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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination, with a draw-bar having a socket and buffer-prongs on its ends, of a ball in the socket, coupling-hooks pivoted between jaws connected with the ball, a weighted stem projecting from the ball, and a sliding latch-rod for engaging with the stem and automatically releasing it when the cars come together" (lines 8-15).
Date:
May 19, 1885
Creator:
Hampl, Joseph & Jacobs, David
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The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Automobile-Lamp
Patent for a new automobile lamp that turns in conjunction with the steering wheel and an apparatus that attaches to automobiles to cradle the head lamp and stop it from vibrating.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Freeborn, Sidney Mills
System:
The Portal to Texas History