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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
SIDNEY LYONS, OF BROOKSTON, TEXAS.
CAR-COUPLING.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,590, dated April 8, 1884.
Application filed February 28, 1884. (No model.)To all whom, it nay conceri: hinged, the upper end of which is again hinged 45
Be it known that I, SIDNEY LYONS, acitizen to a lever, H, pivoted upon the roof of the
of the United States, and a resident of Brooks- car. The draw-head has a number of trans-
ton, in the county of Lamar and State of Texas, verse perforations, I, near its lower side, into
5 have invented certain new and useful Improve- which perforations a. pin, J, fits, which pin
ments in Car-Couplings; and I do hereby de- may be adjusted in one of the perforations, 50
clare that the following is a full, clear, and raising or lowering the outer end of the link
exact description of the invention, which will as it-(the pin) is moved farther in or out in
enable others skilled in the art to which it ap- the row of perforations. When it is desired
1o pertains to make and use the same, reference that the link upon one draw-head shall not
being had to the accompanying drawings, engage the book or horn upon the opposite 55
which form a part of this specification, and in draw-head, the pin is inserted into the inner-
which- most perforation, which raises the link almost
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im- vertically, while by adjusting the pin in one
15 proved car-coupling. Fig. 2is a side view of of the perforations near the end of the draw-
the ends of two cars provided with the coup- head the link willonly be raised sufficiently to 60
ling, showing them coupled; and Fig. 3 is a enable it to reach up toward the inclined up-
similar view of one of the draw-heads with per beveled side of the draw-head, if the
the link raised. - same is higher than the draw-head having the
20 Similar letters of reference indicate corre- link.
spending parts in all the figures. It will be seen that by tilting the lever on 65
My invention has relation to that class of the top of the car the link is raised, uncoup-
car-couplings in which links hinged upon the ling the same, while the beveled forward end
draw-heads are caught by hook-shaped pro- of the upper side of the draw-head will guide
25 jections upon the opposite draw-heads; andit the link to engage the hook in coupling.
consists in theimproved construction and com- Having thus described my invention, I claim 70
bination of parts of such a coupling, in which and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the
the link may be raised and supported at dif- United States-
ferent heights forthe purpose of coupling with The combination of a draw-head forming a
30 cars of different height, or for the purpose of hook or horn upon its upper side, and having
raising the link out of engagement with the a series of transverse perforations near its un- 75
hook of another draw- head, as hereinafter der side, a pin fitting into the said perfora-
more fully described and claimed. tions, and a link hinged at the inner end of
In the accompanying drawings, the letter A the draw-head, having means for raising its
35 indicates a draw-head, the upper side of the outer end and resting upon the ends of the
front end of which is beveled, and forms a pin, as and for the purpose shown and set 8o
hook or shoulder, B, adapted to engage the forth.
hinged link C of the opposite draw-head. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
This link is hinged at the inner end of the my own I have hereunto affixed my signature
40 draw-head, immediately below the lower edge in presence of two witnesses.
of the car, being secured upon a shaft, D, SIDNEY LYONS.
turning in a transverse perforation, E, in the Witnesses:
draw-head, and provided at one end with an C. SaITH,
arm, F, to the outer end of which a rod, G, is I M. J. HArTHAwAAY.
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Lyons, Sidney. Car Coupling., patent, April 8, 1884; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170735/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.