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Combined Car and Air-Brake Coupling. (open access)

Combined Car and Air-Brake Coupling.

Patent for a simple, practical, and easy to use car coupling and in air brake coupling that automatically couples cars together. It can be easily uncoupled from the top or sides of cars. When it couples, it also connects the cars' air pipes together.
Date: November 14, 1893
Creator: Rohrbach, Gabriel
System: The Portal to Texas History