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Device for Cutting Boiler Tubes.
Patent for a new device for cutting boiler-tubes. This design "is to be adjusted a distance from the head sufficiently in excess of the thickness of the tube sheet to prevent injury to the latter. The device is then inserted into the end of the tube, with the head abutting against the outside of the tube-sheet. By turning the screw the wedges may then be drawn toward each other, thus forcing the block carrying the cutter outward. The device is now to be turned by the shank alternately with feeding the cutter outward until the tube has been cut through, after which it may be readily removed" (lines 75-88).
Date:
April 18, 1882
Creator:
Franklin, James Johnson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device For Converting Motion.
Patent for a device that converts "regular rotary motion into irregular reciprocating motion" (lines 15-16) which includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 26, 1886
Creator:
Shellenberger, Samuel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Coring and Halving Machine.
Patent for a new and improved fruit corer and halver. This design consists "[i]n a fruit cutter, the combination of the pivoted knives having laterally-concaved facing sides and curved inward to the edges at the upper ends, the arms extending from one side of said knives near their lower end, and the vertically-moving guide-plate provided with the longitudinal guide-grooves parallel at their upper and lower portions and curving inward to meet at their centers, into which grooves the ends of said arms enter for the purpose of opening and closing said knives" (lines 22-32).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Harpst, Edgar S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Picker.
Patent for a new and improved fruit picker. This design "is to provide a picker that may be adjusted in length to suit trees of different heights. A further object is to provide a picker with a fruit-receptacle, which is constructed of wire gauze or netting to adapt the same to be introduced readily between branches that are close together; and a further object is to provide a picker which is simple in construction, and can be cheaply made and not liable to get out of order" (lines 16-26).
Date:
June 18, 1889
Creator:
Harpst, Edgar S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Picker.
Patent for a fruit-picker that has a jaw or jaws that severs the stem of the fruit, a fabric tube that brings the fruit to the operator or a basket. It bruises the fruit less than other pickers do.
Date:
September 24, 1895
Creator:
Williams, Thomas Page
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Colter Brace
Design patent for colter-brace for plows.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Darby, Robert J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Installation the exhibition "Black Dress"]
Video from the process of installing the exhibition "Black Dress: Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection and Works by Nancy Lamb," hosted by the Tyler Museum of Art, drawn from the UNT Texas Fashion Collection, and curated by TMA curator Caleb Bell and TFC director Annette Becker. The video was made on October 28, 2021, by Annette Becker.
Date:
October 28, 2021
Creator:
Becker, Annette
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Video showing the gallery for the "Black Dress" exhibition]
Video showing the first portion of a gallery featuring a Comme des Garcons dress, a Page Boy Maternity dress, and a 1920s beaded dress, along with accessories drawn from the TFC. Video is of the exhibition "Black Dress: Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection and Works by Nancy Lamb," hosted by the Tyler Museum of Art, drawn from the UNT Texas Fashion Collection, and curated by TMA curator Caleb Bell and TFC director Annette Becker.
Date:
November 6, 2021
Creator:
Becker, Annette
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Video showing the gallery for the "Black Dress" exhibition]
Video showing the first portion of a gallery featuring a Comme des Garcons dress, a Page Boy Maternity dress, and a 1920s beaded dress, along with accessories drawn from the TFC. Video is of the exhibition "Black Dress: Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection and Works by Nancy Lamb," hosted by the Tyler Museum of Art, drawn from the UNT Texas Fashion Collection, and curated by TMA curator Caleb Bell and TFC director Annette Becker.
Date:
November 6, 2021
Creator:
Becker, Annette
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Video of the exhibition's back gallery for the "Black Dress" exhibition]
Video of the exhibition's back gallery featuring garments by Oscar de la Renta, Vera Wang, Pauline Trigere, and Madame Gres, along with accessories from the TFC. Video is of the exhibition "Black Dress: Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection and Works by Nancy Lamb," hosted by the Tyler Museum of Art, drawn from the UNT Texas Fashion Collection, and curated by TMA curator Caleb Bell and TFC director Annette Becker.
Date:
November 6, 2021
Creator:
Becker, Annette
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Video of two cases of accessories for the "Black Dress" exhibition]
Video of two cases of accessories, including designs by Herbert and Beth Levine, Judith Lieber, Valentino, and unknown designers, drawn from the TFC's holdings. Video is of the exhibition "Black Dress: Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection and Works by Nancy Lamb," hosted by the Tyler Museum of Art, drawn from the UNT Texas Fashion Collection, and curated by TMA curator Caleb Bell and TFC director Annette Becker.
Date:
November 6, 2021
Creator:
Becker, Annette
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Van Victim]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
June 12, 1992, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Local Impact]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
May 12, 1993, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for a machine "for the purpose of cleaning the cotton before it is ginned, and thus free it from foreign substances and produce a better grade of cotton than that which is ginned without being previously cleaned" (lines 15-19).
Date:
April 28, 1885
Creator:
Tucker, Stephen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton cutter. This design consists in "the combination [of] the two-part shaft having bearings in the frame and supported on the wheels of [a] removable wheel, secured upon the end of [a] portion and having the spokes and cups at the ends thereof, arranged to operate between the adjustable plows" (lines 62-68).
Date:
May 31, 1881
Creator:
Smith, Joseph F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Flat Die.
Patent for improved adjustable flat dies which provide different sizes of cutting dies to the cutting device.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Wright, John G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction.
Patent for a building construction method. After completion of typical foundation and framework construction, "interlocking slabs or tiles are secured to the framework to form an outer covering or sheathing for the building." The interlocking method requires no cementing of material yet still allows water to be shed. "Provision is also made for fastening slabs or tiles to the framework in a manner permitting rapid assembly of parts" which reduces building time. The invention can be applied to doors and windows as demonstrated in the illustrations.
Date:
November 8, 1921
Creator:
Walker, Isham P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a car coupling. This invention operates as a coupling for rail cars. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Moore, Francis A. & Green, William Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn Planter and Fertilizer Distributer.
Patent for a device that can be used both to plant corn and apply fertilizer to fields.
Date:
February 19, 1884
Creator:
Arnold, William Noah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
James Dowell: Portraits, Landscapes and Still Lifes
Exhibit catalog for paintings by James Dowell displayed at Tyler Museum of Art, including an essay about Dowell's art; a chronological list of Dowell's education, exhibitions, and publications; images of paintings; and a checklist of the exhibition.
Date:
2003
Creator:
Tyler Museum of Art
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ink-Bottle
Patent for an ink bottle with screw threads allowing it to be screwed and unscrewed into a holder or desk; ink bottle can also be removed for cleaning or filling.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Kayser, Mary Louise
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Shade.
Patent for a new and improved cotton picker's shade. This design "consists of a portable frame having an adjustable and detachable awning or shade . . . for the use of cotton-pickers and others whose vocation obliges them to work in the field during the hot season" (lines 19-23).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Arnold, William Noah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressor.
Patent for a refrigerating machine compressor, which compresses more gas, cools the compressor with the incoming gas, and uses excess heat to dry the gas coming in.
Date:
April 19, 1910
Creator:
Mayhew, John Daugherty
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Air-Hose Coupling and Stop-Valve.
Patent for a combined air-hose coupling and stop-valve. One must shut off the cut-off valve before the coupling can be disconnected. When the valve is closed, air pressure is balanced so the couplings can be safely disconnected, and prevents dirt from getting into the train-pipe.
Date:
August 18, 1896
Creator:
Heidelburg, Samuel R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History