Improvements in Gates for Agricultural and General Purposes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1889.
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 1st Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gates for Agricultural and General Purposes..
1 CHARLES ALLAN JONES of Hatherley Works Gloucester Solicitor and Manu-
facturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A gate designed with a view to simplicity of construction and economy of material
and labor and in such a manner as to obtain extreme lightness strength and rigidity
and to obviate the localisation of weak points, lodgment of damp and other causes of
deterioration and decay.
Every portion of the gate maintains its full section throughout its length with the
exception of the necessary holes for the nails or other fastenings. The vertical
member at each end of the gate is fastened at its upper end between two bars which
form the top horizontal rail. The bottom rail (and the intermediate rails if any) is
fastened to the lower ends of the vertical posts. The diagonal bars for imparting
strength and rigidity to the gate are fastened at their upper ends between the two
top rails and at their lower ends to the bottom rail and are in a plane with the
vertical posts. The framework of the gate as hereinbefore described may be
satisfactorily fastened together with nails properly clenched and the hinges are
attached direct to the top and bottom rails. A gate constructed on this principle
can be made of much smaller material than that usually employed as all mortices
and tenons are entirely dispensed with.
Dated this Fifteenth day of April 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gates for Agricultural and General Purposes.
I, CHARLES ALLAN JONES of Hatherley Works Gloucester Solicitor and Manu-
facturer, 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 :-
A gate designed with a view to simplicity of construction and economy of material
and labor and in such a manner as to obtain extreme lightness strength and rigidity
and to obviate the localization of weak points lodgment of damp and other causes
of deterioration and decay. Every portion of the gate maintains its full section
throughout its length with the exception of the necessary holes for the nails or
other fastenings. The vertical member A, A, at each end of the gate is fastened
at its upper end between two bars B B which form the top horizontal rail. The
bottom rail CC which by preference is made of two pieces like the top is fastened
to the lower ends of the vertical posts. The diagonal bars D, D, D, D, D, D, for
imparting strength and rigidity to the gate are fastened at their upper ends between
the two parts forming the top rail B. B. and similarly at their lower ends to the
bottom rail CC and are in a plane with the vertical posts A A. A bevilled piece
of wood E as shown in the accompanying drawings may with advantage be added
to the gate thereby keeping out the rain and adding to its strength & rigidity.
The framework of the gate as hereinbefore described may be satisfactorily fastened
together with nails properly clenched and the hinges are attached direct to the top
and bottom rails. A gate constructed on this principle can be made of much smaller
material than that usually employed as all mortices and tenons are entirely dispensed
with.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. In gates for Agricultural and general purposes the details and arrangement
of the top & bottom members in combination with the vertical and diagonal
rails substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
2. The combination of parts forming the gate as hereinbefore described.
Dated this Fifteenth day of January 1890.
CHAS. ALLAN JONES.