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Scientific American, Vol. 56, No. 18 (1887) (1887)

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uncouple the cars, the latch of either car may be trip- spaces of the desired sizes, and in which the ped from its lever, which will then fall to lift the coup- projections of one roller fit into the corre- ling pin and dead block, leaving one end of the link sponding grooves of the other, the… … ADAM’S COMBINED LATCH AND LOCK, \ a gravity pawl swings forward under the lower end of XS the pin and holds it up. The outer end of the operat- ing lever is lifted and held in its raised position by a latch ; the coupler is then set to couple, and as soon as the entering link strikes the pawl, the…

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