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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
THOMAS C. DICKSON, OF PARIS, TEXAS.
GATE-CLOSER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,213, dated October 10, 1893.
Application filed June 13, 1893. Serial No. 477,453. (No model)To cll whon2 it may concern:
Be it known that I, THOMAS C. DICKSON, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Paris,
in the county of Lamar and State of Texas,
5 have invented a new and useful Gate-Closer,
of which the following is a specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
gate closers.
The object of the present invention is to
to improve the construction of gate closers and
to provide one which will be simple and inex-
pensive in construction and positive and re-
liable in operation, and adapted to be readily
applied to any ordinary swinging gate.
15 The invention consists in the construction
and novel combination and arrangement of
parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, and pointed
out in the claims hereto appended.
20 In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective
view of a gate provided with a gate closer con-
structed in accordance with this invention.
Fig.2is ahorizontalsectional view. Fig. 3 is
a detail perspective view of the pulley casing.
25 Similar numerals of reference indicate cor-
responding parts in the several figures of the
drawings.
1 designates an adjustable arm secured to
a swinging gate 2, and extending rearward
30 therefrom and connected to the upper end of
a cord or rope 3, or its equivalent, which passes
over pulleys 4 and 5, and which is provided
at its lower end with a weight 6, for closing
the gate. The arm or bar 1 is provided at its
35 inner end, which is secured to the gate, with
a straight portion 7, and interposed between
the same and the gate is a longitudinally-mov-
able wedge 8, which is provided with a longi-
tudinal slot 9, receiving the screws or other
40 fastening devices for attaching the arm or bar
1 to the gate. At an intermediate point the
arm or bar is curved or bowed, as at 10, in
order to clear a hinge-post 11, and by means
of the adjustable wedge the arm or bar may
45 be adjusted to move its curved or bowed por-
tion outward from or inward toward the gate
to enable it to clear the hinge-post without
projecting outward too far from the gate and
being in the way.
So The pulley casing, which is secured to the
top of the fence 12, has a vertical pulley-hous-ing 13, to receive the pulley 5, and a horizon-
tal pulley-housing 14 to receive the other pul-
ley; and the said casing is preferably con-
structed of two pieces of wrought iron pressed 55
or stamped into the shape shown by dies,
thereby constructing a pulley-casing much
superior to an ordinary cast-iron pulley-cas-
ing, but the casing may, if desired, be cast.
In the form shown in the accompanying draw- 6o
ings the casing consists of a lower plate which
rests upon the top railof the fence and an up-
per plate having securing ears arranged upon
the lower plate. The upper plate is also pro-
vided with a raised horizontal portion con- 65
forming to the configuration of, and forming
a housing for, the horizontal pulley, and it is
provided with a lateral extension having de-
pending flanges or sides to form a casing for
the vertical pulley. The lower plate of the 70
casing for the pulleys is provided with a pair
of outwardly extending integral lugs 15 to
prevent the depending portions of the ver-
tical pulley housing from spreading. The
weight is arranged within a tubular casing 15, 75
and the cord is of such length that the gate
can only open to a position at right angles to
the fence, as the weight will be causedto come
in contact with and be stopped by the verti-
cal pulley in order to prevent the wind or 80
other means forcing the gate to such a posi-
tion that the weight cannot operate to close
the gate. By this arrangement the gate closer
will be positive and reliable in its operation
and will avoid one of the great troubles and 85
objections incident to many gate closers, in
which the gates are permitted to swing past
a position at right angles to the fence.
It will be apparent that the gate closer is
simple and comparatively inexpensive in con- 90
struction and positive and reliable in opera-
tion, and that it will always effect a closing
of a gate as soon as the latter is released by
the person passing through. It will also be
apparent that the gate closer does not obstruct 95
the gateway and is compactly arranged with
reference to the gate and the fence.
Changes in the form, proportion, and the
minor details of construction may be resorted
to without departing from the principle or ioo
sacrificing any of the advantages of the in-
vention.
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Dickson, Thomas C. Gate-Closer., patent, October 10, 1893; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173522/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.