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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 |
| 7374672 | Filter device comprising integral centrifugal separation A filter apparatus having a filter membrane, a main body, a supply channel running perpendicular to the surface of the filter membrane and a gap running between it and the filter membrane, for the formation of a tangentially directed transverse flow, a return channe... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364662 | Scraper adjustment mechanism and method A scraper adjustment mechanism and method for a filter that permits an operator to adjust the distance between the scraper and a filter surface without the need to have access to the filter/scraper interface, or fasteners within the filter. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7329344 | Grease and scum removal in a filtration apparatus comprising a membrane bioreactor and a treatment vessel for digesting organic materials The invention relates to a membrane bioreactor process combined with an advanced biological sludge digestion process that provides significant improvements in sludge digestion by reducing the costs and resources required for disposing of digested sludge. The offline... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7291196 | Filamentary pad for improved mist elimination and mass transfer An apparatus and method of making a filamentary pad for improved mist elimination and mass transfer comprising a plurality of layers of mesh, each layer of mesh having a plurality of mesh openings defined therein. A plurality of preferential gas flow openings, each ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7141167 | Filter device A filter device for filtering liquids including a filter membrane, a main body which is arranged upstream from the filter membrane, and which has a feed channel perpendicular to the surface of the filter membrane, a gap extending between the filter membrane and the ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6926828 | Fluid filter A fluid filter is provided with a case body defining therein a holder and having pressing portions formed on the internal wall surface of the case body. The pressing portions can compress a filter medium housed in the holder. The pressing portions are pressed agains... | 08/09/2005 |
| 5944991 | Pipeline strainer A pipeline strainer having a body defining a rectilinear flow passage between an inlet and an outlet and a cylindrical cavity centrally located therebetween. A removable cover of cup-like configuration is secured in a sealed relation to the body subtendin... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5354465 | Large capacity filter system A large capacity filter assembly A comprising of a housing B, a filter chamber C, and a horizontal trap chamber D. Water flowing from industrial drain line 10 enters housing B, flows through filter chamber C, ingress horizontal trap chamber D and exits ho... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5192913 | Segmented charge limiting test algorithm for electrical components A method of electrically testing an electrical component containing a plurality of networks with at least one node. The method uses segmented, charge limiting testing to charge the nodes and detect shorted or disconnected nodes while preventing accumulate... | 03/09/1993 |
| 4942416 | Processing solution filtering device having a filter in a processing solution container A system for filtering circulating photosensitive material processing solution. The system includes a container for containing the circulating photosensitive material processing solution. The container has an inlet for receiving the circulating solution a... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4334989 | Fuel-water separator with piston-check valve water disposal to evaporator In an automobile fuel system and particularly for a diesel powered vehicle, it is desirable to provide a water separator to prevent passage of water to the engine and particularly the fuel induction components. It is also desirable to provide ejection mea... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4333835 | Vertical tube liquid pollutant separators A plurality of elongated hollow, circular, foraminous substantially vertical tubes contiguously stacked transversely to the direction flowing liquid such as waste water containing foreign matter, i.e., settable solids and free oil, in a coalescer-separato... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4317720 | Cleaning fluid recovery apparatus Apparatus for recovering solvents used for cleaning machine parts and the like from the water used to wash the cleaning solvent from the parts. A fluid-receiving tank has a screen covering the open top of the tank for supporting a part to be cleaned. A sp... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4304671 | Apparatus and process for separating emulsions by coalescence A system for treating organic emulsions by separating by coalescence the disperse phase from the dispersion phase of the emulsion includes a single enclosed chamber having therein a lower destabilizing area, a central filtering and coalescence area, and a... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4265759 | Device for separating a mixture A device for separating a mixture of, for example, oil and water consists of a number of elements treating the mixture in stages, said elements being arranged in overlying position in order to manufacture a compact device.... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4250037 | Plumbing fixture with integral strainer A plumbing fixture with an integral strainer is provided for separating solids and other foreign bodies from a liquid flowing through a pipe. A generally T-shaped conduit section is provided having at least three portals including an input and an output p... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4235716 | Fluorescent indicators for chromatography and sorption agents containing them Magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc and/or cadmium tungstate and/or calcium molybdate are good fluorescent indicators for use in sorption agents for chromatography. They are especially useful because of the stability of their fluorescent propertie... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4067812 | Filter construction A filter comprises an inner rigid metal tube connectable at its opposite ends to the fluid pipe line, and a spaced outer plastic housing enclosing the inner rigid tube. The latter is formed with two groups of holes through its wall, and with a deflector b... | 01/10/1978 |
| 3963464 | Gas washer and liquid treatment system An injector type spray cooling system is described having a cooled water recovery sump in which water is directed through a strainer slanted with its upper edge upstream so that a self cleaning action is produced.... | 06/15/1976 |
