Car Coupling. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Car Coupling.

Creator

  • Inventor: Neal, Adam Sylvester
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Neal, A.S., of Richmond, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Cheney, J. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Cain, J. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1887-03-08
  • Acceptance Date: 1887-03-08
  • Submission Date: 1886-09-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists "in combination with the jaws . . . which are arranged to move laterally and simultaneously . . . each having two side hooks combined with the bar and springs . . . the levers, shaft, pulleys, and the chains which pass over the pulleys and connect the rollers with the jaws" (lines 86-96).
  • 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: railroad cars
  • Keyword: car-couplings

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Fort Bend County - Richmond

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: 359092
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171477

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,092, dated March 8, 1887. Application filed September 1, 1886. Serial No. 212,373. (No model.)"
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