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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 |
| 7416598 | Adhesives from modified soy protein The, present invention provides useful adhesive compositions having similar adhesive properties to conventional UF and PPF resins. The compositions generally include a protein portion and modifying ingredient portion selected from the group consisting of carboxyl-co... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7081159 | Soy protein based adhesive and particleboard An adhesive composition that can be used in particleboards and other composites is formed from an aqueous mixture of soy protein, zinc sulfate heptahydrate, calcium oxide, sodium benzoate, pine oil, wax emulsion and non-sulfonated kraft lignin. In a second embodimen... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7037367 | Concrete surface retarders Surface retarder compositions of the invention comprise at least one surface retarder active suspended in a vegatable oil or derivative thereof, an animal oil or derivative thereof, or mixtures thereof. Methods involving use of the compositions are also described. | 05/02/2006 |
| 7001877 | Organic laundry detergent and method of producing the same The present invention is a laundry detergent or powder and method of making the same utilizing natural components such as but not limited to milk, beeswax, sodium hydroxide or lye, vegetable or soy oil, sugar, baking soda, and corn starch. It is still further contem... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6790271 | Soy protein based adhesive containing a vegetable oil derivative A soy protein based adhesive useful in particleboards and other composites is formed from a mixture of soy protein isolate, a polyol plasticizer and a vegetable oil derivative. The preferred plasticizer is glycerol and the preferred vegetable oil derivative is the m... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6755904 | Natural paint and method for manufacturing the same In order to control volatilization or release of organic solvent, especially formaldehyde, and to adsorb them, and at the same time, to improve weather resistance, water resistance, stain resistance and fungus resistance, natural paint is composed of vegetable dryin... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6699561 | Activated carbon molded body and use thereof An activated carbon molded body, more particularly in honeycomb form and for use as an adsorption filter, can be produced from a mixture including activated carbon, water, novolak powder, clay, cellulose ether, liquid starch, wax, polyacrylamide and soap,... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6024789 | Method of preparing iron-containing pigment with enhanced dispersibility in both polar and nonpolar solvents Modified iron-containing pigment particles modified with an encapsulant comprising an alkylphenol and lecithin having an HLB value from about 10 to about 15. The modified iron oxide pigments made using the encapsulant exhibit enhanced dispersibility in so... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5851275 | Water soluble pharmaceutical coating and method for producing coated pharmaceuticals A method of making a pharmaceutical composition is disclosed. The method includes the steps of contacting at least one pharmaceutical ingredient with a mixture consisting essentially of gelatin and lecithin to increase the dissolution rate of water-insolu... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5725873 | Method of improving the growth or the efficiency of feed conversion of an animal and compositions for use therein A method of improving the efficiency of an animal to convert feed into desirable body tissue involves feeding the animal feed particles having an inner core of nutrients and an outer layer of fat containing antibodies which can protect the animal from con... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5716440 | Biodegradable molded articles A biodegradable molded article produced by molding under pressure a residue remaining after taking out essential portions of effective elements in foods, and/or in materials thereof, such as lees of Sake, squeezed and strained lees of fruits, etc. This en... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5393333 | Film-forming product for coating solid forms, process for its manufacture and products coated with this film-forming product The present invention relates to a film-forming product for coating solid forms, to a process for the manufacture of this film-forming product and to products coated with this film-forming product. According to the invention, this film-forming product tak... | 02/28/1995 |
| 4992100 | Gelatine granules as well as methods and apparatus for their manufacture Gelatine granules obtained by plasticizing conventional gelatine consist of solid gelatine particles with a water content of from 1 to 12% by weight, with a particle size of from 0.1 to 10 mm, with an entrapped air content of less than 1% by volume and wi... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4609403 | Foam soft gelatin capsules and their method of manufacture Single piece capsules, produced, filled and sealed in a single operation, also known as soft shell capsules, having a special foam wall structure, obtained by a microdispersion of a gas in an aqueous mixture of dry gelatin and one or more plasticizers. Th... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4500358 | Foam capsules Foam capsules with telescopically engaged body and cap portions, also known as hard shell capsules, having a special wall structure, obtained by a microdispersion of a gas in a gelatin solution. The capsule body and cap portions are formed by dipmolding the fi... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4442655 | Fibrinogen-containing dry preparation, manufacture and use thereof A dry preparation having a foam-like and, respectively, fleece-like structure obtained by freeze-drying consists, apart from thrombin in at least catalytically active amounts, substantially of approx. 10 to 95% by weight of fibrin and approx. 5 to 90% by ... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4148943 | Process for the preparation of matted photographic layers containing gelatine In a process for the preparation of matted photographic layers gelatine particles which are dispersed in a water-in-oil emulsion are hardened, separated from the emulsion, redispersed in water, added to the layer which is required to be matted, and the ca... | 04/10/1979 |
