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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 |
| 8205739 | Conveyor system A continuous sharp chain conveyor system is disclosed wherein a workpiece may be elevated from the sharp chain conveyor while the workpiece is transported down the sharp chain conveyor such that the workpiece may be rotated to maintain the workpiece in an optimized ... | 06/26/2012 |
| 7815035 | Work locating conveyer, work locating method, and work locating conveyer carriage A work locating conveyer, including: a locator disposed on a conveyer carriage and configured to locate and support a work; a locating jig disposed on the respective locator and configured to locate and support the works having different configurations; and a driver... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7770712 | Article transfer and placement apparatus with active puck An apparatus for transferring articles such as absorbent cores or disposable diaper chassis components from a rotary mechanism, such as a pad turner, to a linear mechanism, such as a conveyor, for further processing. A puck on the apparatus is capable of manipulatin... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7631748 | Conveyor system A continuous sharp chain conveyor system is disclosed wherein a workpiece may be elevated from the sharp chain conveyor while the workpiece is transported down the sharp chain conveyor such that the workpiece may be rotated to maintain the workpiece in an optimized ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7597184 | Chain adjusting device for engine carriers An apparatus and method for the improved hanging transportation of an article having an uneven weight distribution that permits the article to hang in a balanced manner. The apparatus is attached to an overhead trolley and includes attachment plates rotatably secure... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7533769 | Powder coating process and system A system and method is described for treating workpieces, in particular vehicle wheels, especially in the context of a powder coating process, with a conveying device that guides the workpieces along a movement path through the arrangement. The conveying device comp... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7395920 | Method and apparatus for a conveyed product directing system The invention relates to an apparatus and method for directing a conveyed product on a conveyor. The apparatus includes a filing channel that includes the ability to adjust the location of at least one end of the filing channel. In one embodiment, the filing apparat... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7178660 | Workpiece transport system with independently driven platforms A manufacturing operation having a first production area, a second production area, and a plurality of platforms each having independently controllable drive assemblies for moving the platforms through the production and delivery areas. Adjacent platforms are spaced... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7152728 | 360 Degree rotatable lifter arm for log singulator The present invention 10 discloses a device for singulating individual logs from groups of logs for linear or transverse processing. The present invention discloses a log singulator having a fully rotatable lifter arm member, i.e., 360 degrees rotatable, whic... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7021451 | 360 degree rotatable lifter arm for log singulator The present invention 10 discloses a device for singulating individual logs from groups of logs for linear or transverse processing. The present invention discloses a log singulator having a fully rotatable lifter arm member, i.e., 360 degrees rotatable, whic... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6978879 | 360 degree rotatable lifter arm for log singulator The present invention 10 discloses a device for singulating individual logs from groups of logs for linear or transverse processing. The present invention discloses a log singulator having a fully rotatable lifter arm member, i.e., 360 degrees rotatable, whic... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6779648 | 360 Degree rotatable lifter arm for log singulator A device for singulating individual logs from groups of logs for linear or transverse processing. The log singulator having a fully rotatable lifter arm member, i.e., 360 degrees rotatable, which is used to singulate logs from groups of logs. The rotatable axle of t... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6752258 | Conveying device comprising a packages carrier Disclosed is a device for intermittently conveying packages which are conveyed in a first moving direction in package carriers (2) in a first processing plane in positions underneath various treatment stations and are conveyed back in a second return motion p... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6471462 | Carrier handling apparatus of an IC module handler A carrier handling apparatus of an IC module handler includes a carrier transferring unit for holding one side of the carrier to transfer the same between the various processes, and a carrier positioning unit for precisely positioning the carrier. The car... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6367374 | Treatment of food products A product-carrying unit side portions extending along two opposite regions for engagement with respective support features of a product treatment chamber. A floor region of the unit extends between the side portions and consists of an array of floor regio... | 04/09/2002 |
| 5860244 | Sod handling system We provide methods and apparatus for handling sod which includes a washing machine in which the water is recycled and during recycling the soil removed from the sod is delivered for reuse. We also provide a method of delivering and take up of rolls of sod... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5607282 | Depalletizing and dispensing apparatus and method The depalletizing and dispensing apparatus and method is provided for unloading items stacked on a pallet. The apparatus includes a frame having a vertically reciprocable lift mounted at least partially within the frame. The lift has at least a pallet inf... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5221175 | Transport device for the transfer of a workpiece carrier A transport device for the transfer of a workpiece carrier from a container for a first bath to a container for a second bath has a vertical sliding carriage. To this vertical sliding carriage at least one pivot arm is arranged, which carries the workpiec... | 06/22/1993 |
| 4378665 | Machine for orienting an article and performing a work operation on the article An apparatus which grips an article on the opposite sides of the article to hold the article in a predetermined orientation. One or more work operations are performed on the article while it is held in the predetermined orientation. The article is gripped... | 04/05/1983 |
