Resource Type

Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a car-coupling "which will afford means to automatically connect cars and release them in a safe manner from the roof or side of a car" (lines 9-11) and to adapt the improved coupling for connection with one of the ordinary type, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Rohrbach, Gabriel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch. (open access)

Gate-Latch.

Patent for improvements in gate latches, which "may be adjusted toward or from a gate on a post to be engaged by the latch proper and enable compensation to be made for spreading of the posts upon which the gate is supported and to which it is secured by the latching device." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 29, 1891
Creator: Rohrbach, Gabriel
System: The Portal to Texas History