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UNITED STATESPATENT FFICE
OLIVE B. CHAMBERS, OF WALNUT SPRINGS, TEXAS.
GATE-LATCH.
952,029. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lar. 15, 1910.
Application filed February 8, 1909. Serial No. 476,643:To all whom it may. concern:
Be it known that I, OLvIE B. CHAMBERS,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Walnut Springs, in the county of Bosque
5 and State of Texas, have invented certain
new and useful Improvements in Gate-
Latches, of which the following is a speci-
fication.
My invention relates to new and useful
10 improvements in gate-latches.
The object of the invention is to provide
a gate-latch which will never fail to catch
automatically when the gate is closed.
Another object of my invention is to pro-
15 vide a gate-latch which can be readily re-
leased by a slight movement of the lever
and one which can not be forced open by
live stock.
A still further object of my invention is
20 to provide a gate-latch which will be simple,
strong, durable, efficient and one which will
not be likely to get out of working order.
With the above and other objects in view,
the invention has relation to certain novel
25 features of construction and operation, an
example of which is described in the fol-
lowing specification and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my inven-
30 tion, Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same,
Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, Fig. 4
is a transverse sectional view, showing the
latch raised.
In the drawings the numeral 1 designates
35 a latch hook which is supported between
bracket arms 2. The bracket arms 2 carry
outwardly extending flanges 3 adapted to be
screwed on any frame to hold the latch in
position.
40 A recess 4 in the latch hook allows the
hook to engage over a projection 5 carried
by the post and prevents any pressure that
might be applied to the gate from raising
the latch.The latch hook 1 carries a downwardly 45
extending arm 6 the end of which is reduced
to allow a rod 7 which is attached near its
lower extremity to pass between the bracket
arms 2 without striking. This rod 7, after
passing through the screw eye 8 is looped 50
to form a handle 9.
A projection 10 on the latch bends over
at right angles to support the latch in its
normal position and prevent it from slip-
ping between the bracket arms 2. 55
At the lower extremity of the rod 7 is a
shoulder 12 which prevents the latch being
lifted higher than is necessary.
To release the latch the rod 7 is raised by
grasping the handle 9 and latch hook 1 is 60
raised until its lowest point is above the
bracket arms 2. The latch hook being piv-
oted at a point 11, the weight of the arm
6 will draw the rod down and set the latch
hook in position to be engaged by the pro- 65
jection 5.
What I claim, is:
In a gate latch, the combination with a
pair of adjacent bracket arms rigidly at-
tached to a gate post, and extending in a 70
direction transverse with the gate, of a latch
hook pivoted at its outer extremity between
said bracket arms, an arm extending down-
wardly from the inner extremity of the
latch hook, a pin carried by the gate adapted 75
to engage said latch hook, a lever extend-
ing upwardly from the lower extremity of
said downwardly extending arm, and means
guiding the motion of the lever.
In testimony whereof I have signed my 80
name to this specification in the presence
of two subscribing witnesses.
OLIVE B. CHAMBERS.
Witnesses:
LAURENCE R. WHITELEY,
KIT C. STINEBAUGH.
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Chambers, Olive B. Gate-Latch., patent, March 15, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514209/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.