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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 |
| 7341081 | Horizontal hold down jig A horizontal rotary hold down jig for use in horizontally guiding a piece of wood to be cut on one of a portable table saw and a portable router table comprising a spring biased rotatable wheel that can be secured to the table. The spring biasing can be adjusted to ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 6626617 | Process for the milling of a groove into a board-like workpiece as well as processing machine for carrying out the process In order to further develop a process for making a groove in a board-like workpiece by means of a processing machine, wherein the workpiece is placed on a supporting table of the processing machine aligned essentially horizontal for holding the workpiece ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6568441 | Holding arms for shaper cutting and the like A pair of holding arms which can be installed quickly and used to press a workpiece in a safe manner against a guide fence, regardless of the cuts made upon it, when the workpiece is moved past a shaper having cutter blades rotatably mounted on a stationa... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6189682 | Position control apparatus and method for controlling the movement of a block in a woodworking machine The present invention provides an automatic lug loader to place blocks on each lug on a lug conveyor in a finger jointing machine. The lug loader includes a support structure with a control station and a feed table. A powered loading conveyor overlies the... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5617910 | Position control apparatus and method for controlling the movement of a block in a woodworking machine The present invention provides an automatic lug loader to place blocks on each lug on a lug conveyor in a finger jointing machine. The lug loader includes a support structure with a control station and a feed table. A powered loading conveyor overlies the... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5507330 | Workpiece feeding device for an edge shaping apparatus A workpiece feeding device is to be used with an edge shaping apparatus and includes a base unit, a housing unit, a feeding cylinder unit and a drive unit. The housing unit is mounted uprightly on the base unit and includes a surrounding wall with a front... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5452752 | Pressure device for wood-milling machines The invention relates to a pressure device for wood-milling machines with an arm (32), which is attached to a bearing support (20), that can be pivoted around a horizontal axis (22) and adjusted in its longitudinal direction. The arm carries a vertically-... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5143130 | Jig for curved moldings A jig adapted for use with a conventional molder-planer for cutting work on curved wood sections. For this purpose, the present invention includes a base with the jig mounted thereon. The base bolts onto the table of the molder-planer so that the jig is p... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5111860 | Compression log debarking apparatus Apparatus for debarking a log using the compression debarking technique includes rollers which apply radial pressure to the log to separate the bark from the wood of the log. Three double-cone rollers, each having its double cones tapered to the middle of... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4976298 | Anti-kickback hold down device An anti-kickback and hold down device having provision for mounting on and removal from a saw availed of for ripping material, primarily wood, and including a spring pressed wheel to engage the material being ripped, thus enabling ripping of wood of widel... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4974650 | Safety guard stop for power tool A guard stop is used with a power tool that includes a work surface, a tool head that projects at least partially through the work surface, a fence on a first side of the tool head and a safety guard pivotally supported on an opposite side of the tool hea... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4662413 | Feed mechanism for woodworking machinery A roller (10) drives a workpiece (not shown, but to the right) along a fence. An electric motor (16) rotates the roller (10) through chains (18, 19) and a double sprocket (20) freely rotatable on an upright shaft (22). The roller (10) is rotatable in rela... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4469318 | Work piece guide for table saws and the like A device for holding a work piece against a table while urging it against a guide fence when the work piece is being operated on by a table saw or the like having a pair of wheels rotatably mounted on a plate member supported on the end of first and secon... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4343113 | Abrading device A device for abrading objects comprising a supporting surface for the object, abrading means operative near the supporting surface and a driven, endless conveyor belt arranged at a distance above the supporting surface, whereas the lower run of the belt i... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4210184 | Circular resaw apparatus and method A resaw apparatus and method for rapidly and accurately cutting elongate wood cants longitudinally. A thin-kerfed circular saw blade is utilized to cut the cants and a high-speed feed mechanism, having two sets of separately driven dual rollers which pinc... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4160471 | Power infeed for chipper A chipper infeed spout incorporating two surfaces disposed to form a V-shape having one side formed by a pair of support means (an anvil member and preferably a roll). A driven power roll is moveable across the direction of travel of the log along said sp... | 07/10/1979 |
