. Electrical news and engineering . position in June, 1895. A more complete description of the Park and Islandsystem will be given in a future number, when the newwork becomes sufficiently advanced. IMPROVED AUTOMATIC CAR COUPLER. Railways to-day demand an automatic coupler thatis strong, cheap, reliable, decisive in its action, self-ad-justable and interchangeable with the present rollingstock of the world. Ai an exhibition held in the Park.\venue Hotel, in the city of New York, attended by therailway managers of the amalgamated roads of theUnited States, the invention of Otto Flohr, of which
. Electrical news and engineering . position in June, 1895. A more complete description of the Park and Islandsystem will be given in a future number, when the newwork becomes sufficiently advanced. IMPROVED AUTOMATIC CAR COUPLER. Railways to-day demand an automatic coupler thatis strong, cheap, reliable, decisive in its action, self-ad-justable and interchangeable with the present rollingstock of the world. Ai an exhibition held in the Park.\venue Hotel, in the city of New York, attended by therailway managers of the amalgamated roads of theUnited States, the invention of Otto Flohr, of which wegive an illustration, was unanimously voted as beingthe only invention of its kind worthy of considerationfrom all points ethical and economic. The chief advan-tage of this device in the eyes of practical railway menare that the couplers are interchangeable with any ofthe vertical plane couplers now in use ; absolutely auto-matic ; simple in construction ; undoubtedly cheap ;certain in action ; durable ; can be handled with ease. Improved Aitomatic Car Coipler. and without hanger, and will lock on a curve as readilyas on a straight line. The coupling obviates the necessity of any one goingbetween the cars and the parts are so ingeniously con-structed that the resistance in uncoupling is reduced toa minimum. The locking arm rises automatically bybeing pressed by the locking arm, which has a slighttaper at the end, which engages with an incline faceupon the pin, forcing the pin up during the concussionuntil the arm swings by and clears it. The knuckle swings open the moment the pin is re-leased, as the result of its own gravity-it resting onthe highest point of resistance on a spiral-way, whenclosed from which it naturally descends from its ownweight. The outer edge of the knuckle has a stop thatprevents the possibility of the locking arm swinging outtoo far to be ol service. It is a coupler that is wonderfully clever in its mech-anism and is entirely different to any now in u
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