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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 |
| 6460559 | Valve having ceramic components and associated fabrication method A valve for controlling the flow of a fluid comprises a housing, a flow-control element disposed within the housing, at least one seat operably engaging the flow-control element, and a biasing device for urging the seat and the flow-control element relati... | 10/08/2002 |
| 5488761 | Flexible shaft and method for manufacturing same A shaft coupling for transmitting power including a flexible hollow rod extending in a longitudinal direction and having pairs of helical slots formed thereon. The pairs of slots are spaced from each other along the longitudinal direction of the rod. The ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 4907323 | Method and apparatus for making biased fabric A method and apparatus is provided for producing a woven biased fabric in which the structural fibers are skewed from the fabric centerline. The method and apparatus are particularly designed for producing a woven biased structural fabric in which the str... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4704976 | Method and apparatus for forming and presenting bias cut gussets in the formation of panty hose garments A system for forming substantially diamond-shaped gussets to be used in the production of panty hose garments wherein the gussets are formed by severing a circular knit tube along a bias angle of approximately 30° subsequently to form strips having a wid... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4640162 | Apparatus for forming and presenting bias cut gussets in the formation of panty hose garments A system for forming substantially diamond-shaped gussets to be used in the production of panty hose garments wherein the gussets are formed by severing a circular knit tube along a bias angle of approximately 30° subsequently to form strips having a wid... | 02/03/1987 |
