US Patent: 910,329
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| Traction Coupling
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Patentee:
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| Marquis J. Todd (exact or similar names) - Buffalo, Erie County, NY |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Oct. 19, 1907 |
| Granted: |
Jan. 19, 1909 |
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Joel Havens
"Vintage Machinery" entry for Buffalo Pitts Co.
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Description: |
| Abstract:
Heretofore considerable difficulty has been experienced in connecting loaded cars or wagons to each other, as well as in coupling the end wagon of a train to the motor or action engine by which the same is to be transported. If the respective drawbars e out of line when it is desired to effect the coupling it has been usually necessary to employ a chain or some other additional element, as a temporary connection, to cable the train to be started and pulled until the drawbars could be brought into line and thereupon one or more of the vehicles, as for instance the traction engine in reference to the first wagon, had to be backed to effect the direct coupling of the drag-bars.
Claim:
A traction coupler comprising, in combination with a fixed draw-bar, a laterally-movable coupling member, and a laterally-movable member, the latter being pivotally connected to said fixed draw-bar, said coupling member being pivotally mounted on said laterally-movable member. |
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