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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 |
| 7127748 | Incinerating commode An improved incinerating commode for the disposal of human waste through injection of a combustible fluid into the chamber where the waste is incinerated, separation of the urine component from the fecal component of human waste, and use of the urine component mixed... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6763528 | Incinerating commode An improved incinerating commode for the disposal of human waste through injection of a combustible fluid into the chamber where the waste is incinerated, separation of the urine component from the fecal component of human waste, and use of the urine component mixed... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6745407 | Systems and methods for waste disposal for use in a vehicle A system for waste disposal for use in a vehicle includes a holding tank for receiving waste and a separator for receiving the waste from the holding tank with the separator being configured to separate the waste into a liquid portion and a solid portion. A macerato... | 06/08/2004 |
| 5991931 | Waste system for toilets A process and apparatus to implement the process for the disposal of toilet waste in a relatively small space with low input energy. The process to include the following operations: separating the liquid portion from the solid portion of the toilet waste,... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5881475 | Non-draining type human waste disposal method by pulse combustion drying This method relates to a non-draining type human waste disposal by pulse combustion drying. In the method, a pulsating combustion gas is discharged downward into a vertically cylindrical dryer from a pulse combustor disposed at the top of the dryer, and m... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5261126 | Raw sewage disposal apparatus A raw sewage disposal apparatus capable of evaporating the liquid component of raw sewage contained in an airtight vessel and capable of cleaning the vessel after and evaporating the liquid component of the raw sewage and heating the vessel so that dust w... | 11/16/1993 |
| 4999857 | Toilet sewage treatment unit This invention relates to a sewage waste disposal system for receiving liquid and solid waste, preferably human waste. The waste is heat treated to produce a form of dehydrated solid waste. The solid waste is a waste by-product of the system and may be us... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4162656 | Waste disposal by incineration Disclosed is a portable waste disposal system that is designed primarily for use in marine craft, mobile homes, campers or the like. The system comprises a macerator unit for converting excrement to a liquified effluent, and an incinerator unit for incine... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4161792 | Waste disposal system and method Disclosed is a portable waste disposal system that is designed primarily for use in marine craft, mobile homes, campers or the like. The system comprises a macerator unit for converting excrement to a liquified effluent, and an incinerator unit for incine... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4148103 | Toilet of incinerating type A toilet of the incinerating type includes several pots which are set on a turntable at equal angular intervals, with one of the pots ready for use at all times. A pot containing human waste is automatically connected to an incinerator for incineration of... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4138331 | Method of incinerating toilet wastes A method of incinerating toilet waste comprising applying combustion heat in substantially the manner of applying heat to the bottom of a cooking pot under and to and through the bottom of a heat permeable upwardly opening receptacle containing the waste ... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4122557 | Incinerator The specification discloses an incinerator toilet having a seat mounted on a heat insulated bowl with an upper tapered baffle in the bowl extending down to a lower tapered baffle. A fuel nozzle from a fuel pump injects fuel chordally into the space betwee... | 10/31/1978 |
| 3994028 | Toilets A toilet comprising a hermetically sealable container for human body waste and urine, the container being connectable to a vacuum source for bringing about boiling off, in the container, of the urine and the liquid present in the human body waste, at low ... | 11/30/1976 |
