Subject: Re: Gate Locks

From: Russell McCrackin <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 00:18:13 -0700

At 10:39 PM 4/7/96 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 96-03-29 08:04:22 EST, [email-masked] writes:
>>
>>Can anyone give a sorce for a good double gate latch that will not
>>let the gates swing apart if it is locked, or a way to make & install one.
>>  
>>        Travis
>
>This is a very good question that i cant find a good answer to.    If you
>know one tell it.
>Or if you have an idea   Lets hear it      This is a common problem.  Cane
>bolts are not a good answer for double gates as only one gate then is easily
>movable.  hook types dont seperate but do rattle and move a lot.    Seams
>like someone should be able to solve this one.        I build gates all the
>time but try not to sell this situation because i cant find a reliable latch
>.      This could be a real commercial invention if works and is simple 
>
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Seems like you need a solid length of metal to connect across both gates.
Something like the wooden beams used to "lock" doors and gates.  Maybe you
could incorporate into the gate design a metal bar about as long as one side
of the gate is wide.  Come fastening time the bar could slid out of a tube or
pipe far enough to go into a tube or pipe on the other half of the gate, so
it would be half-a-gate-width in the tube on each half of the gate.
________                                                  ______________
________|                                                |_______________
______|                                                    |_______|_____
___|__| |__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__||__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| |___|_______|__
______| |  |  O  |  O  |  O  |  ||  |  O  |  O  |  O  |  | |_______|_____
___|__|X|  O  |  O  |  O  |  O  ||  O  |  O  |  O  |  O  |X|___|________|__
______| |  |  O  |  O  |  O  |  ||  |  O  |  O  |  O  |  | |_______|____
___|__| |  O  |  O  |  O  |  O  ||  O  |  O  |  O  |  O  | |___|_______|
______| |__|__O__|__O__|__O__|__||__|__O__|__O__|__O__|__| |_______|_____
___|__| |            ========================            | |__ Bar in locked 
______| |XX|XX|XX|XX|XX|XX|XX|XX||XX|XX|XX|XX|XX|XX|XX|XX| |___ position
___|__| |  O  |  O  |  O  |  O  ||  O  |  O  |  O  |  O  | |___|_______|_
______| |  |  O  |  O  |  O  |  ||  |  O  |  O  |  O  |  | |_______|_____
___|__| |  O  |  O  |  O  |  O  ||  O  |  O  |  O  |  O  | |___|_______|_
______| |  |  O  |  O  |  O  |  ||  |  O  |  O  |  O  |  | |_______|____
___|__|X|  O  |  O  |  O  |  O  ||  O  |  O  |  O  |  O  |X|___|_______
______| |__|__O__|__O__|__O__|__||__|__O__|__O__|__O__|__| |_______|___
___|__|____________________________________________________|___|_______

        Possible design of a gate in a brick wall.  But you can do
        better.  This was done with just the keyboard.

    If you are going to print this out, then be sure to adjust the
    vertical spacing so that the "sketches" below aren't broken.

The tube or pipe on one half of the gate would have a slot cut along the
bottom for one quarter of its length, slotted ends next to each other.  
The sliding bar inside the tube or pipe would have a loop sticking out of 
the slot one quarter of its length from the end.  The loop would be used
to slide the bar, and to lock it in either the "open" or "locked shut"
position.
        _____________________________ _____________________________
        =====================|=======
        ---------------------|                ---------------------
                             O
          Bar in "open" position

        _____________________________ _____________________________
                       =====================|=======          
        ---------------------               |----------------------
                                            O
          Bar in "locked" position

The "sketch doesn't look like the bar would be supposted very well, but if 
the slot for the loop was thin, the bar would be well supported.  There
could be part of the design of the fence that the loop could lock to on
each side of the gate so that it would be locked in either position.

I suggest that the bar and tubes be  made and "tried" to see if they are
snug enough fitting to prevent rattles.  Or if you use piping, maybe some
lengths of plastic pipe can be inside steel pipes to quiet the rattles.

Lots of luck, what ever you do.

Get it hot and hit it hard!

Rusty

at Rusty Forge

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