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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
FRANK L. HOWARD, OF FUQUA, TEXAS.GATE-LATCH.
Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 13, 1917.
Application filed November 22, 1915. -Serial No. 62,883.To all whom it may concerns:
Be it known that I, FRAN L. HOWARD, a
citizen of the United States, residing at
Fuqua, in the county of Liberty, State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Gate-Latches; and I do
hereby declare the following to be a full,
clear, and exact description of the inven-
tion, such as will enable others skilled in the
10 art to which it appertains to make and use
the same.
This invention relates to latches or clo-
sures for gates, and more particularly per-
tains to that type which automatically re-
15 leases the latching bolt from the keeper
plate or catch, upon the downward pressure
of an operating rod..
. An object of the invention resides in
means for tensioning the latch into engage-
20 ment with the keeper plate or catch upon the
release.of the hand operated rod.
The invention further contemplates the
provision of means, whereby the use of bolts
or rivets connecting the operating parts is
25 obviated, and in providing a gate opening
mechanism which can be actuated by chil-
dren, and further the construction of a de-
vice, which is easy of operation, economical
to manufacture and efficient in operation.
30 The invention consists of the novel fea-
tures, details of construction and combina-
tion of parts, which hereinafter will be more
particularly set forth, illustrated in the ac-
companying drawings, and pointed out in
35 the appended claims.
Referring to the drawing forming a part
of the application:
Figure 1, is a view in side elevation of a
gate and gate post showing the application
40 of my improved.latch thereto.
Fig. 2, is a vertical section of a portion of
the operating rod and .the latch operating
mechanism.
Fig. 3 is a detail view of the latch mem-
45 ber, showing the slots therein.
Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the tele-
scoping tubular member and the tension rod.
Corresponding and like parts are referred
to in the following description, and in all of
5o the views of the drawing by the same ref-
erence characters.
The device comprising my. invention, isadapted for attachment to a gate, designated
at 5, and is composed of a vertical hand op-
erating rod 6, and ahorizontal latch member 55
7., A bracket 8 is attached to the gate 5, by
means of screws or other detachable fasten-
ings, which pass through the offset ears 9 of
the said bracket, and the lower end has a
portion 10 extending at an angle thereto, 60
and which latter is formed with a flat base
portion 11. The said base portion of the
bracket is formed with apertured offset ears
12, through which screws or other detach-
able fastenings are passed;to secure the same 65
in position at this point upon the gate.
.The latch member 7 is pivotally mounted
on the flat base portion 11 of the bracket
upon the bolt or rivet 13, and the longitudi-
nally extending rod 6, is slidably mounted in 70
the perforated arms .14 at the: upper and
lower ends of the vertical leg 16 of the
bracket 8.
The lower end of the rod 6 projects be-
yond the lower arm 14 and is bifurcated at 16, 75
and the furcations formed thereby, provide
a slot 17, which is adapted for the reception
of the inner end of the latch member 7,
which at this point is provided with a square
recess 18. The upper end of the rod 6 is 80
provided with an operating knob 19, by
which the rod is vertically actuated in the
bracket arms, to rock the lower member 7 on
its pivotal connection.
The operating rod 6 above the lower end 85
thereof, is recessed at opposite sides to form
a flat portion 20, which is adapted to receive
the upper end of the tubular member 21,
which is diagonally bifurcated at 22, the
furcations 23 of which are mounted upon the 90
flat surfaces of the portion 20.
Slidably mounted or telescoping within
the hollow tubular member 21, is a tension
rod 24, having its lower end on the upper
part thereof recessed at 25, and also provided 95
with a diagonally extending slot 26 on its
lower face, forming .furcations 27. The
latch member 7, adjacent its outer end and
on the upper edge thereof, is formed with an
angularly disposed groove 28, and in cutting 100
the said latch member to form the said
groove, a nose 29, is produced, which slightly
overhangs a portion of the said groove.
The said outer latch groove 26 is adapted to1,215,376.
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Howard, Frank L. Gate Latch., patent, February 13, 1917; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859661/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.