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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4828292 | Adjustable fluid swivel A fluid swivel is described, which enable the measurement and the adjustment of separation of seal surfaces. The fluid swivel includes inner and outer walls that are rotatably coupled about an axis and that form an annular chamber and a pair of gaps exten... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4802431 | Lightweight transfer referencing and mooring system An offshore fluid transfer system is described for transferring fluid between an underwater pipe and a dynamically positioned vessel at the sea surface, which is relatively lightweight and economical. The system includes a riser having an upper end attach... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4797033 | Anchor line-stabilized system An offshore system of the articulated tower type is provided, which utilizes chain devices extending in different directions from the upper portion of the tower to the seabed to help maintain the tower in a largely vertical orientation. In one system wher... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4727819 | Single line mooring system A mooring system is provided, which can be rapidly installed and which is of relatively low cost. The system includes a transfer structure attached to a vessel, an anchor line extending from the transfer structure to a chain table near the sea floor, and ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4708178 | Fluid coupling system An improved hose structure is provided for passing fluid across a pivot joint, that permits a transfer structure to pivot about two horizontal axes with respect to a vessel or the like at the sea surface. A middle conduit has a lower end connected to a pi... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4699191 | Hose coupling mechanism An improved hose structure is provided for passing fluid across a universal joint, that permits a transfer structure to pivot about two horizontal axes with respect to a vessel or the like at the sea surface. A hose or other flexible conduit has a lower e... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4669412 | Boom for single point mooring system A boom is described for use on a single point mooring system to connect a tower thereof to tankers or other vessels, wherein the boom is constructed to enable rapid attachment to a vessel and to protect boom components when not connected to a vessel. The ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4666339 | Articulated tower mooring system An offshore mooring system is provided which is especially useful for mooring ships in moderately shallow seas such as on the order of 300 feet. The system is of the type which includes a tower having a lower end pivotally mounted to the sea floor and an ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4654015 | Mooring installation An offshore terminal of the type which includes a dedicated vessel which rigidly supports a transfer structure beyond one end of the vessel, and with the transfer structure held by catenary chains to the sea floor. The transfer structure lies very close t... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4650431 | Quick disconnect storage production terminal An offshore terminal is described, of the type which includes a dedicated vessel that supports a transfer structure loosely anchored as by several chains, and a fluid conduit structure that extends from the sea floor through the transfer structure to the ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4647076 | High pressure fluid swivel A fluid swivel is described, which is especially useful for carrying hydrocarbons at high pressures between stationary and rotating walls of a swivel. The swivel forms a fluid-carrying annular chamber and a pair of gap-like passages lying between the wall... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4645467 | Detachable mooring and cargo transfer system An improved offshore terminal is described, of the type that includes a riser loosely anchored at the sea floor so its upper end can extend from a deep underwater level up to the surface to moor a tanker and transfer hydrocarbons to it. A weight hangs fro... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4637335 | Offshore hydrocarbon production system An offshore hydrocarbon production system is provided, which is of relatively low cost. The system includes a vessel (12) having a platform (24) that allows the vessel to rotate about a vertical axis with respect to the platform, and a column (14) having ... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4573425 | Rapidly installable mooring and cargo transfer system A system which can be set up in emergencies to moor an offloading vessel and transfer oil between it and a seabed pipeline, as to remove oil from a grounded tanker or to deliver fuel to the shore under hostile or emergency conditions. The system includes ... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4472150 | In use replaceable bearing for offshore mooring terminal A heavy-duty slowly pivoting shaft and bearing system for an offshore mooring terminal, of a type which includes a heavy-duty shaft with opposite ends that are each rotatably mounted on a radial bearing assembly, wherein bearings at each of the assemblies... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4470724 | Tying system for offshore terminal A tying arrangement is described for use with an offshore terminal wherein a transfer structure near the sea surface is anchored by a group of anchor lines extending at downward inclines to the sea floor. A bumper line extends between a pair of anchor lin... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4441522 | Piggable multichamber fluid swivel A fluid swivel is described, of the type which includes an annular chamber formed at the interface between the stationary and rotatable parts of the swivel, which facilitates the passage of a pig through the chamber. A pig diverter device lies beside the ... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4429655 | Single leg terminal A single leg mooring terminal is described, of the type which includes a riser extending up from the sea floor to moor a vessel, and a separate fluid conduit extending up from the sea floor to carry oil to or from the vessel, and wherein the riser and hos... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4422401 | Raised anchor point catenary mooring system A mooring system is provided, of the type that includes several chains extending in loose curves from a mooring buoy at the sea surface to spaced anchor locations at the seabed, which enables the buoy to deflect sidewardly by a further distance and to abs... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4396046 | Buoy-to-yoke coupling system A mooring and fluid transfer system of the type which utilizes a yoke pivotally connected at its opposite ends to a ship and to a buoy, which enables the use of hard piping along the fluid conduit which couples the buoy to the ship. A cross arm whose midd... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4359011 | Boat mooring system for a platform structure A system is described for use with a platform structure which is anchored at a fixed location and orientation in deep water, to hold a supply boat at a substantially fixed location and compass heading so that cranes or the like on the platform can reach t... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4326312 | Single leg mooring terminal A single leg mooring terminal is described, of the type which includes a buoy assembly extending from the sea floor to the sea surface to moor a tanker vessel, and a separate fluid conduit extending at an upward incline to the vessel for carrying oil to o... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4320545 | Easily removable fluid swivel for SALM buoy installation A single anchor leg mooring (SALM) installation which enables replacement of a product distribution unit (PDU) without removal of the upper buoyancy structure, including a plurality of arms that can extend around the PDU to connect the buoyancy structure ... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4317474 | Mooring terminal for transferring difficult cargo A mooring and cargo transfer terminal is described, for use in transferring a fluid such as LNG (liquified natural gas) which is supercooled and therefore likely to cause severe icing of pipes and joints. The terminal includes a table support in the form ... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4315408 | Offshore liquified gas transfer system A hose assembly is described for use in the transference of cooled liquified gas to a vessel, in a system that requires the flexible hose to lie in the water. The hose assembly includes a flexible inner hose forming a central passage through which liquifi... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4310937 | Mooring terminal with top mounted fluid swivel A mooring and cargo transfer terminal is described, of the type which includes a buoy held at a predetermined height above the seabed as by a single anchor leg, to moor a ship which can drift in rotation about the buoy while a floating hose structure carr... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4309955 | Riser-to-vessel-mooring-terminal A SALM (single anchor leg mooring) terminal is described, of the type which includes apparatus mounted on the moored vessel for applying tension to the anchor leg so as to avoid the need for a large float at its upper end, which is of simple and reliable ... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4301840 | Fixed turret subsea hydrocarbon production terminal An offshore oil production terminal system is described which includes a transfer structure having a nonrotatable turret anchored to the sea floor and a rotatable portion fixed to a dedicated storage vessel, and also a fluid conduit extending from the sea... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4299260 | Hydrocarbon production terminal An offshore oil production terminal system is described, of the type which includes a tall transfer structure that has a nonrotatable tower anchored to the sea floor and a rotatable portion that rotates with respect to the nonrotatable tower and is connec... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4295237 | Hose arm coupling for underwater fluid swivel An arrangement for connecting an underwater product distribution unit (PDU) to a hose that extends up to a ship, which is simple in construction and yet which enables the hose structure to apply considerable torque to rotate the outer portion of the PDU t... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4290158 | Mooring buoy A buoy, for mooring vessels, has a rotatable turntable on the top, which rotates about the vertical axis of the buoy. A rigid mooring yoke is pivotably coupled to vessels at one end, and has the other end pivotably coupled to the buoy through structure th... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4254523 | Mooring installation An offshore terminal of the type which includes a dedicated vessel which rigidly supports a transfer structure beyond one end of the vessel, and with the transfer structure held by catenary chains to the sea floor. The transfer structure lies very close t... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4176615 | Mooring attachment for single point mooring terminals A mooring attachment for substantially permanently connecting a buoy and a storage-process vessel, wherein the mooring attachment is of smaller weight but as great a level of reliability as prior art attachments. The attachment includes a mooring arm havi... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4148107 | Mooring buoy A buoy for mooring vessels, has a rotatable turntable on the top, which rotates about the vertical axis of the buoy. A mooring yoke which couples to ships at one end has the other end pivotably attached to the turntable so that it is pivotable about a hor... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4142767 | Swivel assembly A multi-product swivel assembly for carrying oil or other cargo and transmitting electrical power and signal currents, between a ship and stationary oil wells or other installations. The swivel assembly includes a non-rotating or stationary unit, a large ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4125004 | Rolling mill gauge control system An automatic feed backward gauge control system for screwdown adjustment of a cold rolling mill using a mill screwdown model employing measured output gauge and simulated input gauge variables and adaptive by modification of the simulated input gauge to r... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4115024 | Spade drill blade The present invention relates generally to a spade drill blade and more particularly to a spade drill blade which is adapted to be clamped in the clamp slit of a holder and which has side surfaces that bear against the wall of the bore to be of a raised s... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4094180 | Multiple stage wire drawing machine A multiple stage wire drawing machine having a final stage draw block and a plurality of multiple step draw capstan assemblies each having a plurality of coaxial draw capstans of increasing diameter rotatably mounted on a drive spindle, driven at a fixed ... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4079609 | Control system for multiple stage reducing apparatus A control system for a multi-stage reducing apparatus having a series of material reducing stages through which elongate material is continuously advanced and progressively reduced in cross section. The control system is settable for establishing voltage ... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4060335 | Spade drill A spade drill is provided with a holder for a spade cutting blade which is clamped in a slot of the holder by means of a clamp screw. The spade cutting blade is essentially formed with a cutting surface coming to a central point and of the same shape as t... | 11/29/1977 |
