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US Patent: 138,405
Car-Couplings
Patentee:
Eli H. Janney (exact or similar names) - Alexandria, Alexandria County, VA

USPTO Classifications:
213/14

Tool Categories:
transportation : railroads : railroad cars and carriages : railroad car couplers

Assignees:
None

Manufacturer:
McClonway & Torley Co. - Pittsburgh, Alleghany County, PA

Witnesses:
R. N. Dyer
H. E. Matthews
Harrie C. Clark

Patent Dates:
Applied: Apr. 01, 1873
Granted: Apr. 29, 1873

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Video on the link and pin vs. hook type couplers.
Wikipedia entry for Eli Hamilton Janney
McConway & Torley Co.
Description:
This was the first hook and catch railroad car coupler designed to replace link and pin types.

Abstract:

This invention consists mainly in the combination of the hook and catch with a guard- arm, and in certain details of construction.

Claim:

The combination in a car-coupling, of a rotary hook B, guard-arm at, and automatic catch-lever C.

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