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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 |
| 7062962 | Portable apparatus and method for measuring hydraulic features in rivers and streams A portable apparatus for measuring characteristics of hydraulic features in rivers and streams that are unwadeable. The apparatus consists of a tripod base, a horizontal boom that articulates on the tripod, a carriage configured to travel on the boom, and a measurin... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6964165 | System and process for recovering energy from a compressed gas A process for extracting energy from a compressed gas includes of submerging a piston-cylinder assembly to a first, lower position, holding the assembly in the lower position while introducing a predetermined amount of compressed gas into the assembly, and then rele... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6863484 | Catamaran transfer vessel A transshipper for floating on water comprises a pair of elongate buoyant vessels arranged in parallel spaced relationship for receiving a feeder barge to be unloaded between the vessels. The platform is supported by the buoyant vessels in a raised position above th... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6334401 | Floating structure for the transfer of cargo A sea faring transshipper for transferring cargo from a bulk carrier to a secondary vessel comprises a pair of units provided with mutually engaging connectors for connecting the units together along a direction of travel of the transshipper. Each unit co... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6010295 | Floating structure for the transfer of cargo A transshipper for the transfer of cargo from a barge to a ship or elsewhere comprises a pair of buoyant vessels, a platform supported by the buoyant vessels in a raised position above the buoyant vessels through a plurality of vertical columns connecting... | 01/04/2000 |
| 4762456 | Accommodations to exchange containers between vessels A system to transport containers for ports of call by Feeders serving a trade area with each area having an associated terminal located intermittently along a specific route as stops for a fleet of superships (Cellers); there to directly exchange its impo... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4501525 | Single point mooring system provided with pressure relief means The invention relates to a single point mooring system provided with pressure relief means. Single point mooring systems are used for offshore loading and unloading of oil tankers, wherein a tanker may be moored at its bow to a rotatable mooring element o... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4465012 | Floating device for transshipment of cargo A floating device for transshipment of cargo from one ship to another comprises two pontoons (1,2) that are mutually connected and between which space is present for mooring one or more ships, such as barges, and that is adapted to moor alongside another ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4074818 | Loading/unloading crane with buoyant counterweight system A crane assembly mounted on a buoyant barge has a vertical column with a cross boom, the boom including outer extremities. A trolley is movably mounted on the boom, and has lift means for engagement with articles to be loaded and unloaded. A buoyant count... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4074817 | Barge cable crane A buoyant barge mounted crane has a vertical tower with a horizontal gantry. On the gantry is a cargo transfer assembly including a trolley and lift mechanism. A balance load is mounted on one end of the gantry, and the opposite end of the gantry is conne... | 02/21/1978 |
