US1036040A - Gate-fastener. - Google Patents

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T. WADLEIGH.

GATE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED PBB.11,1911.

1,036,040. Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

' accomplish UNITED STATES THEODORE. W'ADIZEIGH, "0F KNIERIMfIO'WK.

GA'BE-FASTEN'EBIF Application filed lebruaryt Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patente'd Aug.,20;1912."

11,1911. semlmmeomoan.

To all whom it may concern Be-it known that I, THEODORE of the town of Knierim, countyand State of -Io'.-wa', have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GaterFas-- tenors-,wvhich improvements are described in the following specification and 'aretrated by theaccompanying-drawings.

In connection with wire mon in: some parts of this gates which are-in formed of flexible wires, either barbed smooth or woven,

gether by separate: crosspieces, or stays.

My invention relates in general to fasten-= ers for-gates of this kind, and. into means for attaching tho-free end-of such a gate to tin-adjacent post of-thegatewaya The -objects=of theiinventlionare to render such a fastener'convenient and easy .to-be applied and to be operated by hand,--as \wellas safe and notliablmto-be rubbed-looseby cattle: to render the fastener adjustableiion the purpose of taking up slack andofregulatingthe gate. tension-:5 under longitudinal tension, approximately equal to that of the wire fence with which it may be used; and in general ,to produoea superior fastener for gates of this kind. To these ob ects I incorporate in my improved gate fastener a bent lever, which is fulcrumed onta pivot at the side of the gateway, and a bail, which engages the free end of the gate and is pivotedtorthe short arm of the bent lever.

The best manner in which I have contemplated applying the principles of the invention, is shown in said drawings; yet I wish it understood that the invention is not limited to any specific construction or arrangement of parts, except in so far as limitations of that kind are specified in the subjoined claims.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved gate fastener, mounted on a gate post, and holding the gate shut. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation and section on the section line in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same fastener mounted on the gateway post in a position of complete disengagement from the gate. Fig. 5 is a detail.

One of the side posts of a gateway is denoted 1n The gate through a common wire fence, the drawings by thenumeral 1.

comprises a number of upright, Wooden stays dvaonnion, of Calhoun;

illus-= fences, it is comm country to use." a sense collapsible bemgwhich are connected to particular to placethe gate i; andthc-honizontnlnwires'7, which are: sep'; arately fastened to those stays: Thisgate' .1 post-is sPDOVltlfldavIiQfil tllB. ground owitlrra i Wire'loop '10, intomvhioh itheflfoot ot :the end: stay 3 is set as \inFilgui, aszoften asthe atet is closed-mud out ,ofiwvhinh thatstayl is -li ,ted: byha'nd :ISOfiflhfiS ttheigate'is iopenedi This loop "is pneferaiblyvadjustable in length; be- 1g. ginsorted a variable distance through; then l .23. and: throughn wire=holes in "the so.racket 22, which is yfastened to theback side i the post Lies-shown in Figr-t. Thelgate iastener comprises; the bifiimcated bent levers 2 and theibai-t 11, iwhichiare'pivoted to=the- 7 top of thegate-postman to -eaoh-,-othe r-byvthe bolt 13. This lever, whiohris of thebelh drank type -comprisesi a single long arm, or Randimwvh-ichisidenoted by thesame: nu oral 12, and. a pair of duplioate-shortvarmsi (nwhich are united with each other by -a dross connection-20. and .form' with the long; arm 12: amangle of-oabout ninety degrees no -of.:these= deflected shortarms-1th is;

nited immediately with the long: arm J21; so 0th: I of them-are perforated bynthewpiyotm tiles-18.; which register impairsaand o na int ute bearings for the alining inturnedaendo 9 ofnthe bail-11y The elasticity of-thislbaili, hioh is preferablly formed-oi steeh perinits -gz ts: pivotal ends; 19; to beoreadily" shafted-(by hand from pair to pair of these bearings, as may. be required, and. retains thesame in than bearings into which they are sprung. The blbckt21 is fastened to the side of the post.- 1 to stop thelong arm 12 in its vertical position. and to guard the same from being rubbed and moved by cattle.

In operation theloop 10 is adjusted in length, as often as may be necessary, by being untwisted from thebracket 22, by then being slipped endwise by hand under itsretaining staples 23, which'are temporarily loosened for the occasion, and by then being twisted through the bracket, as shown in Fig. 5. To fasten the gate shut, the operator sets the foot of the gate stay 3 into theloop 10 in the osition shown in Fig. 1; then swings the ball 11 over the top of that stay, and into a horizontal ositlon; and tthen turns the long arm, or andle lg of ,the bell-crank lever to the vertical position shown in Figs. 1 and 3. where it is stopped byblock 21. The top of the stay 3 is drawn forcibly toward thepost 1 by the ball 11, during this movementof the bell-crank lever, and is held by the bail securely 1n the pgsition to which it is so drawn: whilethe ttom of that stay is held in position by theloop 10. Thus the gate is p aced under a degree of ion itudinal tension predetermined by the a justmentof the pivots 19 int-he selected bearings 18 and by the adjustment of the' loop 10. For the purpose of taking up slack and maintaining that tension, these pivots are easily changed from one pair of these hearings to another, when the fastener is not in actual usef To unfasten the gate, the handle of thebent lever 12 is turned by hand in the opposite direction, as shown by broken lines in Fig. 4, and the bail 11, which is thereby relieved of tension, is turned by hand 05 and away from stay The latter is then lifted by hand out ofloop 10. Then the ate collapses, and is readily carried to one si e of the gateway.

I claim as'my invention l. A gate fastener, comprising a bifurcated bell-crank lever having a normally dependent long armand having two connected parallel short arms perforated with engage ment holes alined in pairs unequally dis tant from the fulcrum of that lever, a piv otal bolt by which said bifurcated lever is fulcrumed astride the top of a vertical gate post, a U-shaped elastic bail having inturned alining ends for adjustment as pivots in said airs of alined holes selectively and adapts to be swung over the top of an adjacent gate stay, and a protecting stop block rejecting from said gate post along the si e of said position.

2. A ate fastener, comprising a bifurcated bell-crank lever of less than ninety degrees, having a normally dependent long long arm in its dependent- V arm and havingtwo parallel short arms perforated with engagement holes in alinement in pairs unequally distant from the fulcrum of that lever, a pivoting bolt on which said bifurcated lever is fulcrumed astraddle the top of a gate post, an elastic A bail having inturned alining ends for insertion selectively in said pairs of alined engagement. holes and adapted to engage the top of an adjacent gate stay, and a vertically arranged stop block projecting from said gate post and adapted to engage side by side the said long arm of the lever in its dependent position.

and having two short arms perforated with pivot holes alincd in pairs unequally distant from the fulcrum of said lever, a pivotal bolt on which said lever is fulcrumed astride the top of a vertically arranged gate post, an elastic bail having inturned alining ends to be sprung alternatively into "said pairs of alined pivot holes and adapted to loop the top of an adjacent gate stay, and a loop for the foot of said stay, in combination with a stop block arranged vertically along the side of said gate post in a position to engage side by side the free end and the middle portion of said long arm when the latter is stopped in its normally vertical posit-ion. y

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my signathrc in the presence of two \vitncsscs. THEODORE VVADLElGll.

\Vitnesses:

lViLLAnD EDDY, 'IHos. F. PAYTON.

atmfastencr, comprising a bifur' cated br ll-crank lever having a long arm

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