Improvements in Gates.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1887
Complete Left, 31st May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 6th July, 1888
PROVISIONAL DE MULTIATION.
Improvements in Gates.
WILLIAM ARCHIBALD MURRAY Colonial Bank of New Zealand 13 Moorgate Street
London E.C. Farmer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Fig. 1 shows side view.
A A is outside wood frame of gate.
BB flat iron or shoe turned round the outside corners of the frame A A & at the
ends turned outwards to hold CC which are doubled back links or loops the bight of
which on each side of the gate being caught in grooves in D D semicircular peices
through the centres of which are holes for E E the tightning bolts, on one end of
which are screw nuts which being turned the corners are compressed & the gate
thus made tight & rigid & while at any time it can be quickly & easily retightened or
repaired when necessary by an ordinary laborer.
F.is a piece of stout flat iron let in its thickness into the top of K₁ the hanging
post L is a round bolt or screw passing through a hole in F & a hole in B¹ & screwed
into the gate G is a rod passing through a hole in F. with a screw nut at top to
tighten it, the bottom end being a loop or eye through which passes H which is a bolt
through K with a screw nut on the outside of the eye in G to tighten with & at the
other end next the gate it is flat & has a hole or eye in it through which the round
rod or bolt I passes, the rod I also passes through an eye in the turned out end of B³
thereby carrying the gate.
M M are light iron rods through the frame heads of gate which may be screwed up
tightly by screw nuts at either end.
The corner angle peices may have webs accross them or they may be cast angles or
shoes into which the heads & bars of the gate would fit.
The chief novelties in this invention, are the corner angle peices or shoes, with the
bent back loops or links connecting to the screw tightning rods by which the opposite
corners of the gate are drawn together & the gate thus made stiff & rigid. Also
the device for fixing to the post to hang the gate which combines the self-shutting
principle in the gate with strength & with facility in fixing & repairs.
In the invention generally, simplicity efficiency strength, &
construction & maintenance.
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page_text: I, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD MURRAY, of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand, 13
Moorgate Street, E.C. in the City of London, "Farmer" 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 relates to an improved construction of gates, with turned angle plates
at the four corners of the gate, and drawn together in the centre with screw nuts and
bolts, the gate fitted with this invention is thus made tight and rigid, while at any time
it can be easily repaired.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawing left with Provisional Specification thereof,
reference being had to letters and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1. shows a side view of the gate.
Like letters refer to like parts.
A, A, is the outside wood frame of gate.
B, B, flat iron or shoe turned round the outside corners of the frame A, A, being at
the ends turned outwards to hold, C, C, which are doubled back links or loops the bight
of which on each side of the gate being caught in grooves in D, D, semicircular pieces
through the centres of which are holes for E, E, the tightening bolts on one end of
which are screw nuts, which being turned, the corners are compressed and the gate
thus made tight and rigid, while at any time it can be quickly and easily repaired by
an ordinary labourer.
F, is a piece of stout flat iron, let in its thickness into the top of K¹ the hanging
post.
L is a round bolt or screw passing through holes in F, and B', and screwed into the
gate frame, and carries the gate, which revolves on it.
G, is a rod passing through a hole in F, with a screw nut at top to tighten it, the
other bottom being a loop or eye through which passes H, which is a bolt through K¹,
with a screwed nut on the end at the eye in G, to tighten with and at the other end
next the gate it is flat,and has a hole or eye in it through which the round rod or bolt I,
passes, the bolt I, also passes through a hole in F, and has a screw nut at either end
to tighten up with I, also passes through an eye in the turned out end of B', thereby
carrying the gate.
M, M, are light iron rods, through frame heads of the gate and may be screwed up
tightly by screw nuts at either end.
The corner angle pieces B, B, if preferable may have webs accross them, or they may
be cast angles or shoes, into which the heads and bars of the gate frame would fit.

page_text: Having now fully described the nature and object of my invention and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I claim as new and novel the following:-
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First. The combination of the corner angle pieces, or shoes, with the bent back
connecting loops, to the screw tightening rods E, E, by which the opposite corners of
the gate are drawn together, and thus the gate made, and kept stiff and rigid,
substantially herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
Secondly. The device for fixing to the post to hang the gate, which combines the
self shutting principle in the gate, with strength, and with facility in fixing and
repairs, substantially herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
Thirdly. I claim the invention generally, for simplicity, efficiency, strength, and
economy in construction and maintenance, substantially herein described.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W.
Agent for the Applicant.