Re: Another "Where Is This" Picture

Posted by Todd Hackett on
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Chris Walker wrote

..."Selden Automatic Coupler"...  is that what "Sam's Patent" is about as I have seen references to both over the years.

S. C. Sams and Samuel Shelden each had similar patented automatic link and pin couplers. See the patents for Sams and Shelden. Note that it is a Sams' coupler, not Sam's. The main difference between Sams and Shelden appears to be how the pin was supported prior to coupling and how the pin on the other coupler held the link in the correct position (Sams with wings on the side of the pin, Shelden with a notch in the back).