Farm Gate. (open access)

Farm Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists "[i]n a swinging gate pivoted at its lower inner end and suspended by a diagonal wire, upon which it swings in being opened and closed, the adjustable bar provided with a depending loop or staple for the suspending-wire, the point of suspension by said loop, being between the latch end of the gate and a vertical line drawn through its pivot-pin" (lines 51-58).
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Miller, Wilson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate. (open access)

Farm Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "is mounted upon a hinge-rod, which is adapted for adjustment at its upper end within a rack fixed to the top of the hinge-post and provided with a pivoted keeper for said hinge-rod, the object being to set the upper end of the hinge-rod away from the latch-post as may be required to raise the free end of the gate to take up the sag, to support the gate a sufficient height above the ground to swing free of snow, and to allow of the passage of small stock when the gate is closed" (lines 12-22).
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Miller, Wilson B. & Bell, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History