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 |
| 7370419 | Replacement cartridge for a razor assembly A replacement cartridge for a razor assembly is provided that includes a shaving aid body for use with the razor assembly. The shaving aid body includes an aperture disposed within a contact surface. The aperture is sized to receive a razor cartridge. Some embodimen... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7202446 | Electric shaver with vibrating head A hair cutting apparatus comprising: an elongate element (260) heated to a temperature capable of cutting hair; a vibrating structure (200), on which said elongate element (260) is mounted; and a housing (106) in which the vibrating struc... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191522 | Cutting blade and cutting blade assembly for electric shaver In a cutting blade assembly for an electric foil shaver, a first cutting blade of the assembly has a generally planar first face, a generally planar second face opposite the first face, and a peripheral cutting edge. The first cutting blade has at least one bump dis... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6223438 | Dry shaving apparatus Dry shaving apparatus comprises a first individual shaving unit (111) having at least two first cutters cooperating together, including a first outer cutter and a first undercutter; at least a second individual shaving unit (112, 113) having at least two ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 5189792 | Reciprocatory electric shaver A reciprocatory cutter head includes a pair of cutter heads mounted to a head frame. Each of the cutter heads is of elongated configuration extending horizontally to define a longitudinal axis and have opposed longitudinal ends. The cutter head includes a... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5185926 | Multiple foil and cutting blade assembly for electric dry shavers By providing at least three separate and independent foil members each of which cooperate with a separate and independent cutting blade system which is biased into engagement with the foil member and freely flexible in a plurality of directions, a substan... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4589205 | Inner cutter for electric shavers An inner cutter for electric shavers is disclosed. The inner cutter comprises a plurality of inner blades mounted on a base member to be driven to move in sliding engagement with an outer shearing plate having a number of perforations therein. Each inner ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4428117 | Reciprocating type electric shaver A reciprocating type electric shaver comprises an inner-blade mount holding many inner blades and connected to a first driver-element converting rotary motion of a motor into reciprocating motions and an outer blade connected to a second driver-element re... | 01/31/1984 |