Electric Car-Brake. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Electric Car-Brake.

Creator

  • Inventor: Conover, Philip Vorus
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Conover, P.V., of Uvalde, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Nida, Inas
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Handy, James H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Handy, Jas. H.
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
  • Witness: Cooper, E.H.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1880-02-24
  • Acceptance Date: 1880-02-24
  • Submission Date: 1879-12-03

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved electric car-brake. This design "consists in a car-brake formed of a pinion attached to the car axle, the pinion taking in a ratchet-wheel provided with a projecting pin, that enters into the slots of a wheel provided with a sleeve, upon which the brake chain is wound, which sleeve can be moved on the axle by means of a lever that is actuated by a rod passing into a helix connected with a battery to the locomotive" (lines 11-19).
  • Physical Description: [2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: brakes
  • Keyword: railroad cars

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Uvalde County - Uvalde

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 224880
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth169964

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,880, dated February 24, 1880. Application filed December 3, 1879."
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