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UNITED. STATESPATENT OFFICE.
SAM A. CRAIG, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.
GATE.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N&t 11,1913.
Application filed Noveniber-23, i612. Serial io. 33,169.17 6ll lo.tludin it ay concern:
Be it known that I, SAM A. CEAIG, a citi-
zen of the United States, siding at El
Paso, ii the eouhty of El Paso and State of
5 Teas, have invented certain n6W and useful
Improvements iii Gates, of which the fol-
loWing is a specificatiori, reference being
hat.to ih accoipanying di'aWings.
This ihveitidn relates to new and useful
10 improveiterits in gates and niOr partiou-
laHy to a gate in which the one hinge point
is adapted to be shifted to cause the gate to
sWing in oiP direction or th'e other.
A further object of the invention resides
15 in providing niets foi' shifting the hinge
point of the gate from a cai riage or wagon
oh the road-way without leaving the latter.
Still another object of the invefitioi re-
sides in providing a device whiOh is eiti'niely
20 sixhple ad durable ih construction, inex-
pensive to manufacture and one which will
be very effieieit and useful in operation.
With these and other objects in view, the
invention consists in the novel features of
25 constructioh, 6binbination and arrangement
of parts as will be hereinafte referred to
and more paticularly pointed out in the
specification and dains.
I the accompanying drawings forming a
30 part of this application, Figure 1 is a top
plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a side ele-
vatioh thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged verti-
cal section therethroflgli as seen on line 3-3,
Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a. plan view of the shift-
35 ing plate showing the lower pintle of the
gate in section and showing in dotted lines
the various positions of th gate as the pin-*
tle is moved through the slot in the shifting
plate; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical sec-
40 tion as seen on line 6=-O, Fig. 4.
In describing my invention, I shall re-
fer to the drawings in which similar refier-
ence characters designate corresponding
parts throughout the several views and in
45 which-
1 indicates a hinge post and 2 a latch
post, between which is adapted to be swung
the gate 3. This gate is. provided with the
vertical bar or upright 4, at its hinging
50 end, the upper end of which extends con-
siderably above the upper edge of the gate
and is loosely disposed in a bracket or
keeper 5, carried on said hinge post 1, and
the lower end of said vertical bar or up-
55 right 4, is provided with a depending pin-
tle 6, which is adapted to be movably mount-ed in a. statiohary objet. This stationary
object coniprises a plate 7, mounted oh the
ground at the base of ;th hinge ist, hAV-
lng an arcuate groove 8.theredit tthe bottolii 0
sairfae of which is aiduilateci aild receive
the lower eid of said piitle 6 theiteoi- and
in the iorifial closed position of the gate
this piitle is adapted td be deitially lo-
cated in the slot. 65
The latch post 2 has nio6iited thereon a
double set oilatchti erhibeis the one Eon-
sitinig of a horizontal plat. o bar 9 to
Which is pivoted a. pai of spaced aurt
gitavity lath mneibers 10. The gra ity 70
latch iieihibes 1-ve the upper edges there-
of beveled towaid the, outr.iends of the same,
the space betweeii the iiher eids thereof
foinag a chain I, and the saime are
adated to test in their lOWeniost positions 75
upon the studs or pins 12 .caried on the
plate or bar 9. In the other set of latch
members, a hlate 13 is provided, above the
bar oi plate 9, the same being ptdvided with
a ett al cavity 14. A pair of ojpoitely 8
bent spring latch members 15 are seiued to
the Tipper edge of said plate i, the i iner
free ends of which depend doWiPatdly into
the cavity 14. The outer Winging end of
the gate.3 is provided with a ig o aut- 85
Wardly extending lugs 16 Which ae adapted
to c6operate with the latch itinibers above
referred to and frn the description here
given, and the showing. iade in the draw-
iTgs, it will be seen that the gate will be 90
locked upon the disposition thereof to its
closed position. The action of the latch
inibers as the gate is disposed to its closed
position, appears obvious from the coiistri l-
tion shown. 95
Mounted in the ground in aline inent with
the hinge post 1 and on opposite sides there-
of, ate the uprights 17 which are of consid-
erable height and have fulcrumed thereon,
at the upper ends thereof, the operating 300
levers 18. The one end of each of said levers
which extends but a short distance from the
fulcrum point has connected thereto a wire,
cable or other flexible connection 19 which,
after extending through a guiding member 105
20 on the post 22, between the hinge post
and the. uprights, is connected.to the pintle
6. The opposite end of each of said levers
18 which extend a considerable distance
from the fulcrum point, has connected there- 110
to, a flexible connection 21 which depends
therefrom to a point over the road-way.1,078,-130.
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Craig, Sam A. Gate., patent, November 11, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858562/m1/3/?q=%22Gates.%22: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.