IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FITTING OR HANGING OF GATES AND DOORS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS; PATENT to Robert William Pound, of Appuldurcombe, Isle of Wight,
M.A., Clerk in Holy Orders, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
FITTING OR HANGING OF GATES AND DOORS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert William Pound at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th March 1878.
ROBERT WILLIAM POUND, of Appuldurcombe, Isle of Wight, M.A., Clerk in Holy
Orders. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FITTING OR HANGING OF GATES AND DOORS."
The object of this Invention is to fit or hang gates and doors in such a manner
as to enable them to be opened, and, if desired, also closed without approaching
closely to them; thus, for instance, enabling the driver of a carriage to open a
carriage gate without leaving the carriage. For this purpose the door or gate may
be bung or fitted with two sliding hinges, or an upper hinge of any usual form
(with a certain amount of play), and a lower hinge made to slide or swing so as to
move the gate or door out of its normal position when closed, and fitted with lever
gear or any other suitable gear for actuating it from any convenient distance.
The hinges are so fitted that when the gate is closed it leans at the top against
the posts, thus keeping closed of itself.
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When the aforesaid sliding hinges or the lower hinge part is moved (say, by the,
driver of a carriage) the gate or door is unlatched, and will first assume the perpen-.
dicular position, and then by moving it further is made to lean in the opposite
direction, whereby it naturally swings open.
A lever or other appliance may be arranged at each side of the gate or door, so
that a person having opened it on one side may, after having passed through, close it.
on the other side after him.
In the case of the sliding hinges the gate or door is closed by its own weight
acting on them.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Robert William Pound in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th
September 1878.
ROBERT WILLIAM POUND, of Appuldurcombe, Isle of Wight, M.A., Clerk in Holy
Orders. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FITTING OR HANGING OF GATES AND DOORS."
The object of this Invention is to fit or hang gates or doors in such a manner as
to enable them to be opened, and, if desired, also closed without approaching closely
to them; thus, for instance, enabling the driver of a vehicle to open a carriage gate
without leaving his sent. For this purpose the door or gate may be fitted or hung
with two sliding hinges, or an upper hinge of any usual form (with a certain amount
of play), and a lower hinge made to slide or swing so as to move the gate or door
out of its normal position when closed, and fitted with lever or other suitable gear
for actuating it from any desired distance.
When the aforesaid sliding hinge or lower hinge part is moved, say, by the driver
of a carriage, by means of the aforesaid lever gear, the gate or door gradually rises
until it is unlatched, and then swings open of itself owing to it being thrown out of
the perpendicular.
A lever or other appliance may be arranged at each side of the gate or door so
that a person having opened it on one side may, after having passed through, close
it on the other side.
The lever may be placed either in the house itself or at the door of the lodge.
The accompanying Drawing illustrates one mode of carrying this Invention unto
effect.
Figure 1 is a front view of a gate fitted or arranged according to this Invention,
and Figure 2 a horizontal section through same, and plan view as regards some of
the gear belonging thereto, showing four levers, two on each side of gate.
Figures 3, 4, and 5 are details.
Figure 1 A is the gate in the closed position. The upper hinge a is of usual
form, and fits with a certain amount of play. The bottom hinge pin b fits in an
eye in a lever c, c', c², (ahewn at Figures 2 and 3), which has its fulcrum at d; this
lower hinge and parts connected therewith are shewn to an enlarged scale in
Figure 3, which is a plan section through the bracket on the gate for the hinge
pin d.
Figure 4 is a side view, and Figure 5 an end view of Figure 3.
To the arm c², shewn at Figure 2, is connected a cord or chain & passing over
suitable guide pulleys f and h, the latter pulley being on a post B fixed at any
desired distance before the gate A (but shewn in the Drawing close to the gato for
want of space). The other end of the cord e is attached to a lever which is
connected to the post B at a height convenient for the driver of a vehicle to reach.
To the arm c¹ is connected a cord or chain i passing round suitable guide pulleys, j,
8, and t, the latter being on a post E placed at any desired distance behind the
gate A (but for want of space shewn close to it); the other end of the cord i is
attached to a lever h, which is connected to the post E within convenient reach of
the driver of a vehicle. To the levers c¹ and c are also attached respectively the
cords or chains n, m, which pass over suitable guide pulleys o, q, r, 2, and are
attached to levers connected to posts D, D.
When a carriage or horseman approaches a gate fitted as described the driver or
rider can, by depressing one or other of the levers, vor l, to the position shewn by
the dotted lines, cause the gate to open owing to the lever arms, o' and o², being
drawn in the direction of the arrow, whereby the centre of the hinge pin b is
shifted, thus canting the gate over in the opposite direction, and slightly raising the
latch end thereof, so that the latch is lifted out of its hasp, and the gate being thus
free swings open in the direction of the arrow. When the carriage or rider has
passed through the gate it is shut again by depressing either one or other of the

page_text: levers u, h, as the case may be, according to the direction of passing through the
gate, whereby the centre of the hinge pin 6 is shifted back to its normal · position,
thereby closing the gate.
W (shewn enlarged at Figures 3 and 4) is a weighted lever catch for holding the
lever c.
This serves to lock the horizontal lever at heel of the gate when it is
opened by hand and swung in the ordinary way.
The lower hinge centre may be shifted in any other suitable manner at a
distance from a gate or door hung as described; thus, for instance, by the carriage
wheel running over a block or lever connected by cords or otherwise to the lever
arms c¹, c²
Figure 6 represents a modified arrangement of hinge. The gate is in this case
made to shift the centre of the upper hinge instead of the lower. L is one end of
a lever which may be depressed by a carriage wheel running over it or in any other
way, say, by the driver or rider (or, in the case of a door, by a pedestrian), as in
the first-described arrangement. The other end L' being raised lifts a rod C jointed
thereto and working on a staple A on the gate post; the lower hinge bar D can
slide on this staple. The upper hinge bar E works on a staple A¹ which is fixed to
the gate post in a slanting position. When the gate is raised at the hinge end the
upper binge centre is shifted, and the same object is thereby attained as in the other
arrangement, the gate falling open as desired; the weight of gate will shut it unless
fastened in the open position, which may be done by suitable locking arrangement
fitted with gear for unlocking.
Having thus described the nature and object of the said Invention, I would
remark in conclusion that I declare that I claim,-
First. Supporting the lower hinge pin 6 of a door or gate A hung as described in
an arm c or equivalent appliance for shifting the centre of such hinge pin, and
altering the gravitation of door or gate, substantially as set forth.
Second. The lower hinge pin 6 of a door or gate A hung as described in combina-
tion with lever c, c¹, c², operated as set forth.
Third. Opening and shutting a door or gate A hung as described from a distance
by means of appliances for shifting the centre of the lower hinge pin b, as set forth.
Fourth. Hanging a door or gate in the manner and for the purpose herein set
forth.
Fifth. Shifting the centre of the upper hinge of a door or gate, or gate hung as
described, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert William Pound, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
ROBERT WILLIAM POIND