.
To all'whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SAUNDERS,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and
5 State of Texas, have invented new and use-
ful Improvements in Gate-Hinges, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to gates, and one
object of the invention is to produce a sim-
10 ple and efficient hinged mechanism for a
gate adapted to be advantageously used in
stock yards or in any other place where a
gate is needed that will open by swinging in
either of two directions. The said hinged
15 mechanism also including means whereby
the gate panel may be released at one edge
in order that it may swing on the hinge at
its opposite edge.
A further object of the invention is to so
20 simplify and improve the construction of
parts that the means used for supporting
the gate shall constitute combined hinges
and latch members.
A further object of the invention is to so
25 construct and arrange the combined hinges
and latch members as to prevent the gate
from being rubbed or pushed open by an
animal.
In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a side ele-
30 vation of a gate constructed in accordance
with the invention, showing the same mount-
ed for operation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view
of a gate with dotted lines showing it swung
partly open in various directions. Fig. 3 is
35 a perspective view of. one of the brackets of
the gate structure. Fig. 4 is a vertical sec-
tional view taken on the line 4-4 in Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged view taken on the line
5-5 in Fig. 1 through one of the combined
40 hinge and latch members. Fig. 6 is a hori-
zontal sectional view taken on the line 6-6
in Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a perspective view show-
ing the parts constituting the combined
hinge and latch member detached and sepa-
45 rated.
Corresponding parts in the several figures
are denoted by like characters of reference.
The door or gate G may be of any desired
construction; in the drawings a panel has
50 been shown including uprights or stiles 15
and horizontal boards or planks 16 connect-
ing and spacing the same.
Each set of fittings comprises a barrel or
housing 20 having flanges 21 adapted. to re-
ceive between them the upright 15 at either
end of the gate panel. The barrel or hous-ing contains a spring actuated pin or bolt
22, one end of which is normally projected
outwardly beyond the housing, said project-
ed end being beveled, as shown at 23. The 60
opposite end of the pin or bolt also extends
beyond the housing and is provided with a
transverse aperture 24. Two barrels or
housings 20 are mounted on the end face of
each upright 15 of the gate panel near the 65
upper and lower ends thereof, the spring
projected beveled ends of the upper and
lower barrels facing, respectively, upwardly
and downwardly, said spring projected bev-
eled ends being engaged with supporting 70
brackets 25 which are mounted on the face
of the posts 17 opposed to the end faces of
the uprights 15. The supporting brackets
consist of plates or blocks having sockets 26
for the reception of the beveled ends of the 75
bolts 22. The supporting brackets are,
moreover, externally beveled, as seen at 27,
to facilitate the engagement therewith of
the beveled ends of the pins or bolts.
Firmly secured on each upright 15 of the 80
gate panel is a bearing plate 28 having a
trunnion 29 on which a lever 30 is ful-
crumed, said lever being provided at oppo-
site sides of its fulcrum and equidistantly
therefrom with lugs or studs 31 on which 85
connecting rods R are pivoted, each of said
connecting rods being provided at its outer
end with a hook 32 engaging the aperture
24 of one of the pins or bolts 22. The bear-
ing plates 28 are preferably inset in the end 90
faces of the uprights 15 so as to lie flush
therewith, as best seen in Fig. 1. The levers
30 and related parts will thus be positioned
between the opposed faces of the stiles or
uprights 15 of the gate panel and the posts 95
17. Each connecting rod R preferably in-
cludes in its construction two right and left
threaded members 33,34 which are connected
together by a turn buckle 25 so that proper
adjustment of the length thereof may be 100
made, thereby enabling the parts when as-
sembled to be so adjusted that the pins or
bolts 22 shall be just sufficiently projected
by their respective actuating springs, which
latter are seen at 36. Each of the operating 105
levers 30 has a downwardly extending end
constituting a handle 37 which may be
weighted so that it will be maintained by
gravity in an approximately vertical posi-
tion adjacent to the end edge of the upright 110
on which it is mounted, thus preventing
such lever from being operated accidentally
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