US Patent: 138,405
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| Car-Couplings
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Patentee:
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| Eli H. Janney (exact or similar names) - Alexandria, Alexandria County, VA |
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Patent Dates:
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Apr. 01, 1873 |
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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.
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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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