Improvement in Car-Brakes.

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Patent for "a means for the automatic application of brakes to the cars of a railway-train; and it consists in a loosely-moving draw-bar attached to the car by means of bolts passing through a central longitudinal slot, and having its sides wrought into two rack-bars, which mesh with pinions upon two windlass-shafts; which arrangement, when the locomotive is "slowed," causes the impact of the cars to drive up the draw-bars and wind up cords upon the windlass-shafts, which communicated with and apply the brakes to the wheels." (Lines 11-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.

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[1], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Kirtley, Fielding L. June 1, 1875.

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  • Main Title: Improvement in Car-Brakes.
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Patent for "a means for the automatic application of brakes to the cars of a railway-train; and it consists in a loosely-moving draw-bar attached to the car by means of bolts passing through a central longitudinal slot, and having its sides wrought into two rack-bars, which mesh with pinions upon two windlass-shafts; which arrangement, when the locomotive is "slowed," causes the impact of the cars to drive up the draw-bars and wind up cords upon the windlass-shafts, which communicated with and apply the brakes to the wheels." (Lines 11-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.

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[1], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,009, dated June 1, 1875; application filed April 14, 1875.

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Kirtley, Fielding L. Improvement in Car-Brakes., patent, June 1, 1875; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166443/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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