Car Coupling.

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Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a coupling for air-brakes, of the movable arm having the recess or socket, and the pivoted arm having the shoulder or offset adapted to fit the recess and provided with the [other] arm to direct the said shoulder or offset to the said recess when the coupling-arms come together, the said shoulder and recess forming the terminals of the air-pipes at the ends of the cars" (lines 92-100).

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[2], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Haltom, Samuel February 8, 1887.

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  • Haltom, Samuel Haltom, S., of Henderson, Texas, assignor of one-half to W.J. Crow and A. Wettennark, both of same place.

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Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a coupling for air-brakes, of the movable arm having the recess or socket, and the pivoted arm having the shoulder or offset adapted to fit the recess and provided with the [other] arm to direct the said shoulder or offset to the said recess when the coupling-arms come together, the said shoulder and recess forming the terminals of the air-pipes at the ends of the cars" (lines 92-100).

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[2], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,555, dated February 8, 1887. Application filed December 22, 1886. Serial No. 222,290. (No model.)"

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  • February 8, 1887

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  • February 8, 1887

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  • December 22, 1886

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Haltom, Samuel. Car Coupling., patent, February 8, 1887; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171461/: accessed April 24, 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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