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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 |
| 5439011 | Coaxial filter cigarette The coaxial filter cigarette according to the invention contains of a coaxial rod portion and a coaxial filter element. The rod portion contains an inner core of a material glowing or smouldering substantially residue-free, in particular tobacco material,... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5388596 | Coaxial cigarette The invention relates to a coaxial cigarette comprising a coaxial tobacco rod of a core and a rod periphery which contain different mixtures, the sheaths of the rod core and the rod periphery consisting of combustible material and a filter mouthpiece bein... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5379789 | Coaxial filter cigarette In a coaxial cigarette including a rod portion having an inner core of a material smoldering substantially without residue, a sheath for the inner core, an outer jacket coaxially surrounding the inner core and its sheath, a sheath for the outer jacket and... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5353816 | Foil filaments containing tobacco and method and apparatus for the production thereof The invention relates to tobacco-containing foil filaments comprising tobacco particles, water, binding agents and moisturizing agents and having a substantially partially circular or closed circular cross-section, and to a method and apparatus for produc... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5339837 | Drying process for increasing the filling power of tobacco material In a drying process for increasing the filling power of tobacco material, the cut and moistened tobacco material is conveyed in a drying gas flow, dried within a tubular drying section and subsequently separated from the drying gas. The drying gas has at ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5277204 | Device for the directed supply of tobacco ribs to a cutting tool A device provides a directed supply of tobacco ribs to a cutting tool. A vibrator conveyor conveys the tobacco ribs into the inlet area of a press conveyor disposed upstream of the cutting tool. The vibrator conveyor includes vertical partitions extending... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5265626 | Coaxial filter cigarette A coaxial filter cigarette with a rod portion having an inner core of material glowing substantially free of residue, in particular tobacco material, a sheath or wrapper for the inner core, an outer shell of tobacco and/or non-tobacco material coaxially s... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5209247 | System for manufacturing and packaging cigarettes In a system for manufacturing and packaging cigarettes each production unit comprising a cigarette making machine and packaging machines has associated therewith a supply station to which bobbins of raw materials are supplied, that is tipping paper, cigar... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5201328 | Method and apparatus for the production of coaxial tobacco or filter rods and coaxial tobacco or filter rod made by said method The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the production of a coaxial tobacco or filter rod, a first production machine processing a strip-like first covering material and a stream of filling material to give a preformed rod which is deposite... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5190060 | Smokable article A smokable article having an aerosol generating zone connected to a mouthpiece via a tubular intermediate zone, wherein the aerosol generating zone includes an annular combustion element and a cylindrical carrier for an aerosol precursor coaxially dispose... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5170128 | Device for detecting a sufficient glue coating of a paper strip A device, for detecting a sufficient glue coating on a first surface of a paper strip to be adhesively bonded in a cigarette machine, includes a sliding plate having a plate surface engaging a second surface of the paper strip, opposite to the first surfa... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5135009 | Smokable article The present invention relates to a smokable article which is intended to permit the smoker to avoid the condensates usually present in the smoke while retaining the taste experience familiar from conventional cigarettes; this is achieved in that a sheet-l... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5121758 | Glue and method for its production A glue for sealing the side seams of smokable articles contains 5 to 40 percent by weight dry substance pectin in an aqueous dispersion; to produce this glue the aqueous dispersion of the pectin is prepared by charging the pectin portion-wise into heated,... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5115820 | Smokable article A smokable article including an aerosol generating zone which has a combustion element and a carrier for an aerosol precursor which coaxially surrounds the combustion element, flow passages in the aerosol generating zone and a mouthpiece. The combustion e... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5097851 | Tobacco sheet and method and apparatus for the production of a tobacco sheet With the present invention a tobacco sheet or foil is proposed which has an elevated filling force and consists of tobacco particles, water, binders and moisturizers, and relatively gas-impermeable, in particular surface-sealed cover layers being connecte... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5080114 | Smokable article The invention described here relates to a smokable article which is intended to enable the smoker to avoid the condensates usually present in the smoke while retaining or even enhancing the taste experience familiar from conventional cigarettes or smokabl... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5058608 | Filter cigarette A filter cigatette comprises a tobacco rod having a tobacco mixture with a low packing or filling density, a first filter element racing the tobacco rod, having a retention capacity of 40 to 80% and consisting of a fibrous material having a low single den... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4986287 | Coaxial cigarette A coaxial cigarette comprising an inner core of a material glowing away substantially without residue, in particular tobacco material, with a sheath for the inner core, an outer jacket coaxially surrounding the inner core and its sheath and comprising a t... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4938235 | Separator for separating tobacco particles from a tobacco/gas mixture A separator for separating tobacco particles from a tobacco/gas mixture comprises a hood, a circular deflection space disposed in the hood, an inlet for the tobacco/gas mixture to be separated opening tangentially into the circular deflection space, a dow... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4919589 | Apparatus for supplying a stack of carton blanks form a pallet to the magazine of a carton-packing machine An apparatus for supplying a stack of carton blanks from a pallet to the magazine of a carton-packing machine in which the carton blanks are arranged vertically adjacent to each other, in particular for the tobacco industry, comprises an unloading carriag... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4911608 | Device for lifting at least one material stack A device for lifting at least one material stack from a support, in particular a stack of blanks from an intermediate support or bottom support in the tobacco industry, comprises the following features: a gripper is guided freely movable in all directions... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4874004 | Coaxial cigarette A coaxial cigarette comprising an inner core of a material, which glows substantially residue-free, in particular tobacco material, a wrapper for the inner core, an outer jacket which consists of a tobacco and/or non-tobacco material and coaxially surroun... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4865051 | Apparatus for the continuous determination of two physical properties of the constituents of a smokable article An apparatus for the continuous determination of two physical properties of the constituents of a smokable article from the mechanical properties of a rod of tobacco or filter fibres during the production of said rod employs a format finger for compacting... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4848370 | Method for controlling at least two of the physical properties, decisive for the quality of the finished smokable article, of a material rod of filter or tabacco material In a method for controlling at least two physical properties, decisive for the quality of the finished smokable article, of a material rod of filter or tobacco material for the manufacture of smokable articles, in particular in filter or cigarette manufac... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4811744 | Apparatus for measuring the draw resistance of a rod of tobacco fibers An apparatus for the continuous measurement of the draw resistance of a cigarette, comprising transducer which detects the pressure drop of a gas stream with constant volume, said gas stream being introduced at a format finger of a rod-producing machine i... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4771794 | Method and apparatus for controlling at least two physical properties, decisive for the quality of the finished product, of a rod made of smokable material In a method and an apparatus for controlling the physical properties of a rod of smokable material the actual values of at least two physical properties, in particular resistance to draw and hardness or deformation of the tobacco rod or of the smokable ar... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4767924 | Apparatus for optical monitoring with a high pressure lamp connected to a fiber optic cable An apparatus for optical monitoring of the surface of rod-shaped smoking articles and/or filter rods for the tobacco industry comprises a conveying means transporting the rods perpendicularly to their longitudinal direction and a high-pressure lamp which ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4762138 | Device for monitoring the end dropout of cigarettes For monitoring the end dropout of cigarettes in the course of the cigarette production beneath a point at which the cigarettes rotate about their longitudinal axis a mass transducer for the dropping tobacco particles is disposed; an evaluating device dete... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4748332 | Apparatus for detecting the longitudinal edges of a rod-shaped object An apparatus for detecting the longitudinal edges of a rod-shaped object moving in its longitudinal direction, in particular a tobacco or filter rod, comprises a light source, at least one beam divider for dividing the light beam coming from the light sou... | 05/31/1988 |
