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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved design for freight car coupling. This design calls for a sliding block, with the assistance of metal pins, to lock the link between two freight cars firmly in place. This eliminates the possibility of accidental disconnect.
Date:
January 11, 1881
Creator:
Upson, Bolivar J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bench Clamp.
Patent for a new and improved bench clamp. This design, "[b]eing made of iron or other suitable material . . . is strong, durable, and inexpensive. It requires no bolts or screws to secure it to the work-bench or other object where its use may be required, and can be put in position and removed easily and quickly. It occupies but little room on account of its compactness, and can be applied to any piece of work without marring it" (lines 72-80).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Murphy, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History