Improved Construction of Gate or Door Hinge.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Construction of Gate or Door Hinge.
I, STEPHEN HENRY CAPON, Postal Clerk of 23 Lower Fant Road, Maidstone in
the County of Kent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention which has
been communicated to me from abroad by Edwin Bourne, of Hamilton Road, near
Rectory Street, London, Ontario Canada West, Butcher, 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 a novel construction of hinge for connecting a door or
gate with its frame or an object so that it will swing thereon.
The improvement consists of one or more additional straps or braces rigidly secured
to or formed integral with one or both of the knuckles or straps of a hinge as found
most suitable or convenient.
With ordinary hinges a gate when either in the open or closed position gives a
strain on the heads of the screws which secure the strap of the hinge to the gate
post and this strain is lengthwise on the screws and tends to draw them outwards
which it does and in a very short time the screws are pulled out to a greater or
less extent which causes the gate to sag downwards at the latch end and as the screw
is drawn straight out forcibly without being turned it destroys the grip of the screw
even if it should be turned in again and as before stated the gate sags downwards
at the latch end which necessitates the raising or lowering of the gate in order to
find a solid portion in which to insert the screw again by forming screw holes in this
portion of the gate it is so weakened that very soon when inserting the screw in
a new place the gate frame checks or cracks which has then to be renewed, this
incurs a loss of time, labour, and material which is saved by using the improved
hinge.
The invention will be clearly understood by the annexed drawings. Figures 1
and 2 are perspective views of the leaves or straps of the hinge detached. Figure 3
is a perspective view of the hinge in position for operation showing a portion of a
gate frame swinging on a gate post. S designates the straps. K the knucke
and P the pin of an ordinary hinge and G part of the gate frame and H the
gate post.
By using the improved binge the strain of the weight of the gate is never
permitted to come lengthwise on the screws when the gate is in either the open or
closed position. When the gate is open as shown in Figure 3 the strain of the
weight of the gate frame G comes on this brace B which draws crosswise or
laterally on the neck of the screws which secures it to the gate post H, this
relieves the screws which secures the strap S of the hinge to the gate post H from
all strain and when the gate frame G is in such a position that the strain would
come lengthwise on the head of the screws which secures the brace B to the gate
post H to draw lengthwise thereon, the strain is completely taken off these screws
and comes laterally or crosswise on the neck of the screws which secures the
straps S to the gate post H, thereby preventing the strain from coming lengthwise
on the screws which secures either the strap S or brace B to the gate post thereby
preventing all damage to the gate frame, thereby effecting a saving of time, labour
and material by using the improved hinge.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. As a new article of manufacture, a hinge, formed with one or more braces B,
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page_text: 2. One or more braces B in combination with the straps S, S, knuckle K and
pin P, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 30th day of May 1889.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said Stephen Henry Capon.