The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-04-23
A oAETONIANs INVENTION.
MAs PentH Automatic Frsight-Car Coupler
at PhiiadelphiA,

Ma PentH Automatic Frsight-Car Coupler
at Philadelphia.
mo Philadelphia Railway World OF
Apfil 18th has the following elaborate
Assmiptl0n OF the automatic freight'oar
coupler invented by Levi Pentz, OF this
city, aud which Ia attracting consider
nbie attention In the Kaat:
~kIessrs. OIL h Co, No. 430 Walnut
Hlree, have on exhibition model OF an
aatOmatlc freight-car coupler, recently
patsnted by Levi Pentx, of Canton, Ohio,
which 10 attracting much attention. A
Anmher Of eminent judges think II rep
nesents the most successful effort yet
made TO solve all the dlfilculties In
waived In the satisfactory solution OF the
wexed coupler problem. The apparatus
D cheap, aIrong, simple, eff ctive, read
Ny applied 10 any car, and 30 arranged
Vat coupling can DO conveniently
Hade with car or cars having the or
dfnhIy draw heads. Another important
POINT in its favor In that coupling or un-
0Oupling can be done from the top, Aa
veil as on either side, OF box care. All
AhO parts requiring strength can DO con
RTucted OF wrought iron or steel, at an
NIpanse for material and workmanship
~ not more than from tl0tO Sl2 per car.
No pin 10 required. Each end OF a car
sqllpped with the apparatus would have
link aud hook. 30 that double equip
hent OF links would be provided, and as
aach link Ia stationary and permanently
pcnnected with the other D llanCes,
lhere Ia no danger that links would ever
NJ Lost, hut II one should be broken by
an undue strain, an extra link IN al
ways In position 10 take lta place, The
n vlces employed are 30 strong and sim.
ple that they ara not liable 10 got out OF
ardeT After the apparatus IN put In
proper position for coupling, by pulling
sehain attached 10 the top OF O Car, or
lnrnlng the handle OF crank from
aither side, the act Of coupling Ia per.
yOrmed by tho cOncussiOn Of the cars, In
compelling the link TO fall over the
hook, The apparatus admits OF very
rapld coupling and unc0upllng. II alao
furnishes link which can be used In
coupling with any Car equipped with
me usual devices, or II desirable, the Or
binary coupling-llnk may DO dropped
over The draw hook and attached by q
pin 10 the connecting Gar.
"The multiplicity OF patented freight
oar cOuplers has rendered the selection
lf u superior device very din 'ult, but
30 action OF lhn Massachusetts, Leglala-
sarr, OF the Railroad Com mlsIlOu OF that
State, and OF various associations do.
voted to the advancement Of railway
mechanism indicates that the general
.aanttan nR a IN naihnd fnr dlnlui.hIn.
Che dangers inaeparable from the pres.
ant methods OF coupling freight cars
nnn0i be much longer postponed. There
q no more prolific cause OF painful and
htal accidents TO a large class OF em.
plOyea than that which would be entire.
y removed by the general adoption OF q
satisfactory aut0ml ltic freightcir coup
pr, and the action ALREADY taken IN
Massachusetts, ls probably typical OF q
movement that Will soon extend over
Ahe entire country, The specification
Df the Pentz patent, after describing its
operations ~ length, says that with
Ahls invention II will be seen that the
danger attending the coupling of cars
n entirely overcome, NJ the necessity
for going between the cara to make the
coupling Ia done away with, The cars
lhn be coupled aud uncOupled without
any trouble. Tho devices ara very sim
pie In construction, and can b. realty
applied 10 cara In place OF the ordinary
draw head, pins, aud links,and no objec-
Mon arleea In case the coupling IL ~ be
made with u Cur or cars having the ordl.
nary draw heads" The model indicates
lhat these claims are well founded, We
underltand that Mesqra Oil q Co. are
authorized TO form q company 10 sell
thop rights, relating TO this invention"