IMPROVEMENTS IN GATES
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM PIERCY DIMES of Oldstone, Blackauton in the County of Devon
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
GATES to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to enable a gate possessing great strength and
durability to be produced at a relatively small cost. In constructing a gate
according to this invention a flat bar of iron is bent at right angles in such a
manner as to form three sides of a paralellogram. The extremities of this bar are
bent double and present holes or eyes. for the reception of the hooks or pins upon
which the gate is hinged. The fourth side of the paralellogram is constituted by a
stout bar of iron attached at its extremities to the horizontal portions of the bar
forming the other three sides of the aforesaid paralellogram. Across the rectangular
space enclosed by these bars are stretched several lengths of wire (preferably barbed
wire) at suitable distances apart. These. wires are attached at one extremity to a
vertical bar secured to the front end of the gate and at the opposite extremity to
eye bolts passing through the bar hereinbefore referred to as constituting the fourth
side of the paralellogram. These bolts are provided with nuts which enable the
tension of the wires to be adjusted as required. The holes in which the hooks or
hinge pins work are preferably lined with renewable bushes or sockets and the
space between the back of the gate and the hanging post is closed by a vertical
wire (preferably barbed) stretched between the hinges. Diagonal and upright or
other stays or ties may be employed if necessary to give rigidity to the frame and
prevent the gate from becoming distorted. The upper bar may be surmounted by
a guard or series of projections formed for example by bending a thin flat bar in
a zigzag or other equivalent form for the purpose of preventing animáls from
pressing thereon.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
I WILLIAM PIERCY DIMES of Oldstone, Blackauton in the County of Devon,
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS, IN
GATES" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
:-
The object of this invention is to enable a gate possessing great strength and
durability to be produced at a relatively small cost-In constructing a gate
according to this invention a flat bar of iron is bent at right angles in such a
manner as to form three sides of a paralellogram. The extremities of this bar are
bent double and present holes or eyes for the reception of the hooks or pins upon
which the gate is hinged. The fourth side of the paralellogram is constituted by a
stout bar, of iron attached at its extremities to the horizontal, portions of the bar
forming the other three sides. of the aforesaid paralellogram-Across the rectangular
space enclosed by these bars are stretched several lengths of wire (preferably barbed
wire) at suitable distances apart-These wires are attached at one extremity to a
vertical bar secured to the front end of the gate and at the opposite extremity to
eye bolts passing through the bar hereinbefore referred to as constituting the fourth
side of the paralellogram-These bolts are provided with nuts which enable the
tension of the wires to be adjusted as required.
The holes in which the hooks or hinge pins work are preferably lined with
renewable bushes or sockets.
Diagonal and upright or other stays or ties may be employed if necessary to give
rigidity to the frame and prevent the gate from becoming distorted.
The upper bar may be surmounted by a guard or series of projections formed for
example by bending a thin flat bar in a zig-zag or other equivalent form for the
purpose of preventing animals from pressing thereon.
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In order that my invention may be clearly understood I will now proceed to
describe an example of a gate constructed with my improvements as illustrated in
the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation and
Figure 2 a plan of the said gate.
The top and bottom bars or rails of this gate and the head piece or front end are
formed by one piece A of flat bar iron, steel or other metal, the extremities of which
are bent double at B. B. and are perforated at C (Figure 2) for the reception of the
hooks or pins upon which the gate is hinged. The double thicknesses of metal formed
at B. B. are bolted or riveted to a vertical bar D, the extremities of which are bent at
right angles to the vertical part, as indicated in Figure 1, and another vertical
bar E is similarly secured at the opposite end of the gate-Between these two
vertical bars are stretched barbed wires G which close the space between the top
and bottom bars of the gate-These wires are attached in any convenient manner
at one end to the bar E and at the other end are connected to eye bolts H provided
with nuts bearing against the bar D.
In order that the bar E may not yield to the strain of the wires it is preferably
supported by one or more bolts K passing through the vertical part of the bar A,
the bar D being made of sufficient thickness to enable it to bear the strain without
support.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. A gate in which the top and bottom bars and the head piece are formed by
one piece of metal bent so as to form three sides of a paralellogram and attached at
its extremities to another bar forming the fourth side of the paralellogram, the
space between these bars being closed by wires, substantially as hereinbeforė
described.
2. A gate in which the upper and lower.liorizontal bars and the vertical bar at
the free end or head piece are made in one piece; the space between the upper and
lower horizontal bars being closed by wires stretched between vertical bars attached
to the said horizontal bars, substantially as described.
3. The general arrangement and combination of parts (flat bar iron and wire)
constituting the improved gate hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings,