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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 |
| 7946797 | Egg transport module An egg transport system has an egg transport module (10) where eggs are stored on a plurality of shelves (20) on a transportable frame (30) with wheels (11). The module (10) is loaded or unloaded by a loader (50, 150)... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7431551 | Substrate distribution system and a method using the same A glass substrate distribution system includes a cassette, a first transmission mechanism, and a second transmission mechanism. The first transmission mechanism transmits the glass substrate to several standby positions outside the cassette. The second transmission ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7080739 | Postal sorting machine including a bin-transfer structure A postal sorting machine (1) comprises sort outlets (7) distributed in one or more horizontal rows that are superposed and parallel. A bin transfer structure (3) is placed along said rows of sort outlets (7), said transfer structure (3... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6846147 | Loading and unloading device for a furnace wagon A device for loading firing, sintering or drying material onto and unloading it from the shelving frame of a furnace wagon is disclosed herein as having a first lifting device (3) that includes a shifting cradle (45), and a second lifting device (2 | 01/25/2005 |
| 6779668 | Method of automatically sorting objects and combining objects to assortments In a method for automated sorting of objects and combining the objects to assortments according to a selectable sorting specification, the objects are removed from a supply and an object sorting position for the objects is determined, respectively, by a control unit... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6729838 | Automated barrel panel transfer and processing system An automated system for preparing weld land areas of panels to be welded to each other is disclosed. Generally, the system of the present invention includes a system for cleaning contaminants from such weld land areas. In one embodiment, the system for cleaning cont... | 05/04/2004 |
| 5688097 | Apparatus for the loading and unloading of a firing table arrangement with product for firing Apparatus for loading and unloading a firing table arrangement with product for firing, wherein the firing table arrangement comprises on at least one horizontal plane a plurality of rollers having ends disposed at a distance from one another for picking ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5595468 | Empty bag feeder for packaging machines A device for feeding a packaging machine via a bag stack feeder possesses at least one holder to secure a stack of bags. To date an operator placed the corresponding empty bags in stacks on a chain conveyor which fed the bags into the packaging machine. D... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5228820 | Article handling system with distributed storage An article handling system comprises closed loop pathways, movable carriers adapted to travel along the pathways, a plurality of article storage buffer stations located adjacent to the pathways, and a hierarchical control system for controlling the transf... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5127788 | System for transporting bobbins between spinning machines A system for transferring bobbins between textile machines includes a temporary storage device positionable at a location between two textile machines for temporarily storing bobbins being transported between the machine. A transport rail assembly has eit... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5024576 | Working method of an automatic service truck for moving sheet packages Automatic service truck with a method for moving sheet packages comprising a base frame (22) surrounded by vertical upright struts (24-30) and housing a plurality of planes or trays (34, 36, 38) for receiving the sheet packages; the truck receives the pac... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4697974 | Pallet-loading system A rapid-load system for loading a series of pallets into a sputtering apparatus. The system comprises a magazine having a plurality of vertically spaced pallet supports whose spacing is sufficient to allow insertion of a pallet into the magazine directly ... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4669942 | Device for supplying packages to warper creels The present invention resides in a device comprising a package stock truck moved in the row direction of warper creels, a package feeding conveyor for feeding yarn supply packages to the position of the stock truck, a first package transfer mechanism for ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669047 | Automated parts supply system An automated parts supply system is disclosed for a manufacturing operation to deliver parts to individual work stations on a "just-in-time" basis. A carrier module with a supply of parts in a set of containers is placed on a computer controlled guided ve... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4661054 | Tile manufacturing apparatus Tile manufacturing apparatus includes means for forming "green state" tiles on pallets. The pallets are then loaded on to racks for curing. The apparatus for loading the pallets on to shelves in the racks comprises pairs of supports which are carried by c... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4582464 | Buffer storage unit for ceramic articles A buffer storage unit for substantially plate-like ceramic articles includes at least one carriage movable along a feed-in path and adapted to contain a plurality of articles, and being formed by plural frames laid in vertical planes and attached to a car... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4295774 | Apparatus for automatically turning over and for storing sections of elastomeric material A method and apparatus are provided for receiving a length or section of a tire tread or the like and transferring it to a storage truck. The apparatus has a cylindrical member which receives the section from an extruder or other source, inverts the secti... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4285630 | Method of automatically transferring a plurality of objects between two different supporting surfaces A method and apparatus are provided for receiving a length or section of a tire tread or the like and transferring it to a storage truck. The apparatus has a cylindrical member which receives the section from an extruder or other source, inverts the secti... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4277216 | Transport arrangement for trays and the like A tray transport device for transferring trays in one direction or the other between a tray transport trolley and a conveyor for delivering or carrying trays from the transport device. The transport device includes vertical members which supports sets of ... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4232987 | Machine and service truck assembly for loading, unloading and storing ceramic tiles Machine and service truck assembly for loading, unloading and storing ceramic tiles comprises a loading-unloading machine provided with a vertically mobile head constituted by a plurality of horizontal, parallel projecting brackets which are coplanar and ... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4203696 | Tray unloading device A tray unloading apparatus for transferring trays from a tray transport van to a horizontal in-feed station of a carry-away conveyor for carrying trays to further stations. The unloading apparatus includes vertical pillars which support a set of horizonta... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4201507 | Apparatus for handling rod-like articles A mobile reservoir for rod-like articles is adapted for connection into a static conveyor system, e.g. through a reversible elevator, and includes conveyor means for moving the articles within the reservoir. The conveyor means may be arranged to move and ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4094425 | Device and a method for handling material A material handling device comprises a roller conveyor component having rollers which are separated by gaps; a cage component which includes rows of uprights, the spacing and the thickness of the uprights in each row being such as to permit their insertio... | 06/13/1978 |
