Improvements in Hinges and Bolts for Gates and Doors.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left. 6th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hinges and Bolts for Gates and Doors.
I, ROBERT HUDSON, of Gildersome, in the County of York, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in metallic furniture by which gates or
doors are mounted and secured in an open or closed position and has for object the
simplification of such mounting and also to effect the manufacture of such furniture
in a cheaper manner than has heretofore been usual.
I construct the parts known as "bands" (which at present are usually made of
flat bar iron or other metal with holes therein for bolts by which they are fixed to a
gate or door,) of round bar metal and flatten that end farthest from the centre or
axis around which the gate or door turns, the said flat end being pierced for the
reception of a bolt by which it is to be fixed to the gate or door, the round sectioned
band is thus prevented from turning on its own axis, I use staple bolts for further
securing the bands to the gate or door to which they are applied.
The contrary end of each of the said bands is turned at right angles to the body
part thereof, the parts so turned form the axis around which the gate or door turns
and take into suitable bearings for that purpose.
The other part of my improved furniture consists of a sliding bolt or bolts for
securing a gate or door in either an open or closed position (and is or are intended
to supersede the form of bolt generally used of a square section and provided with a
spring and notches for holding the same in an up or down position, these being costly
to make and not easy to actuate,) and comprises a flat metallic plate of any suitable
length for fixing to the gate or door, say one at the bottom and one at the top, each
end of said plate is bent at right angles in the same direction, the bent parts are
pierced for the admission of a round sliding bolt, one end of which takes into suitable
fixed receptions or reception provided therefor; the contrary end of the said sliding
bolt or bolts is bent so as to form a convenient handle for actuating the same, the
extremity of the said handle being suitably formed for taking into a hole or recess in
one of the bent portions of the flat plate that carries it and so as to hold it in an
inward or outward position as may be required-A pin or cotter or other projection is
provided in or on the bolt between its bearings for preventing its removal therefrom.
When it is required to move the bolt in either direction such movement is more
easily effected than that of a square bolt such as above referred to, as it can be partly
rotated in its bearings at the same time that it is moved in an endwise direction.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hinges and Bolts for Gates and Doors.
I, ROBERT HUDSON, of Gildersome in the County of York, Engineer, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in metallic furniture such as hinges and
bolts upon or by which gates or doors are mounted and secured in an open or closed
position, and has for object the simplification of such mounting and also to effect the
manufacture of such hinges and bolts in a cheaper manner than has heretofore been
usual.
I construct the parts known as "bands" (which at present are usually made of flat
bar iron or other metal with holes therein for bolts by which they are fixed to a.

page_text: gate or door) of round bar metal and flatten that end farthest from the centre or axis
around which the gate or door turns, the said flat end being pierced for the reception
of a bolt by which it is to be fixed to the gate or door, the round-sectioned band is
thus prevented from turning on the axis of that part which bears against the gate or
door, and in order to retain the full strength of the bar by dispensing with the making
of bolt holes I use staple bolts for further securing the bands to the gate or door to
which they are applied: The contrary end of each of the said bands is turned at
right angles to the body part thereof, the parts so turned form the axis around which
the gate or door turns and take into suitable bearings for that purpose.
The other part of my improved furniture consists of a sliding (vertical) bolt or
bolts for securing a gate or door in either an open or closed position and is or are
intended to supersede the form of vertical bolts generally used of a square section
and provided with a spring and notches for holding the same in an up or down
position, these being costly to make and not easy to actuate.
My arrangement comprises a flat metallic plate of any suitable length for fixing to
the gate or door, say one at the bottom and one at the top of such gate or door; each
end of said plate is bent at right angles in the same direction, the bent parts are
pierced for the admission of a round sliding bolt, one end of each respective bolt
takes into a suitably fixed staple or other reception provided therefor; The contrary
end of each of the said bolts is bent so as to form a convenient handle for actuating
the same, the extremity of the said handle being suitably formed for taking into a
hole or recess in one of the bent portions of the flat plate that carries it, the bottom
bolt can by this means be held in an upward or inward position, and the top bolt in
an outward position as may be required. A pin, collar, cotter or other projection is
provided in or on the respective bolts, inside or outside their bearings for preventing
their removal therefrom.
When it is required to move a bolt in either direction, such movement is more
easily effected than that of a square bolt such as above referred to, as it can be partly
rotated in its bearings while endwise motion is taking place, notches on the bolt and
springs being dispensed with.
In the annexed drawings, Fig. 1, is a plan of a band as affixed to a gate or door in
accordance with my invention. Fig. 2. shews in elevation a pair of bands and their
attachment to a gate or door.-Fig. 3, is a front view of a bolt for the upper part of
a gate or door. Fig. 4. is a side elevation of the same partly in section. Fig. 5, is
a plan. Fig. 6, is a front view of a bolt for the lower part of a gate or door.-
Fig. 7 is a side elevation and Fig. 8, a plan of the same. The same letters are used
to denote like parts in the several views of each respective object wherein they
occur.
bolts
a, a, Figs. 1, and 2, shew my improved bands secured to a gate or door b, by staple-
and an ordinary bolt d, through the flattened ends a 2, which bear against the
gate or door and prevent the bands from turning and for maintaining the axes of the
turned ends a 1, in a right line coincident with each other, one of which may take
into a bearing or step in the floor and the other into any suitable eye or bearing
provided therefor, such as a 3.-If desired a pair of bands can be formed so as to be
of one piece as shewn by the dotted lines g. 9, or h. h, in Fig. 2.-Fig. 3. shews in
front elevation, Fig. 4, in side elevation and Fig. 5, in plan, a bolt e, and its carrying
plate d, adapted for the upper part of a gate or door. The carrying plate d, is fixed
to a gate or doorf, (shewn in part,) and its ends d 1, and d 2, bent and pierced for
the bolt e, to pass through, the part e 1, of the bolt is bent so as to form a handle for
moving it, and the extreme end thereof e 2, formed to rest or take a bearing in a hole
or recess d 3, in the carrying plate d, when the bolt is shot as shewn in full line, and
to maintain it in that position. The dotted lines in these Figures shew the position
of the bolt when it is withdrawn. e 3, is a cotter or it may be a pin or screw in the
bolt or a collar thereon and placed either inside or outside of the bearings forming a
stop for preventing the bolt from being entirely withdrawn from its bearings in the
plate d. Fig. 6, is a front elevation, Fig. 7, a side elevation partly in section, and
Fig. 8, is a plan of a bolt and carrying plate suitable for the lower part of a gate or

page_text: door, d 4, is the carrying plate, f1, a gate or door to which it is attached, d 5, and d 6,
the ends of the said plate, bent and pierced for the bolt e4, to pass through, the
part 5, of the bolt is bent so as to forin a handle for moving it, and the extreme end
thereof e 6 formed to rest in a hole or recess d 7, in the carrying plate d 4, when the
bolt is withdrawn and to maintain it in that position so as to permit of the gate or
door to be moved about on its axis, e 7, is a cotter, pin or screw in the bolt e 4, or it
may be a collar such as e 8, so placed as to prevent its entire withdrawal from its
bearings in the plate d 4.
The dotted lines in Figures 6, 7, and 8, shew the position of this bolt when shot
out or in use.
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
The improved metallic furniture such as hinges and bolts for gates and doors,
substantially as hereinabove described and illustrated.
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Witness,
THOS. E. CRAVEN, C.E., Fel. Inst. P.A.,
24, Victoria Chambers, Leeds.
ROBERT HUDSON.