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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 |
| 4993589 | Disposable article dispenser A dispensing apparatus for disposable, thin plastic articles is disclosed wherein said articles may be retrieved by the user one at a time in a relatively simple manner. The apparatus comprises a box-like, generally rectangular enclosure for housing a rem... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4953747 | Table model napkin dispenser A napkin dispenser (10) is disclosed that is a self-contained unit that may be set upon a surface such as a table, counter, or the like. The napkin dispenser (10) has a front (14) and back (16) that oppose one another, each end having hinged doors (26) th... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4753369 | Napkin dispenser A dispenser for paper napkins including a container having a substantially open top and front. Opposed side walls of the container receive a cover that can pivot about an axis adjacent the rearward edges of the cover. In addition to pivotal movement, the ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4653666 | Package and dispenser for adhesive coated notepaper Notepaper dispensers formed from inexpensive card stock material tend to weaken and tear when subjected to concentrated forces, and the dispenser of the present patent is provided with lengths of polymeric material adjacent the edges of the dispensing ope... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4646937 | Dispensing cartons for stacks of milk filters An improved dispensing carton for elongated flat articles such as milk filters is disclosed. The carton is of generally rectangular configuration and in preferred embodiments is adapted to dispense such elongated articles end-wise and one-at-a-time. Inclu... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4580695 | Porta towel A portable towel dispenser that dispenses towels from an open top portion of a hollow rectangular shaped container. A slider is provided with a retainer portion for holding the towels down and a lifter portion for successively lifting each towel. Further ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4552285 | Unloading device Flat objects, such as disk shaped print masters, that are stacked in a magazine are pressured by an ejector against the ejection orifice of the magazine. A support surface for the ejected object is located under the ejection orifice. The ejector is actuat... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4190177 | Pellet dispenser for dental purpose In this pellet dispenser, foam pellets or the like are made available individually for pickup by the dentist. The dispenser housing includes a cylindrical body with a conical top covered by a cylindrical hood having a conical upper end. The hood has at le... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4005801 | Bag storing and dispensing apparatus Apparatus for storing and dispensing paper bags, wherein the bags are stored in collapsed condition and are automatically opened upon successive removal of the bags from the apparatus. The apparatus includes a frame for slidably supporting a container hav... | 02/01/1977 |
