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[An engineer tightening a screw]

Description: Photograph of an engineer tightening a screw. He is standing next to a standing structure against the wall. The engineer is wearing a button-up shirt with glasses.
Date: April 2, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Penny wooden doll from side]

Description: Photograph of a penny wooden doll sitting in a small wooden chair with a woven wicker seat. The doll has a dark skin-tone and is dressed in layers of patterned fabric. The face is painted on and includes, eyebrows, eyes, and a mouth with teeth. There is a nose protruding from the face and the arms have a screw in the shoulder allowing them to be moved and positioned.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tim Halsey recognition plaque]

Description: Photograph of a metal plaque given to Tim Halsey, the Dallas Chapter's Workshop Manager, for his work on the NAMES Project. It includes a date, a gold border, and has a wooden frame.
Date: July 19, 2017
Creator: Merrill, Jeffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Screws, etc.]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Briles Corporation peddling a new type of bolt to Convair.
Date: November 20, 1957
Duration: 1 minute
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a wrench that is adjustable to different size nuts and has a reciprocating screw member.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Daniel, Robert O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for an improved wrench that has two movable jaws and can separate about the length of the handle. The wrench's "head or nut for operating the upper jaw is swiveled and forms a part of the handle" (lines 14-15). The wrench can be converted into a pipe-wrench.
Date: May 9, 1893
Creator: King, Will Henry Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spindle-Nut Attachment.

Description: Patent for improvement in spindle-nut by providing “an extension to the spindle-nut, not being a washer in any sense of the word, but to all intents and purposes an integral part of said nut adapted to extend toward the outer end of the axle-box and to hold the same to its seat upon the spindle as efficiently as when the parts were new.” (Lines 35-41) Illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1903
Creator: Carlton, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Nut-Locks" (lines 5-6). "This invention relates to improvements in nut locks. The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel and efficient device for locking a nut on the end of an axle shaft or the like" (lines 12-17).
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Best, Eben
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Description: Patent for the improvement of the cotton press using screws and nuts in conjunction of a shifting pinion for changing the motion for the revolving wheels and shafts, including illustration.
Date: January 27, 1857
Creator: Parry, M. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Removing Broken Screws, &c.

Description: Patent for a new and improved device for removing broken screws. This design "is to provide a . . . bit specially designed for extracting screws, taps, screw-bolts, &c., from iron, marble, or other hard substances in case one of the said articles is broken off in the material into which it is screwed. The invention consists of a bit provided with an internal spiral cutting-thread and external cutters" (lines 7-15).
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Cahn, Maurice
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drilling Apparatus

Description: Patent for a drilling apparatus for wells. This drill is designed to be applied to a rotary and used with a pipe tong to screw and unscrew pipe joints.
Date: October 25, 1921
Creator: Reeves, George G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fastening

Description: Patent for fastening. This invention is comprised of a threaded member and a socket that are adapted to a screw. Illustration included.
Date: October 26, 1909
Creator: Percival, Herbert E. & Key, Brewer W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Screw-cutting Die.

Description: Patent for a screw-cutting die, including illustrations. The invention includes "a die-plate of special construction, adapted to cut either right or left hand threads" (lines 12-13).
Date: February 6, 1883
Creator: Müller, Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Screw Propeller.

Description: Patent for a new and improved screw propeller. This design "connect[s] propellers on the opposite sides of a vessel with one another and with a stern propeller, so that they will act at the same time upon different parts of the vessel in urging her forward," which leads to increased speed (lines 7-11).
Date: March 20, 1883
Creator: Gartner, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wood Screw.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wood screw. This design "consists of a screw-head having on the underside . . . cutting-edges alternating with flat and deep interspaces or notches, said notches completely filling the circuit of the screw-head and the notches gradually increasing in width and depth from the screw-shank to the crown of the head, thus enabling the cutters to clear themselves" (lines 12-20).
Date: November 23, 1880
Creator: Eckford, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Screw.

Description: Patent for a new and improved screw. This design consists in "[a] screw, the body and shank of which are of corresponding diameter throughout their length, the shank terminating in a rounded end, and the shank and body being provided with a longitudinal straight channel extending throughout their lengths, one of the terminal shoulders of the channel being removed" (lines 4-10).
Date: June 10, 1890
Creator: Ericson, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Willoughbys, February 12, 1954]

Description: Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Willoughbys mentioning about the Heiland Synchronized Flash Unit which they attached to his Rolleiflex camera that he purchased couple of years ago. He left his camera with them for repairs, and when he opened the returned camera, one of the screws was missing. So, he's requesting them to send him a screw that matches.
Date: February 12, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Roof Screw.

Description: Patent for a new and improved roof screw. This design consists, "[a]s a new article of manufacture, [in] a screw consisting of a threaded shank having an integral head, an enlarged collar or flange on said shank below the head thereon, and an elastic cushion on the shank immediately below the enlarged collar or flange, for the purpose described" (lines 60-66).
Date: September 23, 1890
Creator: Corley, Daniel B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shears and Tension-Screw.

Description: Patent for shears with a tension spring that don't require the use of a screwdriver to fix or adjust, last longer, keep the blades more even, and don't pinch one's hands while using them.
Date: February 19, 1907
Creator: Wilkins, Willis A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bit-Frame

Description: Patent for a bit frame for holding ceiling cleats in place so that screws can be driven at each end. Illustrations included.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Lagarde, Everette S. & Angenend, Peter A., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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