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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 |
| 6260554 | Pipe A self-extinguishing pipe is described for use with tobacco or other smoking material. The pipe is made in two parts, a body and an endpiece, and holds a filter internally. The endpiece includes a reservoir for the tobacco or other smoking material at one... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6023023 | Noise absorbing apparatus A noise absorbing apparatus includes a noise absorbing unit and a fixing base. The noise absorbing unit is constituted by a pair of ferrite members and a pair of covers covering the ferrite members. The ferrite members are positioned to oppose each other ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5965948 | Semiconductor device having doubled pads In a semiconductor device, a plurality of first pads are arranged in a row on a semiconductor chip, and a plurality of second pads are arranged in another row on the semiconductor chip. One of the first pads and one of the second pads is capable of receiv... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5957060 | Shelving system A shelving system employing an array of vertical standards defining vertically arranged pockets on the inwardly facing surface of each and a shelf. The shelf is rectangular and is formed from a single sheet of metal to which shoulder rivets are secured. T... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5951481 | Apparatus and method for non-invasive measurement of a substance An apparatus and method of non-invasive measurement of a chosen region (4) within a body (2), using the transmission of an ultrasonic pulse and the measurement of back scattered optical radiation which has been modulated by the ultrasonic pulse at the reg... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5942058 | Co-adhesive system for bonding wood, fibers, or agriculture based composite materials The invention provides an adhesive system comprising a blend of resin and a co-adhesive conjugated triglyceride drying oil acting as a internal release agent which is mixed with fibers for bonding composite panels such as oriented strand board, particle b... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5938951 | Method and apparatus for the bonding of a contact element Method and apparatus for bonding a contact element (17) on a substrate (20), in which the contact element is held by a connecting device designed, in particular, as a bonding head (11) and the contact element or the substrate or both are loaded with therm... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5939295 | Production of tryptophan by microorganisms An improved recombinant DNA plasmid composed of a DNA vector and other DNA fragments containing the tryptophan operon from E. coli, the aroG gene from E. coli and the serA gene from E. coli is shown. The plasmid is transformed into a microorganism belongi... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5935744 | Method of drawing patterns through electron beam exposure utilizing target subpatterns and varied exposure quantity In a method of drawing patterns by an electron beam exposure apparatus, a target pattern is divided into subpatterns and one of the subpatterns is sequentially selected. The dimensions of the selected subpattern are compared with dimensions of a reference... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5927298 | Combination shaving device and mirror A shaving device having a body member with an integrally formed cutting head and a permanently or removably attached mirror, whereby a user can view the area being shaved in the mirror. The shaving device may be electric or a straight edge razor.... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5921171 | Pressing device for molding and cooking products A pressing device comprised of stackable moulds for cooking and shaping hams into an oval cross-section. Each mould comprises transverse sides, longitudinal sides, crosspieces extending between the longitudinal sides, and a plurality of fixed troughs exte... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5918445 | Automatic packaging machine for inserting a few small items with desired orientation into a carton An automatic packaging machine includes a first conveyor which carries a batch of small items along a path extending in a first direction. A second conveyor carries boxes in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. A depositing st... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5917455 | Electrically variable beam tilt antenna An antenna assembly having an operating frequency and a vertical radiation pattern with a main lobe axis defining a downtilt angle with respect to the earth's surface. The antenna assembly comprises a plurality of antennas in first, second, and third ante... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5917208 | Charge coupled device and electrode structure In a method of manufacturing a charge coupled device, a channel layer is formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. Then, first layer transfer electrodes are formed in a charge transfer direction above the channel layer via a first insulating film.... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5913317 | Clip-on mirror for shaving device A clip-on mirror for a shaving device of the type having a body member with a cutting head at one end, wherein the clip-on mirror includes a mirror, and attachment mechanism for removably attaching the mirror to the shaving device. The shaving device may ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5914998 | X-ray microbeam generating method and device for the same A method of generating an X-ray microbeam of the present invention generates an X-ray microbeam having a restricted divergence angle and desirable planeness in regions other than the focus. With this method, it is possible to compensate for a change in th... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5912686 | Ink jet printhead and an armature therefor An armature (1) for an actuator drive for a multi-jet continuous ink jet printhead has, at one side, a row of transducer mountings (10). The armature (1) has a plurality of elongate slots (5) therethrough in a row parallel to the one side, each slot (5) e... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5908384 | Apparatus for non-invasive measurement within a human or animal body An apparatus for non-invasive measurement within a human or animal body with an emitter for emitting electromagnetic radiation into the human or animal body and a detector for detecting the scattered and attenuated radiation. The detector comprises a firs... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5909020 | Switching device for connections between electric circuits A switching device for connections between electric circuits is provided, which comprises a toggle contact element oscillatably movable about a fulcrum, an operating push-button, and spring means interposed between the toggle element and the operating pus... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907645 | Liquid crystal ferroelectric electro-optical phase modulators which are insensitive to polarization The modulator is formed by a smectic chiral ferroelectric C* liquid crystal cell (CL), crossed by the light signal which is transmitted by the said fibre. The cell (CL) is provided with transparent walls and transparent command electrodes (5 to 7). The li... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5903932 | Portable toilet with disposable liner A portable toilet seat, especially--but not exclusively for a child, has a cup shape and is arranged to receive a liner. The liner is a film of hydrophobic material with a drainage pad attached to the center thereof. The seat is preferably a closed contai... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5904578 | Coaxial receptacle connector having a connection detecting element In a coaxial receptacle connector for receiving an coaxial plug connector having a plug side central contact and a plug side outer contact surrounding the plug side central contact, a receptacle side outer contact and a connection detecting element are pl... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5901983 | Book A book (1) is disclosed which comprises a predetermined number of pages (2) placed in mutual-superposition relationship and mutually engaged at a binding area (3) thereof, in which each of said pages has a shaping contour (4) having an overall dimension s... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5899720 | Process of fabricating salicide structure from high-purity reproducible cobalt layer without sacrifice of leakage current and breakdown voltage of P-N junction A cobalt disilicide layer is formed on a silicon layer through an etching of natural oxide grown on the silicon layer, a deposition of a cobalt layer by using a chemical vapor deposition, a conversion of the cobalt layer on the silicon layer to a cobalt s... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5901197 | Method of extending the life of a multiple filament x-ray tube Methods for extending the life of an X-ray tube having at least two filaments which are individually energizable in which the filaments are successively energized either for a predetermined number of exposures or based on a predetermined passage of time, ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5898287 | Slip controlled induction motor using variable frequency transducer and method for controlling slip A slip controlled induction motor using a variable frequency feedback transducer comprises a motor stator, a motor rotor and a variable frequency feedback transducer (VFFT). The VFFT includes an input winding transformer coupled to an output winding by a ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5897203 | Dough portioning and kneading machine A dough portioning and kneading machine comprises two dough hoppers separated from each other, a conveying chamber, in which a conveying piston is displaceably arranged, being disposed downstream of each dough hopper. At least one metering chamber is disp... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5898410 | Pre-tuned hybrid logarithmic yagi antenna system A hybrid logarithmic yagi antenna system characterized by the absence of a balun or other conventional log periodic yagi antenna system balanced feed and impedance matching element. The reflector element is configured as a supporting conductive tray which... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5895480 | Method of and means for accessing an address by respectively substracting base addresses of memory integrated circuits from an access address The present invention provides a method for accessing a memory device and a memory accessing device. The method includes a) providing the memory device having a plurality of memory sub-spaces respectively having a plurality of address ranges; b) respectiv... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5896107 | Dual polarized aperture coupled microstrip patch antenna system A dual polarized aperture coupled patch antenna system having a back plate, a ground plane and a patch plane. The patch plane has a conductive patch layer forming a plurality of conductive patches on one side. The ground plane has a slot layer on one side... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5895021 | Rotatable platform display device A battery operated, rotatable platform display device for use in retail establishments. The display device employs a friction clutch provided between the base of the rotatable platform and an underlying drive plate upon which the rotatable platform is sup... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5890350 | Automatic packaging machine for multiple small items with desired orientation An automatic packaging machine inserts small items, such as candy coated chewing gum, into a box with the small items arranged in a desired orientation. First, the small items are swept into a grid of individual pockets in plates on a conveyor. Then, the ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5893068 | Method of expanding a frequency range of a digital audio signal without increasing a sampling rate A frequency range of a digital audio signal is expanded without increasing a sampling frequency f5. The digital audio signal has a frequency range with an upper frequency defined by a frequency f5 /2, and also has noise components in... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5892537 | Audio-visual telecommunications unit designed to form a videophone terminal An audio-visual telecommunications system comprises a videophone terminal including a videophone communication interface for making a connection to a telecommunications network. A picture processing unit receives audio-visual signals from the videophone t... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5892888 | Means for electrically heating a circulating fluid in a basin or pool An electric heating apparatus heats a circulating fluid for a basin or pool. A section of a duct is connected, at its upstream end, to an intake duct for the fluid. Its downstream end is connected to a duct for the discharge of that fluid, this forming an... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5891315 | Filter system for removal of particles from hydrocarbonfluids An electrostatic filter removes particles from non-electrically-conductive fluids. A pair of electrical conductors extend through a filter housing for providing one of a plurality of D.C. voltage levels selected to control electrical current consumption w... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5890567 | Brake drum mounting A brake drum for mounting on a wheel hub has first and second drum pilots for facilitating proper alignment when installing the brake drum on the hub. The first drum pilot is configured to engage a first hub pilot and the second drum pilot is configured t... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5887537 | Method and apparatus for the production of a seam in a workplace A sewing machine comprises a holding device, by means of which the front end of the needle thread can be clamped and held. Further, a cutter is available, by means of which the front end of the needle thread can be cut off directly over the workpiece.... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5888203 | Biaxial ligamentous-restrained prostheses for upper and lower extremity arthroplasties Surgically implantable bone prostheses comprising one or more biocompatable, medically inert contoured body members designed to be restrained along at least two crisscrossing axes and including at least one channel passing through the prostheses.... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5888076 | LCD panel connector for use in connection between an LCD panel and a circuit board An LCD panel (45) has a plurality of terminal electrodes (45d) formed at a peripheral portion thereof. The LCD panel (45) is brought into contact with conductive contact elements (13) and fixed by fixing means (71) to be electrically connected to a circui... | 03/30/1999 |
