New York [etc.] Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co. [etc.] · leaf 351
in cars alreadybuilt, no material change in the timbers of the car be-ing necessary, so its use is not confined to cars spec-ially constructed for it. Although the apparatus issimple and composed of but few parts, a broad claimwas obtained in the ijatent office which is dated May5, 1891, and, we… … It will be seen that theVigging provides for takingbuffing strains directly on the ends of the draft tim-bers, and that the pulling strains are transmittedthrough the rods i)ractically independent of theframe work of the car, on the principle of the con-tinuous draft rigging. The rods are not…
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