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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 |
| 4974331 | Extensible girth measuring device A girth measuring device for making simultaneous multiple measurements of the girth of an elongate portion of a body along its length has a generally rectangular base member adapted to be placed along the elongate portion of the body being measured and ha... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4965943 | Workpiece joint-forming template system A template system has a series of individual joint-forming templates partially die-cut in a transparent flexible plastic sheet reverse-side printed with a series of linear indicia parallel to each other indicating the position of each cut to be made in a ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4942670 | Adhesive template tape An adhesive template tape for aligning of building construction members, particularly for establishing of locations and spacing for equispaced construction members such as, for instance, studs in wall framing construction; the adhesive template tape inclu... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4936722 | Milling machine positioning apparatus A milling machine positioning apparatus is set forth wherein a first "X" table is slidable relative to a milling machine in a first direction with a "Y" table slidable relative to the milling machine orthogonally relative to the "X" table, A first scale a... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4907348 | Navigational tape measure-type apparatus A tape measure-type apparatus including a teardrop-shaped housing having a hollow interior. The housing has a rounded rear portion for storing a self-biased steel strip adapted to wind itself into a coil within the hollow interior of the rounded portion. ... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4896280 | Electronic tape rule An electronic tape rule comprising a housing (6), a tape (1) that may be extended from the housing and which carries a position track (3, 4) therealong, a reading system (30, 31) in the housing past which the position track travels during movement of the ... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4888881 | Direct height measuring device for surveying instruments A direct measuring device for the direct and exact measurement of the height of a surveying instrument above a ground point. The direct measurement device includes a frame having an upstanding portion and a pair of arms substantially normally extending th... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4880232 | Flag pin golf ball distance measuring device A flag pin golf ball distance measuring device for measuring the distance of a golf ball from a hole on a putting green includes an elongated cylindrical pin having a lower end provided with a radially extending flange and dimensioned for registry with a ... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4845858 | Stud locating tape In connection with building stud layout, a continuous rollable tape, selectively and adhesively secured to the bottom and top plates of a wall installation, for positively establishing stud locations by providing a series of indicia portions, where like i... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4827621 | Measurement tape for sizing carpet The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for allowing the accurate calculation of the minimum number of linear feet of carpet which must be cut from a standard width roll and delivered to an installation site to completely, properly and eff... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4811489 | Pipe fitters tape measure strip A pipe fitter's tape measuring strip of 25-foot length is marked on one surface with cumulative inch markings along one edge, with information providing take-off charts along the other edge at a leading end of the strip and with cumulative foot and inch m... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4779349 | Notch measuring device An instrument for measuring the distance between bone parts in a knee joint, particularly the distance between both femoral condyles (A', A") at the knee end of the femur (A), the instrument including a first element (3, 4, 12) with a first abutment surfa... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4713888 | Measuring tape for directly determining physical treatment and physiological values A measuring tape (10) has indicia thereon for measuring a patient, the indicia representing increments of a physical treatment or physiological value based upon a correlation between the length of a patient and that value. Drug dosages, tube sizes and med... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4696110 | Pipefitters tape measure A pipe fitter's tape measuring strip of 25 foot length is marked on one surface thereof with cumulative inch markings along one edge, with information providing take-off charts along the other edge at a leading end of the strip and with cumulative foot an... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4688653 | Method for determining body weight of a newborn calf The method of determining the body weight of a newborn calf comprises weighing a control group of first newborn calves having different body weights, measuring the circumference of a front hoof of each of the first newborn calves in the control group, and... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4575943 | Right angle measuring apparatus Apparatus for marking a reference line on a working surface at a predetermined angle or disposition from an established base line. Three tape measures each have a housing and a retractable tape extending therefrom. The free ends of each tape are connected... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4566198 | Tape square A squaring device comprises two reels of tape rotatably mounted on a support, the axes of rotation of the reels being inclined to each other to enable the tapes to be unreeled at an acute angle to each other. The two reeled tapes are connected by gearing ... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4441258 | Coded tape for determining tire size In a measuring device for tires, wherein the device comprises a length of flexible tape adapted to overlap an annular portion of the outer peripheral surface of a tire, the improvement comprises the addition to the outer surface of the tape of a plurality... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4375721 | Collapsible restraint for measuring tapes A collapsible restraint is provided for attachment to the end of a flexible easuring tape in order to allow the thickness of a material, such as an ice layer covering a lake or other body of water, to be measured through a hole in the material. The collaps... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4332087 | V-Belt measuring device A V-belt measuring device is provided for directly determining the size of a V-belt needed for a particular belt-drive mechanical system without the need for subsequent calculations. The measuring device is substantially complimentary in cross-section to ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4286386 | Electro-mechanical displacement measuring device A displacement measuring device is disclosed that is particularly useful for measuring and remotely indicating the displacement of a piston rod relative to the cylinder of a power actuator of an earth working implement. The device includes a variable resi... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4275504 | Cutting saw measuring attachment A linear measuring instrument for attachment to a cutting saw includes a rack and pinion gear assembly for unwinding a measuring tape coiled on a rotatable drum. The pinion gears are gear coupled with the axle of the drum, and the rack gear is manually mo... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4228589 | Tapemeasure for underwater use An extreme service measuring tape assembly especially adapted for deep sea diving use includes a rugged, easily cleaned and inspected assembly having a split case in which mating peripheral threads and an angled tape slot permit the two halves of the case... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4214369 | Pasta measurer A device for measuring the quantity of raw pasta required to produce the desired amount of cooked pasta. In the domestic market most packaged spaghetti is ten inches in length and a simple measurer for calculating the required amount of this raw product s... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4211011 | Self measuring garment assembly A self measuring garment assembly which includes a garment having at least one measuring tape connected to the inside thereof at the selected circumferential portion to be measured with the tape being calibrated to indicate the circumferential measurement... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4167065 | Pipe measuring device A device for measuring an oil well drill pipe in a relatively clean manner; the device including a foot unit for engaging a lower end of the pipe and a head unit for engaging the upper end of the pipe, and a steel measuring tape extending therebetween.... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4160324 | Tool for layout of baseball diamonds (Du-Ber) A tool for quickly and easily laying out all of the components of a baseball diamond, the tool consisting of an elongated tape, or equivalent flexible object, which has a row of openings along its length that are properly spaced apart and from its end, ea... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4071957 | Method and apparatus for measuring carcasses According to the disclosure, apparatus for measuring carcasses is provided which includes a first measuring tool for measuring a length and/or circumference of a carcass and producing a signal representative of the measured length and means is coupled to ... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4043043 | Device for measuring the amount of product in bottles, jars and containers This invention relates to a device for estimating, measuring and rendering calculable the unused portion of product remaining in a partly filled bottle, jar or container that is transparent or translucent, by utilizing an elastic stretchable scale. Said d... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4033041 | Steel line measure guide This device consists primarily of a pair of components having securement means for a measuring tape in order to quickly and accurately measure drill pipe, such as those in derricks or elsewhere, the device including a tape reel receptacle and a turnbuckle... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4007543 | Multiple gauging device for modified ship-lap corner seams For use in laying out duct or box-like structures, a gauging device having multiple sides, including appendages in predetermined positions, with rotatable connection means for attaching the gauge to a measuring tape (or it can be integral with a measuring... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3936944 | Linear cut sewing tape A sewing tape especially adapted to provide a measured sewing guide line when using a sewing machine. The tape is in the form of a strip provided with cuts extending through the tip for separating the tape into ribbons of predetermined thickness and has s... | 02/10/1976 |
