Car Coupling. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Car Coupling.

Creator

  • Inventor: Davis, William Haywood
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Davis, W. H., of Chapel Hill, Texas, assignor of one-half to William T. Armstrong and Miller F. Armstrong, of same place.

Contributor

  • Witness: Hill, S. A., Jr.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Matthews, H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Assignee: Armstrong, William T.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Assignee: Armstrong, Miller F.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1892-08-16
  • Acceptance Date: 1892-08-16
  • Submission Date: 1891-10-10

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists "of a draw-head, a depending hook pivotally mounted therein, a transverse pin arranged on the bottom of the mouth of the draw-head and provided intermediate its ends with a notch to permit the passage of the lower end of the hook, a spring for holding the notch away from the hook, and means for sliding the pin to bring the notch opposite the hook" (lines 83-91).
  • Physical Description: [1], 2 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 - Washington County - Chappell Hill

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: 480866
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth173143

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,866 dated August 16, 1892. Application filed October 10, 1891. Serial No. 408,289. (No model.)"
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