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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 |
| 6892824 | Method and apparatus for picking up seaweed and other litter Seaweed is picked up from the surface of a beach with general purpose earth moving machinery by installing a series of fingers extending forwardly and downwardly from the blade or bucket of the machine. By driving the machine forwardly along the beach, the fingers p... | 05/17/2005 |
| 5906243 | Countermine breaching power blade A device is provided for clearing a swath within the earth. The device has a frame for mounting the device onto an industrial vehicle. A rotating track is disposed on the frame. At least one reinforcing panel is mounted adjacent an end of the track that p... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5819443 | Snow removal apparatus A new snow removal apparatus for removing snow and other debris from travel surfaces. The inventive device includes an elongate frame member with a plurality of overlapping finger members extending from the frame member. The frame member is designed to be... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5794709 | Countermine breaching power blade A device is provided for clearing a swath within the earth. The device has a frame for mounting the device onto an industrial vehicle. A rotating track is disposed on the frame. At least one reinforcing panel is mounted adjacent an end of the track that p... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5592992 | Lawn edger blade assembly A blade assembly for a lawn edging machine. The blade assembly includes a hub, at least two spaced-apart blade members having two or more blade arms extending radially therefrom, and a horizontal blade member connecting the two blade members at their radi... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5433278 | Earth clod chopper A clod chopper structure arranged to effect the cutting and cubing of earth clods into manageable agricultural components is provided. The chopper includes a rectilinear frame, including intersecting rows of first and second blade members whose edges exte... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5429197 | Blade for a soil agitating device The present invention relates to soil agitation, and in particular to machines which are used to dig decompacted soil and agitate the turf on sporting greens, such as golf greens and football fields. The present invention in particular presents a new type... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5005653 | Hoe attachment for a line trimmer A hoe attachment for a conventional rotary line trimmer designed to cultivate soil when rotated and which is particularly useful for cultivating small areas of soil. The attachment comprises a plurality of downwardly extending arms each having a blade pro... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4817727 | Subtiller Combination sweep and subtiller having a plurality of leg shanks extending downward from the sweep. Each shank is angled in the direction of travel to push soil toward the center of the sweep, and simultaneously to provide minimal draft. In addition there... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4784517 | Method and device for working of road surfaces A cutter (10) intended for use on a planing blade on a road planing machine is provided with a plurality of tools (14) rotatably mounted in the cutter. The tools (14) are mounted side by side and are adapted to carry out the working of the road surface (1... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4727940 | Tank mounted mine-field clearing apparatus Mine clearing apparatus for attachment to a vehicle and comprising a frame mountable onto a vehicle for selectable positioning in a raised or lowered orientation; apparatus mounted onto the frame for raising and shunting aside mines including a plow secti... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4698925 | Soil reclaiming implement Apparatus for processing of soil by vibratory sifting to remove rocks and other objects embedded in the soil provides a scoop for use with a backhoe or crawler tractor having a positionable boom. The scoop includes an elongated main frame to which are sec... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4607441 | Stone digging attachment for front end loader attachment of a tractor A stone digging implement is manufactured as a simple and inexpensive attachment for the front end loader of a tractor. The attachment comprises a frame formed by a pair of horizontal I-beams which support a pair of hooked or pointed tines which extend do... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4547984 | Brush uprooting attachment An attachment for a front lift of a farm tractor comprises an elongated tool bar extending forward and supporting at its far end a large claw having three spaced downwardly curved, sharpened tines. The end of the tool bar nearest the lift is welded both d... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4132274 | Soil cultivating implements An implement has rotary soil-working cultivating members with tines that are arranged to work a broad path of soil. The cultivating members are rotated about upwardly extending axes by a drive from a p.t.o. and are positioned adjacent one another. A beame... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4053020 | Soil working tines A tine on a rotary harrow has an upper fastening portion and a lower soil working portion which portions meet at a junction. The fastening portion is tapered to be tightly held in a holder without turning and has an upper threaded end that receives a nut ... | 10/11/1977 |
