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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 |
| 7815429 | Snowball slinger A device has a first arm with a cup at a first distal end and a handle at a second proximal end with a second similarly configured arm pivoted thereto. The second cup forms an obtuse angle with its arm. Each of the first and second arms has an slight elbow bend so t... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7427194 | Heatable ice cream scooping implement An ice cream scooping implement includes an elongated handle that has an axial bore extending from a handle distal end and terminates approximately midway therealong. The handle has an end cap removably mated to a proximal end thereof. A scooping section is telescop... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7387507 | Scoop for ice cream and the like A scoop for ice cream and other frozen products having a part-spherical body with an open side defined by an irregular edge extending from a point to be pushed into the product, and from the point along a generally helically curved leading edge to be pushed into the... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7338026 | Device for keeping and serving ice cream A top for use with an ice cream container, the top keeping the ice cream contained therein fresh, tasteful, and easily dispensable. When the top is placed or fitted into an ice cream container, the top is pressed down into the ice cream. The force of the top being p... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322166 | Apparatus for unwrapping and transporting frangible wafers for ice cream sandwiches and the like The present invention is an apparatus and method for unwrapping a package of frangible articles bearing a wrapping material, the wrapping material having a rear portion and a forward tab, the forward tab adapted to open the wrapping material when pulled, the apparat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7261537 | Forced hot air ice cream scoop A forced hot air ice cream scoop and heater for facilitating the removal of ice cream from its container having a handle portion having a first end and a distal end, an inlet and an outlet at the first end of the handle portion, a body having a ladle disposed on the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7128556 | Object forming and launching apparatus and method Disclosed is an apparatus, including a shaft; a scoop, coupled to a distal end of the shaft, for collecting and holding a bolus of a compressible medium, the compressible medium retaining a post-compressed shape when operated from a proximal end of the shaft; and a ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6997695 | Ice cream scoop An ice cream scoop includes a first scoop member and a second scoop member. The first scoop member includes a handle having an end on which a ring is formed. The second scoop member includes a handle having an end on which a bowl is formed. Second ends of the handle... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6722871 | Apparatus for dispensing food products The present invention includes a device for dispensing food products such as ice cream, yogurt, sherbet, sorbet, whipped topping, cheesecake filling, pudding and the like comprising a scoop having a channel portion with a tapered, semi-circular cross section along a... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6474974 | Device for ladling an ice cream ball The present invention relates to a device for ladling an ice cream ball comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a first piece, a first connecting section and a first handle. The first handle has a first slot. The first conne... | 11/05/2002 |
| 5585123 | Sculpting tool A sculpting tool is provided for use in sculpting shapeable mass, such as common beach sand, snow, soft dirt or soft clay. The tool has first and second sculpting heads, each sculpting head having a pair of oppositely-facing cutting elements for cutting i... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5385464 | Apparatus for automatically dispensing food product such as hard ice cream Apparatus for automatically dispensing food product, such as hard ice cream, comprising an insulated housing having a refrigerated chamber therein and a receptacle in the chamber for holding a supply of food product under refrigeration. The receptacle has... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5368465 | Ice-cream scoop with forearm appendage The invention relates to an improved ice-cream scoop designed to alleviate strain on the operator's wrist, and to provide support and stability to the wrist. This improved scoop design significantly reduces the fatigue and discomfort associated with frequ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5345059 | Temperature self-regulating, electrically-heated spoon An electrically-heated spoon including a flat heating device made of a plate-like positive temperature coefficient (PTC) resistor having a periphery side wall of the spoon mounted to the periphery and a handle of the spoon extending from the side wall. A ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5326248 | Product serving apparatus A product serving apparatus includes an apportioning scoop, a product separation assembly for separating the product from the scoop, a hand operated actuator assembly for driving the product separation assembly, and an integral handle and support assembly... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5294467 | Hand held utensil A hand held utensil has a blade with an arcuate working edge and radially spaced concave and convex surfaces. The utensil has a grip which is axially spaced from the arcuate edge and has a convex surface which is grasped by the hand of a user for manipula... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5149551 | Apparatus for and method of dispensing food product such as hard ice cream Apparatus for automatically dispensing food product such as hard food product, having a refrigerated container for holding a supply of food product, a chamber adjacent the container for receiving food product and for delivery therefrom of a serving portio... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5108336 | Sand play shovel with sculpture mold A shovel is disclosed which is preferably a play shovel for use by a child or adult for making a molded head and neck of any desired character or object such as a storybook or cartoon character in the sand. The shovel includes a bottom spade portion and a... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5080572 | Snow ball making device A snow ball making device is provided which includes a pair of elongated arms each of which has a first handle end and a second working end. These arms are pivotally secured to each other at a location intermediate their first and second ends, preferably ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4859167 | Snowball maker There is disclosed a snowball maker that makes better snowballs as it limits that volume of snow used in the formation of the snowball and cuts away the excess snow. The snowball maker is comprised of a pair of semi-spherical cups, the cups having bevelle... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4443176 | Food mold A food mold having a rectangular body having sides and an upper mounting plate is disclosed. A dislodging plate is disposed within the body in a plane parallel with the mounting plate. A central shaft is connected to the dislodging plate and extends upwar... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4420948 | Apparatus for dispensing hard ice cream and the like A dispensing system for dispensing a wide variety of types and flavors of a solid food, such as ice cream, in spherical-shaped balls or scoops. The dispensing system is housed in a structure that provides a plurality of drawer-like compartments that are a... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4282258 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of formed edible products and products resulting therefrom A method for the manufacture of formed edible products from moist edible pieces. Pneumatic suction draws the pieces into a mold or die cavity. A binder such as a gel solution is applied to the pieces in the cavity to cause adherence between the pieces. Th... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4245973 | Article and means of shaping ice cream An article of manufacture and process is described which is useful in making ice cream shapes attractive for consumption. Use of these articles permits rapid fabrication of various ice cream products without contamination and permits rapid and effective c... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4106197 | Ice cream spoon The invention relates to an ice cream spoon, comprising a highly heat conductive bowl and shaft assembly, in which the shaft portion of the assembly is embedded in a handle portion of a lightweight heat resistive material enclosed in a layer of heat insul... | 08/15/1978 |
