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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 |
| 7422395 | Tool holder structure A tool holder includes a main part, and an angular pressing member; the main part has a fitting portion at one end, and holding portion adjacent to a front edge of and lower than the fitting portion; the angular pressing member has a recessed holding portion, which ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7219584 | Indexible turning tool for chip forming machine An indexible turning tool for chip forming machining, includes a holder equipped with insert pockets receiving replaceable inserts, as well as a securing portion intended to be received in a tool machine. At least one of the replaceable inserts has a main plane that... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7179021 | Cutting insert holder A cutting insert holder for releasably clamping a quadrilateral cutting insert in a predetermined clamping position, the cutting insert having a through bore and a non-obtuse insert mounting corner. The cutting insert holder includes a clamping portion formed with a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7052214 | Cutting insert and tool holder A diagonal ledge (22) is machined into each of the sidewalls (20) of the holder (12) with the ledges (22) crossing one another at an intersection B and the holder (12) is characterized by the bottom (18) of the pocket separa... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021182 | Indexible turning tool for chipforming machining An indexible turning tool for chip forming machining, includes a holder equipped with insert pockets receiving replaceable inserts, as well as a securing portion intended to be received in a tool machine. At least one of the replaceable inserts has a main plane that... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6901642 | Cutting tool, insert holder and machining method A cutting tool includes a holder and at lest two first cutting inserts. The holder has a number of insert pockets in order to receive those cutting inserts. The cutting inserts are mounted in the holder such that their radially outermost portions lie substantially i... | 06/07/2005 |
| 5942261 | Handheld modeling tool A modeling tool for use with moldable materials having a handle with at least one end, a recess in the end for receiving an end-portion of a wire-end which is releasably secured to the handle. The wire-end may take on a variety of shapes, sizes, thickness... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5322395 | Datum point form tool A tool has a tool body which defines a first seat into which is secured an anvil. The anvil and the tool body define a second seat into which a backup plate is located. The backup plate has a longitudinally extending groove which is used to locate a form ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5222841 | Form tool system A system is provided for a set of form tools which utilize a common shank to be able to machine a number of different shapes. A pad is provided which sits between the cutting tool and the shank where the pad is of such a shape and dimension as to provide ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 4899793 | Duplicating system for a lathe A duplicating system, especially for use with a multipurpose woodworking machine capable of performing lathe turning operations. The system includes a support table, a carriage adapted to be slidably mounted on the machine, and a locking rack and pinion f... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4600341 | Pocket reducing insert for toolholder and the like A pocket reducing insert for the pocket of an A.N.S.I. toolholder designed to nestingly accept a first cutting insert of a predetermined size and shape is in the form of a notched body of such size and shape to be nestingly received within the toolholder ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4573832 | Single and multiple recessing tool Single or multiple recessing tool with cutting plates loosely mounted in an opening of the holder with the cutting plates, possibly using shortened gage block-like supplemental plates, clamped against the bottom and one side wall of the opening by means o... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4487240 | Blade holding means for cutter spindles or cutter heads A blade holding arrangement for cutter spindles or cutter heads which are adapted to be equipped with reversible blades. The arrangement including radially adjustable blade holders in the form of drawn profile sections, with the blades adapted to be press... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4393735 | Cutting plate carrier insertable in a holder of a machine tool, in particular a lathe tool A cutting plate carrier insertable in a holder of a machine tool, in particular a lathe tool. The carrier has a plane base surface and a substantially circular plan, the axis of which coincides with the axis of a central screw thread. The cutting plate ca... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4193638 | Multiple tip cutting bit for rotary drum-type cutter A particularly better rotary cutter for a road planing machine and the like has special holders provided with multi-sided tapered sockets extending generally tangential to the drum surface. A multiple tip cutting bit suitable for use with the aforemention... | 03/18/1980 |
