An Improved Gate Fastener.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1894.
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 19th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Gate Fastener.
CHARLES WHITEMAN Church Lawford Rugby Machinist do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A double hinge loop as shown on Fig. 1 of drawing which is hung on the
balancing bar E and fastens to striking post F with plate C as shown on Fig. 2 of
drawing and screwed eye D 2 x inch screwed into gate post. The top hinge A
rests on the upper part of the post F and so throws the bottom hinge B out of its
groove b¹ into its position 2 as shown on Fig. 2. The gate on being closed strikes
the bottom hinge B so thrown out of its groove b' and whether done quickly or
slowly the concussion causes the hinge B to return to its groove band throws
forward the hinge A over the gate head into its position as shewn on Fig. 3 and
is a self fastening to gate without any delay to any one passing through also being
in such a good position it is as easily opened by hunting crop as by hand it also
allows the gate to drop quite 6 inches but would still fasten it securely whereas
with the common fastening if a gate drops only one inch it would require lifting to
fasten it, it is also a perfect safeguard against accidents such as catching
gentlemans leg or running into a horses side, which is a common occurence with
the ordinary gate fastener and the usual objectionable projection is dispensed with.
Dated this 29th day of May 1894.
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CHARLES WHITEMAN.
Jordan & Davies.
CHARLES WHITEMAN Church Lawford Rugby Machinist do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention consists in a new form of gate fastener so constructed that the
closing of the gate moves the gate fastener into such a position that the gate is
beld closed.
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Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings left with the Provisional Specification are a front
and side view of the fastener in the position when the gate is open.
Fig. 3 shows the position of the fastener when the gate has been slammed to.
Figs. 4 and 5 show the parts as they are just before and after the gate has been
closed.
A top hinge A is attached in any convenient manner to a bottom hinge B and
this bottom hinge is attached to the gate post either by means of a balancing bar E
plate C and screw D or in any other convenient manner depending to some extent
on the shape of the gate post. It must however be so attached that the lower end
of this bottom hinge projects out from the gate post so far that it will be struck by
the gate when the gate is closed.
The effect of striking this lower part is to throw the bottom hinge from the
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page_text: position shown in Fig. 2 into that shown in Fig. 3 and this rapid movement has the
effect of jerking the top hinge A from the position shown in Fig. 2 into the position
in Fig. 3 so that it falls over and fastens the gate.
It will be noticed that in order to make sure that this action shall take place it
is necessary that the top hinge when in its open position should be supported in
something like the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3-this may be done either by
allowing it to rest on the top of the gate post or by providing the ends of the upper
and lower hinges with shoulders as shown in the drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and the way in which it is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
The construction of gate fasteners operated by the closing of the gate substantially
as described.
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