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 |
| 7317071 | Process for producing fluoromonomer Processes for producing a fluoromonomer from a fluoropolymer, among which one that can be carried out more simply is a process wherein thermal decomposition of a fluoropolymer is preformed by means of a rotary kiln (5) so as to produce a fluoromonomer, the pr... | 01/08/2008 |
| 6534687 | Shaped soap product comprising talc, one or more fatty acids in the form of their alkali soaps and one or more cationic surfactants with the simultaneous absence of alkyl (oligo) glycosides Shaped soap product comprising talc, one or more fatty acids having 12-22 carbon atoms in the form of their alkali soaps and one or more cationic surfactants with the simultaneous absence of alkyl (oligo)glycosides.... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6251843 | Synthetic detergent bar and manufacture thereof A detergent composition which is suitable for making into bars for personal washing comprises: (a) 10 to 60% wt. of a synthetic, non-soap detergent; (b) 20 to 60% wt. of water soluble material which is neither soap nor a non-soap detergent and which has a melt... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6174928 | Process for producing fluorinated oligomer having COOH groups at both ends A fluorinated oligomer having COOH groups at both end and a .rho.50° value of 1,000 to 10,000 is produced by swelling a fluorine rubber crosslinking product in an organic solvent, followed by decomposition in the presence of a base and a perox... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5432259 | Process for the preparation of fluorinated monomers The pyrolysis of fluorine polymers leads to a high yield of pure fluorinated monomers if the finely divided polymer is introduced, with steam, into a fluidized bed reactor which contains an inert, granular material as the fluidized material, the steam fun... | 07/11/1995 |
| 4128589 | Generation of CF4 from Teflon for reactive atmosphere processing and growth of metal fluorides A tetrafluoromethane (CF4) generator and process is disclosed that facilitates the relatively low temperature production of CF4 gas via controlled decomposition of polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) and tetrafluoroethylene (C2 | 12/05/1978 |
| 4076760 | Process for the preparation of fluorocarbon waxes The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of low molecular weight fluorocarbon waxes by thermic cracking of polytetrafluoroethylene or copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene and higher perfluoro-olefins at elevated temperatures and under i... | 02/28/1978 |