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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 |
| 7591885 | Wet type air cleaner A wet type air cleaner includes a purification unit installed in a housing. The purification unit includes a blower unit for directing air to cleaning water in the bottom of the housing, an inner guide for drawing up the cleaning water in the bottom of the housing, ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7513939 | Wet type air cleaner A wet type air cleaner includes a housing storing cleaning water in a bottom portion thereof; and a purification unit installed in the housing. The purification unit includes: a blower unit for directing air to the cleaning water in the bottom of the housing; an inn... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7387664 | Wet type air cleaner A wet type air cleaner includes a cylindrical housing provided with an air inlet at a top surface thereof and at least one of air outlets at a lateral surface thereof, for storing cleaning water in a bottom portion thereof, a blower unit including a fan having a spr... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7128882 | Method and apparatus for treating perfluorocompounds In a PFC decomposing apparatus according to the present invention, PFC contained in a discharged gas is decomposed in catalyst cartridge 3 packed with a catalyst containing 80% Al2O3 and 20% NiO. The discharged gas containing acid gases ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7115155 | Air filtration apparatus and aromatizer An air filtration and aromatizer apparatus which includes a housing, a motor in the housing with a fan for drawing air through an inlet toward an outlet through a pollution-collecting chamber, and an elongated hollow tubular perforated member having an upper end con... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7077886 | Emission control device and method of operation thereof An emission control device and a method of operation thereof removes particulates from air. The air is directed into the device after finely divided mist has been added to the air. The air is abruptly forced to change directions within the device and the added moist... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6946018 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a gas A method and apparatus for cleaning a gas comprising a rotatable centrifugal cylinder having passageways for flowing a gas stream with a liquid stream through the cylinder to centrifugally remove the particulates from the gas stream with the liquid stream; turbine b... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6925812 | Rotary injector A radially-extending arm is adapted to rotate within a stream of first fluid flowing thereacross. In one embodiment, the arm comprises a plurality of lands located at different radial distances from the axis of rotation, and a port located on each land is operativel... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6899750 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a gas A system and method of cleaning a gas of undesired particulate, aromas, and gases is disclosed. The invention uses a centrifugal scrubbing space to liquid wet a gas and includes a container for containing a liquid with a pump to circulate the liquid. The gas is pump... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6764531 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a gas A system and method of cleaning a gas of undesired particulate, aromas, and gases of the type utilizing a centrifuge with various combinations and apparatus used to liquid wet a gas stream is provided. The gas scrubber of the present invention includes a container f... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6485548 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a gas A system and method of scrubbing gas utilizing a liquid to wet a gas stream is provided. The scrubber comprises a container containing a liquid; a tube having a tube inlet opened exterior of the container connected via a throat to a tube outlet allowing a... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6391100 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a gas A system and method of cleansing a gas of undesired particulate, aromas, and gases of the type utilizing a liquid to wet a gas stream is provided. The gas scrubber of the present invention including: a container having a bottom wall and a top wall interco... | 05/21/2002 |
| 4102658 | Apparatus for contacting a gas with a liquid A device for placing a gaseous fluid in contact with a washing liquid for purposes such as removing gaseous components and/or solid impurities which are present in the gaseous fluid and/or cooling the gaseous fluid. A tubular receiving enclosure is provid... | 07/25/1978 |
