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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 |
| 6601532 | Display instrument An indicating instrument has a pointer (1) driven by a measuring mechanism by a pointer spindle (3). The pointer has a region (10) on the pointer hub side which in cross section has the form of an H. This H is formed by a horizontal bar (20) and two outer... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6263166 | Exposure count indicator for camera A camera has a rear cover part, and a rotatable counter dial with a numerical scale of exposure count indicia to be successively viewed. Each of the indicia has the same color. A label on the rear cover part is superimposed to the counter dial and has the... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6259864 | Exposure count indicator for camera A camera has a rear cover part, a label on the rear cover part, and a numerical scale of exposure count indicia to be successively viewed. The numerical scale of exposure count indicia is located on the label, and each of the indicia has the same color. A... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6089483 | Roll or spool having a support member with a visual message thereon A roll or spool of sheet-like or thread-like material comprises an elongated support member, and a sheet-like or thread-like material rolled or wound about the support member and adapted to be removed therefrom. The support member has on an outer surface ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5452680 | Gauge indicator An indicator for a gauge, such as a floor scale. The indicator includes a semi-circular dial and a two-pronged needle indicator that is free to rotate 360° within the gauge with only one of the two prongs being used at a time.... | 09/26/1995 |
| 4838579 | Method and apparatus for determining mileage A card (20) has a recording surface (36) with three aligned horizontal rows (40,42,44) of boxes. The first row (40) is in the middle with the second row (42) above it and the third row (44) below it. An initial odometer reading of a vehicle is recorded in... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4494566 | Indicator assembly There is disclosed a novel indicator assembly comprised of a housing member mounted to a fluid handling apparatus and an indicator member mounted for rotation within the housing member operationally associated to a moving member of the fluid handling appa... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4346665 | Apparatus and method for determining vehicular distance per fuel unit Apparatus and method for determining vehicular distance per fuel unit, such as the miles per gallon or liter of fuel consumed in driving a car. The vehicle has a fuel gage, and when stopped on, or operating on level road, a reference mark is made where th... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4347435 | Readout mechanism for fuel pump counter A readout pointer for the penny wheel of a fuel pump cost counter having a circumferentially extending mask for the penny wheel and adapted to be mounted in alternate axially spaced positions for selectively masking the short graduations on the penny whee... | 08/31/1982 |
| 3948209 | Indicator apparatus There is provided, in accordance with this invention, an indicator apparatus comprising a sign board which is free to rotate and has a plurality of light transparent portions each being formed in a sign shape, a display board which has display perforation... | 04/06/1976 |
