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 |
| 6121556 | Granular material weighing system A granular material weighing system intended primarily for weighing gunpowder, but which is not limited to this application. A volumetric powder measure is used to simultaneously dispense a previously weighed batch of granular material into its final cont... | 09/19/2000 |
| 4312462 | Weighing and dispensing unit Flowable food is fed by a vibrator unit to a weighing platform which is carried by a weighing support which moves downwardly as the food builds up on the platform, the weighing support and vibrator being temporarily stopped by stops at a location prior to... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4171067 | Weighing and dispensing device A unit for weighing and dispensing portions of hot, fried, potato chips, comprises a casing in which are disposed a receptacle for receiving a supply of the chips, and a dispensing chamber opening into said receptacle and into which hot chips are fed by a... | 10/16/1979 |