Improvements in Swinging Gates.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Swinging Gates.
1, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a com-
munication to me from abroad by Thomas Coffin, of Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
Inventor) to be as follows :-
:―
This invention has reference to certain new and useful improvements in gates,
and the invention has for its object to prevent the "sagging" to which gates of
this class are liable.
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By this invention a brace or strut composed of two strips of wood, one on either
side of the gate, is pivoted at the lower ends to the lower inner corner of the gate,
the two strips being connected at their upper ends by a bolt or pin.
A double strand tension wire is fastened at one end to the upper inner corner of
the gate, and at its opposite end, to or near the lower outer corner, after passing
over and being connected to the free upper end of the brace or strut, which extends
diagonally upward toward the outward upper corner of the gate. Twisted between
the tension wire is a piece of wood, commonly known as a torniquet, by the
turning of which, and the consequent twisting of the wire which is thereby
lengthened or shortened, the forward end of the gate can be raised or lowered, as
desired.
Dated this 17th day of December 1890
J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Swinging Gates.
I, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a com-
munication to me from abroad by Thomas Coffin, of Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
Inventor,) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to the construction of farm gates, and is designed to
provide an inexpensive and efficient means whereby the sagging of said gates may
be corrected from time to time without the use of special tools and without removing
the gate from its hinges.
To this end the invention consists in the combination with an ordinary panel
gate of what I call a combination brace, the same being constructed substantially
as shown in the drawing, of a lever or arm pivoted at its lower end to or near the
lower hinge of the gate and extending diagonally upward and being connected at
its free end with a tension device, preferably constructed of wire, as shown, said
wire being connected at one end to the gate near its upper hinge, and at the opposite
end to the lower front part.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate provided with my improved combination
gate brace;
Figure 2 is a fragmentary view of the front upper corner of the gate, showing its
connection of the tension wire to the brace.
In these drawings A represents a gate of the ordinary construction. Pivoted to
the lower end near the hinge is the brace B, constructed preferably of two strips of
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page_text: plank, one on either side of the gate, and extending diagonally
or above the top of the same, and being free to move in a
pivot. Fastened to the upper inner corner of the gate by any
any convenient manner, is the adjustment or straining device C, the
constructed in the present form of a stout strand of wire doubled upon itselt,
shown, and passing from the inner end of the gate outward over the free end of
the brace and downwards to a point near the lower outer corner of the gate where
it is firmly secured in any suitable way. As here shown it is connected to the
brace by having one or more turns taken in it around the pin or bolt connecting the
two pieces of the brace together. Any other connection may of course be used,
and the brace may be formed of a single strip if preferred. I provide this straining
or adjustable device with a means for taking up slack in its length. A simple and
inexpensive contrivance for this purpose is shown, consisting of the stick or
tourniquet D, held between the strands of the wire, and by means of which the
latter may be twisted upon itself for the purpose of lengthening or shortening the
cable.
The construction being as thus described the operation is as follows: It being
desired to correct the sagging or sinking of the outer free end of the gate, it is
only necessary to take a few turns of the stick D when the points of attachment of
the opposite ends of the wire will be brought nearer together, and the upper free
end of the brace, being also connected with the wire will move upward approaching
the point of connection of the inner end of the wire to the gate. This it will be
seen will effectually correct any sagging of the gate.
While I have shown a double wire and tourniquet in the drawing I do not wish
to be confined to this particular form of tension or straining device, or to the
particular means shown for taking up the length of this device, as other mechanism
for the same purpose is within the contemplation of my invention.
-Having now- particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In a gate, the combination of a brace or strut B, pivoted at or near the lower
inner corner of the gate, and extending diagonally upward toward its outer upper
corner, an adjusting wire or cable C-fastened-to-the-upper-inner-corner-of-the
gate and extending over and connected to the free end of the brace and passing
-downward-and-connected-to-the lower outer part of the gate, and means for adjusting
the length of the wire, substantially as described.
2. The combination, of the gate A, the brace or strut B, the tension wire C, and
the adjusting device D, the brace being pivoted to the lower inner corner of the
gate, and the wire being fastened at opposite ends to the upper inner corner and
lower outer part of the gate, and passing over and connected to the free upper end
of the brace, substantially as described.
3. The combination of the gate A, the brace or strut B, composed of two strips,
one on either side of the gate, pivoted at the lower ends to the lower inner corner
of the gate and at their upper ends connected together by a bolt or pin, the double-
strand tension-wire-C, fastened-at-one end-to-the upper inner_corner of the gate
and at its opposite end to or near the lower outer corner, and connected also to the
free upper end of the brace B, and a tourniquet D, for altering the length of the
wire, substantially as described.
Dated this 17th day of September 1891.
J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.