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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 |
| 7165334 | Guide clamp A guide clamp including a generally, straight elongate guide bar, a first clamp assembly mounted at one end of the guide bar, a second clamp assembly slidingly mounted along the guide bar, the clamp assemblies being adapted to clamp a workpiece therebetween, an end ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 5459937 | Mat board cutting guide A mat board cutting guide for use in cutting mat board for flamed pictures, for example, is disclosed. The cutting guide includes an elongated straight edge having a top and a bottom surface, a first and a second end, and a first and a second edge. The fi... | 10/24/1995 |
| 4696213 | Tool fine adjustment mechanism A tool having a laterally slidable adjustment structure including a corresponding track and guide slidable thereon. The tool also includes a mechanism for releasably securing the guide on the track in a selected position of adjustment. Additionally, the t... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4499667 | Guide clamp A guide clamp is disclosed which includes a clamping jaw at one end of a guide bar. An opposing shifting jaw is slidably carried on the guide bar to permit a workpiece to be embraced by the jaws. The guide bar is a flat, rectangular channel member open at... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4196674 | Multi-level adjustable drafting table construction A multi-level drafting table construction including a table base supporting a drafting board, and an arrangement of link members pivotally interconnecting the drafting board and table base. One of the link members, which is pivotally interconnected at one... | 04/08/1980 |
